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News 2 United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Technical information: Household data: Establishment data: Media contact: Washington, D.C. 20212 (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 07-1849 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Friday, December 7, 2007. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2007 Nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend up in November (94,000), and the unemployment rate held at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job growth continued in professional and technical services, health care, and food services. Employment continued to decline in manufacturing and also fell in several housing-related industries, including construction, credit intermediation, and real estate. Average hourly earnings rose by 8 cents over the month. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, December 2004 – November 2007 Percent Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, December 2004 – November 2007 Millions 6.5 140.0 6.0 138.0 5.5 136.0 5.0 134.0 4.5 132.0 4.0 130.0 3.5 128.0 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons (7.2 million) was about unchanged in November, and the unemployment rate was 4.7 percent for the third month in a row. A year earlier, the number of unemployed persons was 6.8 million, and the jobless rate was 4.5 percent. (See table A-1.) Unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (4.1 percent), adult women (4.1 percent), teenagers (16.3 percent), whites (4.2 percent), blacks (8.4 percent), and Hispanics (5.7 percent)—showed little or no change in November. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) In November, total employment increased by 696,000 to 146.7 million. The employment-population ratio rose by 0.3 percentage point to 63.0 percent; it was still below its most recent peak of 63.4 percent 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Category II 2007 III 2007 Sept. 2007 Nov. 2007 Oct.-Nov. change 153,870 146,703 7,167 79,069 617 696 -78 -393 4.7 4.3 4.1 15.6 4.2 8.5 5.6 4.7 4.1 4.1 16.3 4.2 8.4 5.7 .0 -.2 .0 .7 .0 -.1 .1 p 138,373 p 22,287 p 7,586 p 13,971 p 116,086 p 15,368 p 18,018 p 18,549 p 13,676 p 22,318 p 138,467 p 22,254 p 7,562 p 13,960 p 116,213 p 15,392 p 18,048 p 18,577 p 13,702 p 22,348 p 94 p -33 p -24 p -11 p 127 p 24 p 30 p 28 p 26 p 30 p 33.8 p 41.3 p 4.1 p 0.0 p .1 p .0 Oct. 2007 Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force ……………………….. Employment ……………………….……. Unemployment …………………….……. Not in labor force …………………………. Monthly data 152,807 145,956 6,851 78,675 153,195 146,054 7,142 79,015 153,464 146,257 7,207 78,997 153,253 146,007 7,245 79,462 Unemployment rates All workers ……………………....………… Adult men …………...……...……………. Adult women ……………………………. Teenagers …………………...…………… White ……….……...……………………. Black or African American …………….. Hispanic or Latino ethnicity …….………… 4.5 4.0 3.9 15.6 4.0 8.4 5.6 4.7 4.2 4.1 15.7 4.2 7.9 5.7 4.7 4.2 4.0 16.0 4.2 8.1 5.7 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment ……….……...……… 137,864 Goods-producing 1…...…...……………… 22,447 Construction ..…...…………………….. 7,665 Manufacturing …………...……………. 14,064 Service-providing 1 ………...……………. 115,417 Retail trade 2 …...……………….. 15,385 Professional and business services ...…. 17,879 Education and health services …..…….… 18,301 Leisure and hospitality …...…………… 13,524 Government ………...…………………… 22,233 138,143 22,360 7,621 14,011 115,783 15,386 17,936 18,470 13,595 22,254 138,203 22,309 7,595 13,986 115,894 15,383 17,954 18,505 13,630 22,280 Hours of work 3 Total private ……...…………...…………… Manufacturing …………….……...……… Overtime ……...………………..…….… 33.8 41.2 4.2 33.8 41.3 4.1 33.8 41.3 4.1 p 33.8 p 41.2 p 4.1 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3 Total private ……...……………………….. 107.4 107.7 107.8 p 107.9 p 108.0 p 0.1 p $17.63 p 595.89 p $0.08 p 2.70 Earnings 3 Average hourly earnings, total private ……. Average weekly earnings, total private …… 1 $17.32 586.11 $17.50 591.39 $17.54 592.85 p $17.55 p 593.19 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data. 3 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers. p = preliminary. 2 3 in December 2006. The civilian labor force rose to 153.9 million over the month, and the labor force participation rate edged up to 66.1 percent. (See table A-1.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Nearly 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in November, about the same as a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime during the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 349,000 discouraged workers in November, unchanged from a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.0 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in November had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance and family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend up (94,000) in November to 138.5 million, following little change in September (44,000) and a gain of 170,000 in October. In November, job growth continued in several service-providing industries, while employment in construction and financial activities declined. Manufacturing employment continued to trend down. (See table B-1.) Employment in professional and technical services grew by 24,000 in November and has risen by 312,000 over the year. In November, job gains continued in computer systems design and related services (12,000) and in management and technical consulting services (6,000). Health care employment continued to grow, but the gain of 15,000 in November was less than half the average increase (34,000) for the prior 12 months. In November, hospitals and offices of physicians added 8,000 and 7,000 jobs, respectively. Employment in social assistance increased by 10,000 in November and by 94,000 over the year. Within leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in November (17,000). Food services has added 306,000 jobs over the year. Employment in accommodations edged up in November (11,000). Employment in retail trade edged up in November (24,000). Job gains occurred in clothing stores, health and personal care stores, electronics and appliance stores, and furniture and home furnishings stores. Employment in general merchandise stores, which include department stores, fell by 11,000 over the month. In November, employment declined in several industries related to home building and financing. Construction employment declined by 24,000 with job losses occurring in residential building (-7,000) and in residential specialty trade contractors (-13,000). Within financial activities, employment in credit intermediation (which includes mortgage lending and related activities) continued to contract (-13,000). Credit intermediation has lost 75,000 jobs since its peak in February. Real estate employment declined by 8,000 in November. Manufacturing employment continued to trend down in November. Job losses persisted in two industries that provide construction materials—wood products and nonmetallic mineral products (such as concrete and glass). Machinery manufacturing added 4,000 jobs over the month. 4 Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) In November, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.1 hour to 41.3 hours, and factory overtime was unchanged at 4.1 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.1 percent in November to 108.0 (2002=100). The manufacturing index increased by 0.2 percent to 95.2. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 8 cents, or 0.5 percent, in November to $17.63, seasonally adjusted. This followed a 1-cent gain in October. Average weekly earnings also grew by 0.5 percent over the month, to $595.89. Over the year, both average hourly and weekly earnings rose by 3.8 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for December 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 4, 2008, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 2008 are as follows: Jan. – Feb. 1 Feb. – March 7 March – April 4 April – May 2 May – June 6 June – July 3 July – Aug. 1 Aug. – Sept. 5 Sept. – Oct. 3 Oct. – Nov. 7 Nov. – Dec. 5 November 2007 Household Survey Reference Week The November 2007 reference week for the household survey was the week including November 5th, a week earlier than the usual reference period. The change was made so that the household interviews, which are done during the week following the reference period, would not be conducted during the Thanksgiving holiday. In the future, this change will be made whenever the holiday occurs during the survey week. The establishment survey reference period was not modified. 5 Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data In accordance with usual practice, the Employment Situation release for December 2007, scheduled for January 4, 2008, will incorporate annual revisions in seasonally adjusted unemployment and other labor force series from the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data for the most recent 5 years are subject to revision. Upcoming Changes to Establishment Survey Data With the release of January 2008 data on February 1, 2008, the Current Employment Statistics survey will revise the basis for industry classification from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to the 2007 North American Industry Classification System. The new classification reflects minor definitional changes within manufacturing, telecommunications, financial activities, and professional, scientific, and technical services. Several industry titles and descriptions also will be updated. The conversion to NAICS 2007 will result in minor revisions to some employment, hours, and earnings series. Details of new, discontinued, and combined industries will be available at http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm on January 4, 2008. For more information on the 2007 NAICS, see http://www.census.gov/epcd/ www/naics.html. 6 Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates Were the November nonfarm payroll data from the Employment Situation news release affected by the Southern California wildfires and evacuations in October? There was no discernible impact on national employment estimates from the establishment survey, because the areas most affected by Southern California wildfires contained only a relatively small number of business establishments. For further information, see “Employment and Wage Profile of the Counties Affected by the October 2007 California Wildfires,” at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils63.pdf. Was BLS able to collect information from survey respondents (both establishments and households) in the areas affected by the Southern California wildfires and evacuations? Yes. In November, response rates for the establishment survey were within normal ranges for the affected areas. In the household survey, the level of response also was little affected. Why are there two monthly measures of employment? The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of 104,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Thus, while it is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The household survey does include questions about whether respondents were born outside the United States. Data from these questions show that foreign-born workers accounted for about 15 percent of the labor force in 2006 and about 47 percent of the net increase in the labor force from 2000 to 2006. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate 7 additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit http://www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. Has the establishment survey understated employment growth because it excludes the selfemployed? While the establishment survey excludes the self-employed, the household survey provides monthly estimates of unincorporated self-employment. These estimates have shown no substantial growth in recent years. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance benefits? No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 8 Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work? Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news release. Technical Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employmentpopulation ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: • The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. • The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. • The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. • The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation’s labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the monthto-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity. Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the ad- justed series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month’s data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the “true” population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the “true” population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 430,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the “true” over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/ death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March samplebased employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or Visa. Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the household and establishment survey data published in this release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D of its “Explanatory Notes.” For the establishment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Nov. 2006 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 229,905 152,590 66.4 146,014 63.5 6,576 4.3 77,315 4,476 232,715 153,516 66.0 146,743 63.1 6,773 4.4 79,200 4,131 232,939 154,035 66.1 147,118 63.2 6,917 4.5 78,904 4,337 229,905 152,449 66.3 145,623 63.3 6,826 4.5 77,456 4,778 231,958 153,231 66.1 146,110 63.0 7,121 4.6 78,727 4,782 232,211 152,891 65.8 145,794 62.8 7,097 4.6 79,319 4,744 232,461 153,464 66.0 146,257 62.9 7,207 4.7 78,997 4,741 232,715 153,253 65.9 146,007 62.7 7,245 4.7 79,462 4,242 232,939 153,870 66.1 146,703 63.0 7,167 4.7 79,069 4,617 111,180 81,689 73.5 78,210 70.3 3,479 4.3 29,491 112,619 82,177 73.0 78,578 69.8 3,598 4.4 30,443 112,737 82,402 73.1 78,680 69.8 3,722 4.5 30,335 111,180 81,798 73.6 78,148 70.3 3,650 4.5 29,382 112,222 82,167 73.2 78,292 69.8 3,875 4.7 30,055 112,354 81,915 72.9 78,082 69.5 3,833 4.7 30,439 112,486 82,193 73.1 78,207 69.5 3,986 4.8 30,293 112,619 82,194 73.0 78,179 69.4 4,014 4.9 30,426 112,737 82,532 73.2 78,614 69.7 3,919 4.7 30,205 102,656 78,161 76.1 75,247 73.3 2,914 3.7 24,495 103,973 78,805 75.8 75,753 72.9 3,052 3.9 25,167 104,087 79,113 76.0 76,018 73.0 3,095 3.9 24,973 102,656 78,123 76.1 75,088 73.1 3,036 3.9 24,533 103,598 78,651 75.9 75,362 72.7 3,289 4.2 24,948 103,723 78,512 75.7 75,284 72.6 3,228 4.1 25,211 103,847 78,636 75.7 75,296 72.5 3,340 4.2 25,211 103,973 78,654 75.6 75,276 72.4 3,378 4.3 25,318 104,087 79,104 76.0 75,851 72.9 3,253 4.1 24,982 118,724 70,900 59.7 67,804 57.1 3,097 4.4 47,824 120,096 71,339 59.4 68,165 56.8 3,174 4.4 48,757 120,202 71,633 59.6 68,438 56.9 3,195 4.5 48,569 118,724 70,651 59.5 67,475 56.8 3,176 4.5 48,073 119,736 71,064 59.4 67,819 56.6 3,245 4.6 48,672 119,856 70,976 59.2 67,712 56.5 3,264 4.6 48,880 119,975 71,271 59.4 68,050 56.7 3,221 4.5 48,704 120,096 71,059 59.2 67,828 56.5 3,231 4.5 49,037 120,202 71,337 59.3 68,089 56.6 3,248 4.6 48,865 110,445 67,408 61.0 64,778 58.7 2,630 3.9 43,036 111,703 67,970 60.8 65,241 58.4 2,729 4.0 43,733 111,805 68,188 61.0 65,449 58.5 2,739 4.0 43,617 110,445 67,024 60.7 64,333 58.2 2,691 4.0 43,420 111,367 67,579 60.7 64,808 58.2 2,771 4.1 43,788 111,479 67,628 60.7 64,845 58.2 2,783 4.1 43,851 111,590 67,814 60.8 65,068 58.3 2,746 4.0 43,776 111,703 67,599 60.5 64,826 58.0 2,773 4.1 44,103 111,805 67,803 60.6 65,027 58.2 2,777 4.1 44,001 16,804 7,021 41.8 5,989 35.6 1,031 14.7 9,783 17,040 6,740 39.6 5,749 33.7 992 14.7 10,299 17,048 6,734 39.5 5,652 33.2 1,082 16.1 10,314 16,804 7,301 43.5 6,202 36.9 1,099 15.1 9,502 16,993 7,002 41.2 5,940 35.0 1,062 15.2 9,991 17,009 6,751 39.7 5,665 33.3 1,086 16.1 10,257 17,024 7,014 41.2 5,894 34.6 1,120 16.0 10,010 17,040 6,999 41.1 5,905 34.7 1,094 15.6 10,041 17,048 6,962 40.8 5,825 34.2 1,137 16.3 10,086 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Persons who currently want a job ............................... Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Nov. 2006 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 186,988 124,635 66.7 119,995 64.2 4,640 3.7 62,353 188,813 125,228 66.3 120,424 63.8 4,804 3.8 63,585 188,956 125,615 66.5 120,665 63.9 4,951 3.9 63,341 186,988 124,536 66.6 119,636 64.0 4,900 3.9 62,452 188,312 124,966 66.4 119,747 63.6 5,219 4.2 63,346 188,479 124,593 66.1 119,349 63.3 5,243 4.2 63,887 188,644 125,245 66.4 119,948 63.6 5,297 4.2 63,399 188,813 125,109 66.3 119,875 63.5 5,233 4.2 63,705 188,956 125,427 66.4 120,209 63.6 5,218 4.2 63,529 64,972 76.6 62,895 74.2 2,077 3.2 65,337 76.2 63,143 73.7 2,194 3.4 65,552 76.4 63,307 73.8 2,245 3.4 64,935 76.6 62,712 73.9 2,223 3.4 65,224 76.3 62,768 73.5 2,456 3.8 65,018 76.0 62,556 73.1 2,462 3.8 65,202 76.2 62,646 73.2 2,556 3.9 65,230 76.1 62,748 73.2 2,482 3.8 65,504 76.4 63,091 73.5 2,413 3.7 53,879 60.4 52,066 58.3 1,813 3.4 54,355 60.4 52,476 58.3 1,878 3.5 54,539 60.5 52,645 58.4 1,893 3.5 53,594 60.1 51,700 57.9 1,893 3.5 53,922 60.0 51,957 57.9 1,965 3.6 53,961 60.0 51,978 57.8 1,983 3.7 54,209 60.3 52,300 58.1 1,909 3.5 54,093 60.1 52,149 57.9 1,944 3.6 54,214 60.2 52,250 58.0 1,964 3.6 5,785 44.7 5,034 38.9 751 13.0 5,536 42.3 4,805 36.7 731 13.2 5,525 42.2 4,712 36.0 812 14.7 6,008 46.4 5,223 40.4 784 13.1 5,820 44.6 5,022 38.5 797 13.7 5,614 43.0 4,816 36.9 798 14.2 5,834 44.6 5,002 38.3 832 14.3 5,785 44.2 4,979 38.1 807 13.9 5,709 43.6 4,868 37.2 840 14.7 27,193 17,489 64.3 16,021 58.9 1,469 8.4 9,704 27,627 17,520 63.4 16,085 58.2 1,435 8.2 10,107 27,666 17,481 63.2 16,027 57.9 1,454 8.3 10,184 27,193 17,444 64.2 15,950 58.7 1,494 8.6 9,749 27,498 17,645 64.2 16,229 59.0 1,416 8.0 9,854 27,541 17,523 63.6 16,175 58.7 1,349 7.7 10,018 27,584 17,493 63.4 16,077 58.3 1,416 8.1 10,090 27,627 17,422 63.1 15,938 57.7 1,484 8.5 10,204 27,666 17,457 63.1 15,993 57.8 1,464 8.4 10,208 7,831 71.6 7,220 66.0 611 7.8 7,896 71.0 7,274 65.4 622 7.9 7,930 71.2 7,316 65.7 613 7.7 7,778 71.1 7,170 65.5 608 7.8 7,987 72.2 7,383 66.7 604 7.6 7,955 71.8 7,411 66.9 545 6.8 7,884 71.0 7,303 65.8 581 7.4 7,814 70.3 7,178 64.6 636 8.1 7,897 70.9 7,281 65.4 616 7.8 8,814 64.6 8,177 59.9 637 7.2 8,863 64.0 8,243 59.5 620 7.0 8,789 63.4 8,161 58.8 627 7.1 8,798 64.4 8,152 59.7 647 7.4 8,880 64.4 8,274 60.0 605 6.8 8,808 63.8 8,241 59.7 567 6.4 8,852 64.0 8,235 59.5 618 7.0 8,838 63.8 8,203 59.2 635 7.2 8,776 63.3 8,160 58.8 616 7.0 844 32.5 624 24.0 220 26.1 761 28.6 568 21.4 192 25.3 763 28.7 549 20.7 214 28.0 868 33.4 629 24.2 239 27.6 778 29.4 572 21.6 206 26.5 760 28.7 523 19.7 237 31.2 757 28.6 539 20.3 218 28.8 770 29.0 558 21.0 212 27.6 784 29.5 553 20.8 231 29.5 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Nov. 2006 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 10,214 6,779 66.4 6,565 64.3 214 3.2 3,435 10,719 7,069 65.9 6,806 63.5 263 3.7 3,650 10,731 7,222 67.3 6,960 64.9 262 3.6 3,509 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) ASIAN Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Nov. 2006 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 30,508 21,048 69.0 20,006 65.6 1,042 5.0 9,460 31,714 21,811 68.8 20,656 65.1 1,155 5.3 9,903 31,809 21,937 69.0 20,701 65.1 1,236 5.6 9,872 30,508 20,994 68.8 19,953 65.4 1,042 5.0 9,513 31,423 21,602 68.7 20,331 64.7 1,271 5.9 9,821 31,520 21,795 69.1 20,599 65.4 1,196 5.5 9,725 31,617 21,901 69.3 20,654 65.3 1,247 5.7 9,716 31,714 21,775 68.7 20,563 64.8 1,212 5.6 9,939 31,809 21,895 68.8 20,656 64.9 1,239 5.7 9,914 12,127 85.2 11,664 82.0 463 3.8 12,509 84.5 11,937 80.6 571 4.6 12,592 84.8 12,023 81.0 569 4.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 7,839 58.4 7,437 55.4 402 5.1 8,205 58.9 7,811 56.1 394 4.8 8,246 59.0 7,760 55.6 485 5.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1,081 38.0 904 31.8 177 16.4 1,098 36.8 907 30.4 190 17.3 1,100 36.8 918 30.7 182 16.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2006 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 12,684 46.4 11,869 43.4 815 6.4 11,895 46.4 11,116 43.3 779 6.5 12,181 46.6 11,264 43.1 916 7.5 12,681 46.4 11,855 43.4 826 6.5 12,141 47.8 11,274 44.4 867 7.1 12,031 46.4 11,225 43.3 806 6.7 12,161 46.2 11,263 42.8 898 7.4 12,113 47.2 11,227 43.8 887 7.3 12,223 46.8 11,293 43.2 930 7.6 38,828 63.6 37,212 60.9 1,617 4.2 38,654 62.9 37,031 60.2 1,623 4.2 39,017 63.1 37,327 60.4 1,690 4.3 38,489 63.0 36,837 60.3 1,652 4.3 38,447 63.3 36,743 60.5 1,703 4.4 38,549 62.9 36,885 60.2 1,664 4.3 38,828 63.0 37,060 60.1 1,768 4.6 38,552 62.7 36,768 59.8 1,784 4.6 38,691 62.6 36,966 59.8 1,726 4.5 35,382 72.2 34,232 69.9 1,150 3.3 36,715 72.2 35,502 69.8 1,213 3.3 36,454 72.1 35,303 69.9 1,151 3.2 35,469 72.4 34,293 70.0 1,176 3.3 36,281 71.4 34,998 68.9 1,283 3.5 35,961 71.9 34,629 69.2 1,331 3.7 35,987 71.8 34,750 69.4 1,237 3.4 36,190 71.2 34,915 68.7 1,274 3.5 36,363 72.0 35,155 69.6 1,207 3.3 43,550 78.6 42,799 77.2 752 1.7 44,430 77.6 43,530 76.1 900 2.0 44,474 78.0 43,563 76.4 910 2.0 43,225 78.0 42,423 76.5 802 1.9 44,474 77.3 43,540 75.7 934 2.1 44,594 77.5 43,680 75.9 914 2.0 44,132 77.5 43,264 76.0 868 2.0 44,204 77.2 43,271 75.6 934 2.1 44,247 77.6 43,283 75.9 965 2.2 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... High school graduates, no college 1 Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... Bachelor’s degree and higher 2 Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. See box note in the BLS news release USDL 07-0486, "The Employment Situation: March 2007," issued on April 6, 2007, for a discussion of technical issues regarding educational attainment data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Nov. 2006 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 2,104 1,226 856 23 2,130 1,200 914 17 2,082 1,171 892 19 2,173 1,283 869 (1) 1,993 1,157 823 (1) 1,843 1,016 806 (1) 2,054 1,160 853 (1) 2,076 1,177 877 (1) 2,140 1,222 896 (1) Nonagricultural industries ............................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Government ................................................................ Private industries ........................................................ Private households ................................................... Other industries ........................................................ Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 143,910 134,084 20,952 113,132 732 112,400 9,725 101 144,612 135,119 21,096 114,023 760 113,263 9,379 115 145,036 135,705 21,121 114,583 759 113,824 9,234 97 143,423 133,583 20,753 112,811 (1) 112,057 9,709 (1) 144,159 134,339 21,024 113,319 (1) 112,554 9,706 (1) 143,952 134,269 21,148 113,133 (1) 112,384 9,652 (1) 144,325 134,604 21,133 113,488 (1) 112,676 9,589 (1) 143,945 134,535 20,915 113,624 (1) 112,838 9,242 (1) 144,496 135,112 20,966 114,155 (1) 113,355 9,291 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 4,054 2,687 1,100 20,995 4,028 2,612 1,180 19,956 4,374 2,959 1,146 20,661 4,183 2,711 1,168 19,780 4,313 2,724 1,217 20,014 4,516 2,933 1,168 19,835 4,512 2,986 1,148 19,891 4,335 2,781 1,207 19,329 4,494 2,983 1,217 19,550 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 3,947 2,620 1,085 20,667 3,930 2,549 1,171 19,634 4,301 2,926 1,136 20,349 4,091 2,661 1,140 19,423 4,240 2,683 1,211 19,660 4,459 2,903 1,147 19,569 4,407 2,920 1,142 19,570 4,251 2,736 1,203 19,121 4,435 2,953 1,201 19,249 PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2 1 Data not available. 2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Nov. 2006 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 146,014 5,989 2,470 3,519 140,025 13,913 126,111 100,735 31,498 34,778 34,459 25,377 146,743 5,749 2,286 3,463 140,994 13,815 127,179 100,956 31,873 34,272 34,811 26,223 147,118 5,652 2,176 3,476 141,466 14,008 127,459 101,083 31,884 34,311 34,888 26,376 145,623 6,202 2,520 3,665 139,421 13,905 125,548 100,312 31,237 34,660 34,415 25,235 146,110 5,940 2,303 3,667 140,170 13,964 126,291 100,344 31,667 34,151 34,526 25,947 145,794 5,665 2,255 3,389 140,129 13,876 126,445 100,563 31,717 34,214 34,632 25,882 146,257 5,894 2,270 3,630 140,364 13,972 126,508 100,497 31,587 34,227 34,682 26,011 146,007 5,905 2,318 3,594 140,102 13,837 126,266 100,316 31,609 34,118 34,589 25,950 146,703 5,825 2,196 3,624 140,878 13,999 126,827 100,646 31,638 34,186 34,822 26,181 Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 78,210 2,964 1,185 1,779 75,247 7,400 67,847 54,383 17,315 18,828 18,240 13,464 78,578 2,826 1,095 1,730 75,753 7,308 68,445 54,574 17,587 18,620 18,367 13,871 78,680 2,662 946 1,716 76,018 7,444 68,573 54,590 17,558 18,592 18,440 13,983 78,148 3,060 1,190 1,855 75,088 7,429 67,668 54,236 17,213 18,787 18,237 13,432 78,292 2,930 1,119 1,815 75,362 7,417 67,990 54,257 17,560 18,567 18,130 13,733 78,082 2,798 1,065 1,746 75,284 7,333 68,049 54,317 17,499 18,651 18,167 13,732 78,207 2,911 1,073 1,834 75,296 7,294 68,029 54,229 17,450 18,575 18,203 13,800 78,179 2,903 1,116 1,791 75,276 7,307 67,970 54,252 17,442 18,541 18,269 13,718 78,614 2,763 959 1,795 75,851 7,459 68,344 54,431 17,468 18,568 18,395 13,913 Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 67,804 3,026 1,285 1,741 64,778 6,513 58,265 46,352 14,183 15,950 16,219 11,913 68,165 2,923 1,190 1,733 65,241 6,507 58,734 46,382 14,286 15,652 16,445 12,352 68,438 2,989 1,230 1,760 65,449 6,563 58,885 46,492 14,326 15,719 16,448 12,393 67,475 3,142 1,330 1,809 64,333 6,476 57,880 46,076 14,024 15,874 16,178 11,804 67,819 3,011 1,183 1,852 64,808 6,546 58,301 46,087 14,107 15,584 16,396 12,215 67,712 2,867 1,190 1,643 64,845 6,544 58,396 46,246 14,218 15,564 16,465 12,150 68,050 2,983 1,197 1,796 65,068 6,679 58,479 46,268 14,137 15,651 16,479 12,211 67,828 3,002 1,202 1,803 64,826 6,530 58,296 46,064 14,167 15,577 16,320 12,232 68,089 3,063 1,237 1,829 65,027 6,541 58,483 46,215 14,170 15,618 16,427 12,268 45,956 35,824 9,008 46,309 35,828 9,429 46,458 36,078 9,176 45,802 35,363 (1) 46,330 35,997 (1) 46,192 35,826 (1) 46,238 35,739 (1) 46,176 35,483 (1) 46,381 35,722 (1) 120,507 25,507 122,006 24,736 121,846 25,272 120,812 24,779 121,122 25,102 120,995 24,897 121,332 25,039 121,606 24,490 122,049 24,625 7,863 5.4 7,852 5.4 7,791 5.3 7,765 5.3 7,674 5.3 7,555 5.2 7,509 5.1 7,583 5.2 7,652 5.2 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ......................................... Married women, spouse present .................................... Women who maintain families ........................................ FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 2 ......................................................... Part-time workers 3 ......................................................... MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders ................................................. Percent of total employed ........................................... 1 Data not available. 2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates 1 Nov. 2006 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 6,826 1,099 529 568 5,727 1,271 4,452 3,668 1,420 1,257 991 767 7,245 1,094 486 592 6,151 1,287 4,833 3,991 1,580 1,218 1,194 842 7,167 1,137 511 609 6,030 1,229 4,815 3,993 1,555 1,250 1,188 811 4.5 15.1 17.3 13.4 3.9 8.4 3.4 3.5 4.3 3.5 2.8 2.9 4.6 15.2 16.7 14.1 4.1 8.5 3.7 3.8 4.6 3.7 3.1 3.2 4.6 16.1 18.6 14.6 4.1 8.3 3.6 3.7 4.6 3.6 3.1 3.2 4.7 16.0 18.6 14.3 4.2 8.9 3.6 3.8 4.8 3.4 3.1 3.1 4.7 15.6 17.3 14.1 4.2 8.5 3.7 3.8 4.8 3.4 3.3 3.1 4.7 16.3 18.9 14.4 4.1 8.1 3.7 3.8 4.7 3.5 3.3 3.0 Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 3,650 614 281 313 3,036 702 2,309 1,900 791 642 467 409 4,014 636 259 355 3,378 747 2,578 2,134 898 640 595 445 3,919 666 259 384 3,253 707 2,530 2,083 881 615 587 447 4.5 16.7 19.1 14.4 3.9 8.6 3.3 3.4 4.4 3.3 2.5 3.0 4.7 16.7 18.9 15.3 4.2 9.2 3.6 3.7 4.3 3.6 3.2 3.4 4.7 17.8 22.0 15.2 4.1 8.7 3.6 3.6 4.6 3.2 3.1 3.4 4.8 18.2 21.8 16.0 4.2 9.5 3.6 3.7 4.8 3.3 3.1 3.3 4.9 18.0 18.8 16.5 4.3 9.3 3.7 3.8 4.9 3.3 3.2 3.1 4.7 19.4 21.3 17.6 4.1 8.7 3.6 3.7 4.8 3.2 3.1 3.1 Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over 2 .................................................. 3,176 485 248 255 2,691 570 2,143 1,768 629 615 524 361 3,231 458 227 237 2,773 540 2,255 1,858 682 577 599 385 3,248 471 252 225 2,777 522 2,285 1,910 674 635 601 362 4.5 13.4 15.7 12.4 4.0 8.1 3.6 3.7 4.3 3.7 3.1 2.9 4.6 13.6 14.5 12.8 4.1 7.7 3.7 3.9 4.9 3.9 3.0 3.5 4.6 14.4 15.3 14.0 4.1 7.8 3.7 3.9 4.6 4.0 3.1 3.4 4.5 13.7 15.4 12.4 4.0 8.1 3.6 3.8 4.9 3.5 3.2 3.0 4.5 13.2 15.9 11.6 4.1 7.6 3.7 3.9 4.6 3.6 3.5 3.0 4.6 13.3 16.9 11.0 4.1 7.4 3.8 4.0 4.5 3.9 3.5 2.8 1,092 972 671 1,197 1,066 631 1,197 1,106 648 2.3 2.7 6.9 2.7 2.8 6.8 2.4 3.1 6.2 2.4 2.8 6.4 2.5 2.9 6.3 2.5 3.0 6.6 5,508 1,312 5,996 1,268 5,891 1,297 4.4 5.0 4.6 5.0 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.6 5.0 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ......................................... Married women, spouse present .................................... Women who maintain families 2 ..................................... FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 3 ......................................................... Part-time workers 4 ......................................................... 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. 3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Nov. 2006 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 3,025 808 2,217 1,530 686 772 2,232 547 3,259 737 2,523 1,802 721 804 2,047 662 3,382 814 2,568 1,814 754 763 2,150 622 3,179 965 2,214 1 ( ) (1) 793 2,279 591 3,628 981 2,648 1 ( ) (1) 823 2,078 593 3,617 979 2,638 1 ( ) (1) 793 2,064 593 3,577 954 2,623 1 ( ) (1) 842 2,144 698 3,699 1,053 2,647 (1) (1) 791 2,084 708 3,599 984 2,615 1 ( ) (1) 784 2,133 665 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 46.0 12.3 33.7 11.7 33.9 8.3 48.1 10.9 37.3 11.9 30.2 9.8 48.9 11.8 37.1 11.0 31.1 9.0 46.5 14.1 32.4 11.6 33.3 8.6 50.9 13.8 37.2 11.6 29.2 8.3 51.2 13.8 37.3 11.2 29.2 8.4 49.3 13.1 36.1 11.6 29.5 9.6 50.8 14.5 36.3 10.9 28.6 9.7 50.1 13.7 36.4 10.9 29.7 9.3 2.0 .5 1.5 .4 2.1 .5 1.3 .4 2.2 .5 1.4 .4 2.1 .5 1.5 .4 2.4 .5 1.4 .4 2.4 .5 1.3 .4 2.3 .5 1.4 .5 2.4 .5 1.4 .5 2.3 .5 1.4 .4 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ............................................................................... On temporary layoff .................................................... Not on temporary layoff .............................................. Permanent job losers .............................................. Persons who completed temporary jobs ................ Job leavers ..................................................................... Reentrants ...................................................................... New entrants .................................................................. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed ........................................................... Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ............................................................................. On temporary layoff .................................................. Not on temporary layoff ............................................ Job leavers ................................................................... Reentrants .................................................................... New entrants ................................................................ UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ............................................................................. Job leavers ................................................................... Reentrants .................................................................... New entrants ................................................................ 1 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Nov. 2006 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Less than 5 weeks .............................................................................. 5 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 15 weeks and over ............................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................ 27 weeks and over .......................................................................... 2,323 2,171 2,082 965 1,116 2,371 2,204 2,198 927 1,271 2,450 2,176 2,291 933 1,358 2,517 2,135 2,152 1,006 1,145 2,473 2,213 2,413 1,105 1,308 2,595 2,166 2,385 1,138 1,247 2,518 2,332 2,393 1,115 1,277 2,480 2,459 2,343 1,031 1,312 2,589 2,158 2,377 987 1,390 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .................................................... Median duration, in weeks .................................................................. 16.6 8.2 17.4 8.5 17.6 8.6 16.3 8.2 17.2 8.9 16.9 8.6 16.5 9.0 17.1 8.7 17.3 8.7 100.0 35.3 33.0 31.7 14.7 17.0 100.0 35.0 32.5 32.5 13.7 18.8 100.0 35.4 31.5 33.1 13.5 19.6 100.0 37.0 31.4 31.6 14.8 16.8 100.0 34.8 31.2 34.0 15.6 18.4 100.0 36.3 30.3 33.4 15.9 17.4 100.0 34.8 32.2 33.0 15.4 17.6 100.0 34.1 33.8 32.2 14.2 18.0 100.0 36.3 30.3 33.4 13.9 19.5 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed ............................................................................... Less than 5 weeks ............................................................................ 5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 15 weeks and over ........................................................................... 15 to 26 weeks ............................................................................... 27 weeks and over ......................................................................... NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Employed Unemployment rates Unemployed Occupation Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................... Management, professional, and related occupations ............. Management, business, and financial operations occupations .................................................................................... Professional and related occupations ...................................... Service occupations ....................................................................... Sales and office occupations ....................................................... Sales and related occupations .................................................. Office and administrative support occupations ...................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................................................................... Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................. Construction and extraction occupations ................................ Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................ Production, transportation, and material moving occupations .................................................................................... Production occupations .............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ................. Nov. 2006 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 Nov. 2007 146,014 51,714 147,118 52,348 6,576 919 6,917 963 4.3 1.7 4.5 1.8 21,905 29,809 23,506 36,639 17,095 19,543 21,622 30,726 23,763 36,360 16,582 19,778 373 546 1,477 1,617 763 854 378 585 1,651 1,579 757 822 1.7 1.8 5.9 4.2 4.3 4.2 1.7 1.9 6.5 4.2 4.4 4.0 15,998 896 9,629 5,473 16,011 915 9,666 5,430 926 138 619 168 955 83 719 153 5.5 13.4 6.0 3.0 5.6 8.4 6.9 2.7 18,158 9,121 9,037 18,636 9,535 9,101 1,059 521 538 1,117 571 546 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.7 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Nov. 2006 Nov. 2007 HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Industry and class of worker Total, 16 years and over 1 .................................................... Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................... Mining ............................................................................................. Construction .................................................................................. Manufacturing ............................................................................... Durable goods ............................................................................ Nondurable goods ..................................................................... Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................... Transportation and utilities ......................................................... Information ..................................................................................... Financial activities ........................................................................ Professional and business services ......................................... Education and health services .................................................. Leisure and hospitality ................................................................ Other services ............................................................................... Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ...... Government workers ..................................................................... Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................. Unemployment rates Nov. 2006 Nov. 2007 6,576 5,246 22 618 702 426 276 1,018 183 137 229 658 536 836 306 125 400 257 6,917 5,397 16 645 762 440 322 893 242 132 261 679 526 986 255 80 482 336 Nov. 2006 Nov. 2007 4.3 4.4 2.9 6.0 4.3 4.2 4.6 4.8 3.1 3.9 2.3 4.9 2.8 7.1 5.0 9.6 1.9 2.3 4.5 4.5 2.3 6.2 4.5 4.1 5.3 4.3 3.9 4.0 2.7 4.8 2.7 8.1 4.1 6.6 2.2 3.2 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Nov. 2006 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force ..................................................................... 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............................................. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ................................................. 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................... 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers ................................ 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5 U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers ..................................................................................... 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.0 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Nov. 2006 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 Nov. 2007 77,315 4,476 1,366 78,904 4,337 1,363 29,491 2,017 716 30,335 1,859 631 47,824 2,458 649 48,569 2,478 732 349 1,016 349 1,014 202 515 193 438 147 502 156 576 Total multiple jobholders 4 .................................................................. Percent of total employed ............................................................... 7,863 5.4 7,791 5.3 3,808 4.9 3,839 4.9 4,055 6.0 3,952 5.8 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ................................. Primary and secondary jobs both part time .................................... Primary and secondary jobs both full time ...................................... Hours vary on primary or secondary job ......................................... 4,165 1,780 297 1,584 4,356 1,731 245 1,415 2,311 484 198 798 2,399 498 157 764 1,854 1,296 99 786 1,957 1,233 88 650 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force .................................................................. Persons who currently want a job ...................................................... Searched for work and available to work now 1 ........................... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects 2 .................................. Reasons other than discouragement 3 ................................. MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2007p Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Nov. 2007p Change from: Oct. 2007Nov. 2007 p Total nonfarm ............................. 138,052 138,456 139,253 139,493 136,941 138,066 138,159 138,203 138,373 138,467 94 Total private ........................................ 115,459 116,348 116,581 116,675 114,835 115,856 115,886 115,923 116,055 116,119 64 Goods-producing ............................................ 22,623 22,618 22,513 22,329 22,525 22,421 22,349 22,309 22,287 22,254 -33 Natural resources and mining .................................. Logging ........................................................... Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 703 66.3 636.5 140.6 223.4 78.8 272.5 737 65.4 671.4 151.8 234.9 80.7 284.7 739 64.8 674.1 152.4 234.6 81.2 287.1 734 64.5 669.6 152.1 231.1 82.0 286.4 699 64.0 635.1 141.4 221.8 79.4 271.9 726 62.8 663.5 150.8 228.9 80.3 283.8 728 62.4 665.2 151.5 230.1 80.6 283.6 728 62.4 665.4 151.9 229.9 81.1 283.6 730 62.1 667.8 153.2 230.3 81.4 284.3 732 62.4 670.0 153.4 230.4 82.4 286.2 2 .3 2.2 .2 .1 1.0 1.9 Construction ............................................................. Construction of buildings ................................... Residential building ......................................... Nonresidential building .................................... Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ Specialty trade contractors ............................... Residential specialty trade contractors ........... Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 7,768 1,811.1 1,020.8 790.3 1,019.2 4,937.9 2,359.8 2,578.1 7,829 1,801.0 999.2 801.8 1,054.2 4,974.0 2,322.5 2,651.5 7,783 1,781.4 983.7 797.7 1,049.1 4,952.3 2,293.3 2,659.0 7,634 1,750.4 963.9 786.5 1,009.1 4,874.2 2,243.1 2,631.1 7,683 1,801.8 1,016.7 785.1 993.9 4,887.2 2,335.1 2,552.1 7,649 1,782.1 991.3 790.8 996.2 4,870.7 2,306.0 2,564.7 7,620 1,768.0 983.0 785.0 994.2 4,857.7 2,280.0 2,577.7 7,595 1,765.2 979.0 786.2 990.3 4,839.7 2,258.0 2,581.7 7,586 1,753.6 969.4 784.2 989.7 4,842.3 2,244.4 2,597.9 7,562 1,745.7 962.2 783.5 985.2 4,831.2 2,231.6 2,599.6 -24 -7.9 -7.2 -.7 -4.5 -11.1 -12.8 1.7 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 14,152 10,133 14,052 10,127 13,991 10,066 13,961 10,049 14,143 10,117 14,046 10,098 14,001 10,062 13,986 10,064 13,971 10,044 13,960 10,043 -11 -1 Durable goods ....................................................... Production workers ....................................... Wood products ................................................... Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ Primary metals .................................................... Fabricated metal products ................................. Machinery ........................................................... Computer and electronic products 1.................... Computer and peripheral equipment ............. Communications equipment ........................... Semiconductors and electronic components . Electronic instruments ..................................... Electrical equipment and appliances ................ Transportation equipment 1.................................. Motor vehicles and parts 2................................. Furniture and related products .......................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 8,969 6,347 541.3 506.7 454.2 1,562.2 1,206.7 1,317.2 198.7 143.1 466.1 436.7 433.3 1,746.0 1,047.0 540.0 660.9 8,880 6,311 524.6 503.8 447.6 1,571.5 1,219.5 1,294.9 196.7 140.6 455.7 434.1 435.2 1,705.9 1,002.7 525.6 651.5 8,847 6,280 518.4 501.7 445.8 1,576.8 1,222.6 1,291.3 196.2 140.2 454.2 434.2 433.5 1,681.1 975.7 522.2 653.3 8,844 6,286 507.0 495.1 446.0 1,570.4 1,227.9 1,292.3 196.2 140.2 453.7 435.0 433.5 1,691.1 982.4 522.8 657.5 8,972 6,346 542.9 503.3 455.8 1,564.1 1,209.9 1,320.4 198.7 144.1 468.0 437.7 436.4 1,739.8 1,041.7 542.4 657.1 8,900 6,313 529.2 499.1 450.9 1,569.5 1,228.2 1,304.3 196.5 142.7 462.5 434.5 436.8 1,699.5 998.4 530.3 652.1 8,873 6,290 523.2 495.3 447.8 1,568.2 1,223.3 1,300.5 196.5 142.7 458.3 434.5 434.6 1,700.2 997.4 526.9 652.5 8,862 6,294 518.3 495.3 446.9 1,569.9 1,223.3 1,296.9 196.9 142.3 455.9 434.2 435.0 1,699.4 994.0 525.7 651.6 8,853 6,283 517.4 495.0 446.8 1,574.1 1,227.2 1,294.2 196.5 140.2 456.1 435.1 435.9 1,685.3 980.2 523.4 653.2 8,852 6,289 509.7 492.7 447.3 1,571.9 1,231.5 1,296.9 196.7 141.4 456.3 436.0 436.3 1,687.1 979.8 525.5 653.5 -1 6 -7.7 -2.3 .5 -2.2 4.3 2.7 .2 1.2 .2 .9 .4 1.8 -.4 2.1 .3 Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,183 Production workers ....................................... 3,786 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,505.8 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 195.4 Textile mills ......................................................... 186.0 Textile product mills ........................................... 157.1 Apparel ................................................................ 231.2 Leather and allied products ............................... 36.7 Paper and paper products ................................. 463.2 Printing and related support activities ............... 638.0 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 116.2 Chemicals ........................................................... 869.5 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 784.1 5,172 3,816 1,530.4 203.5 167.5 151.6 214.1 36.4 456.4 628.7 118.9 876.9 788.0 5,144 3,786 1,521.8 200.3 166.7 151.8 209.8 36.2 456.1 628.4 117.9 870.6 784.5 5,117 3,763 1,504.1 197.2 165.8 150.4 210.9 36.3 453.7 630.2 116.0 868.2 784.4 5,171 3,771 1,491.6 195.4 186.3 158.1 231.4 36.5 463.9 637.2 116.6 871.2 782.7 5,146 3,785 1,505.9 200.2 169.9 153.5 217.7 35.3 456.7 629.0 116.2 873.3 788.5 5,128 3,772 1,497.0 198.5 168.3 153.0 214.4 35.6 456.3 626.2 116.1 874.9 787.9 5,124 3,770 1,494.8 198.0 166.7 152.5 212.5 36.3 456.0 629.0 116.7 875.3 786.1 5,118 3,761 1,497.3 197.6 166.9 152.0 210.3 35.9 456.1 628.7 116.5 872.4 784.6 5,108 3,754 1,492.0 197.7 166.1 151.7 210.7 35.9 453.9 629.0 116.6 870.6 783.8 -10 -7 -5.3 .1 -.8 -.3 .4 .0 -2.2 .3 .1 -1.8 -.8 See footnotes at the end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2007p Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Nov. 2007p Service-providing .............................................. 115,429 115,838 116,740 117,164 114,416 115,645 115,810 115,894 116,086 116,213 Change from: Oct. 2007Nov. 2007 p 127 Private service-providing ............................... 92,836 93,730 94,068 94,346 92,310 93,435 93,537 93,614 93,768 93,865 97 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,773 26,451 26,566 27,007 26,320 26,489 26,494 26,518 26,521 26,555 34 Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,937.4 Durable goods .................................................... 3,093.0 Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,056.0 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 788.4 6,034.9 3,147.5 2,080.7 806.7 6,055.1 3,157.3 2,087.0 810.8 6,055.4 3,162.1 2,085.5 807.8 5,934.7 3,097.7 2,048.5 788.5 6,016.3 3,146.5 2,063.1 806.7 6,022.5 3,147.0 2,068.0 807.5 6,033.8 3,151.5 2,073.8 808.5 6,048.2 3,158.6 2,079.8 809.8 6,053.5 3,166.8 2,077.6 809.1 5.3 8.2 -2.2 -.7 Retail trade ............................................................ 15,736.2 15,282.8 15,367.7 15,791.8 15,327.9 15,389.8 15,385.6 15,383.0 15,368.0 15,392.2 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,904.9 1,922.5 1,913.9 1,907.1 1,904.2 1,907.6 1,908.2 1,910.3 1,907.8 1,908.4 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,245.3 1,254.2 1,251.6 1,247.8 1,244.0 1,245.9 1,246.4 1,247.5 1,248.0 1,247.5 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 603.1 575.1 586.8 610.5 586.5 584.5 586.5 583.9 585.7 591.8 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 553.5 524.8 531.7 559.3 531.6 537.4 532.7 534.0 531.9 539.1 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,300.9 1,279.6 1,268.8 1,253.2 1,321.0 1,303.9 1,305.9 1,288.4 1,282.4 1,278.9 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,871.7 2,876.6 2,884.7 2,917.9 2,842.4 2,869.3 2,873.5 2,878.8 2,881.5 2,886.0 Health and personal care stores ....................... 969.9 968.9 970.9 990.7 962.6 967.4 970.8 973.5 973.3 980.8 Gasoline stations ................................................ 854.2 860.3 852.8 851.1 854.6 852.0 851.1 854.3 852.2 852.0 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,548.3 1,430.7 1,451.4 1,564.1 1,467.3 1,456.7 1,460.3 1,462.1 1,462.7 1,474.1 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ................................................................ 689.1 665.4 667.5 714.2 647.4 665.7 666.7 669.6 669.0 671.4 General merchandise stores 1............................. 3,065.7 2,854.8 2,898.3 3,054.7 2,882.9 2,918.9 2,906.4 2,902.6 2,900.0 2,888.8 Department stores .......................................... 1,675.0 1,511.1 1,542.9 1,663.2 1,533.2 1,560.3 1,549.9 1,547.2 1,544.4 1,535.1 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 896.3 884.5 886.9 889.0 881.9 883.1 880.3 883.1 879.6 875.7 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 478.6 439.6 454.0 480.0 445.5 443.3 443.2 442.4 441.9 445.2 24.2 .6 -.5 6.1 7.2 -3.5 4.5 7.5 -.2 11.4 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,552.8 Air transportation ................................................ 483.7 Rail transportation .............................................. 225.5 Water transportation ........................................... 64.9 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,458.8 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 408.8 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 39.6 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 25.0 Support activities for transportation ................... 576.5 Couriers and messengers .................................. 611.1 Warehousing and storage .................................. 658.9 2.4 -11.2 -9.3 -3.9 3.3 4,578.3 497.2 228.2 72.2 1,464.1 411.6 40.7 32.6 585.9 585.2 660.6 4,586.5 496.2 228.1 70.4 1,456.4 416.5 41.3 29.2 590.2 587.8 670.4 4,604.1 499.0 227.9 68.2 1,448.4 413.3 41.6 26.4 593.7 611.0 674.6 4,509.6 484.5 223.9 66.8 1,448.9 393.2 39.8 28.3 577.9 597.2 649.1 4,528.4 492.2 227.5 70.7 1,444.3 397.1 40.8 27.0 583.4 589.3 656.1 4,529.8 492.5 227.4 70.6 1,443.5 400.1 41.0 27.4 584.3 588.1 654.9 4,545.8 494.6 227.7 70.5 1,445.6 401.2 41.1 27.7 587.5 590.3 659.6 4,548.0 495.6 227.9 70.3 1,440.5 401.3 41.3 28.3 590.4 589.9 662.5 4,553.1 499.5 226.7 70.3 1,439.0 397.3 41.7 28.5 593.6 593.1 663.4 5.1 3.9 -1.2 .0 -1.5 -4.0 .4 .2 3.2 3.2 .9 Utilities ................................................................... 547.0 554.9 556.3 555.5 548.2 554.6 556.0 555.6 556.8 556.6 -.2 Information ................................................................ Publishing industries, except Internet ............... Motion picture and sound recording industries . Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ Telecommunications .......................................... ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... Other information services ................................. 3,065 907.2 373.5 334.9 36.3 975.8 386.2 51.4 3,077 897.5 380.7 338.2 43.8 969.6 395.7 51.8 3,080 900.4 376.2 335.4 44.8 971.8 398.2 53.0 3,089 901.6 372.9 339.4 45.2 978.4 398.8 52.4 3,057 905.0 371.9 333.8 36.3 973.5 384.9 51.6 3,091 906.3 383.6 336.0 42.4 973.7 396.9 51.8 3,087 904.0 380.3 336.3 43.1 973.1 397.5 52.2 3,093 900.6 385.9 337.4 44.0 974.1 398.2 52.3 3,091 901.4 383.2 335.8 44.8 973.4 398.7 53.3 3,085 899.8 375.8 338.0 45.3 975.4 398.1 52.6 -6 -1.6 -7.4 2.2 .5 2.0 -.6 -.7 Financial activities .................................................... Finance and insurance .......................................... Monetary authorities - central bank ................... Credit intermediation and related activities 1....... Depository credit intermediation 1..................... Commercial banking .................................... Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. Insurance carriers and related activities ........... Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... Real estate .......................................................... Rental and leasing services ............................... Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 8,416 6,229.6 21.8 2,957.2 1,815.8 1,329.6 831.8 2,324.3 94.5 2,186.7 1,511.0 645.0 30.7 8,432 6,222.8 21.6 2,896.1 1,833.9 1,335.6 848.6 2,360.7 95.8 2,209.0 1,527.2 649.0 32.8 8,434 6,234.1 21.5 2,897.7 1,835.1 1,339.0 853.7 2,365.2 96.0 2,199.5 1,524.1 643.1 32.3 8,404 6,227.4 21.5 2,886.5 1,832.7 1,336.4 856.8 2,367.0 95.6 2,176.9 1,509.1 635.3 32.5 8,422 6,228.9 21.7 2,957.4 1,819.6 1,333.0 829.2 2,326.0 94.6 2,192.9 1,512.4 650.0 30.5 8,476 6,270.1 21.6 2,946.5 1,833.8 1,338.4 845.8 2,361.2 95.0 2,205.7 1,525.4 647.6 32.7 8,463 6,256.4 21.8 2,926.8 1,834.6 1,337.7 848.7 2,362.6 96.5 2,206.4 1,528.1 645.4 32.9 8,439 6,241.6 21.6 2,909.2 1,839.1 1,340.2 849.7 2,365.3 95.8 2,197.7 1,521.2 643.9 32.6 8,437 6,238.2 21.6 2,901.3 1,838.4 1,340.5 852.3 2,366.7 96.3 2,199.0 1,522.1 644.5 32.4 8,417 6,229.1 21.5 2,888.3 1,835.3 1,338.8 854.4 2,369.1 95.8 2,188.2 1,514.2 641.6 32.4 -20 -9.1 -.1 -13.0 -3.1 -1.7 2.1 2.4 -.5 -10.8 -7.9 -2.9 .0 See footnotes at the end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Nov. 2007p Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Nov. 2007p Change from: Oct. 2007Nov. 2007 p Professional and business services ........................ Professional and technical services 1..................... Legal services .................................................. Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... Architectural and engineering services .......... Computer systems design and related services .......................................................... Management and technical consulting services .......................................................... Management of companies and enterprises ....... Administrative and waste services ....................... Administrative and support services 1................. Employment services 1...................................... Temporary help services ............................. Business support services .............................. Services to buildings and dwellings ............... Waste management and remediation services 17,838 7,443.9 1,176.8 862.0 1,410.7 18,093 7,661.0 1,173.6 895.8 1,452.9 18,191 7,720.9 1,185.1 907.1 1,461.1 18,142 7,756.0 1,181.3 934.3 1,459.4 17,726 7,469.6 1,175.9 914.5 1,407.2 17,911 7,666.9 1,177.9 951.1 1,437.1 17,942 7,689.0 1,178.4 957.7 1,440.1 17,954 7,731.0 1,181.6 968.3 1,444.5 18,018 7,757.7 1,184.7 974.1 1,451.4 18,048 7,781.6 1,181.2 980.9 1,454.9 30 23.9 -3.5 6.8 3.5 1,299.0 1,361.3 1,370.0 1,379.5 1,296.2 1,352.9 1,355.6 1,363.8 1,366.7 1,378.6 11.9 955.7 1,824.2 8,570.3 8,222.3 3,791.0 2,722.7 811.9 1,813.2 348.0 1,010.3 1,854.6 8,577.6 8,218.8 3,618.3 2,674.5 795.4 1,921.2 358.8 1,021.6 1,855.8 8,613.9 8,256.8 3,669.0 2,710.6 801.9 1,901.1 357.1 1,030.3 1,858.7 8,527.3 8,168.8 3,636.9 2,687.9 804.5 1,848.9 358.5 949.3 1,823.0 8,433.8 8,083.8 3,665.5 2,631.3 802.2 1,811.2 350.0 992.5 1,847.8 8,396.2 8,041.8 3,525.9 2,577.9 805.5 1,847.3 354.4 1,001.7 1,852.1 8,400.6 8,045.1 3,523.4 2,578.6 803.4 1,848.7 355.5 1,010.2 1,853.2 8,370.1 8,013.7 3,484.8 2,561.2 802.5 1,850.4 356.4 1,017.8 1,853.9 8,406.6 8,050.4 3,523.5 2,589.0 798.7 1,851.9 356.2 1,024.1 1,856.8 8,409.6 8,050.4 3,526.6 2,600.3 797.4 1,846.1 359.2 6.3 2.9 3.0 .0 3.1 11.3 -1.3 -5.8 3.0 Education and health services ................................ 18,255 18,426 18,736 18,816 18,018 18,422 18,484 18,505 18,549 18,577 Educational services ............................................. 3,151.3 2,972.2 3,195.9 3,229.7 2,951.4 3,022.8 3,039.7 3,020.0 3,025.1 3,027.1 Health care and social assistance ........................ 15,103.2 15,453.9 15,539.9 15,586.4 15,066.1 15,399.5 15,443.9 15,484.5 15,524.3 15,549.6 Health care 3......................................................... 12,760.2 13,062.9 13,120.6 13,148.6 12,734.1 13,005.6 13,041.8 13,071.3 13,109.2 13,124.1 Ambulatory health care services 1.................... 5,358.1 5,517.3 5,556.9 5,568.4 5,344.6 5,482.5 5,507.0 5,523.4 5,549.7 5,553.8 Offices of physicians .................................... 2,185.9 2,237.5 2,246.8 2,260.3 2,179.4 2,224.6 2,232.5 2,240.6 2,246.0 2,253.1 Outpatient care centers ................................ 492.7 498.5 502.9 504.7 492.4 496.1 498.7 500.7 503.0 504.0 Home health care services .......................... 888.2 933.9 941.9 939.4 883.5 925.3 931.9 932.8 939.1 936.3 Hospitals .......................................................... 4,466.4 4,555.1 4,568.7 4,578.7 4,461.7 4,539.1 4,546.3 4,555.6 4,566.0 4,573.7 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............ 2,935.7 2,990.5 2,995.0 3,001.5 2,927.8 2,984.0 2,988.5 2,992.3 2,993.5 2,996.6 Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,597.0 1,616.1 1,617.1 1,618.1 1,591.8 1,611.3 1,613.8 1,614.7 1,614.6 1,614.3 Social assistance 1................................................ 2,343.0 2,391.0 2,419.3 2,437.8 2,332.0 2,393.9 2,402.1 2,413.2 2,415.1 2,425.5 Child day care services ................................... 817.4 814.5 827.8 832.5 805.1 815.7 815.3 819.8 817.8 820.3 28 2.0 25.3 14.9 4.1 7.1 1.0 -2.8 7.7 3.1 -.3 10.4 2.5 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 13,066 13,794 13,604 13,434 13,324 13,566 13,589 13,630 13,676 13,702 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,806.2 2,042.0 1,953.2 1,850.5 1,947.4 1,962.9 1,968.0 1,977.4 1,991.0 1,989.5 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 394.1 427.3 424.0 401.6 405.7 405.6 410.7 412.6 417.3 412.9 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 122.4 135.0 134.0 129.1 126.4 132.4 131.8 132.3 132.6 133.1 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,289.7 1,479.7 1,395.2 1,319.8 1,415.3 1,424.9 1,425.5 1,432.5 1,441.1 1,443.5 Accommodations and food services .................... 11,259.5 11,751.7 11,650.3 11,583.6 11,376.8 11,602.9 11,621.4 11,652.3 11,684.6 11,712.4 Accommodations ................................................ 1,797.5 1,898.4 1,853.5 1,828.2 1,854.4 1,858.1 1,850.8 1,864.3 1,873.0 1,883.9 Food services and drinking places .................... 9,462.0 9,853.3 9,796.8 9,755.4 9,522.4 9,744.8 9,770.6 9,788.0 9,811.6 9,828.5 26 -1.5 -4.4 .5 2.4 27.8 10.9 16.9 Other services .......................................................... 5,423 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,245.7 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,281.2 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,896.0 5,457 1,265.0 1,287.9 2,904.5 5,457 1,255.1 1,281.9 2,920.2 5,454 1,251.7 1,283.2 2,919.5 5,443 1,250.8 1,286.4 2,905.4 5,480 1,256.6 1,294.4 2,929.0 5,478 1,260.6 1,292.4 2,925.2 5,475 1,261.8 1,290.5 2,923.0 5,476 1,258.6 1,287.9 2,929.4 5,481 1,259.4 1,290.5 2,931.3 5 .8 2.6 1.9 Government .............................................................. Federal ................................................................... Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. U.S. Postal Service ............................................ State government .................................................. State government education .............................. State government, excluding education ............ Local government .................................................. Local government education ............................. Local government, excluding education ........... 22,108 2,716 1,955.3 761.1 5,157 2,340.9 2,815.8 14,235 7,880.0 6,354.5 22,672 2,710 1,951.1 759.0 5,293 2,480.4 2,812.5 14,669 8,335.5 6,333.6 22,818 2,712 1,947.9 763.9 5,329 2,512.5 2,816.2 14,777 8,450.9 6,325.8 22,106 2,719 1,949.5 769.0 5,107 2,313.1 2,793.5 14,280 8,003.7 6,276.3 22,210 2,713 1,950.5 762.3 5,143 2,323.3 2,819.4 14,354 8,011.8 6,342.6 22,273 2,714 1,952.1 761.9 5,137 2,320.3 2,817.1 14,422 8,066.1 6,355.7 22,280 2,710 1,949.2 760.9 5,159 2,336.9 2,822.1 14,411 8,048.4 6,363.0 22,318 2,711 1,950.1 760.4 5,155 2,332.4 2,822.9 14,452 8,078.5 6,373.0 22,348 2,712 1,950.3 761.2 5,165 2,335.4 2,829.4 14,471 8,088.3 6,382.3 30 1 .2 .8 10 3.0 6.5 19 9.8 9.3 1 22,593 2,720 1,948.1 771.5 5,274 2,491.5 2,782.9 14,599 8,365.5 6,233.9 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 2 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Change from: Oct. 2007Nov. 2007 p Nov. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Nov. 2007p Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Nov. 2007p Total private ....................................... 33.8 34.2 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 0.0 Goods-producing .......................................... 40.5 41.1 40.9 40.7 40.4 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.6 .0 Natural resources and mining .............................. 46.1 46.7 46.7 46.4 46.1 45.9 45.7 46.2 46.0 46.4 .4 Construction ............................................................ 38.8 39.4 39.5 38.7 39.0 38.9 38.7 38.8 38.9 38.8 -.1 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 41.2 4.3 41.7 4.4 41.4 4.2 41.5 4.3 41.0 4.1 41.3 4.2 41.4 4.1 41.3 4.1 41.2 4.1 41.3 4.1 .1 .0 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 41.3 4.3 41.9 4.4 41.7 4.2 41.7 4.3 41.2 4.1 41.6 4.2 41.7 4.1 41.6 4.1 41.5 4.1 41.6 4.1 .1 .0 Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 39.0 42.3 43.5 41.4 42.4 40.5 41.1 42.6 41.7 39.1 39.0 40.2 43.5 42.8 42.1 42.8 41.0 41.5 43.1 42.7 39.8 39.6 39.6 43.3 42.4 42.0 43.1 40.8 41.3 42.7 42.3 39.1 39.0 39.2 43.0 43.0 41.9 43.2 41.2 41.8 42.6 42.0 39.4 38.5 39.1 42.3 43.5 41.2 42.3 40.2 40.7 42.5 41.5 39.0 38.8 39.9 42.6 43.2 41.7 42.5 40.2 41.7 43.2 42.6 39.3 39.0 39.6 42.8 43.0 41.7 42.6 40.7 41.3 43.2 42.4 39.7 39.1 39.7 42.7 42.6 41.8 42.7 40.7 41.3 42.7 42.1 39.4 39.5 39.4 42.8 42.5 41.8 43.0 40.6 40.9 42.6 42.1 39.2 38.8 39.4 43.0 43.0 41.7 43.1 40.9 41.3 42.5 42.0 39.3 38.5 .0 .2 .5 -.1 .1 .3 .4 -.1 -.1 .1 -.3 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.9 4.4 41.4 4.5 41.0 4.2 41.2 4.3 40.6 4.2 40.9 4.1 40.8 4.1 40.8 4.1 40.8 4.1 40.9 4.1 .1 .0 Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 41.2 41.0 40.3 40.1 37.1 38.3 43.1 39.4 45.4 42.0 40.5 41.5 40.6 40.8 40.3 37.1 37.6 43.8 39.4 44.1 42.1 41.9 41.3 40.2 40.0 38.8 37.5 37.7 43.7 39.0 43.1 41.3 41.5 41.3 40.2 40.8 37.8 38.1 38.7 43.4 39.2 44.0 41.8 42.1 40.5 40.9 40.4 39.8 36.9 37.8 42.6 39.1 44.8 41.9 40.6 40.8 40.7 40.2 40.6 37.7 37.4 42.9 38.8 44.2 42.1 41.5 40.6 40.9 39.8 39.9 37.4 37.5 43.1 39.1 43.7 42.0 41.4 40.7 40.7 40.5 39.9 37.4 37.7 43.1 38.8 43.4 41.9 41.6 40.8 40.6 40.4 39.0 37.2 37.5 43.4 38.8 42.9 41.5 41.5 40.6 40.3 40.8 37.8 37.8 38.1 43.1 39.0 43.5 41.8 42.1 -.2 -.3 .4 -1.2 .6 .6 -.3 .2 .6 .3 .6 Private service-providing ............................. 32.3 32.8 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.4 33.9 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.3 33.3 33.4 33.3 33.4 .1 Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.0 38.7 38.0 38.3 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.2 38.0 38.3 .3 Retail trade ........................................................... 30.3 30.7 30.1 30.3 30.5 30.1 30.1 30.3 30.2 30.3 .1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.1 37.3 36.8 36.8 36.9 36.8 37.0 37.0 36.8 36.7 -.1 Utilities ................................................................... 41.9 43.0 42.4 42.5 41.9 42.6 42.5 42.6 42.1 42.5 .4 Information ............................................................... 36.4 36.8 36.1 36.0 36.4 36.5 36.3 36.3 36.1 36.0 -.1 Financial activities .................................................. 35.6 36.3 35.5 35.5 35.8 35.9 35.8 35.7 35.7 35.7 .0 Professional and business services .................... 34.6 35.2 34.7 34.8 34.6 34.7 34.7 34.8 34.7 34.8 .1 Education and health services ............................. 32.4 32.9 32.5 32.6 32.5 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.6 .0 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.3 25.6 25.3 25.1 25.6 25.4 25.4 25.4 25.4 25.4 .0 Other services ......................................................... 30.8 31.1 30.8 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.9 30.9 31.0 .1 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Industry Average weekly earnings Nov. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Nov. 2007p Nov. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $16.99 16.99 $17.62 17.54 $17.58 17.55 $17.63 17.63 $574.26 574.26 $602.60 592.85 $594.20 593.19 $595.89 595.89 Goods-producing .......................................... 18.26 18.87 18.83 18.87 739.53 775.56 770.15 768.01 Natural resources and mining .............................. 20.45 20.95 21.00 21.15 942.75 978.37 980.70 981.36 Construction ............................................................ 20.42 21.30 21.25 21.34 792.30 839.22 839.38 825.86 Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.93 17.37 17.31 17.38 697.52 724.33 716.63 721.27 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 17.87 13.67 16.51 19.73 16.29 17.56 19.22 15.53 22.57 14.12 14.38 18.33 13.65 16.99 19.77 16.61 17.80 20.17 16.02 23.39 14.37 14.75 18.28 13.79 16.98 19.77 16.66 17.75 20.25 15.77 23.18 14.37 14.70 18.33 13.71 17.17 19.70 16.73 17.80 20.20 15.66 23.30 14.32 14.76 738.03 533.13 698.37 858.26 674.41 744.54 778.41 638.28 961.48 552.09 560.82 768.03 548.73 739.07 846.16 699.28 761.84 826.97 664.83 1,008.11 571.93 584.10 762.28 546.08 735.23 838.25 699.72 765.03 826.20 651.30 989.79 561.87 573.30 764.36 537.43 738.31 847.10 700.99 768.96 832.24 654.59 992.58 564.21 568.26 Nondurable goods ............................................... Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 15.34 13.18 18.20 12.74 11.98 10.53 11.58 18.05 15.93 24.44 19.61 15.04 15.75 13.65 18.39 13.15 11.82 11.09 12.22 18.54 16.37 25.88 19.50 15.42 15.67 13.58 18.69 12.94 11.79 11.06 12.07 18.47 16.47 24.82 19.36 15.34 15.77 13.56 19.45 13.07 11.90 11.11 12.28 18.59 16.35 25.25 19.59 15.46 627.41 543.02 746.20 513.42 480.40 390.66 443.51 777.96 627.64 1,109.58 823.62 609.12 652.05 566.48 746.63 536.52 476.35 411.44 459.47 812.05 644.98 1,141.31 820.95 646.10 642.47 560.85 751.34 517.60 457.45 414.75 455.04 807.14 642.33 1,069.74 799.57 636.61 649.72 560.03 781.89 533.26 449.82 423.29 475.24 806.81 640.92 1,111.00 818.86 650.87 Private service-providing ............................. 16.65 17.29 17.25 17.30 537.80 567.11 557.18 558.79 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.44 16.03 15.96 15.87 515.70 543.42 531.47 530.06 Wholesale trade ................................................... 19.16 19.83 19.74 19.77 728.08 767.42 750.12 757.19 Retail trade ........................................................... 12.52 12.94 12.86 12.74 379.36 397.26 387.09 386.02 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 17.48 17.99 17.93 18.04 648.51 671.03 659.82 663.87 Utilities ................................................................... 27.44 28.31 28.49 28.23 1,149.74 1,217.33 1,207.98 1,199.78 Information ............................................................... 23.53 24.17 24.12 23.98 856.49 889.46 870.73 863.28 Financial activities .................................................. 19.19 19.89 19.80 19.91 683.16 722.01 702.90 706.81 Professional and business services .................... 19.44 20.36 20.22 20.41 672.62 716.67 701.63 710.27 Education and health services ............................. 17.62 18.22 18.20 18.31 570.89 599.44 591.50 596.91 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 10.00 10.52 10.61 10.65 253.00 269.31 268.43 267.32 Other services ......................................................... 14.93 15.34 15.31 15.37 459.84 477.07 471.55 474.93 1 See p= footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. Nov. 2007p ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent change from: Oct. 2007- p Nov. 2007 Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Nov. 2007p Total Private: Current dollars ................................................ Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. $16.99 8.36 $17.45 8.31 $17.50 8.35 $17.54 8.35 $17.55 8.32 $17.63 N.A. 0.5 Goods-producing .......................................................... 18.21 18.67 18.71 18.75 18.73 18.83 .5 Natural resources and mining .............................................. 20.43 20.95 21.11 21.00 21.05 21.12 .3 Construction ............................................................................ 20.37 20.94 20.99 21.10 21.06 21.27 1.0 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4..................................................... 16.89 16.09 17.28 16.44 17.31 16.49 17.32 16.50 17.31 16.49 17.36 16.54 .3 .3 Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.79 18.22 18.26 18.26 18.26 18.28 .1 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.35 15.68 15.70 15.73 15.70 15.79 .6 Private service-providing ............................................. 16.67 17.13 17.18 17.23 17.25 17.31 .3 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.54 15.84 15.88 15.92 15.93 15.97 .3 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 19.14 19.56 19.63 19.69 19.74 19.76 .1 Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.64 12.82 12.84 12.86 12.85 12.87 .2 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 17.50 17.81 17.79 17.90 17.91 18.02 .6 Utilities ................................................................................... 27.47 27.84 28.01 28.18 28.37 28.27 -.4 Information ............................................................................... 23.47 23.96 23.98 23.96 23.96 23.98 .1 Financial activities .................................................................. 19.20 19.69 19.77 19.81 19.82 19.92 .5 Professional and business services .................................... 19.51 20.18 20.28 20.36 20.35 20.48 .6 Education and health services ............................................. 17.63 18.05 18.10 18.17 18.21 18.29 .4 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.94 10.45 10.50 10.53 10.59 10.60 .1 Other services ......................................................................... 14.94 15.26 15.29 15.31 15.34 15.38 .3 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was -0.4 percent from Sept. 2007 to Oct. 2007, the latest month available. 2 The (3) 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Nov. 2007p Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Percent Nov. change from: 2007p Oct. 2007Nov. 2007 p Total private ....................................... 107.0 109.5 108.5 108.6 106.3 107.6 107.7 107.8 107.9 108.0 0.1 Goods-producing .......................................... 102.8 105.4 104.2 102.7 102.0 102.7 102.3 102.2 102.1 102.0 -.1 Natural resources and mining .............................. 130.3 138.2 138.0 135.9 129.1 134.2 132.8 134.5 133.7 135.1 1.0 Construction ............................................................ 115.6 120.2 119.8 114.6 114.7 115.1 114.1 114.0 114.2 113.6 -.5 95.8 96.9 95.6 95.7 95.2 95.7 95.6 95.4 95.0 95.2 .2 Durable goods ..................................................... 98.5 Wood products .................................................. 93.6 Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 97.9 Primary metals .................................................. 91.9 Fabricated metal products .............................. 103.9 Machinery .......................................................... 105.2 Computer and electronic products ................ 105.4 Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 88.6 Transportation equipment ............................... 98.5 Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 89.0 Furniture and related products ....................... 87.7 Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 93.2 99.4 92.7 101.2 89.6 106.3 107.1 104.3 91.8 99.3 87.8 86.7 93.5 98.4 89.9 100.3 88.8 106.6 108.4 103.2 91.2 96.5 84.1 84.5 92.3 98.5 86.7 98.1 90.2 105.7 109.5 104.4 92.5 97.2 84.4 85.4 92.4 98.2 94.1 97.1 92.3 103.5 105.2 104.5 88.3 98.0 88.2 88.1 92.0 98.7 93.2 97.4 91.0 105.2 107.1 103.0 92.5 98.3 86.3 86.8 92.4 98.6 91.3 97.4 90.0 105.1 106.6 103.5 91.1 98.8 86.3 86.9 92.3 98.4 90.1 97.2 89.2 105.4 107.2 103.5 91.5 98.1 85.9 86.0 93.3 98.0 88.9 97.7 89.2 105.8 108.5 102.8 90.9 96.6 84.3 85.3 91.9 98.3 87.6 97.5 90.4 105.3 109.4 103.7 92.1 96.8 84.2 85.8 91.7 .3 -1.5 -.2 1.3 -.5 .8 .9 1.3 .2 -.1 .6 -.2 Nondurable goods ............................................... 91.2 Food manufacturing ......................................... 103.8 Beverages and tobacco products .................. 99.6 Textile mills ........................................................ 62.3 Textile product mills ......................................... 83.5 Apparel ............................................................... 63.3 Leather and allied products ............................ 73.4 Paper and paper products .............................. 86.0 Printing and related support activities ........... 94.3 Petroleum and coal products .......................... 95.8 Chemicals .......................................................... 93.8 Plastics and rubber products .......................... 91.1 93.0 106.9 104.9 56.1 78.5 60.2 74.8 87.1 93.8 103.0 96.6 95.9 91.4 105.3 100.6 54.9 75.5 59.3 74.5 86.6 92.5 101.1 93.8 94.7 91.3 104.2 96.3 55.6 72.6 60.0 76.0 85.4 92.9 102.4 95.3 96.0 90.2 100.6 99.1 62.3 83.5 63.2 71.5 85.0 93.4 95.1 93.9 91.1 91.2 103.0 104.9 55.8 80.3 61.6 70.9 85.5 91.7 97.1 96.0 95.2 90.6 101.9 103.1 54.8 78.4 60.4 71.6 85.5 92.1 97.9 96.0 94.9 90.6 101.9 101.2 55.5 77.8 59.9 74.5 85.4 92.4 98.9 96.0 95.0 90.4 102.1 100.0 55.4 75.9 59.0 73.4 86.0 91.9 99.0 94.7 94.7 90.4 101.4 97.9 55.5 73.2 59.7 73.8 84.9 92.2 100.9 95.7 96.1 .0 -.7 -2.1 .2 -3.6 1.2 .5 -1.3 .3 1.9 1.1 1.5 Private service-providing ............................. 107.9 110.9 109.6 110.0 107.5 109.1 109.2 109.4 109.6 109.7 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 105.5 105.9 104.6 106.9 103.7 104.1 104.2 104.6 104.4 104.8 .4 Wholesale trade ................................................... 106.5 111.4 109.9 110.8 106.4 109.0 109.6 109.9 109.7 110.7 .9 Retail trade ........................................................... 103.5 101.8 100.4 104.2 101.0 100.6 100.5 101.2 100.8 101.2 .4 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 110.7 111.6 110.6 111.0 109.1 108.7 109.5 109.8 109.4 109.4 .0 94.6 97.7 96.5 96.5 94.8 96.8 96.6 96.9 96.0 96.7 .7 Information ............................................................... 100.7 102.4 100.7 101.0 100.5 102.0 101.4 101.6 101.2 100.9 -.3 Financial activities .................................................. 108.6 111.9 109.5 109.0 109.3 111.1 110.6 110.2 110.1 109.8 -.3 Professional and business services .................... 114.0 117.9 117.0 117.0 113.2 114.8 115.0 115.6 115.6 116.1 .4 Education and health services ............................. 111.3 114.2 114.6 115.5 110.2 113.2 113.6 113.7 113.9 114.1 .2 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 106.9 114.4 111.4 109.1 110.5 111.4 111.7 112.2 112.5 112.7 .2 99.2 98.3 98.6 97.8 98.7 98.6 98.9 99.0 99.5 .5 Industry Manufacturing ......................................................... Utilities ................................................................... Other services ......................................................... 1 See 97.0 footnote 1, table B-2. motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by 2 Includes dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production and nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Nov. 2007p Nov. 2006 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007p Percent Nov. change from: 2007p Oct. 2007Nov. 2007 p Total private ....................................... 121.4 128.9 127.4 127.9 120.7 125.5 125.9 126.3 126.6 127.2 0.5 Goods-producing .......................................... 115.0 121.7 120.2 118.7 113.7 117.5 117.3 117.4 117.1 117.6 .4 Natural resources and mining .............................. 155.0 168.4 168.5 167.1 153.4 163.5 163.1 164.3 163.7 166.0 1.4 Construction ............................................................ 127.5 138.2 137.4 132.1 126.2 130.2 129.3 129.9 129.9 130.4 .4 Manufacturing ......................................................... 106.1 110.1 108.3 108.8 105.2 108.2 108.2 108.1 107.5 108.1 .6 Durable goods ..................................................... 109.9 113.7 112.3 112.7 109.1 112.2 112.3 112.1 111.7 112.2 .4 Nondurable goods ............................................... 98.9 103.6 101.2 101.8 97.8 101.0 100.6 100.7 100.3 100.9 .6 Private service-providing ............................. 123.1 131.4 129.7 130.5 122.9 128.1 128.7 129.2 129.6 130.2 .5 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 116.2 121.1 119.1 121.0 115.0 117.6 118.0 118.8 118.6 119.4 .7 Wholesale trade ................................................... 120.2 130.1 127.8 129.0 120.0 125.6 126.7 127.4 127.5 128.8 1.0 Retail trade ........................................................... 111.1 112.9 110.7 113.8 109.4 110.5 110.6 111.6 111.1 111.6 .5 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 122.8 127.4 125.8 127.0 121.1 122.8 123.6 124.7 124.3 125.0 .6 Utilities ................................................................... 108.3 115.4 114.8 113.7 108.7 112.5 113.0 114.0 113.7 114.2 .4 Information ............................................................... 117.3 122.5 120.3 119.9 116.8 121.0 120.3 120.5 120.0 119.7 -.3 Financial activities .................................................. 128.9 137.6 134.0 134.2 129.7 135.2 135.2 135.0 135.0 135.3 .2 Professional and business services .................... 131.9 142.9 140.8 142.1 131.4 137.8 138.7 140.0 140.0 141.5 1.1 Education and health services ............................. 128.9 136.8 137.1 139.0 127.7 134.3 135.1 135.8 136.3 137.1 .6 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 121.3 136.7 134.2 131.9 124.7 132.3 133.2 134.1 135.3 135.7 .3 Other services ......................................................... 105.6 110.9 109.6 110.4 106.5 109.7 109.9 110.4 110.7 111.5 .7 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls p= by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 43.5 51.6 52.5 64.2 54.9 37.2 50.2 61.3 64.6 54.7 33.6 62.1 52.7 64.0 55.0 38.8 64.9 60.8 62.8 52.9 40.8 59.9 54.9 56.7 57.9 38.5 57.6 58.5 55.9 53.6 39.2 56.5 59.0 59.4 53.2 41.7 51.4 60.4 55.9 52.0 48.0 56.5 53.6 55.8 56.7 50.2 55.0 53.1 57.7 p 53.8 52.2 51.4 62.2 53.6 p 49.8 52.9 55.6 60.4 57.6 39.6 55.9 51.3 70.5 64.6 33.8 53.2 55.9 66.7 60.6 34.9 57.0 56.8 66.0 61.2 33.8 64.2 61.3 66.9 59.4 35.3 70.3 57.2 63.3 60.1 42.3 65.6 59.4 62.4 56.5 39.2 59.9 62.8 60.3 56.1 34.4 55.2 63.7 62.6 54.7 42.6 57.9 59.9 57.7 56.5 48.6 59.0 53.4 59.0 p 57.0 48.7 60.4 57.2 57.7 p 55.4 50.2 55.8 62.2 59.9 34.7 49.8 54.1 63.8 62.2 33.1 51.8 57.2 63.3 60.3 31.1 55.0 57.6 67.1 65.3 33.3 60.8 56.3 68.2 62.8 33.5 63.5 56.5 67.1 61.7 36.5 63.7 58.1 67.1 61.3 32.7 63.3 65.8 63.5 59.7 32.4 62.6 63.8 62.9 56.8 40.8 58.3 61.9 62.6 58.6 44.8 62.1 59.2 62.1 p 59.2 47.7 55.4 62.8 61.5 p 56.1 47.5 55.2 60.8 61.0 34.5 40.3 60.1 67.3 64.6 31.5 42.1 61.0 65.3 64.4 32.9 44.8 59.5 66.0 63.8 33.5 48.4 58.8 64.7 64.0 34.2 50.7 58.3 65.8 62.6 35.1 57.7 60.3 65.3 62.2 32.7 57.0 60.6 67.6 61.5 33.1 55.2 62.8 66.4 62.6 37.1 56.7 60.3 66.5 63.5 36.7 58.3 58.8 66.4 p 63.1 37.2 60.1 59.7 65.5 p 60.8 39.2 60.3 61.3 65.1 Over 3-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 34.5 41.1 36.9 63.1 52.4 17.3 45.2 48.2 48.2 38.7 17.3 47.0 43.5 56.0 30.4 10.7 63.1 48.2 53.0 33.3 22.0 50.0 38.7 47.0 42.3 17.3 48.2 37.5 58.9 42.9 17.3 56.5 42.3 51.2 45.8 31.5 43.5 45.8 44.6 32.7 26.8 41.7 44.0 40.5 41.1 38.1 43.5 44.6 47.6 p 46.4 42.3 40.5 48.2 43.5 p 45.2 42.3 42.3 51.8 38.7 15.5 45.2 35.1 56.5 48.2 11.3 42.9 39.9 52.4 38.1 13.7 43.5 40.5 52.4 42.9 9.5 57.7 42.3 51.2 31.0 8.9 60.1 35.1 47.6 33.3 11.9 58.3 33.9 54.8 38.1 15.5 55.4 40.5 48.2 34.5 15.5 46.4 41.7 52.4 32.7 17.9 47.0 42.3 39.3 31.5 29.2 42.9 40.5 42.3 p 38.1 30.4 42.9 39.9 35.7 p 42.9 33.3 37.5 43.5 39.9 11.9 28.0 31.5 42.9 39.9 11.3 32.7 35.1 41.7 37.5 7.1 35.1 36.3 50.0 37.5 8.3 47.0 34.5 50.6 36.9 9.5 50.0 32.1 51.2 36.3 10.7 52.4 33.3 53.0 38.1 7.1 54.2 44.0 45.8 33.9 9.5 52.4 39.3 45.8 29.2 12.5 48.8 32.1 47.6 29.8 16.1 51.2 36.9 45.2 p 36.9 25.0 41.1 34.5 44.6 p 33.9 24.4 38.7 39.3 39.9 10.7 13.1 44.6 44.6 41.7 6.0 14.3 44.6 40.5 42.3 6.5 13.1 41.7 40.5 39.3 6.0 20.2 40.5 40.5 39.9 8.3 23.2 37.5 39.3 36.3 7.1 35.7 36.3 42.3 33.3 7.1 36.9 32.1 48.8 32.1 8.3 38.1 33.9 48.8 33.3 10.7 36.3 32.7 44.6 33.3 10.7 44.0 33.3 45.2 p 32.7 9.5 44.6 33.3 43.5 p 33.3 10.7 44.6 37.5 41.7 Over 3-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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