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Technical information: Household data: Establishment data: Media contact: (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 02-612 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Friday, November 1, 2002. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: OCTOBER 2002 Both nonfarm payroll employment and the unemployment rate were about unchanged in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job losses in the construction, manufacturing, and help supply industries were offset by gains in a number of other industries, among them finance, real estate, and health services. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, November 1999 - October 2002 Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, November 1999 - October 2002 Percent Millions 6.5 134.0 6.0 132.0 5.5 130.0 5.0 128.0 4.5 126.0 4.0 124.0 0.0 3.5 2000 2001 2002 0.0 122.0 2000 2001 2002 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons (8.2 million) and the unemployment rate (5.7 percent) were essentially unchanged in October. The unemployment rate for adult women edged up to 5.2 percent while the rates for the other major worker groupsadult men (5.2 percent), teenagers (14.6 percent), whites (5.1 percent), blacks (9.8 percent), and Hispanics (7.8 percent)showed little or no change over the month. (See tables A-1 and A-2.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment, as measured by the household survey, edged down in October to 134.9 million, after seasonal adjustment. This followed a large increase in September. The employment-population ratio, which had increased in September, declined to 62.9 percent. (See table A-1.) The civilian labor force, at 143.1 million, seasonally adjusted, was little changed from the prior month. The labor force participation rate declined to 66.7 percent. (See table A-1.) 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Monthly data 2002 2002 Category II III Sept. Oct. Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force............................. Employment................................... Unemployment.............................. Not in labor force................................ Aug. Sept.Oct. change 142,605 134,149 8,456 71,059 142,761 134,568 8,193 71,465 142,616 134,474 8,142 71,609 143,277 135,185 8,092 71,152 143,123 134,914 8,209 71,519 -154 -271 117 367 5.7 5.2 5.2 14.6 5.1 9.8 7.8 0.1 .0 .3 -1.1 .0 .2 .4 130,913 p130,900 p130,895 23,801 p23,770 p23,695 6,556 p6,567 p6,540 p-5 p-75 p-27 16,690 p16,651 p16,602 107,112 p107,130 p107,200 23,295 p23,284 p23,298 41,347 p41,386 p41,404 21,289 p21,293 p21,317 p-49 p70 p14 p18 p24 Unemployment rates All workers......................................... Adult men...................................... Adult women................................. Teenagers...................................... White.............................................. Black............................................... Hispanic origin............................... 5.9 5.3 5.2 17.1 5.2 10.7 7.4 5.7 5.2 5.0 16.9 5.1 9.7 7.5 5.6 5.2 4.9 15.7 5.1 9.6 7.4 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment......................... 130,706 p130,868 Goods-producing¹........................... 23,879 p23,794 Construction............................ 6,544 p6,547 Manufacturing......................... Service-producing¹...................... Retail trade............................... Services.................................... Government.............................. 5.7 5.2 4.9 17.2 5.1 9.6 7.5 16,776 p16,694 106,827 p107,073 23,327 p23,306 41,090 p41,316 21,201 p21,270 Hours of work² Total private........................................ Manufacturing................................... Overtime......................................... 34.2 41.0 4.2 p34.1 p40.8 p4.1 34.1 40.9 4.2 p34.2 p40.9 p4.1 p34.1 p40.7 p4.1 p-0.1 p-.2 p.0 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100)² Total private........................................ 148.3 p148.0 148.1 p148.4 p147.8 p-0.6 Earnings² Average hourly earnings, total private................................... $14.71 p$14.82 Average weekly earnings, total private................................... 503.58 p505.48 ¹ Includes other industries, not shown separately. ² Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. $14.83 p$14.86 p$14.89 p$0.03 505.70 p508.21 p507.75 p-.46 3 About 7.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one job in October. These multiple jobholders represented 5.4 percent of the total employed. (See table A-10.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in October, little changed from a year earlier. These individuals reported that they wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number of discouraged workers was 355,000 in October, also about unchanged from the same month a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. (See table A-10.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Nonfarm payroll employment was virtually unchanged (-5,000) in October at 130.9 million, although there were offsetting movements among various industries. Employment also had held steady in September (-13,000 as revised). In the 4 months prior to September, payroll employment had increased by nearly a quarter of a million; this followed a loss of 1.8 million from March 2001 to April 2002. (See table B-1.) Manufacturing employment declined by 49,000 over the month. The pace of factory job losses increased in the last 3 months, averaging 47,000 a month since July, compared with 20,000 a month from April to July. Employment in wholesale trade, an industry affected by manufacturing activity, showed a similar, though less pronounced, pattern. In manufacturing, October job losses were concentrated primarily within durable goods, including electronic and electrical equipment, primary metals, fabricated metals, and aircraft and parts manufacturing. Employment in the electronics industry has fallen by 44,000 in the past 3 months, following smaller losses in late spring and early summer. In nondurable goods manufacturing, the apparel industry lost 7,000 jobs in October, following a similar decline in September. Employment in the construction industry decreased by 27,000 in October, following an increase of 11,000 in September (as revised). Since April, there has been no net growth in construction employment. Special trades lost 30,000 jobs in October, with electrical work accounting for a large part of the monthly decline. Overall employment in the services industry was little changed (+18,000) over the month. Employment in business services fell sharply (-44,000), particularly in the help supply component (-56,000), which provides workers to other businesses on an as-needed basis. In contrast, health services continued to add jobs, with a gain of 20,000 in October, and there was an increase of 7,000 jobs in legal services. Over the month, employment also advanced in hotels and lodging places (16,000), offsetting an identical loss over the prior 2 months combined. Finance, insurance, and real estate added 34,000 jobs in October. After little change in the first half of the year, the industry has added 70,000 jobs since June. Spurred by the lowest interest rates in decades, employment growth continued in mortgage banks and brokerages; the industry added 17,000 jobs in October. Employment also rose in real estate. Since June, that industry has added 33,000 jobs. The federal government added workers for the fifth month in a row, as hiring continued for the Transportation Security Administration. 4 Employment in transportation was essentially unchanged over the month. Workers involved in the labor dispute at West Coast ports were back at work during the survey reference period. Thus, that dispute had no direct impact on Octobers employment estimates. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in October to 34.1 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.2 hour to 40.7 hours, and factory overtime was unchanged at 4.1 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was down by 0.4 percent in October to 147.8 (1982=100), seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing index was down by 0.9 percent over the month to 91.3. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 3 cents in October to $14.89, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings edged down by 0.1 percent over the month to $507.75. Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 3.0 percent and average weekly earnings were up by 3.3 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for November 2002 is scheduled to be released on Friday, December 6, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). New Seasonal Factors for Establishment Survey Data The 6-month updates to seasonal adjustment factors for the establishment survey data will be introduced with next months release of November data. These factors will be used for the September 2002 through April 2003 estimates and will be published in the December 2002 issue of Employment and Earnings. These factors will be available on Monday, December 2, on the Internet (http://www.bls.gov/ces/) or by calling (202) 691-6555. Update on Current Population Survey Sample The Current Population Survey sample will not be cut in November as previously announced. The Census Bureau had planned to decrease the sample as a cost-saving measure but now has determined that the sample reduction will not be necessary. 5 Upcoming Changes to Household and National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series Household Data Series Effective with the release of January 2003 data, several changes to the CPS will affect estimates contained in the Employment Situation news release: Population controls that reflect the results of Census 2000 will be used in the monthly CPS estimation process. In addition, CPS data series from January 2000 through December 2002 will be revised to reflect the introduction of the Census 2000-based population controls. The questions on race and Hispanic origin in the CPS will be modified to comply with the new standards for federal statistical agencies. A major change under those standards is that respondents may select more than one race when answering the survey. Respondents will continue to be asked a separate question to determine if they are Hispanic. The Employment Situation news release will present data for persons who report they are white and no other race, black or African American and no other race, and Asian and no other race. Data will continue to be presented for Hispanics separately. The CPS will adopt the Census industry and occupation classification systems derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System and the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system. These new classification systems represent complete breaks in the time series for occupation and industry data. As a result, seasonally adjusted occupation and industry estimates from the household survey will not be presented until sufficient time series become available for seasonal adjustment. The CPS program will begin using the X-12 ARIMA software for seasonal adjustment of time series data. Because of the other revisions being introduced with the January data, the annual revision of 5 years of seasonally adjusted data that typically occurs with the release of data for December will be delayed until the release of data for January. Questions about upcoming changes to the CPS data series can be directed to the Division of Labor Force Statistics at 202-691-6378. National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series NAICS conversion. The nonfarm payroll series, produced from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, will be converted from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis to the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis with the June 6, 2003, release of May 2003 estimates. The NAICS conversion involves major definitional changes to many of the currently published SIC-based series. After the conversion to NAICS, SIC-based series will no longer be produced or published. Historical time series will be reconstructed as part of the NAICS conversion process. All published series will have a NAICS-based history extending back to at least January 1990. For total nonfarm and other high-level aggregates, NAICS history will begin in January 1939, the current starting date for these series. For more detailed series, the starting date will vary depending on the scope of the definitional changes between SIC and NAICS. The NAICS-based reconstruction effort will cover all CES published data types: 6 all employees, women workers, production workers, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and derivative series (for example, indexes of aggregate weekly hours). Completion of the CES sample redesign. June 6, 2003, also will mark the completion of the CES sample redesign phase-in. The redesign converts the CES from a quota-based sample to a probability-based sample. In June 2003, the services industries will be converted to the new sample design; all other private sector industries have already been converted. The final stage of sample redesign phase-in may result in level shifts for average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, production worker, and women worker series. New levels for these series are being recomputed from the NAICS-based probability sample. Concurrent seasonal adjustment. Also beginning in June 2003, the CES program will convert to concurrent seasonal adjustment, which uses all available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in developing seasonal factors. Currently, the CES program projects seasonal factors twice a year. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjustment, BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CES national estimates. Change to federal government series. Beginning in June 2003, the CES series for federal government employment will be revised slightly in scope and definition due to a change in source data and estimation methods. The current national series is an end-of-month federal employee count produced by the Office of Personnel Management, and it excludes some workers, mostly employees who work in Department of Defense-owned establishments such as military base commissaries. The CES national series will include these workers. Also, federal government employment will be estimated from a sample of federal establishments, will be benchmarked annually to counts from unemployment insurance tax records, and will reflect employee counts as of the pay period including the 12th of the month, consistent with other CES industry series. The historical time series for federal government employment will be revised to reflect these changes. Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is available through the BLS public database on the Internet, via the CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555. 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 conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies. In June 2002, the sample included over 300,000 establishments employing about 37 million people. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employmentpopulation ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as Federal, State, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-producing sector. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: • The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. • The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. • The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. • The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation’s labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the 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. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity. In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. 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 July-December period. For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the “true” population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the “true” population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 290,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -190,000 to 390,000 (100,000 +/- 290,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the “true” over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth (and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is included in the survey’s estimating procedures, whereby a specified number of jobs is added to the monthly samplebased change. The size of the monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment described below. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March samplebased employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from zero to 0.7 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or Visa. Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the household survey data published in this release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D 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 2-B through 2-H of that publication. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Oct. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 212,581 142,004 66.8 134,898 63.5 3,265 131,633 7,106 5.0 70,577 4,338 214,429 142,745 66.6 135,063 63.0 3,501 131,562 7,683 5.4 71,684 4,449 214,643 142,878 66.6 135,237 63.0 3,611 131,627 7,640 5.3 71,765 4,133 212,581 142,280 66.9 134,615 63.3 3,203 131,412 7,665 5.4 70,301 4,673 213,842 142,476 66.6 134,053 62.7 3,110 130,942 8,424 5.9 71,366 4,689 214,023 142,390 66.5 134,045 62.6 3,282 130,763 8,345 5.9 71,633 4,895 214,225 142,616 66.6 134,474 62.8 3,188 131,286 8,142 5.7 71,609 4,503 214,429 143,277 66.8 135,185 63.0 3,298 131,887 8,092 5.6 71,152 4,674 214,643 143,123 66.7 134,914 62.9 3,525 131,389 8,209 5.7 71,519 4,444 102,229 75,811 74.2 72,017 70.4 3,794 5.0 103,148 76,201 73.9 72,154 70.0 4,047 5.3 103,259 76,111 73.7 72,065 69.8 4,045 5.3 102,229 76,027 74.4 71,871 70.3 4,156 5.5 102,856 76,189 74.1 71,524 69.5 4,665 6.1 102,945 76,041 73.9 71,509 69.5 4,532 6.0 103,046 76,088 73.8 71,552 69.4 4,536 6.0 103,148 76,480 74.1 72,004 69.8 4,476 5.9 103,259 76,262 73.9 71,854 69.6 4,408 5.8 94,015 71,901 76.5 68,748 73.1 2,184 66,564 3,152 4.4 94,906 72,416 76.3 69,026 72.7 2,408 66,618 3,390 4.7 95,020 72,368 76.2 68,875 72.5 2,497 66,378 3,493 4.8 94,015 71,940 76.5 68,486 72.8 2,132 66,354 3,454 4.8 94,622 72,288 76.4 68,390 72.3 2,138 66,251 3,899 5.4 94,694 72,172 76.2 68,405 72.2 2,256 66,149 3,767 5.2 94,756 72,203 76.2 68,447 72.2 2,221 66,226 3,757 5.2 94,906 72,473 76.4 68,711 72.4 2,226 66,485 3,762 5.2 95,020 72,342 76.1 68,545 72.1 2,432 66,114 3,796 5.2 110,353 66,194 60.0 62,881 57.0 3,312 5.0 111,281 66,545 59.8 62,909 56.5 3,636 5.5 111,383 66,767 59.9 63,172 56.7 3,595 5.4 110,353 66,253 60.0 62,744 56.9 3,509 5.3 110,985 66,287 59.7 62,528 56.3 3,759 5.7 111,078 66,349 59.7 62,536 56.3 3,813 5.7 111,179 66,527 59.8 62,922 56.6 3,605 5.4 111,281 66,797 60.0 63,181 56.8 3,616 5.4 111,383 66,862 60.0 63,061 56.6 3,801 5.7 102,371 62,358 60.9 59,587 58.2 853 58,734 2,771 4.4 103,335 62,919 60.9 59,791 57.9 859 58,932 3,128 5.0 103,416 63,095 61.0 60,014 58.0 880 59,134 3,081 4.9 102,371 62,269 60.8 59,302 57.9 842 58,460 2,967 4.8 103,038 62,481 60.6 59,316 57.6 749 58,567 3,165 5.1 103,127 62,590 60.7 59,364 57.6 814 58,550 3,226 5.2 103,256 62,783 60.8 59,710 57.8 772 58,938 3,073 4.9 103,335 62,929 60.9 59,835 57.9 845 58,991 3,094 4.9 103,416 63,045 61.0 59,764 57.8 865 58,899 3,281 5.2 16,195 7,745 47.8 6,563 40.5 227 6,335 1,182 15.3 16,189 7,411 45.8 6,246 38.6 234 6,012 1,165 15.7 16,206 7,414 45.8 6,348 39.2 234 6,114 1,066 14.4 16,195 8,071 49.8 6,827 42.2 229 6,598 1,244 15.4 16,182 7,707 47.6 6,347 39.2 223 6,124 1,360 17.6 16,202 7,629 47.1 6,276 38.7 213 6,064 1,352 17.7 16,212 7,630 47.1 6,318 39.0 196 6,122 1,312 17.2 16,189 7,874 48.6 6,639 41.0 227 6,411 1,236 15.7 16,206 7,737 47.7 6,605 40.8 229 6,376 1,131 14.6 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Agriculture .......................................................................... Nonagricultural industries ................................................... Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Not in labor force .................................................................... Persons who currently want a job ......................................... Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Agriculture .......................................................................... Nonagricultural industries ................................................... Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Agriculture .......................................................................... Nonagricultural industries ................................................... Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population .......................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ............................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio ............................................ Agriculture .......................................................................... Nonagricultural industries ................................................... Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate .......................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin Oct. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 176,372 118,251 67.0 113,104 64.1 5,147 4.4 177,628 118,576 66.8 112,906 63.6 5,670 4.8 177,777 118,706 66.8 113,120 63.6 5,586 4.7 176,372 118,506 67.2 112,878 64.0 5,628 4.7 177,217 118,530 66.9 112,382 63.4 6,148 5.2 177,345 118,678 66.9 112,446 63.4 6,233 5.3 177,486 118,919 67.0 112,844 63.6 6,075 5.1 177,628 119,021 67.0 113,010 63.6 6,011 5.1 177,777 118,969 66.9 112,882 63.5 6,087 5.1 60,875 76.9 58,495 73.9 2,380 3.9 61,129 76.6 58,564 73.4 2,564 4.2 61,042 76.5 58,452 73.2 2,591 4.2 60,957 77.0 58,287 73.7 2,670 4.4 61,007 76.7 58,112 73.1 2,895 4.7 61,068 76.7 58,164 73.1 2,904 4.8 61,240 76.9 58,332 73.2 2,908 4.7 61,212 76.7 58,331 73.1 2,881 4.7 61,101 76.5 58,219 72.9 2,882 4.7 50,839 60.2 48,911 57.9 1,928 3.8 51,223 60.2 48,994 57.6 2,229 4.4 51,413 60.4 49,249 57.9 2,165 4.2 50,762 60.1 48,695 57.7 2,067 4.1 51,060 60.2 48,812 57.5 2,248 4.4 51,125 60.2 48,856 57.6 2,268 4.4 51,297 60.4 49,076 57.8 2,221 4.3 51,212 60.2 48,994 57.6 2,218 4.3 51,370 60.4 49,053 57.6 2,318 4.5 6,537 50.9 5,698 44.4 839 12.8 13.9 11.8 6,225 48.4 5,348 41.6 876 14.1 15.0 13.1 6,251 48.6 5,419 42.2 831 13.3 13.4 13.2 6,787 52.9 5,896 45.9 891 13.1 14.7 11.5 6,464 50.3 5,458 42.5 1,006 15.6 17.7 13.4 6,485 50.5 5,425 42.2 1,060 16.4 19.1 13.6 6,382 49.7 5,437 42.3 945 14.8 17.5 12.1 6,597 51.3 5,685 44.2 911 13.8 15.3 12.3 6,499 50.6 5,610 43.7 888 13.7 14.4 13.0 25,686 16,733 65.1 15,202 59.2 1,531 9.1 26,039 16,922 65.0 15,347 58.9 1,575 9.3 26,081 16,925 64.9 15,340 58.8 1,585 9.4 25,686 16,748 65.2 15,144 59.0 1,604 9.6 25,930 16,822 64.9 15,027 58.0 1,794 10.7 25,961 16,618 64.0 14,976 57.7 1,642 9.9 26,000 16,753 64.4 15,142 58.2 1,611 9.6 26,039 17,053 65.5 15,420 59.2 1,633 9.6 26,081 16,940 65.0 15,275 58.6 1,665 9.8 7,393 71.7 6,817 66.2 576 7.8 7,572 72.4 6,923 66.2 649 8.6 7,600 72.5 6,897 65.8 703 9.3 7,354 71.4 6,751 65.5 603 8.2 7,543 72.4 6,760 64.9 783 10.4 7,472 71.6 6,800 65.2 673 9.0 7,492 71.7 6,834 65.4 658 8.8 7,652 73.1 6,944 66.4 708 9.3 7,566 72.2 6,829 65.1 738 9.7 8,441 65.5 7,752 60.1 689 8.2 8,477 64.8 7,792 59.6 685 8.1 8,454 64.6 7,767 59.3 688 8.1 8,450 65.6 7,734 60.0 716 8.5 8,363 64.3 7,628 58.6 735 8.8 8,348 64.1 7,602 58.3 746 8.9 8,414 64.5 7,719 59.1 695 8.3 8,465 64.8 7,799 59.7 665 7.9 8,460 64.6 7,744 59.1 716 8.5 898 36.1 632 25.4 266 29.7 30.0 29.4 873 34.9 633 25.3 240 27.5 33.7 21.4 871 34.8 676 27.0 194 22.3 22.6 22.1 944 37.9 659 26.5 285 30.2 31.2 29.1 916 36.6 639 25.6 276 30.2 30.0 30.4 798 31.9 575 23.0 223 28.0 20.5 34.8 847 33.9 589 23.5 258 30.5 30.5 30.4 936 37.4 677 27.0 259 27.7 34.7 20.8 914 36.5 702 28.1 211 23.1 24.8 21.3 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men ................................................................................... Women ............................................................................. BLACK Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Men ................................................................................... Women ............................................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 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. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 23,351 16,007 68.5 14,903 63.8 1,104 6.9 24,065 16,290 67.7 15,141 62.9 1,149 7.1 24,129 16,274 67.4 15,042 62.3 1,232 7.6 23,351 15,956 68.3 14,824 63.5 1,132 7.1 23,867 16,146 67.6 14,959 62.7 1,187 7.4 23,935 16,304 68.1 15,066 62.9 1,238 7.6 23,999 16,240 67.7 15,014 62.6 1,225 7.5 24,065 16,294 67.7 15,095 62.7 1,198 7.4 24,129 16,216 67.2 14,952 62.0 1,264 7.8 HISPANIC ORIGIN Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Participation rate ................................................................. Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Oct. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 27,325 12,037 44.1 11,183 40.9 854 7.1 26,847 11,946 44.5 11,090 41.3 856 7.2 26,865 11,781 43.9 10,832 40.3 948 8.1 27,325 12,076 44.2 11,139 40.8 937 7.8 28,105 12,254 43.6 11,288 40.2 966 7.9 27,112 11,770 43.4 10,743 39.6 1,028 8.7 26,900 11,752 43.7 10,762 40.0 991 8.4 26,847 11,808 44.0 10,883 40.5 925 7.8 26,865 11,813 44.0 10,778 40.1 1,034 8.8 57,221 36,782 64.3 35,208 61.5 1,575 4.3 58,097 37,333 64.3 35,632 61.3 1,701 4.6 57,949 37,255 64.3 35,606 61.4 1,649 4.4 57,221 36,912 64.5 35,199 61.5 1,713 4.6 57,070 36,737 64.4 34,676 60.8 2,061 5.6 57,012 37,149 65.2 35,250 61.8 1,898 5.1 57,778 37,203 64.4 35,323 61.1 1,880 5.1 58,097 37,533 64.6 35,668 61.4 1,865 5.0 57,949 37,380 64.5 35,571 61.4 1,810 4.8 45,471 33,583 73.9 32,295 71.0 1,288 3.8 45,386 33,407 73.6 31,917 70.3 1,491 4.5 45,898 33,774 73.6 32,309 70.4 1,465 4.3 45,471 33,373 73.4 32,057 70.5 1,316 3.9 44,897 32,962 73.4 31,413 70.0 1,550 4.7 45,695 33,162 72.6 31,693 69.4 1,469 4.4 45,494 33,184 72.9 31,742 69.8 1,443 4.3 45,386 33,599 74.0 32,013 70.5 1,586 4.7 45,898 33,510 73.0 32,021 69.8 1,489 4.4 47,371 37,354 78.9 36,404 76.8 950 2.5 48,557 38,061 78.4 36,933 76.1 1,128 3.0 48,334 38,026 78.7 36,914 76.4 1,111 2.9 47,371 37,157 78.4 36,153 76.3 1,004 2.7 48,435 38,084 78.6 36,971 76.3 1,113 2.9 48,755 37,850 77.6 36,750 75.4 1,100 2.9 48,583 37,996 78.2 36,974 76.1 1,021 2.7 48,557 37,997 78.3 36,896 76.0 1,101 2.9 48,334 37,896 78.4 36,731 76.0 1,165 3.1 Less than a high school diploma Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Percent of population .......................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ High school graduates, no college2 Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Percent of population .......................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ Less than a bachelor's degree3 Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Percent of population .......................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ College graduates Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... Civilian labor force .................................................................. Percent of population .......................................................... Employed .............................................................................. Employment-population ratio .............................................. Unemployed ......................................................................... Unemployment rate ............................................................ 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 3 Includes high school diploma or equivalent. Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Oct. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 134,898 43,319 33,492 8,264 135,063 43,528 33,963 8,474 135,237 43,680 34,010 8,394 134,615 42,983 33,227 8,256 134,053 43,140 33,362 8,465 134,045 43,273 33,361 8,521 134,474 43,371 33,723 8,419 135,185 43,225 33,997 8,357 134,914 43,376 33,773 8,377 42,148 38,489 18,071 14,914 17,951 3,326 42,444 38,391 18,657 14,532 17,436 3,603 42,546 38,127 19,025 14,418 17,437 3,684 41,940 38,626 18,406 14,802 17,596 3,264 41,675 38,740 18,889 14,375 17,152 3,285 41,978 38,458 18,752 14,073 17,327 3,501 42,152 38,892 18,771 14,242 17,142 3,340 42,385 38,623 18,884 14,503 17,345 3,361 42,351 38,241 19,393 14,275 17,093 3,630 1,945 1,292 27 2,183 1,292 26 2,248 1,328 35 1,898 1,290 26 1,909 1,158 29 2,031 1,227 27 1,927 1,231 24 2,054 1,221 25 2,186 1,322 34 122,943 19,235 103,708 848 102,860 8,598 93 122,927 19,403 103,524 902 102,622 8,549 86 122,840 19,442 103,397 885 102,513 8,694 93 122,710 19,223 103,487 867 102,620 8,505 95 122,627 19,630 102,997 810 102,187 8,208 95 122,196 19,709 102,486 855 101,631 8,268 99 122,885 19,596 103,289 887 102,402 8,368 87 123,327 19,442 103,885 934 102,951 8,439 91 122,653 19,423 103,230 902 102,328 8,582 94 All industries: Part time for economic reasons ............................................ Slack work or business conditions ...................................... Could only find part-time work ............................................ Part time for noneconomic reasons ...................................... 3,954 2,706 1,032 19,451 3,854 2,483 1,139 19,041 3,891 2,652 1,069 19,297 4,329 2,983 1,108 18,644 3,899 2,588 1,031 19,170 4,177 2,723 1,096 19,138 4,325 2,880 1,159 19,120 4,217 2,687 1,202 18,833 4,262 2,908 1,130 18,484 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons ............................................ Slack work or business conditions ...................................... Could only find part-time work ............................................ Part time for noneconomic reasons ...................................... 3,825 2,623 1,017 18,878 3,726 2,398 1,113 18,483 3,770 2,571 1,045 18,707 4,222 2,898 1,082 18,065 3,758 2,472 1,022 18,739 3,949 2,609 1,074 18,572 4,060 2,715 1,131 18,609 4,068 2,596 1,174 18,300 4,148 2,834 1,097 17,884 CHARACTERISTIC Total employed, 16 years and over .......................................... Married men, spouse present ................................................. Married women, spouse present ............................................ Women who maintain families ................................................ OCCUPATION Managerial and professional specialty ................................... Technical, sales, and administrative support .......................... Service occupations ............................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .................................... Operators, fabricators, and laborers ....................................... Farming, forestry, and fishing ................................................. CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture: Wage and salary workers ..................................................... Self-employed workers ......................................................... Unpaid family workers .......................................................... Nonagricultural industries: Wage and salary workers ..................................................... Government ........................................................................ Private industries ................................................................ Private households ........................................................... Other industries ................................................................ Self-employed workers ......................................................... Unpaid family workers .......................................................... PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Category Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates1 Oct. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Total, 16 years and over .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over ......................................................... Women, 20 years and over ................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years .................................................... 7,665 3,454 2,967 1,244 8,092 3,762 3,094 1,236 8,209 3,796 3,281 1,131 5.4 4.8 4.8 15.4 5.9 5.4 5.1 17.6 5.9 5.2 5.2 17.7 5.7 5.2 4.9 17.2 5.6 5.2 4.9 15.7 5.7 5.2 5.2 14.6 Married men, spouse present ................................................ Married women, spouse present ........................................... Women who maintain families ............................................... 1,382 1,229 607 1,602 1,258 646 1,546 1,328 733 3.1 3.6 6.8 4.1 3.8 8.2 3.5 3.7 8.4 3.4 3.5 7.3 3.6 3.6 7.2 3.4 3.8 8.0 Full-time workers ................................................................... Part-time workers .................................................................. 6,291 1,366 6,775 1,326 6,915 1,293 5.4 5.5 6.1 5.0 5.9 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.3 5.8 5.3 1,161 1,898 883 1,642 224 1,373 2,141 885 1,609 299 1,311 2,158 965 1,591 268 2.7 4.7 5.6 8.5 6.4 3.2 5.3 5.9 9.3 6.1 3.1 5.3 6.4 8.6 8.8 3.1 5.2 6.2 8.3 9.3 3.1 5.3 5.8 8.5 8.2 3.0 5.3 6.3 8.5 6.9 6,369 1,874 32 694 1,148 764 384 4,495 488 1,688 226 2,093 460 187 6,598 2,024 44 769 1,211 782 429 4,575 386 1,944 266 1,978 546 198 6,818 2,032 29 814 1,189 743 446 4,786 410 2,030 254 2,092 550 157 5.8 6.7 5.8 8.3 6.0 6.5 5.3 5.5 6.0 6.1 2.8 5.5 2.3 9.0 6.3 7.5 7.9 9.1 6.8 7.3 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.6 4.1 5.9 2.3 8.3 6.2 7.4 3.8 10.3 6.3 6.8 5.6 5.9 5.3 6.8 3.7 5.8 2.5 9.7 6.0 7.2 6.0 9.5 6.3 6.5 5.9 5.6 4.8 6.8 3.1 5.4 2.4 9.8 6.0 7.4 8.0 9.3 6.5 6.9 5.9 5.5 5.0 6.9 3.1 5.1 2.7 8.8 6.2 7.4 5.2 9.9 6.4 6.5 6.2 5.8 5.2 7.3 3.0 5.4 2.8 6.7 CHARACTERISTIC OCCUPATION2 Managerial and professional specialty .................................. Technical, sales, and administrative support ......................... Precision production, craft, and repair ................................... Operators, fabricators, and laborers ...................................... Farming, forestry, and fishing ................................................ INDUSTRY Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................. Goods-producing industries ................................................. Mining ................................................................................ Construction ...................................................................... Manufacturing .................................................................... Durable goods ................................................................. Nondurable goods ........................................................... Service-producing industries ............................................... Transportation and public utilities ...................................... Wholesale and retail trade ................................................. Finance, insurance, and real estate .................................. Services ............................................................................. Government workers ............................................................. Agricultural wage and salary workers .................................... 1 2 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. Table A-6. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Oct. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Less than 5 weeks ................................................................... 5 to 14 weeks .......................................................................... 15 weeks and over .................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 2,896 2,267 1,943 1,081 862 2,713 2,272 2,697 1,177 1,520 2,573 2,254 2,813 1,237 1,577 3,084 2,522 2,042 1,136 906 2,729 2,784 3,103 1,434 1,669 2,896 2,464 2,883 1,349 1,533 2,880 2,431 2,783 1,309 1,474 2,708 2,511 2,900 1,315 1,585 2,715 2,471 2,980 1,324 1,656 Average (mean) duration, in weeks ......................................... Median duration, in weeks ....................................................... 13.5 7.3 17.4 9.4 18.1 9.6 13.0 7.4 17.3 11.7 16.4 8.6 16.2 8.4 17.8 9.5 17.5 9.6 100.0 40.8 31.9 27.3 15.2 12.1 100.0 35.3 29.6 35.1 15.3 19.8 100.0 33.7 29.5 36.8 16.2 20.6 100.0 40.3 33.0 26.7 14.9 11.8 100.0 31.7 32.3 36.0 16.6 19.4 100.0 35.1 29.9 35.0 16.4 18.6 100.0 35.6 30.0 34.4 16.2 18.2 100.0 33.4 30.9 35.7 16.2 19.5 100.0 33.2 30.3 36.5 16.2 20.3 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed .................................................................... Less than 5 weeks ................................................................. 5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................ 15 weeks and over ................................................................ 15 to 26 weeks .................................................................... 27 weeks and over .............................................................. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Oct. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 3,701 864 2,838 2,062 775 923 2,051 430 4,046 704 3,341 2,557 784 847 2,297 493 4,064 713 3,351 2,610 741 884 2,265 427 4,297 1,288 3,009 (1) (1) 880 2,113 466 4,579 1,061 3,518 (1) (1) 836 2,360 584 4,580 1,224 3,356 (1) (1) 818 2,375 571 4,560 1,151 3,410 (1) (1) 824 2,270 619 4,535 999 3,536 (1) (1) 781 2,263 526 4,737 1,054 3,682 (1) (1) 838 2,344 469 100.0 52.1 12.2 39.9 13.0 28.9 6.1 100.0 52.7 9.2 43.5 11.0 29.9 6.4 100.0 53.2 9.3 43.9 11.6 29.6 5.6 100.0 55.4 16.6 38.8 11.3 27.2 6.0 100.0 54.8 12.7 42.1 10.0 28.2 7.0 100.0 54.9 14.7 40.2 9.8 28.5 6.8 100.0 55.1 13.9 41.2 10.0 27.4 7.5 100.0 56.0 12.3 43.6 9.6 27.9 6.5 100.0 56.5 12.6 43.9 10.0 27.9 5.6 2.6 .6 1.4 .3 2.8 .6 1.6 .3 2.8 .6 1.6 .3 3.0 .6 1.5 .3 3.2 .6 1.7 .4 3.2 .6 1.7 .4 3.2 .6 1.6 .4 3.2 .5 1.6 .4 3.3 .6 1.6 .3 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... On temporary layoff ................................................................ Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... Permanent job losers ............................................................ Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. Job leavers ............................................................................... Reentrants ................................................................................ New entrants ............................................................................ PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed ..................................................................... Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... On temporary layoff ............................................................... Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... Job leavers .............................................................................. Reentrants ............................................................................... New entrants ........................................................................... UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... Job leavers .............................................................................. Reentrants ............................................................................... New entrants ........................................................................... 1 Not available. Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Oct. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force ............................................................................................................... 1.4 1.9 2.0 1.4 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force ................................................................................................... 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ............................................................................... 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers .................................................................... 5.2 5.6 5.6 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers ................................................................................................... 5.9 6.4 6.3 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers ............................................................................. 8.7 9.0 9.0 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) 1 Not available. NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Age and sex Unemployment rates1 Oct. 2001 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2002 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 ............................................. 7,665 2,600 1,244 541 703 1,356 5,032 4,385 659 8,092 2,673 1,236 575 663 1,437 5,421 4,630 772 8,209 2,642 1,131 461 669 1,510 5,554 4,792 791 5.4 11.5 15.4 17.4 14.2 9.3 4.2 4.4 3.4 5.9 12.2 17.6 20.8 15.6 9.3 4.8 4.9 4.2 5.9 12.3 17.7 20.9 16.1 9.5 4.6 4.8 3.7 5.7 12.2 17.2 19.7 16.0 9.6 4.5 4.6 4.0 5.6 11.8 15.7 19.3 13.6 9.7 4.5 4.6 3.7 5.7 11.8 14.6 16.1 13.8 10.3 4.6 4.8 3.8 Men, 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 ........................................... 4,156 1,450 702 318 378 748 2,686 2,311 383 4,476 1,561 714 316 401 847 2,923 2,494 435 4,408 1,414 612 248 360 802 2,988 2,580 430 5.5 12.4 17.2 20.3 15.1 9.8 4.2 4.3 3.7 6.1 12.9 19.6 23.2 17.4 9.5 4.9 5.0 4.6 6.0 13.0 19.8 23.9 17.4 9.6 4.7 4.8 4.0 6.0 13.7 20.1 24.5 17.8 10.5 4.6 4.7 4.1 5.9 13.2 17.8 21.5 15.9 10.8 4.5 4.7 3.9 5.8 12.2 15.6 17.5 14.5 10.4 4.6 4.8 3.8 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 ........................................... 3,509 1,150 542 223 325 608 2,346 2,074 276 3,616 1,112 522 259 262 590 2,497 2,137 337 3,801 1,228 520 213 309 708 2,566 2,212 361 5.3 10.5 13.6 14.5 13.3 8.7 4.2 4.4 3.2 5.7 11.4 15.6 18.3 13.7 9.1 4.6 4.8 3.8 5.7 11.6 15.6 17.9 14.8 9.4 4.6 4.8 3.4 5.4 10.6 14.2 15.1 14.1 8.7 4.5 4.6 3.8 5.4 10.3 13.5 17.2 11.1 8.5 4.5 4.6 3.5 5.7 11.3 13.6 14.7 13.2 10.1 4.6 4.8 3.8 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Oct. 2001 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2001 Oct. 2002 70,577 4,338 1,395 71,765 4,133 1,400 26,418 1,867 647 27,148 1,871 700 44,159 2,471 748 44,617 2,262 700 330 1,065 355 1,045 172 475 205 494 157 591 150 550 Total multiple jobholders4 ................................................................... Percent of total employed ............................................................... 7,112 5.3 7,236 5.4 3,697 5.1 3,676 5.1 3,415 5.4 3,560 5.6 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ................................. Primary and secondary jobs both part time .................................... Primary and secondary jobs both full time ...................................... Hours vary on primary or secondary job ......................................... 3,710 1,646 235 1,483 3,843 1,726 259 1,356 2,135 569 145 829 2,250 505 157 736 1,575 1,078 90 655 1,592 1,222 102 620 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force .................................................................. Persons who currently want a job ................................................... Searched for work and available to work now1 .......................... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects2 ................................ Reasons other than discouragement3 ............................... MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Oct. 2001 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002p Seasonally adjusted Oct. 2002p Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002p Oct. 2002p Total .................................................. 132,288 130,685 131,196 131,763 131,414 130,736 130,790 130,913 130,900 130,895 Total private ............................................ 110,915 110,569 110,096 110,135 110,349 109,525 109,562 109,624 109,607 109,578 Goods-producing .................................................. 24,776 24,223 24,079 23,955 24,511 23,861 23,812 23,801 23,770 23,695 Mining ............................................................... Metal mining ................................................. Coal mining ................................................... Oil and gas extraction ................................... Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels ............... 574 34.6 81.9 343.9 113.9 565 32.4 78.6 337.7 115.8 560 32.1 78.6 333.4 115.6 560 32.2 78.1 334.9 114.6 566 34 82 340 110 555 32 80 333 110 551 33 79 329 110 555 32 79 333 111 552 32 79 330 111 553 32 78 332 111 Construction ..................................................... General building contractors ......................... Heavy construction, except building ............. Special trade contractors .............................. 6,860 1,484.6 991.8 4,384.0 6,867 1,521.5 971.4 4,374.5 6,802 1,504.4 969.1 4,328.0 6,752 1,505.3 960.7 4,286.2 6,643 1,456 922 4,265 6,549 1,454 910 4,185 6,519 1,445 899 4,175 6,556 1,460 898 4,198 6,567 1,468 899 4,200 6,540 1,476 894 4,170 Manufacturing ................................................... Production workers ................................... 17,342 11,665 16,791 11,289 16,717 11,246 16,643 11,183 17,302 11,620 16,757 11,236 16,742 11,247 16,690 11,212 16,651 11,177 16,602 11,141 Durable goods ................................................ Production workers ................................... 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 ............. Computer and office equipment ............... Electronic and other electrical equipment ..... Electronic components and accessories .. Transportation equipment ............................. Motor vehicles and equipment .................. Aircraft and parts ...................................... Instruments and related products ................. Miscellaneous manufacturing ....................... 10,346 6,895 785.0 498.2 569.5 637.0 205.2 1,457.7 1,927.4 327.6 1,539.7 611.7 1,724.0 917.7 460.1 828.4 379.2 9,922 6,611 784.2 494.9 566.9 589.9 188.5 1,420.0 1,806.6 296.9 1,405.3 552.4 1,679.1 921.0 406.7 802.4 372.5 9,856 6,565 776.8 488.3 566.9 589.0 188.2 1,417.9 1,793.8 294.5 1,391.6 546.3 1,663.0 915.1 401.6 796.5 372.5 9,805 6,527 769.8 484.2 564.5 583.9 187.6 1,411.9 1,787.9 293.7 1,380.4 541.3 1,653.3 906.9 398.2 794.0 375.1 10,343 6,889 777 500 564 637 (1) 1,455 1,935 328 1,542 616 1,729 921 458 829 375 9,944 6,603 767 495 552 593 (1) 1,425 1,829 304 1,428 566 1,679 920 411 805 371 9,922 6,609 766 495 554 589 (1) 1,428 1,826 301 1,426 563 1,661 905 409 803 374 9,889 6,591 768 495 557 589 (1) 1,418 1,810 296 1,408 555 1,675 918 407 799 370 9,841 6,548 765 489 559 588 (1) 1,415 1,800 295 1,394 553 1,662 914 401 797 372 9,801 6,522 762 487 559 583 (1) 1,409 1,795 295 1,382 545 1,658 910 396 795 371 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 ........................ 6,996 4,770 1,719.3 35.2 459.8 548.5 626.8 1,464.7 1,017.8 128.6 939.6 56.1 6,869 4,678 1,737.1 37.1 430.7 522.8 613.5 1,401.8 1,009.6 128.1 932.4 55.8 6,861 4,681 1,739.5 37.9 429.4 517.1 614.8 1,401.3 1,007.6 128.2 928.9 56.5 6,838 4,656 1,729.9 37.6 425.5 510.6 613.0 1,403.6 1,006.2 127.8 927.5 56.7 6,959 4,731 1,690 34 459 546 627 1,463 1,018 127 939 56 6,813 4,633 1,691 34 432 522 612 1,405 1,008 125 929 55 6,820 4,638 1,687 35 429 525 612 1,406 1,008 126 936 56 6,801 4,621 1,683 38 427 524 613 1,401 1,006 125 929 55 6,810 4,629 1,694 37 426 515 613 1,404 1,011 126 927 57 6,801 4,619 1,700 37 425 508 613 1,402 1,006 126 927 57 Service-producing ................................................. 107,512 106,462 107,117 107,808 106,903 106,875 106,978 107,112 107,130 107,200 Transportation and public utilities ..................... Transportation .............................................. Railroad transportation ............................. Local and interurban passenger transit .... Trucking and warehousing ....................... Water transportation ................................. Transportation by air ................................. Pipelines, except natural gas .................... Transportation services ............................ Communications and public utilities ............. Communications ....................................... Electric, gas, and sanitary services .......... 7,019 4,470 232.4 492.8 1,854.1 196.9 1,234.8 15.1 443.5 2,549 1,696.2 852.3 6,755 4,301 228.8 407.1 1,857.5 204.3 1,164.4 14.8 423.7 2,454 1,605.3 848.5 6,779 4,341 229.9 476.6 1,841.2 195.0 1,161.9 14.9 421.0 2,438 1,593.9 844.5 6,768 4,342 229.8 481.6 1,839.4 192.8 1,164.3 14.9 419.6 2,426 1,584.0 842.3 6,974 4,427 232 478 1,831 193 1,236 15 442 2,547 1,696 851 6,790 4,334 229 472 1,829 193 1,172 15 424 2,456 1,615 841 6,780 4,328 227 471 1,834 192 1,167 15 422 2,452 1,608 844 6,765 4,323 228 466 1,827 190 1,176 15 421 2,442 1,597 845 6,730 4,297 230 468 1,812 189 1,163 15 420 2,433 1,588 845 6,726 4,301 229 468 1,817 189 1,165 15 418 2,425 1,584 841 Wholesale trade ................................................ Durable goods .............................................. Nondurable goods ........................................ 6,743 3,986 2,757 6,698 3,922 2,776 6,673 3,898 2,775 6,667 3,895 2,772 6,728 3,985 2,743 6,681 3,915 2,766 6,679 3,914 2,765 6,671 3,905 2,766 6,668 3,901 2,767 6,652 3,894 2,758 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 Oct. 2001 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002p Oct. 2002p Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002p Oct. 2002p Retail trade ....................................................... Building materials and garden supplies ........ General merchandise stores ........................ Department stores .................................... Food stores ................................................... Automotive dealers and service stations ...... New and used car dealers ........................ Apparel and accessory stores ...................... Furniture and home furnishings stores ......... Eating and drinking places ........................... Miscellaneous retail establishments ............. 23,503 1,049.2 2,916.0 2,580.2 3,448.5 2,433.7 1,125.6 1,172.8 1,138.6 8,212.1 3,132.4 23,461 1,087.2 2,808.4 2,473.8 3,398.7 2,465.2 1,136.1 1,183.8 1,138.3 8,321.3 3,057.7 23,321 1,068.3 2,813.8 2,478.9 3,388.4 2,450.7 1,134.1 1,156.1 1,139.9 8,233.5 3,070.5 23,334 1,068.5 2,873.4 2,528.9 3,403.1 2,445.7 1,135.1 1,164.4 1,152.5 8,120.2 3,106.6 23,470 1,052 2,888 2,552 3,442 2,426 1,123 1,177 1,136 8,239 3,110 23,308 1,066 2,884 2,542 3,394 2,432 1,128 1,173 1,148 8,121 3,090 23,339 1,067 2,885 2,544 3,388 2,437 1,127 1,178 1,153 8,144 3,087 23,295 1,066 2,850 2,513 3,392 2,443 1,130 1,177 1,154 8,125 3,088 23,284 1,066 2,850 2,508 3,398 2,439 1,130 1,169 1,156 8,119 3,087 23,298 1,071 2,846 2,502 3,395 2,438 1,133 1,169 1,149 8,146 3,084 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. Finance ......................................................... Depository institutions .............................. Commercial banks ................................ Savings institutions ............................... Nondepository institutions ........................ Mortgage bankers and brokers ............. Security and commodity brokers .............. Holding and other investment offices ....... Insurance ...................................................... Insurance carriers ..................................... Insurance agents, brokers, and service .... Real estate ................................................... 7,720 3,796 2,050.9 1,432.2 255.1 735.7 338.8 748.7 260.5 2,376 1,596.1 779.8 1,548 7,810 3,840 2,087.9 1,458.0 263.8 773.5 375.9 720.0 259.0 2,371 1,579.5 791.6 1,599 7,765 3,823 2,070.0 1,443.5 262.1 778.0 379.7 714.4 261.0 2,364 1,574.9 788.9 1,578 7,782 3,837 2,071.1 1,443.7 260.7 793.3 394.7 711.0 262.0 2,368 1,573.8 793.8 1,577 7,743 3,812 2,061 1,439 257 740 341 750 261 2,379 1,600 779 1,552 7,733 3,819 2,071 1,444 264 762 366 723 263 2,366 1,579 787 1,548 7,737 3,819 2,073 1,445 263 767 372 718 261 2,365 1,576 789 1,553 7,745 3,822 2,075 1,448 263 773 374 714 260 2,366 1,574 792 1,557 7,769 3,832 2,075 1,448 264 782 381 713 262 2,367 1,579 788 1,570 7,803 3,852 2,081 1,451 262 797 398 712 262 2,370 1,577 793 1,581 Services2 .......................................................... 41,154 41,622 41,479 41,629 Agricultural services ..................................... 889.0 934.7 917.8 905.9 Hotels and other lodging places ................... 1,809.6 1,942.6 1,835.0 1,789.5 Personal services ......................................... 1,237.7 1,239.9 1,250.2 1,252.9 Business services ......................................... 9,559.3 9,468.5 9,488.9 9,506.4 Services to buildings ................................. 1,023.3 1,047.8 1,047.5 1,045.8 Personnel supply services ........................ 3,399.6 3,321.5 3,341.5 3,342.8 Help supply services ............................. 3,044.9 2,999.1 3,018.1 3,007.4 Computer and data processing services .. 2,222.2 2,191.9 2,183.5 2,182.2 Auto repair, services, and parking ................ 1,252.5 1,272.4 1,265.8 1,259.8 Miscellaneous repair services ...................... 377.4 379.9 378.8 380.7 Motion pictures ............................................. 559.7 604.5 580.8 576.6 Amusement and recreation services ............ 1,650.3 1,935.2 1,705.8 1,591.7 Health services ............................................. 10,475.5 10,734.8 10,717.5 10,747.2 Offices and clinics of medical doctors ...... 2,016.0 2,082.0 2,077.2 2,080.5 Nursing and personal care facilities .......... 1,863.3 1,899.1 1,894.7 1,899.1 Hospitals ................................................... 4,141.2 4,248.6 4,247.4 4,257.2 Home health care services ....................... 640.0 646.1 649.2 654.4 Legal services ............................................... 1,043.8 1,072.7 1,064.1 1,075.2 Educational services ..................................... 2,609.9 2,206.2 2,498.0 2,715.5 Social services .............................................. 3,122.1 3,153.9 3,178.3 3,215.5 Child day care services ............................ 735.1 681.3 730.5 745.9 Residential care ........................................ 883.2 913.0 902.0 906.2 Museums and botanical and zoological gardens ..................................................... 111.5 116.4 108.9 106.7 Membership organizations ........................... 2,458.9 2,508.0 2,458.0 2,465.5 Engineering and management services ....... 3,603.8 3,660.0 3,640.3 3,649.2 Engineering and architectural services ..... 1,057.2 1,047.8 1,032.6 1,028.4 Management and public relations ............. 1,178.6 1,218.2 1,221.3 1,224.4 Services, nec ................................................ 48.9 48.0 46.8 46.4 40,923 859 1,814 1,272 9,393 1,022 3,249 2,906 2,232 1,253 375 575 1,702 10,476 2,018 1,862 4,140 639 1,047 2,454 3,110 721 884 41,152 857 1,801 1,285 9,332 1,023 3,205 2,902 2,191 1,265 378 581 1,631 10,660 2,061 1,887 4,221 643 1,065 2,511 3,165 726 904 41,215 862 1,795 1,282 9,325 1,034 3,196 2,875 2,193 1,266 379 584 1,649 10,687 2,067 1,888 4,233 646 1,065 2,529 3,181 726 904 41,347 863 1,788 1,285 9,395 1,041 3,257 2,925 2,191 1,266 377 588 1,662 10,711 2,075 1,893 4,244 646 1,065 2,538 3,203 736 906 41,386 876 1,779 1,286 9,394 1,043 3,235 2,926 2,194 1,265 378 591 1,638 10,727 2,080 1,895 4,251 649 1,071 2,542 3,201 731 904 41,404 876 1,795 1,288 9,350 1,045 3,194 2,870 2,192 1,261 379 593 1,640 10,747 2,083 1,898 4,257 653 1,078 2,555 3,203 732 906 110 2,474 3,616 1,056 1,178 (1) 109 2,484 3,636 1,034 1,204 (1) 109 2,476 3,634 1,032 1,214 (1) 108 2,472 3,634 1,030 1,211 (1) 108 2,480 3,659 1,029 1,225 (1) 106 2,480 3,662 1,027 1,224 (1) Government ...................................................... Federal ......................................................... Federal, except Postal Service ................. State ............................................................. Education .................................................. Other State government ........................... Local ............................................................. Education .................................................. Other local government ............................ 21,065 2,622 1,778 4,925 2,118 2,807 13,518 7,693 5,825 21,211 2,601 1,783 4,935 2,135 2,800 13,675 7,755 5,920 21,228 2,607 1,790 4,950 2,155 2,795 13,671 7,788 5,883 21,289 2,611 1,792 4,948 2,145 2,803 13,730 7,837 5,893 21,293 2,621 1,810 4,964 2,170 2,794 13,708 7,805 5,903 21,317 2,634 1,828 4,947 2,153 2,794 13,736 7,820 5,916 21,373 2,612 1,769.8 5,056 2,255.3 2,800.5 13,705 7,946.7 5,757.9 20,116 2,620 1,807.1 4,699 1,864.0 2,835.3 12,797 6,676.5 6,120.9 21,100 2,621 1,813.5 4,938 2,131.6 2,806.6 13,541 7,649.4 5,892.0 1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. 21,628 2,624 1,820.0 5,081 2,293.2 2,787.4 13,923 8,075.4 5,847.5 2 Includes other industries, not shown separately. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Oct. 2001 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002p Oct. 2002p Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002p Oct. 2002p Total private ............................................ 34.0 34.4 34.5 34.1 34.0 34.3 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.1 Goods-producing .................................................. 40.4 40.7 40.8 40.3 40.1 40.5 40.0 40.3 40.3 40.0 Mining ............................................................... 43.6 43.4 43.2 42.7 43.0 43.3 42.7 43.3 42.7 42.1 Construction ..................................................... 39.7 39.5 39.5 38.9 39.0 39.0 38.2 38.6 38.9 38.2 Manufacturing ................................................... Overtime hours ......................................... 40.6 4.0 41.1 4.5 41.3 4.5 40.9 4.2 40.5 3.8 41.1 4.3 40.7 4.0 40.9 4.2 40.9 4.1 40.7 4.1 Durable goods ................................................ Overtime hours ......................................... 40.9 3.8 41.4 4.4 41.7 4.5 41.3 4.2 40.7 3.7 41.5 4.2 41.0 3.9 41.2 4.1 41.4 4.2 41.1 4.1 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 ....................... 41.0 38.8 44.2 43.3 44.2 41.3 40.2 39.3 41.7 42.6 40.6 37.4 41.3 40.6 44.1 44.3 45.8 41.8 40.6 38.8 42.7 44.5 40.6 38.7 41.7 40.8 44.7 44.5 46.3 41.9 40.8 39.3 43.3 45.2 40.9 38.6 41.4 39.7 44.0 44.5 46.0 41.6 40.3 38.6 42.6 44.3 40.9 38.7 40.7 38.6 43.6 43.4 44.5 41.1 40.2 39.0 41.5 42.4 40.7 37.3 41.0 40.2 43.7 44.6 46.1 42.0 40.9 39.4 42.5 44.1 40.9 39.6 41.2 40.1 43.2 44.1 45.5 41.7 40.3 38.7 41.7 42.9 40.4 38.4 41.0 40.3 43.3 44.3 45.8 41.7 40.8 38.7 42.2 43.8 40.7 38.5 41.3 40.2 43.5 43.8 45.7 41.6 40.7 39.0 43.0 44.6 40.9 38.5 41.1 39.5 43.5 44.6 46.3 41.4 40.3 38.3 42.4 44.1 40.9 38.6 Nondurable goods .......................................... Overtime hours ......................................... 40.3 4.3 40.6 4.6 40.7 4.6 40.3 4.3 40.1 4.0 40.6 4.3 40.2 4.2 40.5 4.2 40.2 4.1 40.1 4.0 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 ........................ 41.8 40.3 39.3 36.5 41.7 38.1 42.0 41.7 40.6 36.4 41.8 40.3 42.1 36.8 41.6 37.8 42.5 40.9 41.1 36.0 41.8 40.1 41.5 36.8 42.1 37.9 42.7 43.2 41.2 35.7 41.4 40.7 40.9 36.5 41.6 37.5 42.0 42.0 40.8 36.0 41.2 40.0 39.4 36.6 41.4 37.9 42.0 (2) 40.5 36.2 41.6 41.1 41.5 37.0 41.6 37.7 42.5 (2) 41.5 36.8 41.0 42.1 41.6 36.8 41.2 37.3 42.1 (2) 41.0 36.7 41.3 40.3 41.8 36.8 41.7 37.7 42.6 (2) 41.2 35.7 40.7 39.4 41.1 37.0 41.5 37.4 42.5 (2) 40.8 35.4 40.8 40.4 41.0 36.6 41.3 37.3 42.0 (2) 40.7 35.9 Service-producing ................................................. 32.5 33.0 33.0 32.6 32.6 32.8 32.6 32.7 32.8 32.7 Transportation and public utilities ..................... 38.0 38.7 38.9 38.0 38.0 38.3 38.3 38.4 38.6 38.1 Wholesale trade ................................................ 38.0 38.5 38.8 38.1 38.0 38.6 38.4 38.5 38.5 38.1 Retail trade ....................................................... 28.6 29.5 29.1 28.8 28.8 29.1 28.8 28.9 29.0 29.0 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 35.8 36.1 36.7 35.8 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.2 36.1 36.0 Services ............................................................ 32.5 32.8 32.8 32.6 32.6 32.7 32.5 32.6 32.7 32.7 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 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Average hourly earnings Industry Average weekly earnings Oct. 2001 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002p Oct. 2002p Oct. 2001 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002p Oct. 2002p Total private ............................................ Seasonally adjusted ............................. $14.49 14.46 $14.70 14.83 $14.93 14.86 $14.91 14.89 $492.66 491.64 $505.68 505.70 $515.09 508.21 $508.43 507.75 Goods-producing .................................................. 16.13 16.49 16.59 16.58 651.65 671.14 676.87 668.17 Mining ............................................................... 17.72 17.71 17.69 17.63 772.59 768.61 764.21 752.80 Construction ..................................................... 18.57 18.97 19.09 19.13 737.23 749.32 754.06 744.16 Manufacturing ................................................... 14.97 15.32 15.42 15.41 607.78 629.65 636.85 630.27 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 ....................... 15.46 12.37 12.42 15.09 17.08 20.52 14.33 16.07 14.78 19.41 19.83 14.97 12.24 15.81 12.57 12.71 15.52 17.49 20.90 14.69 16.55 15.06 19.86 20.56 15.28 12.39 15.91 12.62 12.73 15.69 17.56 21.01 14.80 16.58 15.13 20.08 20.76 15.41 12.44 15.94 12.61 12.66 15.71 17.59 20.97 14.81 16.56 15.15 20.25 21.03 15.42 12.49 632.31 507.17 481.90 666.98 739.56 906.98 591.83 646.01 580.85 809.40 844.76 607.78 457.78 654.53 519.14 516.03 684.43 774.81 957.22 614.04 671.93 584.33 848.02 914.92 620.37 479.49 663.45 526.25 519.38 701.34 781.42 972.76 620.12 676.46 594.61 869.46 938.35 630.27 480.18 658.32 522.05 502.60 691.24 782.76 964.62 616.10 667.37 584.79 862.65 931.63 630.68 483.36 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 ........................ 14.26 12.89 20.71 11.34 9.44 17.14 14.93 18.74 22.23 13.53 10.24 14.60 13.24 20.83 11.75 9.95 17.55 15.18 19.28 22.11 13.71 10.27 14.71 13.28 20.65 11.80 10.01 17.68 15.35 19.52 22.50 13.73 10.03 14.65 13.24 20.31 11.72 10.00 17.51 15.31 19.33 22.68 13.76 9.97 574.68 538.80 834.61 445.66 344.56 714.74 568.83 787.08 926.99 549.32 372.74 592.76 553.43 839.45 494.68 366.16 730.08 573.80 819.40 904.30 563.48 369.72 598.70 555.10 828.07 489.70 368.37 744.33 581.77 833.50 972.00 565.68 358.07 590.40 548.14 826.62 479.35 365.00 728.42 574.13 811.86 952.56 561.41 358.92 Service-producing ................................................. 14.01 14.19 14.46 14.44 455.33 468.27 477.18 470.74 Transportation and public utilities ..................... 16.98 17.31 17.47 17.40 645.24 669.90 679.58 661.20 Wholesale trade ................................................ 15.95 16.19 16.37 16.27 606.10 623.32 635.16 619.89 Retail trade ....................................................... 9.87 10.01 10.15 10.13 282.28 295.30 295.37 291.74 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 15.91 16.31 16.57 16.58 569.58 588.79 608.12 593.56 Services ............................................................ 14.87 15.05 15.36 15.37 483.28 493.64 503.81 501.06 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002p Oct. 2002p Percent change from: Sept. 2002Oct. 2002 Total private: Current dollars ................................ Constant (1982) dollars2 ................ $14.46 8.06 $14.75 8.14 $14.78 8.14 $14.83 8.14 $14.86 8.14 $14.89 N.A. 0.2 (3) Goods-producing .............................. Mining ........................................... Construction ................................. Manufacturing ............................... Excluding overtime4 ................. 16.05 17.70 18.40 14.99 14.31 16.39 17.70 18.81 15.31 14.56 16.38 17.78 18.87 15.28 14.57 16.44 17.87 18.90 15.34 14.59 16.48 17.71 18.97 15.36 14.64 16.51 17.61 18.97 15.43 14.69 .2 -.6 .0 .5 .3 Service-producing ............................. Transportation and public utilities Wholesale trade ............................ Retail trade ................................... Finance, insurance, and real estate ...................................... Services ........................................ 14.00 16.96 15.97 9.84 14.29 17.37 16.15 10.06 14.33 17.33 16.14 10.05 14.38 17.35 16.28 10.09 14.41 17.43 16.28 10.10 14.44 17.38 16.29 10.11 .2 -.3 .1 .1 15.97 14.88 16.27 15.19 16.38 15.26 16.43 15.30 16.54 15.34 16.64 15.38 .6 .3 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was .0 percent from August 2002 to September 2002, the latest month available. 4 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 Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry (1982=100) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Oct. 2001 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002p Oct. 2002p Oct. 2001 June 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2002p Oct. 2002p Total private ............................................ 149.4 151.1 150.5 148.7 148.7 148.6 147.5 148.1 148.4 147.8 Goods-producing .................................................. 110.0 108.2 107.9 105.8 107.5 105.7 104.1 104.8 104.7 103.4 55.9 55.2 54.2 53.1 54.3 53.7 52.5 53.7 52.7 51.5 Construction ..................................................... 192.3 190.9 188.8 184.0 181.7 178.4 173.8 176.4 178.0 173.9 Mining ............................................................... Manufacturing ................................................... 95.6 93.5 93.7 92.1 94.8 93.2 92.3 92.5 92.1 91.3 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 ....................... 98.3 137.1 119.2 118.9 80.5 62.8 110.7 86.4 89.0 107.5 139.9 70.3 90.0 95.5 138.7 124.2 118.2 75.9 59.5 109.4 81.6 78.8 107.7 147.9 67.5 91.1 95.6 138.8 123.1 119.7 76.1 60.0 109.6 81.4 79.2 107.4 147.8 67.4 91.3 93.9 136.1 118.9 117.2 75.6 59.9 108.5 80.1 77.1 105.0 143.3 67.2 92.1 97.9 134.7 119.2 116.0 80.6 63.1 109.8 87.0 88.4 107.2 139.8 70.8 88.5 95.6 134.0 122.9 113.3 76.6 59.2 110.2 83.1 81.7 106.4 144.7 68.2 92.1 94.5 134.8 123.2 112.3 75.4 58.4 109.9 81.9 80.4 103.7 139.6 67.9 90.4 94.8 134.2 123.5 114.1 75.9 59.6 108.9 82.3 79.1 106.4 145.7 67.3 89.9 94.5 135.2 121.6 114.4 74.7 59.1 108.4 81.7 78.7 106.4 145.5 67.7 90.6 93.5 133.6 118.9 114.7 75.7 60.3 107.6 80.6 76.6 104.8 143.2 67.5 90.5 Nondurable goods .......................................... 91.9 Food and kindred products ........................... 120.2 Tobacco products ......................................... 52.3 Textile mill products ...................................... 63.0 Apparel and other textile products ................ 45.1 Paper and allied products ............................. 96.9 Printing and publishing ................................. 112.9 Chemicals and allied products ...................... 95.4 Petroleum and coal products ........................ 72.4 Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 133.7 Leather and leather products ........................ 23.5 90.9 121.6 55.9 62.4 43.1 94.5 106.8 95.4 71.8 134.6 22.4 91.1 121.6 57.2 61.3 43.3 95.9 107.1 95.8 75.6 134.2 24.0 89.6 119.7 57.7 59.8 42.2 94.0 106.2 94.0 73.0 133.0 24.5 90.6 115.9 49.5 62.7 45.0 96.1 112.2 95.4 70.9 133.2 23.4 89.9 117.1 52.9 61.6 43.5 94.5 106.8 95.7 70.7 135.2 22.6 89.1 114.9 54.2 61.4 43.5 93.4 105.7 94.8 71.6 135.0 23.7 89.4 115.8 57.9 61.3 43.4 94.5 106.2 95.6 69.4 134.4 21.9 88.9 114.7 52.7 60.1 43.3 94.1 105.7 95.7 73.6 132.7 23.9 88.4 115.2 56.0 59.6 42.1 93.2 105.4 94.0 72.2 132.4 24.8 Service-producing ................................................. 167.1 170.3 169.6 167.9 167.2 167.8 167.0 167.5 168.0 167.8 Transportation and public utilities ..................... 137.7 134.5 136.0 132.6 136.5 133.9 133.7 133.6 133.6 131.6 Wholesale trade ................................................ 125.1 126.9 127.4 125.1 124.8 126.7 125.9 126.2 126.2 124.6 Retail trade ....................................................... 145.7 150.1 147.3 145.8 146.4 147.1 145.7 146.0 146.5 146.5 Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 138.5 142.0 143.4 140.5 139.9 140.0 139.9 141.0 141.4 141.7 Services ............................................................ 211.7 216.2 215.4 214.7 211.3 212.7 211.8 212.7 213.5 214.0 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 347 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 62.4 55.3 55.9 49.4 47.3 57.5 58.6 57.5 45.7 41.4 59.1 53.6 57.9 50.3 49.7 60.2 58.4 51.2 42.4 47.8 57.5 55.5 50.1 47.3 50.9 56.8 57.8 55.8 43.2 49.4 54.6 57.1 57.8 44.5 48.6 59.1 54.8 51.4 42.5 48.8 57.2 57.1 52.4 42.4 p50.7 53.0 57.2 52.4 40.5 p47.3 57.9 60.4 53.2 39.3 56.8 58.1 52.7 44.1 Over 3-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 65.3 59.2 60.4 45.5 40.1 66.3 57.6 61.4 46.1 43.2 65.3 59.5 58.4 40.8 42.5 65.9 55.2 53.2 43.4 46.5 62.7 60.2 52.4 37.8 48.0 58.2 57.2 55.5 43.2 50.1 58.9 59.4 56.6 39.3 47.1 59.1 59.2 56.2 38.0 p47.3 59.8 59.7 51.2 35.3 p48.7 57.9 58.9 51.0 33.7 57.1 61.2 53.2 36.3 58.8 60.7 51.6 38.9 Over 6-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 70.2 60.2 61.1 44.7 37.0 67.4 58.9 59.4 42.7 41.6 64.7 58.5 58.1 39.5 43.4 61.5 59.7 57.9 40.1 44.4 64.1 57.2 54.2 40.8 46.5 62.1 60.8 52.4 35.6 p47.3 59.1 61.2 52.9 37.0 p48.6 58.8 62.5 54.2 32.4 57.5 62.7 52.4 34.3 60.2 61.8 48.7 33.1 59.2 61.2 45.7 34.1 58.4 62.8 46.5 35.6 Over 12-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 69.9 61.2 61.4 41.5 35.2 67.9 60.1 59.9 41.5 36.0 67.6 58.2 58.8 38.9 p37.5 65.6 61.0 56.2 37.5 p37.8 64.1 60.7 55.3 37.3 62.7 61.5 53.6 36.2 61.7 62.2 53.0 34.1 62.2 61.1 51.0 33.6 60.8 63.8 47.7 34.4 59.4 62.2 45.2 33.9 60.8 59.7 44.5 33.3 58.9 60.5 42.9 34.0 Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 57.0 47.4 44.9 34.9 35.3 52.6 41.2 52.2 26.8 37.9 52.2 42.6 49.3 38.2 40.4 52.9 46.0 46.0 29.0 47.4 44.9 46.3 49.3 28.3 47.1 47.4 43.4 50.7 30.5 40.4 38.2 50.0 57.4 34.9 48.9 52.9 42.6 36.8 25.7 41.9 44.9 46.0 39.0 31.6 p42.6 38.6 45.6 42.3 31.3 p40.4 42.3 51.5 47.1 25.0 41.5 49.3 40.8 30.9 Over 3-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 59.2 39.3 48.2 21.3 24.6 57.0 39.3 48.9 21.3 30.1 54.8 39.7 48.9 18.4 37.1 51.8 40.1 44.5 23.5 38.6 48.2 41.2 46.7 19.9 40.1 38.2 43.8 52.2 23.2 41.2 41.9 44.1 46.0 17.3 38.6 43.0 46.3 38.6 19.1 p37.9 43.0 42.3 29.0 16.2 p34.6 38.2 44.1 34.2 18.0 32.7 47.8 39.0 18.4 40.4 45.2 36.0 18.0 Over 6-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 60.7 36.4 47.8 20.2 19.9 54.4 36.0 45.2 16.9 26.8 49.3 37.5 44.5 14.0 29.8 40.1 40.4 50.0 16.2 38.2 45.2 37.5 41.9 16.5 36.4 42.6 42.3 37.9 13.2 p37.1 39.0 43.0 36.0 14.7 p32.0 38.2 44.5 35.3 11.8 34.6 48.2 32.4 14.0 41.2 43.0 26.1 13.2 35.7 44.5 21.3 17.6 33.1 47.4 21.7 16.5 Over 12-month span: 1998 .......................... 1999 .......................... 2000 .......................... 2001 .......................... 2002 .......................... 54.8 38.6 49.3 13.6 18.0 52.2 34.6 44.1 13.6 18.0 51.8 32.4 39.3 13.6 p19.9 46.7 36.0 36.8 15.4 p19.9 40.4 37.9 35.3 12.1 40.1 39.0 34.2 11.0 38.2 40.1 33.8 11.0 37.5 40.4 28.7 11.0 36.4 44.5 22.1 12.9 34.6 44.5 19.1 12.9 35.7 43.4 17.6 14.0 34.2 44.5 14.0 13.6 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.
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