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                            PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS BY INDUSTRY:
                              WHOLESALE TRADE, RETAIL TRADE,
                        AND FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, 2004


        The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today on 
labor productivity changes for wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking 
places.  In 2004, labor productivity--defined as output per hour--rose 7.8 percent in 
wholesale trade, 6.1 percent in retail trade, and 2.4 percent in food services and drinking 
places.  Output increased in each of them, while hours increased in retail trade and food 
services and drinking places but remained steady in wholesale trade.  Productivity 
increased in 40 of the 50 industries studied, as output rose in 46 industries and hours 
declined in 26 industries.  
        From 1987 to 2004, labor productivity rose at an average annual rate of 3.9 
percent per year in wholesale trade, 3.4 percent per year in retail trade, and 0.7 percent per 
year in food services and drinking places.  In wholesale trade, output increased 4.4 percent 
per year, on average, while hours increased 0.4 percent per year.  In retail trade, output 
increased 4.3 percent per year and hours rose 0.8 percent.  In food services and drinking 
places, output increased at an average rate of 2.5 percent while hours increased 1.8 
percent. Unit labor costs, which reflect the total cost of labor required to produce a unit of 
output, increased in wholesale trade and food services and drinking places, and decreased 
in retail trade during this period.

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2003-04 change 

        Labor productivity increased 12.8 percent in durable merchant wholesale trade 
(NAICS 423) and 4.4 percent in nondurable merchant wholesale trade (NAICS 424), but 
declined 0.5 percent in electronic markets and agents and brokers (NAICS 425) in 2004. 
Labor productivity grew in all nine of the detailed durable merchant wholesale industries, 
as output rose in each and hours fell in five of the nine industries.  Of the nine detailed 
nondurable merchant wholesale industries, labor productivity grew in seven, as output 
rose in seven industries and hours fell in six industries. Among wholesale trade industries 
productivity grew most rapidly in electrical goods (NAICS 4236) and lumber and 
construction supplies (NAICS 4233), where output per hour rose 21.9 percent and 16.5 
percent, respectively.  Unit labor costs declined in eight of the nine detailed durable 
merchant wholesale trade industries and in four of the nine detailed nondurable merchant 
wholesale trade industries, but rose in electronic markets and agents and brokers.

        Labor productivity rose in 21 of the 27 detailed retail trade industries in 2004 (all 
4-digit NAICS industries and those 3-digit NAICS industries that are the same as 4-digit 
industries).  The largest increases were 18.1 percent in sporting goods and musical 
instrument stores (NAICS 4511) and 17.2 percent in electronic shopping and mail order 
houses (NAICS 4541).  Output grew in 25 of the 27 retail industries, and all but four of 
these experienced productivity increases.  Hours declined in 15 retail industries, 13 of 
which experienced productivity increases.  Productivity grew in five of the six largest 
retail trade industries, those with more than 1,000,000 employees.  Unit labor costs fell in 
19 of 27 retail trade industries, led by a 13.2 percent decline in electronics and appliance 
stores (NAICS 443).

        Three of the four industries in food services and drinking places recorded 
productivity gains in 2004.   The fastest productivity growth, 3.3 percent, occurred in 
limited-service eating places (NAICS 7222).  Productivity grew 2.3 percent in the largest 
industry in this group, full-service restaurants (NAICS 7221).    

Long-term trends 

        Between 1987 and 2004, average annual productivity growth of 5.8 percent in 
durable merchant wholesale trade (NAICS 423) exceeded the 1.9 percent growth in 
nondurable merchant wholesale trade (NAICS 424) and the 3.3 percent growth in 
electronic markets and agents and brokers (NAICS 425).   Labor productivity increased in 
all nine of the detailed industries in durable merchant wholesale trade, as output rose in 
each and hours declined in two of them.  Labor productivity increased in all but one of the 
nine industries in nondurable merchant wholesale trade, where output rose in seven of the 
nine industries and hours declined in four of them.  Output per hour rose most rapidly in 
commercial equipment wholesalers (NAICS 4234) and in electric goods wholesalers 
(NAICS 4236), advancing at average annual rates of 14.9 percent per year and 9.8 percent 
per year, respectively.  Unit labor costs declined in three of the nine durable merchant 
wholesale trade industries during the period, but increased in each of the nondurable 
wholesale industries and in electronic markets and agents and brokers. 

        Output per hour increased in all but one of the 27 detailed retail trade industries 
from 1987 to 2004; only specialty food stores (NAICS 4452) recorded a productivity 
decline, 0.3 percent.  Labor productivity rose at a rapid 13.3 percent per year, on average, 
in electronics and appliance stores (NAICS 443) and 12.7 percent in electronic shopping 
and mail order houses (NAICS 4541).   Output increased in 25 of the 27 retail industries, 
while hours increased in 21 industries.  Among the six largest retail industries productivity 
growth was greatest in other general merchandise stores (NAICS 4529), where output per 
hour increased 7.6 percent per year.  Unit labor costs declined in 15 of the 27 retail trade 
industries between 1987 and 2004 and declined by 0.3 percent per year in retail trade 
overall.

        Each of the food services industries recorded average annual growth in labor 
productivity of 1.2 percent or less from 1987 to 2004.  During the same period, labor 
productivity in drinking places (NAICS 7224) declined 0.6 percent per year as output 
remained the same and hours increased 0.6 percent.  Unit labor costs increased in each 
industry and rose by 3.1 percent per year in food services and drinking places overall.



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Technical Note


Labor Productivity 

        The industry labor productivity measures describe the relationship between output 
and the labor time involved in its production.  They show the changes from period to 
period in the amount of goods and services produced per hour.  Industry output per hour 
indexes are prepared from data published by various public and private agencies, using the 
greatest level of industry detail available.

        Although the labor productivity measures relate output to hours of employees or 
all persons engaged in an industry, they do not measure the specific contribution of labor, 
capital, or any other factor of production.  Rather, they reflect the joint effects of many 
influences, including changes in technology; capital investment; level of output; utilization 
of capacity, energy, and materials; the organization of production; managerial skill; and 
the characteristics and effort of the workforce.

        Year-to-year movements in productivity measures for some industries might be 
erratic, particularly in the smaller industries.  The annual changes in an industry�s output 
and use of labor may reflect cyclical changes in the economy rather than long-term trends. 
Also, annual productivity indexes are based on sample data, which are likely to differ 
from data generated by a census of establishments in the industry.  As a result, long-term 
trends tend to be more reliable indicators of the performance of an industry than are the 
year-to-year changes.

Output

        Industry output is measured as �sectoral output�, the total value of goods and 
services leaving the industry.  Output measures for the trade and food services and 
drinking places industries are derived from the value of the goods and services sold, 
adjusted for price change.  Data from the economic censuses and annual surveys of the 
Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, are used in developing industry 
output measures for these industries, together with information on price changes primarily 
from BLS.

        The indexes of industry output used in measuring labor productivity and unit labor 
costs are, wherever possible, calculated with a Tornqvist formula.  This formula 
aggregates the growth rates of the various industry outputs between two periods using 
their relative shares in industry value of production, averaged over the two periods, as 
weights.

Labor Hours

        The industry labor input measures represent the hours paid of all workers in the 
industry.  Data on employment and average weekly hours paid are used to construct 
measures of total hours for different categories of workers. The primary source of 
employment and hours data is the BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, 
which provides monthly survey data on the number of jobs held by wage and salary 
workers in nonfarm establishments.  The CES also provides average weekly hours of 
production and nonsupervisory workers in these establishments.  The Office of 
Productivity and Technology estimates average weekly hours for supervisory and 
nonproduction workers by industry using information from the Current Population Survey 
(CPS) together with the CES data.  For the trade and food services and drinking places 
industries, estimates of the hours of proprietors and unpaid family workers from the CPS 
are added to hours of supervisory and nonsupervisory employees.  Hours for different 
types of workers are treated as homogeneous and are directly aggregated.  The indexes of 
hours are developed by dividing the aggregate hours for each year by the base-period 
aggregate.

Unit Labor Costs

        The unit labor cost series in this release describe the cost of labor input required to 
produce one unit of output.  The indexes of unit labor costs for each industry are computed 
by dividing an index of industry labor compensation by the index of industry output.

        Compensation is a measure of the cost to the employer of securing the services of 
labor.  It is defined as payroll plus supplemental payments.  Payroll includes salaries, 
wages, commissions, dismissal pay, bonuses, vacation and sick leave pay, and 
compensation in kind.  Supplemental payments are divided into legally required 
expenditures and payments for voluntary programs.  The legally required expenditures 
include employers� contributions to Social Security, unemployment insurance taxes, and 
workers� compensation.  Payments for voluntary programs include all programs not 
specifically required by legislation, such as the employer portion of private health 
insurance and pension plans.

Adjustments and Revisions

        The measures in this news release replace the wholesale trade, retail trade, and 
food services and drinking places series published in Productivity and Costs by Industry, 
2003 (released August 26, 2005), and include some revisions to those series.  The 
measures in this release incorporate new benchmark sales data from the Bureau of the 
Census� 2002 Census of Wholesale Trade and 2002 Census of Retail Trade.  The Census 
data include historical revisions that reflect new rules for classifying wholesale and retail 
establishments by industry.  The revisions resulted in some historical changes to the 
wholesale and retail industry productivity and cost measures.  In addition, the measures in 
this release reflect changes to the output series underlying the wholesale trade industry 
productivity measures.  In particular, the output measures for wholesale trade electronic 
markets and agents and brokers (NAICS 425) previously included e-commerce revenues 
of merchant wholesalers; those revenues are now included in the output measures for each 
merchant wholesale trade industry instead.  Because of the lack of reliable historical data 
at the detailed industry level, separate productivity and related measures are no longer 
maintained for NAICS 42511, business to business electronic markets, or NAICS 42512, 
agents and brokers.  Also, in the retail trade sector, the method for constructing output of 
new car dealers (NAICS 441110) was changed to be consistent with the methods used for 
the other retail trade industries.  Previously, the output measure for that industry mainly 
reflected changes in base-year weighted physical quantities of output from industry 
sources. Finally, the labor hours measures reported here reflect the new estimates of 
supervisory worker hours that were introduced and discussed in the Productivity and 
Costs by Industry, 2003 news release (released August 26, 2005).  All of the measures for 
2004 in this release are preliminary and are subject to revision. 

Additional Information

        The attached tables include data for all 3- and 4-digit NAICS industries in retail 
trade, wholesale trade and food services and drinking places.  Productivity and unit labor 
cost data for NAICS industries in this news release can be accessed electronically by 
visiting the Labor Productivity and Costs web site (http://www.bls.gov/lpc/).  Measures 
for additional selected 5-and 6-digit industries are available upon request by calling the 
Division of Industry Productivity Studies (202-691-5618) or by sending a request by e-
mail (dipsweb@bls.gov).  Data on industry employment, annual hours, net value of 
production and the implicit price deflator for output also are available upon request for all 
industries maintained.  Historical productivity and related series for 3- and 4-digit SIC 
industries through 2000 also are available on the BLS web site or will be provided upon 
request.

        Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 
upon request.  Voice phone: 202-691-5618; TDD message referral phone number: 1-800-877-8339.

Table 1.   Annual percent change in output per hour and related series, 1987-2004 and 2003-2004

                                                                                 Annual percent change,              Annual percent change,
                                                                                       1987-2004                           2003-2004
                                                                2004      ---------------------------------   ---------------------------------
NAICS                      Industry                           Employment    Output                              Output
code                                                         (thousands)   per hour     Output      Hours      per hour     Output      Hours

                         Wholesale Trade

42       Wholesale trade                                         5832         3.9         4.4         0.4         7.8         7.8         0.0
423      Durable goods                                           3042         5.8         6.0         0.2        12.8        12.2        -0.6
4231     Motor vehicles and parts                                 354         4.4         4.3         0.0         6.7         7.0         0.3
4232     Furniture and furnishings                                116         2.5         2.5         0.0        10.1         8.6        -1.3
4233     Lumber and construction supplies                         247         1.2         2.7         1.5        16.5        22.5         5.1
4234     Commercial equipment                                     653        14.9        15.2         0.3        14.0        10.7        -2.9
4235     Metals and minerals                                      123         1.0         0.8        -0.1        15.6        15.1        -0.4
4236     Electric goods                                           350         9.8         9.6        -0.2        21.9        17.6        -3.5
4237     Hardware and plumbing                                    238         1.8         2.5         0.7         4.7         6.2         1.4
4238     Machinery and supplies                                   672         2.8         2.8         0.0        14.9        16.5         1.3

4239     Miscellaneous durable goods                              289         2.1         2.3         0.2        12.9         8.9        -3.5
424      Nondurable goods                                        2085         1.9         2.1         0.2         4.4         2.9        -1.5
4241     Paper and paper products                                 156         2.6         2.2        -0.3         7.0         3.6        -3.2
4242     Druggists' goods                                         224         5.2         7.9         2.5         8.5         8.7         0.2
4243     Apparel and piece goods                                  157         2.2         2.4         0.1         4.8         4.6        -0.2
4244     Grocery and related products                             710         1.0         1.8         0.8         0.5        -1.4        -2.0
4245     Farm product raw materials                                75         3.0        -0.1        -3.1        11.3         3.7        -6.9
4246     Chemicals                                                135        -0.1         0.7         0.8        -4.9        -1.6         3.4
4247     Petroleum                                                103         3.8         0.6        -3.1        14.2         1.5       -11.1
4248     Alcoholic beverages                                      143         0.5         1.9         1.5        -3.9         1.8         5.9

4249     Miscellaneous nondurable goods                           384         0.3         0.0        -0.3         8.2         6.0        -2.0
425      Electronic markets and agents and brokers                705         3.3         5.5         2.1        -0.5         7.3         7.9

                          Retail Trade

44-45    Retail trade                                           15933         3.4         4.3         0.8         6.1         6.5         0.4
441      Motor vehicle and parts dealers                         1989         3.0         4.3         1.3         4.0         6.4         2.3
4411     Automobile dealers                                      1306         2.8         4.2         1.3         6.5         6.5         0.0
4412     Other motor vehicle dealers                              165         3.8         6.5         2.6         5.9         9.7         3.6
4413     Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores                 518         3.2         4.0         0.8        -4.7         2.9         8.0
442      Furniture and home furnishings stores                    605         4.6         5.4         0.8         8.4         7.4        -0.9
4421     Furniture stores                                         308         4.3         4.9         0.6         9.9         9.6        -0.2
4422     Home furnishings stores                                  297         5.0         6.0         1.0         6.6         4.9        -1.6
443      Electronics and appliance stores                         549        13.3        14.7         1.2        11.6        16.5         4.4
444      Building material and garden supply stores              1273         3.7         5.7         1.9         9.9        13.3         3.1

4441     Building material and supplies dealers                  1113         3.7         5.9         2.2         9.9        14.2         3.9
4442     Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores            160         4.0         4.2         0.2         9.3         7.0        -2.2
445      Food and beverage stores                                2918         0.2         0.3         0.0         5.8         1.4        -4.1
4451     Grocery stores                                          2493         0.2         0.3         0.1         5.7         1.1        -4.4
4452     Specialty food stores                                    274        -0.3        -0.1         0.1         9.4         7.6        -1.7
4453     Beer, wine and liquor stores                             152         1.8         0.2        -1.6         6.6         2.7        -3.7
446      Health and personal care stores                          968         2.9         4.0         1.0         6.2         3.7        -2.4
447      Gasoline stations                                        901         2.3         1.8        -0.5         1.4         3.2         1.9
448      Clothing and clothing accessories stores                1455         4.5         4.8         0.3        -0.1         6.6         6.7
4481     Clothing stores                                         1069         4.6         5.2         0.6         0.0         7.7         7.6

4482     Shoe stores                                              192         3.7         2.6        -1.0        -8.5         1.9        11.4
4483     Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores               193         4.7         4.8         0.1         6.3         5.4        -0.9
451      Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores            712         4.2         4.9         0.7        15.4         4.1        -9.8
4511     Sporting goods and musical instrument stores             485         4.9         5.4         0.5        18.1         5.3       -10.9
4512     Book, periodical, and music stores                       227         2.6         3.9         1.3         9.9         1.9        -7.3
452      General merchandise stores                              2864         3.9         5.5         1.6         4.1         6.6         2.4
4521     Department stores                                       1625         1.3         2.9         1.6         1.5         1.3        -0.3
4529     Other general merchandise stores                        1240         7.6         9.4         1.6         5.3        11.1         5.5
453      Miscellaneous store retailers                           1092         3.8         4.9         1.1         4.1         3.7        -0.4
4531     Florists                                                 134         1.5         0.2        -1.3        -5.8        -6.6        -0.8

4532     Office supplies, stationery and gift stores              440         6.0         6.3         0.3         6.3         0.4        -5.5
4533     Used merchandise stores                                  172         2.3         6.4         4.0         0.0         1.3         1.3
4539     Other miscellaneous store retailers                      345         2.0         4.3         2.3         2.7         8.4         5.6
454      Nonstore retailers                                       607         9.9        10.0         0.1        14.6        14.0        -0.5
4541     Electronic shopping and mail-order houses                250        12.7        17.2         3.9        17.2        17.4         0.2
4542     Vending machine operators                                 62         0.1        -1.8        -1.9        -0.9        -5.4        -4.5
4543     Direct selling establishments                            295         5.0         3.3        -1.7        10.0         9.9        -0.1

               Food Services and Drinking Places

722      Food services and drinking places                       9081         0.7         2.5         1.8         2.4         5.6         3.1
7221     Full-service restaurants                                4329         0.8         2.7         1.9         2.3         4.8         2.5
7222     Limited-service eating places                           3830         0.8         2.6         1.8         3.3         7.1         3.7
7223     Special food services                                    530         1.2         2.5         1.3        -0.2         1.3         1.5
7224     Drinking places, alcoholic beverages                     392        -0.6         0.0         0.6         0.6         7.9         7.2

Table 2.  Annual percent change in total compensation, output, and unit labor costs, 1987-2004 and 2003-2004

                                                                                Annual percent change,            Annual percent change,
                                                                                      1987-2004                         2003-2004

                                                                2004      --------------------------------  --------------------------------
NAICS                      Industry                           Employment      Total             Unit labor      Total             Unit labor
code                                                         (thousands)  compensation  Output     costs    compensation  Output     costs

                        Wholesale Trade

42       Wholesale trade                                         5832         5.1         4.4       0.7         5.0         7.8      -2.6
423      Durable goods                                           3042         4.8         6.0      -1.1         4.6        12.2      -6.8
4231     Motor vehicles and parts                                 354         4.2         4.3      -0.1         2.4         7.0      -4.3
4232     Furniture and furnishings                                116         5.3         2.5       2.7         4.9         8.6      -3.5
4233     Lumber and construction supplies                         247         4.3         2.7       1.5        12.6        22.5      -8.1
4234     Commercial equipment                                     653         5.2        15.2      -8.7         1.3        10.7      -8.5
4235     Metals and minerals                                      123         4.6         0.8       3.7        14.6        15.1      -0.4
4236     Electric goods                                           350         5.3         9.6      -4.0         4.0        17.6     -11.6
4237     Hardware and plumbing                                    238         4.8         2.5       2.3         6.9         6.2       0.7
4238     Machinery and supplies                                   672         4.5         2.8       1.7         5.1        16.5      -9.7

4239     Miscellaneous durable goods                              289         5.1         2.3       2.8         5.2         8.9      -3.4
424      Nondurable goods                                        2085         5.1         2.1       2.9         2.8         2.9      -0.1
4241     Paper and paper products                                 156         4.2         2.2       1.9         1.4         3.6      -2.1
4242     Druggists' goods                                         224        11.6         7.9       3.4         1.8         8.7      -6.3
4243     Apparel and piece goods                                  157         4.5         2.4       2.1         4.6         4.6       0.0
4244     Grocery and related products                             710         5.0         1.8       3.2         2.7        -1.4       4.2
4245     Farm product raw materials                                75         3.0        -0.1       3.1        -1.7         3.7      -5.2
4246     Chemicals                                                135         4.8         0.7       4.0         3.6        -1.6       5.3
4247     Petroleum                                                103         2.6         0.6       2.0         2.8         1.5       1.3
4248     Alcoholic beverages                                      143         4.8         1.9       2.9        10.3         1.8       8.3

4249     Miscellaneous nondurable goods                           384         3.4         0.0       3.4         0.7         6.0      -5.0
425      Electronic markets and agents and brokers                705         6.2         5.5       0.7        13.1         7.3       5.4

                          Retail Trade

44-45    Retail trade                                           15933         4.0         4.3      -0.3         2.8         6.5      -3.5
441      Motor vehicle and parts dealers                         1989         4.6         4.3       0.2         2.4         6.4      -3.8
4411     Automobile dealers                                      1306         4.7         4.2       0.4         0.9         6.5      -5.3
4412     Other motor vehicle dealers                              165         6.8         6.5       0.4         9.4         9.7      -0.3
4413     Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores                 518         3.5         4.0      -0.5         6.1         2.9       3.0
442      Furniture and home furnishings stores                    605         4.2         5.4      -1.1         2.6         7.4      -4.5
4421     Furniture stores                                         308         3.8         4.9      -1.0         3.5         9.6      -5.6
4422     Home furnishings stores                                  297         4.7         6.0      -1.2         1.6         4.9      -3.2
443      Electronics and appliance stores                         549         4.8        14.7      -8.6         1.2        16.5     -13.2
444      Building material and garden supply stores              1273         4.7         5.7      -1.0         7.8        13.3      -4.9

4441     Building material and supplies dealers                  1113         4.9         5.9      -1.0         8.3        14.2      -5.2
4442     Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores            160         3.4         4.2      -0.8         3.9         7.0      -2.9
445      Food and beverage stores                                2918         3.3         0.3       3.1         0.2         1.4      -1.2
4451     Grocery stores                                          2493         3.5         0.3       3.2         1.0         1.1      -0.1
4452     Specialty food stores                                    274         2.6        -0.1       2.7        -4.0         7.6     -10.8
4453     Beer, wine and liquor stores                             152         2.4         0.2       2.3        -4.1         2.7      -6.6
446      Health and personal care stores                          968         5.1         4.0       1.1         3.8         3.7       0.1
447      Gasoline stations                                        901         2.6         1.8       0.8        -0.1         3.2      -3.2
448      Clothing and clothing accessories stores                1455         3.3         4.8      -1.4         6.8         6.6       0.2
4481     Clothing stores                                         1069         3.7         5.2      -1.5         8.9         7.7       1.2

4482     Shoe stores                                              192         1.9         2.6      -0.7         2.3         1.9       0.4
4483     Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores               193         3.1         4.8      -1.6         2.6         5.4      -2.7
451      Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores            712         4.7         4.9      -0.2        -1.7         4.1      -5.6
4511     Sporting goods and musical instrument stores             485         4.6         5.4      -0.8        -2.7         5.3      -7.5
4512     Book, periodical, and music stores                       227         4.8         3.9       0.8         0.6         1.9      -1.2
452      General merchandise stores                              2864         4.1         5.5      -1.4         4.0         6.6      -2.4
4521     Department stores                                       1625         3.3         2.9       0.4         3.8         1.3       2.5
4529     Other general merchandise stores                        1240         5.2         9.4      -3.9         4.3        11.1      -6.1
453      Miscellaneous store retailers                           1092         3.3         4.9      -1.5        -0.1         3.7      -3.7
4531     Florists                                                 134         1.3         0.2       1.1         0.6        -6.6       7.7

4532     Office supplies, stationery and gift stores              440         3.6         6.3      -2.6        -4.8         0.4      -5.1
4533     Used merchandise stores                                  172         6.9         6.4       0.5         6.7         1.3       5.3
4539     Other miscellaneous store retailers                      345         2.6         4.3      -1.6         3.0         8.4      -5.0
454      Nonstore retailers                                       607         3.2        10.0      -6.2         3.9        14.0      -8.9
4541     Electronic shopping and mail-order houses                250         7.6        17.2      -8.1         7.2        17.4      -8.7
4542     Vending machine operators                                 62         1.3        -1.8       3.2         1.6        -5.4       7.5
4543     Direct selling establishments                            295         0.9         3.3      -2.3         1.1         9.9      -8.0

                 Food Services and Drinking Places

722      Food services and drinking places                       9081         5.7         2.5       3.1         5.9         5.6       0.3
7221     Full-service restaurants                                4329         6.7         2.7       3.9         6.5         4.8       1.6
7222     Limited-service eating places                           3830         5.3         2.6       2.6         5.8         7.1      -1.2
7223     Special food services                                    530         4.0         2.5       1.5         5.0         1.3       3.7
7224     Drinking places, alcoholic beverages                     392         2.3         0.0       2.4         1.3         7.9      -6.1