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U SD L - 11-534 B u reau o f L a b o r S ta tis tic s (202) 961-2542 o r 961-2531 EM BARGOED FOR R E LE ASE 11:30 A .M . (E S T ) F rid a y , N o v e m b e r 6, 1970 T H E E M P L O Y M E N T S IT U A T IO N : O C T O B E R 1970 The em p loym en t situation was b a s ic a lly unchanged in O ctob er ex cep t fo r the e ffe c ts of the strik e in the au tom ob ile industry, the U. S. D ep a rtm en t of L a b o r 1 s Bureau of L a b o r S ta tis tic s r e p o r te d today. A t 5C6 p e rc e n t in O c to b e r, the o v e r a ll unem ploym ent ra te w as about the sam e as in S ep tem b er, when it had r is e n s h a rp ly e The num ber o f unem p loyed w o r k e r s w as 4C3 riiillio n in O cto b er, unchanged fr o m September,* For m o s t m a jo r groups in the la b o r fo r c e , jo b le s s ra te s showed lit t le o r no change o v e r the month, although the ra te fo r m a r r ie d m en continued to edge upc Some unem ploym ent ra te s , h o w e v e r, w e re r a is e d s lig h tly by the secon d a ry e ffe c ts o f the s trik e in the auto in du stry. T o ta l em p loym en t, w hich in clu des w o r k e r s in a g ric u ltu re , the s e lfe m p lo yed , unpaid fa m ily w o r k e r s , and p riv a te household w o r k e r s as w e ll as w age and s a la ry w o r k e r s in nonfarm in d u s trie s , ed ged up in O cto b er on a sea so n a lly adjusted b a sis. H o w e v e r, n on farm p a y r o ll em p lo ym en t d e c re a s e d by 480, 000 o v e r the month, a fte r season al adju stm en t. T h e re w as an even g r e a te r d e c lin e in m an u factu rin g, c e n te re d in the du rable goods in d u s trie s . T h e s e d e c lin e s w e r e la r g e ly the re s u lt of the s trik e in the auto m o b ile in du stry. E m p lo y m en t in c r e a s e s in the s e r v ic e -p r o d u c in g in d u s trie s helped to counter the d e c r e a s e in m an u factu rin g em p loym en t. (In the fig u r e s on to ta l em p loym en t fr o m the household s e r ie s , w o r k e r s on s trik e a r e count ed as ••em p loyed --w ith a jo b but not at w o rk 11 ra th e r than as unem ployed; in the s e r ie s on nonfarm p a y r o ll em p loym en t, s tr ik e r s a re not on p a y r o lls and a re thus not counted as em p lo yed . ) In du stry P a y r o ll E m p lo ym en t N o n a g ric u ltu ra l p a y r o ll em p loym en t, w hich u su ally r is e s betwec S ep tem b er and O cto b er, d e clin ed this O cto b er to 70. 6 m illio n . A ft e r s e a - 2- sonal adjustm ent, p a y r o ll em p lo ym en t w as down 480, 000 o v e r the month, fo llo w in g a 200, 000 in c r e a s e in S ep tem b er (as r e v is e d ). M o st of the O cto b er jo b lo s s w as attrib u ta b le to the s trik e in the au tom obile in du stry. S ize a b le jo b gain s in the s e r v ic e -p r o d u c in g in d u stries p ro v id e d a p a rtia l o ffs e t to the v e r y la r g e em p loym en t red u ction in m anu factu ring. In m an u factu rin g, em p lo ym en t d e c lin e d by 610, 000, sea so n a lly ad ju st ed, betw een S ep tem b er and O cto b er. M o s t o f this d eclin e re s u lte d fr o m the p r im a r y e ffe c ts of the s trik e , w h ich in v o lv e d an es tim a te d 325, 000 w o r k e r s ; a s ig n ific a n t p a rt of the re m a in in g em p loym en t red u ction s w e r e seco n d a ry e ffe c ts of the s trik e . The em p lo ym en t d rop in m anu factu ring w as g re a te s t in the du rable goods s e c t o r - -525, 000. Although a ll d u rab les in d u s trie s showed a d eclin e, the la r g e s t o c c u r r e d in the fiv e m e ta ls and m e ta l-u s in g in d u s trie s which w e r e m o s t h e a v ily a ffe c te d by the s trik e . E m p loym en t f e l l by 280, 000 in tra n s p o rta tio n equipm ent, 70, 000 in e le c t r ic a l equipm ent, 55, 000 in p r im a r y m e ta ls , 45, 000 in m a c h in e ry , and 40, 000 in fa b ric a te d m e ta ls . In nondur ab le goods, a d e c lin e o f 85, 000 w as con cen tra ted in fo o d p ro c e s s in g (30, 0 0 0 ), ru b b er (2 0 ,0 0 0 ), a p p a re l (1 5 ,0 0 0 ), and te x tile s (1 0 ,0 0 0 ). E m p lo ym en t in co n tra ct co n stru ction w as 3. 2 m illio n , adjusted, about unchanged fr o m the S ep tem b er le v e l. sea so n a lly O v e r the y e a r , co n stru ctio n em p loym en t w as down by 210, 000, o r 5. 8 p ercen t. A m on g the s e r v ic e -p r o d u c in g in d u s trie s , jo b pickups took p la ce in s e r v ic e s (6 0 ,0 0 0 ), tra d e (4 5 ,0 0 0 ), State and lo c a l g o vern m en t (1 5 ,0 0 0 ), and fin a n ce, in su ran ce, and r e a l esta te (1 5 ,0 0 0 ). A ft e r showing lit t le or no gro w th this past su m m er, em p loym en t in the s e r v ic e s in d u s trie s has in c r e a s e d su b stan tially in the past 2 m onthsc U n em ploym e nt The actual num ber of unem ployed w o r k e r s totaled 4. 3 m illio n in O cto b er. A ft e r season al adjustm ent, unem ploym ent was lit t le changed, fo llo w in g a sharp r is e in S eptem ber. Since la s t O c to b e r, the number o f unem ployed p erso n s has r is e n by 1. 4 m illio n - -725, 000 adult m en, 400, 000 adult w om en, and 300, 000 te e n agers. N e a r ly 85 p e rc e n t of the o v e r - t h e - y e a r in c re a s e w as am ong f u ll tim e w o r k e r s , m o s tly p erso n s who had lo s t th e ir la s t jo b s. - 3- O v e r the month, jo b le s s ra te s fo r m o s t m a jo r grou ps in the la b or fo r c e w e r e unchanged. R a tes fo r adult m en (4C 1 p e r c e n t), adult w om en (5. 1 p e r c e n t ), and te e n a g e rs (17. 1 p e r c e n t) w e re a ll e s s e n tia lly the sam e as in S ep tem b er, when they rea ch ed o r equ aled th e ir h igh est le v e ls since 1964. U n em p loym en t ra te s fo r both fu ll-tim e w o r k e r s (5 .0 p e rc e n t) and p a r t-tim e w o r k e r s (8. 2 p e r c e n t) a ls o showed lit t le change o v e r the month, fo llo w in g in c r e a s e s in S ep tem b er. H o w e v e r, the unem ploym ent rate fo r m a r r ie d m en, at 3. 1 p ercen t, edged up o v e r the m onth, continuing the upward tren d in e v id en ce sin ce la s t w in te r. F o r both N e g r o and w hite w o r k e r s , u nem ploym ent ra te s w e r e a ls o v i r tu a lly unchanged in O cto b er. The N e g r o ra te w as 9« 3 p e rc e n t and the w hite ra te 5. 2 p ercen t. Th e u n em ploym en t ra te fo r w o r k e r s c o v e r e d by State u nem ploym ent in su ran ce p ro g ra m s m o ved up fr o m 40 2 to 4. 4 p e rc e n t in O c to b e r, fo llo w in g a g r e a t e r r is e in S ep tem b er. The O cto b er in c r e a s e r e fle c t e d the im p a ct of the au tom ob ile s trik e and brought the ra te to tw ice that of O cto b er 1969 and the h igh est sin ce January 1964. A m on g the m a jo r occu p ation al grou ps, the ra te fo r w h it e - c o lla r w o r k e r s r o s e fr o m 2. 8 to 3. 2 p ercen t, p r im a r ily r e fle c tin g in c r e a s e d jo b le s s n e s s am ong c le r ic a l w o r k e r s . The O cto b er ra te fo r w h it e - c o lla r w o r k e r s was the h igh est since N o v e m b e r 1961. The jo b le s s ra te fo r o p e r a tiv e s , m any o f whom w o rk in m an u factu rin g, r o s e to 8. 5 p ercen t. On the oth er hand, unem p loym en t ra te s fo r c ra fts m e n (4.1 p e rc e n t) and nonfarm la b o r e r s (1 0 .7 p e r c e n t) f e l l in O c to b e r, a fte r in c re a s in g s ig n ific a n tly in S ep tem b er. Both ra te s retu rn ed to a p p ro x im a te th e ir August le v e ls . A m on g the m a jo r in du stry d iv is io n s , the jo b le s s ra te fo r p e rs o n s who la s t w o rk e d in m an u factu rin g r o s e in O cto b er to 6. 7 p ercen t. R a tes in co n stru ctio n and the fin an ce and s e r v ic e in d u s trie s m o ved down o v e r the m onth. The num ber of p erso n s unem ployed 15 w eek s and o v e r tota led 745, 000 (s e a s o n a lly ad ju sted ) in O c to b e r, down v e r y s lig h tly fr o m S ep tem b er. The a v e r a g e du ration of u nem ploym ent fe ll fro m 8. 9 to 8. 3 w eek s, the lo w e s t le v e l in 6 m onths. The num ber of p erso n s who w ork ed part tim e fo r eco n o m ic rea so n s in n o n a g ricu ltu ra l in d u stries but wanted fu ll- tim e job s in c re a s e d by 315, 000 - 4 - (s e a s o n a lly ad ju sted ) in O cto b er to 2. 4 m illio n ; this w as a ls o a r e fle c tio n of the produ ction cutbacks and short w o rk w eek s resu ltin g fr o m the au tom obile s trik e . The ra tio of la b o r fo r c e tim e lo s t by p erso n s w ork in g p a rt tim e in v o lu n ta rily as w e ll as by the u nem ployed ro s e to 6C2 p ercen t, the highest point since January 1964Q (L a b o r fo r c e tim e lo s t is a m ea su re of m an -h ou rs lo s t to the econ om y through u nem ploym ent and in volu n tary p a rt-tim e e m p lo y m ent, taken as a p e rc e n t of total m an -h ou rs o ffe r e d by those in the lab or fo r c e .) C iv ilia n L a b o r F o r c e and T o ta l E m p lo ym en t The c iv ilia n la b o r fo r c e in c re a s e d in O cto b er m o re than it u su ally does at this tim e of y e a r and, a fte r season al adjustm ent, w as up by 3 25, 000, to 83. 4 m illio n . w om en. The o v e r-th e -m o n th in c r e a s e w as con cen tra ted am ong adult C o m p a red w ith O ctob er 1969, the c iv ilia n la b o r fo r c e has grow n by 10 7 m illio n - -77 5, 000 adult w om en, 750, 000 adult m en, and 140, 000 te e n a g e rs . T o ta l em p lo ym en t ro s e by 265, 000, se a s o n a lly adjusted, in O c to b e r. The in c re a s e brought the to ta l to 78. 7 m illio n , the sam e as in July but w e ll b elow the peak rea ch ed in M a rc h . O v e r the y e a r , to ta l em p lo ym en t has r is e n by 250, 000, w ith only adult w om en showing an in c re a s e . H ou rs of W ork The a v e ra g e w ork w eek fo r a ll ra n k -a n d -file w o rk e rs on p riv a te nona g r ic u ltu r a l p a y r o lls w as 36. 9 hours in O cto b er, unchanged on a sea so n a lly adju sted b asis. In S ep tem b er, a v e ra g e w e e k ly hours had fa lle n sh arp ly becau se of the in clu sion of the L a b o r Day h oliday in the r e fe r e n c e w eek . H ou rs g e n e r a lly fa ile d to rebound fr o m this a r t ific ia lly low le v e l, a r e f l e c tion of the production cutbacks and the consequent s h o rte r w o rk schedules re s u ltin g fr o m the au tom obile s trik e . H o w e v e r, the w o rk w eek did retu rn to August le v e ls in m any of the m anufacturing in d u stries not a ffe c te d by the s t r ik e . In m an u factu rin g, the a v e ra g e w o rk w eek was 39. 4 hou rs, se a s o n a lly adjusted, up 0. 1 hour fro m the low S ep tem b er le v e l. The O cto b er w o rk w e ek w as 0. 4 hour below the August le v e l and 1.1 hours lo w e r than a y e a r ago. Th e sm a ll S e p te m b e r-O c to b e r in c re a s e in m anufacturing took p la ce in non du rable good s, w h ere the w ork w eek ro s e fr o m 38.6 to 38.9 h ou rs. O ver- - 5- time hours in manufacturing were unchanged over the month at 2.7 hours, the lowest level since 1963. E a rn in g s Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private payrolls remained unchanged in October at $3. 28. Compared with a year ago, average hourly earnings were up 16 cents, or 5. 1 percent. Average weekly earnings decreased by 33 cents over the month to $121.03, as a result of a small actual decline in the workweek. Declines in manufacturing and trade more than offset gains in the other major indus try divisions. Compared with October 1969, weekly earnings increased by $3. 72, or 3. 2 percent. Over the year ending in September 1970, average weekly earnings rose by 3.0 percent; after adjustment for consumer price changes, however, earn ings were down by 2. 5 percent. This release presents and analyzes statistics from two major surveys. Data on labor force, total employment, and unemployment are derived from the sample surveys of households conducted and tabulated by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Statistics on industry employment, hours, and earnings are collected by State agencies from pay roll records of employers and are tabulated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A description of the two surveys appears in the Bl.S publication Employment a no Earnings. Tofeln A*!: EtRpioyfflonl status of fh ® neninstitufsona! population by sox and ago (In thousands) Seasonally adjusted O c t. 1970 Employment status, age, sad sex Sept. 1970 O c t. 1969 O c t. 1970 Sept. Aug. July June 1970 1970 1970 1970 Tote! 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........................................... 8 6 ,2 5 5 8 3 ,1 7 5 7 8 ,9 1 6 3 ,3 9 4 7 5 ,522 2 ,1 7 3 1 ,2 5 3 920 4 ,2 5 9 8 5 ,6 5 6 8 2 ,5 4 7 7 8 ,2 5 6 3 ,525 7 4 ,7 3 0 2 ,0 4 4 1,071 973 4 ,2 9 2 8 5 ,0 3 8 8 1 ,5 1 0 7 8 ,6 7 1 3 ,5 6 1 7 5 ,1 1 0 1 ,7 4 0 950 790 2 ,8 3 9 8 6 ,4 3 2 8 3 ,3 5 3 7 8 ,6 8 6 3,2 8 8 75,3 9 8 2 ,4 2 3 1 ,342 1 ,0 8 1 4 ,6 6 7 8 6 ,1 4 0 8 3 ,0 3 1 7 8 ,4 2 4 3 ,3 9 9 7 5,025 2 ,1 1 0 1,0 2 9 1,0 8 1 4 ,6 0 7 8 5 ,8 1 0 8 2 ,6 7 6 7 8 ,4 4 5 3 ,4 2 0 7 5 ,0 2 5 2 ,2 9 8 1 ,3 2 9 969 4 ,2 3 1 8 5 ,9 6 7 8 2 ,8 1 3 7 8 ,6 3 8 3 ,5 1 9 7 5 ,1 1 9 2 ,3 2 6 1 ,2 4 0 1 ,0 8 6 4 ,1 7 5 8 5 ,3 0 4 8 2 ,1 2 5 7 8 ,2 2 5 3 ,5 5 4 74,6 7 1 2 ,1 0 5 1 ,1 2 6 979 3 ,9 0 0 4 7 ,3 0 9 4 5 ,6 7 3 2 ,5 0 0 4 3 ,1 7 3 1 ,6 3 6 4 7 ,3 2 4 4 5 ,7 6 2 2 ,5 7 8 4 3 ,1 8 4 1 ,562 4 6 ,5 5 6 4 5 ,6 4 9 2 ,6 2 7 4 3 ,0 2 2 906 4 7 ,5 0 2 4 5 ,5 3 8 2 ,4 5 1 4 3 ,0 8 7 1 ,9 6 4 4 7 ,4 3 9 4 5 ,5 2 2 2 ,5 1 0 4 3 ,0 1 2 1 ,917 4 7 ,1 7 8 4 5 ,4 2 4 2 ,5 2 3 4 2 ,9 0 1 1,7 5 4 4 7 ,2 9 4 4 5 ,5 2 4 2 ,5 9 3 4 2 ,9 3 1 1 ,7 7 0 4 7 ,1 5 4 4 5 ,5 2 1 2 ,6 0 3 4 2 ,9 1 8 1 ,6 3 3 2 8 ,9 4 0 2 7 ,4 4 9 580 2 6 ,8 6 9 1 ,4 9 1 2 8 ,3 1 0 2 6 ,7 1 2 573 2 6 ,1 3 8 1 ,5 9 8 2 8 ,1 6 6 2 7 ,0 6 9 636 2 6 ,4 3 3 1 ,097 2 8 ,5 3 4 2 7 ,0 8 2 505 2 6 ,5 7 7 1,4 5 2 2 8 ,2 0 0 2 6 ,7 5 0 507 2 6 ,2 4 3 1 ,4 5 0 2 8 ,4 4 7 2 7 ,0 9 2 514 2 6 ,5 7 8 1 ,3 5 5 2 8 ,5 0 0 2 7 ,0 7 3 545 2 6 ,5 2 8 1,4 2 7 2 8 ,0 2 6 2 6 ,7 7 2 573 2 6 ,1 9 9 1 ,2 5 4 6 ,9 2 7 5 ,7 9 4 314 5 ,4 8 0 1 ,1 3 3 6 ,9 1 3 5,7 8 2 374 5 ,4 0 8 1,1 3 1 6 ,7 8 9 5 ,9 5 2 297 5 ,6 5 5 836 7 ,317 6 ,0 6 6 332 5 ,7 3 4 1,2 5 1 7,3 9 2 6,1 5 2 382 5 ,7 7 0 1 ,2 4 0 7 ,0 5 1 5 ,9 2 9 383 5 ,5 4 6 1 ,1 2 2 7 ,0 1 9 6 ,0 4 1 381 5 ,6 6 0 978 6 ,9 4 5 5 .9 3 2 378 5 ,5 5 4 1 ,0 1 3 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force................................... Employed............................................. Agriculture......................................... Nonagricultural industries...................... Unemployed........................................... Woman, 20 years and aver Civilian labor force ................ .............. Employed .............................................. Agriculture......................................... Nonagricultural industries...................... Unemployed........................................... Both sexes, Id-19 years Civilian labor force................................... Employed............................................. Agriculture...................................... Nonagricultural industries............. Unemployed........................................... Tabio A-2: Full- and part-tim# status of tko civilian labor forco by sox and ago (Numbers ia thousands) Seasonally adjusted Full- and part-time employment status, sex, end age O c t, 1970 O c t. 1969 O c t. 1970 S e p t. 1970 A u g. 1970 J u ly 1970 June 1970 May 1970 Fall Haw Total, 16 yearn and over: Civilian labor force................................. Employed........................................... Unemployed......................................... Unemployment rate............................... 7 0 ,7 5 6 6 7 ,6 0 9 3 ,1 4 6 4 .4 6 9 ,4 9 1 6 7 ,5 4 9 1 ,942 2 .8 7 1 ,6 0 8 6 8 ,0 4 8 3 ,5 6 0 5 .0 71,4 4 5 6 7 ,9 0 0 3 ,5 4 5 5 .0 7 1 ,0 8 6 6 7 ,7 7 8 3 ,3 0 8 4 .7 7 1 ,1 3 2 6 7 ,8 5 5 3 ,2 7 7 4 .6 7 0 ,6 5 3 6 7 ,5 8 5 3 ,0 6 8 4 .3 7 1 ,1 1 6 6 7 ,7 4 2 3 ,3 7 4 4 .7 Men, 20 years and over: Civilian labor force................................. Employed........................................... Unemployed.............. ........................ Unemployment rate............................... 4 4 ,9 2 3 4 3 ,4 4 8 1 ,4 7 6 3 .3 4 4 ,3 0 0 4 3 ,5 3 9 761 1 .7 4 5 ,2 0 9 4 3 ,4 4 8 1 ,7 6 1 3 .9 4 5 ,1 2 0 4 3 ,4 0 3 1 ,7 1 7 3 .8 4 4 ,8 9 6 4 3 ,3 3 9 1,5 5 7 3 .5 4 5 ,0 4 2 4 3 ,4 0 3 1 ,6 3 9 3 .6 4 4 ,9 6 6 4 3 ,4 7 6 1 ,4 9 0 3 .3 4 5 ,0 6 1 4 3 ,5 5 4 1,5 0 7 3 .3 Women, 20 years and over: Civilian labor force................................. Employed........................................... Unemployed....................................... Unemployment rate . . - .......................... 2 2 ,6 6 8 2 1 ,4 9 5 1 ,1 7 3 5 .2 2 2 ,0 8 0 2 1 ,2 4 9 831 3 .8 2 2 ,4 3 6 2 1 ,3 0 3 1,1 3 3 5 .0 2 2 ,2 3 3 2 1 ,1 0 2 1 ,1 3 1 5 .1 2 2 ,4 3 9 2 1 ,3 0 9 1 ,1 3 0 5 .0 2 2 ,2 9 5 2 1 ,2 1 1 1 ,0 8 4 4 .9 2 2 ,0 5 0 2 1 ,0 4 6 1 ,0 0 4 4 .6 2 1 ,9 3 7 2 0 ,7 3 6 1 ,2 0 1 5 .5 1 2 ,4 2 0 1 1 ,3 0 6 1 ,1 1 3 9 .0 1 2 ,0 1 9 1 1 ,1 2 2 1 1 ,6 8 0 1 0 ,7 1 9 961 8 .2 1 1 ,6 4 1 1 0 ,6 3 8 1 ,0 0 3 8 .6 1 1 ,9 4 4 1 0 ,9 8 4 960 8 .0 1 1 ,6 4 0 1 0 ,7 7 5 865 7 .4 1 1 ,4 5 5 1 0 ,6 8 5 770 6 .7 1 1 ,4 2 5 1 0 ,6 8 9 736 6 .4 P«wt Haw Total, 16 years and over: Civilimi labor force........................ Employed........................................... Unemployed......................................... Unemployment rate ............................ . . 898 7 .5 NOTIi Persona on part-time schedules for economic reasons are included in the fulltime employed category; unemployed persona are allocated by whether seeking fell- or parttime mock. Tabl« A~3: Major unemployment indicators (Persons 16 years and over) Selected categories Thousands of persons unemployed Seasonally adjusted rates of unemployment O c t. 1970 O c t. 1969 Total (a ll civilian w orkers)................................. 4 ,2 5 9 2 ,8 3 9 5 .6 5 .5 5 .1 5 .0 4 .7 5 .0 Men, 20 years and over .............................. Women, 20 years and over . ......................... Both sexes, 16-19 y e a rs ............................ 1 ,6 3 6 1 ,491 1,1 3 3 906 1 ,097 836 4 .1 5 .1 1 7 .1 4 .0 5 .1 16 .8 3 .7 4 .8 1 5 .9 3 .7 5 .0 1 3 .9 3 .5 4 .5 1 4 .6 3 .5 5 .1 1 4 .3 W h ite ............................................................... Negro and other r a c e s .......... ......................... 3 ,5 0 6 753 2,3 0 2 537 5 .2 9 .3 5 .1 9 .0 4 ,8 8 .4 4 .7 8 .3 4 .2 8 .7 4 .6 8 .0 Married men........................................................... Full-time w ork ers................................................ Part-time w orkers............................... Unemployed 15 weeks and over1 ......................... State insured2 ..................................................... Labor force time l o s t * ......................................... 978 3 ,1 4 6 1,1 1 3 676 J.,723 518 1 ,942 898 329 864 -- -- 3 .1 5 .0 8 .2 .9 4 .4 6 .2 2 .9 5 .0 8 .6 1 .0 4 .2 6 .0 2 .8 4 .7 8 .0 .9 3 .7 5 .5 2 .7 4 .6 7 .4 .9 3 .5 5 .4 2 .5 4 .3 6 .7 .8 3 .7 4 .9 2 .6 4 .7 6 .4 .7 3 .6 5 .4 1,2 1 3 208 125 669 210 1 ,8 7 4 365 1,1 2 2 387 580 79 886 164 76 483 163 1 ,0 8 9 209 653 226 402 50 3 .2 2 .0 1 .4 4 .7 4 .3 7 .2 4 .1 8 .5 1 0 .7 5 .8 2 .9 2 .8 1 .9 1 .5 3 .9 3 .9 7 .5 5 .8 7 .6 1 1 .7 5 .8 4 .1 2 .7 1 .9 1 .3 3 .9 4 .0 7 .0 4 .4 7 .9 1 0 .2 5 .5 2 .8 3 .1 2 .2 1 .7 4 .4 4 .0 6 .6 4 .4 7 .2 9 .9 5 .3 2 .7 2 .6 1 .5 1 .5 4 .0 3 .4 6 .3 4 .0 6 .8 1 0 .4 5 .0 2 .0 2 .8 2 .1 1 .1 3 .9 4 .4 6 .2 4 .2 6 .7 9 .1 4 .9 3 .5 3 ,3 0 3 324 1 ,3 2 0 834 486 133 769 741 293 87 2 ,0 4 7 190 722 385 337 110 521 497 271 65 6 .0 1 1 .9 6 .7 7 .1 6 .1 3 .5 5 .9 4 .5 2 .6 8 .4 6 .0 1 3 .8 6 .1 6 .3 5 .8 2 .8 6 .0 5 .0 1 .9 1 0 .2 5 .5 1 2 .2 5 .7 5 .5 5 .9 3 .1 5 .4 4 .4 2 .1 8 .2 5 .6 1 1 .0 6 .0 5 .9 6 .2 3 .3 5 .3 4 .8 2 .0 8 .6 5 .2 1 0 .9 5 .3 5 .1 5 .6 3 .3 5 .4 4 .1 1 .9 5 .5 5 .2 1 1 .9 5 .2 4 .9 5 .7 3 .3 5 .1 4 .2 2 .2 9 .3 O c t. 1970 S e p t. 1970 A u g. 1970 J u ly 1970 June 1970 May 1970 Occupation4 White-collar workers ........................................... Professional and te c h n ic a l............................ Managers, officials, and p rop rietors............. Clerical workers.............................................. Sales workers ................................................ Blue-collar workers.............................................. Craftsmen and foremen.................................... Operatives . . ....................... ......................... Nonfarm laborers.............................................. Service w o rk e rs ................................................... Farm workers........................................................ Industry4 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers 5 ............................................................. C onstruction ......................... ................. .. Manufacturing ................................................ Durable g o o d s .............................................. Nondurable g o o d s ........................................ Transportation and public u t ilit ie s ............... Wholesale and retail trade.............................. Finance and service in d u s trie s .................... Government wage and salary workers.................. Agricultural wage and salary w o rk e rs ............... 4 ^Unemployment rate calculated as a percent of civilian labor force. Unemployment by occupation includes all experienced unemployed persons, whereas that by industry covers only unemployed wage and salary workers. ^Insured unemployment under State programs—unemployment rate calculated as a percent of average covered employment. ^Includes mining, not shown separately. ^Man-hours lost by the unemployed and persons on part time for economic reasons as a percent of potentially available labor force man-hours. Tab le A -4 : 'U n em p loyed p erso n s 16 y e a r s an d o v er by du ratio n of unem ploym ent (In thousands) Seasonally adjusted Duration of unemployment O c t. 1970 O c t. 1969 Less than 5 w e e k s ................................................ 5 to 14 w e e k s ........................................................ 15 weeks and o v e r ................................................ 15 to 26 w e e k s ................................................ 27 weeks and o v e r ........................................... 2 ,2 5 4 1 ,3 2 9 676 446 230 Average (mean) duration, in w e e k s .................... 8 .4 O c t. 1970 S e p t. 1970 A u g. 1970 J u ly 1970 June 1970 May 1970 1 ,733 778 329 209 120 2 ,4 4 7 1,5 0 7 745 496 249 2 ,3 3 1 1 ,501 792 501 291 2 ,2 0 6 1 ,3 2 0 736 479 257 2 ,0 6 1 1,3 3 4 711 470 241 1 ,9 6 1 1 ,3 0 3 685 450 235 2 ,2 1 9 1 ,214 612 352 260 7 .4 8 .3 8 .9 8 .8 9 .3 9 .5 9 .0 ..... Table A-5: U n em p lo yed persons by reason for unem ploym ent (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted Reason for unemployment O c t. 1970 O c t. . 1970 O c t. 1969 . Au g. 1970 S e p t. 1970 J u ly 1970 June 1970 May 1970 Number of unemployed Lost last j o b ......................................... .............. Left last j o b .................. ...................................... Reentered labor f o r c e ......................................... Never worked b e fo r e ....................... .................... 1 ,8 6 6 629 1 ,2 5 4 510 882 451 1 ,093 414 2 ,1 3 7 573 1 ,2 3 8 569 2 ,0 4 8 556 1 ,3 7 1 572 1,946 570 1 ,296 495 1 ,833 600 1,2 8 4 439 1 ,9 2 8 569 1 ,0 3 6 468 1,9 1 2 550 1 ,168 464 1 0 0 .0 4 3 .8 1 4 .8 2 9 .4 1 2 .0 1 0 0 .0 3 1 .0 1 5 .9 3 8 .5 1 4 .6 1 0 0 .0 4 7 .3 1 2 .7 2 7 .4 1 2 .6 1 0 0 .0 4 5 .0 1 2 .2 3 0 .2 1 2 .6 1 0 0 .0 4 5 .2 1 3.2 3 0 .1 1 1 .5 1 0 0 .0 4 4 .1 1 4 .4 3 0 .9 1 0 .6 1 0 0 .0 4 8 .2 1 4 .2 2 5 .9 1 1 .7 1 0 0 .0 4 6 .7 1 3 .4 2 8 .5 1 1 .3 2 .2 .8 1 .1 .6 1 .3 .5 2 .6 .7 1 .5 .7 2 .5 .7 1 .7 .7 2 .3 .7 1 .5 .6 2 .1 .8 1 .6 .5 2 .3 .7 1 .3 .6 2 .3 .7 1 .4 .6 P e rce n t d istrib u tion Total unemployed . ......................................... Lost last j o b ...................................... .. L eft last job ................................................... Reentered labor force....................................... Never worked before................................. . . . Unem ployed a s a percent of the c iv ilia n labor fo rce Lost last job . ...................................................... Left last j o b .................................................... . Reentered labor force. ^ .................. Never worked b e fo r e ........................................... 1 :5 .6 T a b le A - 6 : Thousands o f persons A g e and sex O c t. 1970. O c t. 1969 U n e m p lo y e d p e rso n s b y a g e a n d se x Percent looking for full-tim e work ¥§76 Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates O c t. 1970 S e p t. 1970 A u g. 1970 J u ly 1970 June 1970 May 1970 4 ,2 5 9 2 ,8 3 9 7 3 .9 5 .6 5 .5 5 .1 5 .0 4 .7 5 .0 18 and 19 y e a r s ....................................... 20 to 24 y e a r s ......................... ...................... 25 years and o v e r ....................................... 25 to 54 y e a r s .......................................... 55 years and o v e r ..................................... 1 ,1 3 3 532 601 925 2 ,2 0 1 1 ,7 9 8 403 836 435 402 588 1 ,4 1 5 1 ,1 1 4 301 4 3 .9 2 1 .2 6 3 .9 8 3 .8 8 5 .2 8 6 .3 8 0 .1 1 7 .1 2 0 .1 1 5 .1 9 .5 3 .7 3 .9 3 .1 1 6 .8 1 9 .6 1 4 .6 9 .8 3 .5 3 .6 3 .1 1 5 .9 1 7 .4 14 .7 8 .3 3 .4 3 .6 2 .7 1 3 .9 1 5 .2 1 3.2 8 .6 3 .5 3 .7 2 .9 1 4 .6 1 6 .0 1 3 .3 7 .4 3 .2 3 .3 3 .0 1 4 .3 1 5 .6 1 3 .8 8 .1 3 .3 3 .4 3 .3 M ales, 16 years and o v e r ............................... 2 ,2 3 8 1 ,3 0 9 7 7 .5 5 .1 5 .0 4 .6 4 .5 4 .3 4 .4 T o ta l, 16 years and o v e r ......................... 16 to 19 y e a r s ................................................ 16 and 17 y e a r s ....................................... 16 to 19 y e a r s ................................................ 16 and 17 y e a r s ....................................... 18 and 19 y e a r s ....................................... 20 to 24 y e a r s ................................................ 25 years and o v e r ....................................... 25 to 54 y e a r s ...................... .. ................ 55 years and o v e r ..................................... 602 300 302 536 1 ,1 0 0 852 247 403 219 183 270 636 456 180 4 2 .9 2 3 .7 6 1 .9 8 3 .8 9 3 .4 9 6 .5 8 3 .0 1 7 .1 1 9 .9 1 5 .0 1 1 .3 3 .2 3 .3 3 .1 1 6 .7 1 9 .6 1 4 .1 1 1 .0 3 .0 2 .9 3 .1 1 5 .8 1 7.2 1 4 .6 8 .5 3 .0 3 .0 2 .9 1 4 .1 1 5 .2 1 3 .6 9 .1 3 .0 3 .0 2 .8 1 4 .8 1 6 .6 1 3 .2 7 .2 2 .9 2 .9 2 .8 1 5 .0 1 6 .4 1 4 .6 7 .7 2 .9 2 .8 3 .1 F em ales, 16 years and o v e r ......................... 2 ,0 2 1 1 ,5 3 0 6 9 .9 6 .3 6 .4 5 .9 5 .9 5 .5 5 .9 16 to 19 y e a r s ....................................... 16 and 17 y e a r s ......................... ............. 530 232 298 390 1 ,1 0 1 946 156 434 215 219 318 779 658 120 4 5 .1 1 8 .1 6 6 .1 8 3 .6 7 7 .0 7 7 .0 7 6 .9 1 7 .1 2 0 .4 1 5 .2 7 .5 4 .7 5 .1 3 .2 1 6 .9 1 9 .6 1 5 .1 8 .4 4 .4 4 .8 3 .2 1 6 .0 1 7 .6 1 4 .9 8 .0 4 .1 4 .6 2 .5 13.7 1 5 .1 12.7 8 .1 4 .5 4 .8 3 .1 1 4 .3 1 5 .3 1 3 .4 7 .7 3 .8 4 .1 3 .2 1 3 .4 1 4 .6 1 2 .9 8 .7 4 .2 4 .3 3 .6 18 and 19 y e a r s ......................... ... . . . . 20 to 24 y e a r s ................................................ 25 years and o v e r ....................................... 25 to 54 y e a r s ........... .. ................ 55 years and o v e r ..................................... T a b le B - l : Em p lo ye es on n o n a g ricu ltu ra l p a y ro lls, b y industry, (In thousands) Seasonally adjusted Change from Industry O c t. 1970 S e p t. 1970 A ug. 1970 O c t. 1969 S e p t. 1970 O c t. 1969 -3 5 4 -7 0 0 621 619 -211 3 ,2 4 6 3 ,2 5 3 3 ,3 0 5 -7 1 8 ,6 8 9 1 9 ,2 9 8 1 9 ,2 7 1 -6 0 9 1 3 ,4 1 6 1 4 ,0 1 3 1 3 ,9 7 4 -5 9 7 1 0 ,6 2 1 7 ,5 2 6 1 1 ,1 4 6 8 ,0 3 9 1 1 ,1 3 4 8 ,0 1 9 -5 2 5 -5 1 3 237 575 458 635 1 ,3 1 3 1 ,3 9 5 1 ,9 2 4 1 ,9 0 2 1 ,8 3 8 451 418 240 570 -1 4 453 631 1 ,2 9 8 1 ,3 8 7 1 ,9 3 9 1 ,9 0 3 1 ,8 4 1 -4 -5 -5 3 -3 9 -4 3 8 ,0 6 8 5 ,8 9 0 8 ,1 5 2 8 ,1 3 7 5 ,9 7 4 5 ,9 5 5 1 ,7 5 7 74 945 1 ,3 7 0 702 1 ,7 8 5 74 955 1 ,3 8 3 707 1 ,1 0 5 1 ,0 5 6 1 ,7 8 4 82 954 1 ,3 7 6 703 1 ,1 0 3 1 ,0 5 3 191 567 324 M I N I N G .............................................................. 622 628 636 623 C O N T R A C T C O N S T R U C T I O N .............. 3 , A 37 3 ,4 9 1 3 ,6 0 6 3 ,6 4 8 M A N U F A C T U R I N G ...................................... 1 8 ,8 5 2 1 9 ,5 1 2 1 9 ,4 4 6 2 0 ,3 9 5 -6 6 0 - 1 ,5 4 3 Production w orkers ........................ 1 3 ,5 8 7 1 4 ,2 2 3 1 4 ,1 0 1 1 4 ,9 5 3 -6 3 6 - 1 ,3 6 6 1 0 ,6 7 0 7 ,5 8 1 1 1 ,1 9 5 8 ,0 8 8 1 2 ,0 0 8 8 ,7 4 4 -5 2 5 -5 0 7 -1 ,3 3 8 -1 ,1 6 3 Production w orkers ........................ 4 5 9 .0 6 3 6 .4 1 ,2 3 9 . 8 1 ,3 6 5 .2 1 ,8 6 7 .7 Electrical equipment...................... Transportation equipment............. 1 ,8 5 0 .9 1 ,5 7 7 .0 2 2 3 .3 5 7 7 .8 Instruments and related products . Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . HONOURABLE GOODS................... Production w orkers................... 4 3 8 .7 4 3 4 .2 8 ,1 8 2 6 ,0 0 6 Food and kindred p ro d u cts ........... Tobacco manufactures........... .. . • T e x tile mill products..................... Apparel and other textile products Paper and allied products.............. 1 ,8 3 7 .5 8 5 .9 9 4 9 .2 1 ,3 8 6 .0 7 0 1 .5 Printing and publishing . . . . . . . Chemicals and allied products. . . Petroleum and coal products . . . . ,1 0 1 .8 1 ,0 4 7 . 3 1 9 2 .9 5 5 7 .4 Rubber and plastics products, nec Leather and leather products. . * . 1 3 2 2 .6 7 ,9 6 4 2 3 6 .2 5 8 5 .4 4 6 1 .0 6 4 7 .2 1 ,3 0 6 .4 2 3 8 .8 5 9 0 .9 4 5 7 .2 6 4 9 .2 1 ,3 0 6 .2 1 ,4 0 2 .3 1 ,9 1 6 .3 1 ,9 0 9 .4 1 ,8 4 6 .2 4 5 0 .6 4 3 3 .9 1 ,3 8 5 .7 1 ,9 3 2 .8 1 ,9 0 8 .3 1 ,7 4 5 . 0 4 5 6 .1 4 3 1 .3 2 9 8 .3 6 0 4 .4 -1 2 .9 -7 .6 - 7 5 .0 -2 6 .6 223 574 4 8 8 .1 6 6 4 .7 1 ,3 6 4 .0 1 ,4 5 4 .6 2 ,0 3 6 .0 2 ,0 6 9 .7 2 ,0 8 8 .2 4 7 6 .2 * 4 6 3 .4 - 2 .0 - 1 0 .8 -6 6 .6 -3 7 .1 -4 8 .6 - 2 9 .1 -2 8 .3 - 1 2 4 .2 - 8 9 .4 - 1 6 8 .3 454 630 1 ,2 6 0 1 ,3 5 6 1 ,8 8 1 -5 8 .5 - 2 6 9 .2 - 2 1 8 .8 - 5 1 1 .2 1 ,8 3 4 1 ,5 5 8 8 ,3 1 7 8 ,3 4 4 8 ,3 8 7 6 ,1 3 5 6 ,1 3 7 6 ,2 0 9 1 ,9 1 3 .1 8 7 .7 9 5 9 .5 1 ,3 9 5 .3 7 0 9 .7 1 ,1 0 3 .8 1 ,0 5 6 .4 1 ,9 2 3 .0 8 8 .7 9 6 1 .5 1 ,3 9 2 .7 7 1 1 .9 1 ,1 0 4 .5 1 ,0 6 5 .4 1 ,8 6 2 .0 9 4 .5 9 9 4 .8 1 ,4 2 3 .0 7 1 6 .4 1 ,1 0 7 .7 1 ,0 5 8 .1 1 9 6 .7 5 6 9 .7 3 3 0 .0 1 9 1 .8 6 0 0 .5 3 3 8 .2 1 9 3 .3 5 7 4 .5 3 2 3 .6 -1 1 .9 .3 -1 3 5 -1 2 9 -4 8 1 621 7 1 ,3 3 3 Ordnance and accessories.............. Lumber and wood products.............. Furniture and fix t u r e s ................... Stone, clay, and glass products . . Primary metal in d u s tr ie s .............. Fabricated metal products.............. Machinery, except electrical . . . . S e p t. 1970 -1 7 0 ,5 2 7 11,102 Change from 7 0 ,4 1 4 7 0 ,9 8 7 OURABLE GOODS.................... • Aug. 1970 7 0 ,6 1 0 7 0 ,6 3 3 -5 4 S e p t. 1970 7 0 ,1 2 9 TO TA L.............................................. -6 O c t. 1970 - 3 7 .5 - 2 9 .2 -2 0 5 -2 0 3 439 412 - 7 5 .6 -1 .8 -1 0 .3 -9 .3 - 3 .2 -2 4 .5 -8 .6 - 4 5 .6 -3 7 .0 -1 4 .9 -2 .0 -9 ,1 -.4 -1 7 .1 -5 .9 -1 0 .8 -4 3 .1 1 ,0 5 2 192 553 - 1 .0 -1 5 .6 323 191 572 324 1.1 1,100 453 419 T R A N S P O R T A T IO N A N D P U B L I C 0 -1 -68 -12 -6 -2 8 0 -8 4 -8 4 -2 8 0 -10 -1 3 -5 -5 -4 1 -1 9 -1 -6 U T I L I T I E S .................................................... 4 ,5 2 4 4 ,5 6 2 4 ,5 7 4 4 ,4 8 1 -3 8 43 4 ,5 0 6 4 ,5 1 2 4 ,5 2 0 W H O LESA LE AND R E T A IL T R A D E . 1 5 ,0 4 5 1 4 ,9 4 7 1 4 ,8 6 9 1 4 ,8 5 0 98 195 1 5 ,0 1 8 1 4 ,9 7 2 1 4 ,9 1 2 46 WHOLESALE TRADE.................... RETAIL TRADE.......................... 3 ,8 9 2 1 1 ,1 5 3 3 ,8 6 9 1 1 ,0 7 8 3 ,8 8 6 1 0 ,9 8 3 3 ,8 0 1 1 1 ,0 4 9 23 75 91 104 3 ,8 6 5 1 1 ,1 5 3 11,122 3 ,8 5 0 3 ,8 4 0 1 1 ,0 7 2 15 31 R E A L E S T A T E ......................................... 3 ,6 8 8 3 ,6 9 2 3 ,7 3 2 3 ,5 8 9 -4 99 3 ,6 9 5 3 ,6 8 1 3 ,6 7 0 14 S E R V I C E S ....................................................... 1 1 ,7 0 0 1 1 ,6 3 8 1 1 ,6 4 8 1 1 ,3 7 2 62 328 11,688 1 1 ,6 2 6 1 1 ,5 2 1 62 GO VERN M EN T 19 F IN A N C E , IN S U R A N C E , A N D 1 2 ,7 6 5 1 2 ,5 1 7 1 2 ,0 1 6 1 2 ,3 7 5 248 390 12,666 1 2 ,6 4 7 1 2 ,5 9 6 FEOERAL ................................ 2 ,6 4 2 2 ,6 4 9 2 ,6 7 5 2 ,7 1 7 -7 -7 5 2 ,6 5 3 2 ,6 4 9 2 ,6 5 9 4 STATE AND LOCAL..................... 1 0 ,1 2 3 9 ,8 6 8 9 ,3 4 1 9 ,6 5 8 255 465 1 0 ,0 1 3 9 ,9 9 8 9 ,9 3 7 15 ............................................. p * p relim in ary . T ab le R-2: A v e ra g e w eekly hours of production or non sup ervisory w orkers on p riv a te non ag ricultural p a y ro lls , by industry Seasonally adjusted Change from O c t. 1970 S e p t. 1970 Aug. 1970 O c t. 1969 TO TA L P R IV A T E ............................... 3 6 .9 3 7 .0 3 7 .6 MINING..................................... 4 2 .4 4 2 .4 CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION........ 3 7 .4 MANUFACTURING....................... Industry Change from S e p t. 1970 O c t. 1969 O c t. 1970 S e p t. 1970 Aug. 1970 S e p t. 1970 3 7 .6 -0 .1 -0 .7 3 6 .8 3 6 .8 3 7 .2 0 .0 4 2 .7 4 3 .3 0 -.9 4 2 .1 4 2 .1 4 2 .2 0 3 6 .1 3 8 .5 3 8 .3 1 .3 -.9 3 6 .7 3 5 .0 3 7 .3 1 .7 3 9 .6 2 .8 3 9 .6 3 .0 3 9 .8 3 .0 4 0 .7 3 .7 0 -.2 -1 .1 -.9 3 9 .4 2 .7 3 9 .3 2 .7 3 9 .8 3 .0 0 4 0 .0 2 .7 4 0 .1 3 .0 4 0 .2 4 1 .4 3 .9 - .1 -.3 - 1 .4 - 1 .2 3 9 .8 2 .5 3 9 .8 2 .7 4 0 .3 2 .9 0 -.2 -.2 -1 .0 -.6 -.7 -.3 4 0 .0 3 8 .6 3 9 .8 3 9 .0 4 1 .0 4 0 .4 4 0 .6 4 0 .9 3 9 .9 4 0 .7 4 0 .0 3 8 .6 .2 -.5 1 .0 .1 - 2 .1 .4 .7 .6 3 9 .8 3 9 .4 3 8 .3 4 0 .9 4 1 .1 3 9 .7 3 9 .9 3 9 .2 3 9 .8 3 9 .3 3 8 .2 4 0 .4 -.7 -3 .1 -1 .3 -2 .2 -.4 -1 .3 4 0 .0 3 8 .9 3 9 ,3 4 1 .0 3 9 .0 4 0 .1 4 0 .2 3 9 .8 3 9 .9 4 0 .2 3 9 .0 4 0 .2 4 0 .1 3 9 .5 4 1 .5 4 0 .3 4 0 .7 4 0 .4 3 9 .8 4 0 .0 3 9 .8 3 8 .6 0 -.4 Instruments and related products . Miscellaneous manufacturing . i-. . 4 0 .1 3 9 .7 3 8 .9 4 1 .4 4 1 .1 4 0 .3 4 0 .0 3 9 .5 4 0 .4 3 9 .5 3 8 .4 4 0 .3 4 0 .3 4 0 .6 4 2 .1 E lectrical equipment...................... Transportation equipment............. 4 0 .1 3 9 .3 4 0 .0 4 1 .4 3 8 .6 4 0 .4 4 0 .2 4 0 .0 4 0 .6 NONDURABLE GOODS........................ 3 9 .0 2 .9 3 8 .9 3 .1 3 9 .3 3 .1 3 9 .7 3 .5 .1 -.2 -.7 -.6 3 8 .9 2 .7 3 8 .6 2 .8 3 9 .1 3 .0 .3 -.1 4 0 .9 3 7 .9 3 9 .2 3 4 .3 4 1 .8 3 7 .6 4 2 .0 4 3 .4 4 1 .2 3 7 .7 4 0 .0 3 5 .5 4 1 .9 3 7 .8 4 1 .2 4 3 .2 4 0 .7 3 8 .6 4 0 .9 3 5 .8 4 3 .1 3 8 .4 4 1 .7 4 2 .8 -.1 2 .2 Paper and allied products............. Printing and p u b lish in g ................ Chemicals and allied products . . . Petroleum and coal products . . . . 4 0 .8 4 0 .1 4 0 .1 3 4 .9 4 1 .9 3 7 .4 4 0 .6 4 3 .7 .9 .6 .1 -.2 - 1 .4 .3 .1 1 .5 -.8 -.9 -1 .2 -1 .0 - 1 .1 .9 4 0 .7 3 8 .7 3 9 .8 3 4 .9 4 1 .7 3 7 .3 4 0 .6 4 3 .5 4 0 .1 3 6 .4 3 8 .9 3 4 .3 4 1 .4 3 7 .3 4 2 .0 4 3 .0 4 0 .7 3 7 .4 3 9 .9 3 5 .1 4 1 .7 3 7 .6 4 1 .3 4 3 .1 .6 2 .3 .9 .6 .3 0 -1 .4 .5 Rubber and plastics products, ncc Leather and leather products.. . . . 4 0 .1 3 6 .6 4 0 .3 3 6 .2 4 0 .5 3 7 .0 4 1 .3 3 7 .0 -.2 .4 -1 .2 -.4 3 9 .7 3 6 .8 3 9 .8 3 6 .5 4 0 .4 3 6 .8 -.1 .3 TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES............................... 4 0 .6 4 0 .7 4 0 .9 4 1 .0 -.1 - .4 4 0 .5 4 0 .5 4 0 .6 0 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE. 3 5 .0 3 5 .3 3 6 .3 3 5 .3 -.3 -.3 3 5 .2 3 5 .2 3 5 .4 0 WHOLESALE TRADE .................... RETAIL TRADE.......................... 3 9 .8 3 3 .4 3 9 .7 3 3 .8 4 0 .1 3 5 .0 4 0 .3 3 3 .7 .1 -.4 -.5 -.3 3 9 .8 3 3 .7 3 9 .7 3 3 .7 3 9 .9 3 3 .9 0 FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE........................ 3 6 .7 3 6 .6 3 6 .9 3 7 .1 .1 -.4 3 6 .6 3 6 .7 3 6 .9 -.1 SERVICES................................. 3 4 .4 3 4 .4 3 5 .0 3 4 .5 -.1 3 4 .5 3 4 .5 3 4 .7 0 Overtime h o u rs ............................. DURABLE GOODS........................ Overtime hours ........................... Ordnance and accessories............. Lumber and wood products........... Furniture and fix t u r e s ................... Scone, clay, and glass products . . Primary metal in d u s tr ie s ............. Fabricated metal products............. Machinery, except electrical . , . . Overtime h o u rs ............................. Food and kindred products . . . . . Tobacco manufactures . . . . . . . . T ex tile mill products........... . . . Apparel and other textile products 2 .9 4 1 .7 4 1 .7 4 2 .4 4 0 .4 4 1 .9 4 0 .9 3 9 .3 1 .1 0 - 2 .5 .1 .2 .5 .2 0 .1 .3 .6 .1 .7 .4 .1 ^Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing: to construction workers in contract construction: and to nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonagricuitural payrolls, p s preliminary. T ab le B-3: A v e ra g e hourly and w ee kly e arn in g s of production or n o n su p e rv iso ry w orkers on p rivate n o n ag ricu ltu ral p ayro lls, by industry Average weekly earnings Average hourly earnings industry Oct. 1970 Aug. 1970 $ 3 .2 8 $ 3 .2 8 $ 3 .2 5 M I N I N G .......................................................... 3 .9 2 3 .8 8 C O N T R A C T C O N S T R U C T I O N ------- 5 .4 0 M A N U F A C T U R I N G ................................... DURABLE GOODS............................ Oct. Sept. 1970 TO TA L P R IV A T E ............................ Change from Change from Oct. Sept. Aug. 1970 Oct. Sept. Oct. 1970 1969 $ 3 .1 2 $ 0 .0 0 $ 0 .1 6 $ 1 2 1 .0 3 $ 1 2 1 .3 6 $ 1 2 2 .2 0 $ 1 1 7 .3 1 $ - 0 .3 3 $ 3 .7 2 3 .8 4 3 .6 9 .0 4 .2 3 1 6 6 .2 1 1 6 4 .5 1 1 6 3 .9 7 1 5 9 .7 8 1 .7 0 6 .4 3 5 .3 5 5 .3 0 4 .9 6 .0 5 .4 4 2 0 1 .9 6 1 9 3 .1 4 2 0 4 .0 5 1 8 9 .9 7 8 .8 2 1 1 .9 9 3 .3 8 3 .4 2 3 .3 7 3 .2 5 - .0 4 .1 3 1 3 3 .8 5 1 3 5 .4 3 1 3 4 .1 3 1 3 2 .2 8 -1 .5 8 1 .5 7 3 .5 7 3 .6 2 3 .5 8 3 .4 5 -.0 5 .1 2 1 4 2 .8 0 1 4 5 .1 6 1 4 3 .9 2 1 4 2 .8 3 -2 .3 6 -.0 3 Ordnance and accessories........... Lumber and wood products. . . • . Furniture and fix t u r e s ................ Stone, clay, and glass products . Primary metal in d u s tr ie s ........... Fabricated metal products........... Machinery, except electrical . . . 3 .6 4 3 .0 5 2 .8 0 3 .4 6 4 .0 0 3 .6 0 3 .8 2 3 .6 5 3 .0 4 2 .8 0 3 .4 6 4 .0 8 3 .6 0 3 .8 0 3 .6 2 3 .0 5 2 .8 1 3 .4 3 3 .9 9 3 .5 6 3 .7 7 3 .4 8 2 .8 3 2 .6 8 3 .2 7 3 .8 5 3 .3 9 3 .6 7 -.0 1 .0 1 0 0 -.0 8 0 .1 6 .2 2 .1 2 .1 9 .1 5 .2 1 .1 5 1 4 5 .9 6 1 1 9 .8 7 1 1 2 .0 0 1 4 3 .2 4 1 5 4 .4 0 1 4 5 .4 4 1 5 3 .5 6 1 4 6 .3 7 1 2 0 .6 9 1 0 8 .9 2 1 4 3 .2 4 1 6 7 .6 9 1 4 5 .0 8 1 5 2 .0 0 1 4 5 .5 2 1 2 2 .3 1 -.4 1 -.8 2 3 .0 8 1 5 2 .3 1 1 4 0 .2 4 1 1 4 .0 5 1 0 8 .8 1 1 3 7 .6 7 1 6 0 .5 5 1 4 1 .3 b 1 5 5 .6 1 -1 3 .2 9 .3 6 1 .5 6 5 .7 2 5 .8 2 3 .1 9 5 .5 7 - 6 .1 5 4 .0 8 -2 .0 5 Electrical equipment................... Transportation equipment........... 3 .3 4 4 .1 4 3 .4 0 2 .8 4 3 .3 1 4 .1 1 3 .3 6 2 .8 2 3 .1 3 3 .9 5 3 .2 1 2 .6 9 -.0 3 - .1 2 Instruments and related products Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . 3 .3 1 4 .0 2 3 .4 2 2 .8 4 0 .1 8 .0 7 .2 1 .1 5 1 3 2 .4 0 1 6 3 .2 1 1 3 7 .4 8 1 1 0 .7 6 1 3 1 .9 3 1 6 7 .2 6 1 3 4 .3 0 1 0 9 .0 6 1 3 1 .7 4 1 6 4 .4 0 1 3 3 .7 3 1 0 8 .8 5 1 2 6 .4 5 1 6 5 .5 1 1 3 1 .2 9 1 0 5 .7 2 .4 7 - 4 .0 5 3 .1 8 1 .7 0 5 .9 5 -2 .3 0 6 .1 9 5 .0 4 NONDURABLE GOODS...................... 3 .1 2 3 .1 4 3 .0 8 2 .9 6 - .0 2 .1 6 1 2 1 .6 8 1 2 2 .1 5 1 2 1 .0 4 1 1 7 .5 1 -.4 7 4 .1 7 Food and kindred products . . . . Tobacco manufactures................ 3 .1 9 2 .8 7 3 .2 1 2 .9 0 3 .1 3 2 .7 8 2 .9 8 2 .4 9 -.0 2 -.0 3 .2 1 .3 8 1 3 0 .1 5 1 1 5 .0 9 1 3 1 .2 9 1 0 9 .9 1 1 2 8 .9 6 1 0 4 .8 1 1 2 1 .2 9 9 6 .1 1 -1 .1 4 5 .1 8 8 .8 6 1 8 .9 8 9 9 .8 5 8 4 .8 1 1 4 7 .4 9 1 4 8 .8 5 9 6 .4 3 8 3 .6 9 1 4 7 .5 5 1 5 0 .4 0 9 7 .6 0 8 5 .5 6 1 4 6 .2 3 1 4 9 .3 1 9 8 .5 7 8 3 .7 7 1 4 2 .6 6 1 4 4 .7 7 3 .4 2 1 .1 2 - .0 6 T ex tile mill products................... 1969 .0 2 .0 2 1970 1970 111.00 1 4 2 .3 5 1 6 0 .8 0 1 4 4 .8 9 1969 -1 .5 5 1 7 3 .7 7 1 2 8 .8 6 8 8 .8 0 -5 .2 9 1 .2 9 -2 .2 6 1 .0 0 5 .4 3 1 5 .0 1 - .1 4 2 .7 0 1 5 9 .5 1 1 5 1 .7 0 .8 3 9 .0 8 9 7 .0 8 9 8 .7 4 9 2 .1 3 -.4 8 4 .4 7 1 3 8 .1 1 8 2 .8 3 1 3 7 .7 6 8 3 .8 2 1 3 8 .3 5 8 5 .4 0 1 3 2 .5 9 7 9 .2 0 .3 5 -.9 9 5 .5 2 3 .6 3 .1 5 1 1 3 .7 7 1 1 2 .7 3 1 1 3 .6 5 1 0 9 .4 5 1 .0 4 4 .3 2 .2 1 9 9 .7 6 9 9 .7 6 9 9 .7 5 9 2 .8 1 3 .5 3 4 .0 0 2 .4 1 2 .3 4 3 .3 1 3 .7 7 .0 3 - .0 1 -.0 1 - .0 2 3 .7 8 4 .3 2 3 .2 1 2 .5 0 3 .7 8 4 .3 2 3 .2 5 2 .5 0 3 .7 3 4 .2 6 3 .2 2 2 .4 8 3 .5 5 4 .0 6 3 .1 2 2 .4 0 0 0 -.0 4 0 .2 3 .2 6 .0 9 .1 0 1 5 3 .4 7 1 8 8 .7 8 1 2 8 .7 2 9 1 .5 0 1 5 8 .7 6 1 5 3 .6 8 1 4 8 .0 4 1 8 7 .4 9 1 3 0 .9 8 9 0 .5 0 1 8 4 .0 3 1 3 0 .4 1 9 1 .7 6 U T I L I T I E S ................................................ 3 .9 6 3 .9 3 3 .9 0 3 .7 0 .0 3 .2 6 1 6 0 .7 8 1 5 9 .9 5 W H O LES A LE AND R E T A IL T R A D E 2 .7 6 2 .7 5 2 .7 2 2 .6 1 .0 1 .1 5 9 6 .6 0 WHOLESALE TRADE ........................ RETAIL T R A D E ............................... 3 .4 7 2 .4 8 3 .4 7 2 .4 8 3 .4 5 2 .4 4 3 .2 9 2 .3 5 .1 8 .1 3 R E A L E S T A T E ...................................... 3 .1 0 3 .0 8 3 .0 8 2 .9 5 S E R V I C E S .................................................... 2 .9 0 2 .9 0 2 .8 5 2 .6 9 Printing and p u b lish in g............. Chemicals and allied products. . Petroleum and coal products . . . Rubber and plastics products, nec Leather and leather products. . . 2 .4 9 2 .4 3 3 .5 2 3 .9 8 2 .4 6 2 .4 4 0 Oct. 1969 1 .2 8 1 .0 4 4 .8 3 4 .0 8 2 .4 4 2 .4 1 3 .4 9 3 .9 5 .0 8 .0 9 .2 1 .2 1 Apparel and other textile products Paper and allied products........... Sept. 1970 _ T R A N S P O R T A T IO N A N D P U B L I C 0 0 F IN A N C E , IN S U R A N C E , AN D 1Sco loot note 1, table B-2. p 0 }-rolimi nary. .0 2 0 0 6 .9 5
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