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News United States Department of Labor 2 Bureau of Labor Statistics Technical information: Household data: Establishment data: Media contact: Washington, D.C. 20212 (202) 691-6378 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ USDL 07-1678 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ 691-5902 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Friday, November 2, 2007. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: OCTOBER 2007 Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 166,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, and leisure and hospitality. Manufacturing employment continued to decline, and construction employment was little changed. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, November 2004 – October 2007 Percent Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, November 2004 – October 2007 Millions 6.5 140.0 6.0 138.0 5.5 136.0 5.0 134.0 4.5 132.0 4.0 130.0 3.5 128.0 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons, at 7.2 million, was essentially unchanged in October, and the unemployment rate held at 4.7 percent. A year earlier, the number of unemployed persons was 6.7 million, and the jobless rate was 4.4 percent. In October, unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (4.3 percent), adult women (4.1 percent), teenagers (15.6 percent), whites (4.2 percent), blacks (8.5 percent), and Hispanics (5.6 per- Southern California Wildfires The Southern California wildfires and resulting evacuations had no discernable impact on the October payroll and household survey estimates. For more information, see the Frequently Asked Questions section that begins on page 5 of this release. 2 Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Category II 2007 III 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Sept.-Oct. change Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force ……………………….. Employment ……………………….……. Unemployment …………………….……. Not in labor force …………………………. Monthly data 152,807 145,956 6,851 78,675 153,195 146,054 7,142 79,015 152,891 145,794 7,097 79,319 153,464 146,257 7,207 78,997 153,253 146,007 7,245 79,462 -211 -250 38 465 4.7 4.2 4.0 16.0 4.2 8.1 5.7 4.7 4.3 4.1 15.6 4.2 8.5 5.6 0.0 .1 .1 -.4 .0 .4 -.1 p 138,255 p 22,318 p 7,606 p 13,984 p 115,937 p 15,373 p 17,965 p 18,513 p 13,639 p 22,296 p 138,421 p 22,294 p 7,601 p 13,963 p 116,127 p 15,352 p 18,030 p 18,556 p 13,695 p 22,332 p 166 p -24 p -5 p -21 p 190 p -22 p 65 p 43 p 56 p 36 p 33.8 p 41.2 p 4.1 p 0.0 p -.1 p .0 Unemployment rates All workers ……………………....………… Adult men …………...……...……………. Adult women ……………………………. Teenagers …………………...…………… White ……….……...……………………. Black or African American …………….. Hispanic or Latino ethnicity …….………… 4.5 4.0 3.9 15.6 4.0 8.4 5.6 4.7 4.2 4.1 15.7 4.2 7.9 5.7 4.6 4.1 4.1 16.1 4.2 7.7 5.5 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment ……….……...……… 137,864 Goods-producing 1…...…...……………… 22,447 Construction ..…...…………………….. 7,665 Manufacturing …………...……………. 14,064 Service-providing 1 ………...……………. 115,417 Retail trade 2 …...………….……….. 15,385 Professional and business services ...…. 17,879 Education and health services …..…….… 18,301 Leisure and hospitality …...…………… 13,524 Government ………...…………………… 22,233 p 138,160 p 22,363 p 7,625 p 14,010 p 115,797 p 15,383 p 17,939 p 18,473 p 13,598 p 22,260 138,159 22,349 7,620 14,001 115,810 15,386 17,942 18,484 13,589 22,273 Hours of work 3 Total private ……...…………...…………… Manufacturing …………….……...……… Overtime ……...………………..…….… 33.8 41.2 4.2 p 33.8 p 41.3 p 4.1 33.8 41.4 4.1 p 33.8 p 41.3 p 4.1 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3 Total private ……...……………………….. 107.4 p 107.7 107.7 p 107.8 p 107.9 p 0.1 p $17.58 p 594.20 p $0.03 p 1.01 Earnings 3 Average hourly earnings, total private ……. Average weekly earnings, total private …… 1 $17.32 586.11 p $17.50 p 591.50 $17.50 591.50 p $17.55 p 593.19 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data. 3 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers. p = preliminary. 2 3 cent)—showed little or no change. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment, at 146.0 million, was about unchanged in October. The employment-population ratio—62.7 percent—was little changed in October but was down from its recent peak of 63.4 percent in December. The civilian labor force, at 153.3 million in October, and the labor force participation rate, at 65.9 percent, were essentially unchanged from September. (See table A-1.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Nearly 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in October, about unchanged from a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime during the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 320,000 discouraged workers in October, little different from a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.0 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in October had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance and family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 166,000 in October to 138.4 million, following increases of 93,000 in August and 96,000 in September. In October, job growth continued in several service-providing industries, while employment in manufacturing continued to trend downward. Construction employment was little changed over the month. (See table B-1.) Employment in professional and business services increased by 65,000 in October and has risen by 368,000 over the year. In October, job gains continued in architectural and engineering services (7,000) and in management and technical consulting services (8,000). The number of jobs in the employment services industry rose over the month (34,000), following a large decline in September. Thus far in 2007, the industry has lost 156,000 jobs. Health care employment continued to grow in October (34,000) with job gains in ambulatory health care services and hospitals. Over the year, health care has added 400,000 jobs. Within leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in October (37,000). This industry has added 365,000 jobs over the year. Manufacturing employment continued to trend down over the month (-21,000) with declines in motor vehicles and parts (-6,000), computer and electronic products (-4,000), and chemicals (-4,000). Manufacturing has lost 275,000 jobs since June 2006. Overall, employment in construction was little changed in October. A job gain in nonresidential specialty trade contractors (16,000) was offset by job losses in residential building (-9,000) and in residential specialty trade contractors (-13,000). Since its peak in September 2006, construction employment has declined by 124,000. 4 Retail trade employment edged down in October. Among the component industries, employment in building material and garden supply stores continued to trend down with a loss of 7,000 over the month. Employment in financial activities was essentially unchanged in October, although the number of jobs in its credit intermediation component (which includes mortgage lending and related activities) continued to trend down. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) In October, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.1 hour to 41.2 hours, and factory overtime was unchanged at 4.1 hours over the month. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.1 percent in October to 107.9 (2002=100). The manufacturing index decreased by 0.4 percent to 95.0. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 3 cents, or 0.2 percent, in October to $17.58, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings also grew by 0.2 percent over the month, to $594.20. Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 3.8 percent, and average weekly earnings rose by 3.5 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for November 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday, December 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). November 2007 Household Survey Reference Week The November 2007 reference week for the household survey will be the week of November 4th, a week earlier than the usual reference period, which is the week that includes the 12th day of the month. The change is being made so that the household interviews, which are done during the week following the reference period, will not be conducted during the Thanksgiving holiday. In the future, this change will be made whenever the holiday occurs during the survey week. The establishment survey reference period and data collection operations are not being modified and will not be affected by this change. 5 Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates Were the October data from the Employment Situation news release affected by the Southern California wildfires and evacuations? No. In the establishment survey, workers who are paid by their employer for any part of the pay period including the 12th of the month are counted as employed. Since the Southern California wildfires and evacuations began after the week of the 12th, there was no discernable impact on October employment estimates. Hours or earnings impacts, if any, would be negligible at the national level. In the household survey, a person is considered employed if he or she did any work for pay during the reference week (the calendar week including the 12th of the month) or had a job from which he or she was temporarily absent. Was BLS able to collect information from survey respondents (both establishments and households) in the areas affected by the Southern California wildfires and evacuations? Yes. In October, response rates for the establishment survey were within normal ranges for the affected areas. For the household survey, the U.S. Census Bureau had completed most of the data collection the week before the fires and evacuations. As a result, the number of interviews conducted in the affected areas was little different from prior months. Why are there two monthly measures of employment? The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of 104,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Thus, while it is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The household survey does include questions about whether respondents were born outside the United States. Data from these questions show that foreign-born workers accounted for about 15 percent of the labor force in 2006 and about 47 percent of the net increase in the labor force from 2000 to 2006. 6 Why does the establishment survey have revisions? The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit http://www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. Has the establishment survey understated employment growth because it excludes the selfemployed? While the establishment survey excludes the self-employed, the household survey provides monthly estimates of unincorporated self-employment. These estimates have shown no substantial growth in recent years. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance benefits? No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People 7 on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work? Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news release. Technical 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. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. 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-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. 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 monthto-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. Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the ad- justed series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, 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. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month’s data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. 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 430,000. 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 -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000). 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 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 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 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, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/ death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years. 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 0.2 percent, ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 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 and establishment 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.” For the establishment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings. 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 adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Oct. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 229,675 152,397 66.4 146,125 63.6 6,272 4.1 77,278 4,661 232,461 153,400 66.0 146,448 63.0 6,952 4.5 79,061 4,503 232,715 153,516 66.0 146,743 63.1 6,773 4.4 79,200 4,131 229,675 152,052 66.2 145,337 63.3 6,715 4.4 77,623 4,759 231,713 153,072 66.1 146,140 63.1 6,933 4.5 78,641 4,898 231,958 153,231 66.1 146,110 63.0 7,121 4.6 78,727 4,782 232,211 152,891 65.8 145,794 62.8 7,097 4.6 79,319 4,744 232,461 153,464 66.0 146,257 62.9 7,207 4.7 78,997 4,741 232,715 153,253 65.9 146,007 62.7 7,245 4.7 79,462 4,242 111,059 81,652 73.5 78,399 70.6 3,253 4.0 29,407 112,486 82,047 72.9 78,407 69.7 3,640 4.4 30,439 112,619 82,177 73.0 78,578 69.8 3,598 4.4 30,443 111,059 81,612 73.5 77,985 70.2 3,626 4.4 29,448 112,093 82,110 73.3 78,281 69.8 3,829 4.7 29,983 112,222 82,167 73.2 78,292 69.8 3,875 4.7 30,055 112,354 81,915 72.9 78,082 69.5 3,833 4.7 30,439 112,486 82,193 73.1 78,207 69.5 3,986 4.8 30,293 112,619 82,194 73.0 78,179 69.4 4,014 4.9 30,426 102,549 78,145 76.2 75,420 73.5 2,725 3.5 24,404 103,847 78,667 75.8 75,628 72.8 3,039 3.9 25,180 103,973 78,805 75.8 75,753 72.9 3,052 3.9 25,167 102,549 77,936 76.0 74,924 73.1 3,012 3.9 24,613 103,477 78,502 75.9 75,312 72.8 3,190 4.1 24,975 103,598 78,651 75.9 75,362 72.7 3,289 4.2 24,948 103,723 78,512 75.7 75,284 72.6 3,228 4.1 25,211 103,847 78,636 75.7 75,296 72.5 3,340 4.2 25,211 103,973 78,654 75.6 75,276 72.4 3,378 4.3 25,318 118,616 70,745 59.6 67,727 57.1 3,018 4.3 47,871 119,975 71,353 59.5 68,041 56.7 3,312 4.6 48,622 120,096 71,339 59.4 68,165 56.8 3,174 4.4 48,757 118,616 70,440 59.4 67,352 56.8 3,089 4.4 48,175 119,620 70,962 59.3 67,859 56.7 3,104 4.4 48,658 119,736 71,064 59.4 67,819 56.6 3,245 4.6 48,672 119,856 70,976 59.2 67,712 56.5 3,264 4.6 48,880 119,975 71,271 59.4 68,050 56.7 3,221 4.5 48,704 120,096 71,059 59.2 67,828 56.5 3,231 4.5 49,037 110,349 67,268 61.0 64,728 58.7 2,540 3.8 43,081 111,590 68,026 61.0 65,170 58.4 2,855 4.2 43,564 111,703 67,970 60.8 65,241 58.4 2,729 4.0 43,733 110,349 66,851 60.6 64,252 58.2 2,599 3.9 43,498 111,259 67,474 60.6 64,855 58.3 2,619 3.9 43,785 111,367 67,579 60.7 64,808 58.2 2,771 4.1 43,788 111,479 67,628 60.7 64,845 58.2 2,783 4.1 43,851 111,590 67,814 60.8 65,068 58.3 2,746 4.0 43,776 111,703 67,599 60.5 64,826 58.0 2,773 4.1 44,103 16,776 6,984 41.6 5,978 35.6 1,006 14.4 9,792 17,024 6,707 39.4 5,649 33.2 1,058 15.8 10,317 17,040 6,740 39.6 5,749 33.7 992 14.7 10,299 16,776 7,264 43.3 6,161 36.7 1,104 15.2 9,512 16,977 7,096 41.8 5,972 35.2 1,124 15.8 9,881 16,993 7,002 41.2 5,940 35.0 1,062 15.2 9,991 17,009 6,751 39.7 5,665 33.3 1,086 16.1 10,257 17,024 7,014 41.2 5,894 34.6 1,120 16.0 10,010 17,040 6,999 41.1 5,905 34.7 1,094 15.6 10,041 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. 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 ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ..................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................. Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate ................................................ Not in labor force .......................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Oct. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 186,840 124,498 66.6 120,053 64.3 4,445 3.6 62,341 188,644 125,191 66.4 120,103 63.7 5,089 4.1 63,453 188,813 125,228 66.3 120,424 63.8 4,804 3.8 63,585 186,840 124,364 66.6 119,511 64.0 4,853 3.9 62,476 188,148 124,922 66.4 119,872 63.7 5,050 4.0 63,226 188,312 124,966 66.4 119,747 63.6 5,219 4.2 63,346 188,479 124,593 66.1 119,349 63.3 5,243 4.2 63,887 188,644 125,245 66.4 119,948 63.6 5,297 4.2 63,399 188,813 125,109 66.3 119,875 63.5 5,233 4.2 63,705 64,950 76.6 63,023 74.4 1,927 3.0 65,220 76.2 62,928 73.5 2,292 3.5 65,337 76.2 63,143 73.7 2,194 3.4 64,792 76.5 62,613 73.9 2,179 3.4 65,197 76.4 62,871 73.6 2,326 3.6 65,224 76.3 62,768 73.5 2,456 3.8 65,018 76.0 62,556 73.1 2,462 3.8 65,202 76.2 62,646 73.2 2,556 3.9 65,230 76.1 62,748 73.2 2,482 3.8 53,844 60.4 52,044 58.4 1,800 3.3 54,350 60.4 52,342 58.2 2,008 3.7 54,355 60.4 52,476 58.3 1,878 3.5 53,614 60.1 51,740 58.0 1,874 3.5 53,842 60.0 51,953 57.9 1,889 3.5 53,922 60.0 51,957 57.9 1,965 3.6 53,961 60.0 51,978 57.8 1,983 3.7 54,209 60.3 52,300 58.1 1,909 3.5 54,093 60.1 52,149 57.9 1,944 3.6 5,705 44.2 4,986 38.6 718 12.6 5,621 43.0 4,833 37.0 788 14.0 5,536 42.3 4,805 36.7 731 13.2 5,958 46.1 5,158 39.9 800 13.4 5,884 45.1 5,048 38.7 836 14.2 5,820 44.6 5,022 38.5 797 13.7 5,614 43.0 4,816 36.9 798 14.2 5,834 44.6 5,002 38.3 832 14.3 5,785 44.2 4,979 38.1 807 13.9 27,153 17,460 64.3 16,041 59.1 1,420 8.1 9,692 27,584 17,527 63.5 16,142 58.5 1,384 7.9 10,057 27,627 17,520 63.4 16,085 58.2 1,435 8.2 10,107 27,153 17,378 64.0 15,902 58.6 1,476 8.5 9,774 27,459 17,493 63.7 16,005 58.3 1,488 8.5 9,966 27,498 17,645 64.2 16,229 59.0 1,416 8.0 9,854 27,541 17,523 63.6 16,175 58.7 1,349 7.7 10,018 27,584 17,493 63.4 16,077 58.3 1,416 8.1 10,090 27,627 17,422 63.1 15,938 57.7 1,484 8.5 10,204 7,810 71.5 7,191 65.8 618 7.9 7,932 71.5 7,384 66.5 549 6.9 7,896 71.0 7,274 65.4 622 7.9 7,747 70.9 7,109 65.1 639 8.2 7,816 70.8 7,144 64.7 672 8.6 7,987 72.2 7,383 66.7 604 7.6 7,955 71.8 7,411 66.9 545 6.8 7,884 71.0 7,303 65.8 581 7.4 7,814 70.3 7,178 64.6 636 8.1 8,762 64.2 8,181 60.0 581 6.6 8,905 64.4 8,268 59.8 637 7.2 8,863 64.0 8,243 59.5 620 7.0 8,721 63.9 8,122 59.6 599 6.9 8,858 64.3 8,298 60.2 561 6.3 8,880 64.4 8,274 60.0 605 6.8 8,808 63.8 8,241 59.7 567 6.4 8,852 64.0 8,235 59.5 618 7.0 8,838 63.8 8,203 59.2 635 7.2 889 34.3 669 25.8 220 24.7 689 26.0 491 18.5 198 28.8 761 28.6 568 21.4 192 25.3 910 35.1 671 25.9 239 26.3 819 31.0 564 21.4 255 31.2 778 29.4 572 21.6 206 26.5 760 28.7 523 19.7 237 31.2 757 28.6 539 20.3 218 28.8 770 29.0 558 21.0 212 27.6 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... 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 .................................................. BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... 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 .................................................. See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Oct. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 10,209 6,781 66.4 6,597 64.6 184 2.7 3,428 10,698 6,997 65.4 6,776 63.3 222 3.2 3,700 10,719 7,069 65.9 6,806 63.5 263 3.7 3,650 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) ASIAN Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Seasonally adjusted 1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age Oct. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 30,416 20,902 68.7 19,977 65.7 925 4.4 9,514 31,617 21,759 68.8 20,546 65.0 1,213 5.6 9,857 31,714 21,811 68.8 20,656 65.1 1,155 5.3 9,903 30,416 20,825 68.5 19,860 65.3 965 4.6 9,591 31,329 21,404 68.3 20,191 64.4 1,212 5.7 9,926 31,423 21,602 68.7 20,331 64.7 1,271 5.9 9,821 31,520 21,795 69.1 20,599 65.4 1,196 5.5 9,725 31,617 21,901 69.3 20,654 65.3 1,247 5.7 9,716 31,714 21,775 68.7 20,563 64.8 1,212 5.6 9,939 12,043 84.9 11,634 82.0 409 3.4 12,424 84.2 11,850 80.3 574 4.6 12,509 84.5 11,937 80.6 571 4.6 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 7,830 58.5 7,449 55.6 381 4.9 8,242 59.3 7,796 56.1 446 5.4 8,205 58.9 7,811 56.1 394 4.8 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1,029 36.3 894 31.5 136 13.2 1,093 36.8 901 30.3 193 17.6 1,098 36.8 907 30.4 190 17.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. Civilian labor force ........................................................ Participation rate ....................................................... Employed .................................................................... Employment-population ratio .................................... Unemployed ............................................................... Unemployment rate .................................................. Not in labor force .......................................................... 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 .................................................. 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Seasonally adjusted Oct. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 12,561 45.9 11,908 43.5 653 5.2 12,250 46.6 11,397 43.3 853 7.0 11,895 46.4 11,116 43.3 779 6.5 12,725 46.5 11,993 43.8 732 5.8 12,017 45.0 11,208 41.9 809 6.7 12,141 47.8 11,274 44.4 867 7.1 12,031 46.4 11,225 43.3 806 6.7 12,161 46.2 11,263 42.8 898 7.4 12,113 47.2 11,227 43.8 887 7.3 38,581 63.6 37,156 61.2 1,425 3.7 39,013 63.3 37,398 60.7 1,615 4.1 38,654 62.9 37,031 60.2 1,623 4.2 38,360 63.2 36,780 60.6 1,581 4.1 38,277 62.8 36,721 60.3 1,556 4.1 38,447 63.3 36,743 60.5 1,703 4.4 38,549 62.9 36,885 60.2 1,664 4.3 38,828 63.0 37,060 60.1 1,768 4.6 38,552 62.7 36,768 59.8 1,784 4.6 35,958 72.9 34,796 70.5 1,162 3.2 36,077 72.0 34,907 69.7 1,170 3.2 36,715 72.2 35,502 69.8 1,213 3.3 35,702 72.4 34,486 69.9 1,216 3.4 36,340 72.8 35,077 70.3 1,263 3.5 36,281 71.4 34,998 68.9 1,283 3.5 35,961 71.9 34,629 69.2 1,331 3.7 35,987 71.8 34,750 69.4 1,237 3.4 36,190 71.2 34,915 68.7 1,274 3.5 43,192 78.2 42,413 76.8 779 1.8 44,143 77.5 43,248 76.0 895 2.0 44,430 77.6 43,530 76.1 900 2.0 42,900 77.7 42,088 76.2 812 1.9 44,254 78.0 43,380 76.4 874 2.0 44,474 77.3 43,540 75.7 934 2.1 44,594 77.5 43,680 75.9 914 2.0 44,132 77.5 43,264 76.0 868 2.0 44,204 77.2 43,271 75.6 934 2.1 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... High school graduates, no college 1 Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... Bachelor’s degree and higher 2 Civilian labor force .......................................................... Participation rate ......................................................... Employed ...................................................................... Employment-population ratio ...................................... Unemployed ................................................................. Unemployment rate .................................................... 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. See box note in the BLS news release USDL 07-0486, "The Employment Situation: March 2007," issued on April 6, 2007, for a discussion of technical issues regarding educational attainment data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Oct. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 2,211 1,282 916 13 2,147 1,248 875 24 2,130 1,200 914 17 2,150 1,249 882 (1) 1,941 1,155 775 (1) 1,993 1,157 823 (1) 1,843 1,016 806 (1) 2,054 1,160 853 (1) 2,076 1,177 877 (1) Nonagricultural industries ............................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Government ................................................................ Private industries ........................................................ Private households ................................................... Other industries ........................................................ Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 143,915 133,930 20,879 113,051 750 112,301 9,871 114 144,300 134,553 21,153 113,400 823 112,577 9,631 116 144,612 135,119 21,096 114,023 760 113,263 9,379 115 143,260 133,421 20,658 112,759 (1) 111,990 9,700 (1) 144,122 134,128 21,082 113,000 (1) 112,196 9,878 (1) 144,159 134,339 21,024 113,319 (1) 112,554 9,706 (1) 143,952 134,269 21,148 113,133 (1) 112,384 9,652 (1) 144,325 134,604 21,133 113,488 (1) 112,676 9,589 (1) 143,945 134,535 20,915 113,624 (1) 112,838 9,242 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 4,010 2,633 1,160 20,223 4,137 2,768 1,091 20,037 4,028 2,612 1,180 19,956 4,305 2,770 1,203 19,467 4,290 2,790 1,203 20,112 4,313 2,724 1,217 20,014 4,516 2,933 1,168 19,835 4,512 2,986 1,148 19,891 4,335 2,781 1,207 19,329 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 3,954 2,594 1,152 19,890 4,085 2,736 1,088 19,679 3,930 2,549 1,171 19,634 4,233 2,717 1,196 19,170 4,194 2,737 1,204 19,758 4,240 2,683 1,211 19,660 4,459 2,903 1,147 19,569 4,407 2,920 1,142 19,570 4,251 2,736 1,203 19,121 PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2 1 Data not available. 2 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. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Oct. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 146,125 5,978 2,495 3,483 140,148 13,875 126,273 100,933 31,507 34,835 34,591 25,340 146,448 5,649 2,218 3,431 140,799 13,849 126,950 100,813 31,717 34,335 34,761 26,137 146,743 5,749 2,286 3,463 140,994 13,815 127,179 100,956 31,873 34,272 34,811 26,223 145,337 6,161 2,560 3,598 139,176 13,849 125,351 100,276 31,236 34,652 34,388 25,075 146,140 5,972 2,351 3,645 140,167 13,994 126,184 100,452 31,632 34,215 34,605 25,732 146,110 5,940 2,303 3,667 140,170 13,964 126,291 100,344 31,667 34,151 34,526 25,947 145,794 5,665 2,255 3,389 140,129 13,876 126,445 100,563 31,717 34,214 34,632 25,882 146,257 5,894 2,270 3,630 140,364 13,972 126,508 100,497 31,587 34,227 34,682 26,011 146,007 5,905 2,318 3,594 140,102 13,837 126,266 100,316 31,609 34,118 34,589 25,950 Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 78,399 2,979 1,150 1,828 75,420 7,439 67,980 54,460 17,335 18,883 18,242 13,521 78,407 2,779 1,040 1,738 75,628 7,235 68,393 54,511 17,588 18,653 18,269 13,882 78,578 2,826 1,095 1,730 75,753 7,308 68,445 54,574 17,587 18,620 18,367 13,871 77,985 3,061 1,179 1,878 74,924 7,428 67,485 54,119 17,179 18,777 18,162 13,366 78,281 2,969 1,139 1,851 75,312 7,368 67,969 54,312 17,466 18,643 18,203 13,657 78,292 2,930 1,119 1,815 75,362 7,417 67,990 54,257 17,560 18,567 18,130 13,733 78,082 2,798 1,065 1,746 75,284 7,333 68,049 54,317 17,499 18,651 18,167 13,732 78,207 2,911 1,073 1,834 75,296 7,294 68,029 54,229 17,450 18,575 18,203 13,800 78,179 2,903 1,116 1,791 75,276 7,307 67,970 54,252 17,442 18,541 18,269 13,718 Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 67,727 2,999 1,344 1,655 64,728 6,435 58,292 46,473 14,173 15,952 16,348 11,819 68,041 2,871 1,178 1,693 65,170 6,613 58,557 46,303 14,129 15,681 16,492 12,254 68,165 2,923 1,190 1,733 65,241 6,507 58,734 46,382 14,286 15,652 16,445 12,352 67,352 3,099 1,382 1,720 64,252 6,421 57,866 46,157 14,056 15,874 16,226 11,709 67,859 3,004 1,212 1,794 64,855 6,626 58,215 46,140 14,165 15,572 16,402 12,075 67,819 3,011 1,183 1,852 64,808 6,546 58,301 46,087 14,107 15,584 16,396 12,215 67,712 2,867 1,190 1,643 64,845 6,544 58,396 46,246 14,218 15,564 16,465 12,150 68,050 2,983 1,197 1,796 65,068 6,679 58,479 46,268 14,137 15,651 16,479 12,211 67,828 3,002 1,202 1,803 64,826 6,530 58,296 46,064 14,167 15,577 16,320 12,232 45,762 35,766 9,088 46,244 35,796 9,618 46,309 35,828 9,429 45,548 35,277 (1) 46,527 36,217 (1) 46,330 35,997 (1) 46,192 35,826 (1) 46,238 35,739 (1) 46,176 35,483 (1) 121,199 24,926 121,728 24,720 122,006 24,736 120,889 24,554 120,645 25,555 121,122 25,102 120,995 24,897 121,332 25,039 121,606 24,490 7,865 5.4 7,621 5.2 7,852 5.4 7,603 5.2 7,707 5.3 7,674 5.3 7,555 5.2 7,509 5.1 7,583 5.2 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ......................................... Married women, spouse present .................................... Women who maintain families ........................................ FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 2 ......................................................... Part-time workers 3 ......................................................... MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders ................................................. Percent of total employed ........................................... 1 Data not available. 2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates 1 Oct. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 6,715 1,104 547 551 5,611 1,278 4,307 3,524 1,518 1,037 969 771 7,207 1,120 518 604 6,086 1,357 4,770 3,930 1,604 1,202 1,123 840 7,245 1,094 486 592 6,151 1,287 4,833 3,991 1,580 1,218 1,194 842 4.4 15.2 17.6 13.3 3.9 8.4 3.3 3.4 4.6 2.9 2.7 3.0 4.5 15.8 16.8 15.5 4.0 8.0 3.5 3.6 4.6 3.3 3.0 3.0 4.6 15.2 16.7 14.1 4.1 8.5 3.7 3.8 4.6 3.7 3.1 3.2 4.6 16.1 18.6 14.6 4.1 8.3 3.6 3.7 4.6 3.6 3.1 3.2 4.7 16.0 18.6 14.3 4.2 8.9 3.6 3.8 4.8 3.4 3.1 3.1 4.7 15.6 17.3 14.1 4.2 8.5 3.7 3.8 4.8 3.4 3.3 3.1 Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over ..................................................... 3,626 614 292 305 3,012 724 2,246 1,839 836 533 470 407 3,986 646 299 351 3,340 769 2,557 2,090 882 630 578 467 4,014 636 259 355 3,378 747 2,578 2,134 898 640 595 445 4.4 16.7 19.8 14.0 3.9 8.9 3.2 3.3 4.6 2.8 2.5 3.0 4.7 17.7 18.1 18.2 4.1 9.3 3.4 3.5 4.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 4.7 16.7 18.9 15.3 4.2 9.2 3.6 3.7 4.3 3.6 3.2 3.4 4.7 17.8 22.0 15.2 4.1 8.7 3.6 3.6 4.6 3.2 3.1 3.4 4.8 18.2 21.8 16.0 4.2 9.5 3.6 3.7 4.8 3.3 3.1 3.3 4.9 18.0 18.8 16.5 4.3 9.3 3.7 3.8 4.9 3.3 3.2 3.1 Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 20 years and over ......................................................... 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 25 years and over ....................................................... 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 55 years and over 2 .................................................. 3,089 490 255 246 2,599 554 2,061 1,685 683 504 498 351 3,221 475 218 254 2,746 588 2,213 1,840 723 572 545 379 3,231 458 227 237 2,773 540 2,255 1,858 682 577 599 385 4.4 13.6 15.6 12.5 3.9 7.9 3.4 3.5 4.6 3.1 3.0 2.9 4.4 13.9 15.6 12.7 3.9 6.7 3.6 3.7 4.6 3.7 2.9 3.2 4.6 13.6 14.5 12.8 4.1 7.7 3.7 3.9 4.9 3.9 3.0 3.5 4.6 14.4 15.3 14.0 4.1 7.8 3.7 3.9 4.6 4.0 3.1 3.4 4.5 13.7 15.4 12.4 4.0 8.1 3.6 3.8 4.9 3.5 3.2 3.0 4.5 13.2 15.9 11.6 4.1 7.6 3.7 3.9 4.6 3.6 3.5 3.0 1,069 1,010 631 1,158 1,048 658 1,197 1,066 631 2.3 2.8 6.5 2.4 2.7 6.8 2.7 2.8 6.8 2.4 3.1 6.2 2.4 2.8 6.4 2.5 2.9 6.3 5,413 1,312 6,037 1,229 5,996 1,268 4.3 5.1 4.5 4.6 4.6 5.0 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.9 AGE AND SEX MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present ......................................... Married women, spouse present .................................... Women who maintain families 2 ..................................... FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 3 ......................................................... Part-time workers 4 ......................................................... 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. 3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Oct. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 2,724 659 2,065 1,434 632 802 2,206 540 3,208 613 2,595 1,831 764 902 2,190 652 3,259 737 2,523 1,802 721 804 2,047 662 3,088 958 2,130 1 ( ) (1) 783 2,249 593 3,375 866 2,509 1 ( ) (1) 810 2,127 621 3,628 981 2,648 1 ( ) (1) 823 2,078 593 3,617 979 2,638 1 ( ) (1) 793 2,064 593 3,577 954 2,623 1 ( ) (1) 842 2,144 698 3,699 1,053 2,647 (1) (1) 791 2,084 708 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 43.4 10.5 32.9 12.8 35.2 8.6 46.1 8.8 37.3 13.0 31.5 9.4 48.1 10.9 37.3 11.9 30.2 9.8 46.0 14.3 31.7 11.7 33.5 8.8 48.7 12.5 36.2 11.7 30.7 9.0 50.9 13.8 37.2 11.6 29.2 8.3 51.2 13.8 37.3 11.2 29.2 8.4 49.3 13.1 36.1 11.6 29.5 9.6 50.8 14.5 36.3 10.9 28.6 9.7 1.8 .5 1.4 .4 2.1 .6 1.4 .4 2.1 .5 1.3 .4 2.0 .5 1.5 .4 2.2 .5 1.4 .4 2.4 .5 1.4 .4 2.4 .5 1.3 .4 2.3 .5 1.4 .5 2.4 .5 1.4 .5 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 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Oct. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Less than 5 weeks .............................................................................. 5 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 15 weeks and over ............................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................ 27 weeks and over .......................................................................... 2,468 1,855 1,948 898 1,050 2,563 2,118 2,271 1,009 1,261 2,371 2,204 2,198 927 1,271 2,588 2,064 2,062 974 1,088 2,488 2,125 2,286 1,166 1,120 2,473 2,213 2,413 1,105 1,308 2,595 2,166 2,385 1,138 1,247 2,518 2,332 2,393 1,115 1,277 2,480 2,459 2,343 1,031 1,312 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .................................................... Median duration, in weeks .................................................................. 16.7 7.9 16.7 8.7 17.4 8.5 16.4 8.0 16.8 8.2 17.2 8.9 16.9 8.6 16.5 9.0 17.1 8.7 100.0 39.4 29.6 31.1 14.3 16.7 100.0 36.9 30.5 32.7 14.5 18.1 100.0 35.0 32.5 32.5 13.7 18.8 100.0 38.5 30.7 30.7 14.5 16.2 100.0 36.1 30.8 33.1 16.9 16.2 100.0 34.8 31.2 34.0 15.6 18.4 100.0 36.3 30.3 33.4 15.9 17.4 100.0 34.8 32.2 33.0 15.4 17.6 100.0 34.1 33.8 32.2 14.2 18.0 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 ......................................................................... NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Employed Unemployment rates Unemployed Occupation Total, 16 years and over 1 ............................................................. Management, professional, and related occupations ............. Management, business, and financial operations occupations .................................................................................... Professional and related occupations ...................................... Service occupations ....................................................................... Sales and office occupations ....................................................... Sales and related occupations .................................................. Office and administrative support occupations ...................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................................................................... Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................. Construction and extraction occupations ................................ Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................ Production, transportation, and material moving occupations .................................................................................... Production occupations .............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ................. Oct. 2006 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 Oct. 2007 146,125 51,427 146,743 52,127 6,272 971 6,773 1,071 4.1 1.9 4.4 2.0 21,565 29,862 23,939 36,051 16,388 19,663 21,748 30,379 24,178 35,933 16,297 19,636 378 593 1,380 1,590 787 803 368 703 1,488 1,590 813 777 1.7 1.9 5.5 4.2 4.6 3.9 1.7 2.3 5.8 4.2 4.8 3.8 16,225 955 9,714 5,556 16,092 956 9,715 5,422 777 86 497 194 856 46 675 135 4.6 8.2 4.9 3.4 5.1 4.6 6.5 2.4 18,484 9,396 9,088 18,412 9,566 8,846 990 507 483 1,090 564 526 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.6 5.6 5.6 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Oct. 2006 Oct. 2007 HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Industry and class of worker Total, 16 years and over 1 .................................................... Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................... Mining ............................................................................................. Construction .................................................................................. Manufacturing ............................................................................... Durable goods ............................................................................ Nondurable goods ..................................................................... Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................... Transportation and utilities ......................................................... Information ..................................................................................... Financial activities ........................................................................ Professional and business services ......................................... Education and health services .................................................. Leisure and hospitality ................................................................ Other services ............................................................................... Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ...... Government workers ..................................................................... Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................. Unemployment rates Oct. 2006 Oct. 2007 6,272 4,956 15 456 618 363 255 972 206 116 211 768 531 795 268 77 424 275 6,773 5,233 9 641 729 431 298 907 218 120 307 675 534 911 182 47 492 338 Oct. 2006 Oct. 2007 4.1 4.2 2.2 4.5 3.7 3.5 4.2 4.7 3.6 3.4 2.1 5.6 2.8 6.6 4.4 5.8 2.0 2.5 4.4 4.4 1.3 6.1 4.3 4.1 4.8 4.4 3.6 3.7 3.2 4.8 2.7 7.5 3.0 4.0 2.3 3.1 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Oct. 2006 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force ..................................................................... 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............................................. 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ................................................. 4.1 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................... 4.3 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 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 ................................ 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 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 ..................................................................................... 7.6 8.0 7.9 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.4 NOTE: 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. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Oct. 2006 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 Oct. 2007 77,278 4,661 1,478 79,200 4,131 1,364 29,407 2,007 750 30,443 1,871 691 47,871 2,654 728 48,757 2,260 673 331 1,147 320 1,044 203 547 189 502 128 600 131 542 Total multiple jobholders 4 .................................................................. Percent of total employed ............................................................... 7,865 5.4 7,852 5.4 3,906 5.0 3,933 5.0 3,959 5.8 3,919 5.7 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 ......................................... 4,123 1,623 353 1,709 4,409 1,729 297 1,377 2,272 502 235 862 2,422 517 206 765 1,851 1,120 119 847 1,987 1,213 92 613 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force .................................................................. Persons who currently want a job ...................................................... Searched for work and available to work now 1 ........................... Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects 2 .................................. Reasons other than discouragement 3 ................................. 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 school or family responsibilities, ill health, 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. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Oct. 2006 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Seasonally adjusted Oct. 2007p Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Oct. 2007p Change from: Sept. 2007Oct. 2007 p Total nonfarm ............................. 137,643 137,909 138,502 139,261 136,745 137,973 138,066 138,159 138,255 138,421 166 Total private ........................................ 115,189 116,816 116,365 116,566 114,645 115,739 115,856 115,886 115,959 116,089 130 Goods-producing ............................................ 22,807 22,769 22,627 22,514 22,573 22,436 22,421 22,349 22,318 22,294 -24 Natural resources and mining .................................. Logging ........................................................... Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 709 67.2 641.3 139.9 226.9 79.4 274.5 743 65.5 677.8 153.8 237.1 80.8 286.9 736 65.4 670.7 151.5 235.3 80.7 283.9 739 65.2 674.1 151.8 236.0 81.2 286.3 700 63.9 635.9 140.4 223.5 79.7 272.0 721 64.1 656.5 149.3 228.3 79.6 278.9 726 62.8 663.5 150.8 228.9 80.3 283.8 728 62.4 665.2 151.5 230.1 80.6 283.6 728 62.4 665.1 151.7 230.7 81.0 282.7 730 62.4 667.6 152.7 231.7 81.3 283.2 2 .0 2.5 1.0 1.0 .3 .5 Construction ............................................................. Construction of buildings ................................... Residential building ......................................... Nonresidential building .................................... Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ Specialty trade contractors ............................... Residential specialty trade contractors ........... Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 7,905 1,842.4 1,040.3 802.1 1,049.9 5,012.6 2,395.9 2,616.7 7,930 1,817.8 1,013.4 804.4 1,058.6 5,054.0 2,376.7 2,677.3 7,838 1,805.6 999.4 806.2 1,053.6 4,978.4 2,324.8 2,653.6 7,792 1,787.7 985.3 802.4 1,049.9 4,954.8 2,296.2 2,658.6 7,707 1,814.5 1,028.2 786.3 989.7 4,902.6 2,340.5 2,562.1 7,665 1,788.9 997.3 791.6 999.4 4,876.3 2,302.5 2,573.8 7,649 1,782.1 991.3 790.8 996.2 4,870.7 2,306.0 2,564.7 7,620 1,768.0 983.0 785.0 994.2 4,857.7 2,280.0 2,577.7 7,606 1,769.5 979.4 790.1 991.9 4,845.0 2,262.9 2,582.1 7,601 1,760.0 970.9 789.1 992.5 4,848.0 2,249.9 2,598.1 -5 -9.5 -8.5 -1.0 .6 3.0 -13.0 16.0 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 14,193 10,168 14,096 10,142 14,053 10,129 13,983 10,071 14,166 10,139 14,050 10,091 14,046 10,098 14,001 10,062 13,984 10,060 13,963 10,046 -21 -14 Durable goods ....................................................... Production workers ....................................... Wood products ................................................... Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ Primary metals .................................................... Fabricated metal products ................................. Machinery ........................................................... Computer and electronic products 1.................... Computer and peripheral equipment ............. Communications equipment ........................... Semiconductors and electronic components . Electronic instruments ..................................... Electrical equipment and appliances ................ Transportation equipment 1.................................. Motor vehicles and parts 2................................. Furniture and related products .......................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 8,995 6,365 548.5 510.9 458.6 1,565.2 1,204.9 1,316.9 198.6 142.3 466.3 437.3 435.8 1,749.3 1,047.8 548.7 655.7 8,912 6,319 534.4 505.8 449.6 1,572.3 1,224.6 1,306.6 196.9 142.4 460.8 437.2 436.3 1,701.0 997.8 529.4 652.3 8,880 6,312 525.2 503.5 447.2 1,571.9 1,218.5 1,295.0 196.8 140.6 455.7 434.1 435.2 1,707.5 1,004.1 525.6 650.8 8,846 6,289 517.5 498.6 445.0 1,573.7 1,220.5 1,289.9 196.2 140.1 453.2 433.7 432.6 1,691.4 987.8 521.8 654.8 8,996 6,365 548.3 504.7 459.5 1,562.4 1,208.8 1,316.6 198.9 141.7 466.5 437.6 438.1 1,752.8 1,051.7 550.0 654.6 8,897 6,309 526.5 500.5 449.2 1,569.0 1,224.3 1,306.4 196.2 142.9 464.2 435.5 436.0 1,702.9 999.2 529.4 652.9 8,900 6,313 529.2 499.1 450.9 1,569.5 1,228.2 1,304.3 196.5 142.7 462.5 434.5 436.8 1,699.5 998.4 530.3 652.1 8,873 6,290 523.2 495.3 447.8 1,568.2 1,223.3 1,300.5 196.5 142.7 458.3 434.5 434.6 1,700.2 997.4 526.9 652.5 8,860 6,290 519.5 494.9 446.3 1,570.4 1,221.6 1,295.9 196.8 142.0 455.8 433.9 434.7 1,701.1 996.5 524.5 651.3 8,848 6,287 517.7 492.8 446.0 1,572.0 1,223.1 1,291.6 196.3 140.0 454.6 434.3 434.9 1,693.7 990.4 522.2 654.4 -12 -3 -1.8 -2.1 -.3 1.6 1.5 -4.3 -.5 -2.0 -1.2 .4 .2 -7.4 -6.1 -2.3 3.1 Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,198 Production workers ....................................... 3,803 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,511.5 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 199.9 Textile mills ......................................................... 187.5 Textile product mills ........................................... 159.2 Apparel ................................................................ 233.1 Leather and allied products ............................... 37.5 Paper and paper products ................................. 463.0 Printing and related support activities ............... 634.1 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 118.3 Chemicals ........................................................... 869.8 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 784.5 5,184 3,823 1,536.5 203.9 168.4 153.3 214.8 35.2 457.9 625.7 119.0 879.3 790.4 5,173 3,817 1,529.4 203.4 167.5 151.6 214.6 36.6 455.7 628.6 119.3 877.5 788.8 5,137 3,782 1,514.1 199.9 166.5 151.3 210.6 36.2 455.2 628.2 118.4 870.1 786.9 5,170 3,774 1,487.8 196.4 187.5 159.2 233.2 37.2 463.4 633.2 116.9 871.9 783.2 5,153 3,782 1,502.4 200.4 172.5 154.6 217.8 35.9 457.3 629.6 117.2 873.8 791.1 5,146 3,785 1,505.9 200.2 169.9 153.5 217.7 35.3 456.7 629.0 116.2 873.3 788.5 5,128 3,772 1,497.0 198.5 168.3 153.0 214.4 35.6 456.3 626.2 116.1 874.9 787.9 5,124 3,770 1,493.7 197.8 166.8 152.2 212.5 36.4 455.9 628.6 117.1 875.7 787.1 5,115 3,759 1,492.8 197.3 166.6 151.4 210.6 35.9 456.0 628.3 117.0 872.2 786.6 -9 -11 -.9 -.5 -.2 -.8 -1.9 -.5 .1 -.3 -.1 -3.5 -.5 See footnotes at the end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Industry Oct. 2006 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Seasonally adjusted Oct. 2007p Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Oct. 2007p Service-providing .............................................. 114,836 115,140 115,875 116,747 114,172 115,537 115,645 115,810 115,937 116,127 Change from: Sept. 2007Oct. 2007 p 190 Private service-providing ............................... 92,382 94,047 93,738 94,052 92,072 93,303 93,435 93,537 93,641 93,795 154 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,325 26,484 26,445 26,541 26,258 26,465 26,489 26,494 26,505 26,495 -10 Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,925.8 Durable goods .................................................... 3,093.5 Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,045.8 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 786.5 6,045.2 3,160.0 2,077.2 808.0 6,033.7 3,147.6 2,079.2 806.9 6,049.0 3,155.6 2,083.7 809.7 5,919.6 3,093.6 2,040.8 785.2 6,007.4 3,141.5 2,061.4 804.5 6,016.3 3,146.5 2,063.1 806.7 6,022.5 3,147.0 2,068.0 807.5 6,032.7 3,151.5 2,072.3 808.9 6,042.7 3,156.0 2,076.7 810.0 10.0 4.5 4.4 1.1 Retail trade ............................................................ 15,318.0 15,389.1 15,279.8 15,351.5 15,297.8 15,383.3 15,389.8 15,385.6 15,373.3 15,351.8 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,912.8 1,927.0 1,921.6 1,911.5 1,906.4 1,909.0 1,907.6 1,908.2 1,909.0 1,905.2 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,247.9 1,255.5 1,253.3 1,249.9 1,245.0 1,246.7 1,245.9 1,246.4 1,246.6 1,246.5 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 591.1 580.5 574.7 587.5 589.9 584.3 584.5 586.5 583.2 585.6 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 537.6 525.6 525.0 527.2 534.0 535.9 537.4 532.7 530.1 526.3 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,316.5 1,330.2 1,279.3 1,268.3 1,329.2 1,314.9 1,303.9 1,305.9 1,289.1 1,282.0 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,839.0 2,886.3 2,876.1 2,883.5 2,833.8 2,867.7 2,869.3 2,873.5 2,877.5 2,879.7 Health and personal care stores ....................... 954.8 971.2 968.4 969.6 954.8 968.8 967.4 970.8 971.6 971.4 Gasoline stations ................................................ 855.1 862.1 859.6 851.7 854.8 852.4 852.0 851.1 853.2 851.4 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,437.8 1,480.4 1,431.2 1,451.3 1,443.1 1,451.3 1,456.7 1,460.3 1,460.3 1,459.3 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ................................................................ 640.2 655.4 664.7 666.8 638.3 657.4 665.7 666.7 669.4 668.6 General merchandise stores 1............................. 2,894.4 2,861.2 2,855.3 2,891.1 2,893.8 2,920.3 2,918.9 2,906.4 2,903.7 2,898.2 Department stores .......................................... 1,540.9 1,513.6 1,511.1 1,536.5 1,535.6 1,561.1 1,560.3 1,549.9 1,547.4 1,541.9 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 886.5 878.8 883.9 885.6 880.9 880.2 883.1 880.3 883.2 880.6 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 452.2 430.4 440.0 457.4 438.8 441.1 443.3 443.2 443.0 443.5 -21.5 -3.8 -.1 2.4 -3.8 -7.1 2.2 -.2 -1.8 -1.0 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,534.7 Air transportation ................................................ 489.4 Rail transportation .............................................. 225.2 Water transportation ........................................... 66.0 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,465.5 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 405.3 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 39.7 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 27.4 Support activities for transportation ................... 573.6 Couriers and messengers .................................. 590.7 Warehousing and storage .................................. 651.9 -.8 -5.5 -5.5 -2.6 .5 4,490.5 497.3 229.4 74.5 1,463.5 333.5 41.2 35.4 583.6 577.9 654.2 4,576.5 497.2 228.2 72.2 1,464.2 409.6 40.6 32.6 585.8 585.5 660.6 4,583.2 495.1 228.0 69.9 1,454.8 417.0 41.3 30.0 591.9 589.4 665.8 4,493.8 488.1 224.8 65.6 1,448.7 392.3 39.6 26.6 572.9 590.5 644.7 4,520.1 491.4 226.6 69.9 1,449.8 389.4 40.8 26.4 583.0 588.7 654.1 4,528.4 492.2 227.5 70.7 1,444.3 397.1 40.8 27.0 583.4 589.3 656.1 4,529.8 492.5 227.4 70.6 1,443.5 400.1 41.0 27.4 584.3 588.1 654.9 4,542.7 493.7 227.8 70.3 1,445.5 400.6 40.9 28.0 587.5 590.1 658.3 4,542.7 493.4 228.0 69.8 1,438.9 402.4 41.3 28.9 591.2 589.6 659.2 .0 -.3 .2 -.5 -6.6 1.8 .4 .9 3.7 -.5 .9 Utilities ................................................................... 546.3 559.2 555.4 557.2 546.9 554.4 554.6 556.0 556.2 557.7 1.5 Information ................................................................ Publishing industries, except Internet ............... Motion picture and sound recording industries . Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ Telecommunications .......................................... ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... Other information services ................................. 3,046 902.2 367.8 332.9 35.7 974.1 381.7 51.4 3,094 905.8 387.7 337.1 42.9 972.2 395.6 52.8 3,078 897.3 380.8 338.4 43.9 969.7 396.0 51.7 3,080 899.3 376.6 337.5 44.9 971.7 398.0 52.0 3,054 902.1 374.6 332.1 35.8 975.0 382.2 51.8 3,093 906.2 389.3 337.1 41.3 972.7 394.4 52.2 3,091 906.3 383.6 336.0 42.4 973.7 396.9 51.8 3,087 904.0 380.3 336.3 43.1 973.1 397.5 52.2 3,095 900.5 387.9 337.8 44.2 973.6 398.7 52.1 3,092 900.7 385.2 337.5 45.0 972.3 399.3 52.3 -3 .2 -2.7 -.3 .8 -1.3 .6 .2 Financial activities .................................................... Finance and insurance .......................................... Monetary authorities - central bank ................... Credit intermediation and related activities 1....... Depository credit intermediation 1..................... Commercial banking .................................... Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. Insurance carriers and related activities ........... Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... Real estate .......................................................... Rental and leasing services ............................... Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 8,404 6,218.8 21.7 2,951.1 1,811.1 1,329.3 829.3 2,322.6 94.1 2,185.5 1,505.2 650.5 29.8 8,515 6,263.4 22.0 2,930.4 1,841.1 1,342.6 849.6 2,364.9 96.5 2,251.9 1,557.8 660.8 33.3 8,437 6,223.4 21.6 2,896.3 1,833.8 1,335.2 848.6 2,361.1 95.8 2,213.9 1,531.6 649.5 32.8 8,439 6,238.2 21.5 2,900.4 1,835.5 1,339.1 853.9 2,366.0 96.4 2,201.1 1,527.3 641.5 32.3 8,415 6,227.1 21.8 2,956.2 1,818.3 1,334.5 830.4 2,324.0 94.7 2,187.5 1,505.0 652.9 29.6 8,460 6,256.0 22.2 2,939.5 1,824.9 1,332.1 844.4 2,354.5 95.4 2,204.1 1,524.5 646.9 32.7 8,476 6,270.1 21.6 2,946.5 1,833.8 1,338.4 845.8 2,361.2 95.0 2,205.7 1,525.4 647.6 32.7 8,463 6,256.4 21.8 2,926.8 1,834.6 1,337.7 848.7 2,362.6 96.5 2,206.4 1,528.1 645.4 32.9 8,450 6,245.3 21.6 2,912.2 1,840.4 1,340.9 849.8 2,365.6 96.1 2,204.2 1,527.2 644.4 32.6 8,452 6,245.7 21.6 2,907.3 1,840.9 1,342.4 852.8 2,367.1 96.9 2,206.3 1,530.0 644.0 32.3 2 .4 .0 -4.9 .5 1.5 3.0 1.5 .8 2.1 2.8 -.4 -.3 See footnotes at the end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change from: Sept. 2007Oct. 2007 p Industry Oct. 2006 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Oct. 2007p Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Oct. 2007p Professional and business services ........................ Professional and technical services 1..................... Legal services .................................................. Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... Architectural and engineering services .......... Computer systems design and related services .......................................................... Management and technical consulting services .......................................................... Management of companies and enterprises ....... Administrative and waste services ....................... Administrative and support services 1................. Employment services 1...................................... Temporary help services ............................. Business support services .............................. Services to buildings and dwellings ............... Waste management and remediation services 17,836 7,399.7 1,172.4 828.2 1,410.4 18,115 7,662.2 1,182.8 880.0 1,462.5 18,100 7,660.2 1,173.6 896.1 1,453.7 18,188 7,712.6 1,182.7 905.2 1,462.3 17,662 7,438.5 1,173.5 893.7 1,400.6 17,886 7,638.5 1,179.9 941.1 1,433.5 17,911 7,666.9 1,177.9 951.1 1,437.1 17,942 7,689.0 1,178.4 957.7 1,440.1 17,965 7,730.9 1,181.9 968.1 1,445.5 18,030 7,754.4 1,184.1 973.3 1,452.9 65 23.5 2.2 5.2 7.4 1,303.0 1,358.2 1,359.6 1,367.1 1,300.8 1,341.8 1,352.9 1,355.6 1,361.4 1,363.5 2.1 948.1 1,812.7 8,623.1 8,273.0 3,810.0 2,755.9 805.3 1,849.7 350.1 1,006.5 1,859.7 8,593.0 8,231.4 3,611.9 2,650.0 795.1 1,950.7 361.6 1,011.1 1,854.4 8,585.8 8,226.8 3,620.9 2,674.5 797.2 1,924.6 359.0 1,023.6 1,855.3 8,620.0 8,261.6 3,669.2 2,704.7 805.6 1,896.4 358.4 944.2 1,826.8 8,396.2 8,047.5 3,641.2 2,621.1 801.0 1,807.9 348.7 990.9 1,844.6 8,402.6 8,048.8 3,553.3 2,588.0 801.3 1,840.8 353.8 992.5 1,847.8 8,396.2 8,041.8 3,525.9 2,577.9 805.5 1,847.3 354.4 1,001.7 1,852.1 8,400.6 8,045.1 3,523.4 2,578.6 803.4 1,848.7 355.5 1,011.6 1,858.0 8,376.0 8,019.7 3,484.5 2,559.3 804.5 1,853.4 356.3 1,020.0 1,864.3 8,411.4 8,054.6 3,518.0 2,579.5 801.9 1,853.1 356.8 8.4 6.3 35.4 34.9 33.5 20.2 -2.6 -.3 .5 Education and health services ................................ 18,152 18,126 18,432 18,736 17,976 18,364 18,422 18,484 18,513 18,556 Educational services ............................................. 3,110.1 2,685.9 2,980.3 3,205.8 2,944.2 3,014.4 3,022.8 3,039.7 3,028.8 3,036.3 Health care and social assistance ........................ 15,042.3 15,439.9 15,452.0 15,529.9 15,031.5 15,349.4 15,399.5 15,443.9 15,484.1 15,519.2 Health care 3......................................................... 12,713.5 13,078.1 13,060.5 13,113.2 12,706.7 12,965.1 13,005.6 13,041.8 13,072.0 13,106.4 Ambulatory health care services 1.................... 5,333.9 5,519.6 5,516.5 5,554.7 5,332.6 5,455.1 5,482.5 5,507.0 5,525.7 5,550.7 Offices of physicians .................................... 2,175.2 2,237.3 2,238.6 2,247.1 2,174.1 2,213.2 2,224.6 2,232.5 2,240.8 2,245.8 Outpatient care centers ................................ 492.8 498.1 498.4 503.5 494.1 495.5 496.1 498.7 500.7 503.5 Home health care services .......................... 881.7 934.4 932.9 942.5 880.7 918.8 925.3 931.9 934.6 941.3 Hospitals .......................................................... 4,458.5 4,558.3 4,554.4 4,566.3 4,458.2 4,526.3 4,539.1 4,546.3 4,554.9 4,564.3 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............ 2,921.1 3,000.2 2,989.6 2,992.2 2,915.9 2,983.7 2,984.0 2,988.5 2,991.4 2,991.4 Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,591.7 1,618.5 1,615.7 1,615.5 1,587.5 1,608.0 1,611.3 1,613.8 1,614.4 1,613.6 Social assistance 1................................................ 2,328.8 2,361.8 2,391.5 2,416.7 2,324.8 2,384.3 2,393.9 2,402.1 2,412.1 2,412.8 Child day care services ................................... 814.5 777.9 814.4 823.8 802.8 811.6 815.7 815.3 818.4 814.0 43 7.5 35.1 34.4 25.0 5.0 2.8 6.7 9.4 .0 -.8 .7 -4.4 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 13,188 14,194 13,790 13,612 13,257 13,554 13,566 13,589 13,639 13,695 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,898.8 2,231.1 2,042.9 1,947.0 1,939.9 1,971.1 1,962.9 1,968.0 1,976.1 1,986.8 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 408.0 438.1 427.8 428.0 405.0 412.1 405.6 410.7 415.5 421.6 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 127.1 142.5 135.3 133.7 125.7 131.2 132.4 131.8 132.3 132.4 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,363.7 1,650.5 1,479.8 1,385.3 1,409.2 1,427.8 1,424.9 1,425.5 1,428.3 1,432.8 Accommodations and food services .................... 11,289.1 11,962.9 11,747.4 11,664.8 11,316.9 11,582.5 11,602.9 11,621.4 11,662.7 11,708.2 Accommodations ................................................ 1,830.7 1,984.6 1,897.2 1,853.6 1,845.3 1,852.8 1,858.1 1,850.8 1,862.8 1,871.6 Food services and drinking places .................... 9,458.4 9,978.3 9,850.2 9,811.2 9,471.6 9,729.7 9,744.8 9,770.6 9,799.9 9,836.6 56 10.7 6.1 .1 4.5 45.5 8.8 36.7 Other services .......................................................... 5,431 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,249.9 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,282.7 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,897.9 5,519 1,266.2 1,297.9 2,954.5 5,456 1,265.4 1,286.1 2,904.2 5,456 1,257.8 1,282.1 2,915.8 5,450 1,253.4 1,286.8 2,909.3 5,481 1,261.9 1,291.2 2,927.6 5,480 1,256.6 1,294.4 2,929.0 5,478 1,260.6 1,292.4 2,925.2 5,474 1,262.9 1,289.1 2,921.7 5,475 1,261.1 1,288.2 2,925.4 1 -1.8 -.9 3.7 Government .............................................................. Federal ................................................................... Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. U.S. Postal Service ............................................ State government .................................................. State government education .............................. State government, excluding education ............ Local government .................................................. Local government education ............................. Local government, excluding education ........... 21,093 2,732 1,971.1 761.0 4,872 2,026.1 2,845.9 13,489 6,981.7 6,507.3 22,137 2,716 1,954.9 761.1 5,148 2,337.6 2,810.2 14,273 7,919.8 6,353.3 22,695 2,709 1,949.9 759.0 5,278 2,473.4 2,804.1 14,708 8,377.5 6,330.7 22,100 2,725 1,954.7 770.2 5,109 2,314.3 2,794.3 14,266 7,995.1 6,270.9 22,234 2,708 1,943.5 764.0 5,139 2,326.5 2,812.7 14,387 8,043.1 6,344.0 22,210 2,713 1,950.5 762.3 5,143 2,323.3 2,819.4 14,354 8,011.8 6,342.6 22,273 2,714 1,952.1 761.9 5,137 2,320.3 2,817.1 14,422 8,066.1 6,355.7 22,296 2,709 1,948.7 760.6 5,147 2,332.3 2,815.1 14,440 8,078.6 6,360.9 22,332 2,709 1,949.1 760.1 5,140 2,325.9 2,814.2 14,483 8,113.2 6,369.5 36 0 .4 -.5 -7 -6.4 -.9 43 34.6 8.6 1 22,454 2,724 1,955.0 768.8 5,248 2,461.5 2,786.9 14,482 8,251.0 6,231.0 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 2 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Industry Seasonally adjusted Change from: Sept. 2007Oct. 2007 p Oct. 2006 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Oct. 2007p Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Oct. 2007p Total private ....................................... 34.2 34.0 34.2 33.8 33.9 33.9 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 0.0 Goods-producing .......................................... 40.9 40.9 41.1 40.9 40.6 40.7 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.6 .0 Natural resources and mining .............................. 46.4 45.9 46.9 46.9 45.7 45.9 45.9 45.7 46.3 46.2 -.1 Construction ............................................................ 39.7 39.5 39.4 39.5 39.2 39.0 38.9 38.7 38.8 39.0 .2 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 41.3 4.4 41.5 4.3 41.7 4.4 41.4 4.2 41.2 4.3 41.4 4.3 41.3 4.2 41.4 4.1 41.3 4.1 41.2 4.1 -.1 .0 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 41.6 4.4 41.8 4.3 41.9 4.3 41.7 4.3 41.4 4.3 41.7 4.4 41.6 4.2 41.7 4.1 41.6 4.1 41.5 4.1 -.1 .0 Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 39.9 43.1 43.5 41.8 42.7 40.6 41.2 42.7 42.0 39.2 38.8 39.9 43.4 42.8 41.8 42.4 40.6 41.2 43.4 43.3 40.3 39.1 40.0 43.5 42.7 42.1 42.8 41.0 41.7 43.2 42.7 39.8 39.6 39.6 43.4 42.8 41.8 43.1 40.7 41.1 42.9 42.3 39.2 38.9 39.7 42.7 43.6 41.6 42.7 40.4 40.8 42.4 41.7 39.2 38.7 39.7 42.5 43.3 41.6 42.5 40.7 41.9 43.3 42.9 39.2 39.0 39.9 42.6 43.2 41.7 42.5 40.2 41.7 43.2 42.6 39.3 39.0 39.6 42.8 43.0 41.7 42.6 40.7 41.3 43.2 42.4 39.7 39.1 39.5 42.7 42.5 41.8 42.7 40.7 41.4 42.8 42.2 39.4 39.5 39.3 42.8 42.8 41.6 42.9 40.5 40.7 42.8 42.1 39.2 38.7 -.2 .1 .3 -.2 .2 -.2 -.7 .0 -.1 -.2 -.8 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.9 4.4 40.9 4.3 41.3 4.5 40.9 4.1 40.7 4.3 40.9 4.2 40.9 4.1 40.8 4.1 40.8 4.1 40.7 4.0 -.1 -.1 Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.8 40.4 40.3 39.2 37.3 38.9 43.0 39.7 45.5 42.2 40.7 40.9 41.6 39.7 39.9 37.3 37.3 43.1 39.2 43.5 42.1 41.3 41.5 40.6 40.8 40.4 36.9 37.6 43.8 39.3 43.7 42.1 41.9 41.1 39.5 39.8 39.2 37.6 37.7 43.6 38.8 42.8 41.4 41.4 40.4 40.8 40.6 39.2 37.0 38.8 42.9 39.4 45.1 42.5 40.7 40.5 40.8 40.5 40.5 37.7 37.8 43.0 39.1 44.5 42.0 41.4 40.8 40.7 40.2 40.6 37.7 37.4 42.9 38.8 44.2 42.1 41.5 40.6 40.9 39.8 39.9 37.4 37.5 43.1 39.1 43.7 42.0 41.4 40.7 40.6 40.4 40.1 37.2 37.6 43.2 38.7 43.1 41.9 41.5 40.7 40.1 40.1 39.6 37.3 37.4 43.3 38.6 42.6 41.6 41.4 .0 -.5 -.3 -.5 .1 -.2 .1 -.1 -.5 -.3 -.1 Private service-providing ............................. 32.7 32.5 32.8 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.3 -.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.6 33.5 33.9 33.3 33.4 33.4 33.3 33.3 33.4 33.3 -.1 Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.4 38.2 38.7 38.1 38.0 38.3 38.1 38.2 38.2 38.1 -.1 Retail trade ........................................................... 30.4 30.4 30.7 30.1 30.4 30.2 30.1 30.1 30.2 30.1 -.1 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.3 37.3 37.3 36.9 36.9 37.0 36.8 37.0 37.0 36.9 -.1 Utilities ................................................................... 42.2 42.5 43.1 42.5 41.8 42.6 42.6 42.5 42.7 42.2 -.5 Information ............................................................... 37.1 36.4 36.9 36.2 36.7 36.3 36.5 36.3 36.4 36.2 -.2 Financial activities .................................................. 36.4 35.6 36.3 35.6 35.8 36.0 35.9 35.8 35.8 35.8 .0 Professional and business services .................... 35.1 34.8 35.2 34.7 34.7 34.7 34.7 34.7 34.8 34.7 -.1 Education and health services ............................. 32.6 32.6 32.9 32.5 32.4 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.6 .0 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.9 26.0 25.6 25.2 25.7 25.5 25.4 25.4 25.4 25.3 -.1 Other services ......................................................... 31.0 31.0 31.0 30.7 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.8 30.8 .0 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Industry Average weekly earnings Oct. 2006 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Oct. 2007p Oct. 2006 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $17.02 16.94 $17.40 17.50 $17.62 17.55 $17.61 17.58 $582.08 574.27 $591.60 591.50 $602.60 593.19 $595.22 594.20 Goods-producing .......................................... 18.26 18.78 18.88 18.86 746.83 768.10 775.97 771.37 Natural resources and mining .............................. 20.26 20.98 20.93 20.76 940.06 962.98 981.62 973.64 Construction ............................................................ 20.45 21.11 21.30 21.23 811.87 833.85 839.22 838.59 Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.89 17.29 17.38 17.37 697.56 717.54 724.75 719.12 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 17.81 13.61 16.59 19.39 16.26 17.45 19.25 15.63 22.51 14.04 14.47 18.25 13.62 16.94 19.67 16.57 17.70 20.02 15.98 23.30 14.31 14.76 18.33 13.68 16.99 19.73 16.63 17.83 20.17 16.07 23.36 14.36 14.71 18.34 13.84 17.13 19.55 16.68 17.76 20.24 15.98 23.30 14.39 14.70 740.90 543.04 715.03 843.47 679.67 745.12 781.55 643.96 961.18 550.37 561.44 762.85 543.44 735.20 841.88 692.63 750.48 812.81 658.38 1,011.22 576.69 577.12 768.03 547.20 739.07 842.47 700.12 763.12 826.97 670.12 1,009.15 571.53 582.52 764.78 548.06 743.44 836.74 697.22 765.46 823.77 656.78 999.57 564.09 571.83 Nondurable goods ............................................... Food manufacturing ......................................... Beverages and tobacco products .................. Textile mills ........................................................ Textile product mills ......................................... Apparel ............................................................... Leather and allied products ............................ Paper and paper products .............................. Printing and related support activities ........... Petroleum and coal products .......................... Chemicals .......................................................... Plastics and rubber products .......................... 15.32 13.13 18.45 12.82 11.84 10.60 11.64 18.10 15.87 24.17 19.57 14.98 15.68 13.61 17.79 13.20 11.90 11.01 12.08 18.30 16.28 25.36 19.46 15.43 15.78 13.69 18.42 13.17 11.81 11.10 12.28 18.54 16.41 26.16 19.50 15.42 15.74 13.67 19.02 12.89 11.85 11.07 12.12 18.58 16.49 25.23 19.34 15.34 626.59 535.70 745.38 516.65 464.13 395.38 452.80 778.30 630.04 1,099.74 825.85 609.69 641.31 556.65 740.06 524.04 474.81 410.67 450.58 788.73 638.18 1,103.16 819.27 637.26 651.71 568.14 747.85 537.34 477.12 409.59 461.73 812.05 644.91 1,143.19 820.95 646.10 643.77 561.84 751.29 513.02 464.52 416.23 456.92 810.09 639.81 1,079.84 800.68 635.08 Private service-providing ............................. 16.68 17.03 17.29 17.27 545.44 553.48 567.11 557.82 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.59 15.85 16.01 15.98 523.82 530.98 542.74 532.13 Wholesale trade ................................................... 19.14 19.56 19.83 19.74 734.98 747.19 767.42 752.09 Retail trade ........................................................... 12.70 12.82 12.93 12.88 386.08 389.73 396.95 387.69 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 17.48 17.87 17.97 17.95 652.00 666.55 670.28 662.36 Utilities ................................................................... 27.51 27.77 28.00 28.34 1,160.92 1,180.23 1,206.80 1,204.45 Information ............................................................... 23.68 23.87 24.19 24.19 878.53 868.87 892.61 875.68 Financial activities .................................................. 19.22 19.66 19.86 19.88 699.61 699.90 720.92 707.73 Professional and business services .................... 19.50 20.03 20.36 20.28 684.45 697.04 716.67 703.72 Education and health services ............................. 17.55 18.10 18.23 18.19 572.13 590.06 599.77 591.18 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.90 10.39 10.52 10.58 256.41 270.14 269.31 266.62 Other services ......................................................... 14.91 15.19 15.37 15.33 462.21 470.89 476.47 470.63 1 See p= footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. Oct. 2007p ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent change from: Sept. 2007-p Oct. 2007 Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Oct. 2007p Total Private: Current dollars ................................................ Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. $16.94 8.34 $17.40 8.29 $17.45 8.31 $17.50 8.35 $17.55 8.35 $17.58 N.A. 0.2 Goods-producing .......................................................... 18.15 18.65 18.67 18.71 18.76 18.76 .0 Natural resources and mining .............................................. 20.26 20.90 20.95 21.11 20.94 20.81 -.6 Construction ............................................................................ 20.24 20.92 20.94 20.99 21.09 21.05 -.2 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4..................................................... 16.88 16.04 17.26 16.41 17.28 16.44 17.31 16.49 17.35 16.53 17.37 16.55 .1 .1 Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.78 18.22 18.22 18.26 18.28 18.31 .2 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.33 15.63 15.68 15.70 15.76 15.76 .0 Private service-providing ............................................. 16.62 17.07 17.13 17.18 17.24 17.27 .2 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.55 15.80 15.84 15.88 15.92 15.95 .2 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 19.09 19.54 19.56 19.63 19.70 19.75 .3 Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.69 12.77 12.82 12.84 12.86 12.86 .0 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 17.47 17.76 17.81 17.79 17.87 17.91 .2 Utilities ................................................................................... 27.39 27.77 27.84 28.01 27.94 28.23 1.0 Information ............................................................................... 23.51 23.99 23.96 23.98 24.00 24.03 .1 Financial activities .................................................................. 19.11 19.68 19.69 19.77 19.81 19.89 .4 Professional and business services .................................... 19.42 20.13 20.18 20.28 20.37 20.41 .2 Education and health services ............................................. 17.56 17.96 18.05 18.10 18.17 18.20 .2 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.87 10.38 10.45 10.50 10.53 10.57 .4 Other services ......................................................................... 14.89 15.20 15.26 15.29 15.33 15.35 .1 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was .0 percent from Aug. 2007 to Sept. 2007, the latest month available. 2 The (3) 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 and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Oct. 2006 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Oct. 2007p Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Percent Oct. change from: 2007p Sept. 2007Oct. 2007 p Total private ....................................... 107.9 109.3 109.5 108.5 106.3 107.7 107.6 107.7 107.8 107.9 0.1 Goods-producing .......................................... 104.9 105.5 105.4 104.3 102.7 103.0 102.7 102.3 102.3 102.1 -.2 Natural resources and mining .............................. 132.7 137.1 138.6 137.8 128.2 132.9 134.2 132.8 134.3 133.3 -.7 Construction ............................................................ 120.8 122.2 120.3 119.9 115.4 115.5 115.1 114.1 114.2 114.7 .4 Industry Manufacturing ......................................................... 96.4 96.6 96.9 95.7 95.9 95.9 95.7 95.6 95.4 95.0 -.4 Durable goods ..................................................... Wood products .................................................. Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... Primary metals .................................................. Fabricated metal products .............................. Machinery .......................................................... Computer and electronic products ................ Electrical equipment and appliances ............ Transportation equipment ............................... Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. Furniture and related products ....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 99.5 97.3 100.3 92.7 105.1 105.8 105.8 89.6 98.8 89.7 89.1 91.9 99.2 94.3 101.4 89.8 105.5 106.0 103.4 91.3 99.3 88.4 88.9 92.2 99.4 92.2 100.9 89.4 106.3 107.1 104.3 92.1 99.6 88.0 86.8 93.7 98.5 89.6 99.4 89.3 105.8 108.3 103.1 90.1 98.4 85.3 84.6 92.4 99.0 96.5 97.9 93.0 104.4 106.2 105.2 89.1 98.4 89.4 89.5 91.3 98.8 92.4 97.3 91.0 104.9 106.5 104.3 92.6 98.7 87.5 86.4 92.8 98.7 93.2 97.4 91.0 105.2 107.1 103.0 92.5 98.3 86.3 86.8 92.4 98.6 91.3 97.4 90.0 105.1 106.6 103.5 91.1 98.8 86.3 86.9 92.3 98.3 89.7 96.8 88.8 105.5 107.0 103.5 91.4 98.3 86.1 85.8 93.4 98.0 88.6 96.8 89.5 105.1 107.9 102.6 89.7 98.3 85.2 85.0 91.8 -.3 -1.2 .0 .8 -.4 .8 -.9 -1.9 .0 -1.0 -.9 -1.7 Nondurable goods ............................................... 91.6 Food manufacturing ......................................... 103.3 Beverages and tobacco products .................. 100.1 Textile mills ........................................................ 62.3 Textile product mills ......................................... 83.6 Apparel ............................................................... 64.2 Leather and allied products ............................ 74.1 Paper and paper products .............................. 85.7 Printing and related support activities ........... 94.6 Petroleum and coal products .......................... 98.6 Chemicals .......................................................... 94.8 Plastics and rubber products .......................... 91.7 92.1 105.8 109.3 54.4 78.9 60.4 70.5 86.1 92.3 100.3 96.9 94.9 92.8 106.9 104.8 56.1 78.8 59.9 75.3 87.0 93.4 102.0 96.8 96.1 91.1 104.7 96.2 54.5 75.4 59.5 74.5 86.4 91.9 100.8 94.2 94.8 90.5 100.3 98.4 62.8 83.7 63.5 73.1 85.5 93.6 96.8 96.1 91.3 91.1 102.1 104.9 57.3 80.9 61.6 72.5 85.4 92.2 98.4 95.1 95.0 91.2 103.0 104.9 55.8 80.3 61.6 70.9 85.5 91.7 97.1 96.0 95.2 90.6 101.9 103.1 54.8 78.4 60.4 71.6 85.5 92.1 97.9 96.0 94.9 90.6 102.0 100.6 55.4 78.0 59.6 74.5 85.6 92.0 98.2 95.9 94.9 90.1 101.9 96.6 55.0 76.3 59.1 73.2 85.9 91.2 98.4 94.9 94.7 -.6 -.1 -4.0 -.7 -2.2 -.8 -1.7 .4 -.9 .2 -1.0 -.2 Private service-providing ............................. 108.6 110.3 110.9 109.6 107.2 108.9 109.1 109.2 109.4 109.3 -.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 104.1 104.7 105.8 104.4 103.1 104.3 104.1 104.2 104.6 104.3 -.3 Wholesale trade ................................................... 107.3 110.0 111.4 110.0 106.0 109.1 109.0 109.6 109.9 109.9 .0 Retail trade ........................................................... 100.6 101.5 101.7 100.3 100.4 100.8 100.6 100.5 100.8 100.4 -.4 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 111.1 109.4 111.6 110.7 108.9 109.2 108.7 109.5 109.7 109.5 -.2 95.2 97.3 97.7 96.8 94.6 96.7 96.8 96.6 97.1 96.3 -.8 Information ............................................................... 101.9 101.9 102.7 101.2 101.1 101.4 102.0 101.4 102.0 101.7 -.3 Financial activities .................................................. 110.7 110.8 112.0 109.8 109.1 111.0 111.1 110.6 110.6 110.6 .0 Professional and business services .................... 115.6 116.7 117.9 117.0 112.9 114.5 114.8 115.0 115.6 115.6 .0 Education and health services ............................. 111.3 111.4 114.2 114.7 109.6 112.8 113.2 113.6 113.7 114.0 .3 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 110.5 119.9 114.3 110.9 110.3 111.7 111.4 111.7 112.2 112.1 -.1 Other services ......................................................... 100.1 98.8 97.9 97.9 99.0 98.7 98.6 98.5 98.7 .2 Utilities ................................................................... 1 See 97.8 footnote 1, table B-2. motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by 2 Includes dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production and nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Oct. 2006 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Oct. 2007p Oct. 2006 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007 Sept. 2007p Percent Oct. change from: 2007p Sept. 2007Oct. 2007 p Total private ....................................... 122.7 127.1 128.9 127.6 120.4 125.3 125.5 125.9 126.4 126.8 0.3 Goods-producing .......................................... 117.3 121.3 121.9 120.4 114.1 117.6 117.5 117.3 117.5 117.3 -.2 Natural resources and mining .............................. 156.3 167.3 168.7 166.4 151.1 161.6 163.5 163.1 163.6 161.3 -1.4 Construction ............................................................ 133.3 139.3 138.4 137.4 126.2 130.5 130.2 129.3 130.0 130.4 .3 Manufacturing ......................................................... 106.5 109.2 110.2 108.7 105.8 108.2 108.2 108.2 108.2 107.9 -.3 Durable goods ..................................................... 110.6 113.1 113.7 112.8 109.9 112.4 112.2 112.3 112.2 112.1 -.1 Nondurable goods ............................................... 99.2 102.0 103.5 101.3 98.0 100.6 101.0 100.6 100.9 100.3 -.6 Private service-providing ............................. 124.1 128.8 131.4 129.8 122.1 127.4 128.1 128.7 129.3 129.4 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 115.7 118.4 120.9 119.1 114.4 117.5 117.6 118.0 118.8 118.6 -.2 Wholesale trade ................................................... 120.9 126.8 130.1 127.9 119.2 125.6 125.6 126.7 127.5 127.9 .3 Retail trade ........................................................... 109.5 111.6 112.7 110.7 109.2 110.4 110.5 110.6 111.1 110.6 -.5 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 123.2 124.1 127.2 126.1 120.6 123.0 122.8 123.6 124.4 124.4 .0 Utilities ................................................................... 109.3 112.8 114.2 114.5 108.1 112.1 112.5 113.0 113.2 113.4 .2 Information ............................................................... 119.4 120.4 122.9 121.1 117.7 120.5 121.0 120.3 121.1 120.9 -.2 Financial activities .................................................. 131.6 134.7 137.5 135.0 128.9 135.1 135.2 135.2 135.5 136.1 .4 Professional and business services .................... 134.2 139.0 142.8 141.1 130.4 137.2 137.8 138.7 140.1 140.3 .1 Education and health services ............................. 128.4 132.5 136.9 137.2 126.5 133.2 134.3 135.1 135.8 136.4 .4 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 124.2 141.5 136.6 133.3 123.6 131.7 132.3 133.2 134.2 134.6 .3 Other services ......................................................... 106.2 110.8 110.6 109.4 106.2 109.6 109.7 109.9 110.1 110.4 .3 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls p= by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 43.5 51.6 52.5 64.2 54.9 37.2 50.2 61.3 64.6 54.7 33.6 62.1 52.7 64.0 55.0 38.8 64.9 60.8 62.8 52.9 40.8 59.9 54.9 56.7 57.9 38.5 57.6 58.5 55.9 53.6 39.2 56.5 59.0 59.4 53.2 41.7 51.4 60.4 55.9 52.0 48.0 56.5 53.6 55.8 p 55.6 50.2 55.0 53.1 57.7 p 53.4 52.2 51.4 62.2 53.6 52.9 55.6 60.4 57.6 39.6 55.9 51.3 70.5 64.6 33.8 53.2 55.9 66.7 60.6 34.9 57.0 56.8 66.0 61.2 33.8 64.2 61.3 66.9 59.4 35.3 70.3 57.2 63.3 60.1 42.3 65.6 59.4 62.4 56.5 39.2 59.9 62.8 60.3 56.1 34.4 55.2 63.7 62.6 54.7 42.6 57.9 59.9 57.7 p 57.2 48.6 59.0 53.4 59.0 p 55.2 48.7 60.4 57.2 57.7 50.2 55.8 62.2 59.9 34.7 49.8 54.1 63.8 62.2 33.1 51.8 57.2 63.3 60.3 31.1 55.0 57.6 67.1 65.3 33.3 60.8 56.3 68.2 62.8 33.5 63.5 56.5 67.1 61.7 36.5 63.7 58.1 67.1 61.3 32.7 63.3 65.8 63.5 59.7 32.4 62.6 63.8 62.9 56.8 40.8 58.3 61.9 62.6 p 59.0 44.8 62.1 59.2 62.1 p 59.2 47.7 55.4 62.8 61.5 47.5 55.2 60.8 61.0 34.5 40.3 60.1 67.3 64.6 31.5 42.1 61.0 65.3 64.4 32.9 44.8 59.5 66.0 63.8 33.5 48.4 58.8 64.7 64.0 34.2 50.7 58.3 65.8 62.6 35.1 57.7 60.3 65.3 62.2 32.7 57.0 60.6 67.6 61.5 33.1 55.2 62.8 66.4 62.6 37.1 56.7 60.3 66.5 p 63.7 36.7 58.3 58.8 66.4 p 62.9 37.2 60.1 59.7 65.5 39.2 60.3 61.3 65.1 Over 3-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 34.5 41.1 36.9 63.1 52.4 17.3 45.2 48.2 48.2 38.7 17.3 47.0 43.5 56.0 30.4 10.7 63.1 48.2 53.0 33.3 22.0 50.0 38.7 47.0 42.3 17.3 48.2 37.5 58.9 42.9 17.3 56.5 42.3 51.2 45.8 31.5 43.5 45.8 44.6 32.7 26.8 41.7 44.0 40.5 p 41.7 38.1 43.5 44.6 47.6 p 43.5 42.3 40.5 48.2 43.5 42.3 42.3 51.8 38.7 15.5 45.2 35.1 56.5 48.2 11.3 42.9 39.9 52.4 38.1 13.7 43.5 40.5 52.4 42.9 9.5 57.7 42.3 51.2 31.0 8.9 60.1 35.1 47.6 33.3 11.9 58.3 33.9 54.8 38.1 15.5 55.4 40.5 48.2 34.5 15.5 46.4 41.7 52.4 32.7 17.9 47.0 42.3 39.3 p 34.5 29.2 42.9 40.5 42.3 p 35.1 30.4 42.9 39.9 35.7 33.3 37.5 43.5 39.9 11.9 28.0 31.5 42.9 39.9 11.3 32.7 35.1 41.7 37.5 7.1 35.1 36.3 50.0 37.5 8.3 47.0 34.5 50.6 36.9 9.5 50.0 32.1 51.2 36.3 10.7 52.4 33.3 53.0 38.1 7.1 54.2 44.0 45.8 33.9 9.5 52.4 39.3 45.8 29.2 12.5 48.8 32.1 47.6 p 31.0 16.1 51.2 36.9 45.2 p 33.9 25.0 41.1 34.5 44.6 24.4 38.7 39.3 39.9 10.7 13.1 44.6 44.6 41.7 6.0 14.3 44.6 40.5 42.3 6.5 13.1 41.7 40.5 39.3 6.0 20.2 40.5 40.5 39.9 8.3 23.2 37.5 39.3 36.3 7.1 35.7 36.3 42.3 33.3 7.1 36.9 32.1 48.8 32.1 8.3 38.1 33.9 48.8 33.3 10.7 36.3 32.7 44.6 p 33.3 10.7 44.0 33.3 45.2 p 32.7 9.5 44.6 33.3 43.5 10.7 44.6 37.5 41.7 Over 3-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month 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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