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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:

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8:30 A.M. (EST), FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 6, 1992

OCTOBER 1992

The nation's job market in October was little different from
September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. The unemployment rate, 7.4 percent, was little changed
from the prior month's rate of 7.5 percent but has been edging downward
from the June high of 7.8 percent. Employment, as measured through both
the household and establishment surveys, remained at about the previous
month's levels.
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
The number of unemployed persons, 9-3 million, and the unemployment
rate, 7-4 percent, were little changed over the month, though both have
continued to inch downward from their June high points. Over this 4-month
period, the number of unemployed has receded by about 640,000 and the
jobless rate has declined by four-tenths of a percentage point.
The jobless rates for most major demographic groups were essentially
unchanged in October, but there was a slight drop for whites (from 6.7 to
6.5 percent), mostly among teenagers. October rates were 7.2 percent for
adult men, 6.1 percent for adult women, 13.9 percent for blacks, and 11.8
percent for Hispanics. The rate for teenagers was down 2.1 percentage
points to 18.3 percent, as their labor force dropped markedly. (See tables
A-1 and A-2.)
Unemployment of less than 15 weeks duration declined in October, while
the number of persons jobless for longer periods was essentially unchanged
at 3.5 million. About 2.1 million workers were jobless for more than 6
months; that number had more than tripled between mid-1990 and June of
1992, but has not risen since. (See table A-5.)
Among that portion of the total unemployed classified as job losers,
fewer were expecting to be recalled (those shown as "on layoff* in table
A-6) and more were permanent job losers. The latter group accounted for an
unusually large share of job losers—77 percent.
The number of persons working part time even though they would have
preferred full-time work was 6.5 million in October; it has been as high as
6.7 million and as low as 6.0 million this year, showing no clear
direction. Persons in this category are often referred to as the
"partially unemployed," and are shown in table A-3 as working "part time
for economic reasons."



- 2Table A.

Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

I

Monthly data

Quarterly
averages

|Sept.|Oct.
Jchange

1992

Category

I
Aug.

Thousands of persons

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Civilian labor force..
Employment
Unemployment
Not in labor force....
Discouraged workers.

I

Sept. | Oct.

127.180| 127.4141 127.4371 127.273! 126.9591 "314
117.6351 117.7371 117.7371 117.7011 117.6251 -76
9.700|
9.572|
9.334| -238
9.5451
9.6771
64.1301 64.3721 64.3531 64.674| 65.1721 498
N.A. I
N.A. I N.A.
N.A. I
1.1251
1

I
Percent of labor force
Unemployment rates:
All workers
Adult men
Adult women
Teenagers
White
Black
Hispanic origin.

7. |
7 2|
6 2|
.
21.0|
6 5|
.
14.51

7.6|
7.2|
6.51

20.4|
6.7|
14.2|
11.71

7.6|
7.31
6.5!
19.8|
6.6|
14.31

51
• II
6.31
20.4|
6.7|
13.71
11.91

4| -0.
2|
18.31 -2
6-51
13.91

I
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Thousands of jobs

Nonfarm employment....
Goods-producing J_/. .
Construction
Manufacturing

108,432|p108.497| 108.485|p108.413|p108 .440|
p27
23.516| p23.376| 23.362| p23.307| p23 ,271| P-36
P20
4.6121 p4.583|
4.5911 P4.575I p4 .595!
18.2631 P18.165I 18.1451 p18.107| p18 ,051| P-56
84.916| p85.121| 85.1231 p85.106| p85 .1691 p63
19.161| P19.133! 19.106| P 19.108| P 19 .0981 p-10
p89
28.798| p28.996| 28.9811 P29.035I p29 ,124|
18.682| p18.612| p18 .5731 p-39
18.542| p18.633|
I
I
I
I
I

Service-producing \J
Retail trade
Services'.'.'.
Government

Hours of work
Average weekly hours:
Total private
Manufacturing
Overtime

34.4|
41.1|

I

I

I

P34.5I pO.2
P34.3I
34.61
p41.1| p.2
P40.9I
41.0|
P3.8|
P.3
3,91
P3.5I
3.7|
P3.7I
I
I
p=preliminary.
I
\J Includes other industries, not shown separately.
N.A.* not available.




P34.4|
p41.0|

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Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
The total number of employed persons was little changed in October at
117.6 million* The employment-population ratio, which is the percentage of
the working-age population that is employed, was also little different from
the previous month, at 61.2 percent, but has been declining since July.
(See table A-1.)
The civilian labor force declined by 300,000 to 127*0 million in
October; this occurred largely among teenagers, whose labor force had shown
an increase in the previous month. After rising sharply between November
1991 and June of this yeai—2.2 million—the labor force has since
decreased by 600,000. This decline has been concentrated among women,
whose historically rising participation rate has declined six-tenths of a
percentage point over this 4-month span. (See table A-1.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Nonfarm payroll employment was virtually unchanged in October. Gains
in construction and several service sector industries were offset by
further losses in manufacturing and a decline in government jobs. (See
table B-1.)
Manufacturing employment declined by 56,000 in October; cutbacks have
totaled 225.000 in the past 5 months. October job losses were widespread,
with the largest taking place in transportation equipment (16,000), which
was heavily impacted by reductions in defense spending. Other industries
with decreases included fabricated metals, industrial machinery,
instruments, textiles, paper, rubber and plastics, and printing. The
lumber industry gained employment, reflecting increased activity in
construction.
The construction industry added 20,000 jobs in October, resulting in
part from rebuilding efforts in the wake of the damage caused by hurricane
Andrew. In mining, there was some limited improvement in the oil and gas
extraction component after a long string of small monthly losses.
The services industry added 89,000 jobs in October, considerably above
the average job growth of 53,000 per month in the first 9 months of this
year. Gains occurred in a variety of industries, including help supply and
other business services, educational services, and health services.
Enployment in finance, insurance, and real estate grew by 14,000, and there
was a gain of 7,000 in wholesale trade, the first increase in over 2 years.
Retail trade enployment was about unchanged (after seasonal adjustment).
Government enployment fell by 39»OOO, reflecting early retirements by
Postal Service enployees, cutbacks at the state level, and a net gain in
local government jobs. In local governments, the final closeout of
Federally funded special summer jobs for youth was more than offset by
gains elsewhere, including a return to work of school system enployees who
had been on strike.




Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased 0.2 hour in October. This series has
fluctuated within an 0.3 hour range for over a year. The workweek for
manufacturing production workers also rose 0.2 hour to 41.1 hours, and
factory overtime increased 0.3 hour to 3.8 hours. Both the factory
workweek and overtime hours were at historically high levels. (See table
B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production
nonsupervisory workers rose 0.6 percent to 121.3 (1982=100) in
after seasonal adjustment. The manufacturing index was 101.4,
changed from September, as the gain in the workweek was offset
employment. (See table B~5.)

or
October,
little
by declining

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers rose by 0.2 percent in October and weekly earnings were up 0.8
percent, after seasonal adjustment. These increases followed somewhat
larger reductions in the prior month. Prior to seasonal adjustment,
average hourly earnings increased 3 cents to $10.70 and average weekly
earnings increased $2.10 to $369.15. Over the past year, average hourly
and weekly earnings increased 2.6 and 2.9 percent, respectively. (See
table B-3-)

The Employment Situation for November 1992 will be released on Friday,
Decentoer 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EST) .




Explanatory Note
This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the
Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current
Employment Statistics Survey (establishment survey).
The
household survey provides the information on the labor force,
employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables,
marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households that is conducted by the Bureau of the Census
with most of the findings analyzed and published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the
employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls
that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.
This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in
cooperation with State agencies. The sample includes over
350,000 establishments employing over 41 million people.
For both surveys, the data for a given month are actually
collected for and relate to a particular week. In the household
survey, unless otherwise indicated, it is the calendar week that
contains the 12th day of the month, which is called the survey
week. In the establishment survey, the reference week is the pay
period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond
directly to the calendar week.
The data in this release are affected by a number of technical
factors, including definitions, survey differences, seasonal
adjustments, and the inevitable variance in results between a
survey of a sample and a census of the entire population. Each of
these factors is explained below.

Coverage, definitions, and differences
between surveys
The sample households in the household survey are selected so
as to reflect the entire civilian noninstirutional population 16 years
of age and older. Each person in a .household is classified as
employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. Those who hold
more than one job are classified according to the job at which they
worked the most hours.
People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as
paid employees; worked in their own business or profession or on
their own farm; or worked IS hours or more in an enterprise
operated by a member of their family, whether they were paid or
not. People are also counted as employed if they were on unpaid
leave because of illness, bad weather, labor-management disputes,
or personal reasons.
People are classified as unemployed, regardless of their
eligibility for unemployment benefits or public assistance, if they
meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during
the survey week; they were available for work at that time; and
they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the
prior 4 weeks. Persons laid off from their former jobs and
awaiting recall and those expecting to report to a job within 30
days need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed.



The civilian labor force equals the sum of the number employed
and the number unemployed. The unemployment rate is the
number unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor force. Table
A-7 presents a special grouping of seven measures of
unemployment based on varying definitions of unemployment and
the labor force. The definitions are provided in the table. The
most restrictive definition yields U-l and the most comprehensive
yields U-7. The civilian worker unemployment rate is U-5b, while
U-5a, the overall unemployment rate, includes the resident Armed
Forces in the labor force base.
Unlike the household survey, the establishment survey only
counts wage and salary employees whose names appear on the
payroll records of nonfarm firms. As a result, there are many
differences between the two surveys, among which are the
following:
• The household survey, i
larger segment of the —
agriculture, the sel
household workers;

iqugh based on a smaller sample, reflects a
'on; the establishment survey excludes
unpaid family workers, and private

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed; the establishment survey does not;
• The household survey is limited to those 16 years of age and older, the
establishment survey is not limited by age;
• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because each
individual is counted only once; in the establishment survey, employees
working at more than one job or otherwise appearing on more than one
payroll would be counted separately for each appearance.

Other differences between the two surveys are described in
"Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll
Surveys," which may be obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and
the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp
fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather,
reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the
opening and closing of schools. For example, the labor force
increases by a large number each June, when schools close and
many young people enter the job market. The effect of such
seasonal variation can be very large; over the course of a year, for
example, seasonality may account for as much as 95 percent of the
month-to-month changes in unemployment.
Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular
pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be
eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These
adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in
economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the
labor force, easier to spot. To return to the school's-out example,
the large number of people entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place since
May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic
activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of
students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics
for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable

change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the
adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze
changes in economic activity.
Measures of labor force, employment, and unemployment
contain components such as age and sex. Statistics for all
employees, production workers, average weekly hours, and
average hourly earnings include components based on the
employer's industry. All these statistics can be seasonally adjusted
either by adjusting the total or by adjusting each of the components
and combining them. The second procedure usually yields more
accurate information and is therefore followed by BLS. For
example, the seasonally adjusted figure for the civilian labor force
is the sum of eight seasonally adjusted employment components
and four seasonally adjusted unemployment components; the total
for unemployment is the sum of the four unemployment
components; and the unemployment rate is derived by dividing the
resulting estimate of total unemployment by the estimate of the
civilian labor force.
The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year. For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the JulyDecember period. For the establishment survey, updated factors
for seasonal adjustment are calculated for the May-October period
and introduced along with new benchmaiks, and again for the
November-April period. In both surveys, revisions to historical
data are made once a year.

are approximately 90 out of 100 that the "true11 level or rate would
not be expected to differ from the estimates by more than these
amounts.
Sampling errors for monthly surveys are reduced when the data
are cumulated for several months, such as quarterly or annually.
Also, as a general rule, the smaller the estimate, the larger the
sampling error. Therefore, relatively speaking, the estimate of the
size of the labor force is subject to less error than is the estimate of
the number unemployed. And, among the unemployed, the
sampling error for the jobless rate of adult men, for example, is
much smaller than is the error for the jobless rate of teenagers.
Specifically, the error on monthly change in the jobless rate for
men is .25 percentage point; for teenagers, it is 1.29 percentage
points.
In the establishment survey, estimates for the most current 2
months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these
estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. When all the
returns in the sample have been received, the estimates are revised
In other words, data for the month of September are published in
preliminary form in October and November and in final form in
December*
To remove errors that build up over time, a
comprehensive count of the employed is conducted each year. The
results of this survey are used to establish new benchmarkscomprehensive counts of employment—against which month-tomonth changes can be measured. The new benchmarks also
incorporate changes in the classification of industries and allow for
the formation of new establishments.

Sampling variability
Additional statistics and other Information
Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are
subject to sampling error, that is, the estimate of the number of
people employed and the other estimates drawn from these surveys
probably differ from the figures that would be obtained from a
complete census, even if the same questionnaires and procedures
were used. In the household survey, the amount of the differences
can be expressed in terms of standard errors. The numerical value
of a standard error depends upon the size of the sample, the results
of the survey, and other factors. However, the numerical value is
always such that the chances are approximately 68 out of 100 that
an estimate based on the sample will differ by no more than the
standard error from the results of a complete census. The chances
arc approximately 90 out of 100 that an estimate based on the
sample will differ by no more than 1.6 times the standard error
from the results of a complete census. At approximately the 90percent level of confidence—the confidence limits used by BLS in
its analyses-the error for the monthly change in total employment
is on the order of plus or minus 358,000; for total unemployment it
is 224,000; and, for the civilian worker unemployment rate, it is
0.19 percentage points. These figures do not mean that the sample
results are off by these magnitudes but, rather, that the chances




In order to provide a broad view of the nation's employment
situation, BLS regularly publishes a wide variety of data in this
news release. More comprehensive statistics are contained in
Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is
available for $10.00 per issue or $31.00 per year from the U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20204. A check or
money order made out to the Superintendent of Documents must
accompany all orders.
Employment and Earnings also provides approximations of the
standard errors for the household survey data published in this
release* For unemployment and other labor force categories, the
standard errors appear in tables B through J of its "Explanatory
Notes.*' Measures of the reliability of the data drawn from the
establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due to
benchmark adjustments are provided in tables M, O, P, and Q of
that publication.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-606-STAT;
TDD phone:
202-606-5897; TDD Message Referral Phone
Number 1-800-326-2577.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A - 1 . Employment statue of the civilian population by sex and age
(Numbers in thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, sex, and age
Oct
1991

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

Oct
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

190.289
125,568
66.0
117.555
61.8
3.310
114.245
8,013
6.4
64,721

191.947
127,044
66.2
117,953
61.5
3.367
114.587
9,090
72
64,904

192.131
126.846
66.0
118,246
61.5
3.249
114,998
8,600
6.8
65.285

190.289
125.508
66.0
116,867
61.4
3.204
113,663
8,641
6.9
64,781

191,455
127.549
66.6
117,574
61.4
3.252
114.322
9.975
7.8
63.906

191.622
127.532
66.6
117.772
61.5
3.204
114,568
9.760
7.7
64,090

191.790
127,437
66.4
117.737
61.4
3.218
114,519
9.700
7.6
64,353

191.947
127,273
66.3
117,701
61.3
3.242
114,459
9.572
7.5
64,674

192.131
126.959
66.1
117,625
61.2
3,160
114,465
9,334
7.4
65.172

90,830
68,255
75.1
63,921
70.4
4,334
6.3

91,739
69,272
75.5
64,370
70.2
4,903
7.1

91,844
69,024
752
64.255
70.0
4.769
6.9

90,830
68,491
75.4
63.597
70.0
4.894
7.1

91.472
69,534
76.0
63,736
69.7
5,798
8.3

91.563
69.341
75.7
63,799
69.7
5.541
8.0

91.653
69,444
75.8
63,860
69.7
5,584
8.0

91,739
69,544
75.8
64,037
69.8
5,506
7.9

91,844
69,382
75.5
63,944
69.6
6.439
7.8

84.151
64.894
77.1
81.200
72.7
2,468
58,732
3.694
5.7

85,075
65.776
77.3
61.638
72.5
2,519
59.119
4,137
6.3

85.159
65,658
77.1
61,515
72.2
2,480
59,036
4.143
6.3

84.151
64,961
77.2
60.746
72.2
£370
58.376
4,215
6.5

84,842
65,948
77.7
61,062
72.0
2,374

84,944
65,861
77.5
61.090
71.9
2,362
58.727
4.771

72

85,010
65,913
77.5
61.105
71.9
2.366
58.739
4,808
7.3

85,075
65.798
77.3
61,107
71.8
2.399
58.708
4,690
7.1

85,159
65.841
77.3
61,073
71.7
2,389
58,684
4,768

99,459
57,313
57.6
53,635
53.9
3.678
6.4

100,208
57,771
57.7
53,584
53.5
4,187
12.

100,287
57.822
57.7
53.991
53.8
3.831
6.6

99.459
57,017
57.3
53,270
53.6
3,747
6.6

90.982
58,015
58.0
53,838
53.8
4,178

72

100,060
58.191
562
53,973
53.9
4.219
72

100,137
57,993
57.9
53,877
53.8
4,117
7.1

100,208
57.729
57.6
53,664
53.6
4.065
7.0

100.287
57.577
67.4
53,681
53.5
3.896
6.8

S2.875
54,131
58.3
51,044
55.0
666
50,376
3.086
6.7

93,703
54,732
58.4
51.141
54.6
624
50,517
3.591
6.6

93.771
54.828
58.5
51,529
55.0
595
50.934
3,299
6.0

92,875
53.696
57.8
50,564
54.4
636
49,928
3.132
5.8

93.479
54,804
58.6
51,322
54.9
672
50,650
3.482
6.4

93.562
54.989
58.8
51.406
54.9
613
50,793
3,583
6.5

03,635
54^801
58.5
51,236
54.7
617
50,619
3.565
6.5

03.703
54.505
58.2
51.049
54.5
583
50,467
3,456
6.3

93,771
54,446
58.1
51,100
54.5
570
50,530
3,346
6.1

13,263
6.543
49.3

13.169
6.536
49.6
5.174
39.3
224
4.950
1.362
20.8

13.200
6.360
48.2
5,202
39.4
174
5,028
1,157
18.2

13.263
6,851
51.7
5,557
41.9
198
5,359
1,294
1B.9

13.134
6,797
51.8
5,190
39.5
206
4,984
1.607
23.6

13.116
6.682
50.9
5,276

13.145
6.724
51.1
5.396
41.0
235
5.161
1,328
19.8

13.169
6,970
52.9
5,545
42.1
261
5.284
1.425
20.4

13.200
6,673
50.5
5,452
41.3
201
5,251
1.221
18.3

TOTAL
Civilian nonlnstitutional population ..„
Civilian labor force.
Participation rate H
En ployed «
Employment-population ratio.
Agriculture
..
«.
Nonagricuftural industries
Unemployed .
Unemployment rate
Not in labor force ...

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian nonlnstkutlonal population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate«
Employed..
Employment-population ratio.,
Unemployed
..
Unemployment rate .

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian nonlnstltutlonal population
Civilian labor force .....
..
Participation rate _
Employed.,
Employment-population ratio...
Agriculture
Nonagricultural Industries
Unemployed .,
Unemployment rate .

4,887
7.4

72

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian nonlnstltutlonal population
Civilian labor force..
Participation rate
Employed
Empioyment-popultatton ratio..
Unemployed ,
intrate .
Urw

Women, 20 years and over
Clvlian nonlnstltuttonalpopulation .............
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio.
Ei
Agriculture .........
......
.
Nonagricultural Industries
Unemployed
Unemployment rate,

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstftuttonal population
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Agriculture .
Nonagricultural industries.
Unemployed .
Unemployment rate.

40.0
175
5.137
1.232
18.8

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation;
therefore, identical number* appear in the unadjusted and seasonally




adjusted columns.

402
229
5,047
1,406
21.0

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, M X , age, and Hispanic origin
(Numbers in thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin
Oct.
1991

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

161,846
107.656
66.5
101.661
624
5.995
5.6

162.891
108.450
663
101.597
624
6,853
63

163.013
108.34;
66.5
101.965
62.6
6.382

161.846
107,632
66.5
101,067
624
6,565
6.1

162,575
108.711
663
101.270
623
7,441
63

162,682
108,863
663
101,570
624
7292
6.7

162.791
108.676
663
101.455
623
7221
63

162,891
108,665
66.7
101,389
622
7,276
6.7

163.013
108.418
663
101,411
622
7.007
6.5

56,263
77.6
53,360
73.6
2.903
52

56.890
773
53,687
734
3.204
53

56,805
77.6
53,649
733
3,156
53

56.320
77.7
52,990
73.1
3,330

56,960
78.0
53.196
7 2 3
3,764
63

56.945
773
53.316
7 3 3
3.629
64

56,944
773
53298
723
3.646
64

56,918
7 7 3
53.261
7 2 3
3.658
64

56.904
77.7
53,276
72.7
3.628
64

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Particpatbn rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

45.734
58.1
43.555
55.3
2,t79
43

45,992
583
43,312
54.7
2.680
53

46.127
582
43.705
55.1
2.421
52

45.384
573
43.118
5 4 3
2,266
53

46,049
582
43,548
55.1
2.502
54

46,290
58.5
43,643
55.1
2.647
5.7

46.029
58.1
43.416
543
2,613
5.7

45.871
573
43,269
54.6
2.602
5.7

45.840
5 7 3
43,315
5 4 3
2.525
.5.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force
Particpatfon rate
Employed..
Employment-population ratio.,
Unemployed .
Unemploymentrate .
M e n .
Worn*

5,660
53.3
4.747
44.7
012
16.1
18.6
15.6

5.567
53.1
4.598
433
969
174
183
16.1

5,416
513
4,611
433
804
14J0
143
143

5.928
553
4.959
46.7
969
163
163
153

5.702
544
4,527
432
1.175
203
22.1

5,627
533
4.611
44.1
1.016
18.1
192
163

5.703
544
4.741
452
962
16.9
183
14.7

5.876
56.0
4,859
463
1,017
173
183
153

5.675
54.1
4,820
45.9
855
15.1
153
143

21,714
13.560
623
11.868
64.7
1.692

22.027
13.963
634
12,105
553
1.857
133

22.061
13.925
63.1
12.060
547
1.865
134

21,714
13.570
623
11,834
543
1,736
123

21.937
14,092
642
11,997
54.7
2.095
143

21.966
14,026
633
11.979
54.5
2.047
143

21,997
14,164
644
12.143
552
2,021
143

22,027
14.008
633
12.084
543
1.924
13.7

22,061
13,957
633
12,019
54.5
1,937
13.9

6.377

6.495
733
5.714
643
781
123

6.494
723
5,676
63.7
818
123

6,377
73.0
5,673
65.0
704

6.532
738
5.633
633
899
133

6.480
73.1
5,591
63.1
889
13.7

6,554
733
5,645
633
910
13:0

6,492
73.0
5,635
634
857
132

6.502
73.0
5.614
63.0
888
13.7

WHrTE
Civilian nonlnstltutionaJpopulation
C i v i l i a n l a b o r f o r c e ..............
Participation rate..
Employed.,
Employment-population ratio...
U n e m p l o y e d .—
Unemployment rate
M a n , 2 0 y e a r s a n d
C i v i l i a n l a b o rf o r c e
Participationrate
..
Employed
Employment-population ratio..
U n e m p l o y e d ....
Unemploymentrate .

......

.....

o v e r
„ . «

BLACK
Ch/iBa/i noninstitutionalpopulation .
Civilianlabor force.
Particpatbn rate.
Employed,
Employment-population ratio..
Unemployed
U n e m p l o y m e n t r a t e ......
Men, 20 years and over
Civilianlabor force
P a r t i c i p a t i o n r a t e .....
Employed.,
Employment-population ratio.,
U n e m p l o y e d ...
Unemploymentrate .

5.720
653
658
103

Women, 20 years and over
CrviBan labor force.
Particpatbn rate.
Employed..
Employment-population ratio.
Unemployed
U n e m p l o y m e n t r a t e ....

6/499
593
5.732
523
768
113

6,715
60.7
5,964
53S
751

6.720
60.7
5.977
54.0
743
11.1

6464
593
5.716
5 2 3
748
1 1 3

6.754
613
5.893
5 3 3
861
12.7

8.743
61.1
5,912
533
831
123

6.791
613
5.982
54.1
809

6.692
603
5,982
54.1
711
103

6,689
604
5.965
533
724
103

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force
Parttepatbn rate
Employed.
Employment-population ratio.
Unemployed ,
Unemployment rate .

684
323
417
203
267
39.0

753
363
428
203
325
432
443
414

711
343
407
193
304
42.7
433
42.1

729
34.9
445
2 1 3
284

806
393
471
223
335
413
463
35.6

803
383
476
233
327
40.7
41.7
393

619
393
517
25.0
302
363
42.7
30.7

823
39.7
467
22.5
356
433
453
413

765
363
440
212
325
42.5
442
404

73JO

35JO

Women .
See footnotes at end of table.




434

3 9 J O

36.1
42.1

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin — Continued
(Numbers in thousands)

Seasonally adjusted1

Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin
Oct.
1991

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

14,908
9,874
662
8.898
59.7
976
9.9

15,342
10.221
66.6
9.051
59.0
1.170
1U

15.382
10.155
66.0
9.034
58.7
1.120
11.0

14,908
9.900
66.4
8,865
59.5
1.035
10.5

15,224
10,135
66.6
8,911
58.5
1,224
12.1

15,263
10,166
66.6
6.958
58.7
1,208
11.9

15,303
10,099
66.0
8,966
58.6
1.133
112

15,342
10.250
66.8
9,033
58.9
1,217
11.9

15,382
10.204
66.3
8.998
58.5
1.206
11.8

HISPANIC ORIGIN
Civilian nonlnstftutfonaJ population
Civilian labor f orco
Participation rate
Employed
Employment-population ratio
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

.._.................,...........
„,,„„„„
........
.......
«...—
-

1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore.
Identical numbers appear In the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Detail tor the above race and Htepante-origin groups w*l not turn to

totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and
Hitpanics are Included in both the white and black population groups.

Table A-3. Selected employment Indicator*
(In thousands)

Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Category
Oct.
1991

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

CHARACTERISTIC
117.953
40.583
30.156
6.678

118,246
40.736
30,375
6,683

116,867
40.472
29,838
6,469

117,574
40.373
30.403
6,579

117.772
40,208
30.319
6,546

117,737
40.322
30.239
6,663

117.701
40.261
30,036
6,671

117,625
40,293
29.956
6.663

31.268
36,168
15,954
13,244
17,446
3,475

31.074
36.378
16.186
13,408
17.156
3,751

31,482
36.415
15.945
13.539
17,253
3,612

31.139
36,045
16,051
13,129
17.138
3,439

30,948
36.985
16.078
12,949
17,160
3.381

30,945
37.033
16,016
13.311
17.002
3.444

31.230
36,874
15,949
13,284
16.940
3.502

31.128
36.634
16,300
13,368
16.723
3.519

31,276
36,415
16.041
13,405
16,926
3,576

1,717
1,478
115

1.803
1.461
103

1.685
1.447
117

1,654
1.440
121

1,701
1,393
130

1.715
1,390
112

1,698
1,433
100

1,701
1,399
109

1.625
1.410
123

104,849
18,401
66,448
1,020
85,428
9,169
227

105,648
18,482
87.166
1,163
86,003
8,728
210

106,046
18,747
87,300
1,114
86.186
8.766
186

104.527
18.135
86,392
993
85,399
8,950
232

105.308
18,220
87,087
1.175
85.912
8.569
250

105,636
18,321
87,316
1.251
86,064
8,674
260

105,725
16,449
87,276
1,115
86,161
8,634
242

105.559
18.556
87.002
1.193
85,810
8,676
208

105,774
18,452
87,322
1,098
86,225
8,519
189

AN Industries:
Part time for economic reasons ...................................
Slack work
..
„
Could only ffrld part-time work „««...«...„„.„„Voluntary part time
„
„
„

5.891
3,218
2.416
15.905

5.888
2,831
2.754
15,131

6,029
2.955
2,775
15.632

6.304
3,384
2,631
14,980

6.040
3,312
2,551
15,241

6,324
3,321
2,708
15,008

6,326
3,289
2.861
15.168

6,304
3,104
2,884
14,791

6,469
3,091
3,046
14,678

Nonagricultural Industries:
Part time for economic reasons
Stack work .....
«
Cot£i only find part-time work
Voluntary part time

5.639
3,022
2,363
15,396

5.641
2.665
2.687
14,637

5,761
2.774
2.698
15,211

6.055
3,196
2.565
14,497

5,824
3,166
2.477
14.821

6.058
3,149
2,637
14.551

6,091
3.158
2,761
14,783

6,079
2.961
2,843
14,336

6,188
2.923
2,952
14,283

Civilian employed, 16 years and over....I............................ 117.555
Married men, spouse present ..................
............... 40,896
Married women, spouse present
..*........................... 30,240
6,488
Women who maintain families

OCCUPATION
Managerial and professional specialty
Technical, sales, and administrative support
Service occupations
«
............
Precision production, craft, and repair«
...
Operators, fabricators, trvi laborers ....................................
Fanning,forestry,and fishing
-

INDUSTRY AND CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture:
Wage and salary workers
Setf-employed workers ...—..................
...........
Unruki fanilK/ umtk***
NonagricukuraJ Industries:
Wage and salary workers •,..,..„*..............».*...».............«.
Government
.*..
..
*...
Private Industries .......
«..„. .....
..........
Private households . „.„».« „„...........„
.......
Other Industries ...
.
...
Self-employed workers .„.-.
Unoaid family workers

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME1

„
„..„

...........
„
«
.

....

1
E l i d e s persons "wfth a job but not at work" during the survey period tor
such ateaons as vacation, ifoess, or industrial dispute.
NOTE: Data on occupations and Industries for 1992 are not fully
comparable wfth data for prior years because of the Introduction of the




classification systems used in the 1990 decennial census of population. Some
categories, particularly "technical, sales, and administrative support," may
have significant breaks In comparability.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Tablt A-4. Selected unemployment Indicators, seasonally adjusted
Number of
unemployed persons
(in thousands)

Category

Unemployment rates1

Oct.
1991

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

8,641
4,215
3,132
1,294

9,572
4,690
3,456
1.425

9.334
4.768
3,346
1.221

6.9
6.5
5.8
16.9

7.8
7.4
8.4
23.6

7.7
7.2
6.5
21.0

7.6
7.3
6.5
19.8

7.5
7.1
6.3
20.4

7.4
7.2
6.1
18.3

1,789
1,411
674

2,249
1.598
658

2.189
1,590
667

4.2
4.5
9.4

5.3
5.3
10.1

5.3
5.3
10.6

5.4
4.9
10.5

5.3
5.1
9.0

5.2
5.0
9.1

7,109
1,500

7.862
1.726

7.666
1,629

6.6
8.4
7.7

7.5
9.3
8.4

7.4
9.1
8.4

7.4
9.1
8.4

7.2
9.5
8.3

7.0
9.2
8.3

928
1,981
1.153
1.926
290

1.047
2.305
1.239
2,109
357

1,017
2,332
1,233
2,104
287

2.9
5.2
8.1
10.1
7.8

3.2
6.0
9.2
11.3
8.4

3.1
6.1
8.6
11.4
8.8

3.3
6.1
8.5
11.2
7.8

3.3
5.9
8.5
11.2
9.2

3.1
6.0
B.4
11.1
7.4

6.589
2,512
64
964
1.484
913
571
4.077
339
1,844
1,894
658
223

7,393
2,801
43
1.057
1.701
988
713
4,592
384
2.108
2.100
661
297

7,456
2.755
63
936
1,756
1.094
663
4.702
403
1,961
2,337
556
230

7.1
9.0
8.3
16.1
7.0
7.4
6.4
6.3
5.1
7.7
5.5
3.5
11.9

8.0
10.3
9.2
17,6
8.3
8.2
8.4
7.0
5.4
8.7
6.1
3.5
13.3

7.8
10.1
10.6
16.5
8.3
8.3
8.3
6.9
5.7
8.6
6.0
3.3
14.3

8.0
10.0
11.7
17.0
7.9
8.4
7.4
7.1
5.3
9.2
6.1
3.3
115

7.8
10.1
6.1
17.5
8.1
8.4
7.8
6.9
5.7
8.7
5.9
3.4
14.8

7.9
10.0
8.6
16.0
8.3
9.2
7.2
7.0
5.9
8.1
6.5
2.9
12.4

CHARACTERISTIC
Total, 16 yean and over.......
Men, 20 years and over
Women, 20 years and over
Bothftexes, 16 to 19 yean

........................„*...
„
M
*
......
«

Married men, spouse present
Married women, spouse present
Women who maintain families
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Labor force time lost2

~
.................

-

.....

-

OCCUPATION3
Managerial and professional specialty
Technical, sales, and administrative support
Precision production, craft, and repair
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
Farming, forestry, and fishing
„

-

_

INDUSTRY
NonagrtcuKural private wage and salary workers
GoodS'produdng Industrie* ..........................................
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods ..............................................................
Nondurable goods
«
Service-producing Industries
Transportation and public unities
Wholesale and retail trade
..................... ...
Finance and service industries
Government workers
Agricultural wage and salary workers „
„..
1

Unemployment as a percent of the cMlian labor force.
Aggregate hours lost by the unemployed and persons on part time for
economic reasons as a percent of potentially available labor force hours.
3
Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not
available because the seasonal component* are small relative to the
trend-cycie and/or Irregular component* and* consequently cannot be

separated with sufficient precision.
NOTE: Data on occupations and industries for 1992 are not fully
comparable with data for prior years because of the introduction of the
classification systems used in the 1990 decennial census of population. Some
categories, particularly technical, tales, and administrative support/ may
have significant break* In comparability.

4

Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
(Numbers In thousand*)

Seasonally adjustsJ

Not seasonally adjusted
Weeks of unemployment
Oct.
1991

Sept
1992

Oct
1992

Oct.
1991

June
1992

Jufy
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

3.175
2.575
2.263
1.208
1,055

3.407
2,569
3,114
1.155
1,959

3.055
2.470
3,075
1.166
1,909

3.300
2,774
2,570
1.415
1,155

3.573
2.794
3.675
1,520
2,155

3,415
2,779
3,616
1,476
2,140

3.314
2.882
3,563
1.521
2.042

3.301
2,929
3.472
1.388
2.084

3.176
2.642
3.522
1,436
2.086

14.1
6.8

17.9
6.1

18.7
8.5

14.6
7.4

18.6
8.7

18.3
8.5

18.2
8.9

18.3
9.4

19.4
9.3

100.0
39.6
32.1
28.2
15.1
132

100.0
37.5
28.3
34.3
12.7
21.6

100.0
35.5
28.7
35.8
13.6
22.2

100.0
38.2
32.1
29.7
16.4
13.4

100.0
35.6
27.8
36.6
15.1
21.5

100.0
34.8
28.3
36.9
15.0
21.8

100.0
34.0
29.5
36.5
15.6
20.9

100.0
34.0
30.2
35.8
14.3
21.5

100.0
34.0
28,3
37.7
15.4
22.3

DURATION
Less than 5 weeks
5 to 14 weeks
15 weeks and over
15 to 26 woo to
27 weeks and over

_
»

Average (mean) duration, in week*
Median duration, in week*

„
«.
„

H

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed
»
Less than 5 wookt
5 to 14 week*
....
«
—«..
15 weeks and over............................................................
15 to 26 weeks
„.„»..».„......
27 weeks and over
-




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
(Numbers In thousands)

Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted

Reason
Oct.
1001

Sept
1002

Oct.
1092

Oct.
1091

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1092

Sepl
1992

OcL
1002

4.070
004
3.167
1.036
2.130
767

4.781
1.010
3,762
1.028
2.404
877

4.710
031
3.788
047
2,223
712

4,782
1.230
3.552
086
2.100
813

6.663
1,358
4.305
1.050
2.295
1,045

5.493
1.314
4,170
1.015
2,295
000

5,410
1.250
4.168
1.031
2,257
055

5,470
1.421
4,040
053
£290
056

5,565
1.268
4,296
001
2.192
756

100.0
50.8
11.3
30.5
12.0
26.7
0.6

100.0
52.6
11.2
41.4
11.3
26.4
0.6

100.0
54.0
10.8
44.0
11.0
25.8
8.3

100.0
55.1
14.2
40.0
11.4
24.2
0.4

100.0
56.3
13.5
42.fi
10.4
22.8
10.4

100.0
56.1
13.4
42.7
10.4
23.4
10.1

100.0
56.1
12.0
43.1
10.7
23.4
0.0

100.0
56.6
14.7
41.0
0.0
23.7
0.0

100.0
50.1
13.5
45.6
0.6
23.3
8.0

32
M
1.7
J6

3.8
.8
1.0
.7

&7
.7
1.8
.6

3.8
.8
1.7
.8

44
,8
1.8
.8

4.3
.8
1.8
.8

4.3
.8
1.8
.7

4.3
.7
1.8
.8

4.4
.7
1.7
.6

NUMBER OP UNEMPLOYED
Job losers
On layoff
„
Other job losers
].»..
Job leavers
.....
Reentrants
»
......................
New entrants .....*.,.........................«............

..«.«
.......

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unerrployod
Job losers
»
On layoff..!!"!"!!!.....!
Other *ob losers
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants

-.........„„.....„...,

-....
.........

*..........*...
....«....*..*............
-

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers
Job leavers ..
Reentrants». •
New entrants

-...„...»
.................

.
-....«

.......
..«„„.
...............

Table A-7. Range of unemployment measures based on varying definitions of unemployment and the labor force, seasonally
adjusted
(Percent)
Quarterly averages
1001

Measure

Monthly data

1002

1092

IV

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

U-1 PersonsunerrpioyediSweekBorlonc^tttpercsfrtofthecMlan
labor force.

1.0

2.1

2.5

2.6

2.8

2.0

2.7

2*8

U-2 Job losers as a percent of the cMIan labor force

3.8

3.8

4.1

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

AA

5.4

5.5

6.0

6.2

6.3

6.5

6.6

7.0

7.3

7A

72

7.0

6.7

6.0

7.1

7J6

7.5

7A

6.8

6.0

72

7.5

7.8

7.6

0.3

0.5

10.0

10.2

102

10.1

10.4

10.0

11.0

NA

U-3

p
v
p
y
labor force for persons 25 years and over

L M Unemployed fuMlme jobseetasrs as a percent of the fuHlme cMlan
labor force
i Total unemployed aa a percent of tf» labor force,
Inducing the reeJdent Armed Force*
U-5b Total unemployed ae a percent of tfte civilian labor
U*6 Total fuB-time jobseekers plus 1/2 part-time Jobeeekers plus 1/2 total
on part time f or economic reasons at a percent of the dvilan labor
force less 1/2 of the part-time labor force
.
U-7 Total f uMime Jobeeekers plus 1/2 part-time Jobseekers plus 1/2 total
on part time for economic reasons plus discouraged workers a* a
percent of the dvlHan labor force plus discouraged workers less
1/2 of the part-time labor force
»
—«•—~»~

N A - n o t available.




0.0

10.7

7A

10.0

0.0

NA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A*8. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
Number of
unemployed persons
(In thousands)

Sex and age

Unemployment rates1

Oct.
1991

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

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

8,641
2,840
134
585
706
1,546
5,741
5,191
570

9.572
3,010
1,425
662
765
1,585
6,594
5,859
781

9.334
2.688
1.221
561
658
1,467
6.581
5,645
766

6.9
13.8
18.9
21.6
17.1
11.3
5.5
5.8
3.8

7.8
15.3
23.6
27.2
21.7
11.1
6.4
6.6
5.4

7.7
14.7
21.0
23.9
19.0
11.7
6.2
6.4
5.5

7.6
14.2
19.8
21.1
18.8
11.5
6.3
6.5
5.4

7.5
14.5
20.4
24.0
18.3
11.6
6.2
6.4
5.1

7.4
13.3
18.3
21.8
16.1
10.9
6.2
6.4
5.0

Msn 16 vs&ra and over
16 to 24 years
I.........................,...............*.
16 to 19 years
»
16 to 17 years »
«
18 to 19 years „
„
«
20 to 24 years ..•......*..............
25 years and over
...................
25 to 54 years ....
55 years and over
-

4.894
1,554
679
300
376
875
3.306
2.982
355

5,506
1.653
B16
366
445
837
3,834
3,409
466

5,439
1.527
671
298
369
856
3,870
3,423
479

7.1
14.4
19.2
21.7
17.5
12.0
5.7
6.1
4.1

8.3
16.4
25.4
29.6
234
11.9
6.8
6.9
6.2

8.0
15.6
22.1
25.1
20.1
12.5
6.5
6.7
5.8

8.0
152
22.0
23.5
21.0
11.9
6.9
5.6

7.9
15.0
21.8
24.4
20.1
11.5
6.6
6.8
5.4

7.8
14.1
18.9
21.7
17.0
11.8
6.6
6.9
5.5

Women, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years .—
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years „
20 to 24 years .._
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

3,747
1,286
615
285
330
671
2.435
2.209
215

4,065
1,357
609
296
320
748
2.759
2.451
315

3.896
1.162
550
263
289
612
2,711
2.422
287

6.6
13.2
18.5
21.4
18.6
10.4
5.2
5.4

13.
14.1
21.7
24.6
19.8
10.4
5.9
6.1
4.4

7.2
13.7
19.9
22.6
17.8
10.7
5.9
6.1
5.1

7.1
13.1
17.3
18.6
16.3
11.0
5.9
6.0
5.1

7.0
14.1
18.9
23.5
16.4
11.6
5.7
5.9
4.7

6.8
12.4
17.6
21.8
15.0
9.8
5.6
5.8
4.3

Total, 16 years and over
16 to 24 years
16 to 19 years
16 to 17 years ....
18 to 19 years ..20 to 24 years
25 years and over
25 to 54 years
55 years and over

1

...-.
«
„
.

..
..
„
_

«
.»
..
«
„

»
...
-

3.3

6.7

Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.

Table A-9. Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonvoterans by agt, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers In thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian
non Institutional
population

Veteran status
and age

1

f

i

n

—

i

l

l

,

- -^ - J

unempioyBO
Total

Employed

Number

Oct.
1991

Oct.
1992

Oct.
1991

Oct.
1992

Oct.
1991

Oct.
1992

7.810
6.424
1,090
2.993
2,341
1.386

7,877
6,174
873
2.556
2.745
1,703

7.076
6,060
1,010
2J205
1.016

7.061
5,775
794
2.373
2,608
1.286

6.745
5,761
956
2.673
2,132
984

6.704
5.481
743
2,229
2.509
1,223

331
298
62
163
73
32

18.702
8.545
5.897
4,261

19.785
8,868
6,395
4,522

17.440
8,031
5,505
3,904

16,482
8,360
6,002
4,120

16,643
7,642
5,271
3,730

17,508
7,865
5,714
3.929

797
386
234
174

Oct.
1991

Percent of
labor force
Oct.
1991

Oct.
1992

358
294
51
144
99
64

4.7
4.9
6.1
5.8
3.3
3.2

5.1
5.1
6.4
6.1
3.8
5.0

974
495
288
191

4.6
4.8
4.3
4.5

5.3
5.9
4.8
4.6

Oct.
1992

VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
Total, 35 yean) and over ......M.......».........»........
35 to 49 years «
«..
35 to 39 years
..
«...
40 to 44 years
»
45 lo 49 years
50 years and over
„
-

NONVETERANS
Total 35 to 49 years
35 to 39 years 40 to 44 years 45 to 49 years

......
—
..

...........
«
«

NOTE: Male Vietnam-era veterans are men who served In the Armed Forces
between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975. Nonveterans are men who have
never served in the Armed Forces; published data are limited to those 35 to 49




years of age, the group that most closely corresponds to the bulk of the
Vietnam-era veteran population.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Employment status of the civilian population for 11 large states

(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted1
State and employment status

Seasonally adjusted2

Oct.
1991

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992

Oct.
1992

22.571
15,001
13.907
1,094
7.3

23,029
15.304
13,898
1,406
9.2

23,074
15,223
13,808
1,415
9.3

22.571
14,974
13,813
1,161
7.8

22,899
15,281
13,827
1,454
9.5

22,943
15,245
13,881
1,364
8.9

22,986
15,367
13,855
1,512
9.8

23t029
15,297
13,859
1,438
9.4

23,074
15,183
13,690
1,493
9.6

10,424
6,498
6,031
467
7.2

10.644
6,663
6.059
603
9.1

10,666
6,654
6,181
473
7.1

10,424
6,449
5,974
475
7.4

10,582
6,591
6.031
560
8.5

10.603
6.644
6,073
571
8.6

10,623
6,599
6,018
581
8.8

10.644
6,646
6,052
593
8.9

10,666
6,601
6,113
488
7.4

8,931
5,961
5,514
447
7.5

8,975
6,112
5,737
375
6.1

8,980
6,077
5,753
324
5.3

8,931
5,979
5,510
469
7.8

8.961
6,220
5,683
537
8.6

8,966
6,102
5,590
512
8.4

8,970
6,051
5,655
396
6.5

8,975
6,108
5,696
•412
6.7

8,980
6,097
5,760
337
5.5

4,625
3,132
2,874
258
8.2

4,631
3,083
2.824
259
8.4

4,632
3,077
2.842
235
7.6

4,625
3,150
2,867
283
9.0

4,628
3,149
2,870
279
8.8

4,629
3,150
2,888
261
8.3

4,630
3,119
2,859
260
8.3

4,631
3,095
2,829
266
8.6

4,632
3,093
2,834
259
8.4

7,023
4,536
4,149
386
8.5

7,042
4,622
4,230
391
8.5

7,045
4,614
4,240
374
8.1

7,023
4,520
4,114
406
9.0

7,035
4.586
4,182
404
8.8

7,037
4,638
4,201
437
9.4

7,040
4,631
4,215
415
9.0

7,042
4,633
4,225
407
8.8

7,045
4,609
4,212
397
8.6

6,026
4.024
3,752
272
6.8

6,026
3,959
3,618
341
8.6

6.028
3,971
3,651
320
8.1

6,026
4,030
3,756
274
6.8

6,025
3,999
3,631
368
9.2

6,026
3,983
3,592
391
9.8

6,026
3,932
3,562
371
9.4

6,026
3,980
3,620
360
9.0

6,028
3,977
3,655
322
8.1

13,803
8.541
7,949
591
6.9

13,810
8,501
7,754
747
8.8

13,813
8,428
7,733
695
8.2

13,803
8,553
7,924
629
7.4

13,805
8,599
7,811
788
9.2

13,807
8,524
7,721
802
9.4

13,809
8.547
7,825
722
8.5

13,810
8,516
7,752
764
9.0

13,813
8,439
7,706
733
8.7

California
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Em D loved
UnemDloved
UnemDlovment rate ..

Florida
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Emotoved
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

Illinois
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

Massachusetts
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
UnemDlovment rate

Michigan
Civilian noninstitutional population
Civilian labor force ...
Employed
Unemployed
UnemDlovment rate

New Jersey
Civilian noninstitutional DODulation
Civilian labor force

Employed
UnemDlovment rate

New York
Civilian noninstitutional DODulation
Employed
UnemDlovment rate

See footnotes at end of table.




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Employment status of the civilian population for 11 large states — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted2

Not seasonally adjusted 1
State and employment status

Oct
1991

Sept
1992

Oct.
1992

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept
1992

Oct
1992

5,080
3,490
3.311
179
5.1

5,140
3,519
3,330
189
5.4

5,147
3,535
3,357
178
5.0

5,080
3,479
3.287
192
5.5

5,123
3,501
3,275
226
6.5

5.129
3,508
339
219
6.3

5,135
3,506
3.287
219
6.2

5,140
3,499
3,291
208
5.9

5,147
3,519
3,326
193
5.5

8,320
5,435
5,153
282
5.2

8,347
5,531
5,183
347
6.3

8,351
5,475
5,104
371
8.8

8,320
5,397
5,096
301
5.6

8,338
5,471
5,055
416
7.6

8,341
5,584
5,169
415
7.4

8,345
5.590
5,187
423
7.6

8,347
5,542
5,150
391
7.1

8,351
5,441
5,049
392
72

9,422
5,993
5,611
383
6.4

9,449
6.004
5,585
419
7.0

9,453
6,074
5,643
430
7.1

9.422
5,982
5,582
400
6.7

9,440
5,968
5,514
454
7.6

9,443
5,962
5,506
456
7.7

9,446
6,061
5,565
496
8.2

9,449
6,030
5,574
456
7.6

9.453
6,064
5.612
451
7.4

12,580
8,534
7,918
616

12.732
8.728
8,077
651
7.5

12,748
8,697
8,104
593
6.8

12380
8,558
7,896
662
7.7

12,688
8,822
8,101
721
82

12,703
8,727
8,103

12,718
8.734
6.128
606
6.9

12,732
8,742
8,072
670
7.7

12,748
8,741
8,098
643
7.4

North Carolina
Civilian noninstitutional population ...
Civilian labor force
,
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
,

Ohio
Civilian noninstitutional population ....
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Pennsylvania
Civilian noninstitutional population ....
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Texas
Civilian noninstitutional population ....
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

72

1
These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
2
T h e population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,




624
72

identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted
columns.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by Industry
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Oct.
1991

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992P

Seasonally adjusted
Oct.
1992P

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992P

Oct.
1992P

109,094 108,244 108,870 109,268 108.285 108,423 108,594 108,485 108,413 108,440

Total

90,438

90,746

90,536

90,448

89,875

89,885

89,988

89,803

89,801

89,867

24,085

23,840

23,771

23,656

23,704

23,470

23,459

23,362

23,307

23,271

679
385.3

637
349.3

631
346.1

629
348.0

674
384

634
350

633
348

626
345

625
345

625
347

Construction
General building contractors

4,875
1,168.7

4,912
1,167.2

4,850
1,148.2

4,829
1,135.7

4,642
1,129

4,600
1,093

4,584
1,096

4,591
1,100

4,575
1,100

4,595
1,097

Manufacturing
Production workers

18t531
12,578

18,291
12,445

18,290
12,462

18,198
12,394

18.388
12,432

18,236
12,378

18,242
12,392

18,145
12,307

18,107
12,274

18,051
12,242

Durable goods
Production workers

10,593
7,012

10,333
6,860

10,347
6,888

10,299
6,858

10,530
6,945

10,371
6,876

10,347
6,867

10,298
6,828

10,275
6,811

10,234
6,787

686.1
474.7
533.3
720.1
259.6
1.365.4
1,978.6
1,588.8
1,897.2
614.4
973.8
375.1

702.7
465.9
531.7
703.8
254.5
1,336.2
1,935.3
1,541.0
1,808.8
811.9
939.8
367.6

700.8
464.7
531.9
702.9
252.8
1,341.8
1,941.4
1,542.4
1,814.3
822.5
936.2
370.4

698.5
468.0
527.5
696.3
250.6
1,334.1
1,933.2
1,541.2
1,795.2
812.3
929.9
372.6

677
469
524
718
260
1,352
1,981
1,581
1,889
605
973
366

684
469
521
706
255
1,338
1,954
1,549
1,836
814
946
368

683
470
521
702
253
1,335
1,947
1,545
1,829
818
943
372

682
465
520
701
252
1,334
1,941
1,536
1,816
814
938
365

683
461
520
699
252
1,330
1,943
1.538
1,802
808
935
364

689
462
518
696
251
1,321
1,935
1,534
1,786
803
929
364

7,938
5,566

7,958
5,585

7,943
5.574

7.899
5,536

7,858
5.487

7,865
5,502

7,895
5,525

7,847
5,479

7,832
5,463

7.817
5.455

1,719.3
51.8
681.3
1,033.2
668.7
1,529.8
1,071.8
161.2
876.0
125.3

1,753.6
51.6
681.5
1,016.8
693.3
1,516.4
1,079.4
156.8
883.9
124.9

1,743.9
52.5
684.0
1,016.9
693.6
1,516.6
1,070.6
154.5
885.3
125.0

1,712.1
52.3
6777
1,018.2
689.5
1,517.4
1,069.1
153.8
884.1
125.2

1,672
49
676
1t021
687
1,531
1,073
159
867
123

1,671
49
680
1,023
689
1,520
1,073
155
883
122

1,685
49
682
1,034
689
1,522
1,070
154
884
126

1,672
51
675
1,013
687
1,521
1.072
153
880
123

1,659
50
677
1,008
692
1,523
1,070
152
878
123

1,664
50
672
1,005
688
1,519
1,070
152
874
123

85,009

84,404

85,099

85,612

84,581

84,953

85,135

85.123

85,106

85,169

Transportation and public utilities
.Transportation
Communications and public utilities

5,821
3,565
2,256

5,733
3,500
2.233

5,789
3.567
2,222

5,796
3,579
2,217

5,766
3,511
2,255

5,745
3,524
2,221

5,742
3,524
2,218

5,729
3,514
2.215

5,736
3,518
2,218

5,738
3,523
2,215

Wholesale trade
Durable goods
Nondurable goods

6,065
3,499
2,566

6,001
3,440
2.561

5,977
3,420
2,557

5,987
3,422
2.565

6,040
3,495
2,545

5,988
3,444
2,544

5,972
3,435
2.537

5,964
3.423
2,541

5,954
3.417
2,537

5.961
3,419
2.542

19,200
2,399.4
3,202.6
2,006.6
6,433.4

19,278
2,259.5
3,175.6
2,043.1
6,663.3

19,204
2,266.8
3,170.3
2,030.5
6,638.6

19,117
2,292.5
3,173.4
2,030.1
6,482.4

19,175
2,383
3,194
1,994
6,453

19,156
2.318
3,192
2,011
6,473

19,184
2,306
3,179
2,012
6,502

19,106
2,296
3,169
2,013
6,463

19,108
2,294
3,173
2,010
6,489

19,098
2.277
3,164
2,018
6,502

Total private
Goods-producing industries
Mining
Oil and gas extraction

Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment.
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Production workers
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products
Service-producing industries

„.,.......•„.„..

Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Food stores
Automotive dealers and service stations ...
Eating and drinking places
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Finance
Insurance
Real estate

.
,
,

6.644
3,192
2,150
1,302

6,739
3,250
2,139
1,350

6,673
3,231
2.124
1,318

6,652
3,230
2,123
1,299

6,665
3,204
2,158
1,303

6,672
3,232
2,138
1,302

6,660
3,228
2,135
1,297

6,661
3,227
2,133
1,301

6,661
3,234
2,130
1,297

6.67S
3.243
2,132
1,300

Services
Business services
Health services

,

28,623
5,222.8
8,278.2

29,155
5,383.0
8,513.3

29,122
5,415.1
8,504.4

29,240
5,456.0
8,538.5

28,525
5,143
8,280

28,654
5,292
8,446

28,971
5,300
8,478

28,961
5,319
8,488

29,035
5,325
8,504

29,124
5,370
8,539

See footnotes at end of table.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry - Continued
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Seasonally adjusted

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992P

Oct.
1992P

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992P

Oct.
1992P

18,656
2,968
4,438
11,250

Government
Federal
State
Local

Oct.
1991

17,498
2.980
4,142
10,376

18,334
2,969
4,308
11,057

18,820
2.912
4,475
11,433

18,410
2,980
4,337
11.093

18,538
2.972
4,357
11,209

18.606
2,957
4,388
11,261

18,682
2,959
4,383
11,340

18.612
2,969
4.383
11,260

18,573
2,924
4,374
11,275

P m preliminary.

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervlsory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by Industry
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Total private

Seasonally adjusted

Oct.
1991

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992P

Oct.
1992P

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992P

Oct.
1992P

34.4

35.0

34.4

34.5

34.3

34.3

34.3

34.6

34.3

34.5

44.0

43.4

43.7

44.4

43.7

44.2

44.4

44.5

43.9

44.6

Construction

39.2

39.0

37.1

38.9

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Manufacturing
Overtime hours

41.1
3.9

41.1
4.0

41.0
3.9

41.3
4.1

40.9
3.7

41.0
3.8

41.0
3.8

41.0
3.7

40.9
3.5

41.1
3.8

Durable goods
Overtime hours

41.6
3.9

41.5
3.9

41.2
3.7

41.8
4.0

41.3
3.7

41.5
3.8

41.6
3.8

41.6
3.7

41.2
3.4

41.6
3.8

Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, day, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
,

40.4
39.5
42.5
42.7
43.4
41.8
41.8
40.8
42.8
43.8
40.0
40.3

41.0
39.9
42.9
43.0
43.9
41.6
41.9
41.0
41.9
42.7
40.9
39.9

40.3
39.4
42.9
43.1
44.2
41.1
41.5
40.6
41.2
41.7
40.8
39.4

40.8
40.2
43.0
42.8
43.1
42.0
42.5
41.4
42.1
42.9
41.1
40.5

40.1
39.1
41.8
42.6
43.3
41.5
41.8
40.7
42.3
42.9
41.0
39.8

40.1
39.8
42.3
43.2
43.8
41.6
42.2
41.1
41.9
42.6
41.2
40.0

40.8
40.1
42.5
43.1
43.8
41.9
42.1
41.3
41.5
42.5
41.1
40.1

40.5
39.4
42.3
43.1
43.9
41.6
42.2
41.2
42.2
42.9
41.2
39.7

40.3
39.2
42.4
42.6
42.3
41.2
42.0
41.0
41.1
41.3
41.0
39.5

40.6
39.8
42.3
42.7
42.9
41.7
42.5
41.3
41.6
41.8
41.2
40.0

Nondurable goods
Overtime hours

40.6
4.0

40.6
4.1

40.8
4.3

40.7
4.2

40.3
3.8

40.4
3.9

40.3
3.8

40.3
3.8

40.5
3.8

40.4
3.9

40.9
40.2
41.6
37.6
43.6
37.9
43.0
44.1
41.6
37.3

41.1
39.1
41.4
37.4
43.4
38.3
42.8
43.4
41.6
38.3

41.5
38.5
41.5
36.7
44.3
38.6
43.4
43.8
41.6
37.7

41.1
37.8
41.2
37.7
43.8
38.4
42.6
44.0
41.8
38.7

40.6
(2)
41.2
37.3
43.4
37.8
43.1
(2)
41.4
37.2

40.3
(2)
41.3
37.2
43.7
38.1
43.2
(2)
41.8
38.0

40.3
(2)
41.0
37.2
43.5
38.0
43.1
(2)
41.6
38.4

40.5
(2)
40.8
37.2
43.5
38.0
43.1
(2)
41.7
37.9

40.8
(2)
41.8
37.4
43.9
38.1
42.9
(2)
41.5
37.8

40.8
(2)
40.8
37.4
43.5
38.3
42.7
(2)
41.6
38.6

Transportation and public utilities

38.6

39.5

39.1

39.0

38.5

38.6

38.8

39.3

38.9

38.9

Wholesale trade

38.2

38.5

38.1

38.2

38.1

38.1

38.0

38.5

38.0

38.1

Retail trade

28.4

29.6

29.0

28.8

28.5

28.6

28.5

28.9

28.9

29.0

Finance, insurance, and real estate

35.5

36.3

35.5

35.6

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Services

32.3

33.0

32.3

32.4

32.4

32.4

32.4

32.7

32.2

32.5

Mining

Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

1
Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and 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 employees on private nonfarm

payrolls.



2
These series are not published seasonally adjusted since the
seasonal component is small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular
components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
precision.
p
^preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1

TtbU B-3. Avtraga hourly and wsskly timings of production or nonsup«rv!sory workers on prlvatt nonfarm
payroll! by Industry
Average hourly earnings
Industry

Average weekly earnings

Oct.
1991

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992P

Oct.
1992P

$10.43
10.40

$10.56
10.66

$10.67
10.63

14.12

14.45

14.11

Seasonally adjusted
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment..
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

,
,

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992P

Oct.
1992P

$10.70
10.65

$358.79
356.72

$369.60
368.84

$367.05
364.61

$369.15
367.43

14.59

14.48

626.93

643.03

640.50

645.81

14.20

14.19

14.26

553.11

553.80

526.45

554.71

11.25

11.44

11.54

11.49

462.38

470.18

473.14

474.54

11.86
9.31
8.84
11.42
13.48
15.60
11.29
12.25
10.76
15.01
15.44
11.70
8.86

12.04
9.49
9.04
11.68
13.74
15.97
11.41
12.45
11.03
15.21
15.37
11.93
9.06

12.11
9.49
9.09
11.84
13.96
16.37
11.44
12.50
11.07
15.30
15.45
12.02
9.14

12.08
9.53
9.09
11.73
13.73
15.90
11.43
12.52
11.05
15.29
15.40
12.04
9.20

493.38
376.12
349.18
485.35
575.60
677.04
471.92
512.05
439.01
642.43
676.27
478.53
357.06

499.66
389.09
360.70
501.07
590.82
701.08
474.66
521.66
452.23
637.30
656.30
487.94
362.29

498.93
382.45
358.15
507.94
601.68
723.55
470.18
518.75
451.66
630.36
644.27
490.42
360.12

504.94
388.82
365.42
504.39
587.64
685.29
480.06
532.10
457.47
643.71
660.66
494.84
372.60

10.47
9.87
15.76
8.40
6.83
12.83
11.61
14.19
17.15
10.10

10.70
10.13
16.20
8.62
6.96
13.07
11.79
14.47
17.72
10.38

10.84
10.23
16.05
8.68
7.01
13.36
11.94
14.66
17.96
10.47

10.75
10.12
15.61
8.67
6.99
13.17
11.86
14.63
18.00
10.45

425.08
403.68
633.55
349.44
256.81
559.39
440.02
610.17
756.32
420.16
268.56

434.42
416.34
633.42
356.87
260.30
567.24
451.56
619.32
769.05
431.81
281.89

442.27
424.55
617.93
360.22
257.27
591.85
460.88
636.24
786.65
435.55
277.47

437.53
415.93
590.06
357.20
263.52
576.85
455.42
623.24
792.00
436.81
285.22

511.84

533.25

532.15

529.62

427.08

Total private

Oct.
1991

440.06

436.25

437.01

Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services

7.36

7.36

7.37

13.26

13.50

13.61

13.58

11.43

11.45

11.44

7.03

Wholesale trade

7.20

11,18

Transportation and public utilities

7.10

7.21

7.21

10.47
10.32

10.84
10.45

1 $•* footnote 1, tabto B-2.

10.84
10.61

10.89
10.65

199.65

210.16

209.09

207.65

371.69

393.49

384.82

387.68

333.34

344.85

342.70

345.06

P -prtymjnary.

T a b * B-4. A v m o * hourly Mrnlngs of production or nonsupsnrisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
Industry, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:
Current dollars
Constant (1982) dollars 2
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Excluding overtime4
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992P

Oct.
1992P

Percent
change
from:
Sept. 1992Oct. 1992

$10.40
7.45
14.25
14.01
11.27
10.78
13.24
11.21
7.02
10.48
10.30

$10.58
7.43
14.52
14.20
11.44
10.93
13.47
11.38
7.11
10.76
10.53

$10.58
7.41
14.50
14.11
11.45
10.95
13.43
11.38
7.14
10.76
10.53

$10.66
7.44
14.55
14.21
11.51
11.00
13.53
11.51
7.16
10.96
10.61

$10.63
7.41
14.56
14.08
11.52
11.04
13.56
11.43
7.18
10.64
10.59

$10.65
NA
14.63
14.16
11.51
10.98
13.55
11.46
7.20
10.90
10.63

0.2
(3)
.5
.6
-.1
-.5
-.1
.3
.3
.6
.4

\ See footnote 1 1 table B-2.
2
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners
and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this
Change was -.4 percent from August 1992 to




September 1992, the latest month available.
* Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at
the rate of time and one-half.
N A - not available.
P -preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
1

Tabls B-5. Indsxss of aggregate wsekly hours of production or nonsupervlsory workers on private nonfarm payrolls
by Industry
(1982-100)
Seasonally adjusted

Not seasonally adjusted
Industry

Oct.
1991

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992P

Oct.
1992P

Oct.
1991

June
1992

July
1992

Aug.
1992

Sept.
1992P

Oct.
1992P

121.6

124.5

122.0

122.4

120.4

120.8

120.8

121.7

120.6

121.3

107.1

106.1

104.5

105.7

103.6

103.3

103.3

102.8

102.2

102.2

61.0

57.4

56.3

56.7

59.7

55.6

55.7

56.2

55.2

55.6

Construction

134.1

135.1

126.5

132.4

122.7

122.4

122.3

121.8

121.4

120.9

Manufacturing

104.3

103.1

103.0

103.2

102.5

102.4

102.5

101.8

101.3

101.4

101.0
120.3
116.2
106.2
87.9
76.5
104.0
90.7
101.3
117.5
132.6
83.4
103.4

98.8

98.3

99.5

99.0

97.3

97.8

122.8
113.4
107.2

119.0

113.3
102.8

111.5

87.1

118.8
115.8
103.3
87.1
75.5
101.4
91.0
100.5
111.2

119.6

86.9
75.7

117.5
113.4
102.4
87.3
76.9
102.0
91.0
100.5
114.7
127.0
83.4
98.9

99.0
120.9
117.3
103.6
86.9
75.1
101.9
90.4
100.6
109.9
127.6
81.3
100.8

98.4

125.1
115.1
107.1

99.4
123.9
116.8
106.3
85.7
72.7
102.4
90.8
100.9
109.9
128.7
80.2
102.7

121.1
113.9
102.3
85.0
72.8
100.4

107.2
110.6

Total private

...

Goods-producing industries
Mining

Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, day, and glass products
Primary metal industries
Blast furnaces and basic steel products
Fabricated metal products
Industrial machinery and equipment
Electronic and other electrical equipment
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles and equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Food and kindred products
Tobacco products
Textile mill products
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products
Printing and publishing
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum and coal products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services

1

See footnote 1 t table B-2.




75.9
100.9
89.1

99.5
108.7

126.6
79.9
99.0

106.9
115.8
78.3
101.2
95.5
110.4
123.5
101.1
99.3
85.7
87.8
127.4 128.4

109.6
120.2
76.8
101.0
91.7
113.3
124.8
99.8
85.5
128.6

108.6
116.1
75.2

106.7
110.6
71.1

99.3
94.5

99.3
93.4

111.1
124.2
96.1
85.2
129.3

109.4
123.2
101.4

59.3

58.6

60.2

128.1 132.7

129.9

114.7 115.6

109.3
119.9
76.4
100.3
93.6
110.7
123.7

126.9
81.5
99.8

107.4

103.1
85.2
72.5
99.9
90.4
99.4

110.9

106.8

128.2
80.7
97.5

121.6
80.1
97.0

106.6
111.0

106.4
111.0
68.7

90.9
99.9
107.1
122.5
80.3
98.2

123.5
100.1
82.2
129.3

111.6
71.2
99.3
94.7
110.1
123.3
99.1
83.1
128.8

123.2
99.1
83.3
128.2

106.8
110.6
68.9
100.7
92.7
111.7
123.6
98.3
82.1
127.0

57.1

57.8

59.6

57.6

57.5

59.3

129.8

127.9

128.7

128.7

130.2

128.8

129.9

115.7

115.8

113.0

113.2

113.7

114.7

113.9

114.0

113.7 113.9

112.4

112.9

113.0

112.4

111.8

113.1

111.5

112.0

123.8

120.7

119.0

118.4

118.8

118.4

119.6

119.6

119.7

117.3 122.4

118.5

118.4

118.4

118.4

117.6

120.6

118.1

119.9

152.6

149.0

150.0

146.3

148.3

148.7

150.3

148.1

150.1

58.2
Service-producing industries

101.3
89.2
99.4
109.8
128.0
80.3
99.1

74.9
101.2
90.4
99.8

86.7

118.1

146.6

85.7
125.0

•preliminary.

71.4
99.9
93.5
110.6

75.5
98.0
92.6

109.7

97.5
92.3
109.9
123.8
98.6
83.1
126.8

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

TaWs B-6. Diffusion Index** of employment change, seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
Time span

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Sept.

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1

Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries
Over 1-month span:
1990
1991
1992

59.1
97.9
43.5

58.6
37.6
47.9

53.8
36.1
47.5

46.9
41.3
58.4

49.3
507
51.4

47.8
45.1
452

43.5
48.7
49.6

41.4
51.4
42.6

40.3
50.0
P487

402
47.1
P50.0

362
46.8

37.1
46.9

Over 3-month span:
1990
1991
1992

61.2
31.3
44.8

61.1
28.7
44.1

54.8
31.7
53.2

48.0
38.3
54.9

45.6
41.0
54.4

452
45.6
47.6

40.9
48.0
41.6

357
51.4
P44.1

33.8
48.5
P43.5

33.1
46.3

32.6
44.4

32.3
427

Over 6-month span:
1990
1991
1992

58.6
27.9
47.8

55.1
29.2
50.6

54.2
282
497

50.0
33.0
51.1

43.7
38.9
47.3

39.0
44.0
492

372
472
P42.0

34.7
46.3

31.9
46.9

30.6
46.1

29.1
44.0

27.9
43.4

Over 12-month span:
1990
1991
1992

53.7
27.4
49.2

51.4
28.5
44.1

46.6
29.9
45.2

43.0
322

40.0
33.4

37.1
357

33.7
39.0

32.3
42.8

30.8
46.3

28.9
47.6

277
47.8

D

48.9
28.1
45.5

D

D

Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
Over 1-month span:
1990
1991
1992

47.8
35.6
39.6

51.1
33.5
43.9

482
30.6
432

45.3
40.6
57.6

417
46.0
46.4

42.8
43.9
42.4

39.9
49.6
51.4

367
507
367

342
42.8
P46.4

33.5
46.4
P392

29.5
45.3

317
46.0

Over 3-month span:
1990
1991
1992

48.6
234
37.8

49.3
21.6
36.3

48.6
21 6
48.9

41.0
32.4
49.3

37.8
36.3
50.4

37.1
43.5
46.4

32.4
522
35.6

27.7
49.6
P37.1

252
46.4
P309

21.9
42.4

19.8
42.1

227
37.4

Over 6-month span:
1990
1991
1992

45.3
17.3
41.4

41.4
20.5
43.2

417
21.9
41.4

42.8
25.9
47.8

33.1
34.9
417

29.5
40.6
P42.8

237
45.3
P29.5

212
44.6

187
45.3

19.4
39.9

18.0
36.0

162
36.0

Over 12-month span:
1990
1991
1992

35.3
17.6
42.8

32.7
19.4
32.4

317
18.0
P34.9

327
19.4
P32.4

26.3
24.1

23.4
252

23.0
25.9

19.4
28.8

18.3
37.4

15.8
40.6

147
41.4

15.5
38.1

1
Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans
and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within
the span.
P - preliminary.




NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment
increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment,
where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with
increasing and decreasing employment.