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Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (EST) Friday, November 6, 2009 USDL-09-1331 Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 • cpsinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cps Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 • cesinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/ces Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION – OCTOBER 2009 The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 to 10.2 percent in October, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline (-190,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest job losses over the month were in construction, manufacturing, and retail trade. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, October 2007 – October 2009 Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month change, seasonally adjusted, October 2007 – October 2009 Percent Thousands 11.0 600 10.0 400 9.0 200 8.0 0 7.0 -200 6.0 -400 5.0 -600 -800 4.0 O c t -07 J an-08 A pr-08 J ul-08 O c t -08 J an-09 A pr-09 J ul-09 O c t-09 O c t -07 J an-08 A pr-08 J ul-08 O c t -08 J an-09 A pr-09 J ul-09 O c t -09 Household Survey Data In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million. The unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage point to 10.2 percent, the highest rate since April 1983. Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the number of unemployed persons has risen by 8.2 million, and the unemployment rate has grown by 5.3 percentage points. (See table A-1.) Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (10.7 percent) and whites (9.5 percent) rose in October. The jobless rates for adult women (8.1 percent), teenagers (27.6 percent), blacks (15.7 percent), and Hispanics (13.1 percent) were little changed over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 7.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was little changed over the month at 5.6 million. In October, 35.6 percent of unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more. (See table A-9.) The civilian labor force participation rate was little changed over the month at 65.1 percent. The employment-population ratio continued to decline in October, falling to 58.5 percent. (See table A-1.) The number of persons working part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in October at 9.3 million. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-5.) About 2.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in October, reflecting an increase of 736,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-13.) Among the marginally attached, there were 808,000 discouraged workers in October, up from 484,000 a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The other 1.6 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 or family responsibilities. Establishment Survey Data Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 190,000 in October. In the most recent 3 months, job losses have averaged 188,000 per month, compared with losses averaging 357,000 during the prior 3 months. In contrast, losses averaged 645,000 per month from November 2008 to April 2009. Since December 2007, payroll employment has fallen by 7.3 million. (See table B-1.) Construction employment decreased by 62,000 in October. Monthly job losses have averaged 67,000 during the most recent 6 months, compared with an average decline of 117,000 during the prior 6 months. October job losses were concentrated in nonresidential specialty trade contractors (-30,000) and in heavy construction (-14,000). Since December 2007, employment in construction has fallen by 1.6 million. Manufacturing continued to shed jobs (-61,000) in October, with losses in both durable and nondurable goods production. Over the past 4 months, job losses in manufacturing have averaged 51,000 per month, compared with an average monthly loss of 161,000 from October 2008 through June 2009. Manufacturing employment has fallen by 2.1 million since December 2007. Retail trade lost 40,000 jobs in October. Employment declines were concentrated in sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores (-16,000) and in department stores (-11,000). Employment in transportation and warehousing decreased by 18,000 in October. Health care employment continued to increase in October (29,000). Since the start of the recession, health care has added 597,000 jobs. --2-- Temporary help services has added 44,000 jobs since July, including 34,000 in October. From January 2008 through July 2009, temporary help services had lost an average of 44,000 jobs per month. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.0 hours in October. The manufacturing workweek rose by 0.1 hour to 40.0 hours, and factory overtime increased by 0.2 hour over the month. (See table B-2.) In October, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 5 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $18.72. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have risen by 2.4 percent, while average weekly earnings have risen by only 0.9 percent due to declines in the average workweek. (See table B-3.) The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for August was revised from -201,000 to -154,000, and the change for September was revised from -263,000 to -219,000. The Employment Situation for November is scheduled to be released on Friday, December 4, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. (EST). Upcoming Changes to The Employment Situation News Release Effective with the release of January 2010 data on February 5, 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will introduce several changes to The Employment Situation news release text and tables. Two new summary tables—one for the household survey and one for the establishment survey—will replace the current table A. In addition, three new household data tables will provide information on the employment status of veterans, persons with a disability, and the foreign born. Also, the establishment data tables have been largely redesigned to include information on all employee hours and earnings, women workers, and production and nonsupervisory workers. The ordering and format of some tables also will change. Additional information is available at www.bls.gov/bls/upcoming_empsit_changes.htm. --3-- Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Quarterly averages Category II 2009 III 2009 Monthly data Aug. 2009 Oct. 2009 Sept.-Oct. change 153,975 138,275 15,700 82,575 -31 -589 558 259 9.8 10.3 7.8 25.9 9.0 15.4 12.7 10.2 10.7 8.1 27.6 9.5 15.7 13.1 0.4 .4 .3 1.7 .5 .3 .4 p 131,038 p 18,469 p 6,028 p 11,736 p 112,569 p 14,682 p 16,621 p 19,329 p 13,161 p 22,447 p 130,848 p 18,340 p 5,966 p 11,675 p 112,508 p 14,642 p 16,639 p 19,374 p 13,124 p 22,447 p -190 p -129 p -62 p -61 p -61 p -40 p 18 p 45 p -37 p0 p 33.0 p 40.0 p 3.2 p 0.0 p .1 p .2 Sept. 2009 Labor force status HOUSEHOLD DATA Civilian labor force …………….…………… 154,912 Employment …………………….………… 140,591 14,321 Unemployment ……………….…………… Not in labor force ………………….………… 80,547 154,362 139,518 14,844 81,730 154,577 139,649 14,928 81,509 154,006 138,864 15,142 82,316 Unemployment rates All workers ……………….……………....… Adult men …………………....……...…… Adult women ………….…………………… Teenagers ………….………………...…… White ……….………….…...…………… Black or African American ………….…… Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ………..…… 9.2 9.7 7.4 22.7 8.4 14.9 12.0 9.6 10.1 7.7 25.1 8.8 15.0 12.7 9.7 10.1 7.6 25.5 8.9 15.1 13.0 Employment ESTABLISHMENT DATA Nonfarm employment ……….……...……… 132,125 19,041 Goods-producing 1…...…...……………… Construction ..…...…………….………… 6,303 Manufacturing …………………....…… 12,008 Service-providing 1 ………...……..……… 113,084 Retail trade 2 …...…………….…..…… 14,814 Professional and business service ….....… 16,731 Education and health services …..…….… 19,213 13,180 Leisure and hospitality …...……………. Government ………...…………………… 22,585 p 131,235 p 18,588 p 6,095 p 11,784 p 112,647 p 14,718 p 16,621 p 19,301 p 13,167 p 22,470 131,257 18,583 6,096 11,781 112,674 14,726 16,618 19,312 13,163 22,487 Hours of work 3 Total private ……...…………...…………… Manufacturing …………….……...……… Overtime ……...………………..…….… 33.1 39.5 2.8 p 33.1 p 39.9 p 3.0 33.1 39.9 3.0 p 33.0 p 39.9 p 3.0 Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3 Total private ……...………………….……… 99.7 p 98.9 99.0 p 98.5 p 98.3 p -0.2 p $18.67 p 616.11 p $18.72 p 617.76 p $0.05 p 1.65 Earnings 3 Average hourly earnings, total private …...… Average weekly earnings, total private ……. $18.52 612.50 p $18.64 p 616.36 1 $18.66 617.65 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 --4-- Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 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 107,000 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 foreignborn workers accounted for 15.6 percent of the labor force in 2008. 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 and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit 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 www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. 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 -5- 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 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. -6- 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. force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-population 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 2007 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. 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 Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity. Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted 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 90percent 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 90-percent 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 90percent 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 5 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 sample-based 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, absolute benchmark revisions for total nonfarm employment have averaged 0.2 percent, with a range from 0.1 percent to 0.6 percent. Other information Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 8778339. 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. 2008 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 234,612 155,012 66.1 145,543 62.0 9,469 6.1 79,601 4,800 236,322 153,617 65.0 139,079 58.9 14,538 9.5 82,706 5,650 236,550 153,635 64.9 139,088 58.8 14,547 9.5 82,915 5,621 234,612 154,878 66.0 144,657 61.7 10,221 6.6 79,734 5,065 235,655 154,926 65.7 140,196 59.5 14,729 9.5 80,729 5,884 235,870 154,504 65.5 140,041 59.4 14,462 9.4 81,366 5,990 236,087 154,577 65.5 139,649 59.2 14,928 9.7 81,509 5,609 236,322 154,006 65.2 138,864 58.8 15,142 9.8 82,316 5,922 236,550 153,975 65.1 138,275 58.5 15,700 10.2 82,575 5,995 113,546 82,772 72.9 77,428 68.2 5,344 6.5 30,775 114,411 81,769 71.5 73,435 64.2 8,335 10.2 32,642 114,530 81,823 71.4 73,361 64.1 8,462 10.3 32,707 113,546 82,892 73.0 76,938 67.8 5,954 7.2 30,654 114,060 82,529 72.4 73,777 64.7 8,751 10.6 31,532 114,173 82,310 72.1 73,703 64.6 8,607 10.5 31,863 114,288 82,526 72.2 73,519 64.3 9,007 10.9 31,761 114,411 82,268 71.9 73,180 64.0 9,088 11.0 32,143 114,530 82,275 71.8 72,857 63.6 9,418 11.4 32,255 104,869 79,462 75.8 74,865 71.4 4,598 5.8 25,407 105,780 78,661 74.4 71,225 67.3 7,437 9.5 27,119 105,906 78,857 74.5 71,260 67.3 7,596 9.6 27,050 104,869 79,380 75.7 74,292 70.8 5,088 6.4 25,489 105,412 79,291 75.2 71,387 67.7 7,904 10.0 26,121 105,530 79,045 74.9 71,319 67.6 7,726 9.8 26,485 105,651 79,231 75.0 71,204 67.4 8,027 10.1 26,420 105,780 79,018 74.7 70,887 67.0 8,131 10.3 26,762 105,906 79,108 74.7 70,671 66.7 8,437 10.7 26,798 121,066 72,240 59.7 68,115 56.3 4,125 5.7 48,826 121,911 71,848 58.9 65,644 53.8 6,203 8.6 50,064 122,020 71,812 58.9 65,727 53.9 6,085 8.5 50,207 121,066 71,986 59.5 67,720 55.9 4,267 5.9 49,080 121,594 72,397 59.5 66,419 54.6 5,978 8.3 49,197 121,696 72,194 59.3 66,339 54.5 5,855 8.1 49,503 121,799 72,051 59.2 66,131 54.3 5,920 8.2 49,748 121,911 71,738 58.8 65,684 53.9 6,054 8.4 50,174 122,020 71,700 58.8 65,418 53.6 6,282 8.8 50,320 112,633 69,059 61.3 65,439 58.1 3,620 5.2 43,575 113,522 68,947 60.7 63,398 55.8 5,549 8.0 44,575 113,636 68,946 60.7 63,541 55.9 5,404 7.8 44,690 112,633 68,700 61.0 64,975 57.7 3,725 5.4 43,933 113,189 69,060 61.0 63,810 56.4 5,249 7.6 44,130 113,296 68,985 60.9 63,789 56.3 5,196 7.5 44,311 113,405 68,923 60.8 63,662 56.1 5,261 7.6 44,481 113,522 68,703 60.5 63,318 55.8 5,385 7.8 44,819 113,636 68,714 60.5 63,152 55.6 5,562 8.1 44,922 17,110 6,490 37.9 5,239 30.6 1,251 19.3 10,620 17,020 6,008 35.3 4,456 26.2 1,552 25.8 11,012 17,008 5,833 34.3 4,287 25.2 1,546 26.5 11,175 17,110 6,799 39.7 5,390 31.5 1,408 20.7 10,311 17,053 6,575 38.6 4,999 29.3 1,576 24.0 10,478 17,044 6,474 38.0 4,933 28.9 1,541 23.8 10,570 17,031 6,423 37.7 4,783 28.1 1,640 25.5 10,608 17,020 6,285 36.9 4,659 27.4 1,626 25.9 10,735 17,008 6,152 36.2 4,452 26.2 1,700 27.6 10,856 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: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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. 2008 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 190,085 126,311 66.4 119,389 62.8 6,923 5.5 63,774 191,244 125,311 65.5 114,496 59.9 10,815 8.6 65,933 191,394 125,339 65.5 114,469 59.8 10,870 8.7 66,056 190,085 126,298 66.4 118,722 62.5 7,577 6.0 63,787 190,801 126,199 66.1 115,202 60.4 10,997 8.7 64,601 190,944 125,997 66.0 115,123 60.3 10,874 8.6 64,947 191,086 126,118 66.0 114,922 60.1 11,197 8.9 64,968 191,244 125,599 65.7 114,251 59.7 11,349 9.0 65,645 191,394 125,694 65.7 113,803 59.5 11,891 9.5 65,700 65,785 76.2 62,411 72.3 3,374 5.1 65,286 75.1 59,578 68.5 5,708 8.7 65,313 75.0 59,555 68.4 5,758 8.8 65,792 76.2 61,972 71.8 3,821 5.8 65,732 75.8 59,656 68.8 6,076 9.2 65,643 75.6 59,701 68.8 5,941 9.1 65,674 75.6 59,576 68.6 6,098 9.3 65,609 75.4 59,329 68.2 6,281 9.6 65,634 75.4 59,109 67.9 6,525 9.9 55,204 60.9 52,595 58.0 2,610 4.7 55,006 60.3 51,055 56.0 3,951 7.2 55,217 60.5 51,288 56.2 3,928 7.1 54,891 60.6 52,178 57.6 2,714 4.9 55,068 60.5 51,304 56.4 3,765 6.8 54,987 60.4 51,245 56.3 3,742 6.8 55,045 60.4 51,250 56.2 3,796 6.9 54,770 60.0 50,914 55.8 3,856 7.0 54,947 60.2 50,875 55.7 4,072 7.4 5,321 40.6 4,383 33.5 939 17.6 5,019 38.6 3,863 29.7 1,156 23.0 4,809 37.0 3,626 27.9 1,183 24.6 5,615 42.9 4,572 34.9 1,043 18.6 5,400 41.4 4,243 32.5 1,156 21.4 5,367 41.2 4,176 32.0 1,191 22.2 5,399 41.5 4,096 31.5 1,303 24.1 5,220 40.1 4,008 30.8 1,212 23.2 5,113 39.3 3,819 29.4 1,294 25.3 27,982 17,799 63.6 15,847 56.6 1,952 11.0 10,183 28,330 17,436 61.5 14,771 52.1 2,665 15.3 10,894 28,369 17,491 61.7 14,816 52.2 2,675 15.3 10,879 27,982 17,768 63.5 15,762 56.3 2,006 11.3 10,214 28,217 17,700 62.7 15,103 53.5 2,597 14.7 10,517 28,252 17,684 62.6 15,111 53.5 2,573 14.5 10,568 28,290 17,584 62.2 14,929 52.8 2,655 15.1 10,706 28,330 17,442 61.6 14,755 52.1 2,687 15.4 10,888 28,369 17,509 61.7 14,760 52.0 2,749 15.7 10,860 8,005 71.1 7,083 62.9 923 11.5 7,785 68.1 6,583 57.6 1,203 15.5 7,909 69.1 6,603 57.7 1,306 16.5 7,961 70.7 7,019 62.3 942 11.8 7,929 69.8 6,633 58.4 1,297 16.4 7,896 69.4 6,645 58.4 1,251 15.8 7,921 69.5 6,578 57.7 1,343 17.0 7,809 68.3 6,518 57.0 1,291 16.5 7,897 69.0 6,544 57.2 1,353 17.1 9,021 64.3 8,231 58.6 791 8.8 9,029 63.5 7,820 55.0 1,209 13.4 8,904 62.5 7,803 54.8 1,100 12.4 9,016 64.2 8,213 58.5 804 8.9 9,042 63.8 8,018 56.6 1,024 11.3 9,045 63.8 7,988 56.3 1,057 11.7 8,955 63.1 7,889 55.5 1,066 11.9 8,942 62.9 7,828 55.0 1,114 12.5 8,912 62.6 7,806 54.8 1,106 12.4 772 28.8 533 19.9 239 30.9 622 23.2 369 13.8 253 40.7 678 25.3 409 15.3 269 39.7 790 29.4 531 19.8 260 32.9 729 27.1 453 16.9 276 37.9 744 27.7 479 17.8 265 35.7 708 26.4 462 17.2 246 34.7 691 25.8 409 15.3 282 40.8 700 26.2 411 15.4 289 41.3 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. 2008 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 10,791 7,141 66.2 6,870 63.7 271 3.8 3,650 10,826 7,097 65.6 6,570 60.7 527 7.4 3,729 10,841 7,051 65.0 6,520 60.1 531 7.5 3,790 (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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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. 2008 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 32,465 22,190 68.4 20,327 62.6 1,863 8.4 10,275 33,110 22,413 67.7 19,680 59.4 2,733 12.2 10,697 33,202 22,481 67.7 19,688 59.3 2,792 12.4 10,721 32,465 22,187 68.3 20,232 62.3 1,955 8.8 10,278 32,839 22,347 68.1 19,623 59.8 2,724 12.2 10,491 32,926 22,526 68.4 19,745 60.0 2,781 12.3 10,400 33,017 22,341 67.7 19,433 58.9 2,908 13.0 10,675 33,110 22,469 67.9 19,625 59.3 2,844 12.7 10,641 33,202 22,497 67.8 19,555 58.9 2,942 13.1 10,705 12,787 84.6 11,838 78.3 949 7.4 12,809 83.1 11,297 73.3 1,512 11.8 12,863 83.2 11,333 73.3 1,531 11.9 (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) 8,332 58.4 7,721 54.1 611 7.3 8,571 58.9 7,655 52.6 916 10.7 8,628 59.1 7,718 52.9 909 10.5 (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) 1,071 34.8 768 24.9 303 28.3 1,033 32.9 729 23.2 305 29.5 990 31.4 637 20.2 353 35.6 (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) 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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. 2008 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 12,137 47.4 11,007 42.9 1,130 9.3 12,262 47.1 10,580 40.6 1,682 13.7 11,849 46.0 10,194 39.6 1,655 14.0 12,390 48.3 11,106 43.3 1,284 10.4 12,363 46.3 10,447 39.2 1,916 15.5 12,461 48.5 10,537 41.0 1,925 15.4 12,360 47.5 10,432 40.1 1,928 15.6 12,303 47.3 10,462 40.2 1,841 15.0 12,182 47.3 10,289 40.0 1,893 15.5 38,571 62.8 36,314 59.1 2,257 5.9 37,957 61.9 34,147 55.7 3,810 10.0 37,729 61.5 33,884 55.3 3,846 10.2 38,428 62.6 35,939 58.5 2,489 6.5 38,694 63.2 34,898 57.0 3,796 9.8 38,362 62.5 34,760 56.7 3,602 9.4 38,184 62.0 34,469 56.0 3,715 9.7 38,098 62.1 33,994 55.4 4,105 10.8 37,898 61.8 33,659 54.9 4,239 11.2 37,065 72.0 35,208 68.4 1,857 5.0 36,693 70.6 33,704 64.9 2,989 8.1 37,047 71.1 33,909 65.1 3,138 8.5 36,820 71.5 34,867 67.7 1,954 5.3 36,646 71.0 33,713 65.3 2,933 8.0 36,564 70.6 33,679 65.1 2,885 7.9 36,601 71.2 33,608 65.4 2,993 8.2 36,665 70.6 33,539 64.5 3,126 8.5 36,890 70.8 33,588 64.5 3,303 9.0 45,639 78.0 44,257 75.6 1,382 3.0 45,958 77.4 43,676 73.6 2,283 5.0 46,550 77.8 44,431 74.3 2,120 4.6 45,454 77.7 44,044 75.3 1,410 3.1 45,527 77.7 43,368 74.1 2,158 4.7 45,691 76.8 43,546 73.2 2,145 4.7 45,840 77.0 43,686 73.4 2,154 4.7 45,928 77.4 43,696 73.6 2,231 4.9 46,302 77.4 44,110 73.7 2,192 4.7 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: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January 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. 2008 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries ................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 2,203 1,328 853 23 2,073 1,256 805 12 2,049 1,281 748 19 2,177 1,313 827 (1) 2,165 1,232 896 (1) 2,148 1,230 876 (1) 2,103 1,247 830 (1) 2,010 1,179 808 (1) 2,039 1,249 738 (1) Nonagricultural industries ............................................... Wage and salary workers ............................................. Government ................................................................ Private industries ........................................................ Private households ................................................... Other industries ........................................................ Self-employed workers ................................................. Unpaid family workers .................................................. 143,340 134,388 21,720 112,668 840 111,828 8,882 69 137,006 127,769 20,954 106,816 790 106,026 9,154 83 137,039 128,093 21,375 106,719 702 106,016 8,879 67 142,566 133,694 21,539 112,170 (1) 111,279 8,852 (1) 137,812 128,939 21,446 107,498 (1) 106,631 8,891 (1) 137,675 128,939 21,367 107,591 (1) 106,728 8,801 (1) 137,358 128,285 21,133 107,219 (1) 106,375 9,034 (1) 136,795 127,712 21,002 106,779 (1) 105,990 9,010 (1) 136,245 127,350 21,192 106,230 (1) 105,470 8,929 (1) All industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 6,267 4,548 1,466 19,541 8,255 6,101 1,918 18,898 8,474 6,309 1,955 19,135 6,848 4,953 1,514 19,083 8,989 6,783 1,980 18,718 8,798 6,849 1,835 19,018 9,076 6,941 2,044 18,814 9,179 6,960 2,025 18,621 9,284 7,013 2,042 18,714 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons .................................. Slack work or business conditions ........................... Could only find part-time work ................................. Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 6,157 4,460 1,457 19,197 8,134 5,998 1,910 18,574 8,350 6,203 1,947 18,819 6,742 4,889 1,499 18,808 8,845 6,699 1,969 18,358 8,647 6,733 1,776 18,621 8,945 6,844 2,020 18,436 9,004 6,734 2,021 18,285 9,194 6,907 2,022 18,393 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Oct. 2008 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 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 ..................................................... 145,543 5,239 1,930 3,309 140,303 13,517 126,786 99,467 31,369 33,355 34,743 27,319 139,079 4,456 1,582 2,874 134,623 12,516 122,106 94,802 29,921 31,413 33,468 27,305 139,088 4,287 1,400 2,887 134,802 12,385 122,417 95,001 30,072 31,144 33,784 27,416 144,657 5,390 1,933 3,469 139,267 13,528 125,833 98,803 31,122 33,176 34,505 27,029 140,196 4,999 1,732 3,251 135,197 12,774 122,539 95,391 30,018 31,734 33,639 27,147 140,041 4,933 1,718 3,225 135,108 12,790 122,455 95,297 30,079 31,613 33,606 27,158 139,649 4,783 1,715 3,057 134,866 12,749 122,148 94,992 29,970 31,500 33,522 27,156 138,864 4,659 1,623 3,075 134,206 12,669 121,629 94,404 29,796 31,270 33,338 27,225 138,275 4,452 1,428 3,044 133,823 12,431 121,444 94,269 29,802 30,966 33,501 27,175 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 ..................................................... 77,428 2,563 881 1,683 74,865 6,954 67,911 53,470 17,213 18,073 18,184 14,441 73,435 2,210 775 1,435 71,225 6,371 64,854 50,506 16,255 16,863 17,387 14,348 73,361 2,101 671 1,430 71,260 6,224 65,037 50,689 16,405 16,763 17,520 14,348 76,938 2,646 895 1,751 74,292 6,974 67,372 53,090 17,064 17,962 18,065 14,282 73,777 2,390 821 1,576 71,387 6,582 64,855 50,640 16,194 16,926 17,520 14,214 73,703 2,383 826 1,562 71,319 6,546 64,828 50,600 16,231 16,898 17,470 14,228 73,519 2,314 838 1,473 71,204 6,511 64,727 50,544 16,222 16,839 17,482 14,183 73,180 2,293 792 1,504 70,887 6,431 64,484 50,215 16,111 16,764 17,340 14,269 72,857 2,185 689 1,490 70,671 6,263 64,446 50,222 16,210 16,634 17,378 14,225 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 ..................................................... 68,115 2,676 1,050 1,626 65,439 6,563 58,876 45,998 14,157 15,281 16,559 12,878 65,644 2,246 807 1,439 63,398 6,145 57,253 44,295 13,666 14,549 16,081 12,957 65,727 2,186 729 1,457 63,541 6,161 57,380 44,312 13,667 14,381 16,264 13,069 67,720 2,744 1,038 1,718 64,975 6,553 58,460 45,713 14,058 15,215 16,440 12,747 66,419 2,609 911 1,675 63,810 6,193 57,684 44,751 13,825 14,808 16,118 12,933 66,339 2,550 892 1,663 63,789 6,244 57,627 44,697 13,847 14,714 16,136 12,929 66,131 2,468 877 1,584 63,662 6,238 57,421 44,448 13,748 14,661 16,040 12,973 65,684 2,366 830 1,571 63,318 6,238 57,146 44,189 13,685 14,506 15,999 12,956 65,418 2,266 739 1,555 63,152 6,167 56,998 44,047 13,592 14,332 16,124 12,951 45,947 35,831 9,431 43,762 34,924 8,866 43,510 34,822 8,786 45,787 35,590 (1) 44,294 35,464 (1) 43,992 35,377 (1) 43,943 35,199 (1) 43,716 34,857 (1) 43,388 34,754 (1) 120,020 25,523 111,991 27,088 111,599 27,489 119,304 25,452 112,942 27,374 112,598 27,799 112,262 27,600 111,448 27,479 110,852 27,529 7,817 5.4 7,098 5.1 7,224 5.2 7,551 5.2 7,160 5.1 7,284 5.2 7,099 5.1 7,060 5.1 7,027 5.1 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates 1 Oct. 2008 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 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 ..................................................... 10,221 1,408 582 782 8,813 1,612 7,092 5,795 2,245 1,887 1,662 1,290 15,142 1,626 619 984 13,516 2,215 11,402 9,467 3,522 3,033 2,913 1,992 15,700 1,700 613 1,048 14,000 2,298 11,612 9,528 3,597 3,075 2,856 2,055 6.6 20.7 23.1 18.4 6.0 10.6 5.3 5.5 6.7 5.4 4.6 4.6 9.5 24.0 25.1 23.7 8.9 15.2 8.2 8.5 10.1 8.1 7.3 7.0 9.4 23.8 25.4 23.0 8.7 15.3 8.1 8.4 10.0 7.9 7.4 6.7 9.7 25.5 26.4 25.0 9.0 15.1 8.3 8.7 10.4 8.1 7.7 6.8 9.8 25.9 27.6 24.2 9.1 14.9 8.6 9.1 10.6 8.8 8.0 6.8 10.2 27.6 30.0 25.6 9.5 15.6 8.7 9.2 10.8 9.0 7.9 7.0 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 ..................................................... 5,954 866 336 486 5,088 1,037 3,972 3,264 1,295 1,057 913 708 9,088 957 349 592 8,131 1,307 6,930 5,813 2,212 1,796 1,805 1,117 9,418 981 347 602 8,437 1,432 6,946 5,749 2,110 1,878 1,761 1,197 7.2 24.7 27.3 21.7 6.4 12.9 5.6 5.8 7.1 5.6 4.8 4.7 10.6 26.2 25.8 26.9 10.0 17.2 9.2 9.5 11.4 8.9 8.5 7.7 10.5 27.0 27.7 27.0 9.8 17.1 9.0 9.5 11.1 8.9 8.5 7.4 10.9 29.8 29.8 29.8 10.1 16.8 9.5 10.0 11.5 9.5 9.0 7.5 11.0 29.5 30.6 28.3 10.3 16.9 9.7 10.4 12.1 9.7 9.4 7.3 11.4 31.0 33.5 28.8 10.7 18.6 9.7 10.3 11.5 10.1 9.2 7.8 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 .................................................. 4,267 542 247 296 3,725 575 3,120 2,530 951 831 749 579 6,054 669 269 392 5,385 908 4,472 3,654 1,310 1,237 1,108 876 6,282 719 265 446 5,562 866 4,666 3,779 1,488 1,197 1,095 853 5.9 16.5 19.2 14.7 5.4 8.1 5.1 5.2 6.3 5.2 4.4 4.3 8.3 21.8 24.4 20.4 7.6 12.8 7.0 7.2 8.5 7.2 6.0 6.4 8.1 20.5 23.2 18.8 7.5 13.3 6.9 7.1 8.7 6.7 6.0 7.1 8.2 21.1 22.9 19.9 7.6 13.2 7.0 7.2 9.1 6.5 6.3 6.7 8.4 22.0 24.5 20.0 7.8 12.7 7.3 7.6 8.7 7.9 6.5 6.3 8.8 24.1 26.4 22.3 8.1 12.3 7.6 7.9 9.9 7.7 6.4 6.1 1,970 1,545 906 3,474 2,131 1,166 3,565 2,196 1,299 4.1 4.2 8.8 6.9 5.6 11.7 6.9 5.5 12.6 7.1 5.4 12.2 7.4 5.8 11.6 7.6 5.9 12.9 8,659 1,534 13,338 1,879 13,901 1,798 6.8 5.7 10.3 5.9 10.1 6.0 10.5 6.3 10.7 6.4 11.1 6.1 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 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Oct. 2008 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 5,138 938 4,199 3,243 956 965 2,582 783 9,170 1,283 7,887 6,474 1,413 955 3,285 1,127 9,176 1,177 7,999 6,564 1,435 938 3,376 1,058 5,811 1,367 4,443 (1) (1) 946 2,650 825 9,649 1,762 7,886 (1) (1) 822 3,335 947 9,560 1,680 7,880 (1) (1) 885 3,312 967 9,818 1,718 8,100 (1) (1) 829 3,307 1,085 10,421 1,916 8,506 (1) (1) 864 3,255 1,112 10,550 1,737 8,812 (1) (1) 906 3,433 1,090 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 54.3 9.9 44.3 10.2 27.3 8.3 63.1 8.8 54.3 6.6 22.6 7.8 63.1 8.1 55.0 6.4 23.2 7.3 56.8 13.4 43.4 9.2 25.9 8.1 65.4 11.9 53.5 5.6 22.6 6.4 64.9 11.4 53.5 6.0 22.5 6.6 65.3 11.4 53.9 5.5 22.0 7.2 66.6 12.2 54.3 5.5 20.8 7.1 66.0 10.9 55.1 5.7 21.5 6.8 3.3 .6 1.7 .5 6.0 .6 2.1 .7 6.0 .6 2.2 .7 3.8 .6 1.7 .5 6.2 .5 2.2 .6 6.2 .6 2.1 .6 6.4 .5 2.1 .7 6.8 .6 2.1 .7 6.9 .6 2.2 .7 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: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Oct. 2008 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Less than 5 weeks .............................................................................. 5 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 15 weeks and over ............................................................................. 15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................ 27 weeks and over .......................................................................... 2,924 2,708 3,837 1,606 2,230 2,847 3,558 8,133 2,671 5,462 2,956 3,183 8,408 2,883 5,526 3,108 3,055 4,109 1,834 2,275 3,204 4,066 7,833 3,452 4,381 3,233 3,557 7,880 2,916 4,965 3,026 4,120 7,816 2,828 4,988 2,966 3,910 8,380 2,942 5,438 3,147 3,717 8,834 3,240 5,594 Average (mean) duration, in weeks .................................................... Median duration, in weeks .................................................................. 20.4 10.6 27.2 18.1 28.1 19.3 19.8 10.6 24.5 17.9 25.1 15.7 24.9 15.4 26.2 17.3 26.9 18.7 100.0 30.9 28.6 40.5 17.0 23.6 100.0 19.6 24.5 55.9 18.4 37.6 100.0 20.3 21.9 57.8 19.8 38.0 100.0 30.3 29.7 40.0 17.9 22.1 100.0 21.2 26.9 51.9 22.9 29.0 100.0 22.0 24.2 53.7 19.9 33.8 100.0 20.2 27.5 52.2 18.9 33.3 100.0 19.4 25.6 54.9 19.3 35.6 100.0 20.0 23.7 56.3 20.6 35.6 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: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Employed 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. 2008 Oct. 2009 Unemployment rates Oct. 2008 Oct. 2009 145,543 53,485 139,088 52,981 9,469 1,647 14,547 2,593 6.1 3.0 9.5 4.7 22,422 31,063 24,697 35,369 16,380 18,990 21,398 31,583 24,323 33,043 15,294 17,748 695 952 1,812 2,205 1,056 1,149 1,219 1,374 2,705 3,415 1,608 1,806 3.0 3.0 6.8 5.9 6.1 5.7 5.4 4.2 10.0 9.4 9.5 9.2 14,861 976 8,644 5,240 13,133 936 7,604 4,593 1,421 102 1,037 282 2,400 144 1,797 459 8.7 9.5 10.7 5.1 15.5 13.3 19.1 9.1 17,131 8,661 8,470 15,610 7,486 8,124 1,566 844 722 2,337 1,269 1,068 8.4 8.9 7.9 13.0 14.5 11.6 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Oct. 2008 Oct. 2009 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 Oct. 2008 Total, 16 years and over 1 .................................................... Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................... Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction ......................... 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. 2009 9,469 7,641 15 1,078 1,007 616 390 1,313 316 168 434 1,052 797 1,126 334 97 552 396 Oct. 2008 14,547 11,929 84 1,744 1,884 1,265 618 1,919 480 261 646 1,488 1,280 1,604 541 166 785 610 Oct. 2009 6.1 6.4 1.7 10.8 6.2 5.9 6.7 6.3 5.7 5.0 4.5 7.5 3.9 8.9 5.3 7.1 2.5 3.9 9.5 10.1 10.8 18.7 12.2 12.9 10.9 9.6 8.6 8.2 7.0 10.3 6.0 12.4 8.5 11.8 3.5 5.9 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2009 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2007 Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification system is derived from the 2007 North American Industry Classification System. No historical data have been revised. Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Oct. 2008 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009 Oct. 2009 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force ..................................................................... 2.5 5.3 5.5 2.7 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.7 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............................................. 3.3 6.0 6.0 3.8 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.8 6.9 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) ................................................. 6.1 9.5 9.5 6.6 9.5 9.4 9.7 9.8 10.2 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................... 6.4 9.9 9.9 6.9 10.0 9.8 10.1 10.2 10.7 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 ................................ 7.1 10.8 10.8 7.6 10.8 10.7 11.0 11.1 11.6 11.1 16.1 16.3 12.0 16.5 16.3 16.8 17.0 17.5 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 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 looking currently 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 more information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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. 2008 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 Oct. 2009 79,601 4,800 1,637 82,915 5,621 2,373 30,775 2,146 872 32,707 2,711 1,287 48,826 2,655 765 50,207 2,910 1,086 484 1,153 808 1,565 323 550 500 787 161 603 309 778 Total multiple jobholders 4 .................................................................. Percent of total employed ............................................................... 7,817 5.4 7,224 5.2 3,957 5.1 3,579 4.9 3,859 5.7 3,645 5.5 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 ......................................... 4,281 1,923 288 1,269 3,931 1,804 240 1,217 2,376 659 193 698 2,147 624 155 640 1,905 1,264 95 572 1,784 1,180 85 577 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force .................................................................. Persons who currently want a job ...................................................... Marginally attached to the labor force 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: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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. 2008 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Seasonally adjusted Oct. 2009p Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Oct. 2009p Change from: Sept. 2009Oct. 2009 p Total nonfarm ............................. 137,492 131,046 131,399 132,040 136,352 131,715 131,411 131,257 131,038 130,848 -190 Total private ........................................ 114,573 109,735 109,143 109,223 113,813 109,182 108,936 108,770 108,591 108,401 -190 Goods-producing ............................................ 21,375 18,991 18,842 18,698 21,063 18,829 18,713 18,583 18,469 18,340 -129 Mining and logging ................................................... Logging ........................................................... Mining .................................................................... Oil and gas extraction ........................................ Mining, except oil and gas 1................................. Coal mining ...................................................... Support activities for mining .............................. 805 59.8 745.0 166.6 236.5 83.9 341.9 717 52.9 664.0 166.7 221.8 79.2 275.5 716 54.1 662.3 166.5 220.2 78.5 275.6 708 53.2 654.8 164.7 216.2 77.2 273.9 794 56.6 737.7 166.5 230.5 83.1 340.7 721 51.4 669.3 166.9 217.4 80.3 285.0 715 51.1 663.8 165.5 215.6 79.0 282.7 706 51.2 655.1 165.2 214.3 78.9 275.6 705 51.4 653.5 165.9 214.1 78.6 273.5 699 50.3 648.2 164.9 210.9 76.9 272.4 -6 -1.1 -5.3 -1.0 -3.2 -1.7 -1.1 Construction ............................................................. Construction of buildings ................................... Residential building ......................................... Nonresidential building .................................... Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ Specialty trade contractors ............................... Residential specialty trade contractors ........... Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 7,307 1,654.9 820.1 834.8 1,014.1 4,638.2 2,033.5 2,604.7 6,401 1,460.0 715.2 744.8 913.6 4,027.6 1,774.3 2,253.3 6,280 1,425.5 701.8 723.7 903.2 3,951.0 1,748.6 2,202.4 6,215 1,421.4 698.0 723.4 884.1 3,909.8 1,737.2 2,172.6 7,066 1,609.9 795.6 814.3 952.6 4,503.9 1,975.5 2,528.4 6,231 1,433.4 699.6 733.8 862.1 3,935.9 1,716.7 2,219.2 6,162 1,415.1 689.6 725.5 854.4 3,892.4 1,706.9 2,185.5 6,096 1,406.1 685.4 720.7 849.2 3,840.2 1,691.4 2,148.8 6,028 1,387.5 677.9 709.6 836.9 3,803.6 1,686.0 2,117.6 5,966 1,378.7 672.3 706.4 823.2 3,764.0 1,676.6 2,087.4 -62 -8.8 -5.6 -3.2 -13.7 -39.6 -9.4 -30.2 Manufacturing ........................................................... Production workers ....................................... 13,263 9,484 11,873 8,342 11,846 8,338 11,775 8,279 13,203 9,425 11,877 8,316 11,836 8,301 11,781 8,265 11,736 8,240 11,675 8,193 -61 -47 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 ............................ 8,325 5,829 443.2 467.2 439.1 1,512.7 1,178.8 1,239.4 182.3 130.0 426.9 439.3 422.5 1,528.3 825.7 459.8 633.7 7,241 4,954 373.0 414.8 359.4 1,293.2 997.9 1,127.5 160.6 125.4 368.1 421.5 373.5 1,330.8 663.5 382.4 588.6 7,214 4,944 371.2 411.8 359.1 1,287.4 989.7 1,119.8 160.2 125.6 365.1 417.6 372.9 1,338.1 672.1 376.6 587.3 7,175 4,906 367.0 403.1 359.3 1,286.0 983.9 1,113.3 158.6 125.3 361.7 415.5 370.9 1,333.1 673.2 370.7 587.6 8,300 5,805 438.8 458.2 438.6 1,505.0 1,179.3 1,239.8 182.4 128.6 428.4 440.2 421.3 1,531.3 829.7 458.8 628.5 7,271 4,957 367.1 406.1 360.3 1,308.8 1,016.3 1,142.4 162.7 126.5 375.6 424.4 377.0 1,309.6 633.3 388.1 595.1 7,248 4,957 364.3 405.5 358.8 1,295.1 1,003.2 1,134.5 162.4 126.3 371.0 422.2 374.0 1,339.0 665.1 382.7 590.9 7,204 4,924 362.2 402.6 359.3 1,288.3 997.5 1,125.6 160.5 125.7 367.6 420.0 372.3 1,330.0 661.6 378.2 587.7 7,165 4,903 361.4 400.8 357.2 1,280.8 988.4 1,120.0 160.3 126.1 364.8 417.5 371.9 1,325.8 659.1 373.8 585.0 7,121 4,866 359.6 392.8 356.5 1,275.9 978.0 1,113.7 158.5 125.0 362.3 416.3 369.0 1,324.2 663.7 369.2 581.6 -44 -37 -1.8 -8.0 -.7 -4.9 -10.4 -6.3 -1.8 -1.1 -2.5 -1.2 -2.9 -1.6 4.6 -4.6 -3.4 Nondurable goods ................................................. 4,938 Production workers ....................................... 3,655 Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,508.1 Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 201.6 Textile mills ......................................................... 146.4 Textile product mills ........................................... 144.8 Apparel ................................................................ 193.4 Leather and allied products ............................... 34.0 Paper and paper products ................................. 439.7 Printing and related support activities ............... 584.2 Petroleum and coal products ............................. 118.7 Chemicals ........................................................... 842.0 Plastics and rubber products ............................. 725.3 4,632 3,388 1,512.4 194.6 123.0 124.7 168.7 30.8 407.5 514.3 117.7 804.9 633.1 4,632 3,394 1,514.4 195.9 122.8 126.6 168.0 30.7 405.7 513.7 117.0 801.9 635.2 4,600 3,373 1,499.2 195.1 121.4 125.8 166.2 30.5 403.3 508.8 115.2 800.2 634.3 4,903 3,620 1,484.7 197.2 145.6 144.5 192.8 33.9 439.7 582.3 117.8 843.4 721.1 4,606 3,359 1,473.8 190.0 124.5 126.7 165.8 30.8 409.1 522.8 114.5 811.0 637.1 4,588 3,344 1,473.9 189.4 122.5 125.9 166.7 31.3 407.2 518.4 114.3 807.4 631.3 4,577 3,341 1,476.4 189.8 122.3 125.5 165.4 30.6 405.7 513.7 114.0 803.4 630.4 4,571 3,337 1,476.8 189.9 121.3 126.0 164.3 30.2 404.9 511.1 114.3 802.3 629.6 4,554 3,327 1,474.0 190.3 120.0 124.7 163.7 30.2 402.0 505.3 113.8 801.1 628.7 -17 -10 -2.8 .4 -1.3 -1.3 -.6 .0 -2.9 -5.8 -.5 -1.2 -.9 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. 2008 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Seasonally adjusted Oct. 2009p Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Oct. 2009p Service-providing .............................................. 116,117 112,055 112,557 113,342 115,289 112,886 112,698 112,674 112,569 112,508 Change from: Sept. 2009Oct. 2009 p -61 Private service-providing ............................... 93,198 90,744 90,301 90,525 92,750 90,353 90,223 90,187 90,122 90,061 -61 Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,274 25,165 25,068 25,130 26,157 25,258 25,174 25,146 25,080 25,014 -66 Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,936.3 Durable goods .................................................... 3,032.3 Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,050.9 Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 853.1 5,685.7 2,841.2 2,000.8 843.7 5,666.0 2,825.2 1,995.8 845.0 5,670.3 2,823.7 2,001.2 845.4 5,920.1 3,026.1 2,040.5 853.5 5,680.3 2,848.1 1,994.0 838.2 5,666.8 2,836.8 1,992.2 837.8 5,661.0 2,828.3 1,991.6 841.1 5,656.4 2,822.1 1,989.8 844.5 5,648.0 2,814.7 1,988.6 844.7 -8.4 -7.4 -1.2 .2 Retail trade ............................................................ 15,269.5 14,748.8 14,621.3 14,684.8 15,216.8 14,791.5 14,747.0 14,726.1 14,681.9 14,642.1 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1........................ 1,805.1 1,694.9 1,687.1 1,679.5 1,792.7 1,673.9 1,669.9 1,674.7 1,667.6 1,665.9 Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,149.3 1,055.0 1,051.2 1,048.1 1,141.7 1,042.6 1,040.4 1,045.6 1,040.3 1,039.9 Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 538.0 475.8 475.3 486.5 532.4 484.7 483.9 479.6 478.6 479.1 Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 550.4 507.4 506.8 509.3 545.1 515.7 513.1 513.0 511.1 505.9 Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,239.9 1,184.0 1,165.3 1,158.7 1,245.9 1,181.1 1,175.3 1,169.7 1,166.3 1,160.5 Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,846.0 2,833.0 2,805.7 2,805.3 2,851.9 2,828.8 2,823.5 2,821.4 2,814.0 2,812.3 Health and personal care stores ....................... 996.2 981.3 973.3 980.4 995.9 984.3 984.1 982.2 976.8 978.9 Gasoline stations ................................................ 835.9 846.9 835.3 831.2 836.1 829.9 830.3 834.4 830.8 831.8 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,482.3 1,421.7 1,394.0 1,429.1 1,471.5 1,420.1 1,414.4 1,410.9 1,413.2 1,415.9 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ................................................................ 650.5 598.9 608.2 590.8 641.2 605.1 605.4 601.8 602.7 586.9 General merchandise stores 1............................. 3,023.1 2,997.1 2,963.6 2,985.4 3,025.5 3,045.1 3,032.8 3,025.7 3,016.2 3,002.9 Department stores .......................................... 1,527.7 1,500.5 1,487.3 1,506.3 1,523.9 1,528.6 1,523.3 1,524.2 1,521.0 1,509.9 Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 858.2 803.1 793.8 803.7 845.0 804.8 797.6 797.5 790.8 790.4 Nonstore retailers ............................................... 443.9 404.7 412.9 424.9 433.6 418.0 416.7 415.2 413.8 411.6 -39.8 -1.7 -.4 .5 -5.2 -5.8 -1.7 2.1 1.0 2.7 -15.8 -13.3 -11.1 -.4 -2.2 Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,505.9 Air transportation ................................................ 480.5 Rail transportation .............................................. 229.9 Water transportation ........................................... 65.6 Truck transportation ........................................... 1,390.3 Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 428.7 Pipeline transportation ....................................... 42.8 Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 28.5 Support activities for transportation ................... 594.3 Couriers and messengers .................................. 568.3 Warehousing and storage .................................. 677.0 4,161.7 467.1 212.4 58.9 1,283.7 341.1 42.5 36.1 535.1 543.0 641.8 4,215.5 465.0 211.5 58.7 1,279.4 408.4 43.1 33.9 532.9 541.9 640.7 4,207.8 459.2 211.4 57.6 1,270.7 414.5 43.0 28.8 535.8 544.7 642.1 4,456.9 482.1 229.5 63.9 1,370.3 413.8 43.3 27.1 588.0 570.5 668.4 4,218.4 463.9 212.2 56.5 1,269.5 413.0 42.3 27.7 537.8 551.5 644.0 4,193.9 462.9 212.2 55.7 1,264.6 407.0 41.8 28.7 532.5 547.8 640.7 4,192.3 463.5 213.0 56.3 1,261.2 405.4 42.4 28.1 533.0 549.0 640.4 4,174.6 462.2 211.3 56.6 1,257.3 400.5 43.2 28.7 532.2 545.8 636.8 4,156.2 460.9 209.9 56.0 1,249.8 400.2 43.3 27.8 529.7 546.8 631.8 -18.4 -1.3 -1.4 -.6 -7.5 -.3 .1 -.9 -2.5 1.0 -5.0 562.5 569.1 565.5 567.4 562.8 567.8 566.1 566.5 567.4 567.8 .4 Information ................................................................ 2,970 Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 873.6 Motion picture and sound recording industries . 378.5 Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 313.9 Telecommunications .......................................... 1,011.3 Data processing, hosting and related services . 258.4 Other information services ................................. 134.4 2,832 789.5 387.5 287.9 976.8 255.7 134.5 2,820 786.7 380.5 289.5 973.2 255.7 134.3 2,824 782.5 384.1 290.5 974.3 255.0 137.8 2,982 872.6 388.7 312.9 1,014.5 258.9 134.1 2,845 801.8 379.3 291.9 981.6 254.4 135.5 2,834 795.6 380.3 290.2 978.2 254.8 135.3 2,829 788.5 384.3 288.7 976.7 256.9 134.3 2,832 787.1 386.6 289.2 976.8 256.1 135.8 2,831 780.6 391.0 289.3 977.1 255.2 138.0 -1 -6.5 4.4 .1 .3 -.9 2.2 7,762 5,738.9 20.5 2,599.6 1,774.2 1,324.5 780.7 2,251.0 87.1 2,023.0 1,417.9 577.3 27.8 7,707 5,711.3 20.4 2,582.8 1,761.0 1,316.6 777.3 2,244.0 86.8 1,996.1 1,406.9 561.7 27.5 7,703 5,711.9 20.3 2,582.3 1,763.2 1,318.5 779.7 2,242.5 87.1 1,991.3 1,409.2 554.8 27.3 8,088 5,978.7 22.1 2,706.4 1,811.1 1,356.0 847.8 2,311.0 91.4 2,109.0 1,471.2 609.7 28.1 7,751 5,760.5 20.3 2,604.0 1,772.7 1,324.2 786.4 2,261.9 87.9 1,990.6 1,396.3 566.5 27.8 7,737 5,748.0 20.2 2,602.1 1,770.0 1,323.5 782.3 2,256.5 86.9 1,988.6 1,396.4 564.6 27.6 7,714 5,729.8 20.3 2,594.4 1,767.4 1,320.8 780.5 2,247.6 87.0 1,984.3 1,394.9 562.1 27.3 7,705 5,722.8 20.4 2,589.0 1,765.1 1,319.3 779.4 2,247.3 86.7 1,982.5 1,398.5 556.6 27.4 7,697 5,716.6 20.8 2,585.0 1,763.5 1,318.7 779.9 2,243.9 87.0 1,980.3 1,398.7 554.1 27.5 -8 -6.2 .4 -4.0 -1.6 -.6 .5 -3.4 .3 -2.2 .2 -2.5 .1 Utilities ................................................................... 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 ......... See footnotes at the end of table. 8,082 5,969.5 21.4 2,701.5 1,810.5 1,355.3 846.3 2,309.3 91.0 2,112.4 1,474.4 610.0 28.0 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. 2009Oct. 2009 p Industry Oct. 2008 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Oct. 2009p Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Oct. 2009p 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 17,825 7,822.5 1,160.5 881.1 1,447.7 16,761 7,550.2 1,131.4 864.2 1,338.0 16,732 7,512.2 1,118.1 860.5 1,327.2 16,854 7,559.3 1,119.6 876.1 1,325.6 17,612 7,844.0 1,160.2 946.4 1,437.1 16,655 7,615.6 1,131.7 936.8 1,335.9 16,624 7,598.9 1,128.2 934.8 1,324.5 16,618 7,587.8 1,127.2 938.0 1,320.9 16,621 7,589.0 1,125.2 933.9 1,321.0 16,639 7,578.0 1,119.4 937.7 1,313.3 18 -11.0 -5.8 3.8 -7.7 1,473.9 1,466.5 1,460.9 1,477.4 1,466.1 1,456.0 1,462.6 1,461.3 1,464.7 1,469.2 4.5 1,030.2 1,888.9 8,113.5 7,748.2 3,145.1 2,349.9 825.6 1,886.4 365.3 1,019.0 1,828.2 7,382.4 7,013.9 2,524.1 1,793.0 772.7 1,867.1 368.5 1,016.4 1,808.8 7,410.5 7,043.7 2,585.7 1,850.2 778.3 1,830.9 366.8 1,029.5 1,805.5 7,488.9 7,121.6 2,664.3 1,915.2 792.7 1,811.7 367.3 1,022.9 1,882.8 7,884.8 7,522.0 2,987.7 2,218.9 820.8 1,837.4 362.8 1,015.7 1,823.8 7,215.2 6,854.3 2,470.3 1,750.9 783.8 1,771.2 360.9 1,014.9 1,819.7 7,205.8 6,843.7 2,459.5 1,745.2 783.9 1,769.8 362.1 1,015.3 1,816.4 7,214.1 6,851.6 2,465.6 1,748.4 784.5 1,765.3 362.5 1,015.7 1,809.8 7,222.1 6,857.6 2,475.7 1,755.6 786.0 1,761.4 364.5 1,023.0 1,803.3 7,257.3 6,893.0 2,511.7 1,789.3 786.0 1,760.6 364.3 7.3 -6.5 35.2 35.4 36.0 33.7 .0 -.8 -.2 Education and health services ................................ 19,170 18,988 19,234 19,554 18,981 19,248 19,262 19,312 19,329 19,374 Educational services ............................................. 3,209.0 2,769.8 2,996.5 3,224.8 3,047.3 3,082.0 3,072.2 3,077.7 3,061.1 3,071.8 Health care and social assistance ........................ 15,961.4 16,217.7 16,237.4 16,329.2 15,934.1 16,166.1 16,190.2 16,233.8 16,267.5 16,301.9 Health care 3......................................................... 13,423.8 13,685.1 13,666.8 13,728.4 13,401.2 13,605.8 13,629.1 13,653.3 13,681.0 13,709.5 Ambulatory health care services 1.................... 5,724.1 5,865.3 5,869.1 5,902.9 5,706.1 5,830.6 5,842.0 5,855.8 5,874.8 5,887.3 Offices of physicians .................................... 2,291.8 2,338.1 2,339.4 2,354.7 2,283.3 2,321.9 2,329.8 2,335.3 2,341.1 2,345.9 Outpatient care centers ................................ 536.0 543.8 542.1 549.8 536.6 543.5 542.0 543.8 545.1 549.2 Home health care services .......................... 972.5 1,024.2 1,029.7 1,038.3 968.6 1,016.7 1,018.2 1,022.6 1,029.3 1,034.4 Hospitals .......................................................... 4,686.6 4,736.1 4,728.2 4,745.1 4,681.9 4,718.9 4,722.4 4,723.9 4,731.2 4,741.2 Nursing and residential care facilities 1............ 3,013.1 3,083.7 3,069.5 3,080.4 3,013.2 3,056.3 3,064.7 3,073.6 3,075.0 3,081.0 Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,611.7 1,640.7 1,634.7 1,637.0 1,611.0 1,628.9 1,631.4 1,634.9 1,635.4 1,636.9 Social assistance 1................................................ 2,537.6 2,532.6 2,570.6 2,600.8 2,532.9 2,560.3 2,561.1 2,580.5 2,586.5 2,592.4 Child day care services ................................... 872.9 808.8 854.9 863.1 862.3 854.3 845.9 856.3 856.5 853.4 45 10.7 34.4 28.5 12.5 4.8 4.1 5.1 10.0 6.0 1.5 5.9 -3.1 Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 13,342 13,785 13,350 13,078 13,395 13,176 13,177 13,163 13,161 13,124 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,909.9 2,148.3 1,970.7 1,845.5 1,952.0 1,885.5 1,897.8 1,893.2 1,910.9 1,889.0 Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 400.0 421.1 409.5 388.8 402.5 393.8 400.0 395.2 397.4 393.1 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 130.2 142.2 133.6 131.9 129.6 130.8 130.5 131.0 131.6 131.5 Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,379.7 1,585.0 1,427.6 1,324.8 1,419.9 1,360.9 1,367.3 1,367.0 1,381.9 1,364.4 Accommodation and food services ...................... 11,432.2 11,636.2 11,379.1 11,232.5 11,442.7 11,290.0 11,278.8 11,269.5 11,249.7 11,234.7 Accommodation .................................................. 1,825.8 1,840.5 1,744.0 1,691.1 1,827.9 1,721.0 1,715.5 1,714.4 1,703.2 1,694.6 Food services and drinking places .................... 9,606.4 9,795.7 9,635.1 9,541.4 9,614.8 9,569.0 9,563.3 9,555.1 9,546.5 9,540.1 -37 -21.9 -4.3 -.1 -17.5 -15.0 -8.6 -6.4 Other services .......................................................... 5,535 Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,219.2 Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,330.3 Membership associations and organizations .... 2,985.7 5,451 1,161.0 1,301.3 2,988.6 5,390 1,155.7 1,294.2 2,940.2 5,382 1,152.0 1,288.1 2,942.0 5,535 1,216.4 1,330.1 2,988.3 5,420 1,157.8 1,298.4 2,963.9 5,415 1,155.1 1,296.1 2,963.4 5,405 1,154.3 1,293.4 2,956.8 5,394 1,149.1 1,290.9 2,954.4 5,382 1,147.4 1,287.4 2,947.1 -12 -1.7 -3.5 -7.3 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 ........... 21,311 2,841 2,150.8 690.6 4,906 2,088.4 2,817.5 13,564 6,908.2 6,656.1 22,256 2,830 2,142.2 687.8 5,172 2,377.2 2,794.3 14,254 7,793.8 6,460.3 22,817 2,853 2,157.4 695.7 5,316 2,533.4 2,782.8 14,648 8,254.2 6,393.8 22,539 2,775 2,043.5 731.9 5,194 2,372.8 2,820.7 14,570 8,071.6 6,498.3 22,533 2,817 2,111.1 705.9 5,174 2,377.9 2,796.3 14,542 8,070.2 6,471.3 22,475 2,826 2,120.9 705.4 5,149 2,357.2 2,791.4 14,500 8,015.6 6,484.6 22,487 2,825 2,129.3 695.8 5,172 2,377.3 2,794.3 14,490 8,007.8 6,481.7 22,447 2,827 2,136.3 690.5 5,168 2,370.1 2,798.0 14,452 7,993.6 6,458.7 22,447 2,843 2,154.5 688.2 5,168 2,375.3 2,792.6 14,436 7,998.8 6,437.5 0 16 18.2 -2.3 0 5.2 -5.4 -16 5.2 -21.2 1 22,919 2,789 2,043.7 744.8 5,339 2,531.3 2,807.2 14,791 8,334.5 6,456.7 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. 2009Oct. 2009 p Oct. 2008 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Oct. 2009p Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Oct. 2009p Total private ....................................... 33.6 33.6 32.9 33.1 33.5 33.0 33.1 33.1 33.0 33.0 0.0 Goods-producing .......................................... 40.2 39.9 38.9 39.4 39.8 39.0 39.3 39.4 39.2 39.1 -.1 Mining and logging ................................................. 45.2 44.0 43.1 43.5 44.7 43.3 42.9 43.3 43.2 43.0 -.2 Construction ............................................................ 38.9 38.9 36.6 37.3 38.3 37.6 37.8 37.9 37.4 36.9 -.5 Manufacturing ......................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.7 3.6 40.2 3.1 40.0 3.0 40.4 3.5 40.4 3.5 39.5 2.8 39.9 2.9 39.9 3.0 39.9 3.0 40.0 3.2 .1 .2 Durable goods ..................................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.8 3.5 40.2 2.9 40.0 2.8 40.5 3.3 40.6 3.4 39.4 2.6 39.9 2.7 39.9 2.8 40.0 2.8 40.1 3.0 .1 .2 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 ......................... 38.2 42.5 41.6 41.2 42.0 40.9 40.8 41.6 40.8 37.3 38.7 38.6 42.7 41.1 39.7 39.6 40.3 39.0 42.0 41.2 38.1 39.2 38.1 42.1 40.6 39.3 39.3 40.2 39.3 42.2 41.7 37.5 38.4 38.1 41.7 40.5 40.0 40.5 40.9 39.9 42.8 42.5 37.7 38.7 38.1 41.8 41.4 40.8 41.8 40.8 40.4 41.3 40.6 37.4 38.9 37.4 40.8 39.7 39.3 39.8 40.0 38.8 40.4 39.0 37.8 37.9 37.7 41.5 40.1 39.4 39.9 40.2 38.9 41.9 40.6 37.9 38.3 37.7 41.3 40.7 39.5 39.9 40.5 39.1 41.6 40.8 37.5 38.6 37.8 40.9 40.4 39.4 39.9 40.4 39.3 42.0 41.2 37.9 38.6 37.7 40.8 40.3 39.5 40.1 40.6 39.4 42.2 41.8 37.9 38.6 -.1 -.1 -.1 .1 .2 .2 .1 .2 .6 .0 .0 Nondurable goods ............................................... Overtime hours ............................................ 40.4 3.8 40.0 3.4 40.0 3.5 40.2 3.8 40.2 3.6 39.6 3.2 39.8 3.3 39.9 3.3 39.9 3.3 39.9 3.5 .0 .2 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 37.6 38.3 37.7 36.2 36.9 42.5 38.8 46.1 41.4 40.7 40.3 35.8 38.1 38.4 35.7 34.0 41.9 38.6 44.2 41.4 40.4 40.1 36.0 37.9 38.5 35.2 32.6 42.8 38.5 43.4 41.6 40.7 40.4 36.4 39.3 37.7 36.4 35.5 42.4 38.8 43.5 41.3 40.8 40.3 38.1 38.4 37.9 36.3 36.9 42.2 38.3 45.2 41.5 40.6 39.9 35.3 37.8 38.0 35.6 32.0 41.8 38.1 43.4 41.2 39.8 39.6 35.0 37.6 38.4 36.2 33.3 42.2 38.5 43.2 41.6 40.4 40.1 35.4 37.9 38.1 35.6 33.7 42.0 38.7 44.1 41.4 40.3 39.8 35.8 37.9 38.3 36.0 33.6 42.3 38.3 43.2 41.4 40.6 39.9 36.5 38.8 38.0 36.2 34.4 42.2 38.2 42.7 41.3 40.6 .1 .7 .9 -.3 .2 .8 -.1 -.1 -.5 -.1 .0 Private service-providing ............................. 32.2 32.5 31.9 31.9 32.3 31.9 32.0 32.0 32.0 32.0 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.0 33.3 33.0 32.9 33.1 32.8 32.8 32.8 32.8 32.8 .0 Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.2 37.9 37.1 37.4 38.2 37.6 37.4 37.5 37.3 37.4 .1 Retail trade ........................................................... 29.8 30.3 30.1 29.8 29.9 29.8 29.8 29.8 29.8 29.8 .0 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.2 36.8 36.5 36.6 36.3 35.8 36.3 36.1 36.5 36.5 .0 Utilities ................................................................... 42.7 41.9 41.7 41.8 42.5 41.9 41.9 41.9 41.5 41.7 .2 Information ............................................................... 36.9 36.9 36.4 36.4 36.9 36.4 36.4 36.4 36.3 36.4 .1 Financial activities .................................................. 35.7 36.7 35.6 35.7 35.9 35.9 35.9 36.1 35.9 36.0 .1 Professional and business services .................... 35.0 35.3 34.3 34.7 34.9 34.6 34.6 34.7 34.7 34.6 -.1 Education and health services ............................. 32.4 32.5 32.2 32.2 32.5 32.2 32.2 32.2 32.2 32.3 .1 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.0 25.6 24.4 24.4 25.1 24.7 24.7 24.6 24.6 24.5 -.1 Other services ......................................................... 30.7 30.9 30.4 30.5 30.7 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.5 30.5 .0 1 Data relate to production workers in mining and logging 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, and 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. 2008 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Oct. 2009p Oct. 2008 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Total private ....................................... Seasonally adjusted ..................... $18.27 18.28 $18.60 18.66 $18.68 18.67 $18.72 18.72 $613.87 612.38 $624.96 617.65 $614.57 616.11 $619.63 617.76 Goods-producing .......................................... 19.61 20.00 20.01 20.06 788.32 798.00 778.39 790.36 Mining and logging ................................................. 22.98 23.07 23.17 23.19 1,038.70 1,015.08 998.63 1,008.77 Construction ............................................................ 22.28 22.73 22.67 22.98 866.69 884.20 829.72 857.15 Manufacturing ......................................................... 17.86 18.23 18.40 18.30 726.90 732.85 736.00 739.32 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 ......................... 18.81 14.44 16.92 20.01 17.18 18.11 21.42 15.83 24.10 14.55 15.33 19.39 15.11 17.45 20.24 17.50 18.37 22.07 16.58 24.83 15.13 16.18 19.54 15.11 17.48 20.51 17.60 18.63 22.00 16.62 25.07 15.25 16.12 19.49 15.20 17.38 20.55 17.54 18.61 22.02 16.43 24.88 15.18 16.08 767.45 551.61 719.10 832.42 707.82 760.62 876.08 645.86 1,002.56 542.72 593.27 779.48 583.25 745.12 831.86 694.75 727.45 889.42 646.62 1,042.86 576.45 634.26 781.60 575.69 735.91 832.71 691.68 732.16 884.40 653.17 1,057.95 571.88 619.01 789.35 579.12 724.75 832.28 701.60 753.71 900.62 655.56 1,064.86 572.29 622.30 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 .......................... 16.32 14.10 19.41 13.71 11.62 11.38 13.14 19.11 16.99 28.69 19.67 16.03 16.53 14.43 20.27 13.77 11.34 11.30 13.59 19.09 16.76 29.60 20.37 15.90 16.72 14.65 20.27 13.76 11.29 11.49 13.44 19.48 16.88 29.92 20.57 16.05 16.57 14.47 20.41 13.63 11.45 11.22 13.82 19.32 16.70 30.59 20.45 15.76 659.33 575.28 729.82 525.09 438.07 411.96 484.87 812.18 659.21 1,322.61 814.34 652.42 661.20 581.53 725.67 524.64 435.46 403.41 462.06 799.87 646.94 1,308.32 843.32 642.36 668.80 587.47 729.72 521.50 434.67 404.45 438.14 833.74 649.88 1,298.53 855.71 653.24 666.11 584.59 742.92 535.66 431.67 408.41 490.61 819.17 647.96 1,330.67 844.59 643.01 Private service-providing ............................. 17.94 18.29 18.39 18.43 577.67 594.43 586.64 587.92 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 16.24 16.55 16.59 16.56 535.92 551.12 547.47 544.82 Wholesale trade ................................................... 20.21 21.02 21.01 21.05 772.02 796.66 779.47 787.27 Retail trade ........................................................... 12.89 13.12 13.21 13.07 384.12 397.54 397.62 389.49 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 18.55 18.73 18.64 18.72 671.51 689.26 680.36 685.15 Utilities ................................................................... 29.00 29.51 29.78 29.87 1,238.30 1,236.47 1,241.83 1,248.57 Information ............................................................... 25.06 25.68 25.54 25.73 924.71 947.59 929.66 936.57 Financial activities .................................................. 20.41 20.87 20.89 20.96 728.64 765.93 743.68 748.27 Professional and business services .................... 21.45 22.41 22.40 22.34 750.75 791.07 768.32 775.20 Education and health services ............................. 19.04 19.43 19.59 19.57 616.90 631.48 630.80 630.15 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 10.93 11.02 11.10 11.14 273.25 282.11 270.84 271.82 Other services ......................................................... 16.17 16.31 16.43 16.43 496.42 503.98 499.47 501.12 1 See p= footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. Oct. 2009p 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. 2009-p Oct. 2009 Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Oct. 2009p Total private: Current dollars ................................................ Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. $18.28 8.33 $18.54 8.57 $18.59 8.59 $18.66 8.58 $18.67 8.57 $18.72 N.A. 0.3 Goods-producing .......................................................... 19.56 19.85 19.92 19.92 19.90 20.00 .5 Mining and logging ................................................................. 23.03 23.28 23.23 23.21 23.21 23.34 .6 Construction ............................................................................ 22.17 22.58 22.60 22.63 22.48 22.82 1.5 Manufacturing ......................................................................... Excluding overtime 4..................................................... 17.89 17.15 18.13 17.51 18.27 17.63 18.27 17.61 18.35 17.69 18.35 17.64 .0 -.3 Durable goods ..................................................................... 18.84 19.22 19.44 19.41 19.48 19.53 .3 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 16.35 16.54 16.54 16.60 16.69 16.62 -.4 Private service-providing ............................................. 17.97 18.25 18.30 18.39 18.41 18.45 .2 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 16.23 16.38 16.41 16.54 16.53 16.56 .2 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 20.22 20.79 20.86 20.99 21.03 21.09 .3 Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.89 12.96 12.98 13.10 13.09 13.07 -.2 Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 18.58 18.54 18.58 18.67 18.64 18.74 .5 Utilities ................................................................................... 28.91 29.44 29.48 29.79 29.70 29.77 .2 Information ............................................................................... 24.99 25.45 25.42 25.61 25.45 25.64 .7 Financial activities .................................................................. 20.43 20.78 20.75 20.85 20.89 20.97 .4 Professional and business services .................................... 21.63 22.32 22.42 22.48 22.55 22.53 -.1 Education and health services ............................................. 19.08 19.39 19.45 19.49 19.54 19.60 .3 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 10.92 11.05 11.07 11.12 11.12 11.13 .1 Other services ......................................................................... 16.24 16.24 16.29 16.37 16.40 16.46 .4 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 -0.1 percent from Aug. 2009 to Sept. 2009, 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 Industry Seasonally adjusted Percent Oct. change from: 2009p Sept. 2009Oct. 2009 p Oct. 2008 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Oct. 2009p Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Total private ....................................... 106.2 101.6 98.9 99.5 105.0 99.1 99.2 99.0 98.5 98.3 -0.2 96.8 83.9 81.2 81.5 93.9 80.8 80.9 80.5 79.6 78.7 -1.1 Mining and logging ................................................. 145.6 122.3 120.0 119.1 140.6 122.0 119.5 117.8 117.3 115.2 -1.8 Construction ............................................................ 110.3 95.5 87.8 88.4 104.1 88.7 88.0 87.2 85.0 82.8 -2.6 Manufacturing ......................................................... 88.6 77.0 76.5 76.8 87.4 75.4 76.0 75.7 75.5 75.2 -.4 Durable goods ..................................................... 89.3 Wood products .................................................. 73.8 Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 93.4 Primary metals .................................................. 85.4 Fabricated metal products .............................. 99.5 Machinery .......................................................... 100.2 Computer and electronic products ................ 99.6 Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 88.4 Transportation equipment ............................... 81.4 Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 66.2 Furniture and related products ....................... 69.8 Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 89.3 74.8 62.1 81.5 65.6 80.4 76.5 88.5 73.6 70.5 52.9 57.5 83.0 74.3 61.0 79.5 65.1 79.2 75.3 88.1 73.9 71.7 54.5 55.5 81.3 74.6 60.4 76.7 65.0 80.7 76.7 88.6 74.1 72.3 55.5 54.7 82.3 88.5 72.7 89.6 84.7 98.1 99.6 99.3 87.3 81.0 66.3 69.7 89.0 73.4 59.2 75.3 63.4 80.5 78.9 88.6 74.2 65.9 46.7 58.2 81.3 74.3 59.1 76.8 64.0 79.8 77.7 88.9 73.3 71.1 52.7 57.4 81.6 73.8 58.6 76.0 65.1 79.7 77.2 88.9 73.6 69.8 52.2 55.9 81.7 73.7 58.8 74.9 64.3 79.1 76.3 88.5 73.7 70.6 52.7 55.6 81.4 73.3 58.6 72.9 63.9 79.1 75.5 88.0 72.8 71.0 54.0 54.6 81.1 -.5 -.3 -2.7 -.6 .0 -1.0 -.6 -1.2 .6 2.5 -1.8 -.4 Nondurable goods ............................................... 87.0 Food manufacturing ......................................... 103.6 Beverages and tobacco products .................. 93.6 Textile mills ........................................................ 45.7 Textile product mills ......................................... 68.0 Apparel ............................................................... 55.2 Leather and allied products ............................ 70.2 Paper and paper products .............................. 82.1 Printing and related support activities ........... 85.5 Petroleum and coal products .......................... 106.6 Chemicals .......................................................... 93.5 Plastics and rubber products .......................... 85.8 79.8 102.4 89.4 37.6 58.8 45.1 57.2 74.6 74.3 95.8 88.2 72.1 80.0 102.2 92.4 37.6 60.2 43.7 55.1 75.7 74.0 93.8 88.4 73.0 79.9 102.0 96.3 38.7 58.8 44.4 58.5 74.8 73.9 92.5 87.5 72.8 85.7 100.4 91.4 45.3 68.3 54.9 69.3 81.5 83.9 102.8 94.0 85.1 78.4 98.5 83.5 37.9 58.7 44.3 53.6 74.5 74.6 89.0 88.3 71.9 78.4 97.6 83.1 37.2 59.3 45.0 57.6 74.8 74.7 89.0 88.8 71.9 78.5 99.2 85.9 37.2 58.9 43.8 56.3 74.2 74.4 91.3 88.2 71.6 78.4 98.5 88.2 37.1 59.5 43.5 55.2 74.6 73.2 89.3 88.1 72.1 78.2 98.7 91.9 37.6 58.8 43.4 55.8 74.2 72.2 88.3 87.7 71.5 -.3 .2 4.2 1.3 -1.2 -.2 1.1 -.5 -1.4 -1.1 -.5 -.8 Private service-providing ............................. 108.5 106.7 104.0 104.2 108.2 104.1 104.3 104.2 104.1 103.9 -.2 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 102.7 99.0 97.6 97.5 102.4 97.9 97.5 97.4 97.1 96.7 -.4 Wholesale trade ................................................... 108.4 102.4 99.8 100.5 108.0 101.4 100.6 100.7 100.0 100.0 .0 98.9 97.1 95.4 94.9 98.9 95.8 95.5 95.3 95.0 94.6 -.4 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 107.3 100.2 100.8 100.9 106.1 99.0 99.8 99.2 99.8 99.3 -.5 99.3 97.7 96.1 96.7 98.8 97.8 97.2 97.2 96.0 96.6 .6 Information ............................................................... 100.2 95.1 93.2 93.2 100.8 94.4 94.1 93.8 93.5 93.7 .2 Financial activities .................................................. 106.7 105.6 101.5 101.8 107.4 102.9 102.8 103.0 102.3 102.5 .2 Professional and business services .................... 115.1 108.3 105.0 107.0 112.9 105.3 105.1 105.3 105.1 104.8 -.3 Education and health services ............................. 117.3 116.9 117.2 119.2 116.5 117.3 117.4 117.7 117.8 118.5 .6 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 108.1 114.8 105.6 103.2 109.0 105.5 105.5 104.9 105.0 104.1 -.9 99.0 96.1 96.2 99.7 96.4 96.7 96.7 96.4 96.1 -.3 Goods-producing .......................................... Retail trade ........................................................... Utilities ................................................................... Other services ......................................................... 1 See 99.7 footnote 1, table B-2. motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: The index of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing 2 Includes 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. 2008 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Oct. 2009p Oct. 2008 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sept. 2009p Percent Oct. change from: 2009p Sept. 2009Oct. 2009 p Total private ....................................... 129.6 126.3 123.4 124.4 128.3 122.8 123.2 123.4 122.9 122.9 0.0 Goods-producing .......................................... 116.2 102.8 99.4 100.1 112.5 98.2 98.7 98.2 97.0 96.4 -.6 Mining and logging ................................................. 194.5 164.1 161.7 160.6 188.3 165.1 161.4 159.0 158.3 156.3 -1.3 Construction ............................................................ 132.7 117.2 107.5 109.7 124.7 108.2 107.4 106.5 103.2 102.0 -1.2 Manufacturing ......................................................... 103.5 91.8 92.1 91.9 102.2 89.4 90.8 90.4 90.6 90.3 -.3 Durable goods ..................................................... 104.9 90.6 90.6 90.8 104.1 88.0 90.2 89.4 89.6 89.4 -.2 Nondurable goods ............................................... 100.3 93.3 94.5 93.6 99.1 91.6 91.7 92.1 92.5 91.9 -.6 Private service-providing ............................. 133.5 133.8 131.2 131.7 133.4 130.3 130.8 131.4 131.4 131.5 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 119.0 116.9 115.5 115.2 118.6 114.4 114.2 114.9 114.5 114.2 -.3 Wholesale trade ................................................... 129.0 126.8 123.5 124.7 128.6 124.1 123.6 124.5 123.9 124.2 .2 Retail trade ........................................................... 109.3 109.2 108.1 106.3 109.2 106.4 106.2 107.0 106.5 106.0 -.5 Transportation and warehousing ...................... 126.2 119.1 119.2 119.8 125.1 116.4 117.7 117.5 118.0 118.1 .1 Utilities ................................................................... 120.2 120.3 119.4 120.5 119.3 120.1 119.6 120.8 119.0 120.0 .8 Information ............................................................... 124.3 120.9 117.9 118.7 124.7 119.0 118.4 119.0 117.8 118.9 .9 Financial activities .................................................. 134.7 136.3 131.1 131.9 135.6 132.2 131.8 132.8 132.2 132.9 .5 Professional and business services .................... 146.9 144.4 140.0 142.3 145.3 139.8 140.2 140.8 141.0 140.5 -.4 Education and health services ............................. 146.8 149.3 151.0 153.3 146.2 149.5 150.1 150.8 151.3 152.7 .9 Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 134.2 143.6 133.2 130.5 135.2 132.4 132.6 132.5 132.5 131.5 -.8 Other services ......................................................... 117.5 117.7 115.1 115.1 117.9 114.0 114.7 115.3 115.2 115.2 .0 Industry 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. preliminary. NOTE: The index 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, 271 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 52.6 64.9 53.5 42.1 22.1 60.1 62.2 55.5 40.6 20.8 54.1 63.8 52.4 44.1 19.6 58.1 59.8 49.4 41.1 21.8 56.8 49.1 55.9 42.6 29.3 58.3 51.8 48.3 36.9 25.8 58.5 59.2 50.7 37.6 30.3 59.2 55.4 46.5 39.1 36.7 54.2 55.7 55.9 34.7 p 37.5 55.9 56.3 57.2 33.0 p 33.8 62.7 59.4 59.4 27.1 57.6 60.7 57.9 20.5 51.7 67.7 62.5 57.7 18.6 57.2 68.6 54.8 44.8 14.2 59.0 65.1 54.2 40.2 15.1 59.8 65.1 54.8 39.7 15.3 57.9 60.5 54.1 37.3 20.3 62.0 58.9 50.4 33.6 22.0 60.5 55.5 52.8 33.6 22.0 62.9 57.0 48.7 32.8 24.5 60.3 55.0 53.3 34.9 p 32.3 55.5 54.4 53.9 33.2 p 31.0 56.3 59.0 58.3 26.9 62.7 64.2 62.5 20.8 55.4 64.6 60.3 56.6 21.6 57.9 63.8 57.2 53.0 17.2 58.1 67.5 60.5 50.7 15.1 57.0 66.2 58.3 47.4 15.3 58.3 65.5 55.5 40.2 15.9 60.9 66.6 56.5 33.4 16.6 63.1 60.3 52.8 31.0 15.9 63.3 61.1 52.4 33.4 20.7 61.6 57.9 56.6 30.6 p 20.8 59.6 57.9 54.4 29.0 p 23.2 61.4 62.4 56.8 26.0 62.5 59.0 59.0 24.4 60.9 67.2 63.3 54.4 24.0 60.9 65.5 59.4 56.1 22.0 60.0 65.9 61.1 52.6 19.9 59.2 62.9 59.6 49.1 18.1 58.3 65.5 59.2 50.2 17.5 60.3 66.8 58.3 47.8 17.2 61.3 64.8 56.8 43.7 16.2 63.3 64.4 57.2 42.3 15.3 60.7 66.6 59.4 38.0 p 16.1 59.2 65.9 58.9 37.8 p 14.9 59.8 64.9 58.1 32.3 61.8 66.2 59.6 28.2 Over 3-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Manufacturing payrolls, 83 industries 1 Over 1-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 36.7 57.8 44.6 30.7 6.0 46.4 49.4 41.0 28.9 9.6 42.2 53.6 30.7 37.3 10.8 46.4 47.0 24.7 32.5 16.3 40.4 37.3 38.0 40.4 11.4 33.7 50.6 32.5 25.3 12.0 41.0 49.4 43.4 25.9 24.1 43.4 42.2 30.7 27.7 25.9 45.8 40.4 39.2 22.9 p 22.9 47.6 42.8 42.8 18.7 p 18.1 44.6 41.0 60.8 15.1 47.0 44.0 48.2 10.2 36.7 56.6 40.4 48.8 6.0 43.4 57.2 33.1 33.7 3.6 41.0 48.2 33.1 28.3 3.6 41.6 48.2 28.9 29.5 7.8 35.5 44.6 29.5 26.5 8.4 36.1 50.0 30.1 22.9 12.0 34.9 43.4 31.9 19.9 8.4 36.7 45.2 28.9 16.9 13.9 42.2 36.7 30.7 22.3 p 19.3 44.0 33.1 30.7 21.1 p 19.9 38.6 35.5 39.2 15.1 48.8 39.2 51.2 11.4 33.7 45.2 37.3 34.3 9.0 39.8 45.2 33.1 30.1 4.8 38.0 50.6 29.5 37.3 4.8 36.1 48.8 28.9 35.5 6.0 35.5 50.6 30.7 25.3 4.8 34.9 50.0 34.9 20.5 4.8 39.8 45.2 28.9 17.5 7.2 36.1 47.0 26.5 18.1 7.8 36.1 43.4 29.5 16.9 p 7.8 38.0 42.2 28.3 13.3 p 9.0 36.7 39.8 33.7 11.4 39.8 34.3 38.0 9.6 45.2 44.0 39.8 27.7 8.4 44.0 41.0 36.7 28.9 4.8 42.2 41.0 37.3 25.9 4.8 41.0 39.8 30.7 25.3 4.8 36.7 39.8 28.9 30.7 6.0 35.5 45.2 29.5 27.1 6.0 32.5 42.2 30.7 24.7 6.6 34.3 42.8 28.9 19.3 4.8 33.1 47.0 33.1 21.7 p 4.8 33.7 48.8 28.9 21.7 p 3.6 33.7 45.8 34.3 16.9 38.0 44.6 35.5 15.1 Over 3-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 6-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... Over 12-month span: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 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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