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News United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Washington, D.C. 20212 Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 08-1774 Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Friday, December 5, 2008. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2008 Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply (-533,000) in November, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.5 to 6.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. November's drop in payroll employment followed declines of 403,000 in September and 320,000 in October, as revised. Job losses were large and widespread across the major industry sectors in November. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, December 2005 – November 2008 Percent Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, December 2005 – November 2008 Millions 7.0 140.0 6.5 138.0 6.0 136.0 5.5 134.0 5.0 132.0 4.5 130.0 128.0 4.0 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) Both the number of unemployed persons (10.3 million) and the unemployment rate (6.7 percent) continued to increase in November. Since the start of the recession in December 2007, as recently announced by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the number of unemployed persons increased by 2.7 million, and the unemployment rate rose by 1.7 percentage points. (See table A-1.) The unemployment rates for adult men (6.5 percent) and adult women (5.5 percent) continued to trend up in November. The unemployment rates for teenagers (20.4 percent), whites (6.1 percent), blacks (11.2 percent), and Hispanics (8.6 percent) showed little change over the month. The jobless rate for Asians was 4.8 percent in November, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) Among the unemployed, the number of persons who lost their job and did not expect to be recalled to work increased by 298,000 to 4.7 million in November. Over the past 12 months, the size of this group has increased by 2.0 million. (See table A-8.) 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Category II 2008 III 2008 Monthly data Sept. 2008 Nov. 2008 Oct.-Nov. change 154,616 144,285 10,331 80,212 -422 -673 251 637 6.5 6.3 5.3 20.6 5.9 11.1 8.8 6.7 6.5 5.5 20.4 6.1 11.2 8.6 0.2 .2 .2 -.2 .2 .1 -.2 p 136,700 p 21,083 p 7,034 p 13,253 p 115,617 p 15,137 p 17,726 p 19,021 p 13,562 p 22,537 p 136,167 p 20,920 p 6,952 p 13,168 p 115,247 p 15,046 p 17,590 p 19,073 p 13,486 p 22,544 p -533 p -163 p -82 p -85 p -370 p -91 p -136 p 52 p -76 p7 p 33.5 p 40.3 p 3.3 p -0.1 p -.2 p -.2 Oct. 2008 Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force …………….…………… 154,294 Employment …………………….………… 146,089 Unemployment ……………….…………… 8,204 Not in labor force ………………….………… 79,117 154,730 145,517 9,213 79,381 154,732 145,255 9,477 79,628 155,038 144,958 10,080 79,575 Unemployment rates All workers ……………….……………....… Adult men …………………....……...…… Adult women ………….…………………… Teenagers ………….………………...…… White ……….………….…...…………… Black or African American ………….…… Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ………..…… 5.3 4.9 4.6 17.4 4.7 9.1 7.2 6.0 5.7 4.9 19.5 5.3 10.6 7.7 6.1 6.1 4.9 19.1 5.4 11.4 7.8 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment ……….……...……… 137,699 Goods-producing 1…...…...……………… 21,565 7,242 Construction ..…...…………….………… Manufacturing …………………....…… 13,563 Service-providing 1 ………...……..……… 116,134 Retail trade 2 …...…………….…..…… 15,337 Professional and business service ….....… 17,980 Education and health services …..…….… 18,823 Leisure and hospitality …...……………. 13,683 Government ………...…………………… 22,439 137,331 21,351 7,141 13,423 115,980 15,259 17,849 18,975 13,627 22,504 137,020 21,250 7,098 13,357 115,770 15,199 17,789 18,993 13,587 22,495 Hours of work 3 Total private ……...…………...…………… Manufacturing …………….……...……… Overtime ……...………………..…….… 33.7 41.0 3.9 33.7 40.8 3.7 33.6 40.5 3.5 p 33.6 p 40.5 p 3.5 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3 Total private ……...………………….……… 107.2 106.6 106.1 p 105.7 p 104.7 p -1.0 p $18.30 p 613.05 p $0.07 p .52 Earnings 3 Average hourly earnings, total private …...… Average weekly earnings, total private ……. 1 $17.95 605.40 $18.12 610.15 $18.17 610.51 p $18.23 p 612.53 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 The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 2.2 million in November, but was up by 822,000 over the past 12 months. (See table A-9.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) In November, the labor force participation rate declined by 0.3 percentage point to 65.8 percent. Total employment continued to decline, and the employment-population ratio fell to 61.4 percent. (See table A-1.) Over the month, the number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) continued to increase, reaching 7.3 million. The number of such workers rose by 2.8 million over the past 12 months. This category includes persons who would like to work full time but were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find full-time jobs. (See table A-5.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.9 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in November, 584,000 more than 12 months earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in 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 608,000 discouraged workers in November, up by 259,000 from a year earlier. Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work specifically because they believe no jobs are available for them. The other 1.3 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 or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment fell by 533,000 in November, bringing losses to 1.9 million since the start of the recession in December 2007. Two-thirds of these losses occurred in the last 3 months. In November, employment declined in nearly all major industries, although health care continued to add jobs. (See table B-1.) In November, employment continued to decline in manufacturing (-85,000), with widespread job losses occurring among the component industries. Manufacturing employment has declined by 604,000 since December. Within durable goods manufacturing, job losses occurred in November in fabricated metal products (-15,000), machinery (-11,000), wood products (-9,000), furniture and related products (-7,000), primary metals (-7,000), and computer and electronic products (-7,000). Employment in transportation equipment edged up, as a return of 27,000 aerospace workers from strike more than offset a job loss in motor vehicle and parts (-13,000). In the nondurable goods component, job losses occurred in plastics and rubber products (-12,000), printing and related support activities (-5,000), and textile mills (-5,000). Employment in construction fell by 82,000 in November, with losses occurring throughout the industry. Since peaking in September 2006, construction employment has decreased by 780,000. Specialty trade contractors lost 50,000 jobs in November, with both residential and nonresidential components contributing to the decline. 4 Within professional and business services, the employment services industry lost 101,000 jobs over the month, bringing total job losses since December to 495,000. In November, employment fell by 10,000 in architectural and engineering services. Employment in retail trade fell by 91,000 in November. Job losses continued in automobile dealerships (-24,000). Employment in the industry has fallen by 115,000 since December, with much of the decrease occurring over the last 2 months. In several other retail industries, seasonal hiring for the holidays fell short of normal in November. After seasonal adjustment, employment declined in clothing and accessories stores (-18,000); sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores (-11,000); and furniture and home furnishing stores (-10,000). Wholesale trade employment was down by 25,000 over the month, with most of the decrease among durable goods wholesalers. Employment in leisure and hospitality declined by 76,000 in November, with most of the decline occurring in accommodation and food services (-54,000). Since peaking in April 2008, accommodation and food services has lost 150,000 jobs. In November, employment in financial activities continued to decline (-32,000). Within the industry, job losses occurred in credit intermediation and related activities (-16,000) and in rental and leasing services (-9,000). Job losses in financial activities have accelerated over the last 3 months, bringing the total decline since December to 142,000. Elsewhere in the service-providing sector, employment in transportation and warehousing declined by 32,000 in November, with most of the losses in truck transportation (-12,000) and couriers and messengers (-8,000). The information industry lost 19,000 jobs over the month. Health care employment grew by 34,000 in November. Over the past 12 months, health care has added 369,000 jobs. The change in total nonfarm employment for September was revised from -284,000 to -403,000, and the change for October was revised from -240,000 to -320,000. In both months, there were large revisions in most of the major industry sectors. These revisions resulted primarily because of the normal monthly recalculation of seasonal factors rather than the incorporation of additional sample reports. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) In November, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.1 hour to 33.5 hours, seasonally adjusted—the lowest in the history of the series, which began in 1964. Both the manufacturing workweek and factory overtime fell by 0.2 hour over the month, to 40.3 and 3.3 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.9 percent in November. The manufacturing index declined by 1.4 percent. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) In November, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 7 cents, or 0.4 percent. This followed gains of 6 cents in October and 3 cents 5 in September. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings increased by 3.7 percent, and average weekly earnings rose by 2.8 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for December 2008 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 9, 2009, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Employment Situation release dates for the balance of 2009 can be found on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/empsit.htm. Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data In accordance with usual practice, the Employment Situation release for December 2008, scheduled for January 9, 2009, 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. Planned Changes to Household Data Table A-13 With the release of data for December 2008, scheduled for January 9, 2009, there will be a wording change to one of the categories listed in table A-13. The current category, "Searched for work and available to work now," will be changed to "Marginally attached to the labor force." This is strictly a change in title, and not in definition; the data shown will not be affected. This change is being made to correspond with the text in the release. Footnote 1 in table A-13 also will change slightly to include the word "sometime." Therefore, footnote 1 will read "Data refer to persons who have searched for work sometime during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week." Conversion of Household Data to Updated Census Industry Classification With the release of January 2009 data on February 6, 2009, the Current Population Survey (household data) will change its industry classification from the 2002 Census Industry Classification to an updated version derived from the 2007 North American Industry Classification System. Several industry titles will be updated. In addition, the new classification reflects minor definitional changes within the information sector. Historical data will not be revised. 6 Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 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 15.7 percent of the labor force in 2007 and 47.7 percent of the net increase in the labor force from 2000 to 2007. 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 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. 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 7 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. 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 2007 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 agesex 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 0.1 percent to 0.6 percent. Other information 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. 2007 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 232,939 154,035 66.1 147,118 63.2 6,917 4.5 78,904 4,337 234,612 155,012 66.1 145,543 62.0 9,469 6.1 79,601 4,800 234,828 154,624 65.8 144,609 61.6 10,015 6.5 80,204 5,077 232,939 153,828 66.0 146,647 63.0 7,181 4.7 79,111 4,655 233,864 154,603 66.1 145,819 62.4 8,784 5.7 79,261 4,997 234,107 154,853 66.1 145,477 62.1 9,376 6.1 79,253 4,796 234,360 154,732 66.0 145,255 62.0 9,477 6.1 79,628 5,067 234,612 155,038 66.1 144,958 61.8 10,080 6.5 79,575 4,966 234,828 154,616 65.8 144,285 61.4 10,331 6.7 80,212 5,364 112,737 82,402 73.1 78,680 69.8 3,722 4.5 30,335 113,546 82,772 72.9 77,428 68.2 5,344 6.5 30,775 113,660 82,415 72.5 76,690 67.5 5,725 6.9 31,245 112,737 82,515 73.2 78,604 69.7 3,910 4.7 30,223 113,154 82,889 73.3 77,823 68.8 5,066 6.1 30,264 113,281 82,807 73.1 77,632 68.5 5,176 6.3 30,474 113,414 82,945 73.1 77,396 68.2 5,549 6.7 30,469 113,546 82,983 73.1 77,108 67.9 5,875 7.1 30,563 113,660 82,655 72.7 76,672 67.5 5,983 7.2 31,005 104,087 79,113 76.0 76,018 73.0 3,095 3.9 24,973 104,869 79,462 75.8 74,865 71.4 4,598 5.8 25,407 104,978 79,243 75.5 74,283 70.8 4,960 6.3 25,735 104,087 79,075 76.0 75,834 72.9 3,240 4.1 25,012 104,490 79,327 75.9 75,094 71.9 4,234 5.3 25,163 104,613 79,318 75.8 74,866 71.6 4,452 5.6 25,295 104,741 79,444 75.8 74,631 71.3 4,813 6.1 25,298 104,869 79,451 75.8 74,441 71.0 5,010 6.3 25,418 104,978 79,316 75.6 74,138 70.6 5,178 6.5 25,662 120,202 71,633 59.6 68,438 56.9 3,195 4.5 48,569 121,066 72,240 59.7 68,115 56.3 4,125 5.7 48,826 121,168 72,209 59.6 67,919 56.1 4,290 5.9 48,959 120,202 71,313 59.3 68,043 56.6 3,271 4.6 48,889 120,710 71,714 59.4 67,996 56.3 3,718 5.2 48,996 120,825 72,046 59.6 67,845 56.2 4,201 5.8 48,779 120,946 71,787 59.4 67,860 56.1 3,928 5.5 49,159 121,066 72,055 59.5 67,850 56.0 4,205 5.8 49,011 121,168 71,961 59.4 67,613 55.8 4,348 6.0 49,207 111,805 68,188 61.0 65,449 58.5 2,739 4.0 43,617 112,633 69,059 61.3 65,439 58.1 3,620 5.2 43,575 112,731 69,108 61.3 65,317 57.9 3,791 5.5 43,623 111,805 67,776 60.6 64,980 58.1 2,796 4.1 44,029 112,290 68,303 60.8 65,167 58.0 3,135 4.6 43,988 112,401 68,672 61.1 65,047 57.9 3,625 5.3 43,729 112,518 68,423 60.8 65,072 57.8 3,351 4.9 44,094 112,633 68,757 61.0 65,090 57.8 3,666 5.3 43,877 112,731 68,749 61.0 64,935 57.6 3,815 5.5 43,982 17,048 6,734 39.5 5,652 33.2 1,082 16.1 10,314 17,110 6,490 37.9 5,239 30.6 1,251 19.3 10,620 17,118 6,272 36.6 5,008 29.3 1,264 20.2 10,846 17,048 6,977 40.9 5,832 34.2 1,145 16.4 10,071 17,084 6,973 40.8 5,558 32.5 1,415 20.3 10,110 17,092 6,863 40.2 5,563 32.6 1,299 18.9 10,229 17,101 6,865 40.1 5,552 32.5 1,313 19.1 10,236 17,110 6,830 39.9 5,427 31.7 1,404 20.6 10,279 17,118 6,550 38.3 5,212 30.4 1,338 20.4 10,568 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: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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. 2007 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 188,956 125,615 66.5 120,665 63.9 4,951 3.9 63,341 190,085 126,311 66.4 119,389 62.8 6,923 5.5 63,774 190,221 126,057 66.3 118,721 62.4 7,336 5.8 64,165 188,956 125,430 66.4 120,194 63.6 5,235 4.2 63,526 189,587 125,971 66.4 119,542 63.1 6,428 5.1 63,616 189,747 125,981 66.4 119,222 62.8 6,760 5.4 63,766 189,916 125,955 66.3 119,180 62.8 6,775 5.4 63,961 190,085 126,388 66.5 118,893 62.5 7,495 5.9 63,697 190,221 126,029 66.3 118,338 62.2 7,691 6.1 64,193 65,552 76.4 63,307 73.8 2,245 3.4 65,785 76.2 62,411 72.3 3,374 5.1 65,681 76.0 61,995 71.7 3,686 5.6 65,521 76.4 63,111 73.6 2,409 3.7 65,789 76.4 62,695 72.8 3,094 4.7 65,690 76.2 62,446 72.5 3,244 4.9 65,747 76.2 62,239 72.2 3,508 5.3 65,844 76.3 62,081 71.9 3,763 5.7 65,755 76.1 61,824 71.5 3,930 6.0 54,539 60.5 52,645 58.4 1,893 3.5 55,204 60.9 52,595 58.0 2,610 4.7 55,131 60.8 52,454 57.8 2,677 4.9 54,206 60.2 52,220 58.0 1,986 3.7 54,424 60.2 52,184 57.7 2,240 4.1 54,668 60.4 52,118 57.6 2,551 4.7 54,603 60.3 52,309 57.8 2,294 4.2 54,930 60.6 52,236 57.6 2,694 4.9 54,804 60.4 52,052 57.4 2,752 5.0 5,525 42.2 4,712 36.0 812 14.7 5,321 40.6 4,383 33.5 939 17.6 5,245 40.0 4,272 32.6 973 18.6 5,703 43.6 4,863 37.2 840 14.7 5,758 44.0 4,664 35.6 1,094 19.0 5,623 43.0 4,658 35.6 965 17.2 5,606 42.8 4,632 35.4 974 17.4 5,615 42.9 4,577 34.9 1,038 18.5 5,470 41.7 4,461 34.0 1,009 18.4 27,666 17,481 63.2 16,027 57.9 1,454 8.3 10,184 27,982 17,799 63.6 15,847 56.6 1,952 11.0 10,183 28,021 17,683 63.1 15,705 56.0 1,979 11.2 10,338 27,666 17,453 63.1 15,980 57.8 1,473 8.4 10,212 27,854 17,767 63.8 16,040 57.6 1,726 9.7 10,088 27,896 17,973 64.4 16,074 57.6 1,899 10.6 9,923 27,939 17,737 63.5 15,714 56.2 2,023 11.4 10,202 27,982 17,793 63.6 15,810 56.5 1,983 11.1 10,190 28,021 17,710 63.2 15,718 56.1 1,992 11.2 10,311 7,930 71.2 7,316 65.7 613 7.7 8,005 71.1 7,083 62.9 923 11.5 7,957 70.6 7,013 62.2 944 11.9 7,889 70.8 7,268 65.3 621 7.9 7,979 71.3 7,184 64.2 795 10.0 8,066 71.9 7,239 64.5 827 10.3 8,004 71.2 7,052 62.8 951 11.9 7,980 70.9 7,052 62.6 928 11.6 7,950 70.5 7,000 62.1 950 11.9 8,789 63.4 8,161 58.8 627 7.1 9,021 64.3 8,231 58.6 791 8.8 9,069 64.5 8,234 58.6 836 9.2 8,777 63.3 8,159 58.8 618 7.0 8,985 64.3 8,311 59.5 674 7.5 9,052 64.7 8,225 58.8 826 9.1 8,921 63.6 8,089 57.7 833 9.3 9,004 64.1 8,211 58.5 794 8.8 9,070 64.5 8,250 58.7 820 9.0 763 28.7 549 20.7 214 28.0 772 28.8 533 19.9 239 30.9 657 24.4 457 17.0 199 30.4 787 29.6 553 20.8 234 29.7 802 30.0 545 20.4 257 32.0 856 31.9 609 22.7 246 28.8 812 30.3 573 21.4 239 29.4 808 30.1 546 20.4 262 32.4 691 25.7 468 17.4 223 32.3 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. 2007 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 10,731 7,222 67.3 6,960 64.9 262 3.6 3,509 10,791 7,141 66.2 6,870 63.7 271 3.8 3,650 10,811 7,134 66.0 6,791 62.8 343 4.8 3,677 (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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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. 2007 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 31,809 21,937 69.0 20,701 65.1 1,236 5.6 9,872 32,465 22,190 68.4 20,327 62.6 1,863 8.4 10,275 32,558 22,137 68.0 20,263 62.2 1,874 8.5 10,421 31,809 21,872 68.8 20,623 64.8 1,249 5.7 9,938 32,179 22,071 68.6 20,435 63.5 1,636 7.4 10,108 32,273 22,226 68.9 20,452 63.4 1,774 8.0 10,048 32,369 22,258 68.8 20,531 63.4 1,727 7.8 10,111 32,465 22,236 68.5 20,268 62.4 1,967 8.8 10,229 32,558 22,078 67.8 20,187 62.0 1,891 8.6 10,480 12,592 84.8 12,023 81.0 569 4.5 12,787 84.6 11,838 78.3 949 7.4 12,760 84.1 11,777 77.7 983 7.7 (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) 8,246 59.0 7,760 55.6 485 5.9 8,332 58.4 7,721 54.1 611 7.3 8,362 58.5 7,745 54.2 618 7.4 (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) 1,100 36.8 918 30.7 182 16.5 1,071 34.8 768 24.9 303 28.3 1,015 32.8 741 24.0 274 27.0 (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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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. 2007 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 12,181 46.6 11,264 43.1 916 7.5 12,137 47.4 11,007 42.9 1,130 9.3 12,137 47.0 10,865 42.1 1,272 10.5 12,228 46.8 11,296 43.3 932 7.6 12,168 47.8 11,135 43.7 1,033 8.5 12,197 47.5 11,022 42.9 1,175 9.6 12,161 47.0 10,992 42.5 1,169 9.6 12,391 48.3 11,118 43.4 1,273 10.3 12,206 47.3 10,924 42.3 1,282 10.5 39,017 63.1 37,327 60.4 1,690 4.3 38,571 62.8 36,314 59.1 2,257 5.9 38,586 62.8 36,009 58.6 2,577 6.7 38,710 62.6 36,980 59.8 1,730 4.5 38,872 63.5 36,854 60.2 2,018 5.2 38,373 62.9 36,191 59.3 2,182 5.7 38,313 62.5 35,908 58.6 2,405 6.3 38,467 62.6 36,028 58.7 2,439 6.3 38,271 62.3 35,679 58.1 2,592 6.8 36,454 72.1 35,303 69.9 1,151 3.2 37,065 72.0 35,208 68.4 1,857 5.0 37,342 72.1 35,380 68.3 1,961 5.3 36,353 71.9 35,156 69.6 1,197 3.3 36,444 71.1 34,813 67.9 1,631 4.5 36,685 71.5 34,912 68.0 1,774 4.8 36,991 71.9 35,129 68.3 1,862 5.0 36,723 71.3 34,797 67.6 1,926 5.2 37,155 71.7 35,127 67.8 2,029 5.5 44,474 78.0 43,563 76.4 910 2.0 45,639 78.0 44,257 75.6 1,382 3.0 45,272 77.8 43,900 75.4 1,372 3.0 44,263 77.7 43,296 76.0 968 2.2 45,071 77.2 43,993 75.3 1,078 2.4 45,422 77.5 44,182 75.4 1,240 2.7 45,200 77.7 44,072 75.7 1,128 2.5 45,540 77.8 44,129 75.4 1,411 3.1 45,260 77.8 43,847 75.4 1,413 3.1 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: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January 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. 2007 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 2,082 1,171 892 19 2,203 1,328 853 23 2,141 1,198 920 23 2,148 1,237 895 (1) 2,123 1,258 844 (1) 2,142 1,289 817 (1) 2,189 1,331 820 (1) 2,167 1,321 823 (1) 2,203 1,270 920 (1) Nonagricultural industries ............................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Government ................................................................ Private industries ........................................................ Private households ................................................... Other industries ........................................................ Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 145,036 135,705 21,121 114,583 759 113,824 9,234 97 143,340 134,388 21,720 112,668 840 111,828 8,882 69 142,468 133,697 21,613 112,084 836 111,247 8,706 65 144,503 135,109 20,943 114,179 (1) 113,377 9,276 (1) 143,589 133,951 21,098 112,956 (1) 112,157 9,518 (1) 143,284 133,822 21,259 112,607 (1) 111,851 9,381 (1) 143,064 133,725 21,168 112,588 (1) 111,778 9,228 (1) 142,773 133,808 21,510 112,301 (1) 111,431 8,844 (1) 142,015 133,163 21,440 111,710 (1) 110,826 8,829 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 4,374 2,959 1,146 20,661 6,267 4,548 1,466 19,541 7,135 5,354 1,509 19,892 4,513 3,008 1,223 19,539 5,724 4,194 1,286 19,406 5,718 4,112 1,362 19,712 6,055 4,232 1,516 19,371 6,700 4,733 1,491 19,147 7,321 5,426 1,572 18,880 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 4,301 2,926 1,136 20,349 6,157 4,460 1,457 19,197 7,001 5,251 1,497 19,592 4,453 2,981 1,205 19,224 5,599 4,156 1,277 19,051 5,641 4,032 1,350 19,281 5,941 4,121 1,537 19,033 6,485 4,690 1,481 18,889 7,200 5,313 1,570 18,598 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Nov. 2007 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 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 ..................................................... 147,118 5,652 2,176 3,476 141,466 14,008 127,459 101,083 31,884 34,311 34,888 26,376 145,543 5,239 1,930 3,309 140,303 13,517 126,786 99,467 31,369 33,355 34,743 27,319 144,609 5,008 1,771 3,237 139,601 13,446 126,155 98,921 31,298 33,007 34,616 27,233 146,647 5,832 2,192 3,625 140,814 13,965 126,779 100,605 31,638 34,173 34,794 26,174 145,819 5,558 1,974 3,619 140,261 13,724 126,611 99,733 31,468 33,613 34,651 26,879 145,477 5,563 1,988 3,570 139,914 13,683 126,281 99,345 31,467 33,287 34,591 26,936 145,255 5,552 2,029 3,546 139,703 13,637 126,093 99,236 31,397 33,300 34,540 26,856 144,958 5,427 1,959 3,482 139,531 13,538 125,944 98,895 31,140 33,216 34,538 27,048 144,285 5,212 1,813 3,410 139,073 13,463 125,529 98,475 31,090 32,914 34,471 27,054 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 ..................................................... 78,680 2,662 946 1,716 76,018 7,444 68,573 54,590 17,558 18,592 18,440 13,983 77,428 2,563 881 1,683 74,865 6,954 67,911 53,470 17,213 18,073 18,184 14,441 76,690 2,406 769 1,638 74,283 6,939 67,344 52,983 17,076 17,871 18,036 14,361 78,604 2,770 959 1,791 75,834 7,466 68,328 54,422 17,466 18,559 18,397 13,906 77,823 2,729 931 1,799 75,094 7,179 67,952 53,643 17,245 18,122 18,276 14,309 77,632 2,766 947 1,831 74,866 7,165 67,758 53,480 17,221 18,092 18,167 14,278 77,396 2,764 960 1,811 74,631 7,173 67,449 53,222 17,138 18,030 18,054 14,227 77,108 2,667 909 1,758 74,441 6,975 67,463 53,167 17,086 17,993 18,088 14,297 76,672 2,534 803 1,730 74,138 6,986 67,107 52,806 16,996 17,842 17,968 14,301 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 ..................................................... 68,438 2,989 1,230 1,760 65,449 6,563 58,885 46,492 14,326 15,719 16,448 12,393 68,115 2,676 1,050 1,626 65,439 6,563 58,876 45,998 14,157 15,281 16,559 12,878 67,919 2,602 1,002 1,600 65,317 6,507 58,810 45,938 14,223 15,135 16,580 12,872 68,043 3,063 1,233 1,834 64,980 6,500 58,451 46,183 14,172 15,615 16,396 12,268 67,996 2,829 1,043 1,820 65,167 6,544 58,660 46,090 14,224 15,491 16,376 12,570 67,845 2,798 1,041 1,739 65,047 6,518 58,523 45,865 14,246 15,195 16,424 12,658 67,860 2,787 1,068 1,735 65,072 6,464 58,643 46,014 14,259 15,269 16,486 12,629 67,850 2,759 1,050 1,725 65,090 6,563 58,480 45,728 14,054 15,223 16,451 12,752 67,613 2,678 1,010 1,679 64,935 6,477 58,422 45,669 14,094 15,072 16,504 12,753 46,458 36,078 9,176 45,947 35,831 9,431 45,781 35,937 9,314 46,339 35,689 (1) 46,120 36,185 (1) 45,829 36,055 (1) 45,958 35,913 (1) 45,870 35,633 (1) 45,705 35,657 (1) 121,846 25,272 120,020 25,523 118,432 26,176 122,020 24,631 120,537 25,431 119,908 25,649 119,928 25,366 119,596 25,355 118,688 25,519 7,791 5.3 7,817 5.4 7,539 5.2 7,640 5.2 7,757 5.3 8,055 5.5 7,657 5.3 7,593 5.2 7,428 5.1 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates 1 Nov. 2007 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 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 ..................................................... 7,181 1,145 516 609 6,036 1,222 4,840 4,021 1,565 1,256 1,200 814 10,080 1,404 583 779 8,676 1,608 7,042 5,712 2,219 1,865 1,629 1,276 10,331 1,338 567 763 8,993 1,654 7,371 6,024 2,316 1,864 1,843 1,342 4.7 16.4 19.0 14.4 4.1 8.0 3.7 3.8 4.7 3.5 3.3 3.0 5.7 20.3 24.9 17.3 5.0 10.2 4.4 4.6 5.6 4.6 3.7 3.6 6.1 18.9 22.1 17.1 5.5 10.5 4.9 5.1 6.2 4.9 4.2 4.1 6.1 19.1 21.6 17.6 5.5 10.5 5.0 5.2 6.1 5.2 4.4 4.1 6.5 20.6 22.9 18.3 5.9 10.6 5.3 5.5 6.7 5.3 4.5 4.5 6.7 20.4 23.8 18.3 6.1 10.9 5.5 5.8 6.9 5.4 5.1 4.7 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 ..................................................... 3,910 670 262 388 3,240 704 2,547 2,099 886 618 595 448 5,875 865 335 485 5,010 1,026 3,915 3,218 1,271 1,049 898 697 5,983 805 324 466 5,178 1,008 4,186 3,419 1,353 1,006 1,061 766 4.7 19.5 21.4 17.8 4.1 8.6 3.6 3.7 4.8 3.2 3.1 3.1 6.1 23.4 29.4 19.9 5.3 11.6 4.6 4.9 6.1 4.9 3.8 3.7 6.3 20.7 24.0 18.6 5.6 11.5 5.0 5.2 6.4 4.9 4.3 4.2 6.7 21.0 23.0 20.1 6.1 11.5 5.5 5.8 6.8 5.6 4.9 4.4 7.1 24.5 26.9 21.6 6.3 12.8 5.5 5.7 6.9 5.5 4.7 4.6 7.2 24.1 28.8 21.2 6.5 12.6 5.9 6.1 7.4 5.3 5.6 5.1 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 .................................................. 3,271 475 254 221 2,796 518 2,293 1,922 679 638 605 362 4,205 539 247 294 3,666 582 3,127 2,494 948 816 731 579 4,348 534 243 297 3,815 646 3,186 2,604 964 858 782 577 4.6 13.4 17.1 10.7 4.1 7.4 3.8 4.0 4.6 3.9 3.6 2.8 5.2 17.1 20.4 14.6 4.6 8.7 4.2 4.3 5.0 4.3 3.7 4.3 5.8 17.1 20.2 15.6 5.3 9.4 4.8 5.0 6.0 5.0 4.2 4.5 5.5 17.1 20.3 14.8 4.9 9.4 4.4 4.6 5.3 4.7 3.8 3.9 5.8 16.3 19.1 14.6 5.3 8.1 5.1 5.2 6.3 5.1 4.3 4.3 6.0 16.6 19.4 15.0 5.5 9.1 5.2 5.4 6.4 5.4 4.5 4.3 1,215 1,109 648 1,948 1,550 906 1,978 1,575 953 2.6 3.0 6.6 3.2 3.3 8.5 3.5 3.7 9.6 3.8 3.5 8.2 4.1 4.2 8.8 4.1 4.2 9.3 5,889 1,306 8,582 1,525 8,807 1,560 4.6 5.0 5.7 5.5 6.2 5.7 6.2 5.9 6.7 5.7 6.9 5.8 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 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Nov. 2007 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 3,382 814 2,568 1,814 754 763 2,150 622 5,138 938 4,199 3,243 956 965 2,582 783 5,746 1,166 4,580 3,520 1,060 916 2,659 694 3,609 979 2,630 1 ( ) (1) 783 2,160 669 4,407 1,037 3,370 (1) (1) 861 2,705 811 4,824 1,266 3,559 (1) (1) 999 2,652 820 5,171 1,407 3,764 (1) (1) 974 2,555 822 5,719 1,340 4,379 (1) (1) 940 2,623 828 6,072 1,395 4,677 (1) (1) 935 2,636 759 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 48.9 11.8 37.1 11.0 31.1 9.0 54.3 9.9 44.3 10.2 27.3 8.3 57.4 11.6 45.7 9.1 26.6 6.9 50.0 13.6 36.4 10.8 29.9 9.3 50.2 11.8 38.4 9.8 30.8 9.2 51.9 13.6 38.3 10.7 28.5 8.8 54.3 14.8 39.5 10.2 26.8 8.6 56.6 13.3 43.3 9.3 25.9 8.2 58.4 13.4 45.0 9.0 25.3 7.3 2.2 .5 1.4 .4 3.3 .6 1.7 .5 3.7 .6 1.7 .4 2.3 .5 1.4 .4 2.9 .6 1.7 .5 3.1 .6 1.7 .5 3.3 .6 1.7 .5 3.7 .6 1.7 .5 3.9 .6 1.7 .5 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: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Nov. 2007 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Less than 5 weeks .............................................................................. 5 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 15 weeks and over ............................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................ 27 weeks and over .......................................................................... 2,450 2,176 2,291 933 1,358 2,924 2,708 3,837 1,606 2,230 3,079 3,130 3,806 1,614 2,192 2,633 2,157 2,398 1,014 1,384 2,835 2,823 3,118 1,440 1,678 3,235 2,821 3,402 1,561 1,841 2,853 3,051 3,607 1,598 2,008 3,065 3,003 4,062 1,805 2,257 3,251 3,091 3,963 1,757 2,206 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .................................................... Median duration, in weeks .................................................................. 17.6 8.6 20.4 10.6 19.2 9.9 17.2 8.7 17.1 9.7 17.4 9.2 18.4 10.2 19.7 10.6 18.8 10.0 100.0 35.4 31.5 33.1 13.5 19.6 100.0 30.9 28.6 40.5 17.0 23.6 100.0 30.7 31.3 38.0 16.1 21.9 100.0 36.6 30.0 33.4 14.1 19.3 100.0 32.3 32.2 35.5 16.4 19.1 100.0 34.2 29.8 36.0 16.5 19.5 100.0 30.0 32.1 37.9 16.8 21.1 100.0 30.3 29.6 40.1 17.8 22.3 100.0 31.5 30.0 38.5 17.1 21.4 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: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Employed 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. 2007 Nov. 2008 Unemployment rates Nov. 2007 Nov. 2008 147,118 52,348 144,609 53,274 6,917 963 10,015 1,786 4.5 1.8 6.5 3.2 21,622 30,726 23,763 36,360 16,582 19,778 22,189 31,085 24,595 35,205 16,330 18,875 378 585 1,651 1,579 757 822 824 962 1,898 2,304 1,142 1,162 1.7 1.9 6.5 4.2 4.4 4.0 3.6 3.0 7.2 6.1 6.5 5.8 16,011 915 9,666 5,430 14,480 919 8,376 5,184 955 83 719 153 1,587 107 1,158 322 5.6 8.4 6.9 2.7 9.9 10.4 12.1 5.9 18,636 9,535 9,101 17,055 8,662 8,393 1,117 571 546 1,726 895 831 5.7 5.6 5.7 9.2 9.4 9.0 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Nov. 2007 Nov. 2008 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 Nov. 2007 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. 2008 6,917 5,397 16 645 762 440 322 893 242 132 261 679 526 986 255 80 482 336 Nov. 2007 10,015 8,264 32 1,237 1,144 729 415 1,397 331 173 494 992 748 1,283 434 119 527 411 Nov. 2008 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 6.5 6.9 3.7 12.7 7.0 6.8 7.4 6.7 5.8 5.2 5.2 7.0 3.6 9.9 7.0 9.5 2.4 4.1 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Nov. 2007 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force ..................................................................... 1.5 2.5 2.5 1.6 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.6 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............................................. 2.2 3.3 3.7 2.3 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.9 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ................................................. 4.5 6.1 6.5 4.7 5.7 6.1 6.1 6.5 6.7 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................... 4.7 6.4 6.8 4.9 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.8 7.0 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 ................................ 5.3 7.1 7.6 5.5 6.6 7.0 7.1 7.5 7.8 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 8.1 11.1 12.2 8.4 10.3 10.7 11.0 11.8 12.5 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 looking currently 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 more information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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. 2007 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 Nov. 2008 78,904 4,337 1,363 80,204 5,077 1,947 30,335 1,859 631 31,245 2,299 961 48,569 2,478 732 48,959 2,778 987 349 1,014 608 1,339 193 438 315 645 156 576 293 694 Total multiple jobholders 4 .................................................................. Percent of total employed ............................................................... 7,791 5.3 7,539 5.2 3,839 4.9 3,723 4.9 3,952 5.8 3,816 5.6 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 ......................................... 4,356 1,731 245 1,415 4,009 1,861 279 1,360 2,399 498 157 764 2,147 635 184 744 1,957 1,233 88 650 1,862 1,225 95 616 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: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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. 2007 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2008p Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Nov. 2008p Change from: Oct. 2008Nov. 2008 p Total nonfarm ............................. 139,150 137,374 137,734 137,100 138,037 137,550 137,423 137,020 136,700 136,167 -533 Total private ........................................ 116,383 115,061 114,841 114,077 115,759 115,048 114,909 114,525 114,163 113,623 -540 Goods-producing ............................................ 22,157 21,597 21,360 21,031 22,049 21,437 21,367 21,250 21,083 20,920 -163 Natural resources and mining .................................. Logging ........................................................... Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 736 61.7 674.7 151.5 227.4 78.3 295.8 807 61.1 746.1 166.1 240.2 84.4 339.8 805 61.9 743.5 166.3 240.2 85.7 337.0 803 62.6 740.0 167.2 235.9 86.4 336.9 735 59.9 675.0 152.3 226.0 78.7 296.7 777 57.7 719.4 162.4 231.3 81.2 325.7 788 58.1 729.6 164.1 233.8 83.5 331.7 795 58.9 736.2 165.8 234.1 84.4 336.3 796 59.5 736.3 166.1 234.6 85.2 335.6 800 60.8 738.9 167.0 234.9 86.1 337.0 4 1.3 2.6 .9 .3 .9 1.4 Construction ............................................................. Construction of buildings ................................... Residential building ......................................... Nonresidential building .................................... Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ Specialty trade contractors ............................... Residential specialty trade contractors ........... Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 7,615 1,728.6 919.7 808.9 1,027.2 4,859.0 2,245.1 2,613.9 7,350 1,632.9 845.0 787.9 1,009.5 4,707.5 2,112.4 2,595.1 7,264 1,614.5 833.0 781.5 997.2 4,652.7 2,078.0 2,574.7 7,039 1,566.4 812.4 754.0 951.9 4,520.3 2,005.4 2,514.9 7,520 1,716.4 913.3 803.1 999.0 4,804.8 2,226.7 2,578.1 7,173 1,618.3 837.6 780.7 955.5 4,598.7 2,070.0 2,528.7 7,153 1,612.8 831.9 780.9 952.8 4,587.8 2,055.6 2,532.2 7,098 1,592.1 823.3 768.8 943.6 4,562.5 2,046.5 2,516.0 7,034 1,577.2 815.6 761.6 934.3 4,522.0 2,021.6 2,500.4 6,952 1,557.9 809.2 748.7 922.3 4,471.8 1,992.3 2,479.5 -82 -19.3 -6.4 -12.9 -12.0 -50.2 -29.3 -20.9 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 13,806 9,957 13,440 9,644 13,291 9,503 13,189 9,398 13,794 9,944 13,487 9,692 13,426 9,636 13,357 9,572 13,253 9,466 13,168 9,383 -85 -83 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 ............................ 8,763 6,243 506.1 503.0 451.6 1,565.5 1,186.8 1,257.1 184.9 129.0 434.9 441.7 425.2 1,698.5 976.3 526.6 642.2 8,465 5,957 469.8 479.1 444.9 1,529.2 1,185.9 1,246.7 185.2 131.2 423.0 445.1 417.6 1,577.2 856.0 484.1 630.1 8,360 5,855 458.0 478.2 441.0 1,516.2 1,182.1 1,238.3 184.8 132.1 417.9 441.7 416.3 1,525.8 833.8 471.6 632.8 8,296 5,789 445.1 467.2 432.6 1,498.3 1,171.6 1,232.7 184.0 131.3 415.1 440.9 412.2 1,544.0 828.5 464.3 628.4 8,763 6,242 509.0 499.5 452.6 1,565.6 1,189.9 1,260.5 185.5 129.5 437.0 443.0 426.6 1,693.5 972.7 527.0 638.8 8,541 6,033 473.3 476.6 446.0 1,531.8 1,196.5 1,246.1 185.1 130.8 423.2 444.1 422.4 1,624.8 902.2 495.6 627.7 8,482 5,980 467.6 475.8 443.0 1,534.3 1,193.0 1,247.4 185.4 131.2 423.4 444.7 419.4 1,584.0 866.2 487.4 630.1 8,433 5,930 462.2 471.0 442.7 1,524.2 1,187.2 1,245.5 185.3 131.7 422.1 444.5 416.8 1,572.2 850.1 482.4 628.9 8,349 5,844 454.8 471.6 440.9 1,511.0 1,182.9 1,239.6 184.9 131.9 419.1 442.4 416.0 1,531.3 840.8 472.0 629.2 8,287 5,783 446.1 463.6 434.1 1,495.7 1,171.9 1,232.6 183.7 131.3 415.4 441.2 412.8 1,540.1 827.7 465.4 624.9 -62 -61 -8.7 -8.0 -6.8 -15.3 -11.0 -7.0 -1.2 -.6 -3.7 -1.2 -3.2 8.8 -13.1 -6.6 -4.3 Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,043 Production workers ....................................... 3,714 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,490.4 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 194.3 Textile mills ......................................................... 164.8 Textile product mills ........................................... 156.7 Apparel ................................................................ 207.0 Leather and allied products ............................... 34.4 Paper and paper products ................................. 458.3 Printing and related support activities ............... 624.1 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 111.6 Chemicals ........................................................... 858.2 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 743.0 4,975 3,687 1,510.1 197.1 149.2 147.7 196.1 35.4 449.2 596.0 116.5 851.9 725.8 4,931 3,648 1,499.1 193.1 147.4 147.2 189.9 34.6 447.4 591.2 115.2 849.5 716.4 4,893 3,609 1,497.1 190.0 141.9 145.6 187.9 34.3 445.4 587.5 114.4 848.5 699.9 5,031 3,702 1,477.9 194.3 164.9 157.2 206.4 34.1 458.6 622.0 112.1 860.5 743.0 4,946 3,659 1,469.8 192.2 149.9 148.7 195.9 33.9 454.9 598.9 114.6 857.1 730.2 4,944 3,656 1,474.0 191.3 150.6 147.9 196.1 35.1 453.4 599.2 114.1 855.4 726.4 4,924 3,642 1,476.7 191.3 148.3 147.9 193.1 35.0 449.8 595.2 114.2 852.5 720.0 4,904 3,622 1,480.1 189.1 146.7 147.0 189.6 34.4 448.0 590.2 114.1 852.0 712.4 4,881 3,600 1,484.2 190.5 142.0 145.8 188.1 34.0 446.0 584.9 114.8 851.0 700.0 -23 -22 4.1 1.4 -4.7 -1.2 -1.5 -.4 -2.0 -5.3 .7 -1.0 -12.4 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. 2007 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Seasonally adjusted Nov. 2008p Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Nov. 2008p Service-providing .............................................. 116,993 115,777 116,374 116,069 115,988 116,113 116,056 115,770 115,617 115,247 Change from: Oct. 2008Nov. 2008 p -370 Private service-providing ............................... 94,226 93,464 93,481 93,046 93,710 93,611 93,542 93,275 93,080 92,703 -377 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 27,163 26,194 26,226 26,371 26,693 26,393 26,346 26,225 26,124 25,977 -147 Wholesale trade .................................................... 6,082.1 Durable goods .................................................... 3,150.3 Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,097.0 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 834.8 6,006.6 3,082.1 2,075.6 848.9 5,986.6 3,064.5 2,075.5 846.6 5,957.5 3,045.9 2,068.1 843.5 6,075.0 3,152.4 2,086.6 836.0 6,017.6 3,094.3 2,078.4 844.9 6,007.1 3,084.9 2,075.2 847.0 5,999.5 3,080.1 2,070.0 849.4 5,975.1 3,061.1 2,066.9 847.1 5,949.9 3,044.9 2,060.8 844.2 -25.2 -16.2 -6.1 -2.9 Retail trade ............................................................ 15,926.9 15,125.1 15,179.8 15,397.0 15,513.1 15,302.4 15,274.7 15,199.1 15,136.9 15,045.6 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,909.2 1,854.6 1,823.3 1,779.5 1,911.0 1,870.6 1,853.2 1,837.4 1,811.9 1,784.8 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,246.0 1,187.1 1,162.6 1,128.5 1,244.9 1,204.3 1,189.6 1,177.1 1,153.6 1,129.4 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 603.0 556.5 561.6 561.3 584.9 569.2 566.4 561.7 556.8 547.0 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 562.2 524.1 532.5 538.6 542.6 535.2 535.3 530.3 527.7 521.0 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,254.9 1,231.6 1,227.5 1,206.1 1,279.9 1,230.1 1,237.0 1,235.9 1,232.9 1,224.5 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,903.1 2,855.7 2,860.2 2,884.7 2,871.9 2,879.5 2,871.5 2,863.2 2,866.3 2,859.9 Health and personal care stores ....................... 1,005.8 980.7 981.5 987.0 998.6 990.0 985.1 984.4 981.9 976.9 Gasoline stations ................................................ 858.5 839.1 834.4 832.5 859.1 841.3 839.8 834.2 834.8 834.5 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,630.0 1,463.9 1,484.6 1,540.9 1,524.5 1,494.8 1,495.8 1,482.9 1,477.4 1,459.8 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ................................................................ 704.0 651.5 656.1 668.7 664.0 649.3 659.5 650.1 649.7 639.0 General merchandise stores 1............................. 3,137.5 2,881.3 2,910.2 3,071.0 2,968.2 2,948.4 2,941.1 2,929.8 2,909.0 2,915.2 Department stores .......................................... 1,692.1 1,459.1 1,481.4 1,590.9 1,560.6 1,517.2 1,507.0 1,494.2 1,476.0 1,472.5 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 881.4 856.5 865.8 861.5 868.3 857.4 856.4 855.5 856.9 850.8 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 477.3 429.6 442.1 465.2 440.1 436.6 433.6 433.7 431.6 432.2 -91.3 -27.1 -24.2 -9.8 -6.7 -8.4 -6.4 -5.0 -.3 -17.6 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,599.9 Air transportation ................................................ 499.4 Rail transportation .............................................. 234.6 Water transportation ........................................... 63.3 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,438.2 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 428.4 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 40.5 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 28.4 Support activities for transportation ................... 590.3 Couriers and messengers .................................. 602.3 Warehousing and storage .................................. 674.5 -10.7 6.2 -3.5 -6.1 .6 4,503.1 488.7 229.7 62.2 1,406.5 417.3 43.4 35.0 587.5 577.4 655.4 4,496.5 483.2 229.7 60.9 1,398.9 422.0 43.3 31.5 591.2 576.4 659.4 4,452.8 482.7 229.7 57.8 1,374.6 419.5 44.1 24.1 581.6 577.2 661.5 4,549.0 503.0 233.8 65.0 1,428.7 411.5 40.6 30.9 589.2 584.4 661.9 4,513.6 495.2 232.1 61.9 1,398.3 417.1 43.3 30.6 590.3 586.5 658.3 4,505.1 490.9 230.6 60.7 1,400.1 416.5 43.0 30.9 590.8 585.8 655.8 4,465.9 487.4 229.2 60.3 1,387.3 408.2 43.7 29.5 587.2 580.2 652.9 4,448.8 485.3 229.4 59.7 1,381.0 407.1 43.9 29.1 586.6 576.1 650.6 4,417.3 485.3 229.9 58.7 1,369.3 405.0 44.2 27.3 581.1 568.2 648.3 -31.5 .0 .5 -1.0 -11.7 -2.1 .3 -1.8 -5.5 -7.9 -2.3 554.3 559.4 562.8 563.3 555.5 559.8 559.2 560.8 563.0 563.8 .8 Information ................................................................ 3,027 Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 894.4 Motion picture and sound recording industries . 377.2 Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 326.1 Telecommunications .......................................... 1,026.6 Data processing, hosting and related services . 273.6 Other information services ................................. 128.7 2,966 865.7 374.2 318.0 1,011.2 265.9 131.1 2,961 865.2 374.2 318.2 1,004.4 266.4 132.9 2,953 859.0 375.3 318.6 1,002.0 265.7 132.7 3,022 892.2 376.3 325.0 1,026.4 272.6 129.5 2,988 873.0 379.1 320.4 1,016.1 268.3 130.8 2,984 870.4 379.4 318.4 1,016.0 268.0 131.7 2,978 867.0 379.4 317.7 1,014.4 267.4 131.7 2,972 864.5 383.1 318.5 1,007.0 266.6 132.6 2,953 856.0 379.2 318.1 1,001.2 265.2 132.9 -19 -8.5 -3.9 -.4 -5.8 -1.4 .3 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 ......... 8,174 6,048.9 20.9 2,776.9 1,805.5 1,334.0 850.4 2,312.3 88.4 2,125.2 1,465.2 627.6 32.4 8,137 6,034.2 20.1 2,765.5 1,804.3 1,332.9 845.7 2,314.3 88.6 2,103.1 1,457.4 614.1 31.6 8,087 6,014.3 20.5 2,746.8 1,795.2 1,327.7 842.8 2,315.8 88.4 2,072.4 1,445.0 595.8 31.6 8,260 6,115.5 20.7 2,834.3 1,823.4 1,344.7 856.9 2,315.6 88.0 2,144.7 1,477.1 637.4 30.2 8,206 6,081.1 20.9 2,788.6 1,815.3 1,340.9 860.6 2,323.2 87.8 2,125.3 1,463.7 629.3 32.3 8,196 6,075.1 20.8 2,784.7 1,813.2 1,339.4 860.9 2,320.3 88.4 2,121.3 1,465.6 623.8 31.9 8,173 6,062.2 20.9 2,785.3 1,808.9 1,337.2 851.5 2,316.2 88.3 2,110.7 1,457.9 620.6 32.2 8,142 6,043.5 20.5 2,770.9 1,804.7 1,334.3 845.9 2,317.4 88.8 2,098.8 1,454.6 612.4 31.8 8,110 6,023.8 20.7 2,755.2 1,799.9 1,331.5 843.3 2,315.9 88.7 2,086.4 1,451.6 603.0 31.8 -32 -19.7 .2 -15.7 -4.8 -2.8 -2.6 -1.5 -.1 -12.4 -3.0 -9.4 .0 Utilities ................................................................... See footnotes at the end of table. 8,247 6,111.6 20.7 2,829.8 1,819.8 1,342.1 859.4 2,314.0 87.7 2,135.0 1,473.1 631.6 30.3 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 Change from: Oct. 2008Nov. 2008 p Industry Nov. 2007 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Nov. 2008p Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Nov. 2008p 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 18,179 7,749.5 1,175.4 922.5 1,457.3 17,938 7,786.2 1,158.8 899.2 1,464.7 17,930 7,841.7 1,167.7 906.2 1,463.8 17,662 7,822.2 1,163.8 913.8 1,446.6 18,079 7,784.8 1,175.2 979.4 1,453.9 17,904 7,855.4 1,168.8 976.3 1,466.0 17,854 7,859.5 1,166.6 977.7 1,464.2 17,789 7,860.8 1,166.2 975.3 1,457.0 17,726 7,872.9 1,165.7 976.2 1,452.3 17,590 7,855.5 1,163.5 974.5 1,442.3 -136 -17.4 -2.2 -1.7 -10.0 1,389.8 1,424.7 1,438.8 1,441.3 1,387.5 1,419.7 1,424.5 1,427.4 1,433.2 1,435.9 2.7 991.6 1,852.5 8,576.7 8,214.7 3,683.2 2,681.3 806.7 1,864.3 362.0 1,032.9 1,823.7 8,328.1 7,957.4 3,378.7 2,428.9 781.0 1,930.6 370.7 1,037.0 1,823.0 8,265.3 7,891.2 3,336.0 2,388.7 793.1 1,896.2 374.1 1,042.0 1,810.9 8,029.2 7,658.6 3,179.0 2,259.6 794.0 1,843.8 370.6 985.1 1,850.0 8,444.1 8,081.4 3,563.9 2,583.7 798.9 1,861.1 362.7 1,019.0 1,830.2 8,218.1 7,852.3 3,339.9 2,391.6 786.2 1,864.4 365.8 1,019.8 1,832.1 8,162.7 7,793.5 3,285.8 2,353.5 785.6 1,861.8 369.2 1,029.6 1,823.7 8,104.6 7,735.8 3,236.2 2,308.6 787.7 1,855.9 368.8 1,031.9 1,820.9 8,031.7 7,660.6 3,173.0 2,263.4 787.4 1,848.5 371.1 1,033.3 1,814.8 7,919.9 7,549.1 3,072.3 2,185.2 787.2 1,841.9 370.8 1.4 -6.1 -111.8 -111.5 -100.7 -78.2 -.2 -6.6 -.3 Education and health services ................................ 18,749 18,916 19,214 19,299 18,522 18,935 18,997 18,993 19,021 19,073 Educational services ............................................. 3,171.0 3,033.5 3,239.8 3,272.7 2,975.5 3,111.6 3,126.6 3,082.3 3,072.7 3,082.5 Health care and social assistance ........................ 15,577.7 15,882.8 15,974.3 16,026.4 15,546.7 15,823.3 15,870.8 15,910.5 15,948.2 15,990.7 Health care 3......................................................... 13,100.4 13,382.3 13,438.7 13,473.7 13,081.1 13,333.1 13,363.4 13,388.0 13,416.7 13,450.5 Ambulatory health care services 1.................... 5,565.2 5,717.3 5,748.6 5,760.3 5,554.8 5,693.2 5,703.8 5,721.1 5,732.0 5,746.1 Offices of physicians .................................... 2,238.0 2,287.2 2,302.1 2,308.9 2,232.2 2,281.1 2,282.7 2,289.7 2,295.0 2,301.1 Outpatient care centers ................................ 511.2 517.9 522.0 525.6 511.0 520.3 522.2 519.9 522.6 524.5 Home health care services .......................... 931.9 968.7 975.0 976.3 929.1 960.8 963.4 967.0 969.6 973.5 Hospitals .......................................................... 4,562.4 4,679.2 4,694.6 4,702.6 4,558.8 4,653.5 4,669.1 4,677.0 4,689.0 4,698.1 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............ 2,972.8 2,985.8 2,995.5 3,010.8 2,967.5 2,986.4 2,990.5 2,989.9 2,995.7 3,006.3 Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,610.2 1,603.7 1,607.3 1,613.0 1,605.9 1,606.5 1,607.4 1,603.5 1,606.1 1,609.2 Social assistance 1................................................ 2,477.3 2,500.5 2,535.6 2,552.7 2,465.6 2,490.2 2,507.4 2,522.5 2,531.5 2,540.2 Child day care services ................................... 869.4 856.5 873.6 878.3 856.7 842.2 850.5 861.5 862.4 865.0 52 9.8 42.5 33.8 14.1 6.1 1.9 3.9 9.1 10.6 3.1 8.7 2.6 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 13,379 13,762 13,489 13,189 13,628 13,655 13,639 13,587 13,562 13,486 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,860.8 2,046.0 1,947.5 1,813.8 2,001.4 1,999.5 2,004.0 1,988.7 1,988.6 1,967.6 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 416.8 438.4 426.2 407.6 426.4 433.1 432.9 427.6 428.8 420.9 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 127.4 132.5 130.2 125.3 131.6 132.1 131.7 130.3 129.7 129.7 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,316.6 1,475.1 1,391.1 1,280.9 1,443.4 1,434.3 1,439.4 1,430.8 1,430.1 1,417.0 Accommodation and food services ...................... 11,518.3 11,715.6 11,541.8 11,374.9 11,626.8 11,655.6 11,634.6 11,598.3 11,572.9 11,518.7 Accommodation .................................................. 1,815.8 1,855.6 1,799.7 1,704.5 1,870.3 1,835.8 1,824.9 1,810.6 1,797.8 1,761.2 Food services and drinking places .................... 9,702.5 9,860.0 9,742.1 9,670.4 9,756.5 9,819.8 9,809.7 9,787.7 9,775.1 9,757.5 -76 -21.0 -7.9 .0 -13.1 -54.2 -36.6 -17.6 Other services .......................................................... 5,482 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,251.6 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,304.4 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,925.6 5,514 1,237.2 1,320.1 2,956.5 5,524 1,228.9 1,315.0 2,980.1 5,485 1,207.0 1,303.4 2,974.2 5,506 1,258.0 1,309.7 2,938.0 5,530 1,243.8 1,315.1 2,970.8 5,526 1,233.9 1,318.5 2,973.6 5,530 1,232.7 1,319.4 2,977.5 5,533 1,228.4 1,314.8 2,989.6 5,514 1,217.7 1,308.8 2,987.3 -19 -10.7 -6.0 -2.3 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 ........... 22,313 2,756 2,038.8 717.4 5,210 2,391.6 2,818.3 14,347 7,860.2 6,486.4 22,893 2,778 2,054.6 723.3 5,353 2,535.3 2,817.6 14,762 8,307.5 6,454.1 23,023 2,765 2,052.6 712.0 5,380 2,561.3 2,818.5 14,878 8,403.5 6,474.6 22,278 2,728 1,966.7 761.7 5,131 2,314.3 2,816.5 14,419 7,999.6 6,419.2 22,502 2,750 2,018.6 731.5 5,193 2,366.7 2,826.5 14,559 8,072.5 6,486.5 22,514 2,748 2,025.2 722.4 5,210 2,378.8 2,831.2 14,556 8,058.6 6,497.4 22,495 2,750 2,033.6 716.8 5,206 2,378.8 2,826.7 14,539 8,043.7 6,495.1 22,537 2,769 2,053.8 715.3 5,209 2,377.4 2,831.2 14,559 8,062.3 6,497.0 22,544 2,769 2,059.4 709.7 5,215 2,382.8 2,832.2 14,560 8,058.1 6,502.3 7 0 5.6 -5.6 6 5.4 1.0 1 -4.2 5.3 1 22,767 2,727 1,964.0 762.8 5,309 2,504.3 2,804.5 14,731 8,367.1 6,363.9 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North 2 American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. 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. 2008Nov. 2008 p Nov. 2007 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Nov. 2008p Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Nov. 2008p Total private ....................................... 33.7 33.6 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.6 33.5 -0.1 Goods-producing .......................................... 40.8 40.3 40.2 39.7 40.7 40.3 40.3 39.9 39.9 39.6 -.3 Natural resources and mining .............................. 46.2 45.0 45.2 44.4 46.2 44.8 45.3 44.5 44.6 44.1 -.5 Construction ............................................................ 39.0 38.9 38.8 37.8 39.1 38.7 38.7 38.4 38.2 37.8 -.4 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 41.5 4.3 40.9 3.8 40.7 3.6 40.5 3.4 41.3 4.1 41.0 3.8 40.9 3.7 40.5 3.5 40.5 3.5 40.3 3.3 -.2 -.2 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 41.6 4.3 41.0 3.7 40.8 3.6 40.6 3.3 41.5 4.1 41.3 3.8 41.2 3.7 40.7 3.5 40.7 3.5 40.5 3.2 -.2 -.3 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 ......................... 38.7 42.9 42.8 42.0 43.0 41.2 41.6 42.7 42.1 39.0 38.8 39.0 42.8 42.3 41.3 42.3 41.2 41.2 41.1 41.4 37.9 38.9 38.2 42.6 41.7 41.2 42.0 40.9 40.8 41.5 40.7 37.3 38.6 38.3 41.5 41.5 40.8 41.8 41.6 40.6 40.9 40.0 37.3 38.8 39.0 42.9 42.7 41.7 42.9 40.9 41.2 42.6 42.1 38.9 38.8 39.0 42.5 42.4 41.2 42.1 41.1 40.9 42.6 42.1 38.3 39.1 38.9 42.3 42.7 41.3 42.7 41.0 41.0 41.8 40.4 38.1 39.5 38.4 42.0 42.1 41.0 42.2 40.9 41.0 40.8 40.9 37.5 38.8 38.1 42.0 41.9 40.9 42.0 40.8 40.5 41.3 40.6 37.5 38.8 38.2 41.6 41.3 40.6 41.6 41.2 40.2 40.9 40.2 37.3 38.8 .1 -.4 -.6 -.3 -.4 .4 -.3 -.4 -.4 -.2 .0 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 41.3 4.3 40.7 4.0 40.4 3.8 40.4 3.6 40.9 4.1 40.5 3.7 40.4 3.7 40.2 3.6 40.3 3.6 40.1 3.5 -.2 -.1 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 .......................... 41.3 40.3 39.9 39.2 37.1 38.3 44.2 39.2 44.7 42.2 42.1 41.1 38.0 39.7 38.3 35.7 37.5 43.0 38.8 46.1 41.5 41.1 40.8 37.3 38.2 37.7 36.1 36.9 42.5 39.0 46.1 41.5 40.7 40.9 37.5 38.5 37.8 36.6 36.0 41.9 38.7 45.4 41.5 40.7 40.6 40.5 39.9 39.1 36.9 38.1 43.7 39.0 43.8 42.1 42.1 40.5 38.9 39.4 39.2 37.0 38.4 42.6 38.0 45.4 41.9 41.3 40.5 38.2 39.5 38.8 36.4 37.6 43.0 38.3 45.5 41.5 41.0 40.4 38.2 39.0 38.2 36.0 37.5 42.4 38.3 45.3 41.3 40.8 40.5 37.8 38.4 38.0 36.0 36.9 42.3 38.5 45.2 41.5 40.7 40.4 37.5 38.2 37.9 36.3 36.2 41.6 38.4 44.8 41.3 40.6 -.1 -.3 -.2 -.1 .3 -.7 -.7 -.1 -.4 -.2 -.1 Private service-providing ............................. 32.3 32.3 32.2 32.5 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.3 32.3 32.3 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.2 33.4 33.0 33.1 33.3 33.2 33.2 33.2 33.1 32.9 -.2 Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.1 38.0 38.2 38.4 38.1 38.4 38.3 38.1 38.2 38.1 -.1 Retail trade ........................................................... 30.1 30.4 29.8 29.8 30.2 30.0 30.0 30.1 29.9 29.8 -.1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.9 36.5 36.2 36.3 36.8 36.4 36.4 36.3 36.2 35.9 -.3 Utilities ................................................................... 42.4 43.0 42.4 42.8 42.5 42.4 42.2 42.6 42.3 42.4 .1 Information ............................................................... 36.2 37.0 36.9 37.5 36.2 36.7 36.8 36.9 36.9 37.0 .1 Financial activities .................................................. 35.6 35.7 35.8 36.6 35.8 35.7 36.1 36.0 36.0 36.0 .0 Professional and business services .................... 34.7 34.7 35.0 35.3 34.7 34.8 34.9 34.8 35.0 35.0 .0 Education and health services ............................. 32.6 32.5 32.4 32.7 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.5 32.5 32.5 .0 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.3 25.2 25.2 25.2 25.1 25.1 .0 Other services ......................................................... 30.8 30.7 30.8 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.8 .0 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, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. 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. 2007 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Nov. 2008p Nov. 2007 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $17.63 17.64 $18.21 18.17 $18.23 18.23 $18.36 18.30 $594.13 596.23 $611.86 610.51 $612.53 612.53 $618.73 613.05 Goods-producing .......................................... 18.88 19.61 19.58 19.59 770.30 790.28 787.12 777.72 Natural resources and mining .............................. 20.99 23.17 22.94 22.98 969.74 1,042.65 1,036.89 1,020.31 Construction ............................................................ 21.26 22.33 22.27 22.26 829.14 868.64 864.08 841.43 Manufacturing ......................................................... 17.42 17.83 17.83 17.91 722.93 729.25 725.68 725.36 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 ......................... 18.36 13.82 17.05 19.69 16.70 17.74 20.22 15.68 23.41 14.35 14.72 18.77 14.34 16.95 20.35 17.14 18.05 21.27 16.01 23.98 14.54 15.30 18.77 14.41 16.90 19.98 17.18 18.07 21.48 15.85 24.03 14.53 15.32 18.89 14.50 16.78 20.17 17.21 18.13 21.42 15.86 24.30 14.58 15.46 763.78 534.83 731.45 842.73 701.40 762.82 833.06 652.29 999.61 559.65 571.14 769.57 559.26 725.46 860.81 707.88 763.52 876.32 659.61 985.58 551.07 595.17 765.82 550.46 719.94 833.17 707.82 758.94 878.53 646.68 997.25 541.97 591.35 766.93 555.35 696.37 837.06 702.17 757.83 891.07 643.92 993.87 543.83 599.85 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 .......................... 15.83 13.63 19.54 13.06 11.67 11.20 12.50 18.47 16.33 26.95 19.52 15.49 16.29 14.13 18.81 13.72 11.81 11.48 12.98 18.99 16.91 28.42 19.81 15.92 16.29 14.08 19.11 13.73 11.63 11.39 13.14 19.06 16.95 28.86 19.65 15.97 16.34 14.18 19.56 13.84 11.63 11.41 13.38 18.87 16.98 28.36 19.86 16.04 653.78 562.92 787.46 521.09 457.46 415.52 478.75 816.37 640.14 1,204.67 823.74 652.13 663.00 580.74 714.78 544.68 452.32 409.84 486.75 816.57 656.11 1,310.16 822.12 654.31 658.12 574.46 712.80 524.49 438.45 411.18 484.87 810.05 661.05 1,330.45 815.48 649.98 660.14 579.96 733.50 532.84 439.61 417.61 481.68 790.65 657.13 1,287.54 824.19 652.83 Private service-providing ............................. 17.31 17.86 17.90 18.07 559.11 576.88 576.38 587.28 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.84 16.30 16.26 16.29 525.89 544.42 536.58 539.20 Wholesale trade ................................................... 19.89 20.20 20.20 20.44 757.81 767.60 771.64 784.90 Retail trade ........................................................... 12.70 13.03 12.91 12.89 382.27 396.11 384.72 384.12 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 17.94 18.51 18.54 18.57 661.99 675.62 671.15 674.09 Utilities ................................................................... 28.17 28.94 28.89 29.08 1,194.41 1,244.42 1,224.94 1,244.62 Information ............................................................... 24.11 24.98 24.97 25.05 872.78 924.26 921.39 939.38 Financial activities .................................................. 19.83 20.43 20.41 20.54 705.95 729.35 730.68 751.76 Professional and business services .................... 20.33 21.25 21.41 22.02 705.45 737.38 749.35 777.31 Education and health services ............................. 18.42 18.96 18.93 18.95 600.49 616.20 613.33 619.67 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 10.67 10.88 10.92 10.92 266.75 272.00 273.00 273.00 Other services ......................................................... 15.61 15.95 15.90 15.97 480.79 489.67 489.72 493.47 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for p= Nov. 2008p the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. 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. 2008- p Nov. 2008 Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Nov. 2008p Total Private: Current dollars ................................................ Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. $17.64 8.27 $18.06 8.12 $18.14 8.17 $18.17 8.19 $18.23 8.32 $18.30 N.A. 0.4 Goods-producing .......................................................... 18.84 19.33 19.41 19.47 19.51 19.57 .3 Natural resources and mining .............................................. 21.02 22.54 23.02 23.17 23.10 23.14 .2 Construction ............................................................................ 21.20 21.84 22.01 22.09 22.12 22.21 .4 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4..................................................... 17.40 16.58 17.78 16.99 17.76 16.99 17.79 17.05 17.86 17.12 17.92 17.22 .3 .6 Durable goods ..................................................................... 18.31 18.75 18.70 18.72 18.80 18.88 .4 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.85 16.14 16.18 16.27 16.33 16.35 .1 Private service-providing ............................................. 17.33 17.74 17.82 17.85 17.92 17.99 .4 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.93 16.20 16.26 16.23 16.26 16.31 .3 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 19.86 20.16 20.29 20.23 20.24 20.30 .3 Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.81 12.90 12.93 12.93 12.91 12.96 .4 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 17.93 18.41 18.47 18.45 18.56 18.57 .1 Utilities ................................................................................... 28.18 28.65 28.88 28.84 28.83 28.93 .3 Information ............................................................................... 24.11 24.82 24.91 24.86 24.93 25.02 .4 Financial activities .................................................................. 19.87 20.30 20.38 20.42 20.43 20.40 -.1 Professional and business services .................................... 20.42 21.12 21.30 21.40 21.57 21.83 1.2 Education and health services ............................................. 18.43 18.81 18.85 18.91 18.94 18.97 .2 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 10.61 10.86 10.89 10.89 10.90 10.89 -.1 Other services ......................................................................... 15.66 15.90 15.92 15.93 15.95 15.97 .1 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 1.6 percent from Sept. 2008 to Oct. 2008, the latest month available. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. 2 The (3) N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. 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. 2007 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Nov. 2008p Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Percent Nov. change from: 2008p Oct. 2008Nov. 2008 p Total private ....................................... 108.1 106.6 106.4 105.9 107.7 106.9 106.8 106.1 105.7 104.7 -0.9 Goods-producing .......................................... 102.4 98.2 96.6 93.6 101.5 97.2 96.9 95.3 94.3 92.6 -1.8 Natural resources and mining .............................. 136.5 146.1 145.8 141.6 136.0 138.3 143.0 141.9 141.3 139.9 -1.0 Construction ............................................................ 115.4 110.9 109.2 102.6 113.9 106.7 106.8 104.9 103.3 100.7 -2.5 94.8 90.5 88.8 87.4 94.3 91.2 90.5 89.0 88.0 86.8 -1.4 Durable goods ..................................................... 97.6 Wood products .................................................. 85.3 Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 99.0 Primary metals .................................................. 90.7 Fabricated metal products .............................. 105.9 Machinery .......................................................... 105.1 Computer and electronic products ................ 103.4 Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 89.6 Transportation equipment ............................... 97.6 Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 84.0 Furniture and related products ....................... 84.6 Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 91.3 91.8 80.2 96.3 87.9 101.1 101.6 101.2 88.0 84.2 70.0 75.2 89.6 89.7 76.2 95.8 85.9 99.6 100.4 99.5 87.2 81.1 66.5 71.5 88.9 88.3 74.2 90.2 83.4 97.2 98.4 99.6 85.8 81.6 65.0 70.1 88.0 97.3 86.6 98.4 90.7 105.2 104.9 102.7 89.1 97.2 83.8 84.8 90.7 93.6 80.5 94.2 89.0 101.2 102.9 101.6 88.3 90.9 75.9 77.2 89.5 92.6 79.4 94.3 88.7 101.6 103.7 101.3 88.0 86.4 69.2 75.5 90.9 90.7 77.4 92.4 87.2 100.0 101.4 100.2 87.5 83.5 68.8 73.9 89.0 89.4 75.6 92.8 86.3 98.5 100.3 99.0 86.4 81.2 67.0 72.1 88.8 88.0 74.5 89.9 83.4 96.5 97.8 98.4 85.1 81.4 65.2 70.5 87.4 -1.6 -1.5 -3.1 -3.4 -2.0 -2.5 -.6 -1.5 .2 -2.7 -2.2 -1.6 Nondurable goods ............................................... 90.4 Food manufacturing ......................................... 103.1 Beverages and tobacco products .................. 96.2 Textile mills ........................................................ 54.0 Textile product mills ......................................... 75.2 Apparel ............................................................... 59.3 Leather and allied products ............................ 71.6 Paper and paper products .............................. 87.9 Printing and related support activities ........... 92.4 Petroleum and coal products .......................... 98.4 Chemicals .......................................................... 95.7 Plastics and rubber products .......................... 91.2 88.4 104.5 91.2 48.4 70.6 55.3 74.9 85.0 87.3 107.1 94.8 87.1 86.8 102.9 89.0 45.9 69.1 54.0 71.5 83.5 86.9 103.2 94.5 84.8 85.9 103.0 88.3 44.0 67.7 54.1 68.3 81.8 85.8 98.7 93.8 82.6 89.2 100.4 96.3 53.8 75.3 59.2 70.5 86.9 91.6 96.4 95.9 91.2 87.3 99.9 89.5 48.8 72.6 56.9 72.6 84.9 85.8 101.5 96.9 88.3 87.0 100.2 87.6 48.9 70.9 56.3 74.3 85.3 86.6 102.4 95.5 87.1 86.3 100.2 87.8 47.3 70.2 54.7 73.4 83.7 86.3 102.0 94.6 85.7 86.0 100.7 87.2 45.8 69.3 53.7 70.7 83.3 85.6 99.7 95.0 84.2 85.1 100.5 87.9 43.8 68.1 53.7 68.1 81.5 84.7 98.0 94.2 82.5 -1.0 -.2 .8 -4.4 -1.7 .0 -3.7 -2.2 -1.1 -1.7 -.8 -2.0 Private service-providing ............................. 109.9 109.2 108.9 109.3 109.5 109.3 109.6 108.9 108.6 108.1 -.5 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 107.0 103.6 102.5 103.6 105.1 103.8 103.6 103.1 102.3 101.1 -1.2 Wholesale trade ................................................... 110.7 108.9 109.3 109.3 110.4 110.5 110.0 109.1 109.0 108.2 -.7 Retail trade ........................................................... 104.6 99.9 98.3 100.0 101.9 99.9 99.7 99.5 98.3 97.3 -1.0 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 111.1 108.3 107.4 106.6 109.4 108.2 107.7 106.7 106.0 104.3 -1.6 Industry Manufacturing ......................................................... Utilities ................................................................... 96.3 99.6 98.6 99.6 96.7 97.9 97.4 98.8 98.5 98.7 .2 Information ............................................................... 99.6 100.0 99.8 101.5 99.4 100.0 100.2 100.3 100.5 100.2 -.3 Financial activities .................................................. 107.4 107.7 107.7 109.4 108.2 107.9 109.2 108.6 108.4 107.9 -.5 Professional and business services .................... 116.8 115.1 115.9 114.7 115.9 115.1 115.0 114.2 114.2 112.9 -1.1 Education and health services ............................. 115.1 116.1 117.5 119.1 113.8 116.5 116.9 116.6 116.7 117.0 .3 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 108.2 111.6 109.3 106.6 111.6 111.5 111.4 111.0 110.3 109.6 -.6 99.2 99.7 99.3 99.5 99.6 100.0 99.8 99.9 99.6 -.3 Other services ......................................................... 1 See 98.7 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 dividing the current months estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours 2 Includes estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production and nonsupervisory worker employment. Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. 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. 2007 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Nov. 2008p Nov. 2007 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008p Percent Nov. change from: 2008p Oct. 2008Nov. 2008 p Total private ....................................... 127.3 129.8 129.6 130.0 127.0 129.0 129.4 128.8 128.7 128.1 -0.5 Goods-producing .......................................... 118.4 117.9 115.9 112.2 117.1 115.0 115.2 113.6 112.6 111.0 -1.4 Natural resources and mining .............................. 166.6 196.9 194.5 189.2 166.3 181.3 191.4 191.2 189.8 188.3 -.8 Construction ............................................................ 132.5 133.7 131.3 123.4 130.4 125.9 126.9 125.1 123.3 120.8 -2.0 Manufacturing ......................................................... 108.0 105.6 103.5 102.3 107.3 106.0 105.1 103.5 102.8 101.7 -1.1 Durable goods ..................................................... 111.8 107.5 105.2 104.1 111.2 109.6 108.1 106.0 104.9 103.7 -1.1 Nondurable goods ............................................... 101.1 101.8 100.0 99.2 99.9 99.6 99.5 99.2 99.2 98.3 -.9 Private service-providing ............................. 130.4 133.7 133.6 135.5 130.2 133.0 133.9 133.3 133.5 133.3 -.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 120.9 120.4 118.9 120.4 119.4 120.0 120.2 119.4 118.7 117.6 -.9 Wholesale trade ................................................... 129.7 129.6 130.0 131.6 129.2 131.2 131.5 130.0 129.9 129.4 -.4 Retail trade ........................................................... 113.9 111.5 108.8 110.5 111.9 110.4 110.5 110.3 108.8 108.1 -.6 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 126.4 127.2 126.3 125.6 124.4 126.3 126.2 124.9 124.8 122.8 -1.6 Utilities ................................................................... 113.2 120.3 118.9 120.8 113.7 117.1 117.5 119.0 118.5 119.2 .6 Information ............................................................... 118.8 123.7 123.4 125.9 118.7 122.9 123.6 123.5 124.0 124.2 .2 Financial activities .................................................. 131.7 136.1 135.9 138.9 133.0 135.5 137.6 137.1 136.9 136.1 -.6 Professional and business services .................... 141.2 145.5 147.7 150.3 140.9 144.7 145.7 145.5 146.6 146.7 .1 Education and health services ............................. 139.4 144.7 146.2 148.4 137.8 144.1 144.9 144.9 145.3 145.9 .4 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 131.1 137.9 135.5 132.2 134.4 137.5 137.8 137.3 136.5 135.5 -.7 Other services ......................................................... 112.2 115.2 115.5 115.5 113.5 115.4 116.0 115.8 116.1 115.9 -.2 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current months estimates of aggregate payrolls 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 p= worker employment. Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details. 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, 274 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 50.5 52.2 65.1 51.6 45.4 50.5 60.6 60.9 51.8 41.4 64.1 54.2 64.4 52.7 47.4 62.6 58.2 59.3 51.1 45.6 61.7 55.8 53.3 56.6 46.4 58.9 58.2 52.7 50.4 42.3 56.0 58.0 60.4 52.2 38.3 50.0 61.3 58.9 51.6 46.2 56.9 54.7 53.5 56.4 35.9 56.9 53.6 55.8 54.6 p 37.8 51.3 62.4 57.1 48.2 p 27.6 51.8 54.7 56.0 48.5 54.4 52.2 67.2 58.4 46.7 52.9 55.5 66.2 54.7 42.7 57.3 57.5 66.6 55.3 42.3 63.5 60.8 65.5 54.7 44.0 68.8 58.9 60.6 56.2 43.1 66.6 61.9 58.2 53.3 44.0 61.3 60.4 56.0 53.1 36.3 56.4 63.9 58.9 54.7 37.4 57.7 61.1 55.7 58.4 34.1 59.5 54.4 56.4 56.8 p 34.5 61.9 54.9 57.1 54.7 p 27.0 54.6 61.3 58.4 52.4 50.0 54.6 63.1 59.1 51.5 51.6 57.3 64.4 56.4 49.8 55.3 56.8 67.2 57.5 44.7 60.9 57.5 67.0 56.8 46.5 63.7 57.5 64.4 58.8 43.6 65.1 58.2 66.4 58.2 39.1 65.1 64.4 61.5 56.2 37.6 63.9 62.8 61.7 58.0 39.1 60.4 62.0 60.4 58.2 33.6 61.7 59.3 59.7 57.1 p 32.5 58.2 61.5 60.8 54.6 p 29.6 56.0 62.0 56.0 53.8 40.5 60.6 67.2 62.6 53.8 42.3 60.8 65.1 59.1 54.6 45.1 59.7 65.5 60.4 52.6 48.9 58.9 62.6 58.9 50.4 51.3 58.0 64.8 59.5 49.3 58.2 60.0 66.4 58.4 45.8 57.5 60.9 64.4 57.5 44.7 55.7 63.3 64.4 58.8 42.5 57.3 60.4 66.2 61.7 41.4 58.8 58.9 65.1 60.4 p 38.1 60.6 59.5 64.4 59.9 p 32.3 60.8 61.7 65.5 57.7 Over 3-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 43.5 36.3 57.7 47.6 40.5 47.6 48.8 45.8 35.7 28.6 47.0 42.9 54.8 30.4 38.1 63.7 44.6 48.8 29.8 35.1 50.6 42.3 38.1 37.5 44.6 51.2 35.1 53.0 39.3 30.4 58.3 38.1 50.6 41.7 26.8 42.9 47.0 44.0 33.3 37.5 42.9 45.8 36.3 40.5 25.0 48.2 46.4 40.5 45.2 p 26.8 42.3 47.0 38.1 44.6 p 21.4 39.9 47.0 39.3 36.3 41.1 38.1 54.8 33.9 35.7 40.5 39.3 52.4 28.6 27.4 43.5 42.3 47.6 32.1 26.8 56.5 44.6 48.8 27.4 29.2 58.9 36.3 44.6 29.8 29.8 61.3 37.5 50.6 32.7 35.7 57.7 33.3 42.9 31.0 24.4 47.0 39.9 47.6 34.5 22.6 46.4 45.8 36.3 32.1 21.4 41.7 41.7 37.5 39.3 p 22.6 44.6 38.7 32.1 44.0 p 20.2 38.7 49.4 34.5 41.7 29.2 33.9 42.9 34.5 34.5 31.5 38.1 45.2 27.4 33.9 32.7 35.1 50.6 23.8 32.1 44.6 36.9 47.6 27.4 28.0 49.4 32.1 48.2 31.5 26.8 54.8 32.1 47.6 34.5 20.8 59.5 41.7 46.4 33.3 19.6 56.0 35.7 48.8 31.0 24.4 51.2 36.3 43.5 29.2 17.3 51.8 36.9 41.7 35.1 p 17.9 44.0 37.5 38.7 34.5 p 17.9 38.7 42.3 29.8 32.7 13.1 44.6 44.6 39.3 29.8 14.3 43.5 40.5 36.3 29.8 13.1 41.7 40.5 36.9 29.8 20.2 40.5 39.3 28.6 24.4 23.2 36.3 39.3 29.8 27.4 35.7 35.1 44.6 26.2 24.4 36.9 32.1 41.7 26.8 23.8 38.1 33.9 42.3 29.2 21.4 36.9 32.7 46.4 30.4 22.6 44.0 33.3 48.2 29.8 p 20.2 44.6 33.3 45.2 33.3 p 17.9 44.6 38.1 44.0 33.9 Over 3-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 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. Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details.
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