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THE E M P L O Y M E N T S IT U A T IO N :
E m p l o y m e n t continued to r i s e in Oct ob er ,

OCTOBER

3 3 3-1 3 8-1

1972

w h i l e u ne mp l o y m e n t r e m a i n e d unchanged,

the U. S. D e p ar t me n t of L a bo r ' s Bureau of L a b o r S t a t i st i cs r e p o r t e d today.
j o b l e s s rate,

at: 5. 5 percent,

The O ct o b er

w as at about the same l e v el as in the p r e v i o u s -1 months,

f o l l o w i n g a de cl i n e f r o m a l e v e l o f around 6 p e r c e n t l ast y e a r and e a r l y this y e a r .
T o t a l e m p l o y m e n t i n c r e a s e d by 260, 000 in O c t o b e r ( s e a s o n a l l y adjusted), continuing
the st eady r i s e that began in 1971.

N o n f a r m p a y r o l l employment, a l s o r o s e subs tant i al ly

be t we e n S e p t e m b e r and Oc t ob e r .
.U n e m p l o y ment
A f t e r s e a s on a l adjustment,

both the l e v e l and rate of u n em pl o ym e n t r e m a i n e d

unchanged be t wee n S e p t e m b e r and Oc t ob er ,

at 4. 8 m i l l i o n and 5. 5 pe rc e n t ,

respectively.

The actual number o f j o b l e s s p e r s o n s m o v e d down 200, 000 ( to 4. 5 m i l l i o n ) , but this
d e c l i ne w a s in line with the usual m o v e m e n t b e tw e e n t hese two months.
U n e m p l o y m e n t r at es f o r m o s t of the m a j o r d e m o g r a p h i c g r oup s showed li ttl e or
no change o v e r the month.

Specifically,

the j o b l e s s r at e s f o r adult men (3. 9 p e r c e n t ) ,

adult w o m e n (5. 5 p e r c e n t ) , w hi t e s (5. 0 p e r cen t ) , N e g r o e s (10. 1 p e r c e n t) , household
heads (3. 4 p e rc e n t) , and m a r r i e d m e n (2. 8 p e r c e n t ) w e r e e s s e n t i a l l y the s a me as in
September.

The r at e f o r t e e n a g e r s ,

C o m p a r e d with a y e a r ago,
m a r r i e d men,

t e en a g e r s ,

however,

d e c l i ne d f r o m 16. 5 to 15. 3 p e r c e n t .

u ne mp l o y me n t r a t e s w e r e down m o d e r a t e l y f o r adult men,
and white w o r k e r s ,

l e v e l s f o r household heads,

adult w omen,

whi l e r a t e s r e m a i n e d at about the sa me

and N e g r o e s .

J o b l es s r a t e s w e r e a l s o b a s i c a l l y unchanged b e tw ee n S e p t e m b e r and O c t o b e r f o r
m o s t ot her m a j o r l abor f o r c e c a t e g o r i e s ,
workers,

State i n s ur ed w o r k e r s ,

i ncluding f u l l - t i m e w o r k e r s ,

w h i t e - and b l u e - c o l l a r w o r k e r s ,

n e a r l y e v e r y m a j o r i n d us tr y group.

part-time

and w o r k e r s in

T h e r e w e r e two e x c e p t i o n s to this pat tern:

r at e f o r w o r k e r s in s e r v i c e oc cupati ons dr o p pe d back to the A ug ust l e v el ,
f o r w o r k e r s in the c o n st r uc t io n i nd us t r y r o s e f r o m 9. 2 to 10. 6 p e rc e n t .
f a c t o r y w o r k e r s w a s about unchanged,
1971 a v e r a g e of 6. 8 p e rc e n t ,
good s man uf ac t u r ing .



at 5. 0 p e rc e n t,

the

and the rate
The r at e f o r

but has f a l l e n w e l l b e l o w its

l a r g e l y be ca us e o f a d e cl i ne in u ne mp l o ym e n t in dur abl e

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Th e a v e r a g e ( m e an )

2-

dur at ion of u n e m pl o y m e n t w a s 11. 6 w e e k s in O c t o b e r

( s e a s o n a l l y adjusted) , down f r o m 12. 2 w e e k s in S e p t e m b e r .
A l t ho ug h the o v e r a l l l e v e l of j o b l e s s n e s s r e m a i n e d stable in Oc t o b er ,
1 80, 000 r e d uc t io n ( s e a s o n a l l y adjusted)
l os t t he i r la st job.

in the n u mbe r o f u n e m p l o y e d w o r k e r s who had

T h i s br oug ht the j o b - l o s e r total down to a l e v e l of 1. 9 m i l l i o n,

l o w e s t in o v e r 2 y e a r s .
d e c l i ne d by 260, 000,

t h er e w a s a

C o m p a r e d with a y e a r ago,

the

u n e m p l o y m e n t of job l o s e r s has

this being p a r t i a l l y o f f s e t by an i n c r e a s e a mo ng p e r s o n s who quit

Table A. Highlights of the employment situation (seasonally adjusted data)
1--------------

Selected categories

0c t .
1972

Sept.
1972

Aug.
1972

—
Q tr.
1972

2nd
Qtr.
1972

Is t
Qtr.
1972

4 th
Qtr.
1971

3rd
Qtr.
1971

85.0
80.0

84.2
79.2

46.1

45.9

27.5
6.3
5.0

27.1
6.2

5.9
4.3

6.0
4.4

5.7
16.9
5.4
10.1

16.8
5.5
10.1

3.6
3.2

3.7
3.2

(Millions of persons)
Civilian labor force 1.............................
Total employment1.........................
Adult men . . ................................
Adult wom en.............................
Teenagers....................................
Unemployment................................

86.9
82.0

86.8
82.0

86.4
81.4

47.1
28.3

47.1
28.2

46.7

28.3

27.9

85.9
80.8
46.4
27.9

6.7
4.8

6.6
4.9

6.6
4.8

6.8
5.0

6.6
5.0

82.5
47.3

87.0
82.2
47.2

28.3
6.9

87.3

4.8

5.0

(Percent of labor force)
Unemployment rates:
All workers......................................
Adult men.........................................
Adult women....................................
Teenagers.........................................
White ...............................................
Negro and other races....................
Household heads.............................
Married m e n ....................................
Full-time w orkers...........................
State insured2. ..................................

5.5
3.9
5.5
15.3
5.0
10.1
3.4
2.8
5.0
3.3

5.5
3.8
5.4

5.6
3.9
5.5

16.5
5.0
10.2

16.9
5.1
9.7
3.3
2.6

3.3
2.8
5.0
3.4

5.1
3.4

5.6
3.9
5.6

5.7
4.2

16. 1
5.0

15.8
5.3

5.6

5.8
4.1
5.3
1 8. 2
5.3

5.7

9.9
3.5
2.9
5.3
3.6

10.6
3.4

3.5

5.6
4.2

5.5
4.2

12.8

12.2

11.9

11.7

71.8
22.7
49.0

71.1
22.6
48.5

/0.6
22.5
48.2

37.1
40.3

37.1
40.1

36.9
39.8

3.1

3.0

2.9

9.9
3.3
2.7
5.1
3.5

2.9
5.4

(Weeks)
Average duration of
unemployment ..................................

11.6

12.2

73.5p
23.3P
50.2 P

73.2p
23.2p
50. l p

12.1

12.0

(Millions of persons)
Nonfarm payroll employment...........
Goods-producing industries .........
Service-producing industries.........

73.0
23.1
50.0

7 2 .3p
23. l p
4 9 .9P

72.5
23.0
49.5

(Hours of work)
Average weekly hours:
Total private nonfarm....................
Manufacturing..................................
Manufacturing overtim e................

3 7 .3p

3 7 . 3p

37.2

37.2p

4 0 .7p
3 . 5P

4 0 .7p
3 . 6p

40.6

4 0 .6p
3 . 5p

3.5

37.1
40.7
3.4

(1967== 100)

Hourly Earnings Index, private
nonfarm:
In current dollars ...........................
In constant dollars...........................
1

C ivilian

140.2P

139.2p

138.3

138.4p

136.8

135.0

132.4

130.8

NA

1 1 0 . 3p

110.1

110.l p

109.8

109.0

107.9

107.2

labor force and total e m p lo ym en t figures for periods

2

Fo r calcu lation of this rate, see table A-3, foo tn ote

prior to Jan u ary 1 9 7 2 sh ould be raised by about 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 to be com -

p= p relim in ary.

parable w ith subsequent data. See box above table A-1.

SO U RCE:




Tables A-1, A-3, A-4, B-1. B-2, and B-4.

2.

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t h e i r l a s t job and be ga n looki ng f o r another one.
o f the t otal u nempl o ye d,

Job l o s e r s now c o m p r i s e 41 p e r c e n t

down f r o m 45 p e r c e n t l ast Oc t ob er .

C i v i l i a n L a b o r F o r c e and .T o t a l E m p l o y m e n t
Total, e m p l o y m e n t r o s e m o r e than s e a s o n a l l y e x p e c t e d b e t w e e n S e p t e m b e r and
O c t o b e r and,

a f t e r s e as o n a l adjustment,

w as up by 260, 000 to 82. 5 m i l l i o n .

i n c r e a s e o c c u r r e d a mo ng f u l l - t i m e j o b ho l de r s ,
600, 000 o v e r the month,

This

whos e e m p l o y m e n t l e v e l a d v a nc ed by

w h i l e p a r t - t i m e e m p l o y m e n t de cl i ne d.

T h i s situation w a s in

m a r k e d c o n tr a s t to d e v e l o p m e n t s o v e r the p r e v i o u s s e v e r a l mont hs when e m p l o y m e n t
gai ns had b e en c o n c e n tr a te d a mo ng p a r t - t i m e w o r k e r s .
Since l a s t Oc t o b er ,

total e m p l o y m e n t has i n c r e a s e d by o v e r 2. 3 m i l l i o n ( a f t e r

e l i m i n a t i n g the e f f e c t s of the 1970 Census population c o n tr o l a dj us t me nt i nt roduce d in
Januar y 1972) .

A du l t m e n a cco unt ed f o r a l m o s t 1. 1 m i l l i o n o f this i n c r e a s e ,

w o m e n f o r 700, 000,

adult

and t e e n a g e r s f o r m o r e than 500, 000.

T h e c i v i l i a n l a b o r f o r c e g r e w to 87. 3 m i l l i o n in O ct o b e r ( s e a s o n a l l y adjust ed) ,
r e f l e c t i n g the o v e r - t h e - m o n t h r i s e in the nu mbe r of p e r s o n s holding j obs.
f o r c e has i n c r e a s e d by 800, 000 p e r s o n s during the past 3 months,
about 200, 000 during the p r e c e d i n g 3-month p e r i o d ( A p r i l to July) .

Th e l a b or

c o m p a r e d to onl y
Since l a s t Oc t o b er ,

the i n c r e a s e w a s 2. 2 m i l l i o n .
V i etnam Era V e t e r a n s
T h e u n e m p l o ym e n t r at e f o r v e t e r a n s 20 to 29 y e a r s o f age w a s 6. 4 p e r c e n t
(s e a s o n a ll y adjusted)
( Se e table A - 7 . )

in Oc t ob er ,

Th e v e t e r a n s '

about the same as the n o n v et e r a n r at e (6. 6 p e r c en t ) .

j o b l e s s rat e has d r o p pe d in s t a g e s throughout 1972--

f r o m o v e r 8 p e r c e n t in the f i r s t 5 months to about 7-1/2 p e r c e n t f r o m June through
A u g u s t and then to about 6-1/2 p e r c e n t in S e p t e m b e r and Oc t o b er .
W h i l e m o s t o f the r ed u c t io n in the v e t e r a n s '
i m p r o v e d job situation,
this y e a r ,

u n e m p l o y m e n t r at e r e f l e c t s an

s o m e is due to a shift in t h e i r age c o m p o si t i o n.

Since e a r l y

the nu mber of young m en l e a v i n g m i l i t a r y s e r v i c e has s l o w e d c o n s i d e r a b l y ,

and a l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n of v e t e r a n s a r e now in the o l d e r a g e s (25 - 29 ) w h e r e the u n e m ­
p l o y m e n t r at e is l o w e r ,

r e f l e c t i n g a l o n g e r p e r i o d since their, d i s c h a r g e f r o m the

s e r v i c e and the c o nse qu en t i n c r e a s e in t hei r l a b or m a r k e t e x p e r i e n c e .
n u m b e r of v e t e r a n s a ge d 30 to 34 is a ls o i n c r e a s i n g .

In fact,

the

In O c t o b e r 1972, t h e i r populat ion

n u m b e r e d 775, 000 o r 1 3 p e r c e n t o f a l l V i e t n a m E r a v e t e r a n s .

T h e i r u n e m pl o y m e n t

r at e in O c t o b e r w a s on l y 2. 7 p e r c e n t (not s e a s o n a l l y adjusted) , v i r t u a l l y the s a me as
that f o r 30-34 y e a r - o l d no n v e t er ans .




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Indu s t r y P a y r ol 1._Empl o v m c nt
N o n a g r i c u l t u r a l p a y r o l l e m p l o y m e n t po st ed anot her substantial gain in Oct ober ,
r i s i n g 300, 000 ( s e a s o n a l l y adjusted)

to 7 3. 5 m i l l i o n .

Since O c t o b e r a y e a r ago,

n on f a rm

e m p l o y m e n t has r i s e n 2. 7 m i l l i o n .
An i n c r e a s e of 125, 000 in the number of g o o d s - p r o d u c i n g j ob s o c c u r r e d e n t i r e l y
in the man uf ac tu ri ng i nd us t r ies ,

the bulk of it in the dur abl e g ood s i n d u s t r i e s .

O c t o b e r 1971. m a n uf ac tu r ing e m p l o y m e n t has i n c r e a s e d by 650, 000.
2 y e a r s ( O c t o b e r 19 6 9 - O c t o b e r 1971),

in c ontr ast ,

Since

O v e r the p r e vi o u s

the number of f a c t o r y j obs had

d e c l i n e d n e a r l y 1. 8 m i l l i o n .
In the s e r v i c e - p r o d u c i n g i nd us t r ies ,
Oc t o b er ,

p a y r o l l e m p l o y m e n t a dv a nc ed 17 5, 000 in

r e f l e c t i n g s i z e a b l e i n c r e a s e s in trade,

services,

and State and l oc al g o v e r n ­

ment.
H o u rs of W o r k
The a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k of pr oduc ti on o r n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r s on p r i v a t e
n o n a g r i c u l t u r a l p a y r o l l s w as unchanged in O c t o b e r at 37. 3 hours,
Since l a s t Oct ob er ,

the a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k has i n c r e a s e d t h r e e - t e n t h s of an hour.

In manuf ac t ur i ng ,

the w o r k w e e k r e m a i n e d at 40. 7 hours.

f r o m the 9 - y e a r low r e a c h e d in S e p t e m b e r 1970,
since June.

s e a s o n a l l y adjusted.

A v e r a g e o v e r t i m e in manuf actur i ng,

A f t e r r i s i n g s te a di l y

the f a c t o r y w o r k w e e k has been stable
3. 5 hour s in Oc t o b er ,

a l s o has shown

l it t l e change in r e c e n t months but w a s up s i x - t e nt h s of an hour f r o m a y e a r ago.
H o u r l y and .W_c_cJkly E a r n i n g s
A v e r a g e hou r ly e a r n i n g s of r a n k - a n d - f i l e w o r k e r s on p r i v a t e n o n ag r i c u l t u r al
p a y r o l l s w e r e about unchanged in O c t o b e r at $3. 73.
e a r n i n g s w e r e up 3 cents to $3. 72.

On a s e a s o n a l l y a dj ust ed basis,

Since l a s t Oc t ob e r ,

h o u r l y e a r n i n g s have i n c r e a s e d

2 3 cent s o r 6. 6 p e r ce n t .
A v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s w e r e unchanged o v e r the mont h at $1 39. 1 3.
sonal adjust ment ,
y e a r ago,

however,

w e e k l y e a r n i n g s r o s e $1. 12 to $138. 76 .

A f t e r sea -

Since O c t o b e r a

a v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s have r i s e n $9. 63 o r 7. 4 pe r c e n t .

During the l at e st

12-month p e r i o d f o r which the C o n s u m e r P r i c e I ndex is a v a i l a b l e - - S e p t e m b e r 1971 to
S e p t e m b e r 19 7 2 - - c o n s u m e r p r i c e s r o s e 3. 3 p e r c e n t .
H o u r l y E a r n i n gs Index
The Bureau' s H o u r l y E a r n i n g s Index,
in Oct ob er ,

s e a s o n a l l y adjusted,

0. 8 p e r c e n t h i g h e r than in Se p t e mb e r,

a c c o r d i n g to p r e l i m i n a r y f i g u r e s .

Th e index w a s 6. A p e r c e n t a bo v e O c t ob e r a y e a r ago.
posted o v e r - t h e - y e a r in c re as es ,




w a s 140. 2 (1967=100)

( Se e table B - 4. )

A l l i nd us t r i es

r angi ng f r o m 5. 1 p e r c e n t in c o n tr a c t c o ns t ruc ti on to

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5-

10. 2 p e r c e n t in t r a n s p o r t a t i o n and public u ti l it i es ,
in Se p t e mb e r,

During the 1 2 - month p e r i o d ending

the H o u r l y E a r ni n g s I ndex in d o l l a r s o f constant pu r cha si ng p o w e r r o s e

2. 5 p e r c e n t .




This release presents and analyzes statistics from two major surveys. Data on
labor force, total employment, and unemployment are derived from the sample sur­
vey of households conducted and tabulated by the Bureau of the Census for the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Statistics on payroll employment, hours, and earnings
are collected by State agencies from payroll records of employers and are tabulated
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A description of the two surveys appears in the
BLS publication Employment and Earnings.

NOTE:
F ig u r e s f o r p e r io d s p r i o r t o Jan u ary 1972 i n th e t a b l e s and c h a r t s a r e n o t s t r i c t l y c o m p a ra b le
w it h c u r r e n t d a t a b e c a u s e o f th e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f 1970 Census d a ta i n t o th e e s t i m a t i o n p r o c e d u r e s .
F o r e x a m p le ,
th e c i v i l i a n l a b o r f o r c e and em p loym en t t o t a l s w e r e r a is e d by m ore than 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 as a r e s u l t o f th e c en su s a d ju s t ­
m en t.
An e x p la n a t io n o f th e c h a n g es and an i n d i c a t i o n o f th e d i f f e r e n c e s a p p e a r
in "R e v is io n s in th e C u rren t
P o p u la t io n S u r v e y " i n th e F e b r u a r y 1972 is s u e o f Em ploym ent and E a r n in g s .

Tab le A-1:

Employment status o! the noninstitutional population by

sex an d ag e

(In thousands)

Seasonally adjusted
Employment status, age, and sex

Oct.

Sept.

Oct.

Oct.

Sept.

Aug.

July

June

1972

1972

1971

1972

1972

1972

1972

1972

8 9 ,5 9 1
8 7 ,1 7 6
8 2 ,7 0 7
3 ,7 2 1
7 8 ,9 8 6
2 ,0 6 6
980
1,0 8 6
4 ,4 7 0

8 9 ,0 9 8
8 6 ,6 9 3
8 2 ,0 3 4
3 ,6 5 8
78,3 7 6
2 ,2 4 3
1,107
1,1 3 6
4 ,6 5 8

8 7 ,3 5 2
8 4 ,6 3 5
8 0 ,0 6 5
3 ,4 7 0
76,5 9 5
2 ,2 4 6
1 ,0 8 0
1 ,166
4 ,5 7 0

8 9 ,6 9 1
8 7 ,2 7 6
8 2 ,4 8 2
3 ,6 6 0
7 8 ,8 2 2
2,3 0 2
1 ,0 4 1
1 ,261
4 ,7 9 4

8 9 ,4 5 4
8 7 ,0 4 9
8 2 ,2 2 2
3 ,5 7 5
7 8,647
2 ,3 4 0
1 ,0 5 8
1,282
4 ,8 2 7

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

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

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

4 9 ,0 7 5
4 7 ,4 3 1
2 ,7 0 3
4 4 ,7 2 9
1 ,643

4 9 ,0 8 3
4 7 ,4 8 0
2 ,6 8 2
4 4 ,7 9 8
1,603

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

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

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

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

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

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

T o ta l

Total labor f o r c e ...........................................
Civilian labor force ...........................................
Em ployed...........................................................
Agriculture.....................................................
Nonagricultural in d u stries............................
On part time for economic rea so n s.............
Usually work full tim e ...............................
Usually work part time ............................
Unemployed........................................................
Man, 2 0 y e a rs and over

Civilian labor fo rce..............................................
Em ployed...........................................................
Agriculture...................................... ...............
Nonagricultural in d u stries....................... .. .
Unemployed.....................*.................................
Women, 20 y e a rs and over

Civilian labor force ...........................................
Employed ...........................................................
A griculture.....................................................
Nonagricultural in d u s trie s ............................
Unemployed........................................................

30,4 3 3

3 0 ,0 2 8

2 9 ,5 4 0

2 9 ,9 5 8

2 9 ,9 1 5

2 9 ,9 9 0

2 9 ,7 8 9

2 9 ,6 5 7

2 8 ,7 5 2
645
2 8 ,1 0 8
1 ,6 8 0

2 8 ,2 3 1
606
27,6 2 4
1,797

2 7 ,8 8 6
595
2 7 ,2 9 1
1 ,6 5 4

28,3 2 2
575
2 7 ,7 4 7
1 ,636

2 8 ,2 9 6
561
2 7 ,7 3 5
1,6 1 9

2 8 ,3 3 4
604
2 7 ,7 3 0
1 ,656

2 8 ,0 7 8
556
2 7 ,5 2 2
1 ,7 1 1

2 8 ,0 2 9
496
2 7 ,5 3 3
1 ,6 2 8

7 ,6 6 9
6 ,5 2 3
373
6 ,1 5 0
1,1 4 6

7,5 8 2
6 ,3 2 4
370
5,9 5 3
1,258

7 ,0 9 3
5,9 3 2
344
5 ,5 8 8
1 ,161

8 ,0 9 1
6,8 5 7
422
6 ,4 3 5
1 ,234

8 ,0 5 1
6 ,7 2 2
385
6 ,3 3 7
1,3 2 9

7 ,9 1 6
6 ,5 7 6
471
6 ,1 0 5
1 ,3 4 0

7 ,7 1 7
6 ,5 7 2
415
6 ,1 5 7
1 ,145

7 ,8 5 6
6 ,7 1 9
404
6 ,3 1 5
1 ,137

Both s e x e s , 1 6 - 1 9 y e a rs

Civilian labor fo rce..............................................
Em ployed...........................................................
Agricu ltu re...................................................
Nonagricultural in d u s trie s ............................
Unemployed........................................................

Tab le A -2:

Full- and part-time status of the civilian labor force by sex an d ag e
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted

Full- and part-time
employment status, sex,
and age

O c t.
1972

O c t.
1971

O c t.
1972

S e p t.
1972

Aug.
1972

J u ly
1972

June
1972

O c t.
1971

Total, 16 years and over:
Civilian labor fo rce ...........................................
Em ployed........................................................
Unemployed............................ .........................
Unemployment r a t e .........................................

7 3 ,8 8 5
70,6 5 2
3 ,2 3 3
4 .4

7 1 ,6 8 5
68,2 9 9
3 ,3 8 6
4 .7

7 4,805
7 1 ,0 8 5
3 ,7 2 0
5 .0

7 4 ,1 9 5
70,4 8 2
3 ,7 1 3
5 .0

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

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

7 4 ,3 3 3
7 0 ,6 4 3
3 ,6 9 0
5 .0

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

Men, 20 years and over:
Civilian labor fo rce ...........................................
Em ployed........................................................
Unemployed ...................................................
Unemployment r a t e .........................................

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

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

4 6 ,7 8 8
4 5 ,0 1 5
1 ,773
3 .8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 3 ,4 7 5
2 2 ,2 0 8
1 ,267

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

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

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

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

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

5 .3

5 .5

5 .4

5 .4

5 .6

5 .9

5 .5

5 .6

13,292
12,0 5 4

1 2,950
1 1,766

12,506
11,427

1 2 ,983
11,8 6 6

1 2 ,759
11,6 3 0

12,2 0 8
1 1 ,2 1 1

11,867
1 0 ,825

1 ,237
9 .3

1,1 8 4
9 .1

1,0 7 9
8 .6

1 ,117
8 .6

1 ,1 2 9

997
8 .2

1 ,0 4 2

1 2 ,1 9 0
11,1 5 8
1 ,0 3 2

8 .8

8 .5

Full time

Women, 20 years and over:
Civilian labor fo rc e ............. .............................
Em ployed........................................................
U n em p loyed ...................................................
Unemployment rate .........................................
Part Hate
Total, 16 years and over:
Civilian labor fo rce...........................................
Em ployed........................................................
Unemployed......................................................
Unemployment r a t e .........................................

NOTE:

8 .8

Persons on part-time schedules for economic reasons are included in die full-time employed category; unemployed persons are allocated by whether seeking full- or
part-time work.




Table A-3: Major unemployment indicators
(Persons 16 years and over)
Thousands of persons
unemployed

Seasonally adjusted rates of unemployment

Selected categories
O c t.
1972

O c t.
1971

O c t.
1972

S e p t.
1972

A u g.
1972

J u ly
1972

June
1972

O c t.
1971

Total (all civilian workers).......................................
Men, 20 years and o ver.......................................
Women, 20 years and over...................................
Both sexes, 16-19 years.......................................

4 ,4 7 0
1 ,643
1 ,6 8 0
1,1 4 6

4 ,5 7 0
1,7 5 5
1 ,6 5 4
1 ,1 6 1

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

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

5 .6
3 .9
5 .5
1 6 .9

5 .5
3 .9
5 .7
1 4 .8

5 .5
4 .0
5 .5
1 4 .5

5 .8
4 .3
5 .5
16.7

Negro and other races .........................................

3 ,5 7 3
897

3 ,6 7 4
895

5 .0
1 0 .1

5 .0
1 0 .2

5 .1
9 .7

5 .0
9 .9

5 .0
9 .4

5 .3
1 0.4

1 ,5 0 6
919
3 ,2 3 3

1,527
968
3 ,3 8 6

3 .4
2 .8
5 .0

3 .3
2 .8
5 .0

3 .3
2 .6
5 .1

3 .3
2 .7
5 .1

3 .6
2 .9
5 .0

3 .5
3 .0
5 .4

1,2 3 7
965
1 ,3 6 7

1 ,1 8 4
1 ,1 0 4
1 ,7 2 4

--

--

8 .6
1 .3
3 .3
6 .0

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

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

8 .2
1 .3
3 .8
6 .0

8 .8
1 .3
3 .6
5 .5

8 .5
1 .5
4 .4
6 .5

1 ,462
293
168
239
762
1,6 0 1
383
839
379
707
92

1,3 8 3
316
150
208
709
1 ,8 2 4
426
989
427
673
54

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

3 .3
2 .2
1 .7
4 .7
4 .7
6 .1
4 .2
6 .4
9 .6
7 .3
2 .9

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

3 .4
2 .5
1 .9
4 .3
4 .6
6 .4
4 .3
7 .1
9 .3
6 .6
2 .2

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

3 .4
3 .1
1 .7
3 .9
4 .7
7 .1
4 .7
7 .8
1 0.6
6 .0
1 .9

3 ,2 5 6
328
979
505
474
137
926
867
416
111

3 ,3 7 4
301
1 ,1 9 9
727
472
166
865
824
403
75

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

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

5 .8
1 1 .6
5 .4
5 .0
6 .0
3 .8
6 .6
4 .7
3 .0
6 .5

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

5 .5
9 .5
5 .6
5 .7
5 .5
3 .1
6 .5
4 .2
2 .5
7 .5

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

Household heads.....................................................
Married m e n ..........................................................
Full-time w orkers...................................................
Part-time workers.....................................................
Unemployed 15 weeks and over1.............................
State insured2 .................................................... .
Labor force time lost3 .............................................
Occupation4
White-collar workers...............................................
Professional and technical...................................
Managers and administrators, except fa r m .........
Sales workers......................................................
Clerical w orkers.................................................
Blue-collar workers............................................... Craftsmen and kindred workers...........................
Operatives..........................................................
Nonfarm laborers...............................................
Service workers......................................................
Farmworkers........................................................
Industry4
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers5 . . .
Construction......................................................
Manufacturing....................................................
Durable goods.................................................
Nondurable goods .........................................
Transportation and public utilities.....................
Wholesale and retail trade...................................
Finance and service industries ...........................
Government workers..............................................
Agricultural wage and salary workers .....................

1 Unemployment rate calculated as a percent of civilian labor force.
1 Insured unemployment under State programs—unemployment rate calculated as a percent of average covered employment. As with the other statistics presented, insured unemployment data
relate to the week containing the 12th.
3 Man-hours lost by the unemployed and persons on part time for economic reasons as a percent of potentially available labor force man-hours.
4 Unemployment by occupation includes all experienced unemployed persons, whereas that by industry covers only unemployed wage and salary workers.
5 Includes mining, not shown separately.

Table A-4: Unemployed persons 16 years and over by duration of unemployment
(In thousands)
Seasonally adjusted

Oct.

Oct.

Oct.

Sept.

Aug.

July

June

Oct.

1972

1971

1972

1972

1972

1972

1972

1971

Less than 5 w eeks...................................................
5 to 14 w eek s........................................................
15 weeks and over...................................................
15 to 26 w eeks...................................................
27 weeks and over...............................................

2 ,1 9 7
1 ,308
965
502
463

2 ,0 8 4
1,3 8 2
1,1 0 4
578
526

2 ,2 5 6
1,447
1,095
545
550

2 ,3 6 9
1,3 8 5
1 ,137
587
550

2 ,2 5 4
1,5 0 5
1 ,188
644
544

2 ,1 4 9
1,4 7 8
1,1 5 5
658
497

2 ,1 7 5
1,437
1,1 4 8
594
554

2 ,1 4 0
1 ,529
1,2 5 3
628
625

Average (mean) duration, in w eek s.........................

1 1.3

1 2 .1

1 1 .6

1 2.2

1 2 .1

1 1 .8

1 3 .5

1 2 .5

Duration of unemployment




Table A -5 :

U n em p loyed

p e r s o n s b y r e a s o n for u n e m p l o y m e n t

(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted
Reason for unemployment

A u g.
1972

J u ly
1972

June
1972

O c t.
1971

2 ,1 2 1
635
1 ,4 5 2
649

2 ,2 4 4
644
1 ,427
640

2 ,0 9 3
616
1 ,455
564

2 ,2 1 0
624
1,2 3 8
621

2 ,2 0 6
541
1 ,4 8 6
663

1 0 0 .0
4 0 .9
1 4 .0
3 1 .4
13 .7

1 0 0 .0
4 3 .7
1 3 .1
2 9 .9
1 3 .4

1 0 0 .0
4 5 .3
1 3 .0
2 8 .8
1 2 .9

1 0 0 .0
4 4 .3
1 3 .0
3 0 .8
1 1 .9

1 0 0 .0
4 7 .1
1 3 .3
2 6 .4
1 3 .2

1 0 0 .0
4 5 .1
1 1 .0
3 0 .4
1 3 .5

2 .2
.7
1 .8

2 .2
.8
1 .7

2 .4
.7
1 .7

2 .6
.7
1 .6

2 .4
.7
1 .7

2 .6
.7
1 .4

2 .6
.6
1 .8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.8

O c t.
1972

O c t.
1971

O c t.
1972

1 ,6 5 1
708
1 ,5 0 8
603

1 ,8 7 5
575
1 ,5 0 4
616

1,9 4 2
666
1 ,4 9 0
649

1 0 0 .0
3 6 .9
15 .8
3 3 .7
1 3 .5

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

L e ft last j o b .................................... .. ................
Reentered labor force.
..................

1 .9
.8
1 .7

Never worked before . .........................................

.7

S e p t.
1972

Number of unem ployed

Lost last j o b ........................................... ..
L eft last j o b .........................................................
Reentered labor force .......................
Never worked before . ................................... .. .
P e rc e n t d istrib u tio n

Total unemployed . ......................................... . •
Lost last j o b .............
L eft last job ..................... ..
Reentered labor fo rc e .......................................
Never worked before. ............................ .. . . •
Unem ployed o s a p ercen t of the
c iv ilia n lab or force

Table A>6:

Thousands o f persons
A g e and sex

U n em p loyed persons by age and sex

P ercen t
looking for
full-tim e
work

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates

A u g.
1972

J u ly
1972

June
1972

O c t.
1971

5 .5

5 .6

5 .5

5 .5

5 .8

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

1 6 .5
1 9 .9
1 4 .1
9 .1
3 .5
3 .7
3 .1

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

1 4 .8
1 6 .5
1 3 .5
9 .8
3 .7
3 .8
3 .4

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

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

7 7 .2

4 .8

4 .9

4 .9

4 .7

4 .8

5 .3

4 3 .3
2 4 .7
6 2 .5
8 3 .4
9 2 .2
9 5 .5
8 2 .9

1 4 .1
1 7 .5
1 1 .7
8 .9
3 .1
3 .0
3 .6

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

1 3 .6
1 4 .6
1 2 .8
9 .6
3 .0
3 .0
3 .1

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

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

O c t.
1972

O c t.
1971

T o ta l, 16 years and o v e r ...............................

4 ,4 7 0

4 ,5 7 0

7 2 .3

5 .5

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 rs . ......................... .................
25 years and o v e r .......................................
25 to 54 y e a r s ....................................... .
55 years and o v e r ....................................

1 ,1 4 6
551
595
1 ,0 7 6
2 ,2 4 7
1 ,7 9 0
458

1 ,1 6 1
561
599
1 ,0 0 8
2 ,4 0 1
2 ,0 1 6
385

4 3 .7
2 5 .4
6 0 .7
8 3 .6
8 1 .5
8 3 .7
7 2 .7

M ales, 16 years and o v e r ...............................

2 ,2 2 7

2 ,3 9 1

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 .....................................

584
299
285
542
1 ,1 0 1
814
287

635
333
302
549
1,2 0 7
975
231

O c t.

1972

2 ,2 4 3

2 ,1 7 9

6 7 .5

16 to 19 y e a r s .......................................
16 and 17 y e a r s ......................... ..............

563
253

526
229

4 4 .0
2 6 .1

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

310
534
1 ,1 4 6
974
171

297
459
1 ,1 9 5
1 ,0 4 1
154

5 9 .0
8 3 .9
7 1 .3
7 4 .1
5 5 .6

Fem ales, 16 years and o v e r ........................

25 to 54 y e a r s ..........................................
55 years and o v e r .....................................




‘

O c t.
1972

S e p t.
1972

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

6 .6

6 .7

6 .8

6 .9

6 .5

6 .7

1 6 .7
1 9 .3

1 7 .3
1 8 .6

1 7 .5
2 1 .3

1 6 .4
1 8 .9

1 5 .4
1 8 .1

1 7 .0
1 9 .2

1 5 .0
9 .5
4 .5
4 .8
3 .4

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

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

1 4 .4
1 0 .1
4 .8
5 .1
4 .0

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

1 5 .6
8 .6
4 .9
5 .3
3 .0

Table A-7: Employment status of male Vietnam Era veterans and nonveterans 20 to 20 years ofd
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted
Employment status

O c t.
1972

S e p t.
1972

O c t.
1971

O c t.
1972

S e p t.
1972

A u g.
1972

J u ly
1972

June
1972

O c t.
1971

4 ,6 2 4
4 ,2 8 1
4 ,0 4 5
236
5 .5

4 ,5 9 6
4 ,2 8 3
4 ,0 4 3
240
5 .6

4 ,2 5 2
3 ,8 7 6
3 ,6 0 6
208
7 .0

4 ,6 2 4
4 ,3 0 8
4 ,0 3 2
276
6 .4

4 ,5 9 6
4 ,2 8 8
4 ,0 0 3
285
6 .6

4 ,5 7 4
4 ,2 3 3
3 ,9 0 5
328
7 .7

4 ,5 5 1
4 ,2 0 6
3 ,8 9 8
308
7 .3

4 ,5 2 9
4 ,1 8 3
3 ,8 8 1
302
7 .2

4 ,2 5 2
3 ,9 1 0
3 ,5 9 8
312
8 .0

1 ,8 8 5
1 ,6 7 8
1 ,5 4 1
137
8 .2

1 ,8 9 7
1 ,7 1 3
1 ,5 7 4
139
8 .1

1 ,9 9 1
1 ,7 7 4
1 ,6 0 6
168
9 .5

1 ,8 8 5
1 ,6 9 2
1 ,5 5 0
142
8 .4

1 ,8 9 7
1 ,7 2 0
1 ,5 6 6
154
9 .0

1 ,9 1 3
1 ,7 3 9
1 ,5 2 1
218
1 2 .5

1 ,9 2 8
1 ,7 4 5
1 ,5 5 9
186
1 0 .7

1 ,9 4 3
1 ,7 7 5
1 ,6 0 0
175
9 .9

1 ,9 9 1
1 ,7 9 0
1 ,6 1 6
174

2 ,7 3 9
2 ,6 0 3
2 ,5 0 4
99
3 .8

2 ,6 9 9
2 ,5 7 0
2 ,4 6 9
101
3 .9

2 ,2 6 1
2 ,1 0 2
2 ,0 0 0
102
4 .9

2 ,7 3 9
2 ,6 1 6
2 ,4 8 2
134
5 .1

2 ,6 9 9
2 ,5 6 8
2 ,4 3 7
131
5 .1

2 ,6 6 1
2 ,4 9 4
2 ,3 8 4
110
4 .4

2 ,6 2 3
2 ,4 6 1
2 ,3 3 9
122
5 .0

2 ,5 8 6
2 ,4 0 8
2 r 281
127
5 .3

2 ,2 6 1
2 ,1 2 0
1 ,9 8 2
138
6 .5

1 0 ,2 0 9
8 ,8 6 2
8 ,3 3 1
531
6 .0

1 0 ,1 5 5
8 ,8 4 1
8 ,3 0 5
536
6 .1

9 ,5 1 5
8 ,1 5 9
7 ,6 2 1
538
6 .6

1 0 ,2 0 9
8 ,9 9 4
8 ,4 0 0
594
6 .6

1 0 ,1 5 5
8 ,8 0 0
8 ,2 6 2
538
6 .1

1 0 ,1 2 1
8 ,7 2 9
8 ,1 8 7
542
6 .2

1 0 ,0 8 5
8 ,7 1 5
8 ,1 4 9
566
6 .5

1 0 ,0 3 6
8 ,6 7 7
8 ,1 1 0
567
6 .5

9 ,5 1 5
8 ,2 8 4
7 ,6 8 0
604

6 ,1 9 4
5 ,0 5 3
4 ,6 4 8
405
8 .0

6 ,1 4 0
5 ,0 4 1
4 ,6 4 2
399
7 .9

5 ,5 9 2
4 ,4 3 6
4 ,0 5 5
381
8 .6

6 ,1 9 4
5 ,1 7 5
4 ,7 2 8
447
8 .6

6 ,1 4 0
5 ,0 0 6
4 ,6 1 4
392
7 .8

6 ,1 1 3
4 ,9 2 3
4 ,5 2 4
399
8 .1

6 ,0 8 6
4 ,9 0 9
4 ,4 8 5
424
8 .6

6 ,0 6 5
4 ,9 0 4
4 ,5 1 2
392
8 .0

5 ,5 9 2
4 ,5 4 6
4 ,1 2 5
421
9 .3

4 ,0 1 5
3 ,8 0 9
3 ,6 8 3
126
3 .3

4 ,0 1 5
3 ,8 0 0
3 ,6 6 3
137
3 .6

3 ,9 2 3
3 ,7 2 3
3 ,5 6 6
157
4 .2

4 ,0 1 5
3 ,8 1 9
3 ,6 7 2
147
3 .8

4 ,0 1 5
3 ,7 9 4
3 ,6 4 8
146
3 .8

4 ,0 0 8
3 ,8 0 6
3 ,6 6 3
143
3 .8

3 ,9 9 9
3 ,8 0 6
3 ,6 6 4
142
3 .7

3 ,9 7 1
3 ,7 7 3
3 ,5 9 8
175
4 .6

3 ,9 2 3
3 ,7 3 8
3 ,5 5 5
183
4 .9

Veterans1
Total, 20 to 29 years old
Civilian noninstitutional population2 ...........
Civilian labor force ................................
E m p loyed .........................................
Unemployed ....................................
Unemployment rate...........................
20 to 24 years
Civilian noninstitutional population Z. . . . . .
Civilian labor force ................................
E m ployed.........................................
Unemployed ....................................
Unemployment rate...........................

9 .7

25 to 29 years
2
Civilian noninstitutional population...........
Civilian labor force ................................
E m ployed.........................................
Unemployed ....................................
Unemployment rate...........................
Nonveterans
Total, 20 to 29 years old
Civilian noninstitutional population2 .........
Civilian labor f o r c e ........... ...................
E m ployed.........................................
Unemployed ....................................
Unemployment rate...........................

7 .3

20 to 24 years
2
Civilian noninstitutional population...........
Civilian labor force ................................
Employed ........................................
Unemployed ....................................
Unemployment rate...........................
25 to 29 years
Civilian noninstitutional population2 ...........
Civilian labor force ................................
E m ployed.........................................
Unemployed ....................................
Unemployment rate...........................

1Vietnam Era veterans are those who served after August 4, 1964; they are all classified as war veterans. 7 9 percent o f the Vietnam Era veterans o f all ages are 20 to 29 years old. Post-Koreanpeacetime veterans 20 to 29 years old are not included in this table.

2Since seasonal variations are not present in the population figures, identical numbers appear in the un adjusted and seasonally
adjusted columns.




Ta ble B- 1:

Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, b y industry,

(In thousands)
Seasonally adjusted
Change from

° ct- p
1972 p

Industry

Sept.
1972 p

Aug.
1972

Oct.
1971

Change from

Sept.
1972

Oct.
1971

Oct.
1972 P

Sept
1972 p

Aug.
1972

Sept.
1972

TOTAL...................................

74,064

73, 569

72, 975

71, 378

495

2, 686

73,535

73, 232

72, 984

303

G O O D S - P R O D U C I N G ..............................

23, 648

23, 674

23, 601

22,839

-26

809

23,296

23, 169

23, 076

127

M I N I N G ........................................................... !

605

612

616

520

-7

85

606

605

602

1

C O N T R A C T C O N S T R U C T IO N ..............

3,760

3, 781

3, 838

3, 684

-21

76

3, 547

3, 547

3, 544

0

M A N U F A C T U R I N G .....................................

19, 283
14,165

19, 281
14,159

19, 147
14, 023

18, 635
13,569

2
6

648
596

19, 143
14,021

19, 017
13, 910

18, 930
13, 846

126
111

DURABLE G O O D S ......................

11,104
8, 122

11, 060
8, 082

10, 930
7,953

10, 586
7, 642

44
40

518
480

11,064
8, 078

10, 958
7, 989

10, 897
7, 942

106
89

196.8
622. 3
512. 7
676. 7
1,255.5
1, 394. 9
1, 885. 0
1, 863.6
1, 778. 8
467. 9
449. 9

193.7
624. 6
502. 2
676.6
1, 253. 9
1, 389.5
1, 873. 0
1, 85 8.5
1, 781. 0
464. 4
442. 7

191. 7
632. 9
500. 8
679.9
L, 243. 5
L, 376. 0
L, 856. 9
L, 833. 9
i, 714. 7
462.2
437. 6

187.2
603.4
472. 0
643. 3
1, 168. 7
1, 344. 3
1, 789. 3
1, 780.5
1, 726. 9
441. 1
428. 8

3. 1
-2. 3
10. 5
.1
1. 6
5.4
12. 0
5. 1
-2. 2
3. 5
7. 2

9.6
18. 9
40.7
33.4
86. 8
50.6
95. 7
83. 1
51.9
26. 8
21. 1

197
615
507
670
1,280
1, 384
1, 900
1, 856
1,759
463
429

192
613
499
663.
1, 267
1, 378
1, 875
1, 840
1, 742
463
426

192
613
497
663
1, 236
1, 376
1, 868
1, 830
1, 736
460
426

5
2
8
7
13
6
25
16
17
4
3

8, 179
6,043

8, 221
6,077

8, 217
6, 070

8, 049
5, 927

-42
-34

130
116

8, 079
5, 943

8, 059
5, 921

8, 033
5, 904

20
22

1, 817.0
76.3
T extile mill products..................... 1, 002. 8
Apparel and other textile products 1, 351. 3
705. 1
Paper and allied p roducts.............
Printing and p u b lis h in g ................ 1,086.4
1,
004.5
Chem icals and allied products . . .
189.6
Petroleum and coal products . . . .
645. 5
Rubber and plastics products, nec
300. 3
Leather and leather products . . . .

1, 870. 1
78.4
996. 6
1, 348. 6
704.9
1, 080. 6
1, 007. 9
190. 1
638. 6
305. 5

1, 870.4
1, 809. 6
77.7
83. 8
996. 6 J 960.9
1, 350. 6
1,344. 5
687. 8
705. 8
1,078. 0 1, 070. 7
999.2
1,006.7
193.4
191. 3
596.4
631. 0
298.6
312.5

-53. 1
-2. 1
6. 2
2. 7
.2
5. 8
-3 .4
-. 5
6.9
-5.2

7.4
-7.5
41.9
.7
17. 3
15. 7
5. 3
-1. 7
49. 1
1.7

1,744
66
1, 002
1,337
707
1, 084
1,008
189
641
301

1, 746
66
994
1, 335
702
1, 083
1, 007
188
632
306

1, 738
70
992
1, 334
699
1, 079
997
188
629
307

-2
0
8
2
5
1
1
1
9
-5

50,416

49, 895

49,374

48,539

521

1, 877

50, 239

50, 063

49, 908

176

U T I L I T I E S ..................................................

4,520

4, 538

4, 527

4,415

-18

105

4, 511

4,489

4, 478

22

W H O L E S A L E AND R E T A IL T R A D E .

15,901

15, 765

15,691

15,300

136

601

15, 849

15, 785

15, 758

64

3,'983
11,918

3, 961
11, 804

3, 974
11, 717

3, 849
11,451

22
114

134
467

3,955
11, 894

3, 945
11, 840

3, 935
11, 823

10
54

3,952

3, 956

3, 995

3, 823

-4

129

3, 964

3, 952

3, 936

12

12,448

12,408

12,481

11,963

40

485

12,436

12,396

12,419

40
38

Production w o rk ers .......................
Production w o rk ers ....................

Ordnance and accesso ries.............
Lumber and wood products.............
Stone, clay, and g la s s products . .

Machinery, except electrical . . . .
Electrical equipment......................
Transportation equipm ent..............
Instruments and related products .
M iscellaneous manufacturing. . . .

NONDURABLE G O O D S ............

Production w o rk ers .................... ...

Food and kindred p ro d u c ts ...........

Tobacco manufactures

........

S E R V I C E - P R O D U C I N G ...........................

T R A N S P O R T A T IO N A N D P U B L I C

WHOLESALE T R A D E .............
RETAIL T R A D E ............... .

F I N A N C E , IN S U R A N C E , A N D
R E A L E S T A T E ........................................

S E R V IC E S

.....................................................

13,595

13, 228

12, 680

13, 038

367

557

13,479

13,441

13, 317

FEDERAL ....................

2, 633

2,639

2, 644

2,659

-6

-26

2, 636

2, 636

2, 618

0

STATE AND L O C A L .............

10, 962

10,589

10, 036

10,379

373

5 83

10, 843

10, 805

10, 699

38

GO V ERN M EN T

...........................................

p = preliminary.




T a b l e B-2:

A v e r a g e w e e k ly hours of pro duction or n on su p e rv iso r y w o r k e r s
on p riv a te n o n a g r icu ltu r a l p a y r o l l s , by indu stry
Seasonally adjusted

Change from

O c t.
1972 p

S e p t.
1972 P

Aug.
1972

O c t.
1971

37. 3

37. 4

3 7 .6

M I N I N G ............................................................

42. 5

42. 9

C O N T R A C T C O N S T R U C T I O N .............

38. 3

M A N U F A C T U R IN G ....................................
O vertim e h o u r s .............................

Industry

O c t.
19 7 2 p

S e p t.
197 2 p

Aug.
197 2

Change from

S e p t.
1972

O c t.
1971

3 7 .0

-0 . 1

0. 3

37. 3

37. 3

37 . 1

0 .0

42. 7

4 2 .8

-.4

-. 3

42. 2

42. 9

4 2 .5

-.7

38. 2

38. 2

38. 2

. 1

. 1

3 7 .7

37. 1

37. 1

.6

40. 8
3. 7

40. 9
3 .9

40. 6
3. 6

40. 0
3. 1

-. 1

.8
.6

4 0 .7
3 .5

4 0 .7
3. 6

4 0 .6
3. 5

0
-. 1

DURABLE G O O D S ...............

41. 5
3 .9

4 1 .6
4. 1

41. 1
3. 6

40. 5
3 .0

-. 1

..........................

1 .0
.9

4 1 .4
3 .7

41. 3
3. 8

41. 3
3 .6

-. 1

41. 6
4 1 .0
41. 2
4 2 .4
42. 1
41. 2
4 2 .0

42. 0

42. 6
41. 4
4 1 .0
4 2 .4
4 1 .5
41. 3
41. 8

4 1 .7
4 1 .0
40. 4
42. 2
3 9 .7
40. 4
40. 8

-. 4

4 1 .6
4 1 .0
42. 3
42. 0
41. 5
42. 4

4 1 .6
40. 7
4 0 .6
42. 1
4 2 .7
4 1 .0
4 2 .0

41. 9
4 1 .4
4 0 .5
41. 8
42. 0
4 1 .0
4 2 .4

4 2 .7
41. 2
4 0 .5
41. 9
4 1 .5
41. 2
42. 3

4 0 .6
42. 2
41. 0
3 9 .5

40. 9
42. 1
4 1 .0
3 9 .5

4 0 .5
40. 4
4 0 .4
3 9 .6

40. 1
40. 9
40. 1
3 9 .4

.9
. 1

4 0 .7
4 1 .6
4 0 .8
3 9 .5

40. 5
41. 2
40. 6
3 9 .5

-. 3

0
0

4 0 .4
4 1 .7
40. 9
3 9 .2

3 9 .8
3. 5

40. 0
3. 7

40. 0
3. 5

3 9 .4
3. 2

-. 2
-. 2

.4
. 3

3 9 .7
3. 3

3 9 .7
3. 3

3 9 .8
3. 3

0
0

40. 6
37. 2
41. 5

40. 9
35 . 4
41. 5

40. 9
35. 8
41. 4

40. 1
36 . 1
4 1 .0

3
1. 8
0

.5
1. 1
.5

4 0 .6
36. 2
41. 3

40. 1
34. 1
4 1 .4

40. 3
3 5 .4
41. 3

. 5
2. 1

36. 1
4 2 .8
37. 9
41. 8

3 6. 1
43. 2
38. 5
4 1 .8

3 6.
43.
38.
41.

3
2
1
5

35. 9
42. 3
37. 5
4 1 .5

0

. 2

4
-.6
0

. 5

36. 1
4 2 .6
37. 9
4 1 .8

36.
42.
38.
41.

2
9
2
7

36. 0
43. 0
37. 9
4 1 .7

42. 4
41. 2
37. 8

42. 9
41. 5
3 8 .0

42. 0
41. 4
38. 9

42. 6
40. 6
3 7 .7

-. 5
3
-. 2

-. 2

.6
. 1

42. 1
4 1 .0
3 8 .0

42. 4
41. 1
3 8 .6

4 1 .8
4 1 .4
3 9 .0

-. 1

U T I L I T I E S ..................................................

40. 9

40. 7

40. 8

40. 4

. 2

.5

4 0 .7

40. 5

40. 7

. 2

W H O L E S A L E AND R E T A IL T R A D E .

34. 9

35. 1

3 5 .9

3 5 .0

-. 2

-. 1

35. 1

3 5 .0

3 5 .0

. 1

WHOLESALE T R A D E .............
RETAIL T R A D E ................

3 9 .8
3 3 .4

3 9 .8
3 3 .6

3 9 .8
3 4 .7

39. 8
3 3. 5

0
-. 2

0

3 9 .8
3 3 .6

3 9 .8
33. 5

3 9 .6
33. 6

0

1

R E A L E S T A T E ........................................

37. 2

37. 1

37 . 2

37. 1

.. 1

. 1

37. 2

37. 2

37. 1

0

S E R V I C E S .....................................................

34. 2

34. 3

34. 6

34. 1

-. 1

. 1

34. 3

3 4 .4

3 4. 1

TOTAL PRIVATE.

O v e rtim e hours

.

................

Ordnance and accesso ries.............
Lumber and wood products...........
Furniture and fi x t u r e s ...................
Stone, clay, and gla s s products . .
Primary metal in d u s t r i e s .............
Fabricated metal products.............
Machinery, except electrical . . . .
Electrical equipment ......................
Transportation equipm ent.............
Instruments and related products .
M iscellaneous manufacturing. . . .

NONDURABLE GOODS........................
O vertim e h o u r s .............................

Food and kindred p ro d u c ts ...........
Tobacco manufactures . ................
Textile mill products.....................
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products.............
Printing and p u b lis h in g ................
Chemicals and allied products . . .
Petroleum and coal products . . . .
Rubber and plastics products, nec
Leather and leather products . . . .

2

2

1

-.6
. 2
. 1
. 1
-. 3
-.4

0

-. 3

. 5
1. 3

. 1

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

.4
. 3

S e p t.
1972

. 1

-. 3

-.7
. 1
. 3
.7
0
-.4
. 1
. 1
-. 3

-

1
1

-. 3
-. 3

. 1
-. 3

-.6

T R A N S P O R T A T IO N A N D P U B L I C

. 1

F IN A N C E , IN S U R A N C E , AND

^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 o f the total employment on private
nonagricultural payrolls,
p = preliminary.




1

T a b l e B-3:

A v e r a g e hourly a n d w e e k ly e a r n i n g s of production or n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r s
on priv ate n o n a g r i c u l tu r a l p a y ro lls, by indu stry

Average weekly earnings

Average hourly earnings
Industry

TOTAL PRIVATE..................

Change from

O c t;
1972p

S e p t.
1972p

Aug.
1972

O c t.
1971

S e p t.
1972

O c t.
1971

O c t.
1972p

S e p t.
1972P

Change from

Aug.
1972

O c t.
1971

S e p t.
1972

O c t.
1971

$ 0 . 00
1. 12

$ 9 . 63
9 . 63

Seasonally adjusted...........................

$ 3 . 73
3. 72

$ 3 . 72
3. 69

$ 3 . 66
3. 67

$ 3 . 50
3 . 49

$ 0 . 01
. 03

$ 0 . 23
. 23

M I N I N G ........................................................

4 . 40

4 .4 2

4 . 37

3 .9 2

- . 02

.4 8

1 8 7 .0 0

1 8 9 .6 2

1 8 6 .6 0

1 6 7 .7 8

- 2 . 62

19. 22

C O N T R A C T C O N S T R U C T IO N -------

6. 17

6. 13

6. 03

5. 87

. 04

. 30

2 3 6 . 31

2 3 4 .1 7

2 3 0 .3 5

2 2 4 .2 3

2. 14

1.2, 08

M A N U F A C T U R IN G .................................

3. 87

3. 86

3. 80

3. 59

. 01

. 28

157. 90

157. 87

1 5 4 .2 8

143. 60

. 03

14. 30

DURABLE G O O D S ..............

4 . 11

4 . 11

4 . 04

3. 82

0

.2 9

170. 57

170. 98

1 6 6 .0 4

1 5 4 .7 1

- .4 1

1 5 .8 6

Ordnance and accesso ries...........

4 . 15
3. 36

4 . 15
3. 38

4 . 10
3. 33

3. 90
3. 22

0
- . 02

. 25
. 14

172. 64
137. 76

1 7 4 .3 0
140. 61

1 7 4 .6 6
137. 86

1 6 2 .6 3
1 32. 02

-1 .6 6
- 2 . 85

3.
4.
4.
4.
4.

14
02
72
04
33

3. 11
3 .9 9
4 . 75
4 . 05
4 . 33

3. 08
3 .9 6
4 . 69
3. 99
4 . 26

2.
3.
4,
3.
4.

.
.
-.
-.
0

.2 1
.2 9
. 38
. 28
. 29

1 2 9 .3 7
170. 45
198. 71
1 6 6 .4 5
181. 86

127. 51
168. 78
199. 50
1 6 8 .0 8
183. 59

1 2 6 .2 8
1 6 7 .9 0
194. 6 4
164. 79
1 7 8 .0 7

118. 37
1 5 7 .4 1
1 7 2 .3 0
15 1 . 9 0
1 6 4 .8 3

1 .8 6
1. 67

3.
4.
3.
3.

72
85
77
14

3.
4.
3.
3.

3.
4.
3.
3.

68
71
71
09

3. 50
4 .4 1
3. 54
2 . 97

. 04
. 04
. 01

. 22
.4 4
. 23
. 17

151. 03
2 0 4 .6 7
154. 57
124. 03

152. 15
2 0 2 . 50
1 5 2 .9 3
123. 6 4

149.
190.
149.
122.

04
28
88
36

1 40. 35
18 0 . 37
141. 95
1 1 7 .0 2

- 1 . 12
2 . 17
1 .6 4

. 01

. 23

140. 10

140. 4 0

138. 8 0

1 2 9 .6 3

- . 30

10. 47

. 03

. 26
. 36
. 17
. 16
.2 9
.2 9
. 28

147. 78
124. 99
114. 54
9 6 . 39
172. 06
172. 82
1 7 8 .9 0

1 4 7 .6 5
1 1 8 .9 4
114. 13
9 5 .6 7
1 7 3 .2 3
1 7 5 .5 6
1 7 8 .4 9

146. 01
121. 00
113. 02
94. 74
171. 50
171. 07
1 7 5 .5 5

1 3 5 .5 4
1 0 8 .3 0
1 0 6 .1 9
9 0 . 11
1 5 7 .7 8
1 6 0 .1 3
166. 00

. 13
6. 05
.4 1
. 72
- 1 . 17
- 2 . 74
. 41

12. 24
16. 69
8 . 35
6 . 28
1 4 .2 8
12. 69
12. 90

. 01

. 36
. 20
. 10

212. 42
150. 38
103. 19

213. 64
1 5 1 .4 8
1 0 3 .3 6

2 0 7 .4 8
150. 28
1 0 5 .0 3

198. 09
140. 07
9 9 . 15

- 1 . 22
- 1 . 10
- . 17

14. 33
10. 31
4 . 04

. 02

‘ .4 4

194. 28

192. 51

191. 76

1 7 4 .1 2

1. 77

2 0 . 16

. 15

1 0 6 .4 5

1 0 7 .0 6

1 0 8 .0 6

101. 50

- . 61

4 . 95

Lumber and wood products...........
Furniture and fi x t u r e s ................
Stone, clay, and gla s s products .
Primary metal in d u s t r ie s ...........
Fabricated metal products...........
Machinery, except electrical . . .
Electrical equipm ent...................
Transportation equipm ent...........
Instruments and related products
M iscellaneous manufacturing . . .

NONDURABLE G O O D S ..........

72
81
73
13

93
73
34
76
04

3. 52

3. 51

3 .4 7

3. 29

3.
3.
2.
2.
4.

3.
3.
2.
2.
4.

3.
3.
2.
2.
3.

64
36
76
67
02

03
03
03
01

0

$ 1 3 9 . 13 $ 1 3 9 . 13
137. 64
138. 76

f> 1 37. 62 $ 1 2 9 . 50
136. 16
1 2 9 .1 3

-.7 9
-1 .6 3
- 1 .7 3

. 39

10. 01
5 . 74
11.
13.
26 .
14.
17.

00
04
41
55
03

10.
24.
12.
7.

68
30
62
01

4. 56
4 . 28

4 .5 6
4 . 27

4 .4 9
4 . 23

3. 38
3. 00
2 .5 9
2 . 51
3. 73
4 . 27
4 . 00

5. 01
3. 65
2. 73

4 .9 8
3. 65
2. 72

4 .9 4
3. 63
2. 70

4 . 65
3 .4 5
2. 63

U T I L I T I E S ..............................................

4 . 75

4 . 73

4 . 70

4 . 31

W H O L E S A L E AN D R E T A I L T R A D E

3 . 05

3. 05

3. 01

2 .9 0

0

WHOLESALE T R A D E ............
RETAIL T R A D E ...............

3 .9 1
2. 74

3. 91

3. 86

3. 72

0

. 19

1 5 5 .6 2

155. 62

153. 63

1 4 8 .0 6

0

7. 56-

2. 73

2. 70

2. 60

. 01

. 14

9 1 . 52

9 1 . 73

9 3 . 69

8 7 . 10

- .2 1

4 . 42

R E A L E S T A T E ....................................

3. 49

3. 46

3. 4 4

3. 31

. 03

. 18

1 2 9 .8 3

1 2 8 .3 7

1 2 7 .9 7

122. 80

1. 4 6

7. 03

S E R V I C E S ................. ................................

3. 24

3. 22

3. 14

3. 06

. 02

. 18

110. 81

110. 4 5

1 0 8 .6 4

104. 35

. 36

6 .4 6

Food and kindred products . . . .
Tobacco m anufactures................
T extile mill products...................
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products...........
Printing and p u b lis h in g .............
Chem icals and allied products . .
Petroleum and coal products . . .
Rubber and plastics products, nec
Leather and leather products . . .

61
36
75
65
01

57
38
73
61
97

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

T R A N S P O R T A T IO N AN D P U B L I C

F I N A N C E , IN S U R A N C E , AND

^See footnote 1, table B-2.
p = preliminary.




Table B-4. Hourly Earnings Index for production or nonsupervisory w orkers in private nonfarm
industries, seasonally adjusted
(1967=1001__________________________________
Percent change over month and year
Industry

O c t. P
1972

S e p t.p
1972

A u g.
1972

J u ly
1972

June
1972

May
1972

O c t.
1971

1 4 0 .2

1 3 9.2

138.3

137.8

137.1

136.7

1 31.8

.8

6 .4

110:3

110.1

1 1 0.0

109.8

1 0 9.6

107.7

y

2/

S e p t.
O c t.

19721972

O c t.
O c t.

19711972

Total private nonfarm:

Current d o lla r s .........................................

Constant (1967) d o lla r s ..........................

NA

M in in g .............................................................

13 8 .6

1 3 8.2

137.8

137.3

136.3

1 35.2

126.1

.3

9 .9

Contract con stru ction ...................................

14 8 .0

147.3

146.8

1 4 5.6

1 4 5.6

1 4 5 .4

140.9

.5

5 .1

Manufacturing................................................

1 3 7 .6

136.7

135.9

135.3

1 3 5 .0

134.5

129.3

.7

6 .5

ransportation and public utilities...............

1 4 6.8

14 5 .2

145.1

144.0

141.7

141.8

133.1

1.1

1 0 .2

/holesale and retail t r a d e ............................

13 6 .8

1 36.2

1 3 5.6

135.3

1 3 4 .4

1 3 3.6

1 30 .0

.4

5 .2

i nance, insurance, and real estate...............

13 5 .9

13 4 .5

13 3 .6

1 3 3.9

1 3 3 .0

132.5

12 8 .4

1 .0

5 .9

S e rvices..........................................................

1 4 1 .0

13 9 .4

1 3 8.0

1 38.0

13 7 .4

1 37.5

133.1

1 .1

6 .0

1/
P e r c e n t ch an ge was 0 .1 fr o m A u g u s t 1972 t o Sep tem b er 1972, th e l a t e s t month a v a i l a b l e .
2/
P e r c e n t ch an ge was 2 .5 fr o m S ep tem b er 1971 t o S ep tem b er 1972, th e l a t e s t month a v a i l a b l e .
NA i n d i c a t e s d a ta a r e n o t a v a i l a b l e .
p = P r e lim in a r y .
NOTE:
A l l s e r i e s a r e in c u r r e n t d o l l a r s e x c e p t w h ere i n d i c a t e d .
The in d e x e x c lu d e s e f f e c t s o f tw o t y p e s o f ch a n ges t h a t a r e
U n r e la t e d t o u n d e r ly in g w a g e - r a t e d e v e lo p m e n ts ;
F lu c t u a t io n s i n o v e r t im e premiums in / m a n u fa ctu rin g ( t h e o n ly s e c t o r f o r w h ich
o v e r t im e d a ta a r e a v a i l a b l e ) and t h e e f f e c t s o f chan ges i n th e p r o p o r t io n o f w o r k e r s i n h ig h -w a g e and lo w -w a g e i n d u s t r i e s .
The
season al
a d ju s tm e n t e l i m i n a t e s th e e f f e c t o f ch an ges t h a t n o r m a lly o c c u r a t t h e same tim e and i n a b o u t th e same m a g n itu d e e a ch y e a r .




LRBOR FORCE. EMPLOYMENT. UNEMPLOYMENT
HOUSEHOLD DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
1. LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANOS

____
____
....

1963 1964

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT

1965 1966

1967

1968

1969

1970 1971

2. TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
THOUSANDS

1963

1972

1964

ADULT MEN
AOULT WOMEN
TEENAGERS

1965 1966 1967

1968 1969

1970 1971

1972

4. UNEMPLOYMENT

3. UNEMPLOYMENT
ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS
FULL-TIME WORKERS
MARRIED MEN

THOUSANDS

THOUSANOS




____
____
....

____
____
....

ADULT MEN
ADULT WOMEN
TEENAGERS

6000

5000

4000

3000

20 0 0

1000

1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
HOUSEHOLD DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
5- UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

6- UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

ALL CIVILIAN WORKERS
STATE INSURED *
MARRIEO MEN

____
____
....

TEENAGERS
ADULT WOMEN
ADULT MEN

PERCENT

1963

1964 1965

1966

1967

1968

1969 1970

1971

1972

7. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
____
____

NEGRO AND OTHER RACES
WHITE

1965 1966 1967

1968

1969 1970

1971

1964

1965

1966 1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

8. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
PERCENT

PERCENT

1963 1964

1963

____
____

PART-TIME WORKERS
FULL-TIME WORKERS

1972

# State insured unemployment rate pertains to the week including the 12th of the month and represents the insured unemployed under
State programs as a percent of average covered employment. The figures are derived from administrative records of unemployment insurance
systems.




UNEMPLOYMENT
HOUSEHOLD DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
10. UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

9 . UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
BLUE COLLRR WORKERS
SERVICE WORKERS
WHITE COLLRR WORKERS
PERCENT

____
____

CONSTRUCTION
MANUFACTURING

PERCENT
9.0

8.0

7.0

6.0

5.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

l .0

1 1 . AVERAGE DURATION
OF UNEMPLOYMENT

1963

1964




1966

196*7 1968 1969

1970

1971

1972

12. UNEMPLOYMENT BY REASON
THOUSANDS

1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972

1965

1967

____
____
....
____

1968

J08 LOSERS
REENTRANTS
NEW ENTRANTS
JOB LEAVERS

1969

1970

1971

1972

NONflGRI CULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AND HOURS
ESTABLISHMENT DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
14 . MAN-HOURS

13. EMPLOYMENT

____
____
....
____

____ TOTAL PRIVATE NONflGRI CULTURAL
____ PRIVATE SERVICE-PRODUCING
.... GOOOS-PROOUCING
____ MANUFACTURING
MILLIONS OF MAN-HOURS

TOTRL NONflGRI CULTURAL
SERVICE-PRODUCING
GOODS-PROOUCJNG
MANUFACTURING

THOUSANDS

1963

1964

1965

1966 1967

I9 6 0

1969

1970

1971

15. AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS
____
____

HOURS

1963

1972

MANUFACTURING
TOTAL PRIVATE

16

1964

1965

1966

1967

1960

1969

1970

1971

1972

AVERAGE WEEKLY OVERTIME HOURS
IN MANUFACTURING
HOURS
4 .5

4 .0

3 .5

3 .0

2 .5

1963

1964

NOTE:

1965 1966

1967

1966

1969 1970

1972

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970 1971

1972

2.0

Charts 14 and 15 relate to production or nonsupervisory workers; chart 16 relates to production workers. Data for the 2 most

recent months are preliminary in charts 13-16.




1971

VETERANS AND NONVETERANS, 20-29 YEARS
HOUSEHOLD DATA - SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
17, CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
____
____

18- EMPLOYED
VIETNAM ERA VETERANS
NONVETERANS

VIETNAM ERA VETERANS
NONVETERANS

THOUSANDS
10000

10000

7500

7500

5000

5000

2500

2500

0
1963

1970

1971

1972

1969

19. UNEMPLOYED

1970

1971

1972

20. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

VIETNAM ERA VETERANS
NONVETERANS

VIETNAM ERA VETERANS
NONVETERANS
800

12.5

700

600

10.0

500

400

7 .5

300

200

5 .0

100

0
1969




1970

1971

1972

1969

1970

1971

1972

2 ,5