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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary

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F O R R E L E A SE :

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THE E M P L O Y M E N T SITUATION:

O C T O B E R 1966 *1

The em ploym en t situation in O cto b e r rem a in ed about the sam e as
in re ce n t m onths, the U, S. D epartm en t of L a b o r 's B ureau of L a b or
S ta tistics re p o rte d today.
H ighlights o f the O cto b e r fig u r e s a re as fo llo w s :
1. T otal em p loym en t r o s e by 500, 000 to 74. 7 m illio n in O c to b e r.
A fter adjustm ent fo r usual se a so n a l d e v e lo p m e n ts, this fig u re w as unchanged
fr o m S eptem ber and up only sligh tly fr o m June. Sm all re d u ctio n s in a g r i­
cu ltu ra l em ploym en t and s e lf em p loy m en t w e re o ffs e t by a c o rr e sp o n d in g
r is e in the num ber o f nonfarm wage and sa la ry e a r n e r s .
2. N on a gricu ltu ra l em p loy m en t stood at 70. 4 m illio n in O c to b e r, up
2. 2 m illio n fr o m a y e a r a g o . A t 4. 3 m illio n in O cto b e r, a g ricu ltu ra l e m ­
ploym en t w as down 600, 000 fr o m the p re v io u s O c to b e r.
3. P a y ro ll em p loym en t in co n s tru ctio n w as down 80, 000 o v e r the
m onth. The d eclin e w as 30, 000 m o r e than se a so n a l, m arkin g the fou rth
s u c c e s s iv e m onth o f sm a ll d e c lin e s .
4. The N eg ro un em ploym ent ra te , at 7 .6 p e rce n t, w as not s ig n ifi­
cantly d iffe re n t fr o m the 7 .9 p e rce n t a vera ge o f the M a y -S e p te m b e r p e rio d .
The unem ploym ent rate fo r w h ites w as 3. 4 p e rce n t in O c to b e r, equaling the
a v era ge fo r the M a y -S e p tem b e r p e rio d .
5. The o v e r - a ll un em ploym ent rate w as 3 .9 p e rce n t in O cto b e r
(sea so n a lly a d ju s te d ), v irtu a lly unchanged fr o m S ep tem b er. U nem ploym ent,
at 2. 5 m illio n in O c to b e r, w as at its lo w e st le v e l sin ce O cto b e r 1957.




The E m p loy m en t Situation
P age 2
N ov em b e r 4, 1966
P a y r o ll E m p loy m en t, H ou rs, and E arn in gs
I n c r e a s e s in wage and sa la ry em p loy m en t in re ta il tra d e, s e r v ic e s , and
State and lo c a l g ov ern m en t accou n ted fo r the bulk of an o v e r - a ll in c r e a s e of
1 9 0.0 00 (se a so n a lly a d ju sted ) p a y ro ll jo b s c The im p rov em en t o ffs e t a m od est
d e clin e in S ep tem ber and le ft p a y ro ll em p loy m en t n early 400, 000 above the
June le v e l. The rate o f em p loy m en t grow th has slow ed o v e r the y e a r , with
q u a r t e r -t o -q u a r te r gains o f 1 m illio n in the f ir s t q u a rte r, 800, 000 in the
secon d q u a rte r, and 500, 000 in the third q u a rte r.
E m p loy m en t in co n tra ct co n s tru ctio n d e clin e d by 80, 000 betw een
S ep tem b er and O c to b e r. The d e clin e w as 30, 000 g r e a te r than se a so n a l. At
3. 4 m illio n , co n s tru ctio n em p loy m en t w as v irtu a lly unchanged fr o m a y e a r
e a r lie r but w as down n ea rly 200, 000 (se a so n a lly a d ju sted) fr o m the March*
peak. The u n em ploym ent rate fo r p rivate wage and sa la ry w o r k e r s in
c o n s tr u ctio n , at 9 p e rce n t in S ep tem ber and O cto b e r, w as up fr o m the 7 p e r ­
cen t rate o f June and July.
M anufacturing em p loy m en t, w h ich usually d e clin e s sea so n a lly by
100, 000 fr o m S ep tem ber to O c to b e r, f e ll by 25, 000 to 19o 5 m illio n . A s c o m ­
p a red w ith O cto b e r 1965, m anufacturing em p loy m en t was up 1 m illio n , with
the la r g e s t gains in e le c t r ic a l equipm ent (240, 0 0 0 ), tra n sp o rta tio n equipm ent
(1 7 5 ,0 0 0 ), and m a ch in e ry (1 5 0 ,0 0 0 ).
The fa c to r y w ork w eek ed ged down to 4 1 .4 hou rs in O c to b e r. A sligh t
in c r e a s e is usual in O c to b e r; h o w e v e r, a v era ge hou rs had been at high le v e ls
m o s t o f the su m m e r. F a c to r y p rod u ction w o r k e r s 1 a v era ge h ou rly ea rn in gs
r o s e 1 cen t to $2. 75 in O c to b e r. T h e ir w eek ly ea rn in gs a v e ra g e d $ 1 1 3 .8 5 ,
a new high. O ver the y e a r , h ou rly ea rn in gs w ere up 11 cen ts and w eek ly
ea rn in g s w e re up $4. 82.
U nem ploym en t
T o ta l un em ploym ent d e clin e d se a so n a lly by 50, 000 to 2. 5 m illio n . O ver
the y e a r , u n em ploym ent w as down 250, 000, with the en tire net d e clin e am ong
p e r s o n s seek ing fu ll-t im e w ork . The unem ploym ent rate fo r fu ll-t im e w o r k e rs
w as 3. 4 p e rce n t in O c to b e r, down fr o m 3. 8 p e rce n t a y e a r e a r lie r . The
situation fo r p a r t-tim e w o r k e r s --t h e vast m a jo rity of whom a re w om en and
t e e n a g e r s --w a s v irtu a lly unchanged o v e r the y e a r .
In O c t o b e r --t h e se a so n a l low m onth fo r unem ploym ent, there w ere
8 4 0 .0 0 0 u n em ployed adult m en, a ll but 80, 000 o f them seeking fu ll-tim e jo b s .
Of the 9 7 0 ,0 0 0 un em ployed w om en, o v e r o n e -fifth w ere seeking p a rt-tim e
em p loy m e n t. A p p ro x im a te ly half of the 7 1 5 ,0 0 0 teenage jo b s e e k e r s w ere in
s ch o o l and seeking only p a rt-tim e w ork . The red u ction of 250, 000 in unem ­
ploym en t fr o m O cto b e r 1965 o c c u r r e d am ong adult w o r k e r s , with n early 80
p e rce n t o f the d ro p am ong m en. The num ber of unem ployed te e n a g e rs was
not su bstan tially re d u ce d o v e r the y e a r, but the em ploym en t in c r e a s e of
2 0 0 .0 0 0 te e n a g e rs w as la rg e enough to m o re than a b so rb th eir la b or fo r c e
ex p a n sion .




The E m p loym en t Situation
Page 3
N ov em ber 4, 1966
State in su red un em ploym ent, w hich n orm a lly show s little change at this
tim e of y e a r , edged down sligh tly betw een m id -S e p te m b e r and m id -O c t o b e r
to 7 5 2 ,0 0 0 . The in su re d jo b le s s rate (se a so n a lly ad ju sted ) w as 2. 1 p e rce n t
in O c to b e r, equal to the lo w e st rate fo r any m onth sin ce the start of this s e r ie s
in January 1949.
U nem ploym ent ra tes fo r m en (20 4 p e r c e n t ), w om en (4 .0 p e r c e n t ), and
teen a g e rs (1 1 .9 p e rce n t) w ere not sig n ifica n tly changed o v e r the m onth, o r
sin ce the beginning o f the y e a r . H ow ever, the o v e r - a ll rate w as down fr o m
4 .3 p e rce n t in O ctob er 1965 to 3. 9 p e rce n t in O cto b e r 1966. A bout tw o -th ird s
o f the im p ro v e m e n t o c c u r r e d am ong those out of w ork 15 w eek s o r lo n g e r.
L a b or F o r c e
The total la b o r fo r c e in c r e a s e d 1. 8 m illio n o v e r the y e a r to 80. 5 m illio n
in O c to b e r. The A rm e d F o r c e s w e re up 50 0,0 00 to n ea rly 3. 3 m illio n , and
the civ ilia n la b o r f o r c e in c r e a s e was 1. 3 m illio n .
The bulk of the civ ilia n la b o r fo r c e in c r e a s e (ov er 1 m illio n ) o c c u r r e d
am ong w om en, with sm a ll in c r e a s e s am ong te e n a g e rs (150, 000) and m en
(only 100, 0 0 0 ). T h ese d iffe r e n c e s in trend r e fle c t the co m p a ra tiv e sh orta ge
of adult m en ; 97 p e rce n t of a ll m en aged 25 to 54 are in the la b o r f o r c e , and
only 2. 1 p e rce n t a re un em ployed.




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This r e le a s e p resen ts and analyzes s ta tis ­
tics fro m two m a jo r su rv e y s. Data on la b or fo r c e ,
total em ploym en t, and unem ploym ent are d eriv ed
fro m the sam ple su rvey of households conducted
and tabulated by the Bureau of the C ensus fo r the
B ureau o f L a b or S ta tistics. S tatistics on industry
em ploym en t, h ou rs, and earnin gs are c o lle c te d by
State a g e n cie s fro m p ayroll r e c o r d s of e m p lo y e rs
and a re tabulated by the Bureau of L abor S ta tistics.
A d e s crip tio n of the two su rveys appears in the
B L S publication E m ploym ent and E a r n i n g s and
Monthly R ep ort on the L abor F o r c e .

Table A -l: Employment status of the non institutional population, by age and sex
(In thousands)
Employment status, age, and sex

Total
Total labor force.............................
Civilian labor force............. ..
Employed.....................................
Agriculture.............................
Nonagricultural industries. . .
On part time for economic
reasons .............................
Usually work full time . .
Usually work part time. .
Unemployed ................................

O c t.
1966

S ep t.
1966

O ct.
1965

8 0 ,5 3 0
7 7 ,2 5 1
7 4 ,7 3 0
4 ,3 0 1
7 0 ,4 3 0

8 0 ,0 5 2
7 6 ,8 2 3
7 4 ,2 5 1
4 ,3 7 3
6 9 ,8 7 8

7 8 ,7 1 3
7 5 ,9 5 3
7 3 ,1 9 6
4 ,9 5 4
6 8 ,2 4 2

1 ,4 5 1
811
640
2 ,5 2 1

1 ,5 7 2
840
732
2 ,5 7 3

1 ,6 8 2
829
853
2 ,7 5 7

O c t.
1966

Seasonally adjusted
J u ly
S ep t.
Aug.
1966
1966
1966

June
1966

8 0 ,3 4 2
7 7 ,1 1 3
7 4 ,1 6 5
4 ,0 4 9
7 0 ,1 1 6

8 0 ,5 4 9
7 7 ,3 7 1
7 4 ,3 3 8
4 ,1 5 8
7 0 ,1 8 0

8 0 ,2 3 3
7 7 ,0 9 8
7 4 ,0 7 2
4 ,1 4 4
6 9 ,9 2 8

8 0 ,1 8 5
7 7 ,0 8 6
7 3 ,9 7 7
4 ,2 3 8
6 9 ,7 5 9

1 ,5 5 9 1 ,6 3 6
832
829
730
804
2 ,9 7 2 2 ,9 4 8

1 ,7 1 6
856
860
3 ,0 3 3

1 ,9 7 7
975
1 ,0 0 2
3 ,0 2 6

2 ,0 0 4
1 ,0 4 0
964
3 ,0 8 9

8 0 ,4 1 4
7 7 ,1 3 5
7 4 ,1 6 3
3 ,9 7 1
7 0,1 92

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force........................ 4 4 ,8 2 8 4 4 ,8 5 1 ‘ 4 4 ,7 1 6 4 4 ,6 1 0 4 4 ,6 6 6 4 4 ,8 3 3 4 4 ,7 4 4 4 4 ,7 8 0
Employed.................................... 4 3 ,9 8 9 4 3 ,9 8 0 4 3 ,6 9 4 4 3 ,5 4 0 4 3 ,5 8 3 4 3 ,6 9 1 4 3 ,5 8 5 4 3 ,6 2 1
2 ,8 6 0
Agriculture.............................
2 ,8 5 4
2 ,9 3 2 2 ,9 9 6
3 ,2 6 9 2 ,8 0 8 2 ,8 8 4 2 ,8 5 5
Nonagricultural industries. . . 4 1 ,0 5 8 4 0 ,9 8 4 4 0 ,4 2 4 4 0 ,7 3 2 4 0 ,6 9 9 4 0 ,8 3 6 4 0 ,7 3 1 4 0 ,7 6 1
1 ,1 4 2
Unemployed...............................
871 1 ,0 2 3 1 ,0 7 0 1 ,0 8 3
1 ,1 5 9
1 ,1 5 9
839
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force....................... 2 5 ,1 9 7 2 4 ,8 2 9 2 4 ,1 5 3 2 4 ,8 6 0 2 4 ,9 3 0 2 4 ,4 8 1 2 4 ,3 1 3 2 4 ,2 2 6
2 4 ,2 3 1 2 3 ,8 7 3 2 3 ,1 9 0 2 3 ,8 6 8 2 3 ,9 8 2 2 3 ,5 2 7 2 3 ,4 2 5 2 3 ,2 8 6
Employed...............................
803
973
687
682
770
633
647
Agriculture.............................
593
2
3
,4
6
1
2
2
,8
8
0
2
2,7
38
2
2
,6
04
2
3
,0
6
9
2
2
,2
1
7
2
3
,3
4
9
Nonagricultural industries. . .
2 3 ,2 7 5
956
948
966
963
954
888
940
992
Unemployed...............................
Both sexes, 14-19 years
Civilian labor force........................
Employed....................................
Agriculture.............................
Nonagricultural industries. . .
Unemployed...............................




7 ,2 2 5
6 ,5 1 0
599
5 ,9 1 0
715

7 ,1 4 3
6 ,3 9 8
574
5 ,8 2 4
745

7 ,0 8 4
6 ,3 1 2
711
5 ,6 0 1
772

7 ,6 6 5
6 ,7 5 5
570
6 ,1 8 5
910

7 ,5 1 7
6 ,6 0 0
532
6 ,0 6 8
917

8 ,0 5 7
7 ,1 2 0
656
6 ,4 6 4
937

8 ,0 4 1
7,062
60:
6,45$
97$

8 ,0 8 0
7 ,0 9 0
696
6 ,3 9 4
990

Table A-2: Major unemployment indicators

Selected categories

Thousands of per­
sons unemployed

Seasonally adjusted rates of unemployment
S ep t.
1966

Aug.
1966

J u ly
1966

June
1966

O c t.
1965

3 .9

3 .8

3 .9

3 .9

4 .0

4 .3

839
157
682
966
715

2 .4
4 .2
2 .1
4 .0
1 1 .9

2 .4
4 .3
2 .2
3 .8
1 2 .2

2 .5
4 .8
2 .3
3 .9
1 1 .6

2 .6
3 .6
2 .5
3 .7
1 2 .2

2 .6
5 .0
2 .3
3 .9
1 2 .3

2 .9
5 .5
2 .6
4 .2
1 3 .2

White....................................
Non white...............................

1 ,9 8 1
540

3 .4
7 .6

3 .3
7 .8

3 .4
8 .2

3 .4
7 .9

3 .5
7 .9

3 .9
7 .9

Married men...............................
Full-time workers *.....................
Blue-collar workers^...............
Unemployed 15 weeks and
over^ ....................................
State insured4 ..........................
Labor force time lost ^...............

537
1 ,8 8 6
933

1 .9
3 .4
4 .1

1 .9
3 .4
4 .1

2 .0
3 .5
4 .5

2 .0
3 .7
4 .6

1 .9
3 .8
4 .4

2 .1
3 .8
4 .8

439
752

.7
2 .1
4 .1

.6
2 .2
4 .2

.6
2 .5
4 .3

.6
2 .4
4 .6

.6
2 .1
4 .8

.9
2 .8
4 .6

O c t.
1966

O c t.
1966

Total (all civilian workers). . .

2 ,5 2 1

Men, 20 years and over. . . .
20-24 years.......................
25 years and ov er.............
Women, 20 years and over. . .
Both sexes, 14-19 years . . .

—

*Adjusted by provisional seasonal factors.
^Craftsmen, operatives, and nonfarm laborers.
^Rates based on civilian labor force.
^Insured unemployment under State programs as a percent of average covered employment.
'Labor force time lost is a percentage representing the man-hours lost by the unemployed and those on
part time for economic reasons.

Table A-3: Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

Duration of unemployment

O ct.
1966

Less than 5 w eek s..................... 1 ,3 9 1
690
5 to 14 weeks. . ........................
439
15 weeks and o v e r ..................
240
15 to 26 weeks . . . .............
199
27 weeks and over . ..............




(In thousands)
S ep t. O ct.
1966
1965
1 ,5 2 7
629
417
234
183

u ct.
1966

1 ,4 0 7 1 ,5 4 4
898
762
520
588
292
286
302
228

Seasonally adjusted
S ept, AUg.
J u ly
1966 1966
1966
1 ,6 2 6 1 ,6 6 6
927
807
451
499
298
249
202
201

1 ,7 1 0
912
435
220
215

June
1966
1 ,8 1 6
815
476
251
225

Table A-4: Unemployed persons by age and sex

Thousands of persons
Age and sex

Total

Looking Looking
for full­ for parttime work time work

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates
O c t.
1966

S e p t . Aug.
1966 1966

J u ly
1966

O c t.
1965

2 ,5 2 1 1 ,8 8 6

635

3 .9

3 .8

3 .9

3 .9

4 .3

101
1
100

241
54
187

1 2 .7
8 .0
1 4 .7

1 3 .3
9 .4
1 5 .2

1 1 .9
7 .3
1 4 .1

1 2 .6
7 .8
1 4 .9

1 3 .0
6 .7
1 6 .0

18 years and o v e r ............................. 2 ,1 7 9 1 ,7 8 5
18 and 19 y e a r s .............................
266
374
20 to 24 y e a rs ...............................
346
403
25 years and o v er.......................... 1 ,4 0 2 1 ,1 7 3
25 to 54 years............................. 1 ,0 9 9
942
55 years and o v e r .....................
231
303

395
107
57
231
158
73

3 .4
1 1 .4
5 .3
2 .6
2 .7
2 .5

3 .3
1 0 .9
5 .2
2 .6
2 .6
2 .5

3 .5
1 1 .1
5 .5
2 .7
2 .8
2 .6

3 .5
1 2 .1
4 .6
2 .8
2 .7
2 .8

3 .9
1 3 .5
5 .9
3 .0
3 .1
3 .0

Total, 14 years and over.......................
14 to 17 years....................................
14 and 15 y e a r s .............................
16 and 17 y e a r s .................. ..

341
55
286

Males, 18 years and o v e r .....................

995

862

134

2 .7

2 .7

2 .9

3 .0

3 .4

18 and 19 years..................................
20 to 24 years.....................................
25 years and o v e r .............................
25 to 54 y e a r s ...............................
55 years and o v e r..........................

156
157
682
506
176

101
128
633
486
147

54
29
51
21
30

9 .7
4 .2
2 .1
2 .1
2 .4

1 0 .0
4 .3
2 .2
2 .1
2 .7

9 .5
4 .8
2 .3
2 .2
2 .8

1 0 .9
3 .6
2 .5
2 .3
3 .1

1 2 .9
5 .5
2 .6
2 .4
3 .4

Females, 18 years and over..................

1 ,1 8 4

923

261

4 .6

4 .3

4 .6

4 .4

4 .8

18 and 19 years..................................
20 to 24 years.....................................
25 years and o v e r .............................
25 to 54 y e a r s ...............................
55 years and ov er..........................

218
246
720
593
127

165
218
540
456
84

53
28
180
137
43

1 3 .2
6 .7
3 .5
3 .8
2 .8

1 2 .1
6 .5
3 .3
3 .7
2 .2

1 2 .8
6 .5
3 .5
3 .9
2 .3

1 3 .5
5 .9
3 .3
3 .5
2 .3

1 4 .1
6 .5
3 .8
4 .5
2 .1




Table A-5: Employed persons by age and sex

(In thousands)
Seasonally adjusted
S ep t.
Aug.
J u ly
1966
1966
1966

Age and sex

Total

Voluntary
part-time
employed 1

O c t.
1966

Total, 14 years and over. . . .

7 4 ,7 3 0

1 0,1 89

7 4 ,1 6 3

7 4 ,1 6 5

7 4 ,3 3 8

7 4 ,0 7 2

7 3 ,9 9 7

14 to 17 years.....................
14 and 15 y e a r s .............
16 and 17 y e a r s .............

3 ,1 6 9
986
2 ,1 8 3

2 ,6 7 5
924
1 ,7 5 1

3 ,3 2 4
1 ,0 5 9
2 ,2 6 5

3 ,2 5 7
1 ,0 7 9
2 ,1 7 8

3 ,5 3 9
1 ,2 1 4
2 ,3 2 5

3 ,4 1 2
1 ,1 3 9
2 ,2 7 3

3 ,4 3 8
1 ,1 9 8
2 ,2 4 0

18 years and over................ 7 1 ,5 6 0
3 ,3 4 0
18 and 19 y e a r s .............
7 ,9 9 0
26 to 24 y e a r s ................
25 years and o v e r........... 6 0 ,2 3 0
25 to 44 years............. 3 0 ,8 3 5
45 years and over. . . . 2 9 ,3 9 5

7 ,5 1 4
930
871
5 ,7 1 3
2 ,4 8 3
3 ,2 3 0

7 0 ,7 9 8
6 ,1 3 2
7 ,9 1 2
5 9 ,5 1 0
3 0 ,3 4 7
2 9 ,0 2 1

7 0 ,8 3 7
3 ,2 9 4
7 ,8 5 6
5 9 ,6 8 7
3 0 ,3 7 2
2 9 ,1 6 2

7 0 ,8 0 5
3 ,5 9 5
7 ,9 4 8
5 9 ,2 6 2
3 0 ,1 3 9
2 9 ,0 5 9

7 0 ,6 1 6
3 ,5 8 6
7 ,9 8 9
5 9 ,0 4 1
3 0 ,0 2 8
2 8 ,9 0 4

7 0 ,4 4 0
3 ,5 4 2
8 ,0 1 0
5 8 ,8 8 8
3 0 ,0 8 6
2 8 ,7 9 8

Males, 18 years and over . . . 4 5 ,7 1 5

2 ,0 7 3

4 5 ,3 3 5

4 5 ,3 2 6

4 5 ,6 1 4

4 5 ,5 7 2

4 5 ,5 4 8

18 and 19 years..................
20 to 24 years.....................
25 years and o v e r .............
25 to 44 y e a r s ................
45 years and over . . . . .

1 ,7 2 6
4 ,5 6 7
3 9,4 22
2 0 ,5 4 7
1 8,8 75

494
377
1 ,2 0 2
231
971

1 ,7 7 8
4 ,5 3 4
3 9 ,0 2 3
2 0 ,3 1 5
1 8 ,6 6 7

1 ,7 7 6
4 ,5 2 4
3 9 ,0 2 6
2 0 ,3 5 3
1 8 ,6 5 9

1 ,9 4 2
4 ,6 1 5
3 9 ,0 5 7
2 0 ,3 8 2
1 8 ,6 4 7

1 ,9 4 6
4 ,6 2 4
3 9 ,0 0 2
2 0 ,3 6 3
1 8 ,5 7 6

1 ,8 9 7
4 ,6 0 5
3 9 ,0 4 6
2 0 ,4 4 4
1 8 ,5 8 3

Females, 18 years and over. .

2 5 ,8 4 5

5 ,4 4 1

2 5 ,4 6 3

2 5 ,5 1 1

2 5 ,1 9 1

2 5 ,0 4 4

2 4 ,8 9 2

18 and 19 years..................
20 to 24 years.....................
25 years and over................
25 to 44 y e a rs ................
45 years and ov er...........

1 ,6 1 4
3 ,4 2 3
2 0 ,8 0 8
1 0 ,2 8 8
1 0 ,5 2 0

436
494
4 ,5 1 1
2 ,2 5 2
2 ,2 5 9

1 ,5 9 8
3 ,3 7 8
2 0 ,4 8 7
1 0 ,0 3 2
1 0 ,3 5 4

1 ,5 1 8
3 ,3 3 2
2 0 ,6 6 1
1 0 ,0 1 9
1 0 ,5 0 3

1 ,6 5 3
3 ,3 3 3
2 0 ,2 0 5
9 ,7 5 7
1 0 ,4 1 2

1 ,6 4 0
3 ,3 6 5
2 0 ,0 3 9
9 ,6 6 5
1 0 ,3 2 8

1 ,6 4 5
3 ,4 0 5
1 9 ,8 4 2
9 ,6 4 2
1 0 ,2 1 5

^Includes a proportionate number of persons with a job but not at work.
NOTE: Due to the independent seasonal adjustment of several of the series, detail will not necessarily
add to totals.




June
1966

Table A-6:

Unemployment rates by occupation and industry group of last job
(Seasonally adjusted)

Occupation or industry

Oct.
1966

Sept.
1966

Aug.
1966

July
1966

June
1966

Oct.
1965

Occupation
White-collar workers......................
Professional and technical..... ........
Managers, officials, and proprietors....
Clerical workers....................... .
Sales workers...................... .
Blue-collar workers........ .......
Craftsmen and foremen....... ...........
Operatives.......................
Nonfarm laborers............. ..........
Service workers.... ......................

2.1
1.5
.9
3.2
2.3
4.1
2.8
4.2
6.9
4.3

2.3
1.6
1.2
3.2
2.9
4.1
2.5
4.2
7.6
4.2

1.9
1.5
.9
2.8
2.4
4.5
2.7
4.8
8.0
4.6

2.0
1.4
.8
2.9
2.6
4.6
2.9
4.8
7.8
4.4

2.0
1.4
.9
2.7
2.9
4.4
2.8
4.5
7.7
5.2

2.1
1.2
1.0
2.9
3.3
4.8
2.8
5.3
8.3
4.7

3.6
9.1
9.2
3.0
2.6
3.6
1.7
4.4
2.4
4.0
1.9

3.6
6.0
9.1
3.2
2.9
3.7
2.0
4.3
1.8
3.6
2.4

3.7
7.0
8.4
3.4
2.9
4.0
1.8
4.6
2.2
3.8
2.1

3.5
4.7
6.9
3.3
3.0
3.7
2.7
4.8
2,0
3.6
2.1

3.7
5.5
7.2
3.5
3.4
3.6
3.2
4.6
2.3
4.2
2.1

4.0
9.6
9.6
3.6
3.2
4.2
2.6
4.7
2.5
4.1
2.0

Industry
Wage and salary workers ,1/.*.............
Agriculture........................... .
Construction..... ......................
Manufacturing....... ...............
Durable goods........... ..........
Nondurable goods....... ..............
Transportation and public utilities.....
Wholesale and retail trade..... ........
Finance, insurance, and real estate....
Service industries 7 } ...... ...........
Government.............................
1/

IE/

Includes mining, not shown separately.
Excludes private households.




Table A-7:

Fu ll- and part-time status of the civilian labor force

(In thousands)

Full- and part-time
employment status

Oct.
1966

Oct.
1965

Oct.
1964

66,424

65,660

64,664

62,890
1,648
1,886
2.8

61,643
1,932
2,085
3.2

59,886
2,193
2,585
4.0

10,827
10,192
635
5.9

10,293
9,621
672
6.5

9,711
9,044
667
6.9

Full Time

Civilian labor force............................................
Employed:
Full-time schedules1 ...............................
Part time for economic reasons . . . . . .
Unemployed, looking for full-time work, . . •
Unemployment rate............................................
Part Time

Civilian labor force............................................
Employed (voluntary part time)1 ..................
Unemployed, looking for part-time work . . .
Unemployment rate . . .......................................




*Employed persons with a job but not at work are distributed proportionately among the full- and part-time
employed categories.

Table B-1: Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by industry
(la thousands)

NOTE: Data foe the 2 bost recent Boothe ere preliminary.




Table B-2:

Average weekly hours of production workers^ on payrolls of selected industries
Seasonally adjusted

Change from
In d u s try

MINMG..........................................
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION----MANUFACTURING..........................

Oct*

Sept.

Aug.

Oct.

19 66

1966

1966

1965

*3.5
3 8 .5

*1.*
* .l

D U R A B L E C O O P S ...............................

Ordnance and a c c e sso rie s...............
Lumber and wood p r o d u c ts ............
Furniture and f i x t u r e s .....................
Scone, c la y , and g la ss products ...
Priam ry metal industries..................
Fabricated m etal products. . . . . .
M achinery............................................
E le ctric al equipom at........................
Transportation equipm ent...............
Instruments and related products .
M iscellaneous manufacturing. . . .
N O N D U R A B LE C O O O S ......................
O m d f s r B oars. ..............................

Food and kindred p r o d u c ts ............
Tobacco am nufactures.....................
T extile m ill products........................
Apparel and related products. . . .
Paper and a llie d product*...............
Printing and p u b lis h in g ..................
C h eaucals and a llied products. . .
Petroleum and related products . .
Rubber and p la stic products . . . .
Leath er and leather products. . . .

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE.
W HOLE S A L E T R A D E ......................
R E T A I L T R A D E ..................................

FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND
REAL ES T A T E............. .. .........

*2.3
*.5
*2.8
*0.8
*2.0
*2.1
*2.2
*2.6
*3.7
*1.*
*2.9
*2.3
*0.2
*0.3
3.5
*1.0
38.7
*1.7
3 6 .8

*3-5
39*1
*2.1
*2.*
*2.3
38.2
36.7
*0.7
35.*

*3.0
38.3
*1.5
*.2
*2.3
*•6
*2.*
*0.7
*1.8
*2.2
*2.5
*2.8
*3-9
*1.*
*2.7
*2.2
*0.0
*0.3
3.7
*1.8
39*8
*1.9
35.7
*3.7
39.2
*2.1
*2.9
*2.2
37.8
37.0
*0.7
35.8

*2.8
38.3
*1.3
3.9
*2.1
*•2
*2.5
*1.*
*2.2
*2.3
*0.9
*2.9
*30
*1.2
*3.*
*1.9
*0 .*
*0.2
3.*
*1.*
39*2
*2.1
36.3
*3.7

*3.0
3 8 .*
*1.*
*.0
*2.0
*.3
*2.0
*0.9
*2.2
*2.*
*2.1
*2.*
*3.5
*1.1
*2.1
*1.7
*0.1
*0.5
3.5
*1.5
3 8 .1

*2.1
36.9
*3.6
39.0
*1.9
*2.1
*1.9
39.1
37.9
*0.8
36.9

3 8 .6

*1.8
*2.5
*2.*
37.8
37.*
*0 . 9
3 6 .2

Sept.

Oct.

Oct.

Sept.

Aug.

19 6 6

1965

19 66

19 6 6

19 6 6

*2.9
37.7
*1.5
> 9
*2.3
*•3
*2.5
*0 .3
*1.2
*1.9
*2.6
*2.6
**.3
*1.3
*3.0
*2.2
39.9
*0.2
3.*
*1.2
38.*
*2.1
35.6
*3.*
39.0
*2.0
*1.9
*1-9
38.3
37.0
*0 . 7
35.8

*2.*
36.9
*1.*
*.0
*2.1
*•3
*2.1
*0.3
*1.6
*1.8
*2.*
*2.2
*3.8
*1.2
*3.2
*1.7
*0.0
*0.2
3.*
*1.1
37.8
*2.0

0.5
.2
-.1
-.1

0
-.1

.*
.1

.2
-.1

-.3
-.2

0.7
.2
.1

•2
.2
.3
.3
-.6
-.2
-.2
1.3
.1

1.1

.*
.2
-.5
.*
-.2
.1
.1
-.*
-5
-.*
•5

-.2

-.2

-.1
0
-.5
.1
.*
-.3
0
-.*

•5
.3
-.1
-.1
•*
-.7

-.2

0
.2
.1

.2
0
-.2

-.8
- 1.1
-.2

-.2

-.8

5179
37.3
*1 . 3
* .0

*2 . 3
* .3

*2.7
*0.5
*1.3
*1.7
*2.9
*2.3
*3*9
*1.2
*2.3
*2.2
39.8
*0.2
3.3
*0.7
37.2
*1.*
36.9
*3.1
39-0
* 2 .2

*2.*
* 2 .2

38.9
3 6 .8

*0.7
35.6

Change
from

Sept.

.2 9 6 6 ____
0

- 0 .*
- .2
•l
0
0
.2
.2
•l
- .2

.3
-.3
-.*
-.1
-.7
0
- .1
0
- .1

-.5
-1 .2
-.7
1.3
-.3
0
•2
.5
.3
•6

# •3

*3*3
38.9
*2.0
*1.9
*1.8
3 8 .6

37.3
*0.8

-.2
0

3 6 .1

-.2

0

—37i 3___ - . 37*2___
=
__ a g g g __ - 37*0
lfo t p lid iy
manufacturing, date refer to production and related workers; for contract construction, to construction workers; and for all other industries, to nonsupervisory workers.
NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent month* are preliminary.

Table B-3t

.2

Average hourly and weekly earnings of production workers^ on payrolls of selected industries
Average hourly earnings

in d u s try

m u fg

__
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION----MANUFACTURING.........................
DU RA BLE

600DS....................

Ordnance and ac c e ssa rie s...............
Lumber and wood p r o d u c ts ............
Furniture and f i x t u r e s .....................
Stone, c la y , and g la ss products . .
Primary metal indu stries..................
Fabricated m etal products...............
M achinery............................................
E le ctric al equipsaeoc........................
Transportation equipm ent...............
laatrum rnts nod related products .
M iscellaneous manufacturing. . . .
N O N D U R A B LE O O O D S ......................

Food and kindred p r o d u c ts ............
Tobacco manufactures .....................
T extile mill products........................
Apparel and related products. . . .
Paper and a llied produ cts...............
Printing and p u b lis h in g ..................
Petroleum sad related products . .
Rubber and p la stic products . . . .
L eather and leath er products. . . .

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE.
W H O LE S A LE T R A D E ......................
R E T A I L T R A D E ..................................

FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND
REAL ESTATE............................

Oct.
1966

Sept.
1966

Aug.

1966

Oct.
1965

Average weekly earnings
Chang<i from

Oct.
1966

Sept.
1966

Aug.

Sept.
1966
$0.02
-.01
.01

Oct.
1965
$0.18
.19
.11

3.18
2.79
2.99
2.60
3.26
2.63
2.1*

.01
.01
0
.01
.01
0
0
.01
.01
.01
.01
.02

.12
.07
.11
.09
•0?
.1*
.12
.13
.07
.15
.10
.11

12*.36
138.67
95.06
9*.o8
116.20
1*0.10
123.97
136.3*
110.5*
1*6.29
115.*8
90. *5

123.9*
136.95
9*.83
93.23L
116.05
1*1.10
12*.55
136.53
2JL0.12
1*5.18
11*.78
89.20

120.5*
13**82
9*.07
93.26
115.75
138.09
121.26
133.55
107.68
139.35
112.17
88.22

♦3.13
3.96
2.75

♦3.H
3.97
2.7*

♦3.06
3.89
2.70

2.9*
3.2*
2.33
2.2*
2.76
3.32
2.91
3.12
2.67
3.*1
2.73
2.25

2.93
3.23
2.33
2.23
2.75
3.32
2.91
3.H
2.66
3.*0
2.72
2.23

2.87
3.21
2.30
2.21
2.73
3.28
2.86
3.07
2.62
3.31
2.69
2.20

2. *8
2.52
2.12
2.00
1.93
2.79
3.19
3.03
3.*1
2.70
1.97
2.17
2.76
1.9*

2.*7
2.51
2.09
2.00
1.90
2.79
3*20
3.02
3**3
2.70
1.96
2.15
2.75
1-93

2. *5
2. *9
2.17
1.98
1.90
2.77
3.15
3.00
3*39
2.65
1.9k
2.13
2.73
1.90

2.38
2. *2
1.97
1.90
1.86
2.68
3.30
2.92
3.32
2.65
1.90
2.07
2.63
1.86

.01
.01
.03
0
.03
0
-.01
.01
-.02
0
.01
.02
.01
.01

.10
.10
.15
.10
.07
.11
.09
.11
.09
.05
.07
.10
.13
.08

99.9*
103.32
82.0*
83.*0
71.02
121.37
12*.73
127.56
1**.58
11*.21
75.25
79.6*
112.33
68.68

9?.5*
10*.92
83.18
83.80
67.83
121.92
125.**
127.1*
1*7.15
113.9*
7*.09
79.55
111.93
69.09

2.*9

2.*8

2. *7

2.*1

.01

.08

92.63

91.76

♦2.95
3.77
2.6*
2.82
3.17
2.22
2.15

2.67

1966

Oct.
1965

$136.16 $133.73 ♦130L.58 $126.26
152.*6 152.05 1*9.38 1**.39
113.85 113.71 13JL.78 109.03

Change from

as*

Oct.

iq 6s

$2. *3
.*1
.1*

$9.90
8.07
*.82

H 8.72
13**73
91.91
90.73
112.9*
130.06
118.58
129.*7
107.12
1*1.*8
110.20
86.*6

•*2
1.72
.23
.87
.15
-1.00
-.58
-.19
.*2
1.11
•70
1.25

5.6*
3.9*
3.15
3.35
3.26
10.0*
5.39
6.87
3. *2
* .8 l
5.28
3.99

99*23
IO3.3*
82.68
83.36
70.11
120.77
122.85
125.70
1*2.72
111.0*
75.85
80.73
H l.3 8
70.11

95.68
100.19
77.22
79.99
67.52
117.12
119*66
122.06
1*1.10
112.36
71.82
77**2
107.57
67.33

.*0
-1.60
-1.1*
-.*0
3.19
-.55
-7 1
.*2
-2.57
.27
1.16
.09
.*0
-.*1

*.26
3.13
*.82
3**1
3.50
*.25
5.07
5.50
3.*8
1.85
3. *3
2.22
*.76
1.35

92.13

89.65

.87

2.98

‘ For mining and manufacturing, data refer to production and related workers; for contract construction, to construction workers; and for all other industries, to nonsupervisory workers.
NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.