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The Labor Force and Total Employment
The civilian labor force grew by 340,000 In September to 111.0 million, seasonally adjusted.
Virtually all of this increase took place among adult men. Adult women, however, have accounted
for the largest share of the 2.3 million increase In the labor force over the past year—1.7
million.
Over this same period, the number of adult men in the labor force has Increased by
more than 900,000, while the number of teenagers has dropped by over 300,000. (See table A-l.)
Employment was about unchanged in September at 99.7 million, seasonally adjusted. Since the
pre-recession peak in July 1981, total employment has dropped by 1.1 million, with adult men
accounting for virtually the entire decline. The proportion of the population employed, at 57.0
percent in September, has declined by 1.5 percentage points over the same period.
Discouraged Workers
The number of discouraged workers (persons who report that they want to work but are not
looking for jobs because they believe they could not find any) rose for the fifth consecutive
Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
Quarterly averages

Monthly data

Category
1981

III

1982

II

Sept.
change

1982

III

July |

Aug.

Sept,

HOUSEHOLD DATA
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:

SEPTEMBER 1982

The Nation's unemployment rate rose to 10.1 percent in September, and the number of jobs in
nonagrlcultural establishments declined, after seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
The unemployment rate was 9.8
percent in August. Since the pre-recession peak of July 1981, the overall rate has risen by 2.9
percentage points.
Total employment—as measured by the monthly survey of households—was about unchanged in
September at 99.7 million.
Nonfarm payroll employment—as measured by the monthly survey of
establishments—dropped by 230,000 to 89.0 million.
Employment declines continued in the
manufacturing sector, and the factory workweek was down four-tenths of an hour.
Unemployment
After seasonal adjustment, unemployment rose by 450,000 in September to 11.3 million, and
the
overall
unemployment rate rose three-tenths of a point to 10.1 percent.
Adult
men—especially those over 25 years of age—accounted for nearly all of the September Increase
in unemployment.
Their unemployment usually declines at this time of year, but did not do so
this September. After seasonal adjustment, the jobless rate for men 20 and over rose to 9.6
percent.
Unemployment rates for adult women and teenagers were about unchanged at 8.3 percent
and 23.7 percent, respectively. The Increase in unemployment was reflected In the jobless rates
of both white (9.0 percent) and black (20.2 percent) workers, whereas the Incidence of
joblessness among Hispanics was unchanged at 14.6 percent. (See tables A-l and A-2.)
Joblessness among blue-collar workers was up 1.4 points to 15.6 percent, while unemployment
among white-collar (4.8 percent) and service workers (10.7 percent) was unchanged over the
month. Among the major industry groups, unemployment rates for construction and manufacturing
workers rose to 22.6 percent and 13.8 percent, respectively. (See table A-5.)
The number of unemployed persons seeking work for 15 weeks or longer was up in September,
with the increase concentrated among those out of work for more than 6 months. Both the mean
and median duration of unemployment rose, the mean to 16.6 weeks and the median to 9.5 weeks.
(See table A-6.)
In addition to the Increase in joblessness In September, there was also a large Increase
after seasonal adjustment in the number of nonagrlcultural workers on part-time schedules for
economic reasons; their number was up 950,000 over the month to a record 6.6 million. These are
workers whose hours were cut back or could only find part-time Jobs. (See table A-3.)




Civilian labor force
Total employment
Unemployment
Not In labor force.......
Di scouraged workers

,
,
,
,

108,667
100,654
8,013
61,746
1,094

Thousands of persons
110,168! 110,715 110,522 110,644 110,980
99,740) 99,764 99,732 99,839 99,720
10,428 10,952 10,790 10,805 11,260
61,852 61,807 61,842 61,867 61,710
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
1,619
1,497

336
-119
455
157
N.A.

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

Full-time workers

7.4
6.0
6.7
19.1
6.4
15.8
9.8
7.0

10.1
9.6
8.3
23.7
9.0
20.2
14.6
10.1

0.3
0.7
0.1
-0.3
0.4
1.4
0
0.5

Thousands of jobs
90,029 89,280p 89,535 89,268pl 89,038p|
24,179 23,675p 23,840 23,639p 23,546p
65,8501 65,605p 65,695 65,629p| 65,492pl

-230p
-93p
-137p

9.5
8.4
8.2
22.8
8.4
18.5
13.3
9.3

9.9
9.1
8.3
23.9
8.8
19.2
14.4
9.7

9.8
8.8
8.4
24.1
8.7
18.5
13.9
9.5

9.8
8.9
8.2
24.0
8.6
18.8
14.6
9.6

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Nonfarm payroll employment
Goods-producing Industries..
Service-producing Industries

91,360
25,646
65,714

Hours of work
Average weekly hours:
Total private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Manufacturing overtime

p-prellminary.

35.2
39.8
2.9

34.9
39.1
2.4

34.8p|
38.9p
2.4p

34.9
39.2
2.4

34.8p
39. Op
2.4pj

34.8p
38.6p
2.3p

N.A.>not available

0p
-0.4p
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- 3 quarter, reaching 1.6 million in the third quarter of 1982. All of the third quarter increase
(120,000) was among women.
Three-fourths of all discouraged workers were not seeking work
because of job-market factors. (See table A-ll.)
Industry Payroll Employment
Nonagricultural payroll employment, at 89.0 million in September, was down 230,000 over the
month after seasonal adjustment and has fallen by nearly 2.4 million since July 1981.
Over-the-month reductions were concentrated in the durable goods manufacturing industries, which
lost 80,000 jobs; retail trade, down 45,000; and State and local government, which declined by
90,000. (See table B-l.)
Among the durable goods industries, transportation equipment employment decreased for the
second month in a row, dropping by 30,000 in September and 70,000 since August. Machinery also
continued to decline, losing an additional 20,000 jobs over the month, while primary and
fabricated metals jobs were down by smaller margins.
There was little movement among the
Individual nondurable goods industries. Overall, manufacturing employment was down by 85,000
over the month and has declined by 1.8 million since July 1981. Employment was about unchanged
over the month in mining and construction.
Employment in the service-producing sector, which had shown some strength early in the
recession, declined by 140,000 in September and was down more than 400,000 from last May. The
over-the-month drop was due entirely to the job losses in trade and State and local government.
Most of the seasonally adjusted decline in State and local government resulted from the fact
that September hiring in schools was less than usual for this time of year, as school systems
continued to adjust to smaller enrollments and tighter budgets; a small part of the decline was
due to teacher strikes.
Hours of Work
The average workweek of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural
payrolls was 34.8 hours in September, seasonally adjusted, about the level that has generally
prevailed since last September. The factory workweek, however, fell 0.4 hour over the month to
38.6 hours, which was below the 1973-75 recession low. Factory overtime was down 0.1 hour to
2.3 hours in September. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls declined 0.3 percent in September to 103.8 (1977-100). The manufacturing index
was down 1.4 percent over the month to 85.2 and has fallen more than 12 percent over the past
year. (Se?e table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings
Average hourly and weekly earnings both fell 0.1 percent in September, after seasonal
adjustment.
Before adjustment for seasonality, average hourly earnings were up 7 cents to
$7.76, 36 cents above the year-earlier level. Average weekly earnings, at $270.05, were down 64
cents over the month but rose by $10.31 over the year. (See table B-3.)
The Hourly Earnings Index
The Hourly Earnings Index (HEI) was 149.9 (1977-100) in September, seasonally adjusted, 0.1
percent higher than in August.
For the 12 months ended in September, the increase (before
seasonal adjustment) was 6.0 percent. The HEI excludes the effects of two types of changes
unrelated to underlying wage rate movements—fluctuations in overtime in manufacturing and
interindustry employment shifts. In dollars of constant purchasing power, the HEI increased 0.8
percent during the 12-month period ended in August. (See table B-4.)




Explanatory Note
This news release presents statistics from two major
surveys, the Current Population Survey (household
survey) and the Current Employment Statistics Survey
(establishment survey). The household survey provides
the information on the labor force, total employment,
and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked
HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households that is conducted by the Bureau of
the Census with most of the findings analyzed and
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on
the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on
nonagricultural 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 approximately
177,000 establishments employing about 36 million
people.
For both surveys, the data for a given month are actually collected for and relate to a particular week. In
the household survey, unless otherwise indicated, it is
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the
month, which is called the survey week. In the establishment survey, the reference week is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond
directly to the calendar week.
The data in this release are affected by a number of
technical factors, including definitions, survey differences, seasonal adjustments, and the inevitable
variance in results between a survey of a sample and a
census of the entire population. Each of these factors is
explained below.
Coverage, definitions and differences between surveys
The sample households in the household survey are
selected so as to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. Each person in a household is classified as employed,
unemployed, or not in the labor force. Those who hold
more than one job are classified according to the job at
which they worked the most hours.
People are classified as employed if they did any work
at all as paid civilians; worked in their own business or
profession or on their own farm; or worked 15 hours or
more in an enterprise operated by a member of their
family, whether they were paid or not. People are also
counted as employed if they were on unpaid leave
because of illness, bad weather, disputes between labor
and management, or personal reasons.
People are classified as unemployed, regardless of
their eligibility for unemployment benefits or public
assistance, if they meet all of the following criteria:
They had no employment during the survey week; they
were available for work at that time; and they made
specific efforts to find employment sometime during the
prior 4 weeks. Also included among the unemployed are
persons not looking for work because they were laid off




and waiting to be recalled and those expecting to report
to a job within 30 days.
The civilian labor force equals the sum of the number
employed and the number unemployed. The unemployment rate is the percentage of unemployed people in the
civilian labor force. Table A-4 presents a special grouping of seven measures of unemployment based on varying definitions of unemployment and the labor force.
The definitions are provided in the table. The most
restrictive definition yields U-l, and the most comprehensive yields U-7. The official unemployment rate
isU-5.
Unlike the household survey, the establishment
survey only counts wage and salary employees whose
names appear on the payroll records of nonagricultural
firms. As a result, there are many differences between
the two surveys, among which are the following:
—The household survey, although based on a
smaller sample, reflects a larger segment of the population; the establishment survey excludes agriculture, the
self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private
household workers;
—The household survey includes people on unpaid
leave among the employed; the establishment survey
does not;
—The household survey is limited to those 16 years
of age and older; the establishment survey is not limited
by age;
—The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because each individual is counted only once;
in the establishment survey, employees working at more
than one job or otherwise appearing on more than one
payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
Other differences between the two surveys are
described in "Comparing Employment Estimates from
Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be obtained from the BLS upon request.
Seasonal adjustment
Over a course of a year, the size of the Nation's labor
force and the levels of employment and unemployment
undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events
as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing
of schools. For example, the labor force increases by a
large number each June, when schools close and many
young people enter the job market. The effecM>Ljuch
seasonal variation can be very large; over the course of a
year, for example, seasonality may account for as much
as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes in
unemployment.
Because these seasonal events follow a more or less
regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical
trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from
month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or

increases in the participation of women in the labor
force, easier to spot. To return to the school's-out example, the large number of people entering the labor
force each June is likely to obscure any other changes
that have taken place since May, making it difficult to
determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined. However, because the effect of students
finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics
for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is
made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more
useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic
activity.
Measures of civilian labor force, employment, and
unemployment contain components such as age and sex.
Statistics for all employees, production workers,
average weekly hours, and average hourly earnings include components based on the employer's industry. All
these statistics can be seasonally adjusted either by adjusting the total or by adjusting each of the components
and combining them. The second procedure usually
yields more accurate information and is therefore
followed by BLS. For example, the seasonally adjusted
figure for the civilian labor force is the sum of eight
seasonally adjusted employment components and four
seasonally adjusted unemployment components; the
total for unemployment is the sum of the four
unemployment components; and the official unemployment rate is derived by dividing the resulting estimate of
total unemployment by the estimate of the civilian labor
force.
The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are recalculated regularly. For the household
survey, the factors are calculated for the January-June
period and again for the July-December period. The
January revision is applied to data that have been
published over the previous 5 years. For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal adjustment
are calculated only once a year, along with the introduction of new benchmarks which are discussed at the end
of the next section.
Sampling variability
Statistics based on the household and establishment
surveys are subject to sampling error, that is, the
estimate of the number of people employed and thes
other estimates drawn from these surveys probably differ from the figures that would be obtained from a complete census, even if the same questionnaires and procedures were used. In the household survey, the amount
of the differences can be expressed in terms of standard
errors. The numerical value of a standard error depends
upon the size of the sample, the results of the survey,
and other factors. However, the numerical value is
always such that the chances are 68 out of 100 that an
estimate based on the sample will differ by no more than
the standard error from the results of a complete census.
The chances are 90 out of 100 that an estimate based on
the sample will differ by no more than 1.6 times the




standard error from the results of a complete census. At
the 90-percent level of confidence-the confidence limits
used by BLS in its analyses-the error for the monthly
change in total employment is on the order of plus or
minus 279,000; for total unemployment it is 194,000;
and, for the overall unemployment rate, it is 0.19
percentage point. These figures do not mean that the
sample results are off by these magnitudes but, rather,
that the chances are 90 out of 100 that the "true" level
or rate would not be expected to differ from the
estimates by more than these amounts.
Sampling errors for monthly surveys are reduced
when the data are cumulated for several months, such
as quarterly or annually. Also, as a general rule,
the smaller the estimate, the larger the sampling
error. Therefore, relatively speaking, the estimate
of the size of the labor force is subject to less
error than is the estimate of the number unemployed.
And, among the unemployed, the sampling error for the
jobless rate of adult men, for example, is much smaller
than is the error for the jobless rate of teenagers.
Specifically, the error on monthly change in the jobless
rate for men is .24 percentage point; for teenagers, it is
1.06 percentage points.
In the establishment survey, estimates for the 2 most
current months are based on incomplete returns; for this
reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the
tables. When all the returns in the sample have been
received, the estimates are revised. In other words, data
for the month of September are published in
preliminary form in October and November and in final
form in December. To remove errors that build up over
time, a comprehensive count of the employed is conducted each year. The results of this survey are used to
establish new benchmarks—comprehensive counts of
employment—against which month-to-month changes
can be measured. The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries and allow for
the formation of new establishments.
Additional statistics and other information
In order to provide a broad view of the Nation's
employment situation, BLS regularly publishes a wide
variety of data in this news release. More comprehensive
statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS. It is available for $3.75
per issue or S31.00 per year from the U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20204. Afcheckor
money order made out to the Superintendent of
Documents must accompany all orders.
Employment and Earnings also provides approximations of the standard errors for the household survey
data published in this release. For unemployment and
other labor force categories, the standard errors appear
in tables B through J of its "Explanatory Notes/'
Measures of the reliability of the data drawn from the
establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision
due to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables
M, O, P, and Q of that publication.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Tabla A-1. Employment status of the population by sex and
(Numbers in thousands)

i, tax* and aga

Sept.
1981

Aug.
1962

Sept.
1982

Sept.
19 6M

Hay
1982

Jane
1982

July
1982

Mig.
1962

Sept.
1982

TOTAL
Total noninttitutional population1
Aimad Forcas
Civilian noninttitutional population1
Civilian labor forea
Participation rata
Employmant-population ratio3 .
Agriculture
Nonagricultural induttrias
Unamployad.
Unamplovmant rata
,

Total noninttitutional
Armad Forces1
Civilian noninttitutional
Civilian labor forot .

Employmant-population ratio*
Unamployad.................
Unamploymant rata

172,758
2.165
170.593
108,273
63.5
100,389
58.1
3,609
96,780
7,884
7.3
62,320

174,707
2,196
172,511
111,887
64.9
101,177
57.9
3,916
97,262
10,710
9.6
60,624

174., 889
2,198
172,690
110,546
64.0
99,851
57.1
3,612
96,239
10,695
9.7
62,144

1731,758
2,165
170,593
108,494
63.6
100,258
58.0
3,358
96,900
8,236
1.6
€2,099

174,201
Z,175
17Z,026
110,666
64.3
100,117
57.5
3,488
96,629
10,549
9.5
61,360

174,364
2,173
172,190
110,191
64.0
99,764
57.2
3,357
96,406
10,427
9-5
61,999

174,544
2,180
172,364
,110,522
64.1
99,732
57.1
3,460
96,272
10,790
9.8
61,842

174,707
2,196
172,511
110,644
€4.1
99,839
57.1
3,,435
96,404
1 0 ,805
9. a
6 1,867

174,889
2,198
172,690
110,980
64.3
99,720
57.0
3,368
96,352
11,260
10.1
61„710

82,707
1,983
80,7211
61,643
76.4
57,656
69U7
3,988
6.5

83,627
2,004
81,622
63,584
77.9
57,644
68.9
5,941
9.3

83,712
2,008
81,705
62,296
76.2
56,335
67.3
5,961
9.6

82,707
1,983
8a,724
€1,977
76.8
57,471
69.5
4,506
7.3

83,389
1,986
81,402
62,849
77.2
56,820
68.1
6,029
9.6

83,464
1,983
81,480
62,287
76.4
56,223
67.4
$,065
9.7

83,550
1,990
81,560
62,353
76.5
56,192
67.3
6,161
0.9

83 ,627
2,004
81,622
62,460
*,6.5
56,210
€7.2
6,250
10.0

83,712
2,008
81,705
62,852
76.9
56,148
67.1
6,704
10.^

74,382
1,713
72,670
57,219
78.7
54,074
72.7
2,515
51,558
3,145
5.5

75,531
1,757
73,774
58,394
79.2
53,516
70.9
2,611
50,90$
4,877
8.4

75,640
1,773
73,867
58,149
78*7
53,212
70.3
2,579
50,633
4,937
8.5

74,382
1,713
72,670
57,262
78.8
53,693
72.2
2,383
51,310
3,569
6.2

7S,227
1,728
73,499
58,164
79.1
53,260
70.8
2,464
50,796
4,904
8.4

7 5 , 3 23
1,738
73,585
58,016
78.8
52,985
70.3
2,424
50,561
5,031
. 8.7

75,429
1,744
73,685
58,084
78.8
52,996
70.3
2,474
50,522
5,088
8.8

75,531
1,757
7 3,774
5 8,026
78.7
52,887
10.0
2,436
50,451
5,139
8.9

75,640
1,773
73,867
58,407
79.1
52,828
69.8
2,447
50,381
5,579
9.6

90,051
182
89,869
46,629
51.9
4 2,733
47.5
3,896
8.4

91,081
192
90,889
48,302
53.1
43,533
47.8
4,769
9.9

91,176
191
90,985
48,250
53.0
43,516
47.7
4,734
S.8

90,051
182
89,869
46,517
St. 8
42,787
• 47.5
3,730
8.0

90,813
188
90,624
47,817
52.8
43,297
47.7
4,520
9.5

90,900
190
90,710
47,904
52.8
43,541
47.9
4,362
9.1

90,99 5
191
9 0 , 804
48,169
53.0
43,540
47.8
4,629
9.6

9t,081
192
90,889
48,185
53.0
43,630
47.9
4,555
9.5

91,176
191
90,985
48,129
52.9
43,572
47.8
4,556
9.5

81,946
154
81,792
42,621
52.1
39,557
48.3
693
38,864
3,064
7.2

83,201
166
83,035
43,648
$2.6
39,831
47.9
688
39,143
3,818
8.7

83,320
168
83,152
44,308
53.3
40,487
48.6
€63
39,824
3,821
8.6

81,946
154
81,792
42,344
51.8
39,426
48.1
608
38,818
2,918
6.9

82,868
162
82,707
43,683
52.8
40,075
48.4
634
39,441
3,608
8.3

82,976
165
82,811
43,904
53.0
40,350
48. 6
581
39,769
3,554
8.1

83,091
165
82,926
44,076
53.2
40,392
48.6
600
39,791
3,684
8.4

8 3,201
166
8 3,035
44,115
53.1
4 0,490
18.7
589
39,901
3,626
8.2

83,320
168
83,152
44,02S
52.9
40,369
4J.5
585
39,784
3,656
8.3

16,429
298
16,131
8,433
52.3
6,758
41.1
401
6,357
1,675
19.9

15,976
274
15,702
9,845
62.7
7*830
49.0
617
7,213
2,015
20.5

15,929
258
15,671
8,089
51.6
6,152
38.6
370
5,782
1,937
23.9

16,429
298
16,131
8,888
55.1
7,139
43.5
367
6,77?
1,749
19.7

16,106
285
15*820
8,819
55.7
6,782
42.1
390
6,392
2,037
23.1

16,065
271
15,794
8,271
52.4
6,429
40.0
353
6,076
1,842
22.3

16,024
272
15,753
8,362
53.1
6,344
39.6
386
5,958
2,018
24.1

15,976
274
1 5 ,702
8,503
54.2
6,463
40.5
411
6,052
2,040
24.0

15,929
258
15,671
8,548
54.5
6,523
41.0
336
6,187
2,025
23.7

Man, 20 yaart and ovar
Total noninttitutional population1
Armad Forcas1
Civilian noninttitutional population1
Civilian labor forea

Agrfeurtura.
Nonagricultural industrial.

woman, • • yaan and ovar
Tonal noninttitutional
Armad Forcat . . ,

Entploymant-population ratio 1

woman, A I yaavt and o
Total noninttitutional
Armad F o r o a t 1 . . .

Employmant-population ratio* ,
Agrioultura.
Nonagricultural induttrfaa
Unamploymant rata.

I. I t - I t ¥
Total

Employmant-populatio
Agriculture
Nonagricultural industriat,

1
Tha population and Armad F<
Irtantlual numbart appaar in tha




CMIIan amptoyaj

i a psfosfit of via total i ninttrtutional population (including Armad

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Tabls A-2. Employment status of ths population by racs, sax, age, and Hispanic origin
(Numbers in thousands)
SCMOMUV adjuttad

status, rsce, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin

Hay
1982

Jane
1982

Sept.
1981

Aug.
1962

Sept.
1982

Sept.
1981

148,370
94,717
63.8
88,778
5,939

149,536
97,361
65.1
89,189
8,172
8.4

149,652
96,346
64.4
88,175
8,171
8.5

148,370
94,884
64.0
88,628
6,256
6.6

149,250
96,641
64.8
88,450
8,191
8.5

149,429

51,566
79.6
47,768
3,799
7.4

51,315
79.2
47,493
3,822
7.4

50,712
79.3
47,948
2,764
5.5

July
1982

Aug.
1962

Sept.
19 82

WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population1
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

6.3

149,652

88,173
8,050
8.4

149,569
96,493
64.5
88,137
8,356
8.7

149,536
96,414
(4.5
88,133
8,281

51,394
79.6
47,535
3,859
7.5

51,252
79.3
47,300
3,952
7.7

51,292
79.2
47,256
4,037
7.9

51,269
"J9.2
47,202
4,067
7.9

51 , 6 0 7
79.6

36,294
51.2
34,155
2,139
5.9

37,428
52.3
34,682
2,746
7.3

37,619
52.5
34,944
2,615
7.1

37,845
52.7
35,067
2,777
7.3

37,716

7.1

37,708
52.5
34,930
2,777
7.4

96,223
64.4

8.6

96,762
64.7
88,020
8,742
9.0

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

48,291
2,387
4.7

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

36,481
51.4
34,258
2,223
6.1

37,241
51.9
2,874
7.7

37,904
52.7
35,035
2,869
7.6

7,557
56.1
6,228
1,329
17.6
17-1
18.1

8,553
65.7
7,054
1,499
17.5
18.0
17.0

7,127
54.9
5,647
1,480
20.8
21.6
19.9

7,878
58.5
6,525
1,353
17.2
17.5
16.8

7,819
59.6
6,233
1,586
20.3
21.2
19.2

7,352
56.1
5,929
1,423
19.4
21.1
17.5

7,356
56.3
5,814
1,542
21.0
22.6
19.2

7,429
!7.1
5,899
1,530
20.6
22.5
18.6

7,447
57.4
5,927
1,520
20.4
22.0
18.7

18,297
11,097

18,626
11,639
62.5
9,441
2,197
18.9

18,659
11,433
61.3
9,199
2,235
19.5

18,297
11,134
60.9
9,319
1,815
16.3

18,542
11,335
61.1
9,216
2,120
18.7

18,570
11,253
60.6
9,174
2,079
18.5

18,600
11,322

18,626
11,412
61.3
9,262
2,150
18.8

18,659
11,482
61.5
9,166
2,316
20.2

5,383
14.7
4,472
911
16.9

5,388
74.6
4,416
972
18.0

5,272
74.9
4,505
767
14.5

5,349
74.6
4,439

5,362
74.5

9t0
17.0

5,364
74.7
4,447
916
17.1

5,359
"4.4
4,437
922
17.2

5,407
74.9
4,334
1,073
19.8

5,255
57.2
4,400
855
16.3

5,019
55.9
4,315
704
14.0

5,140
56.4
4,351
788
15.3

5,153
56.4
4,378
775
15.0

5,161
56.4
798
15.5

5,198
56.7
4,411
787
15.1

5,195

736
14.5

5,210
56.8
4,376
834
16.0

749
32.8
428
321
42.8
37.7
48.4

1,046
46.6
594
452
43.2
40.7
46.0

790
35.2
382
408
51.6
52.6
50.6

843
36.9
499
344
40.8
38.5
43.4

846
37.5
425
421
49.8
50.6
48.9

736
32.6
349
387
52.6
58.1
46.2

799
35.5
402
397
49.7
48.3
51.2

855
38.1
414
441
51.6
50.1
53.1

881
39.3
454
427
48.5
51.2
45.4

9,466

9,68*
6,222
€4.2
5,327
896
14.4

9,464
5,954
62.9
5,143
812
13.6

9,466
5,964
63.0
5,393
571
9.6

9,297
6,001

9,428
5,931
62.9
5,131
800
13.5

9,521
5,966
62.7

9,689
6,087
€2.8
3,197
890
14.6

9 ,464
5,967

50,679
79-2

Both sexes, 16*19 years
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men
Women

34,367

52.6
35,033
2.683

47,163
4,444
8.6

BLACK
Civilian noninstitutional population1
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

60.6
9,354
1,743
15.7

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

5,276
74.9
4,590
686
13.0

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

5,072
56.5
4,336

Both sexes, 16*19 years
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
Men
ion

60.9
9,223
2,098
18.5

4,459
903
16.8

4,363

56.5
4,378
817
15.7

HISPANIC ORIGIN
Civilian noninstitutional population1
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate
1

,

5,977
63.1
5,441

536
9.0

The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variations; therefore, identical
numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.




64.5
5,166
834
13.9

5,135
832
13.9

63.1
5,097
870
14.6

NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included
in both the white and black population groups.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Selected employment Indicators
(In thousands)

Sept.
1981

Sept.
1982

Sept.
1581

100,389
39,258

99,851
38,459
24,453
5,130

100,258
38,855

53,715
16,867
11,789

Ha |
1982

Sept.
1982

June
1982

July
1982

Aug.
1982

99,764

99,732

99,839

99,720

3 8 , 3 54
24,401
5,112

38,213
24,223
5,247

38,184
24,30 0
5,216

38,041
24,187
5,115

53,586

53,685

17,053
11,504

17,292
11,355

53,75 0
17,023
11,613

53,876
16,901
11,649

CHARACTERISTIC
Total amployad, 16 yaars and ovtr
Married man, spouse prasant
Marriad woman, spousa prasant
Woman who maintain familias

23,902
5,034

23,626

100,117
38,312
24,213

5,015

4,986

52,908
16,558
11,533
6,441
18,336
31,266
12,514
10,524

53,705
16,818
11,541

OCCUPATION
White-collar workers
Professional and taehnioal
Managers and administrators, axcapt farm
Saias workars
Oarieal workars
Blue-collar workars
Craft and kindrad workars
Operatives, axoapt transport
Transport aquipmant oparatlvas
Nonfarm laborars
Sarviea workars
Farm workars

52,728
16,535
11,661
6,327
18,204
31,610
12,676
10,608

6,390
18,668

29,495
12,400

9,027
3,430
4,638

3,562
4,764
13,126

6,587
16,759
29,926

4,722
13,391
2,743

12,316
9,585
3,419
4,607
13,738
2,731

3,506

€,567

6*677

6,507

18,482

18,471

18,43-7

29,716

29,609

29,465

12,207

12,229

12,34 2

9,655

9,453
3,439

9,257
3,26 8

18,819
29,143
12,253
8,938

4,488

13,634
2,750

4,598
13,926
2,711

4,583
14,029
2,714

1,530
1,674
250

1,56 8
1,613
254

1,538
1,562
255
88,650
15,691
72,959
1,229
71,730
7,478
372

6,547

3,414
4,441
13,791

2,925

13,753
2,888

Agricultural
Waga and salary workars
Self-employed workars
Unpaid family workars

1,568
1,769
272

1,661
1,681
270

1,461
1,643

1,541
1,698

1,431

256

236

251

Nonagrteultural industrial
Waga and salary workars
Government
Privata industrial
Privata housahoids
Othar Industrial
Salt-amployad workars
Unpaid family workars

89,195
15,325
73,871
1,093
72/778
7,177
408

88,399
15,534
72,865
1,212
71,653

89,051
15,*22
73,629
1.202
72,«27

88,606
15,635
72,970
1,201
71,770
7,319
397

88,541
15,443
73,098
1,200
71,898

88,737
15,569
73,16 8
1,24 2
71,927

7,456
384

89,376
15,475
73,901
1,102
72,799
7,217
399

7,268
390

7,352
409

91,423

91,415
72,775
5,924

90,878

91,282

91,020

73,794
4,656

73*036
5,763

1,759
2,897
12,428

2,211
3,552
12,483

72,662
5,444
2,064

90,501
72,430
5,492
2,001
3,491
12,579

90,508
72,112
5,648
2,054
3,594
12,74 8

2,660

3,369

MAJOR INDUSTRY AND CLASS
OF WORKER

1,676

7,269
382

PERSONS AT WORK1
Nonagricultural industries
Full-time sehadulas
Part tima for economic reasons
Usually work full tima
Usually work part time
Part tima for noneconomic reasons

74,839
4,194
1,571

2,623

2,286
3,638

12,390

12,716

3,380
12,914

91,054
71,700

6,600
2,571

4,029
12,754

1
Excludes parsons "with a job but not at work" during the surwjy period for such
vacation, illness, or industrial disputes.

Table A-4. Range off unemployment measures based on varying definitions of unemployment and the labor force,
seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
Quarterly averages

"—"

1981

111

Monthly data

1982
17

I

II

1982
III

July

lug.

Sept.

3.3

3.5

U-1 Penjomui>emp<oytd 16 week! of longer ei a psfc^n of the dvlllan labor forca

2*P

2.1

2.5

3.0

3.3

3.2

U-2 Job losers es a percent of the civilian labor force

3.8

4.5

4.9

5.5

5.9

5.6

U-3 Unemployed parsons 26 years end over as a percent of the civilian labor force 26 yeers and over

5-3

6.1

6.5

7.2

7.5

7.5

U-4 Unemployed full-time jo^eeekers as a percent of the full-time labor force

7.0

8.1

8.6

9.3

9.7

9.5

U-6* Total unemployed es a percent of the civilian labor force (official meesure)

7.4

8.8

9.5

9.9

9.8

12.1

12.7

12.3

13.4

14. 1

H. A.

5.7
7.3
9.6
9.8

6.4
7.9
10.1
10. 1

U-6 Total full-time jobseekers plus H part-time jobseekers plus % total on pert time for economic
9.4
U-7 Total full-time jebseaUiri plus * part-time jobseekers plus H total on part time for
economic reasons plus discouraged workers as a^orcem of the civilian labor force plus
discouraged workers lass % of the part-time labor force

10.4

10.8

11.8

11.4

12.5
II

N A - n o t available.




i

13.4
12.%

H.l.
H.A.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-5. Major unemployment Indicator*, saasonally adjusted

vftompioyfVMMVf wiea

Sept.
1962

Sept.
1981

Hay
1982

June
1982

July
1982

&ug.
19 62

Sept.
1982

3,569
2,918
1,7*9

11,260
5,579
3,656
2,025

7.6
6.2
6.9
19.7

9.5
8.4
8.3
23.1

9.5
8.7
8.1
22.3

9.8
8.8
8.4
24.1

9.8
8.9
8.2
24.0

10.1
9.6
8.3
23.7

Married man, spou
Married women, si
Women who mtini

1,765
1,5C6
601

3,006
1,965
726

4.4
6.0
10.7

6.1
7.4
11.8

6.5
7.0
12.4

6.6
7.4
12.0

6-7
7.1
11.6

7.3
7.5
12.4

rull*time worked
Part-time workers
Labor force time ioet1

6,157
1,5C2

9,599
1,7C8

7.3
9.6
8.5

9.2
10.5
11.1

9.4
9.8
10.2

9.5
11.4
10.7

9.6
10.3
10.7

10.1
10.5
11.7

2,263
U77
320
3H1
1,125
3,567
1,044
1,385
332
8C6
1,321
115

2,721
565
433
375
1,349
5,382
1,564
2,267
443
1,088
1,676
146

4*1
2.8
2.7
5.0
5.8
10.2
7.7
11.6
8.7
14.6
9.0
4.0

4.6
3.3
3.5
5.2
6.8
13.5
9.4
16.5
11.8
18.3
11.3
8.3

5.0
3.3
3.8
5.8
6.9
13.9
10.3
16.7
13.0
17.9
9.9
7*2

4*9
3.3
3.7
5*4
6.9
14.4
10.9
17., 4
11.6
18*6
10.5
6.1

4*8
3.1
3.8
5.5
6.7
14.2
10.6
17.5
12.5
17,4
10.6
6.9

4.8
3.2
3.6
5.4
6.7
15.6
11.4
20.2
11.6
19.2
10.7
5.1

6,166
852
1,822
1,076
7 46
246
1,700
1,463
770
181

8,728
1,178
3,1C7
1,990
1,117
399
2,055
1,787
8C0
219

7.7
16.3
7.9
7.7
8.3
4.2
8.5
6.0
4.7
11.0

9.9
18.8
11.6
12.2
10.7
6.5
10.6
6.9
5.0
18.2

10.0
19.2
12.3
13.2
11.0
6.9
9.7
6.8
4.6
16.3

10.2
20..3
12.0
12.7
11.0
6. 1
10.5
7w0
4.6
13*8

10.1
20.3
12.1
12.9
10.8
7.0
9.8
7.0
4.6
14.3

10.7
22.6
13.8
14.9
12.3
6.9
9.8
6.8
4.9
12.5

Sept.
1981
CHARACTERISTIC
Total. 16 yean and over
M m , 20 yean •no over
Women, 20 yean end over
Both sexes, 16-19 yean

8,236

OCCUPATION

ken
nd technical
administrate
Seles workon
Cterieel workers
lueooMor workers
Craft end kindred workers.
Operatlwjs, except transport
Transport equipment operatives

INDUSTRY'
No^»griourtuf*Drrvsnwcgaandlaicrywork•n ,
Construction
,
Manufacturing
Nondurable goods . . '
Ti

Aggregate hours lost by the unemployed i
cent of potentielly evoiloblc lebor force noun.
* Unemployment by oooupation includes all experienced unemployed persons, wherees met by

Table*A-6. Duration of
(Numbers In thousands)

Sept.
1981

Sept.
1982

Sept.
1981

Bay
1982

June
1982

July
1982

Aug.
1982

Sept.
1982

3,648
•2,280
1,956
949
1,007

4,135
3,185
3,375
1,545
1,829

3,529
2,585
2,248
1,146
1,102

3,874
3,320
3,286
1,634
1,652

3,543
3,458
J , 673
1,826
1,847

3,990
3,161
3,580
1,792
1,788

3,923
3,304
3,631
1,810
1,821

4,038
3,595
3,870
1,856
2,014

13.0
6.0

15.9
8.4

13.7
6.9

14.6
9.0

H.5
9.8

15.6
8.3

46.2
8.2

16.6
9.5

100.0
46.3
28.9
24.8
12.0
12.8

100.0
38.7
29.8
31.6
14.5
17.1

100.0
42.2
30.9
26.9
13.7
13.2

1O0.0
37.0
31.7
31.4
15.6
15.8

100.0
33.2
32.4
34.4
17.1
17.3

100.0
37.2
29.5
33.4
16.7
16.7

10O.0
36.1
30.4
33.4
16.7
16.8

1O0.0
35.1
31.3
33.6
16.1
17.5

DURATION
Less tten Swedes.
• to 14 weeks
18 weeks end over
18 to 28 weeks.
27 «
Average fmeeni duration, in weeks •

MRCIirrDlSTRIBUTfON

8 to 14 weeks.
I S to 2 8 '




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-9. Employment status of black and other workers

(Numbe's in thousands)

(Numbers in thousands)

Sept.
1982

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Lowlartjob
On layoff
Othar job loatr*
Latt Ian job
Ratntarad labor forct
Sacking f i m (Ob

3,801
1.093
2,708
1,035
2, 129
918

6,083
2,018
4-065
861
2,467
1,264

4,426
1,452
2,974
921
2,058
977

5,901
1,969
3,932
874
2,418
1,154

6,302
2,071
4,231
813
2,372
1,088

6,177
2,079
4,098
813
2,528
1,249

6,347
2, 180
4,16 7
806
2,44 0
1,328

7,073
2,669
4,404
767
2,415
1,326

100.0
52.8
17.3
35.5
11.0
24.6
11.7

100.0
56.9
19-0
37.9
8.4
23.5.
11.1

100.0
59.6
19-6
40.0
7.7
22.4
10.3

100.0
57.4
19.3
38.1
7.5
23.5
11.6

100.0
58. 1
20.0

100.0
61.1
23.0

Civilian nomnstitutional population'
Civilian labor force
Participation rate
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment rate

22.222
13,556
61.0
11,611
1,945
14.3

22,975
14,526
63.2
11,988
2,538
17.5

23,036
14,200
61.6
11,676
2.523
17.8

22,222
13,617
61.3
11,607
2.010
14.8

22,777
14,097
61.9
11,669
2,429
17.2

22,795
14,027
61.5
11,594
2,433
17.3

22,761
13,947
61.3
11,560
2,387
17.1

2 2.975
14,232
€1.9
11 ,738
2,494

17.5

23,038
14,28?

62.0

11,687
2,595
18.2

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unamployad
Job loaare
On layoff
Othtf job loam

100.0
48.2
13.9
34.3
13. 1
27.0

Table A-10. Employment status of mala Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age, not seasonally adjusted

22.3
12. 2

ChrfH*, labor tore.
Civilian

Veteran status
and age

UfMfltpfoytd

tutienal
population

_

Total

—.

Sopt1981

S»pt.
1982

Sept.
1981

s«pt.
1982

Sept.
1981

Sept.
1982

8,598
7,316
1,440
3,259
2,617
1,282

8,711
7,088
1,152
2,847
3,089
1,623

8,178
7,047
1,337
3.161
2,549
1,131

8,210
6,790
1,090
2,719
2,98,1
1,420

7.789
6.706
1,248
3,019
2.439
1.C83

7,589
6,245
965
2,490
2,790
1,344

389
341
89
142
110
48

17,416
7,931
5,595
3,890

18,415
8,225
6,079
4,111

16,475
7,483
5,219
3,673

17,440
7,748
5,782
3.910

15,551
6,997
5.026
3.528

15,843
6,926
5,298
3,619

924
486
293
145

S«pt.
1981

of
labor
force

Sept.
1982

Sept.
19€1

Sept.
1982

621
545
125
229
191
76

4.8
4.8
6.7
4.5
4.3
4.2

7.6
8.0
11.5
8.4
6.4
5.4

1,597
822
484
291

5.6
6.5
5.5
3.9

9.2
10.6
8.4
7.4

VETERANS
Total. 25 years and over
25 to 29 years
35to39years
40 years and over

Table A-8. Unemployment by sex and age, seasonally adjusted




NONVETERANS
Total.25to39years. . . .
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years.

NOTE Vietnam-era veterans are males who served in the Armed Forces between
August 5. 1964 ana May 7. 1975 Nonveterans are males who have never served in the
8,236
3,721
1,749
772
983
1,972
4,540
4,010
572

11,260
4,483
2,025
896
1,133
2,458
6,799
€,112
789

7.6
14.9
19.7

5.4
5.6
3.8

9.5
17.4
23.1
25.3
21.3
14.3
7. 1
7.7
4.8

4,506
2,068
937
421
521
1,131
2,455
2,173
317

6,704
2,620
1.125
514
616
1,495
4,103
3,691
493

7.2
15.5
19.9
21.5
18.7
13.1
S.0
5.5
3.5

9.6
18.5
24.0
26.3
21.9
15.5
6.9
7.5
4.7

9.7
18.6
24.2
25.8
24.0
15.8
7.5
8.0
5.0

9.9
19.0
25.1
28.1
23.4
15.9
7.5
8.1
4.8

25.1
27.3
23.4
16.€
7.;
8.C
5.4

3,730
1,653
812
351
462
8*1
2,085
1,837
255

4,556
1,863
9C0
382
517
563
2,696
2,421
296

e.o
14.3
19.5
21.2
18.3
11.4
6.0
6.3
4.3

9.5
16.2
22.1
24.1
20.6
12.9
7.4
C.O
5.0

9.1
15.4
20.2
21.4
19.7
11.9
7.2
7.4
6.0

9.6
16.5
23.1
24.1
22.2
12.9
7.4
7.7
6.0

9.;
16. <
22.E
24.2
21.7
13. 1
7.C
7.5
4.6

9.8
17.8
24.1
26.1
22.8
14.5
7.5
7.9
5.2

10.1
18.2
23.7
26.9
21.6
15.3
7.9
8.6
5.1
10.7
20.1
25.3
29.6
22.6
17.4
8.2
9.1
5.4
9.5
16.1
21.9
23.9
20.6
12.9
7.4
8.0

Armed Forces: published data are limited to those 25 to 39 years of age. the group that
most closely corresponds to the bulk of the Vietnam-era veteran population

HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
TaMa A*11« Paraona not In labor




HOUSEHOLD DATA

HOUSEHOLD DATA
TaM»Ai2 iwaj

it

• at thai

lianiiinal PMntaUmi far ttnli

raca, quartarly avaragaa

S.pt.
1981

18,087
11,707
10,890

18,397
12.303
11,054
1,250
10.2

7,955
4.561
4,191
369
8.1

.512
.569
,123
446
8.0

8,560
5,718
5.066
651
11.4

4,448
2,939
2,744

18,424
12,203
11,025
1,178
9.7

18,087
11,758
10,889
869
7.4

18,322
12,150
10,993
1,157
9.5

16,347
12,188
11,033
1,155
9.5

18,374
12,203
10,916
1,267
10.5

18,397
12,135
10,882
1,253
10.3

18,424
12,265
11,027
1 , 2 38
10.1

8,224

8,248

4,865

4,937
4,531
406

7,955
4,568
4,233
335
7.3

,155
,703
,332

8,178
4,690
4,339
351
7.5

,201
,769
.419
350

,224
,832
,458
374

,246
.941
,570

.564
,641
,958
683

8,512
5,591
5,118
473
8.5

8.552
5,611
4,994
617

8,554
5,638
5,003
635

8.558
5,671
4,975
696
12.3

8,560
5,665
4,997
668
11.8

8,564
5,664
4,958
706
12.5

4,501
3,064

4,448
2,964

4,486

4,4 90

3,039

4,494

4,501

2,769
195

2,775
264

3,016
2,751
265

8.8

3,066
2,775
291
9.5

4,497
3,078

6.6

,497
,124
,846
738
7.6

2.853
225
7.3

2,860
223

6,774
4,296
3.836
460
10.7

6,784
4,379
3,742
637
14.5

6,784
4,307

6,785
4,328
3,711
617
14.3

6,784
4,268
3,655
613
14.4

6,784
4,333
3,709
624
14.4

6.784
4,349
3,687
662
15.2

5,650
3,491
3,272
220
6.3

5,707
3,660
3,340
320

5,712
3,596

5,694
3,689

5,699
3,619
3,323
296
8.2

.703
,628
,339
289
8.0

5,707
3,636
3,301
335
9.2

5,712
3,646

8.7

3,288
308
8.6

13,415

13,509
8,161
7,476
685

13.516
7,901
7,234
667

13,504

8.4

8.4

563
7.0

13,497
8,081
7,371
710
8.8

13,509
8,046
7,362
684
8.5

13,516
8,009
7,323
686
8.6

8,014
5,076
4,566
510
10.0

8,038

8,039
5,122
4,492
629
12.3

8,014
5,032
4,514
518
10.3

8,036
5,108
4,512
596
11.7

8,036
5,201
4,563

8,038

8,038
5,137
4,464
653
12.7

8,039
5,078
4,442
636
12.5

9,102
5,444
4,997
448

9,149
5,593
5,018
575
10.3

9,152
5,493

9,102
5,461

4,892

9,144
5,396

4,998
463

9,141
5,471
4,903
568
10.4

1,147
,492
,898
594

9,149
5,542
4,959
583
10.5

9,152
5,511
4,889
622
11.3

10,895
7,313
6,803
510
7.0

10,920
7,358
6,867
491
6.7

10,946
7,314
6,703
611
8.4

195

G v r i u n labor ( o r e *

Civilian nonmstilutional
Civilian labor lore*

UnnnnlovMl
U n t r n p t o y m m i ral

Ovilian labor force

7,902
7,352
551
7.0

8.2
jvilwn nonimntuiional population'
Civilian labor loicc
Employed

8,773
6,829

6,969

1,894
•9 7
229
M5
•91
232

1,813
• 97
233
325
5«5
2«

Unemployment rate

558
• 97

1.5e9
• 51

203
312
351
19«

23»
318
364
192

,836
•73
277
361
521
20«

10,620

7,140
6,756

384
5.4

4,486
379
7.8

5,235
4,578
657
12.5

10,920
7,374
6,855
519
7.0

8.2

2,838
226

3,682
624
14.5

601
10.9

10,946
7,311
6,724
587

8.0

6,774
4,304
3,791
513
11.9

5,650
3,530
3,289
241

13,415

8,006
7,443

8.5

10,620
7,123
6,734
389
5.5

3,348
341
9.2

13,491
8,101
7,439
662

8.2

10,844
7,315
6,846
469
6.4

638
12.3

4,870
526
9.7

10,869
7,338
6,824
514
7.0

8,040
7,381
659

8.2

5.128
4,522
606
11.8

3,083

3,627
684
15.9

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonagrlcultural payrolls by industry
(In thousands)

Seasonally adjusted

Sept.
1981

Total

July
1982

A u g

*

ni

Sept.
1981

May
1982

June
1982

July
1982

89,299 91,363

90,166

89,839

89,535

89,268

24,006 25,583

24,255

23,994

23,840

23,639

1,152

1,124

1,100

1,082

1 9 8 2 PI

1 9 8 2 PI

91,620) 89,238

89,013
23,984

A u g

*

1982

Dl
p

26,066

23.959

Mining

1,201

1.119

1, 100

1,089

1,192

Construction

4,366

4.147

4,160

4,119

4,124

3,988

3,940

3,927

3.895

Manufacturing
Production workers

20,499
14,304

18.693
12,618

18,724
12,662

18,798 20,267
12,789 14,087

19.115
13.008

18,930
12.852

18,813
12,760

18.662
12.637

Ourablt goods
Production workers

12,272
8,423

11,052
7.297

10,928
7.189

10,985 12,184
7.280 8,345

11.332
7,553

11,203
7,443

11,133
7,388

10.984
7,263

680.9
474.9
652.0
1,131.7
1,615.8
2,536.2
2,120.0
1,904.5
732.6
423.8

626.3
426.1
587.9
902.1
1,425.6
2.260.0
2,002.3
1,734.6
707.6
379.6

630.6
439.1
586.0
886.7
1.418.4
2.209.7
1,992.1
1,673.3
703.3
388.7

661
473
638
1,125
1,604
2,539
2,113
1,884
734
413

617
443
586
945
1,472
2,377
2,034
1.755
713
390

615
442
580
926
1,452
2,322
2,026
1,745
708
387

614
439
579
906
1,446
2,274
2,018
1.759
708
390

612
443
574
888
1,427
2,232
2,004
1,718
702
384

8,227
5,881

7,641
5,321

7.796
5,473

7,813
5,509

8,083
5,742

7.783
5.455

7.727
5.409

7,680
5,372

7,678
5.374

1,725
69
740
1,160
661
1.265
1,067.8
213.3
699.6
210.3

1,658
69
827
1,253
695
1,274
1,110
216
746
235

1.652
67
759
1.165
661
1.274
1.079
207
708
211

1.637
67
741
1.161
658
1,269
1.073
205
704
212

1,643
65
741
1,126
657
1.267
1.068
205
700
208

1.626
65
737
1,146
654
1,270
1,070
205
697
208

65,293 65,780

65,911

|65,845

65,695

65,629

5.181

5.101

5,078

5,044

5,024

Goods-producing

Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products
Primary metal products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electric and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods
Production workers
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 misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

1.763.
75.
831.
1,270,
697.
1.270.
1,110.
218.
752.
237,

1,668.
60.
726.
1,093.
657.
1,263.
1,074.
209.
689.
198.

1,724,
68,
737,
1,153,
658,
1,264,
1.074.
209,
694,
211,

633,
443,
585,
885,
1,427,
2.209,
2,002,
1,707,
699,
391,

65.554

65,279

65.029

5.227

5,054

5,034

Wholesale and retail trade

20,731

20,600

20,560

20,569 20.660

20.652

|20.595

20,615

20.544

Wholesale trade

5,388
15,343

5,315
15,285

5,304
15,256

5,282 5.383
15,287 15,277

5.331
15,321

5.307
15.288

5,299
15,316

5,288
15.256

5,327

5,423

5,415

5,328

5,342

5,352

5,359

5.361

Service-producing
Transportation and public utilities

5.068

Retail trade

5,367

Finance, insurance, and real estate

18.740

19,194

19,156

19,092 18,707

18,963

18.988

19,042

19.042

15,529

15,008

14,864

15,197 15,904

15,853

15.832

15,635

15.658

2,735
12.794

2,794
12,214

2,773
12,091

2,704 2,764
12,493 13,140

2,728
13,125

2.739
113,093

2,737
12,898

2,740
12.918

Services
Government
Federal government
State and local government.:
p = preliminary.




l

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average,weekly hours of production or nonsupsrvisory workers1 on private nonagrleultural payrolls by industry

Industry
Sept.
1981

Total private.

July
1982

Sept.
1982

Au*.
1982

35.1

Sept.
1981

35.2

34.8

35.0

May
1982

35.0

June
1982

July
1982

34.9

34.9

Aug.
1982

pi

Sept.
1982

34.8

34.8
(2)

Mining

A3.9

42.5

42.5

41.5

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Construction

35.8

38.0

37.6

36.9

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

39.5
2.9

38.9
2.3

39.0
2.4

38.8
2.5

39.4
2.7

39.1
2.3

39.2
2.4

39.2
2.4

39.0
2.4

38.6
2.3

39.8
2.8

39.2
2.1

39.2
2.2

38.8
2.2

39.7
2.7

39.6
2.2

39.7
2.3

39.7
2.2

39.4
2.2

38.7
2.1

37.9
37.7
A0.6
40.8
39.7
40.4
39.7
39.9
40.4
38.7

38.
36.
40.
38.
38.
39.
39.
40.
39.
38.

38.
38.
40.
38.
39.
39.
39,
40.
39,
38.

38.
37.
40,
3
38.
38.
38.
39.
39.
38.

37,
37.
40.
40.
39.
40.
39.
40.
40.
38.

38.5
37.5
40.2
38.5
39.5
39.8
39.4
41.1
40.2
38.7

38.7
37.8
40.
38.
39.
39.
39.
41.
40.
38.

38.
37.
40.
38.
39.
39.
39.8
41.0
40.1
38.7

38
38
40
38
39
39
39
40
40.1
38.6

38.1
37.2
40.3
37.7
38r5
38.8
38.7
39.5
39.5
38.1

39.1
3.1

38.5
2.5

38.7
2.7

38.7
2.9

38.9
2.8

38.5
2.5

38.6
2.5

38.6
2.6

38.5
2.6

38.5
2.6

39.8
40.2
38.
35.
43.
37.
42.
44.
39.
36.

39.
36.
37.
35.
41.
36.
40.
44.
39.
36.

39.
39.
38.
34.
41.
37.
41.
44.
39,
35,

39.3
(2)
38
35 2
43 0
37 1
42 2
43.1
39.
36.

39.4
(2)
37.9
34.8
41
36
41
44
39
35

39.5
37.8
35
42
37
41
44
40
35

39.5
(2)
37.7
35 2
41 9
37 0
40 9
43 3
40 2
36.1

39.2
(2)
38.2
34.9
41.8
36.8
40.8
44.2
39.7
36.1

39.4
(2)
38.
35,
41.
37,
41.
43.
39,
35,

39.2

39.2

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Manufacturing
Overtime hours
Durable goods . . .
Overtime hours
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products...
Primary metal products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electric and electronic equipment
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products.
Miscellaneous m a n u f a c t u r i n g . . . .
Nondurable goods.
Overtime hours .
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 misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products
Transportation and public utilities

39.3

39.2

(2)

Wholesale and retail trade

32.2

32.6

32.6

32.1

32.0

31.9

31.9

31.9

32.1

Wholesale trad*.

38.5
30.2

38.7
30.7

38.6
30.7

38.3
30.3

38.5
30.1

38.5
30.0

38.6
29.8

38.5
29.9

38.5
29.9

38.3
30.2

Finance, Insurance, and real estate

36.0

36.2

36.3

35.9

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

32.4

33.1

33.1

32.7

32.5

32.7

32.7

32.6

32.7

32.8

' Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; to construction
workers in construction; and to nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public
utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private
nonagrleultural payrolls.




p

* This series Is not published seasonally adjusted since the seasonal component la
small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components and consequently cannot
be separated with sufficient precision.
p « preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervleory workers1 on private nonagrlcultural
payrolls by industry

Sept.
1981

July
1982

AUK.

Sept.
1982

Sept.
1981

July
1982

$7.40
7.37

$7.67
7.71

$7.69
7.73

$7.76
7.72

259.74
257.95

1269.98 $270.69
269.08 269.00

Mining

10.27

10.91

10.88

11.03

450.85

463.68

Construction

11.07

11.53

11.61

11.72

396.31

8.16

8.55

322.32

332.60

331.89

9.10

9.16

346.26

357.11

356.72

294.90
233.31
362.56
437.75
344.27
363.63
319.84
456.75
328.25
244.48

296.42
244.10
362.15
441.98
345.54
363.87
322.18
447.60
337.16
246.27

Total private
Seasonally adjusted

Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products . . .
Primary metal products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electric and electronic equipment .
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products .
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Nondurable goods

8.70

11.22
8.33
10.49
7.59
6.05
7.36

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 misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

Aug. pin
1982

462.40
436.54

7,
6.
8.
11.
8.
9.
8.
11.25
8.31

7.62
6.39
8.92
11.51
8,
9.
8.
11,
8,
6.

11.60
8.90
9.38
8.32
11.24
8.47
6.48

271.36
226.58
346.32
457.78
330.70
361.98
307.68
418.55
306.64
234.14

7.77

7.74

7.83

287.78

299.15

299.54

312.05
383.46
216.13
183.02
391.46
322.51
407.81
546.48
302.94
191.33

312.44
361.73
222.91
182.85
393.65
326.11
406.41
549.32
303.31
194.21

7.88
10.42
5.81
5.17
9.41
8.74
10.02
12.42
7.65
5.30

8.79
10.01
12.40
7.64
5.35

10.20
12.56
7.74
5.43

300.89
352.15
221.34
177.41
386.64
313.04
395.84
512.82
289.41
183.24

10.41

10.46

390.04

403.37

409.11

194.49

202.45

202.77

8.10
5.48

8.12
5.50

296.45
162.17

312.31
168.24

312.66
168.24

Transportation and public utilities

9.95

10.29

Wholesale and retail trade

6.04

6.21

7.70
5.37

8.07
5.48

6.39

6.78

6.86

6.90

230.04

245.44

249.02

6.52

6.87

6.89

6.98

211.25

227.40

228.06

Wholesale trade
Retailtrade
Finance, Insurance, and real estate

1

See footnote 1, table B-2.




pa> preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Hourly Earnings Index for production or nonsupervisory

workers1 on private nonagricultural payrolls by industry

(1977 = 100)

Not saasonally adjustad

Seasonally adjusted
Percent
change
front:

Industry

Total private nonfarm:
Currant dollars
Constant (1977) dollars
Ci m true Hun
• rwispoiMuuii ana puotiG uinmas .

Wliolsasls and ratall trada
Finanoai lnsufsncaf and
raal astata

Paroant
change
front?

Sept.
1981Sept.
1982

Sept.
1981

May
1982

June
1982

July
1982

AUR.

1982 P

Sept.
1982 p

150.2
N.A.
162.9
142.9
154.6
151.2
146.3

6.0
(2)
7.4
5.5
6.8
5.8
3.8

141.4
92.1
(4)
133.5
144.7
141.5
141.0

147.7
93.7
(4)
139.9
151.8
148.2
145.1

148.1
93.1
(4)
139.7
152.5
149.1
145.2

148.9
93.0
(4)
140.6
153.3
148.9
145.7

149.8
93.2
(4)
140.7
154.2
150.0
146.4

149.9
N.A.
(4)
140.8
154.6
149.7
146.3

150.7
149.5

7.8
7.0

140.4
139.7

148.0
146.5

147.2
147.3

148.6
148.7

150.5
149.6

151.3
149.5

Sept.
1981

July
1982

Aug.
1982 P

Sept.
1982 P

141.7
92.1
151.7
135.5
144.7
143.0
141.0

148.6
92.4
161.3
140.8
153.3
148.3
145.5

149.2
92.6
161.0
141.6
153.6
150.0
145.8

139.8
139.7

148.3
147.8

150.1
148.2

1
2
3
4

See footnote 1, table B-2.
Percent change was .8 from August 1981 to August 1982, the latest month available.
Percent change was .3 from July 1982 to August 1982, the latest month available.
Mining is not seasonally adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative to the trend-cycle and/or
components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
5
Percent change is less than .05 percent
N.A. » not available.
p • preliminary.

AUR.

1982Sept.
1982
0.1
(3)
(4)
(5)
.2
-.2
-.1
.5

"-1
irregular

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonagricultural
payrolls by Industry
(19773*100)

Industry

Total private
Goods-producing

Sept.
1981

July
1982

AUR.

1982

Sept.
1982 P

Sept.
1981

May
1982

June
1982

July
1982

Augc
1982 P

Sept.
1982

109.0

106.2

106.0

105.0

107.8

105.7

104.9

104.8

104.1

103.8

89.9

88.6

125.1

121.4

118.1

100.4

98.6

86.4

85.2

102.8

91.5

91.7

91.4

99.8

93.3

91.9

Mining

145.0

126.2

123.7

120.1

142.7

133.6

128.2

Construction

111.5

111.1

110.7

107.3

102.4

104.5

101.0

99.1

86.1

86.6

86.9

97.3

89.2

88.4

Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumbar and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Stone, clay, and glass products . . .
Primary metal products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical
Electric and electronic equipment .
Transportation equipment
Instruments and related products..
Miscellaneous manufacturing

98.4
87.6
96.8
93.1
93.3
96.4
09.8
06.1
88.7
13.7
94.2

84.
81.
82.
82.
67.
81.
89.
94.
80.
104.
80.

82
82
88
82
66
80
86
93
74
105.1
83.8

82,
81.
88,
82.
65,
80.
86,
94,
75,
103.
84,

97.4
84.1
95.6
90 .1
92 .3
95 .4
109 .6
105 .7
88 .2
114.1
90.5

87.
79.
88.
81.
71.
85.
98.
98.
82.
108.
84.

86.7
79.8
88
80
70
84
94
97
82
107
83

Nondurable goods
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 misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products

100.1
106.2
112.1
87.8
95.0
102
107
103
107
101
90

89.
97.
79.
72.
80.
91.
104.
93.
98.
91.
73.

92,
102,
97,
75,
85,
92,
104,
93.
98.
92,
79,

92.
103.
100,
76,
85,
93,
105,
95.
101,
93,
78,

97.
96.
98.
87.
93.
101.
106,
103.
102.
100.
89.

91.
96.
88.
77,
85.
92.
105.
95.
96.
94.
78,

112.5

114.3

113.9

112.5

112.2

Tranaportatlon and public utilities

106.1

102.2

101.9

102.4

Wholesale and retail trade..

107.5

108.0

107.6

106.4

Service-producing

Wholesale trade
Ratall trada
Finance, insurance, and real estate

' Sea footnote 1, table B-2.




87.8
86.1
79.4
87.3
80.8
68.4
83
92
97
83
106
84

84.
78.
89.
79.
67.
81.
88.
95.
79.
105.
82.

81.
78,
87,
79,
64,
79,
86,
93,
75,
103,
81,

91.0
95.4
91.6
74.8
85.8
92.5
105.9
94.9
95.9
94.9
78.4

90
96
89
74
83
92
105
94
94
95
77

90.0
94.0
93.2
75.2
84.1
91.8
104.8
94.1
96.1
93.4
78.4

90.2
94.1
87.6
75.
84.
92.
105.
95.
96.
92.
77.

112.5

112.1

112.2

111.9

112.3

105.2

102.6

102.2

101.5

101.2

101.5

106.8

106.5

105.8

106.1

105.5

105.7

109.6
104.7

109.2
104.0

108.4
104.6

112.0
105.8

110.6
107.0

109.8
106.8

108.6
105.5

112.0
104.9

110.3
105.1

110.0
104.2

117.0

119.2

118.9

116.5

117.4

117.9

117.4

117.4

117.2

116.7

124.8

124.3

122.3

119.6

121.8

121.9

121.8

122.1

122.7

p « preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Indexes of diffusion: Percent of industries in which employment1 increased

Ovtr 1-month span

TOBf M M inOfttft

Ovar 3-month span

Ovtr 6-month span

Ovar 12-month span

1979
January
February
March

64.2
61.6
65.6

68.5
68.3
65.1

72.3
71.0
68.8

73,
70,
69.1

April
May
June•••••

51.6
61.8
62.4

65.9
62.1
63.4

63.
59,
53,

65
59
57

54,
53,
48,

53,
48.
53.8

58.
49,
49.

57.5
55.9
52.2

61.8
50.3
51.1

51.6
54.0
51.1

51,
51,
47,

46.0
39.8
35.5

January
February......
March

53.8
48.9
49.2

50.0
47.0
35.2

39.8
34.1
29.3

30.9
32.3
32.8

April
May
June

29.0
32.8
29.6

28.8
23.1
28.2

23.1
26.6
28.8

33.9
31.7
32.3

July
August
September

35,
64.
61.

34,
51,
69.

35.8
44.1
59.1

31.7
33.9
33.9

62.
59,
54.

67.
64.
58.

71,
64.
61.

39.5
50.8
62.6

56.7
48.7
51.1

53.5
52.2
60.2

64.8
65.9
67.2

73.9
71.0
70.4

68.3
65.3
54.0

70,
70,
65.

67.
67,
67,

62.1
50.0
43.3

July
Augu 81
September

59.9
50,3
50.3

59,
57,
40,

51.
39.
33,

35.
33,
31,

October
November.
December

34.7
28.2
31.2

30,
26,
23,

30.1
27.7
24.2

27,
27,
25.8

January
February
March

32.5
42.5
35.8

28.0
31.2
33.6

21.8
27.4
27.4

23.1
22.8p
20.2p

April
May
June

40.
51.
32,

37.1
35.8
35.8

29.8
29. 3p
30.lp

43.5
35.5p
47.3p

27.4p
31.7p

July
August
September

.

October
November
December

•••••
1980

October
November
December

•
1981

January
February
March
April
May
June

••••

19 82

July....
Augu at.
September.

•

October
Novembe r«.
December
1
Number of employees, seasonally adjusted for 1,3, and 6 month spans, on
payrolls of 186 private nonagricultural industries,
p « preliminary.

"fr U . S . GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1982-361-816:301




NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment rising. (Half of
the unchanged components are counted as rising.) Data are centered within the
spans.

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