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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
O F F I C E OF I N F O R M A T I O N , W A S H I N G T O N , 0. C. 20210

USDL - 1 0 - 7 2 5
Bureau of L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s
(202) 9 6 1 - 2 5 4 2
FOR RELEASE:

THE E M P L O Y M E N T SITUATION:

11:00 A. M.
M ond ay, O c t o b e r 6, .1969
S E P T E M B E R 1969

U n e m p l o y m e n t r o s e sh ar pl y in S e p t e m b e r , while e m p l o y m e n t w a s
about unchanged, the U. S. D e p a r t m e n t of L a b o r 1 s B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t is ­
t i c s r e p o r t e d today.

The o v e r a l l u n e m p l o y m e n t rate r o s e f r o m 3. 5 p e r c e n t

in A u gu s t to 4C0 p e r c e n t in September,,
O v e r the y e a r , u n e m p l o y m e n t has r i s e n by 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 , r e f l e c t i n g an
i n c r e a s e of 150, 000 f o r adult w o m e n and 100, 000 e a c h f o r adult m e n and
te e n a g e r s *

F o u r - f i f t h s of the i n c r e a s e w as a m o n g new e nt ran ts and

r e - e n t r a n t s into the Labor force,,

U n e m p l o y m e n t a m o ng w o r k e r s wno had

l o s t th eir las t j o b s was unchanged o v e r the y e a r , while the n u m b e r leav ing
t h e ir last j o b s r o s e by about 80, 0 0 0 o
N o nf ar m p a y r o l l e m p l o y m e n t i n c r e a s e d in S e p t e m b e r in line with s e a ­
sonal e x p e c t a t i o n s and,
f r o m August.
tially,

after s e a s o n a l ad jus tm ent , was about unchanged

Since M a r c h , e m p l o y m e n t gain s have slo wed down s u b s t a n ­

a v e r a g i n g 100, 000 p e r month in c o n t r a s t to an a v e r a g e rnonthLy gain

of 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 in the S e p t e m b e r 1 9 6 8 - M a r c h 1969 p e r i o d .
Unemp loy me nt
The act ual n u m b e r of u n e m p l o y e d p e r s o n s totaled about 3 m i l l i o n in
September,,
September,

U n e m p l o y m e n t n o r m a l l y d e c l i n e s shar ply be tw ee n A u g u s t and
but this S e p t e m b e r it fa il ed to drop,,

sonal c h a n g e s ,

A f t e r a d ju s t m e n t f o r s e a ­

u n e m p l o y m e n t was up 36 5 , 0 0 0 o v e r the month, with t w o -

fifths of the i n c r e a s e a m o n g w o r k e r s in the 20 to 24 age gro up , m ain ly m e n .
The o v e r a l l u n e m p l o y m e n t rate, at 40 0 p e r c e n t in S e p t e m b e r , was the
hi gh es t sin ce O c t o b e r 1967„

A f t e r a v e r a g i n g 30 3 p e r c e n t in the f i r s t q u a r t e r

of 1969, the u n e m p l o y m e n t rate has r i s e n to 3« 5 p e r c e n t in the s e c o n d and to
3. 7 p e r c e n t in the third quarter,,




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J o b l e s s r a t e s m o v e d up f o r m o s t g r o u p s of w o r k e r s o v e r the m o n t h 0
The u n e m p l o y m e n t rate f o r adult m e n r o s e f r o m Zc 1 p e r c e n t in Aug us t to
20 4 p e r c e n t in S e p t e m b e r , while the rate f o r m a r r i e d m en e d ge d up f r o m
l c 5 to lc 7 percento

Both r a t e s w e r e up f r o m their a l i - t i m e r e c o r d e d l o w s

r e a c h e d this past winter*,
The j o b l e s s rate f o r adult w o m e n w as 4® 2 p e r c e n t in S e p t e m b e r ,
f r o m 3C8 p e r c e n t , and at its hi g he st point sin ce O c t o b e r 1967®
for teenagers,

up

The rate

at 13. 2 p e r c e n t , was not si gn if ic an tl y chang ed from' Auguste

J o b l e s s r a t e s f o r both g r o u p s have ed ge d up si nc e the f i r s t q u a r t e r o f this
year©
N e a r l y all o f the S e p t e m b e r i n c r e a s e in u n e m p l o y m e n t o c c u r r e d
a m o n g white w o r k e r s , as th eir rate m o v e d up f r o m 3. 2 to 3e 6 percent®
The j o b l e s s rate f o r N e g r o w o r k e r s ,

at 60 8 p e r c e n t , was not s i g n i f i c a n t ly

c ha ng e d f r o m August®
The u n e m p l o y m e n t rate f o r all f u l l - t i m e w o r k e r s r o s e f r o m 3*1 to
3. 4 p e r c e n t o v e r the month*,

T h e r e was no change in the rate f o r p a r t - t i m e

w orkers®
The b l u e - c o l l a r rate m o v e d up f r o m 3, 8 to 4® 4 p e r c e n t in S e p t e m b e r
and r e f l e c t e d i n c r e a s e d j o b l e s s n e s s in all thr ee b l u e - c o l l a r o c c u p a t i o n a l
g r o u p s - - craftsm en, operatives,

and n o n f a r m lab or e r s ®

In the m a n u f a c ­

turing in d us try , the u n e m p l o y m e n t rate r o s e f r o m 2S
J9 to 3- 7 p e r c e n t ,
p a r t i a l l y r e f l e c t i n g the d e l a y e d e f f e c t of July* s e a r lie r - t h a n - u s u a l m o d e l
c h a n g e o v e r in autos,..

The u n e m p l o y m e n t rate f o r c o n s t r u c t i o n w o r k e r s , at

7® 6 p e r c e n t , wa s uncha nged in S e p t e m b e r , af te r r i si n g steadily s i n c e June®
The u n e m p l o y m e n t rate f o r w o r k e r s c o v e r e d by State u n e m p l o y m e n t
insurance p r o g r a m s,

which r e l a t e s p r i m a r i l y to adult e x p e r i e n c e d w o r k e r s ,

m o v e d up f r o m 2£. 1 to 20 2 p e r c e n t in S e p t e m b e r and wa'i unchanged f r o m a
y e a r ago®
Ind u str y E m p i o y m e nt
T ot a l n o n f a r m p a y r o l l e m p l o y m e n t was 70® 8 m i l l i o n in S e p t e m b e r , an
i n c r e a s e of 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 o v e r the Au gust level®

A f t e r s e a s o n a l ad ju s t m en t ,

p a y r o l l e m p l o y m e n t was unchanged o v e r the month but w o ul d have shown a
m o d e s t i n c r e a s e e x c e p t f o r the e f f e c t of the e a r l y auto m o d e l change over®
D e c l i n e s in m a n u f a c t u r i n g ,

contract construction,

and r et ail tr ade w e r e

c o u n t e r e d by i n c r e a s e s in s e r v i c e s and fi nan ce , i n s u r a n c e , arid r e a l estate®



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The pa c e of p a y r o l l e m p l o y m e n t gr o w t h has s l a c k e n e d s ub sta nt ial ly
in the past s e v e r a l months,.

In the third q u a r t e r 1969, p a y r o l l e m p l o y m e n t

r o s e by 300, 000 ( s e a s o n a l l y a d ju s t e d ) f r o m the p r e v i o u s q u a r t e r ,

com pared

with i n c r e a s e s of 550, 000 in the s e c o n d q u a r t e r and 800, 000 in the f i r s t
quarter,,
O v e r the month, m a n u f a c t u r i n g e m p l o y m e n t f e i i by 55, 000 ( s e a s o n a l l y
a d j u s t e d ) to 20o 3 m i l l i o n ,

as a substantial d e c l i n e in t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p ­

m e n t (1 05 ,0 00 ) w ip e d out s m a l l but w i d e s p r e a d gains e l s e w h e r e in the
d u r a b le g o o d s sector,,

The d r o p in t r a n s p o r t a t i o n e q u i p m e n t r e f l e c t e d the

a r t i f i c i a l l y l a r g e s e a s o n a l l y - a d j u s t e d e m p l o y m e n t i n c r e a s e s in A u gu s t
w h ic h r e s u l t e d f r o m an e a r l i e r - t h a n - u s u a l a u t o m o b i l e m o d e l c h a n g e o v e r 0
E m p l o y m e n t in t r a n s p o r t a t i o n eq u i p m e n t w as 40, 000 h ig h er in S e p t e m b e r
than in June, b e f o r e the m o d e l c h a n g e o v e r began,,

The l a r g e s t o v e r - t h e -

mont h gains in d u r ab le g o o d s o c c u r r e d in the p r i m a r y m e t a l s ( 10 ,0 00 ) and
m a c h i n e r y ( 2 0 , 0 0 0 ) industries,,
E m p l o y m e n t in no ndu ra bl e g o o d s m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s w as
unchanged o v e r the month,,
f o o d and k in d re d p r o d u c t s

A 14, 000 i n c r e a s e ( s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) in the
industry was

c o u n t e r e d by s m a l l e m p l o y m e n t

l o s s e s in oth er nondurable industries,,
A s m a l l decline' in c o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n ( 10, 000 ) o c c u r r e d d e s p i t e
the r e t u r n to p a y r o l l s of 50, 000 w o r k e r s who had been on s tr ik e in the
p r e v i o u s month,,

Although e m p l o y m e n t in c o n s t r u c t i o n ( s e a s o n a l l y a d ju s t e d )

has d e c l i n e d steadily s in c e June, it was still up by 110,000 o v e r the y e a r„
S e a s o n a l l y - a d j u s t e d e m p l o y m e n t gains w e r e r e p o r t e d in s e r v i c e s
( 6 0 , 0 0 0 ) and in fi n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , and real e s ta te (15, 0 0 0 ) „

The i n c r e a s e

in s e r v i c e s was the l a r g e s t si nc e the e a r l y m o n t h s of this y e a r and w a s a
m a r k e d d e p a r t u r e f r o m the slow growth of the M a r c h - J u l y p e r i o d „
f in a n c e i n d u s t r i e s ,

In the

about half of the i n c r e a s e r e s u l t e d f r o m the r e c a l l of

w o r k e r s on strike,,
E m p l o y m e n t in g o v e r n m e n t w as unchanged in S e p t e m b e r on a s e a s o n ­
ally c‘ dj us ted b a s i s ,

as a 10, 000 d r o p in F e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t e m p l o y m e n t

w as o f f s e t by an equal i n c r e a s e in State and l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t .

After sub­

stantial gains e a r l i e r this y e a r , State and l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t e m p l o y m e n t
has e d g e d down in r e c e n t m on th s and in S e p t e m b e r w as 4 5, 000 b e l o w the
peak lev el r e a c h e d in Jane,



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H o u r s and E a r n i n g s
The w o r k w e e k f o r all r a n k - a n d - f i l e w o r k e r s on p r i v a t e nonl'arm p a y ­
r o l l s a v e r a g e d 37c 8 h o u r s in S e p t e m b e r ( s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) ; this m a r k e d
the s eve nt h c o n s e c u t i v e month at this l e v e l 0 I n c r e a s e s in w e e k l y h o u r s in
c o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n and m a n u f a c t u r i n g o f f s e t d e c l i n e s in rninir,... t^ade,
and fi n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e ,

and r e a l e s t a t e .

In m a n u f a c t u r i n g , the a v e r a g e w o r k w e e k e d g e d up 0 o i ho ur betw een
Augu st and S e p t e m b e r to 40 o 7 h o u r s ( s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d ) .

The S e p t e m b e r

w o r k w e e k , h o w e v e r , w a s 0 C2 hour b el o w the 1969 peak ( M a r c h ) .ind j. 3
ho ur b e l o w la s t S e p t e m b e r .
F a c t o r y o v e r t i m e f e l l by 0 o 2 hour to 3e 5 h o u r s ( s e a s o n a l l y a d ju s t e d ) in
S e p t e m b e r with d e c l i n e s in both d u r a b l e and no nd ur ab le g o o d s .

With the

e x c e p t i o n o f F e b r u a r y 1969 and A p r i l 1968, when h o u r s were a f f e c t e d by
unusual c i r c u m s t a n c e s , f a c t o r y overtirr e w a s at its l o w e s t l e v e l s i n c e
D e c e m b e r 1967.
A v e r a g e hour ly e a r n i n g s f o r p r o d u c t i o n and n o n s u p e r v i s o r y w o r k e r s
r o s e by' 5 c en t s in S e p t e m b e r to $ 3 o 10o
stantially in S e p t e m b e r ,

H ou rl y e a r n i n g s usually r i s e s u b ­

as many o f the young p e o p l e re t u r n i n g to school,

l e a v e j o b s with l o w hour ly r a t e s .

O v e r the y e a r , hourly e a r n i n g s w e r e up

20 c e n t s ( 6 . 9 p e r c e n t ) .
The r i s e in hour ly e a r n i n g s b o o s t e d a v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s c i ranka n d - f i l e w o r k e r s to $117.80, an i n c r e a s e of $ 1 . 2 9 .

O v e r - t h e - m o n t h gain s

w e r e g r e a t e s t in m a n u f a c t u r i n g ( $ 2 . 1 9 ) and c o n t r a c t c o n s t r u c t i o n ($ -i. 5 0 ) .
C o m p a r e d to a y e a r ag o, a v e r a g e w e e kl y e a r n i n g s w e r e up by $ 7 . 3 1 ( 6 . 6
percent).
L a b o r F o r c e and E m p l o y m e n t
The c i v i l i a n l a b o r f o r c e d e c l i n e d Less than it usually d o e s at this tim e
of year,

r e f l e c t i n g , in par t, the e f f e c t s of an ear ly s u r v e y w e e k .

s e a s o n a l ad ju st m en t,

After

the l a b o r f o r c e totaled 81.4 m i l l i o n , up 300, 00C f r o m

August; the i n c r e a s e was m o s t l y am o ng t e e n a g e r s .

A f t e r showing little o r

no change in the s p r i n g , the l a b o r f o r c e has i n c r e a s e d by 925, 000 s in ce June.
T o t a l e m p l o y m e n t , at 78.1 m i l l i o n ( s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e . . ) , wa& virtually
unc hanged o v e r the m on t h .

A g r i c u l t u r a l e m p l o y m e n t , h o w e v e r , fe ll by

17 5 ,0 0 0 on a s e a s o n a l l y ad jus te d b a s i s .




O v e r the y e a r ,

agricultural

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e m p l o y m e n t w as down by ZOO, 000, while total n o n a g r i c u l t u r a l e m p l o y m e n t
r o s e by Zc 1 m i l l i o n e
The n u m b e r o f p e r s o n s who want f u l l - t i m e j o b s in n o n a g r i c u l t u r a l
i n d u s t r i e s but a r e e m p l o y e d pa rt time f o r e c o n o m i c r e a s o n s r e m a i n e d at
Zo 0 m i l l i o n ( s e a s o n a l l y a d ju s t e d ) in S e p t e m b e r ,
Auguste

fo l l o w i n g a s har p r i s e in

The S e p t e m b e r l e v e l wa s 3 7 5 , 0 0 0 a b o v e the 1969 low r e g i s t e r e d in

Januaryo




This r e l e a s e p r e s e n t s and a n a l y z e s s t a t i s t i c s
f r o m two m a j o r s u r v e y s . Data on l a b o r f o r c e , total
e m p l o y m e n t , and u n e m p l o y m e n t ar e d e r i v e d f r o m the
s a m p l e s u r v e y s of h o u s e h o l d s c o n d u c t e d and tabulated
by the B u re a u of the C e n s u s f or the Burea u of L a b o r
St a t i st i c s . S ta ti st ic s on industry e m p l o y m e n t , h o u r s ,
and e a r n i n g s a r e c o l l e c t e d by State a g e n c i e s f r o m p a y ­
ro ll r e c o r d s of e m p l o y e r s and are tabulated by the
Bureau of L a b o r S t a t i st i c s . A d e s c r i p t i o n of the two
s u r v e y s a p p e a r s in the BLS publication E m p l o y m e n t
and E a r n i n g s .

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TabU

A - l:

E m p lo y m e n t sta tu s o f th o n o n in s titu t io n a l p o p u la t io n b y

so x a n d a g o

(In th ou san d s)

Seasonally adjusted
Employment status, age, and sex

S e p t.
1969

Aug.
1969

S e p t.
1968

S ep t.
1969

Aug.
1969

J u ly
1969

June
1969

May
1969

8 4 ,5 2 7
8 0 ,9 8 4
7 8 ,0 2 6
3 ,6 2 9
7 4 ,3 9 7
1 ,8 8 7
1 ,0 8 9
798
2 ,9 5 8

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

8 2 ,1 3 7
7 8 ,5 4 6
7 5 ,9 3 9
3 ,8 3 6
7 2 ,1 0 3
1 ,6 6 1
972
689
2 ,6 0 6

8 4 ,9 0 2
8 1 ,3 5 9
7 8 ,1 2 7
3 ,4 5 8
7 4 ,6 6 9
1 ,9 8 2
1 ,0 9 1
891
3 ,2 3 2

8 4 ,5 8 4
8 1 ,0 5 4
7 8 ,1 8 7
3 ,6 3 4
7 4 ,5 5 3
2 ,0 0 1
1 ,0 6 5
936
2 .8 6 7

8 4 ,2 7 7
8 0 ,7 5 6
7 7 ,8 7 4
3 ,5 5 1
7 4 ,3 2 3
1 ,7 9 5
881
914
2 ,8 8 2

8 3 ,9 5 7
8 0 ,4 3 3
7 7 ,6 7 1
3 ,7 0 5
7 3 ,9 6 6
1 ,8 7 4
1 ,0 3 0
844
2 ,7 6 2

8 3 ,5 9 3
8 0 ,0 7 1
7 7 ,2 6 5
3 ,8 0 5
7 3 ,4 6 0
1 ,6 8 8
862
826
2 ,8 0 6

4 6 ,6 2 0
4 5 ,7 0 6
2 ,6 6 3
4 3 ,0 4 3
914

4 6 ,9 8 1
4 6 ,0 9 6
• 2 ,7 6 6
4 3 ,3 2 9
886

4 5 ,9 4 0
4 5 ,1 2 5
2 ,8 0 9
4 2 ,3 1 6
816

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

4 6 ,5 0 7
4 5 ,5 5 1
2 ,6 9 3
4 2 ,8 5 8
956

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

4 6 ,2 0 6
4 5 ,2 6 0
2 ,6 7 6
4 2 ,5 8 4
946

4 6 ,1 7 1
4 5 ,2 2 7
2 ,7 3 1
4 2 ,4 9 6
944

2 7 ,7 1 1
2 6 ,5 0 9
605
2 5 ,9 0 4
1 ,2 0 2

2 6 ,9 0 9
2 5 ,7 9 0
658
2 5 ,1 3 2
1 ,1 1 9

2 6 ,4 2 7
2 5 ,3 7 7
651
2 4 ,7 2 6
1 ,0 5 0

2 7 ,6 8 6
2 6 ,5 1 9
511
2 6 ,0 0 8
1 ,1 6 7

2 7 ,6 7 7
2 6 ,6 2 2
578
2 6 ,0 4 4
1 ,0 5 5

2 7 ,5 1 1
2 6 ,5 0 5
540
2 5 ,9 6 5
1 ,0 0 6

2 7 ,2 6 2
2 6 ,2 5 1
617
2 5 ,6 3 4
1 ,0 1 1

2 7 ,0 4 9
2 6 ,0 4 6
627
2 5 ,4 1 9
1 ,0 0 3

6 ,6 5 3
5 ,8 1 1
362
5 ,4 4 9
842

8 ,6 2 5
7 ,7 6 1
552
7 ,2 0 8
865

6 ,1 7 9
5 ,4 3 8
376
5 ,0 6 2
741

7 ,1 0 5
6 ,1 6 6
377
5 ,7 8 9
939

6 ,8 7 0
6 ,0 1 4
363
5 ,6 5 1
856

6 ,9 2 3
6 ,0 7 6
365
5 ,7 1 1
847

6 ,9 6 5
6 ,1 6 0
412
5 ,7 4 8
805

6 ,8 5 1
5 ,9 9 2
447
5 ,5 4 5
859

Total
Total labor f o r c e ...........................................
Civilian labor force .............................................
Employed.............................................................
Agriculture........................................................
Nonagricultural industries..............................
On part time for economic reason s..............
Usually work full tim e................................
Usually work part t i m e ..............................
Unemployed..........................................................

Mon, 20 years and ever
Civilian labor force................................................
Employed.............................................................
Agriculture........................................'...............
Nonagricultural industries..............................
Unemployed...........................................................

Women, 20 years and aver
Civilian labor f o r c e ...................... ...................
Employed .............................................................
Agriculture........................................................
Nonagricultural industries..............................
Unemployed...........................................................

Both sexes, 16-19 years
Civilian labor force................................................
Employed..................................................
Agriculture............. ....................................... ..
Nonagricultural industries.............................
Unemployed..........................................................

T ab lo A -2 :

Full- and part-tim o statu s of tho civ ilia n la b o r forco b y so x a n d a g o
(Numbers in thousands)

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

S ep t.
1969

S ep t.
1968

S e p t.
1969

Aug.
1969

J u ly
1969

June
1969

May
1969

A p r.
1969

Total, 16 years and over:
Civilian labor force.........................................
Employed.....................................................
Unemployed...................................................
Unemployment rate.......................................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men, 20 years and oven
Civilian labor force.........................................
Employed.....................................................
Unemployed.................................................
UnemploysMat rate.......................................

4 4 ,6 5 7
4 2 ,9 9 5
785
1 .8

4 4 ,0 6 1
4 3 ,3 4 0
721
1 .6

4 4 ,4 7 0
4 3 ,4 8 1
989
2 .2

4 4 ,3 0 6
4 3 ,4 7 2
834
1 .9

4 4 ,2 0 1
4 3 ,3 0 3
898
2 .0

4 4 ,1 2 9
4 3 ,2 5 5
874
2 .0

4 4 ,0 9 0
4 3 ,2 4 6
844
1 .9

4 4 ,0 9 3
4 3 ,2 5 1
842
1 .9

Women, 20 years and over:
Civilian labor force.........................................
Enjoyed.....................................................
Unemployed ................................................
Unemployment rate . .....................................

2 2 ,0 9 8
2 0 ,3 1 9
894
4 .0

2 0 ,9 8 4
2 0 ,2 2 9
755
3 .6

2 1 ,8 5 2
2 0 ,9 9 2
860
3 .9

2 1 ,9 9 2
2 1 ,1 2 5
867
3 .9

2 1 ,7 8 1
2 0 ,9 8 4
797
3 .7

2 1 ,5 5 8
2 0 ,7 2 2
836
3 .9

2 1 ,4 8 9
2 0 ,6 8 1
808
3 .8

2 1 ,5 6 2
2 0 ,7 1 0
852
4 .0

1 0 ,6 3 4
9 ,7 5 1
883
8 .3

1 0 ,1 8 1
9 ,4 1 3

1 1 ,0 6 6
1 0 ,2 9 6
770
7 .0

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

1 0 ,8 8 5
1 0 ,1 8 5

1 0 ,9 1 4
1 0 ,3 4 2

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

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

742
6 .8

700
6 .4

572
5 .2

686
6 .4

661
6 .0

Fell time

Pert Now
Total, 16 years and over:
Civilian labor force............................. ............
Employed.....................................................
Unemployed.................... ...........................
Unemployment rate.......................................

768
7 .5

NOTE: Parsons on part-time schethiles for economic reasons are included in the full-time employed category; unemployed persons are allocated by whether seeking full- or
patt-dsM work.




TabU

A -3 :

M a j o r u n e m p lo y m e n t in d ic a to rs
(Persons 16 years and over)

Thousands of persons
unemployed

Seasonally adjusted rates of unemployment

Selected categories
S ep t.
1969

S ep t.
1968

S ep t.
1969

Aug.
1969

J u ly
1969

June
1969

May
•1969

S ep t.
1968

Total (all civilian workers) . . .

2 ,9 5 8

2 ,6 0 6

4 .0

3 .5

3 .6

3 .4

3 .5

3 .6

Men, 20 years and over . . . .
Women, 20 years and over. . ,
Both sexes, 16*19 years. . .

914
1 ,2 0 2
842

816
1 ,0 5 0
741

2 .4
4 .2
1 3 .2

2 .1
3 .8
1 2 .5

2 .2
3 .7
1 2 .2

2 .0
3 .7
1 1 .6

2 .0
3 .7
1 2 .5

2 .2
3 .9
1 2 .5

White.......................................

2 ,4 0 0
558

2 ,0 8 3
523

3 .6
6 .8

3 .2
6 .5

3 .2
6 .4

3 .0
7 .0

3 .1
6 .5

3 .2
6 .6

514
2 ,0 7 5
883
324
848

470
1 ,8 3 8
768
310
805
—

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

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

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

1 .5
3 .1
5 .2
.5
2 .1
3 .9

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

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

932
279
516
137
1 ,0 6 4
175
646
243
463
55

827
240
464
123
935
155
569
211
412
67

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

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

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

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

1 .9
1 .2
2 .8
2 .6
3 .8
2 .4
4 .0
6 .4
42.
1 .7

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

2 ,1 1 6
182
730
379
351
92
538
564
285
67

1 ,8 4 1
127
631
352
279
107
446
513
280
75

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

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

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

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

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

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

N e g ro and o th e r r a c e s . . . ,

Married men. ...........................* .
Full-time workers........................
Part-time workers.......................
Unemployed 15 weeks and over*
State insured2 .............................
Labor force time lost^ . . . . . . .

Occupation4
White-collar workers..................
Professional and managerial .
Clerical workers . . . . . . . .
Sales workers . . . . . . . . . .
Blue-collar workers ..................
Craftsmen and foremen. . . . .
O peratives.....................
Nonfarm laborers........... .. . .
Service workers................ .. . . .
Farm workers .............................

Industry4
Nonagricultural private wage and salary
workers 5 .............................................................
Construction....................................................
Manufacturing ..................................................
Durable goods ...............................................
Nondurable goo d s..................................... .
Transportation and public utilities................
Wholesale and retail t r a d e .............................
Finance and service industries......................
Government wage and salary w ork ers................
Agricultural wage and salary workers................

*Unemployment rate calculated as a percent of civilian labor force.

^Unemployment by occupation includes all experienced unemployed persons, whereas

^Insured unemployment under State programs—unemployment rate calculated as a percent
o f average covered employment.

^Includes mininx. not shown separately.

(hat by industry covers only unemployed wage and salary workers.

^Man-hours lost by the unemployed and persons on part time for econom ic reasons as a
percent of potentially available labor force man-hours.

T able A-4:

U nem ployed p e rson s 16 y e a rs and over by duration of u nem p loym ent
(In thousands)
Seasonally adjusted

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 w eek s ................
3. to 14 w e e k s .................................................. .. .
13 weeks and o v e r ................................................
13 to 26 weeks..................................................
27 weeks and o v e r ...........................................




S ep t.
1969

Aug.
1969

1 ,8 6 3
771
324
191
133

1 ,6 0 0
957
313
181
131

S ep t.
1968
1 ,6 7 2
625
310
193
118

S ep t.
1969

Aug.
1969

J u ly
1969

June
1569

May
1969

1 ,8 1 8
1 ,0 0 0
389
233
156

1 ,6 3 6
861
382
244
138

1 ,6 7 7
830
419
244
175

1 ,5 9 1
813
383
258
125

1 ,7 7 7
629
409
278
131

_

Table A -5 :

U n e m p lo y e d p erson s by reason for u nem ploym ent, sex, a g e , a n d color,
not se a so n a lly a d iu ste d

Male, 20 years
and over

Total
unemployed
Reason for unemployment

S e p t.
1969

S ep t.
1968

S ep t.
1969

S ep t.
1968

Female, 20 years
and <
over
S e p t.
1969

Both sexes,

Negro and
other races

Vhite

16 to 19 years

S e p t.
1968

S ep t.
1969

S e p t.
1968

S ep t.
1969

S ep t.
1968

S ep t.
1969

S ep t.
1968

UNEMPLOYMENT L E V E L

Total unemployed, in thousands.....................
L ost last j o b ....................................................
Left last j o b ....................................................
Reentered labor f o r c e .............................
Never worked b e fo re ......................................

2 ,9 5 8
823
586
1 ,1 0 5
445

2*606
”'841
497
903
366

914
440
209
235
30

816
446
157
189
23

1 ,2 0 2
288
237
596
81

1 ,0 5 0
280
220
474
75

842
95
140
274
334

741
115
119
239
267

2 ,4 0 0
692
475
889
344

2 ,0 8 3
683
401
.7 2 3
275

558
131
111
216
100

523
157
95
180
91

Total unemployed, percent distribution . . .
L ost last f o b ..................................................
Left last j o b ............................................. . .
Reentered labor f o r c e ...................................
Never worked b e fo re ......................................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 0 0 .0
1 5 .5
1 6 .1
3 2 .3
3 6 .1

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

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

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

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

3 .7
1 .0
.7
1 .4
.5

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

2 .0
1 .0
.4
.5
.1

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

4 .3
1 .1
.9
2 .2
.3

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

1 2 .7
1 .4
2 .1
4 .1
5 .0

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

3 .3
1 .0
.7
1 .2
.5

3 .0
1 .0
.6
1 .0
.4

6 .2
1 .4
1 .2
2 .4
1 .1

6 .0
1 .9
1 .1
2 .1
1 .0

UNEMPLOYMENT RA TE
Total unemployment r a t e .................._............
Job-loser rate1 ...............................................
Job-leaver rate1 ............................................
Reentrant rate1 ...............................................
New entrant rate1............................................

’ Unemployment rates are calculated as a percent o f the civilian labor force.

Table A -6 :

Thousands o f persons
Age and sex

U n e m p lo y e d person s by a g e an d sex

Percent
looking for
full-time
work

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over ................................

S e p t.
1969
2 ,9 5 8

Aug.
1969
2 ,8 6 9

S e n t . 1969
7 0 .1

S ep t.
1969
4 .0

Aug.
1969
3 .5

J u ly
1969
3 .6

June
1969
3 .4

May
1969
3 .5

S ep t.
1968
3 .6

16 to 19 years .......................... .......................
16 and 17 y e a r s ....................
18 and 19 y e a r s .........................................
20 to 24 y ea rs..................................................
25 years and over . . : ................................
25 to 54 y e a r s ............................................
55 years and over . . . .............................

842
430
412
625
1 ,4 9 1
1 ,2 0 2
288

865
455
410
566
1 ,4 3 9
1 ,1 6 0
279

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Males, 16 years and o v e r ................................

1 ,3 2 1

1 ,2 9 3

7 1 .9

3 .2

2 .7

3 .0

2 .7

2 .7

2 .8

16 to 19 y e a r s . ................................ ..
16 and 17 years .........................................
18 and 19 years .........................................
20 to 24 y e a r s ................................ .................
25 years and over .........................................
25 to 54 y e a r s ............................................
55 years and o v e r ......................................

407
227
180
282
632
474
157

407
251
156
237
648
478
170

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 ,6 3 8

1 ,5 7 7

6 8 .7

5 .3

4 .9

4 .6

4 .7

4 .8

4 .9

458
204
254
328
791
682
109

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Females, 16 years and o v e r ....................
16 to 19 y e a r s . ...............................................
16 and 17 y e a r s ...................................... ..
18 and 19 y e a r s .........................................
20 to 24 y e a r s ................................... ..............
25 years and o v e r .........................................
25 to 54 y e a r s ............................................
55 years and o v e r ......................................




435
204
231
343
859
728
131

T a b le B-1:

Em p loyee s on n o n a g ric u ltu ra l p a y ro lls, by industry
(In thousands)

Industry

Aug.

July

Sept.

1969

1969

1969

1968

Aug.

Sept.

Sept.

Aug.

1969

1968

1969

1969

SI

Seasonally adjusted

Change from
Sept.

Change
from
Aug.
1969

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

7 0 ,8 2 6

7 0 ,5 1 6

7 0 ,3 4 7

6 8 ,6 1 0

310

2 ,2 1 6

7 0 ,3 9 8

7 0 ,4 0 5

7 0 ,2 4 7

MINING...............................

634

61*6

61*5

629

-1 2

5

626

630

629

-4

CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION___

3 ,6 3 1

3 ,6 9 7

3 ,6 8 1

3 ,5 1 9

-6 6

112

3 ,3 9 0

3 ,4 0 1

3 ,4 3 4

-1 1

2 0 ,5 1 8
1 5 ,0 8 0

20,1*1*6

2 0 ,1 1 1 *

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

473
322

2 0 ,2 9 0
1 4 ,8 4 9

2 0 ,1 6 4

1 1 *,6 6 5

72
86

2 0 ,3 4 5

1 4 ,9 9 ^

1 4 ,9 4 3

1 4 ,7 7 2

-5 5
-9 4

1 2 ,0 7 8

1 1 ,9 8 2

8 ,7 9 7

8 ,7 0 3

1 1 ,8 7 1 *
8 ,6 0 0

1 1 ,6 9 5
8 ,5 1 8

96
94

383
279

1 2 ,0 2 7
8 ,7 4 2

1 2 ,0 8 6 * *
8 ,8 3 4

1 1 ,9 1 2
8 ,6 6 8

-5 9
-9 2

332
600
491
658
1 ,3 4 8
1 ,4 5 6

-2
0
4
2
12

MANUFACTURING..... .............
Production w orkers...................

DU R A B LE

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

Production w orkers...................
Ordnance and accessories........... ..
Lumber and wood products...........
Furniture and fixtu re*...................
Stone, clay, and glass products . .
Primary metal industries.................
Fabricated metal products..............
Machinery, except electrical . . . .
Electrical equipment......................
Transportation-equipment...............
Instruments and related products .
Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . .

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

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

3 3 1 .7
6 1 6 .3
1*8 5.0

6 7 5 .0

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

6 7 6 .2

1 ,3 5 9 .3
1 ,4 8 0 .8
2 ,0 1 3 .8
2 ,0 8 8 .5
2 ,0 8 5 .* *
1*7**.8
1*61*. 5

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

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

G O O D S : ..........................

8,1*1*0

8,1*61*

8 ,2 4 0

Production w ork ers...................

6 ,2 8 3

6 ,2 9 1

6 ,0 6 5

1 ,9 4 4 .7
9 7 .0

1 ,9 3 4 .8

1 ,8 2 7 .6

9 1 .5
9 8 8 .7
1 ,1 * 3 5 .3
7 2 7 .0
1 ,0 9 0 .8
l,0 6 l* .6

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

N ON DURABLE

Food and kindred products...........
Tobacco manufactures...................
Textile mill products......................
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products..............
Printing and publishing.................
Chemicals and allied products. . .
Petroleum and coal products. . . .
Rubber and plastics products,n e c
Leather and leather products. . . .

TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES..................... .
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE.

W HOLESALE
R E T A IL

TRAD E

TR A D E .

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

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

FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND
REAL ESTATE.....................
SE R V IC E S..........................
Hotels and other lodging places . .
Personal servic es...............................

Medical and other health services .
Educational serv ic es.........................

GOVERNMENT .......................

F E D E R A L .................................................................
STATE

AND

L O C A L ...................................

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

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

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

8 ,3 5 0
6 ,2 4 0

.5
-1 0 .3

-2 1 .9
.2

3 .3
-3 .5
-8 .0

1 9 .1
1 6 .2
6 8 .8

1 4 .9
1 4 .2
1 6 .2
6 2 .6
-1 .1
7 .0

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

-2 4
-8

1 ,9 1 0 .2
9 9 .0
1 ,0 0 0 .2

9 .9
5 .5
-5 .4

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

-5 .7
-5 .0
0

3 5 6 .9

-1 3 .3
-2 .0
-.5
-7 .7

1 2 .7
1 2 .0

90
43

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

325
599
497
660
1 ,3 7 2
1 ,4 7 6
2 ,0 2 4
2 ,0 8 0

327
599
493
658
1 ,3 6 0

445

1 ,4 6 9
2 ,0 0 6
2 ,0 7 4
2 ,1 8 2
474
444

8 ,2 6 3
6 ,1 0 7

8 ,2 5 9
6 ,1 0 9

8 ,2 5 2
6 ,1 0 4

4
-2

l,8 l 4

1 ,8 0 0

83
977
l,4 l4
718

85
980

1 ,7 8 7
81
988

14
-2

2 ,0 7 5
474

1 ,4 1 5
718

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

1 ,0 9 2
1 ,0 5 0

1 ,0 8 9
1 ,0 5 2
190

5§2
343

585
345

146

4 ,4 7 8

2 ,0 0 7
2 ,0 7 0
2 ,0 3 2
471
447

1 ,4 2 3
716
1 ,0 8 4

7
18
6
-1 0 7
0

l

-3
-1
0

343

3
-2
0
-3
-2

4 ,4 8 2

4 ,4 8 3

-4

1 ,0 5 4
191
585

* * ,5 2 7

l* ,5 3 1

4 , 528

**,3 8 1

ll* ,6 7 2

11*, 6 5 1

1 4 ,6 6 2

1 4 ,1 8 4

21

488

1 4 ,6 8 6

1 4 ,6 9 3

1 4 ,6 7 1

-7

3 ,8 0 1
1 0 ,8 7 1

3 ,8 2 0
1 0 ,8 3 1

3 ,8 1 8
1 0 ,8 4 4

3 ,6 6 4
1 0 ,5 2 0

-1 9
40

137
351

3 ,7 8 2
1 0 ,9 0 4

3 ,7 7 5
1 0 ,9 1 8

3 ,7 7 3
1 0 ,8 9 8

7
-1 4

3 ,6 0 6

3,6 1*3

3 ,6 2 9

3 ,4 2 4

-3 7

182

3 ,5 9 5

3 ,5 8 2

3 ,5 6 8

13

1 1 ,2 0 1

1 1 ,2 3 9

1 1 ,2 6 6

1 0 ,6 6 7

-3 8

534

1 1 ,1 6 7

1 1 ,1 0 6

1 1 ,0 6 7

61

702

706

21

7 1 *5 .8
1 ,0 1 5 .8
2 ,8 8 1 .8
1 ,0 7 9 .1 *

8 2 3 .2
1 ,0 2 1 .6
2 ,8 8 8 .6
91 *7 .2

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

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

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

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

-.4

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

-9 .1

723
1 ,0 2 0

2 0 5 .9
5 5 .2

2 ,8 8 5
1 ,1 1 9

1 ,0 2 5
2 ,8 7 1
1 ,0 9 0

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

-5
14
29

9 .0

1 1 ,6 6 3

1 1 ,8 2 2

1 1 ,7 6 1

374

276

1 2 ,1 6 6

1 2 ,1 6 6

1 2 ,2 3 1

0

2 ,7 2 6

2 ,8 01*

9 ,3 H

8 ,8 5 9

2 ,8 4 1
8 ,9 8 1

2 ,7 0 5
9 ,0 5 6

-7 8
452

21
255

2 ,7 4 2
9 ,4 2 4

2 ,7 5 2
9 ,4 1 4

2 ,7 7 7
9 ,4 5 4

-1 0
10

1 2 ,0 3 7

NOTE: Data for die 2 most recent months are preliminary.




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

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

■

-7

T ab le B-2:

A v e r a g e w eekly hours of production or n o n su p e rv iio ry w o rk e rs1
on p rivate n on agricuttu ral p ay ro lls, by industry
Change

Industry

T O T A L P R IV A T E ..................

MINING..............................
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION . . . .
MANUFACTURING........ ..........
DURABLE BOOBS...............................

Ordnance and accessories.............
Luaber and wood pcodncts . . . . .
Furniture and fixture*..................
Stone, cloy, and glass products . .
Primary seecal industries.. . . . . .
Fabricated aeul products...........
Machinery, except electrical. . . .
Electrical equipment....................
Transportation equipment.............
InscruaMMtcs and related products .
Miscellaneous awnufaccuridf. . . .
HONOUR AM . E COOOS......................

Food and kindred products..........
Tobacco manufactures..................
Textile mill products....................
Apparel and other textile products
Paper sad allied products.............
Printing and publishing...............
Chemicals and allied products. . .
Petroleum and coal products . . .
Rubber sod plastics products,a e c
Leather and leather products. . . .

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE.
WHOLESALE TRAOE ......................
RETAIL TRAOE..................................

FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND
REAL ESTATE.....................

Sept.
1969

Aug.
1969

July
1969

38.O
^ 3 .2
39*k
1*0.9
3 .8
1*1.6
!*.0
1*0.9
1*0.5
1*0.6
1*2.7
1*2.0
1*1.9
1*2.3
1*0.6
1*2.0
1*1.2
39.2
1*0.0
3 .6
1*2.1
38.1+
1*0.9
35*9
1*3.1
3 8.6
i*1.6
^3*3
1*1.1*
3 6.9
3 5.6
1*0.1*
3 k .l

38.2
1*3.6
39.2
1*0.6
3 .7
1*1.1
3 .8
1*0.3
1*0.1*
1*0.9
1*2.5
1*1.9
1*1.5
1*1.9
1*0.3
1*0.5
1*0.8
39.0
39.9
3 .5
1*1.3
37.5
1*0.9
36.1*
1*3.0
3 8.6
1*1.6
1*2.8
1*1.0
37.1
36.6
1*0.5
35.3

1*3.1
3 8.8
1*0.5
3.5
1*0.9
3 .6
39.8
39.7
39-7
1*1.9
1*1.6
1*1.2
1*1.8
39.8
1*1.6
1*0.5
38.1*
39.8
3-k
1*1.2
37*7
1*0,7
35.9
1*3.0
38.1*
1*1.7
1*3.6
1*0.8
37. v
36.5
1*0.3
35.2

3 6.8

37.0

37.1

38.1

Sept.
1968

Seasonally adjusted

from

Change
from

Aug.
1969

Sept.
1968

Sept.
1969

Aug.
1969

July
1969

38.1
1*3.2
38.7
1*1.2
i*.o
1*1.8
1*.2
1*1.9
1*1.3
1*1.1*
1*2.6
1*1.3
1*2.5
1*2.3
1*0.9
1*2.8
1*0.8
3 9.8
1*0.3
3*8
1*1.6
39.7
1*1.6
36.1*
1*3.6
38.8
1*2.0
1*3.1
1*2.1
37.8
36.1
1*0.2
3k. 7

- 0 .2
-.1*
.2
•3
.1
•5
.2
.6
.1
-.3
.2
.1
.1*
.1*
.3
1 .5
.1*
.2
.1
.1
.8
.9
0
-.5
.1
0
0
.5
.1*
-.2
-1 .0
-.1
- 1 .2

- 0 .1
0

3 7 .8
1*3.1
3 7.9
1*0.6
3 .7
k l.3
3 .8
1+0.5
1*0.0
1*0.1*
1*2.0
1*2.1
1*1.1*
1*2.5
1+0.1*
1*1.2
1*1.0
38.9
39.6
3-k
1*0.9
3 7.2
1*0.8
36.0
1*2.8
38.1*
1*1.8
1*2.7
1*0.9
3 6.8
3 5 .8
1*0.3
3 k .3

3 7.8
1*2.6
37.5
1*0.7
3 .6
k l.2
3 .8
1*0.2
3 9.7
1*0.1
k l.7
k l.5
1*1.6
1*2.2
k 0.3
k 2.3
1*0.9
3 9.1
3 9.7
3.k
1*0.6
3 8.2
k l.2
3 6.0
k3.0
3 8.5
k l.9
k 2.9
k l.2
3 7.0
3 5 .7
ko.o
3k .2

0
- 0 .2

.7
-3
-.2
-.2
-.2
- 1 .0
-.8
-.8
.1
.7
-.6
0
-.3
-.8
.1*
-.6
-.3
-.2
.5
- 1 .3
-.7
-.5
-.5
-.2
-.1*
.2
-.7
-.9
-.5
.2
-.6

37.8
1*2.9
3 8.2
1*0.7
3 .5
1*1.1*
3 .7
1*0.7
1*0.2
1*0.0
1*2.2
1*2.1
1*1.3
1*2.3
1*0.1*
1*1.5
1*1.0
39.0
39*7
3 .2
k l .3
37.0
1*0.7
3 5.9
1*2.7
3 8 .3
k l.5
1*2.7
1*0.9
3 7 .2
3 5 .6
ko.l*
3 k .l

37*0

-.2

-.2

3 6,9

3 7.0

3 7.0

-.1

Aug.

.3
.1
-.2
.1
-.1
.2
.2
-.k
.2
0
-.1
-.2
0
.3
0
.1
,1
-.2
.k
-.2
-.1
-.1
-.1
-.1
-.3
0
0
.k
-.2
.1
-.2

*Dau relate to production workers in mining ami manufacturing: to construction workers in contract construction: and to nonsupesvisory workers in wholesale and retail
trade} finance, insurance, and real estate; transportation and public utilities} and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths o f the total employment on
private nonagricultural payrolls. Transportation and public utilities, and services are included in Total Private but are not shown separately in this table.
NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.

T ab le B-3:

A v e r a g e hourly a n d w eekly e a rn in g s of production or n o n su p e rv iso ry w o rk e rs1
on private n o n a gric u ltu ra l p ay ro lls, by industry
Average weekly earning!

Average hourly earnings

Industry

T O T A L P R IV A T E ...................

MINING
CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION,----MANUFACTURING............... ..
DURABLE COOOS...............................

Ordnance and accessories.............
Lumber and wood products . . . . .
Furniture and fixtures..................
Scone, clay, and glass products . .
PcisMty metal industries. . . . . . .
Fabricated metal products.............
Machinery, except electrical. . . .
Electrical equipment....................
Transportation equipment. . . . . .
Instruments sad related products .

COOPS..................
Food and kindred products . . . . .
Tobacco manufactures..................
Textile mill products. . . . . . . .
Apparel and other textile products
Paper and allied products. . . . . .
Printing and publishing...............
Chesucals sad allied products. . .
Petroleum and cosl products . . .
Rubber sod plastics products, n e c
Leather sod leather products. . . .

NONDURABLE

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

FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND
REAL ESTATE.....................

Sept.
1969

Aug.
1969

$3.1 0
3.6k
k .88
3 .2 3

$ 3.05
3.60

3-k2
3 .5 3
2 .8 0
2 .6 6
3.21*
3.85
3 .37
3.60
3 .12
3.95
3.19
2 .6 5
2.9k
2 ,9 5
2 .5 0
2.k0
2.3k
3.30
3.75
3-51
k .09

July
1969
$3.01*
3.58
l+.7k

$2.90

Change from

Aug.
1969

Sept.
1968

Sept.
1969

Aug.
1969

July
1969

$116.51
156.96

$ 115.82
154.30

.0 9
.0 3

$117.80
157.25
192 .2 7
I 3 2 .H

1 87.77
129 .9 2

183.91
1 29.20

$ 1 .2 9
.2 9
4 .5 0
2 .1 9

1 8 .5 1
6 .8 6

2 .9 4
2 .9 3
1 .0 9
.0 2
1 .9 2
.80
3 .00
2 .7 0
1 .7k
6 .7 3
2 .0 9
1 .3 1

7 .2 6
6 .5 3
k .37
3 .6 7
8.k 2
1 3 .0 2
k .77
8 .8 8
6 .0 1
5 .8 3
8 .2 1
3 .9 8

3 .39
3.51
2 .7 8
2.6k
3.21
3-81*
3 .33
3.57
3.10
3-93
3 .17
2 .6 3

3.37
3-kk
2.7k
2 .6 2
3.18
3.79
3.32
3.55
3.09
3.91
3.1k
2.61*

3.23
3.29
2.6k
2 .5 2
3 .05
3.60
3.21
3.39
2 .95
3.7k
3.02
2 .5 1

.0 3
.02
.0 2
.0 2
.0 3
.01
.0 4
.0 3
.0 2
.0 2
.02
.02

.19
.2k
.16
.lk
.19
.25
.1 6
.21
.17
.21
.1 7
.lk

lk 2 .2 7
11*4.38
113.40
108.00
138.35
161.70
141.20
1 52.28
126 .6 7
165.90
1 3 1 .k3
103.88

1 3 9 .3 3
1 41.45
112.31
1 07.98
1 3 6 .4 3
1 60.90
138.20
1 49 .5 8
124 .9 3
1 59.17
129.3k
1 02.57

1 37 .8 3
1 36.91
IO 8.78
104 .0 1
133 .2 4
157 .6 6
1 36 .7 8
148 .3 9
122 .9 8
162 .6 6
127 .1 7
IO I.38

1 35.01
137.85
1 09 .0 3
1 04 .3 3
1 2 9 .9 3
1 48 .6 8
1 36 .4 3
143.40
1 2 0 .6 6
160 .0 7
1 23.22
99.9 0

2 .9 2
2 .9 3
2 .5 1
2 .3 8
2 .3 1
3 .28
3.70
3-k9

1+.01

2 .9 2
2 .9 7
2 .7 7
2 .35
2 .2 9
3.26
3.68
3*k9
4 .0 4
3.09
2.3k
2 .55
3.23
2 .30

.0 2
.02
- .0 1
.0 2
.0 3
.0 2
.05
.02
.08
.05
.03

.16
.15
.1 2
.lk
.0 8
.1 9
.21
.21
.3 2
.16
.12

2 .5 9
3.28
2 .3 2

3.09
2 .3 5
2 .5 5
3.21*
2 .3 0

2 .7 8
2 .80
2 .3 8
2 .2 6
2 .2 6
3.11
3.5k
3.30
3.77
2 .9 8
2 .2 6

2.1*1*

.ok
.Ok
.0 2

.15
.1 9
*13

117.60
124.20
96.00
9 8.1 6
8 4.01
142 .2 3
144.75
146.02
177.10
130.00
8 7.8 2
92.20
132.51
79.11

116.51
121.01
9k. 13
97.3k
8 4 .0 8
141.04
142 .8 2
1 45 .1 8
1 7 1 .6 3
126.69
8 7.1 9
9 3 .3 3
131.22
81.1 9

116 .2 2
1 22.36
1 04.43
95.65
8 2.21
140.18
141.31
lk 5 -5 3
1 76.14
1 26.07
87-52
9 3 .0 8
130.17
80.9 6

1 1 2 .0 3
1 1 6 .4 8
9 4 .4 9
9 4.0 2
82.2 6
135.60
137.35
138.60
162.49
125.46
8 5 .k3
8 8 .0 8
124 .2 2
75.99

2 .9 2

2 .9 2

2 .9 1

0

.1 3

107.46

108.04

107 .9 6

1 03 .2 3

3.1k
2 .3 8

3.09
2.19
2 .7 9

Sept.
1968

$110.49
1 46.45
1 73 .7 6
125.25

3.19

k.79
3.20

Change from

Aug.
1969

$ 0.20
.25
.3 9
.1 9

$0.05
.Ok

Sept.
1968

3.39
k.1+9
3.01+

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
NOTE: Data for the 2 most recent months are preliminary.




Sept.
1968

$ 7.3 1
1 0 .8 0

1 .0 9
5 .5 7
7 .7 2
3 .19
1 .8 7
1 .5 1
4 .1k
.8 2
- .0 7
1 .7 5
6 .6 3
1 .1 9
7.k 0
1 .9 3
7 .k 2
.8k
lk .6 l
5-k7
k.5k
3 .31
.6 3
2 .3 9
- 1 .1 3 — k .1 2
lr.2 9
1 .2 9
-2 .0 8
3 .1 2
- .5 8

k .2 3