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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry-Continued
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JANUARY 1996
 
 
   Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 201,000 in January and the
unemployment rate edged up to 5.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Unusually severe weather
in the eastern part of the country affected the number of payroll jobs in
January and also caused a particularly large drop in the average workweek.
The jobless rate has held within a relatively narrow range since late 1994.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
   The number of unemployed persons increased by 294,000 in January to a
level of 7.7 million.  The unemployment rate edged up by 0.2 percentage
point to 5.8 percent; it has fluctuated between 5.4 and 5.8 percent since
the fall of 1994.  The jobless rate for adult women rose by half a point in
January to 5.1 percent.  Rates for other major worker groups--adult men
(4.9 percent), teenagers (18.0 percent), whites (5.0 percent), blacks (10.5
percent), and Hispanics (9.4 percent)--remained at or near their December
levels.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
 
   The number of unemployed persons on temporary layoff rose by 190,000 in
January, while the number who had left their jobs voluntarily fell by
124,000.   The number of newly unemployed persons (less than 5 weeks
duration) showed an increase of 220,000 in January.  (See tables A-5 and A-
6.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
   Total employment, at 125.2 million in January, was little changed over
the month.  The proportion of the working-age population that was employed
(the employment-population ratio), at 62.7 percent, also was little
different from the December figure.  The number of persons working part
time for economic reasons fell by 263,000 to 4.2 million.  (See tables A-1
and A-3.)
 
   The number of workers who held more than one job in January was 7.1
million (not seasonally adjusted).  These multiple jobholders comprised 5.8
percent of all employed persons, the same as a year earlier.  (See table A-
8.)
 
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
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                      |   Quarterly     |       Monthly data       |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Dec.-
      Category        |      1995       |       1995      |  1996  |Jan.
                      |_________________|_________________|________|change
                      |   III  |   IV   |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 132,440| 132,458| 132,442| 132,284| 132,837|    553
  Employment..........| 124,960| 125,104| 125,010| 124,904| 125,163|    259
  Unemployment........|   7,480|   7,354|   7,432|   7,380|   7,674|    294
Not in labor force....|  66,367|  66,894|  66,913|  67,224|  66,797|   -427
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.6|     5.6|     5.6|     5.6|     5.8|    0.2
  Adult men...........|     4.8|     4.8|     4.9|     4.9|     4.9|     .0
  Adult women.........|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8|     4.6|     5.1|     .5
  Teenagers...........|    17.8|    17.8|    17.9|    18.3|    18.0|    -.3
  White...............|     4.8|     4.9|     5.0|     5.0|     5.0|     .0
  Black...............|    11.2|     9.8|     9.4|    10.2|    10.5|     .3
  Hispanic origin.....|     9.2|     9.3|     9.4|     9.3|     9.4|     .1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA  |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 116,782|p117,195| 117,212|p117,373|p117,172|  p-201
  Goods-producing 1/..|  24,159| p24,159|  24,134| p24,184| p24,124|   p-60
    Construction......|   5,240|  p5,295|   5,295|  p5,302|  p5,315|    p13
    Manufacturing.....|  18,344| p18,296|  18,272| p18,316| p18,244|   p-72
  Service-producing 1/|  92,622| p93,036|  93,078| p93,189| p93,048|  p-141
    Retail trade......|  20,862| p20,952|  20,989| p20,969| p20,928|   p-41
    Services..........|  32,951| p33,170|  33,185| p33,250| p33,167|   p-83
    Government........|  19,316| p19,313|  19,300| p19,325| p19,313|   p-12
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.5|   p34.4|    34.4|   p34.3|   p33.7|  p-0.6
  Manufacturing.......|    41.5|   p41.4|    41.5|   p41.2|   p39.8|  p-1.4
    Overtime..........|     4.4|    p4.4|     4.4|    p4.3|    p4.1|   p-.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.51| p$11.60|  $11.58| p$11.62| p$11.68| p$0.06
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  396.98| p399.31|  398.35| p398.57| p393.62| p-4.95
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
p=preliminary.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    N.A.= not available.
 
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   The civilian labor force rose by 553,000 in January to a seasonally
adjusted level of 132.8 million.  The labor force participation rate, at
66.5 percent, has shown no clear trend since last spring.  (See table A-1.)
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
   About 1.7 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in January--that is, they wanted and were
available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior
12 months.  The number of discouraged workers--persons who had stopped
looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available
to them--was 409,000 in January.  Both figures were close to their levels
of a year ago.  (See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 201,000 in January to
117.2 million, as a severe blizzard affecting the eastern portion of the
country during the survey reference period kept workers off payrolls in a
number of industries.  The largest decline was in the services industry.
Manufacturing employment also fell substantially, reflecting both the
impact of the weather and continued weakness in several of its component
industries.  In addition to the weather effects, a strike in New York City
that involved building maintenance employees in both the building services
and real estate industries accounted for 20,000 of the overall employment
decline.  (See table B-1.)
 
     Employment in the services industry fell by 83,000 in January.  The
record snowfall resulted in declines in some industries, such as
educational and business services, and limited growth in others, such as
health services.  Within business services, employment in help supply
services was down by 61,000.  While job growth in the help supply industry
has been sluggish in recent months, Januarys large decline also reflected
the impact of the storm.  The number of jobs in building services was down
over the month due to the New York City strike, which reduced employment by
about 13,000 workers.  Personal services employment increased by 20,000,
reflecting strong seasonal hiring among tax preparers.
 
     Retail trade employment was down by 41,000 in January.  The severe
weather conditions contributed to the large employment declines in eating
and drinking places and miscellaneous retail stores, such as toy and hobby
shops.
 
     Transportation and public utilities employment fell by 9,000 in
January, resulting mainly from the impact of the blizzard on the trucking
and warehousing industry.  Continuing a pattern of recent job gains,
employment in finance increased by 10,000 in January, spurred on by growth
in mortgage bankers and brokers and commercial banks.  Employment in
wholesale trade edged down, reflecting the weakness in manufacturing.
 
     Manufacturing employment fell by 72,000 in January.  While employment
in the industry has been on a downward trend since last April, severe
weather conditions caused or added to Januarys job losses in a number of
 
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industries, including apparel, textiles, lumber, and furniture.  Employment
in transportation equipment, which has been slipping since last spring,
fell by 22,000 in January, due to temporary automobile plant shutdowns for
inventory control.  In contrast, employment in electronic components
continued its long-term growth trend.
 
     The construction industry gained 13,000 jobs in January.  Strong
growth in some parts of the country not impacted by the blizzard,
especially the West Coast, more than offset declines in the East.  Weather-
related job losses in parts of heavy construction were offset by snow-
removal hiring in highway construction.  Continuing its growth trend,
employment in special trade contracting rose by 20,000; since August, job
gains have totaled 93,000.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The severe storm during the reference period had a negative impact on
the average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls.  The average workweek, which measures the number of hours
paid, fell by 0.6 hour in January to 33.7 hours, seasonally adjusted.  The
manufacturing workweek declined by 1.4 hours, to 39.8 hours; factory
overtime fell by 0.2 hour to 4.1 hours. (See table B-2.)
 
     The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls fell sharply (2.0 percent), on a
seasonally adjusted basis, to 130.3 (1982=100) in January.  The
manufacturing index, 101.0, declined by 4.1 percent.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers were up 6 cents in January to $11.68, seasonally adjusted; over the
past year, average hourly earnings rose by 3.5 percent.  Because of the
decline in weekly hours, average weekly earnings fell by 1.2 percent to
$393.62, a level that was little different from a year earlier.  (See table
B-3.)
 
                           ____________________
 
   The Employment Situation for February 1996 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, March 8, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
 
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|   The recent shutdown and weather-related closing       |
| of many federal agencies, including the Bureau of       |
|Labor Statistics (BLS), has forced a delay in the        |
|updating of seasonal factors to be used in the first     |
|half of 1996 and the annual revisions in the             |
|seasonally adjusted household survey estimates.  The     |
|seasonally adjusted household survey data for January    |
|1996 presented in this release are based on seasonal     |
|factors calculated for January 1995.  Those factors      |
|for major labor force estimates were published in the    |
|January 1995 issue of Employment and Earnings.  The      |
|revisions of the unadjusted series for 1990-93 to        |
|reflect 1990 census-based population controls, adjusted  |
|for the estimated undercount, also are being postponed.  |
|These revisions have been rescheduled for introduction   |
|with the release of February data on March 8.            |
|   Effective with this release, BLS has discontinued     |
|publishing former table A-9, "Employment status of the   |
|civilian population for 11 large states."  Because of    |
|budget reductions, the Current Population Survey sample  |
|is no longer of sufficient size to provide data for all  |
|of these states directly from the survey.  Beginning     |
|with January 1996, estimates for these states will be    |
|based on the method currently used for each of the       |
|other states and the District of Columbia, and will be   |
|included in the news release, "State and Metropolitan    |
|Area Employment and Unemployment,"  usually issued       |
|about 4 weeks after "The Employment Situation" news      |
|release.                                                 |
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
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         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Jan.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Jan.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.
                                                  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996
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                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 197,753| 199,508| 199,634| 197,753| 199,005| 199,192| 199,355| 199,508| 199,634
  Civilian labor force............................| 130,698| 132,008| 131,396| 132,136| 132,591| 132,648| 132,442| 132,284| 132,837
        Participation rate........................|    66.1|    66.2|    65.8|    66.8|    66.6|    66.6|    66.4|    66.3|    66.5
    Employed......................................| 122,597| 125,136| 123,126| 124,639| 125,140| 125,399| 125,010| 124,904| 125,163
        Employment-population ratio...............|    62.0|    62.7|    61.7|    63.0|    62.9|    63.0|    62.7|    62.6|    62.7
      Agriculture.................................|   3,087|   3,072|   3,068|   3,575|   3,273|   3,455|   3,276|   3,306|   3,548
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 119,510| 122,064| 120,058| 121,064| 121,867| 121,944| 121,734| 121,598| 121,615
    Unemployed....................................|   8,101|   6,872|   8,270|   7,498|   7,451|   7,249|   7,432|   7,380|   7,674
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.2|     5.2|     6.3|     5.7|     5.6|     5.5|     5.6|     5.6|     5.8
  Not in labor force..............................|  67,055|  67,500|  68,238|  65,617|  66,414|  66,544|  66,913|  67,224|  66,797
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,749|  95,661|  95,713|  94,749|  95,397|  95,492|  95,580|  95,661|  95,713
  Civilian labor force............................|  70,597|  70,936|  70,612|  71,476|  71,437|  71,291|  71,156|  71,228|  71,496
        Participation rate........................|    74.5|    74.2|    73.8|    75.4|    74.9|    74.7|    74.4|    74.5|    74.7
    Employed......................................|  65,966|  67,049|  66,006|  67,386|  67,408|  67,494|  67,090|  67,155|  67,418
        Employment-population ratio...............|    69.6|    70.1|    69.0|    71.1|    70.7|    70.7|    70.2|    70.2|    70.4
    Unemployed....................................|   4,631|   3,887|   4,605|   4,090|   4,029|   3,797|   4,065|   4,073|   4,078
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.6|     5.5|     6.5|     5.7|     5.6|     5.3|     5.7|     5.7|     5.7
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              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  87,528|  88,172|  88,223|  87,528|  87,940|  88,027|  88,046|  88,172|  88,223
  Civilian labor force............................|  67,044|  67,164|  66,990|  67,539|  67,343|  67,251|  67,138|  67,190|  67,498
        Participation rate........................|    76.6|    76.2|    75.9|    77.2|    76.6|    76.4|    76.3|    76.2|    76.5
    Employed......................................|  63,086|  63,961|  63,129|  64,133|  64,061|  64,243|  63,837|  63,888|  64,176
        Employment-population ratio...............|    72.1|    72.5|    71.6|    73.3|    72.8|    73.0|    72.5|    72.5|    72.7
      Agriculture.................................|   2,146|   2,121|   2,147|   2,390|   2,266|   2,363|   2,223|   2,233|   2,391
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  60,940|  61,840|  60,982|  61,743|  61,795|  61,880|  61,614|  61,655|  61,785
    Unemployed....................................|   3,958|   3,203|   3,861|   3,406|   3,282|   3,008|   3,301|   3,302|   3,323
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.9|     4.8|     5.8|     5.0|     4.9|     4.5|     4.9|     4.9|     4.9
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             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,004| 103,847| 103,921| 103,004| 103,608| 103,700| 103,775| 103,847| 103,921
  Civilian labor force............................|  60,102|  61,072|  60,784|  60,660|  61,154|  61,357|  61,286|  61,056|  61,341
        Participation rate........................|    58.3|    58.8|    58.5|    58.9|    59.0|    59.2|    59.1|    58.8|    59.0
    Employed......................................|  56,631|  58,087|  57,119|  57,252|  57,732|  57,905|  57,920|  57,749|  57,745
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.0|    55.9|    55.0|    55.6|    55.7|    55.8|    55.8|    55.6|    55.6
    Unemployed....................................|   3,470|   2,986|   3,665|   3,408|   3,422|   3,452|   3,367|   3,308|   3,596
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.8|     4.9|     6.0|     5.6|     5.6|     5.6|     5.5|     5.4|     5.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  95,961|  96,633|  96,717|  95,961|  96,409|  96,487|  96,555|  96,633|  96,717
  Civilian labor force............................|  56,697|  57,506|  57,352|  56,951|  57,392|  57,618|  57,527|  57,330|  57,601
        Participation rate........................|    59.1|    59.5|    59.3|    59.3|    59.5|    59.7|    59.6|    59.3|    59.6
    Employed......................................|  53,753|  55,049|  54,264|  54,134|  54,600|  54,710|  54,790|  54,671|  54,646
        Employment-population ratio...............|    56.0|    57.0|    56.1|    56.4|    56.6|    56.7|    56.7|    56.6|    56.5
      Agriculture.................................|     762|     771|     748|     877|     753|     821|     800|     824|     861
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  52,991|  54,278|  53,516|  53,257|  53,847|  53,889|  53,990|  53,848|  53,785
    Unemployed....................................|   2,944|   2,456|   3,088|   2,817|   2,792|   2,908|   2,737|   2,658|   2,955
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.2|     4.3|     5.4|     4.9|     4.9|     5.0|     4.8|     4.6|     5.1
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,263|  14,703|  14,694|  14,263|  14,657|  14,678|  14,754|  14,703|  14,694
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,957|   7,338|   7,054|   7,646|   7,856|   7,779|   7,778|   7,764|   7,738
        Participation rate........................|    48.8|    49.9|    48.0|    53.6|    53.6|    53.0|    52.7|    52.8|    52.7
    Employed......................................|   5,758|   6,125|   5,733|   6,372|   6,479|   6,446|   6,384|   6,345|   6,341
        Employment-population ratio...............|    40.4|    41.7|    39.0|    44.7|    44.2|    43.9|    43.3|    43.2|    43.2
      Agriculture.................................|     179|     180|     173|     308|     253|     272|     254|     249|     296
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,579|   5,946|   5,560|   6,064|   6,225|   6,174|   6,130|   6,096|   6,045
    Unemployed....................................|   1,199|   1,213|   1,322|   1,274|   1,378|   1,332|   1,394|   1,420|   1,397
        Unemployment rate.........................|    17.2|    16.5|    18.7|    16.7|    17.5|    17.1|    17.9|    18.3|    18.0
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Jan.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Jan.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.
                                                  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996
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                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,361| 167,545| 167,669| 166,361| 167,200| 167,327| 167,441| 167,545| 167,669
  Civilian labor force............................| 110,848| 111,616| 111,180| 111,876| 112,247| 112,232| 111,978| 111,848| 112,217
      Participation rate..........................|    66.6|    66.6|    66.3|    67.2|    67.1|    67.1|    66.9|    66.8|    66.9
    Employed......................................| 104,718| 106,490| 104,900| 106,366| 106,851| 106,815| 106,331| 106,296| 106,551
      Employment-population ratio.................|    62.9|    63.6|    62.6|    63.9|    63.9|    63.8|    63.5|    63.4|    63.5
    Unemployed....................................|   6,129|   5,126|   6,280|   5,510|   5,396|   5,417|   5,648|   5,551|   5,667
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.5|     4.6|     5.6|     4.9|     4.8|     4.8|     5.0|     5.0|     5.0
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,520|  57,675|  57,593|  57,848|  57,790|  57,707|  57,673|  57,694|  57,935
      Participation rate..........................|    77.1|    76.7|    76.6|    77.5|    77.0|    76.9|    76.8|    76.8|    77.0
    Employed......................................|  54,460|  55,256|  54,606|  55,289|  55,318|  55,395|  55,086|  55,201|  55,438
      Employment-population ratio.................|    73.0|    73.5|    72.6|    74.1|    73.8|    73.8|    73.3|    73.4|    73.7
    Unemployed....................................|   3,060|   2,419|   2,987|   2,559|   2,472|   2,312|   2,587|   2,494|   2,497
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.3|     4.2|     5.2|     4.4|     4.3|     4.0|     4.5|     4.3|     4.3
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  47,302|  47,764|  47,546|  47,443|  47,958|  48,003|  47,821|  47,652|  47,681
      Participation rate..........................|    58.9|    59.1|    58.8|    59.0|    59.4|    59.5|    59.2|    59.0|    59.0
    Employed......................................|  45,147|  45,934|  45,285|  45,419|  45,988|  45,871|  45,792|  45,615|  45,559
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.2|    56.9|    56.0|    56.5|    57.0|    56.8|    56.7|    56.5|    56.4
    Unemployed....................................|   2,155|   1,829|   2,261|   2,024|   1,970|   2,131|   2,030|   2,037|   2,123
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.6|     3.8|     4.8|     4.3|     4.1|     4.4|     4.2|     4.3|     4.5
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,026|   6,177|   6,041|   6,586|   6,499|   6,522|   6,484|   6,501|   6,601
      Participation rate..........................|    53.1|    53.2|    52.0|    58.1|    56.4|    56.5|    56.0|    56.0|    56.8
    Employed......................................|   5,112|   5,300|   5,008|   5,658|   5,544|   5,549|   5,453|   5,481|   5,554
      Employment-population ratio.................|    45.1|    45.7|    43.1|    49.9|    48.1|    48.0|    47.1|    47.2|    47.8
    Unemployed....................................|     914|     878|   1,033|     928|     955|     973|   1,031|   1,021|   1,047
      Unemployment rate...........................|    15.2|    14.2|    17.1|    14.1|    14.7|    14.9|    15.9|    15.7|    15.9
        Men.......................................|    17.2|    15.4|    18.7|    15.0|    16.0|    17.6|    16.8|    16.0|    16.5
        Women.....................................|    13.1|    13.0|    15.3|    13.1|    13.3|    12.0|    15.0|    15.4|    15.1
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                      BLACK
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  23,089|  23,419|  23,424|  23,089|  23,323|  23,357|  23,389|  23,419|  23,424
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,420|  14,888|  14,752|  14,697|  14,823|  14,883|  15,071|  15,017|  15,029
      Participation rate..........................|    62.5|    63.6|    63.0|    63.7|    63.6|    63.7|    64.4|    64.1|    64.2
    Employed......................................|  12,893|  13,489|  13,152|  13,192|  13,147|  13,413|  13,662|  13,481|  13,453
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.8|    57.6|    56.1|    57.1|    56.4|    57.4|    58.4|    57.6|    57.4
    Unemployed....................................|   1,527|   1,399|   1,600|   1,505|   1,676|   1,470|   1,409|   1,536|   1,577
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.6|     9.4|    10.8|    10.2|    11.3|     9.9|     9.4|    10.2|    10.5
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,680|   6,681|   6,657|   6,796|   6,729|   6,688|   6,663|   6,715|   6,772
      Participation rate..........................|    72.3|    71.5|    71.2|    73.6|    72.4|    71.8|    71.8|    71.9|    72.4
    Employed......................................|   5,999|   6,080|   5,969|   6,172|   6,083|   6,158|   6,118|   6,050|   6,141
      Employment-population ratio.................|    64.9|    65.1|    63.8|    66.8|    65.4|    66.1|    66.0|    64.7|    65.7
    Unemployed....................................|     681|     602|     689|     624|     646|     530|     544|     666|     631
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.2|     9.0|    10.3|     9.2|     9.6|     7.9|     8.2|     9.9|     9.3
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,057|   7,327|   7,315|   7,127|   7,116|   7,284|   7,414|   7,338|   7,387
      Participation rate..........................|    60.8|    62.3|    62.2|    61.4|    60.7|    62.1|    63.1|    62.4|    62.8
    Employed......................................|   6,436|   6,815|   6,651|   6,521|   6,442|   6,645|   6,857|   6,808|   6,739
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.4|    58.0|    56.5|    56.2|    55.0|    56.6|    58.4|    57.9|    57.3
    Unemployed....................................|     620|     512|     664|     606|     674|     638|     558|     530|     649
      Unemployment rate...........................|     8.8|     7.0|     9.1|     8.5|     9.5|     8.8|     7.5|     7.2|     8.8
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|     683|     880|     780|     773|     978|     911|     994|     964|     870
      Participation rate..........................|    30.5|    38.0|    33.8|    34.6|    42.4|    39.4|    42.0|    41.6|    37.7
    Employed......................................|     458|     594|     532|     499|     622|     610|     687|     623|     573
      Employment-population ratio.................|    20.5|    25.7|    23.1|    22.3|    27.0|    26.4|    29.0|    26.9|    24.8
    Unemployed....................................|     226|     286|     248|     275|     356|     301|     307|     341|     297
      Unemployment rate...........................|    33.0|    32.5|    31.8|    35.5|    36.4|    33.1|    30.9|    35.3|    34.1
        Men.......................................|    32.5|    37.7|    37.3|    34.0|    32.7|    33.6|    32.0|    40.6|    38.1
        Women.....................................|    33.6|    27.5|    27.1|    37.1|    39.7|    32.6|    29.8|    30.4|    30.4
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  18,368|  18,889|  18,929|  18,368|  18,752|  18,800|  18,845|  18,889|  18,929
  Civilian labor force............................|  11,939|  12,374|  12,393|  12,036|  12,456|  12,504|  12,437|  12,444|  12,505
      Participation rate..........................|    65.0|    65.5|    65.5|    65.5|    66.4|    66.5|    66.0|    65.9|    66.1
    Employed......................................|  10,595|  11,267|  11,102|  10,811|  11,351|  11,333|  11,269|  11,289|  11,329
      Employment-population ratio.................|    57.7|    59.6|    58.7|    58.9|    60.5|    60.3|    59.8|    59.8|    59.8
    Unemployed....................................|   1,344|   1,108|   1,291|   1,224|   1,105|   1,171|   1,168|   1,155|   1,176
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.3|     9.0|    10.4|    10.2|     8.9|     9.4|     9.4|     9.3|     9.4
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   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
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Jan.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Jan.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.
                                                  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|122,597 |125,136 |123,126 |124,639 |125,140 |125,399 |125,010 |124,904 |125,163
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,185 | 42,129 | 41,580 | 41,601 | 42,257 | 42,393 | 42,049 | 42,045 | 42,000
  Married women, spouse present...................| 31,578 | 32,366 | 31,854 | 31,705 | 32,175 | 32,234 | 32,176 | 32,014 | 31,982
  Women who maintain families.....................|  7,055 |  7,209 |  7,214 |  7,199 |  7,100 |  7,055 |  7,295 |  7,341 |  7,361
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 34,507 | 35,856 | 35,614 | 34,423 | 35,602 | 35,827 | 35,730 | 35,647 | 35,530
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,155 | 37,474 | 36,761 | 37,267 | 37,606 | 37,365 | 37,334 | 36,993 | 36,871
  Service occupations.............................| 16,672 | 16,730 | 16,487 | 17,012 | 16,818 | 17,084 | 16,909 | 16,831 | 16,823
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,398 | 13,484 | 13,302 | 13,784 | 13,506 | 13,463 | 13,274 | 13,497 | 13,685
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,644 | 18,328 | 17,755 | 18,212 | 17,974 | 17,995 | 18,264 | 18,323 | 18,328
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,221 |  3,264 |  3,207 |  3,881 |  3,567 |  3,699 |  3,581 |  3,618 |  3,864
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,523 |  1,618 |  1,609 |  1,866 |  1,744 |  1,844 |  1,743 |  1,753 |  1,971
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,533 |  1,422 |  1,420 |  1,663 |  1,491 |  1,541 |  1,500 |  1,549 |  1,540
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     31 |     32 |     40 |     35 |     43 |     48 |     34 |     39 |     45
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|110,646 |113,084 |111,267 |111,987 |112,674 |112,950 |112,802 |112,570 |112,614
      Government..................................| 18,331 | 18,274 | 18,044 | 18,295 | 18,196 | 18,193 | 18,295 | 18,201 | 18,008
      Private industries..........................| 92,315 | 94,811 | 93,223 | 93,692 | 94,478 | 94,756 | 94,507 | 94,369 | 94,606
        Private households........................|    959 |    973 |    874 |  1,075 |    982 |    980 |    994 |    996 |    980
        Other industries..........................| 91,355 | 93,838 | 92,349 | 92,617 | 93,495 | 93,776 | 93,513 | 93,374 | 93,626
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,768 |  8,883 |  8,708 |  9,039 |  9,017 |  8,943 |  8,822 |  8,883 |  8,977
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     96 |     97 |     83 |     95 |    121 |    100 |    104 |    106 |     83
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
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  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,848 |  4,410 |  4,320 |  4,693 |  4,589 |  4,400 |  4,410 |  4,445 |  4,182
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,795 |  2,609 |  2,580 |  2,504 |  2,535 |  2,515 |  2,519 |  2,538 |  2,312
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,704 |  1,485 |  1,466 |  1,777 |  1,738 |  1,636 |  1,647 |  1,593 |  1,528
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,173 | 18,477 | 17,542 | 17,940 | 17,959 | 17,683 | 17,265 | 17,220 | 17,317
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,620 |  4,218 |  4,103 |  4,430 |  4,451 |  4,255 |  4,272 |  4,326 |  3,934
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,638 |  2,491 |  2,427 |  2,359 |  2,432 |  2,441 |  2,418 |  2,452 |  2,171
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,677 |  1,464 |  1,444 |  1,737 |  1,716 |  1,582 |  1,631 |  1,567 |  1,497
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,584 | 17,882 | 16,933 | 17,307 | 17,389 | 17,044 | 16,648 | 16,603 | 16,666
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   NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
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                                                  |  Jan.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Jan.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.
                                                  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  7,498 |  7,380 |   7,674|   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.8
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,406 |  3,302 |   3,323|   5.0  |   4.9  |   4.5  |   4.9  |   4.9  |   4.9
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  2,817 |  2,658 |   2,955|   4.9  |   4.9  |   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.6  |   5.1
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,274 |  1,420 |   1,397|  16.7  |  17.5  |  17.1  |  17.9  |  18.3  |  18.0
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,455 |  1,354 |   1,437|   3.4  |   3.5  |   3.1  |   3.3  |   3.1  |   3.3
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,204 |  1,244 |   1,289|   3.7  |   3.9  |   3.9  |   3.8  |   3.7  |   3.9
   Women who maintain families....................|    705 |    516 |     666|   8.9  |   8.0  |   7.9  |   7.7  |   6.6  |   8.3
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   Full-time workers..............................|  5,938 |  5,902 |   6,171|   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.7
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,548 |  1,460 |   1,497|   6.2  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.9  |   6.0  |   6.0
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                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    802 |    903 |     880|   2.3  |   2.4  |   2.3  |   2.6  |   2.5  |   2.4
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  1,808 |  1,732 |   1,800|   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.5  |   4.1  |   4.5  |   4.7
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|    849 |    820 |     773|   5.8  |   6.1  |   6.0  |   6.7  |   5.7  |   5.3
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,631 |  1,688 |   1,687|   8.2  |   8.4  |   7.9  |   8.3  |   8.4  |   8.4
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    329 |    298 |     350|   7.8  |   7.1  |   8.3  |   7.7  |   7.6  |   8.3
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  5,649 |  5,832 |   5,833|   5.7  |   5.9  |   5.7  |   5.8  |   5.8  |   5.8
     Goods-producing industries...................|  1,779 |  1,857 |   1,817|   6.4  |   6.6  |   6.4  |   6.9  |   6.5  |   6.4
       Mining.....................................|     38 |     54 |      33|   5.1  |   3.3  |   8.8  |   7.1  |   8.3  |   5.2
       Construction...............................|    767 |    740 |     743|  11.7  |  12.7  |  11.7  |  12.2  |  11.4  |  11.1
       Manufacturing..............................|    974 |  1,064 |   1,041|   4.7  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   5.3  |   5.0  |   4.9
         Durable goods............................|    495 |    553 |     537|   4.2  |   4.0  |   4.2  |   4.8  |   4.5  |   4.3
         Nondurable goods.........................|    479 |    511 |     504|   5.4  |   5.9  |   5.3  |   6.1  |   5.7  |   5.7
     Service-producing industries.................|  3,870 |  3,976 |   4,016|   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.5  |   5.6
       Transportation and public utilities........|    341 |    344 |     271|   4.7  |   4.5  |   4.2  |   4.0  |   4.9  |   3.9
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,721 |  1,680 |   1,762|   6.6  |   7.2  |   6.3  |   6.2  |   6.5  |   6.8
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    215 |    236 |     196|   2.9  |   2.9  |   3.3  |   2.8  |   3.3  |   2.8
       Services...................................|  1,593 |  1,716 |   1,787|   5.2  |   5.1  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.6
   Government workers.............................|    602 |    504 |     529|   3.2  |   2.7  |   2.8  |   3.0  |   2.7  |   2.9
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    225 |    265 |     237|  10.7  |  11.6  |  12.2  |  11.8  |  13.2  |  10.8
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Jan.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Jan.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.
                                                  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  3,307 |  2,327 |  3,301 |  2,937 |  2,868 |  2,740 |  2,812 |  2,712 |  2,932
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,265 |  2,405 |  2,485 |  2,122 |  2,272 |  2,348 |  2,376 |  2,434 |  2,329
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,529 |  2,140 |  2,483 |  2,386 |  2,352 |  2,296 |  2,297 |  2,307 |  2,343
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,143 |  1,014 |  1,215 |  1,033 |  1,071 |  1,068 |  1,048 |  1,082 |  1,105
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,387 |  1,126 |  1,268 |  1,353 |  1,281 |  1,228 |  1,249 |  1,224 |  1,237
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   16.5 |   16.2 |   15.5 |   16.7 |   16.3 |   16.2 |   16.5 |   16.2 |   15.7
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    7.7 |    8.2 |    7.9 |    7.9 |    8.0 |    8.1 |    7.9 |    8.2 |    8.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total unemployed.................................|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0
   Less than 5 weeks..............................|   40.8 |   33.9 |   39.9 |   39.4 |   38.3 |   37.1 |   37.6 |   36.4 |   38.6
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   28.0 |   35.0 |   30.1 |   28.5 |   30.3 |   31.8 |   31.7 |   32.7 |   30.6
   15 weeks and over..............................|   31.2 |   31.1 |   30.0 |   32.0 |   31.4 |   31.1 |   30.7 |   31.0 |   30.8
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   14.1 |   14.8 |   14.7 |   13.9 |   14.3 |   14.5 |   14.0 |   14.5 |   14.5
     27 weeks and over............................|   17.1 |   16.4 |   15.3 |   18.2 |   17.1 |   16.6 |   16.7 |   16.4 |   16.3
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |                       |
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Jan.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Jan.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.
                                                           | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1996
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  4,350|  3,533|  4,425|  3,658|  3,367|  3,452|  3,516|  3,495|  3,721
  On temporary layoff......................................|  1,539|  1,090|  1,728|  1,061|    874|    972|  1,062|  1,001|  1,191
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  2,810|  2,443|  2,697|  2,598|  2,492|  2,480|  2,455|  2,494|  2,531
    Permanent job losers...................................|  1,995|  1,716|  1,853|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    816|    727|    844|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
Job leavers................................................|    686|    795|    803|    694|    887|    753|    856|    937|    813
Reentrants.................................................|  2,580|  2,098|  2,503|  2,488|  2,578|  2,502|  2,509|  2,431|  2,413
New entrants...............................................|    485|    446|    540|    597|    614|    550|    573|    609|    652
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                   PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Total unemployed...........................................|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0|  100.0
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|   53.7|   51.4|   53.5|   49.2|   45.2|   47.6|   47.2|   46.8|   49.0
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   19.0|   15.9|   20.9|   14.3|   11.7|   13.4|   14.2|   13.4|   15.7
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   34.7|   35.6|   32.6|   34.9|   33.5|   34.2|   32.9|   33.4|   33.3
 Job leavers...............................................|    8.5|   11.6|    9.7|    9.3|   11.9|   10.4|   11.5|   12.5|   10.7
 Reentrants................................................|   31.8|   30.5|   30.3|   33.4|   34.6|   34.5|   33.7|   32.5|   31.8
 New entrants..............................................|    6.0|    6.5|    6.5|    8.0|    8.3|    7.6|    7.7|    8.1|    8.6
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    3.3|    2.7|    3.4|    2.8|    2.5|    2.6|    2.7|    2.6|    2.8
 Job leavers...............................................|     .5|     .6|     .6|     .5|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .7|     .6
 Reentrants................................................|    2.0|    1.6|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.8|    1.8
 New entrants..............................................|     .4|     .3|     .4|     .5|     .5|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .5
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   1/  Not available.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Jan.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Jan.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.
                                                  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Total, 16 years and over..........................|  7,498 |  7,380 |  7,674 |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.8
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,464 |  2,655 |  2,713 |  11.4  |  12.8  |  12.3  |  12.1  |  12.5  |  12.8
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,274 |  1,420 |  1,397 |  16.7  |  17.5  |  17.1  |  17.9  |  18.3  |  18.0
      16 to 17 years..............................|    633 |    666 |    656 |  20.0  |  19.8  |  20.3  |  19.8  |  21.0  |  20.7
      18 to 19 years..............................|    629 |    749 |    727 |  14.2  |  15.8  |  14.9  |  16.7  |  16.4  |  16.0
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,190 |  1,236 |  1,316 |   8.5  |  10.1  |   9.5  |   8.7  |   9.2  |   9.8
  25 years and over...............................|  4,971 |  4,790 |  4,903 |   4.5  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.4
    25 to 54 years................................|  4,365 |  4,213 |  4,338 |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.5
    55 years and over.............................|    606 |    542 |    566 |   3.9  |   3.6  |   3.4  |   3.8  |   3.5  |   3.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,090 |  4,073 |  4,078 |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.3  |   5.7  |   5.7  |   5.7
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,366 |  1,478 |  1,437 |  12.0  |  12.9  |  13.0  |  12.7  |  13.1  |  12.9
      16 to 19 years..............................|    684 |    770 |    756 |  17.4  |  18.3  |  19.5  |  19.0  |  19.1  |  18.9
        16 to 17 years............................|    338 |    357 |    362 |  20.9  |  20.2  |  21.6  |  22.0  |  21.6  |  22.4
        18 to 19 years............................|    329 |    407 |    377 |  14.5  |  16.8  |  17.9  |  17.4  |  17.1  |  16.0
      20 to 24 years..............................|    682 |    708 |    682 |   9.1  |   9.8  |   9.3  |   9.2  |   9.8  |   9.5
    25 years and over.............................|  2,672 |  2,626 |  2,589 |   4.5  |   4.3  |   3.9  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.3
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,352 |  2,314 |  2,300 |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.0  |   4.5  |   4.5  |   4.5
      55 years and over...........................|    347 |    290 |    319 |   4.0  |   4.0  |   3.2  |   3.7  |   3.3  |   3.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,408 |  3,308 |  3,596 |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.9
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,098 |  1,177 |  1,276 |  10.7  |  12.8  |  11.5  |  11.3  |  11.9  |  12.8
      16 to 19 years..............................|    591 |    649 |    641 |  15.9  |  16.8  |  14.5  |  16.8  |  17.4  |  17.1
        16 to 17 years............................|    294 |    310 |    294 |  19.1  |  19.3  |  19.0  |  17.6  |  20.2  |  19.0
        18 to 19 years............................|    300 |    342 |    350 |  13.9  |  14.8  |  11.6  |  15.9  |  15.6  |  16.0
      20 to 24 years..............................|    508 |    528 |    635 |   7.8  |  10.4  |   9.7  |   8.0  |   8.5  |  10.2
    25 years and over.............................|  2,299 |  2,163 |  2,313 |   4.6  |   4.2  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.5
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,014 |  1,900 |  2,038 |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.7  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.6
      55 years and over...........................|    259 |    252 |    247 |   3.7  |   3.0  |   3.7  |   4.0  |   3.7  |   3.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                                      |                   |                   |
                               Category                               |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                                                                       ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                      |  Jan.   |  Jan.   |  Jan.   |  Jan.   |  Jan.   |  Jan.
                                                                      |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996
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                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total not in the labor force..........................................|  67,055 |  68,238 |  24,152 |  25,101 |  42,902 |  43,137
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................|   5,999 |   5,751 |   2,407 |   2,340 |   3,592 |   3,410
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................|   1,783 |   1,737 |     821 |     871 |     962 |     865
   Reason not currently looking:                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................|     440 |     409 |     248 |     241 |     192 |     167
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................|   1,343 |   1,328 |     573 |     630 |     770 |     698
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................|   7,156 |   7,127 |   3,855 |   3,758 |   3,301 |   3,370
    Percent of total employed.........................................|     5.8 |     5.8 |     5.8 |     5.7 |     5.8 |     5.9
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................|   4,288 |   4,013 |   2,616 |   2,366 |   1,673 |   1,647
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................|   1,533 |   1,605 |     456 |     498 |   1,077 |   1,107
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................|     233 |     239 |     176 |     173 |      57 |      66
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................|   1,074 |   1,236 |     596 |     699 |     478 |     538
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   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Jan.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Jan.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.
                                                 | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1996p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|114,014|118,158|118,176|115,378|115,810|116,932|117,000|117,212|117,373|117,172
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 94,849| 98,436| 98,503| 96,120| 96,588| 97,612| 97,685| 97,912| 98,048| 97,859
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................| 23,697| 24,335| 24,102| 23,538| 24,293| 24,157| 24,159| 24,134| 24,184| 24,124
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    580|    574|    567|    555|    590|    573|    571|    567|    566|    565
       Metal mining..............................|   49.8|   50.8|   50.8|   50.6|     50|     51|     51|     51|     51|     51
       Coal mining...............................|  109.8|  105.3|  103.2|  101.5|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  323.9|  310.9|  310.5|  305.1|    325|    311|    309|    306|    307|    306
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|   96.1|  106.6|  102.9|   97.6|    105|    105|    105|    105|    105|    106
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  4,743|  5,434|  5,210|  4,854|  5,201|  5,262|  5,287|  5,295|  5,302|  5,315
       General building contractors..............|1,182.7|1,256.4|1,230.2|1,166.5|  1,250|  1,229|  1,230|  1,234|  1,234|  1,230
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  617.1|  775.7|  696.2|  611.1|    742|    750|    749|    739|    737|    734
       Special trade contractors.................|2,943.4|3,401.8|3,283.9|3,076.3|  3,209|  3,283|  3,308|  3,322|  3,331|  3,351
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 18,374| 18,327| 18,325| 18,129| 18,502| 18,322| 18,301| 18,272| 18,316| 18,244
         Production workers......................| 12,698| 12,662| 12,659| 12,495| 12,813| 12,659| 12,634| 12,616| 12,654| 12,595
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,544| 10,588| 10,633| 10,535| 10,596| 10,572| 10,565| 10,553| 10,613| 10,581
         Production workers......................|  7,213|  7,240|  7,285|  7,204|  7,259|  7,232|  7,220|  7,211|  7,268|  7,240
       Lumber and wood products..................|  754.5|  756.4|  754.8|  735.7|    767|    752|    755|    753|    756|    751
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  506.7|  498.0|  499.0|  494.6|    508|    495|    494|    495|    497|    495
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  522.1|  543.1|  532.9|  516.5|    542|    537|    538|    539|    538|    536
       Primary metal industries..................|  715.5|  715.4|  717.0|  715.2|    716|    710|    711|    714|    715|    715
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  239.5|  239.3|  240.0|  239.0|    239|    238|    238|    239|    239|    239
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,423.3|1,440.0|1,441.7|1,433.0|  1,428|  1,429|  1,433|  1,433|  1,437|  1,437
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,016.7|2,056.5|2,068.7|2,067.9|  2,017|  2,047|  2,055|  2,061|  2,069|  2,068
         Computer and office equipment...........|  340.7|  343.7|  344.7|  345.2|    341|    340|    344|    344|    345|    345
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,606.7|1,643.2|1,649.1|1,642.2|  1,608|  1,631|  1,635|  1,637|  1,643|  1,644
         Electronic components and accessories...|  562.9|  599.2|  604.8|  605.6|    563|    591|    596|    599|    604|    606
       Transportation equipment..................|1,760.2|1,697.9|1,739.1|1,707.2|  1,764|  1,738|  1,713|  1,691|  1,727|  1,705
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  924.7|  924.1|  939.0|  908.8|    932|    932|    933|    920|    929|    916
         Aircraft and parts......................|  459.5|  411.5|  439.2|  437.9|    459|    439|    413|    409|    437|    437
       Instruments and related products..........|  849.1|  837.7|  837.8|  836.0|    850|    842|    840|    836|    837|    837
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  389.1|  400.0|  393.3|  386.4|    396|    391|    391|    394|    394|    393
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,830|  7,739|  7,692|  7,594|  7,906|  7,750|  7,736|  7,719|  7,703|  7,663
         Production workers......................|  5,485|  5,422|  5,374|  5,291|  5,554|  5,427|  5,414|  5,405|  5,386|  5,355
       Food and kindred products.................|1,646.8|1,686.9|1,665.1|1,632.8|  1,690|  1,680|  1,683|  1,679|  1,682|  1,675
       Tobacco products..........................|   43.1|   39.5|   40.9|   40.2|     40|     39|     39|     38|     38|     38
       Textile mill products.....................|  667.9|  644.1|  637.8|  625.7|    672|    644|    643|    643|    638|    629
       Apparel and other textile products........|  945.1|  882.2|  867.1|  845.9|    957|    898|    884|    877|    870|    857
       Paper and allied products.................|  689.9|  682.0|  681.4|  677.8|    693|    684|    684|    682|    681|    681
       Printing and publishing...................|1,556.3|1,556.3|1,559.3|1,542.8|  1,557|  1,552|  1,550|  1,552|  1,550|  1,543
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,049.6|1,037.3|1,035.0|1,035.1|  1,055|  1,040|  1,041|  1,039|  1,036|  1,039
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  142.6|  139.9|  137.2|  134.7|    147|    141|    141|    139|    139|    139
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  977.1|  965.6|  964.7|  958.5|    982|    966|    965|    966|    966|    961
       Leather and leather products..............|  112.0|  105.6|  103.4|  100.8|    113|    106|    106|    104|    103|    101
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service_producing.............................| 90,317| 93,823| 94,074| 91,840| 91,517| 92,775| 92,841| 93,078| 93,189| 93,048
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  6,063|  6,285|  6,318|  6,180|  6,129|  6,206|  6,217|  6,240|  6,251|  6,242
       Transportation............................|  3,832|  4,017|  4,057|  3,930|  3,886|  3,938|  3,947|  3,973|  3,987|  3,980
         Railroad transportation.................|  236.3|  236.7|  235.9|  232.6|    241|    236|    236|    236|    237|    237
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  438.2|  479.9|  483.6|  477.3|    428|    457|    457|    462|    467|    467
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,818.9|1,923.7|1,955.6|1,848.2|  1,864|  1,872|  1,882|  1,895|  1,900|  1,892
         Water transportation....................|  158.9|  153.6|  150.7|  147.3|    166|    157|    155|    157|    154|    154
         Transportation by air...................|  750.0|  780.2|  789.3|  786.6|    754|    770|    774|    780|    787|    789
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   16.9|   16.0|   15.9|   15.5|     17|     16|     16|     16|     16|     16
         Transportation services.................|  413.1|  427.1|  425.8|  422.7|    416|    430|    427|    427|    426|    425
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,231|  2,268|  2,261|  2,250|  2,243|  2,268|  2,270|  2,267|  2,264|  2,262
         Communications..........................|1,320.5|1,370.7|1,364.1|1,360.8|  1,327|  1,366|  1,367|  1,367|  1,363|  1,368
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  910.5|  897.7|  896.9|  889.5|    916|    902|    903|    900|    901|    894
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  6,198|  6,386|  6,390|  6,338|  6,251|  6,346|  6,359|  6,373|  6,393|  6,389
       Durable goods.............................|  3,595|  3,708|  3,718|  3,702|  3,615|  3,686|  3,697|  3,708|  3,718|  3,721
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,603|  2,678|  2,672|  2,636|  2,636|  2,660|  2,662|  2,665|  2,675|  2,668
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  _______________________________________________________________________________
 
   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
   Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry-Continued
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Jan.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Jan.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.
                                                 | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1996p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................| 20,432| 21,279| 21,566| 20,608| 20,760| 20,899| 20,897| 20,989| 20,969| 20,928
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  806.7|  854.2|  853.8|  826.6|    851|    853|    853|    860|    865|    872
       General merchandise stores................|2,615.5|2,732.2|2,795.6|2,566.1|  2,562|  2,534|  2,556|  2,553|  2,516|  2,511
         Department stores.......................|2,284.6|2,402.1|2,449.6|2,249.4|  2,236|  2,220|  2,245|  2,239|  2,207|  2,199
       Food stores...............................|3,307.0|3,417.7|3,448.8|3,374.2|  3,325|  3,368|  3,372|  3,394|  3,391|  3,391
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,152.2|2,234.4|2,234.1|2,222.6|  2,182|  2,223|  2,231|  2,237|  2,248|  2,252
         New and used car dealers................|  986.5|1,014.4|1,013.6|1,014.5|    993|  1,005|  1,008|  1,013|  1,017|  1,021
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,129.2|1,127.0|1,173.6|1,089.2|  1,122|  1,078|  1,074|  1,086|  1,072|  1,082
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  940.5|  986.8|1,006.1|  982.1|    933|    959|    962|    966|    966|    974
       Eating and drinking places................|6,878.2|7,204.3|7,242.6|6,936.0|  7,188|  7,259|  7,236|  7,262|  7,279|  7,240
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,602.2|2,722.7|2,811.3|2,611.2|  2,597|  2,625|  2,613|  2,631|  2,632|  2,606
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,863|  6,971|  6,985|  6,946|  6,927|  6,957|  6,977|  6,991|  7,001|  7,009
       Finance...................................|  3,300|  3,330|  3,342|  3,340|  3,312|  3,316|  3,325|  3,337|  3,342|  3,352
         Depository institutions.................|2,062.3|2,046.5|2,049.2|2,046.8|  2,067|  2,049|  2,048|  2,051|  2,047|  2,051
           Commercial banks......................|1,492.5|1,487.6|1,491.0|1,489.2|  1,497|  1,487|  1,489|  1,492|  1,491|  1,494
           Savings institutions..................|  292.4|  275.6|  273.5|  272.6|    293|    279|    277|    276|    273|    273
         Nondepository institutions..............|  477.0|  501.0|  506.8|  509.7|    478|    491|    497|    503|    508|    511
           Mortgage bankers and brokers..........|  227.1|  237.3|  239.8|  243.6|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  527.0|  532.2|  535.1|  535.1|    530|    531|    532|    533|    536|    538
         Holding and other investment offices....|  234.0|  250.2|  251.1|  248.8|    237|    245|    248|    250|    251|    252
       Insurance.................................|  2,228|  2,250|  2,253|  2,253|  2,233|  2,249|  2,253|  2,252|  2,256|  2,258
         Insurance carriers......................|1,531.5|1,540.7|1,541.2|1,540.5|  1,535|  1,542|  1,543|  1,542|  1,543|  1,544
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  696.3|  709.0|  712.0|  712.2|    698|    707|    710|    710|    713|    714
       Real estate...............................|  1,335|  1,391|  1,390|  1,353|  1,382|  1,392|  1,399|  1,402|  1,403|  1,399
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services3/..................................| 31,596| 33,180| 33,142| 32,510| 32,228| 33,047| 33,076| 33,185| 33,250| 33,167
       Agricultural services.....................|  483.0|  588.5|  552.7|  507.6|    575|    588|    593|    593|    602|    604
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|  1,526|  1,568|  1,565|  1,532|  1,614|  1,635|  1,621|  1,630|  1,629|  1,623
       Personal services.........................|  1,193|  1,113|  1,125|  1,204|  1,148|  1,135|  1,138|  1,139|  1,136|  1,156
       Business services.........................|  6,348|  6,885|  6,867|  6,563|  6,513|  6,745|  6,752|  6,769|  6,799|  6,724
         Services to buildings...................|    854|    892|    892|    873|    868|    888|    889|    890|    895|    887
         Personnel supply services...............|  2,270|  2,541|  2,512|  2,262|  2,408|  2,458|  2,446|  2,450|  2,453|  2,391
           Help supply services..................|  2,012|  2,253|  2,222|  1,993|  2,138|  2,174|  2,170|  2,168|  2,170|  2,109
         Computer and data processing services...|    997|  1,090|  1,103|  1,101|    994|  1,072|  1,081|  1,089|  1,101|  1,097
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|    993|  1,041|  1,047|  1,043|  1,006|  1,029|  1,039|  1,043|  1,053|  1,056
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|    335|    342|    345|    341|    340|    343|    341|    342|    347|    345
       Motion pictures...........................|    541|    591|    595|    590|    545|    602|    596|    593|    589|    595
       Amusement and recreation services.........|  1,211|  1,334|  1,323|  1,269|  1,380|  1,501|  1,485|  1,500|  1,470|  1,459
       Health services...........................|  9,113|  9,386|  9,415|  9,386|  9,141|  9,324|  9,349|  9,386|  9,405|  9,414
         Offices and clinics of medical doctors..|  1,558|  1,608|  1,617|  1,608|  1,563|  1,599|  1,600|  1,609|  1,616|  1,615
         Nursing and personal care facilities....|  1,666|  1,717|  1,718|  1,712|  1,672|  1,704|  1,706|  1,713|  1,717|  1,717
         Hospitals...............................|  3,788|  3,833|  3,839|  3,841|  3,792|  3,827|  3,832|  3,833|  3,839|  3,845
         Home health care services...............|    585|    628|    629|    621|    591|    619|    622|    626|    629|    627
       Legal services............................|    925|    929|    929|    925|    931|    932|    930|    930|    931|    930
       Educational services......................|  1,812|  2,042|  2,004|  1,842|  1,843|  1,883|  1,892|  1,890|  1,899|  1,874
       Social services...........................|  2,231|  2,304|  2,309|  2,287|  2,244|  2,294|  2,291|  2,293|  2,298|  2,299
         Child day care services.................|    521|    541|    541|    534|    514|    529|    525|    525|    527|    528
         Residential care........................|    621|    639|    642|    642|    623|    640|    640|    640|    642|    644
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|     73|     81|     80|     76|     80|     81|     82|     83|     83|     84
       Membership organizations..................|  2,028|  2,050|  2,050|  2,020|  2,062|  2,056|  2,052|  2,060|  2,062|  2,055
       Engineering and management services.......|  2,612|  2,754|  2,763|  2,752|  2,634|  2,728|  2,743|  2,762|  2,774|  2,777
         Engineering and architectural services..|    784|    813|    812|    810|    793|    806|    810|    813|    816|    819
         Management and public relations.........|    741|    834|    838|    828|    752|    823|    826|    835|    842|    841
       Services, nec.............................|   40.6|   42.4|   42.0|   41.1|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 19,165| 19,722| 19,673| 19,258| 19,222| 19,320| 19,315| 19,300| 19,325| 19,313
       Federal...................................|  2,820|  2,783|  2,814|  2,768|  2,838|  2,812|  2,801|  2,800|  2,794|  2,788
         Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,985.3|1,932.3|1,919.7|1,909.7|  2,004|  1,966|  1,952|  1,946|  1,937|  1,931
       State.....................................|  4,539|  4,737|  4,678|  4,528|  4,599|  4,601|  4,600|  4,599|  4,590|  4,586
         Education...............................|1,855.5|2,080.4|2,028.4|1,879.2|  1,889|  1,919|  1,917|  1,919|  1,914|  1,914
         Other State government..................|2,683.9|2,656.3|2,649.7|2,648.3|  2,710|  2,682|  2,683|  2,680|  2,676|  2,672
       Local.....................................| 11,806| 12,202| 12,181| 11,962| 11,785| 11,907| 11,914| 11,901| 11,941| 11,939
         Education...............................|6,730.9|7,023.7|7,020.3|6,834.7|  6,577|  6,683|  6,663|  6,670|  6,686|  6,681
         Other local government..................|5,075.1|5,178.7|5,160.7|5,126.8|  5,208|  5,224|  5,251|  5,231|  5,255|  5,258
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      1/  These series are not published seasonally adjusted        because it has very little irregular movement.  Thus,
   because the seasonal component, which is small relative          the not seasonally adjusted series can be used
   to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot              for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends.
   be separated with sufficient precision.                             3/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
      2/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment           p = preliminary.
 
 
      NOTE:  The October estimates for Federal Government and
   higher aggregates have been revised upward by 2,000 due to a
   furlough-related delay in incorporating the final counts.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Jan.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Jan.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.
                                                 | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1996p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Total private...........................|  34.4 |  34.4 |  34.5 |  33.4 |  34.8 |  34.5 |  34.6 |  34.4 |  34.3 |  33.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................|  41.1 |  41.2 |  41.1 |  39.1 |  41.6 |  41.1 |  41.0 |  40.9 |  40.6 |  39.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|  44.8 |  44.8 |  44.8 |  43.5 |  44.9 |  45.0 |  45.0 |  44.3 |  44.5 |  43.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  37.7 |  38.5 |  38.0 |  36.6 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................|  42.0 |  41.9 |  42.0 |  39.7 |  42.2 |  41.7 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.2 |  39.8
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.6 |   4.6 |   4.6 |   3.9 |   4.9 |   4.5 |   4.4 |   4.4 |   4.3 |   4.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Durable goods.............................|  42.9 |  42.7 |  42.8 |  40.7 |  43.0 |  42.5 |  42.4 |  42.4 |  42.0 |  40.7
          Overtime hours.........................|   5.0 |   5.0 |   5.1 |   4.2 |   5.3 |   4.8 |   4.7 |   4.7 |   4.6 |   4.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Lumber and wood products.................|  40.7 |  40.7 |  40.4 |  38.6 |  41.2 |  40.7 |  40.9 |  40.6 |  40.0 |  39.0
        Furniture and fixtures...................|  40.6 |  40.2 |  41.0 |  36.1 |  40.8 |  39.6 |  39.5 |  39.7 |  39.8 |  36.2
        Stone, clay, and glass products..........|  42.3 |  43.2 |  42.5 |  40.5 |  43.6 |  43.2 |  43.1 |  42.9 |  42.7 |  41.6
        Primary metal industries.................|  44.9 |  44.3 |  44.4 |  43.1 |  44.8 |  43.7 |  43.9 |  44.0 |  43.7 |  43.0
          Blast furnaces and basic steel products|  45.5 |  44.6 |  44.6 |  43.7 |  45.7 |  43.7 |  44.4 |  44.7 |  44.2 |  43.9
        Fabricated metal products................|  43.1 |  42.8 |  43.2 |  40.9 |  43.2 |  42.7 |  42.3 |  42.3 |  42.1 |  40.9
        Industrial machinery and equipment.......|  44.2 |  43.6 |  44.1 |  42.1 |  44.0 |  43.4 |  43.1 |  43.5 |  43.1 |  41.9
        Electronic and other electrical equipment|  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  39.9 |  42.1 |  42.1 |  42.1 |  41.7 |  41.1 |  39.7
        Transportation equipment.................|  44.3 |  44.2 |  43.8 |  41.9 |  44.6 |  43.9 |  43.6 |  43.9 |  42.8 |  42.0
          Motor vehicles and equipment...........|  45.6 |  45.3 |  45.4 |  43.0 |  46.1 |  44.9 |  44.7 |  45.0 |  44.4 |  43.2
        Instruments and related products.........|  41.9 |  41.8 |  42.3 |  40.3 |  41.8 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  40.1
        Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  39.8 |  40.4 |  40.1 |  37.6 |  40.1 |  40.1 |  39.8 |  39.7 |  39.5 |  37.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nondurable goods..........................|  40.7 |  40.8 |  40.9 |  38.3 |  41.0 |  40.5 |  40.3 |  40.4 |  40.3 |  38.5
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.1 |   4.2 |   4.1 |   3.6 |   4.4 |   4.0 |   3.9 |   4.0 |   3.9 |   3.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Food and kindred products................|  41.1 |  41.4 |  41.3 |  39.0 |  41.5 |  41.1 |  40.9 |  40.7 |  40.6 |  39.4
        Tobacco products.........................|  39.1 |  40.8 |  39.1 |  33.8 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Textile mill products....................|  41.5 |  40.9 |  40.6 |  35.9 |  41.8 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  40.6 |  40.2 |  36.0
        Apparel and other textile products.......|  37.2 |  37.0 |  37.4 |  33.1 |  37.5 |  37.1 |  36.6 |  36.6 |  37.0 |  33.3
        Paper and allied products................|  44.0 |  43.5 |  43.7 |  41.6 |  44.0 |  42.9 |  42.8 |  43.2 |  42.9 |  41.6
        Printing and publishing..................|  38.1 |  38.7 |  38.4 |  36.8 |  38.5 |  38.1 |  38.0 |  38.2 |  37.8 |  37.2
        Chemicals and allied products............|  43.3 |  43.5 |  44.2 |  42.3 |  43.3 |  43.4 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  43.4 |  42.3
        Petroleum and coal products..............|  43.8 |  43.8 |  43.7 |  42.8 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Rubber and misc. plastics products.......|  42.2 |  41.8 |  42.2 |  40.3 |  42.3 |  41.6 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  40.2
        Leather and leather products.............|  37.8 |  38.0 |  37.9 |  34.8 |  38.0 |  38.4 |  38.1 |  37.7 |  37.5 |  34.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service_producing.............................|  32.6 |  32.6 |  32.7 |  31.9 |  32.9 |  32.7 |  32.9 |  32.7 |  32.6 |  32.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  39.4 |  39.5 |  39.5 |  38.5 |  39.8 |  39.5 |  39.5 |  39.5 |  39.5 |  38.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  38.2 |  38.2 |  38.2 |  37.6 |  38.4 |  38.3 |  38.4 |  38.2 |  38.1 |  37.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................|  28.2 |  28.6 |  29.0 |  27.4 |  29.0 |  28.8 |  28.9 |  28.8 |  28.6 |  28.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  36.3 |  35.6 |  35.8 |  35.7 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services....................................|  32.4 |  32.3 |  32.3 |  31.8 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;            adjusted since the seasonal component, which is small
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   components, cannot be separated with sufficient
   finance,insurance, and real estate; and services.               precision.
   These groups account for approximately four-fifths                 p = preliminary.
   of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
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                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Jan.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Jan.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.
                                                         | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1996p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$11.36 |$11.60 |$11.63 |$11.75 |$390.78|$399.04|$401.24|$392.45
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.29 | 11.58 | 11.62 | 11.68 | 392.89| 398.35| 398.57| 393.62
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Goods_producing...............................| 12.80 | 13.17 | 13.21 | 13.25 | 526.08| 542.60| 542.93| 518.08
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Mining......................................| 15.25 | 15.38 | 15.56 | 15.63 | 683.20| 689.02| 697.09| 679.91
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Construction................................| 14.67 | 15.20 | 15.09 | 15.20 | 553.06| 585.20| 573.42| 556.32
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Manufacturing...............................| 12.23 | 12.47 | 12.58 | 12.63 | 513.66| 522.49| 528.36| 501.41
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Durable goods.............................| 12.81 | 12.99 | 13.09 | 13.11 | 549.55| 554.67| 560.25| 533.58
                Lumber and wood products.................|  9.95 | 10.22 | 10.31 | 10.29 | 404.97| 415.95| 416.52| 397.19
                Furniture and fixtures...................|  9.67 |  9.94 | 10.01 | 10.04 | 392.60| 399.59| 410.41| 362.44
                Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.19 | 12.56 | 12.52 | 12.58 | 515.64| 542.59| 532.10| 509.49
                Primary metal industries.................| 14.54 | 14.70 | 14.67 | 14.78 | 652.85| 651.21| 651.35| 637.02
                  Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.30 | 17.56 | 17.30 | 17.60 | 787.15| 783.18| 771.58| 769.12
                Fabricated metal products................| 12.04 | 12.24 | 12.40 | 12.36 | 518.92| 523.87| 535.68| 505.52
                Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.15 | 13.37 | 13.45 | 13.50 | 581.23| 582.93| 593.15| 568.35
                Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.59 | 11.80 | 11.88 | 11.88 | 489.10| 497.96| 501.34| 474.01
                Transportation equipment.................| 16.60 | 16.71 | 16.82 | 16.73 | 735.38| 738.58| 736.72| 700.99
                  Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.12 | 17.43 | 17.49 | 17.30 | 780.67| 789.58| 794.05| 743.90
                Instruments and related products.........| 12.54 | 12.85 | 12.90 | 12.90 | 525.43| 537.13| 545.67| 519.87
                Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  9.98 | 10.11 | 10.24 | 10.31 | 397.20| 408.44| 410.62| 387.66
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Nondurable goods..........................| 11.44 | 11.75 | 11.86 | 11.95 | 465.61| 479.40| 485.07| 457.69
                Food and kindred products................| 10.85 | 11.06 | 11.15 | 11.05 | 445.94| 457.88| 460.50| 430.95
                Tobacco products.........................| 18.71 | 19.83 | 18.08 | 18.94 | 731.56| 809.06| 706.93| 640.17
                Textile mill products....................|  9.35 |  9.54 |  9.57 |  9.56 | 388.03| 390.19| 388.54| 343.20
                Apparel and other textile products.......|  7.53 |  7.75 |  7.81 |  7.87 | 280.12| 286.75| 292.09| 260.50
                Paper and allied products................| 14.01 | 14.39 | 14.54 | 14.60 | 616.44| 625.97| 635.40| 607.36
                Printing and publishing..................| 12.24 | 12.39 | 12.48 | 12.44 | 466.34| 479.49| 479.23| 457.79
                Chemicals and allied products............| 15.40 | 15.94 | 16.10 | 16.28 | 666.82| 693.39| 711.62| 688.64
                Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.19 | 19.46 | 19.57 | 19.45 | 840.52| 852.35| 855.21| 832.46
                Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.82 | 11.03 | 11.17 | 11.15 | 456.60| 461.05| 471.37| 449.35
                Leather and leather products.............|  8.13 |  8.27 |  8.39 |  8.53 | 307.31| 314.26| 317.98| 296.84
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Service_producing.............................| 10.86 | 11.06 | 11.10 | 11.25 | 354.04| 360.56| 362.97| 358.88
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.08 | 14.44 | 14.41 | 14.50 | 554.75| 570.38| 569.20| 558.25
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Wholesale trade.............................| 12.30 | 12.50 | 12.60 | 12.67 | 469.86| 477.50| 481.32| 476.39
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Retail trade................................|  7.64 |  7.79 |  7.81 |  7.91 | 215.45| 222.79| 226.49| 216.73
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.17 | 12.50 | 12.59 | 12.64 | 441.77| 445.00| 450.72| 451.25
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Services....................................| 11.39 | 11.60 | 11.69 | 11.80 | 369.04| 374.68| 377.59| 375.24
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Jan.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.  | Jan.  |   from:
                                                      | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1996p/ |Dec. 1995-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Jan. 1996
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $11.29| $11.54|c$11.59| $11.58| $11.62| $11.68|     0.5
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.39|   7.44|  c7.45|   7.44|  N.A. |  N.A. |    (3)
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Goods_producing......................|  12.84|  13.12|  13.14|  13.16|  13.16|  13.30|     1.1
                   Mining.............................|  15.08|  15.42|  15.50|  15.44|  15.54|  15.46|     -.5
                   Construction.......................|  14.74|  15.14|  15.14|  15.17|  15.09|  15.29|     1.3
                   Manufacturing......................|  12.21|  12.43|  12.45|  12.47|  12.49|  12.60|      .9
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.56|  11.78|  11.84|  11.84|  11.87|  12.00|     1.1
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Service_producing....................|  10.74|  10.99| c11.06|  11.04|  11.10|  11.14|      .4
                   Transportation and public utilities|  14.03|  14.31|  14.44|  14.41|  14.37|  14.44|      .5
                   Wholesale trade....................|  12.23|  12.48|  12.53|  12.50|  12.59|  12.61|      .2
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.59|   7.76|   7.76|   7.78|   7.82|   7.86|      .5
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  12.06|  12.45|  12.56|  12.51|  12.55|  12.53|     -.2
                   Services...........................|  11.26|  11.48|  11.56|  11.55|  11.61|  11.66|      .4
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
                    2/  The Consumer Price Index for Urban
                 Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
                 used to deflate this series.
                    3/  Change was -.1 percent from October
                 1995 to November 1995, the latest month
                 available.
                    4/  Derived by assuming that overtime
                 hours are paid at the rate of time and one-
                 half.
                    N.A.  = not available.
                    p/  = preliminary.
                    c = corrected.
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
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                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Jan. |Nov. | Dec.  | Jan.  |Jan. |Sept.|Oct. |Nov. | Dec.  | Jan.
                                                       |1995 |1995 |1995p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1995 |1995 |1995 |1995p/ |1996p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|128.5|134.1| 134.3 | 126.3 |132.7|133.0|133.8|133.3| 132.9 | 130.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods_producing...............................|107.2|111.1| 109.6 | 101.0 |112.0|109.9|109.7|109.3| 108.8 | 105.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 53.5| 53.8|  53.3 |  50.4 | 54.7| 53.9| 53.7| 52.3|  52.8 |  51.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|123.0|148.0| 138.2 | 121.7 |143.9|143.6|145.4|144.0| 142.5 | 142.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|107.4|107.0| 107.3 | 100.0 |108.9|106.3|105.7|105.7| 105.3 | 101.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|108.0|108.0| 108.8 | 102.2 |109.0|107.3|106.7|106.7| 106.4 | 102.8
            Lumber and wood products...................|133.5|133.8| 132.2 | 123.1 |137.9|133.0|134.1|132.7| 131.5 | 126.2
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|128.1|124.4| 126.9 | 110.9 |129.2|122.0|121.1|122.0| 122.6 | 111.2
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|102.6|110.3| 105.8 |  97.3 |110.7|108.6|108.9|108.4| 107.6 | 104.6
            Primary metal industries...................| 94.4| 93.2|  93.8 |  90.8 | 94.1| 91.3| 91.7| 92.4|  92.1 |  90.6
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 74.5| 73.1|  73.5 |  71.5 | 75.1| 71.0| 72.1| 73.0|  72.6 |  71.7
            Fabricated metal products..................|114.5|114.9| 116.0 | 109.1 |115.2|113.5|112.7|112.8| 112.5 | 109.3
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........|103.0|103.7| 105.7 | 100.9 |102.5|102.8|102.5|103.8| 103.3 | 100.4
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|108.8|110.2| 110.4 | 104.1 |108.7|108.9|109.0|108.4| 106.9 | 103.5
            Transportation equipment...................|119.5|114.9| 118.7 | 110.8 |120.9|118.4|115.0|113.8| 115.0 | 111.1
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|158.5|158.2| 162.5 | 148.9 |161.8|158.0|157.7|156.2| 156.9 | 151.4
            Instruments and related products...........| 74.8| 74.3|  75.1 |  71.8 | 74.7| 74.0| 73.8| 73.6|  73.5 |  71.5
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|102.9|107.6| 104.6 |  96.2 |106.1|103.8|103.4|103.9| 103.7 |  99.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|106.8|105.7| 105.1 |  96.9 |108.8|105.0|104.3|104.3| 103.7 |  98.6
            Food and kindred products..................|111.3|116.2| 113.9 | 105.1 |116.3|114.4|114.0|113.5| 113.4 | 109.7
            Tobacco products...........................| 65.3| 61.0|  61.5 |  53.4 | 60.4| 57.5| 55.6| 58.4|  55.2 |  49.0
            Textile mill products......................| 97.6| 92.4|  90.8 |  78.5 | 99.0| 91.5| 91.0| 91.6|  89.9 |  79.3
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 86.2| 79.1|  78.3 |  67.4 | 88.1| 80.8| 78.5| 77.6|  77.6 |  68.8
            Paper and allied products..................|112.1|109.5| 110.2 | 104.6 |112.8|108.6|108.3|108.9| 108.1 | 105.1
            Printing and publishing....................|125.2|127.1| 126.8 | 119.5 |126.8|125.0|124.2|125.3| 123.7 | 121.1
            Chemicals and allied products..............|102.1|103.5| 104.7 |  99.9 |102.8|103.2|103.3|103.1| 102.9 | 100.4
            Petroleum and coal products................| 75.6| 74.7|  72.5 |  69.4 | 79.8| 75.6| 75.6| 73.6|  74.4 |  73.7
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|145.4|142.2| 143.2 | 135.7 |146.8|141.3|141.0|141.4| 141.0 | 135.8
            Leather and leather products...............| 51.4| 48.1|  47.0 |  41.9 | 51.9| 49.6| 48.6| 47.5|  46.1 |  42.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service_producing.............................|138.1|144.4| 145.4 | 137.7 |141.9|143.4|144.6|144.0| 143.7 | 141.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|122.1|127.7| 128.3 | 121.4 |124.9|125.6|126.0|126.5| 126.9 | 124.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|117.2|121.1| 121.1 | 117.8 |118.9|120.8|121.2|120.7| 120.8 | 119.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|124.4|131.9| 135.8 | 121.8 |130.4|130.2|130.6|130.5| 129.4 | 127.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|125.1|125.1| 125.8 | 124.6 |125.3|125.2|128.4|125.8| 126.2 | 124.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|162.4|170.5| 170.0 | 163.6 |166.7|170.1|171.7|170.8| 170.6 | 168.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  42.3 |  45.2 |  50.1 |  57.3 |  53.7 |  48.2 |  53.5 |  49.6 |  53.4 |  57.0 |  52.2 |  58.1
           1993..............|  57.6 |  61.5 |  51.4 |  58.3 |  61.4 |  55.1 |  57.7 |  56.3 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  61.1 |  60.7
           1994..............|  60.0 |  63.3 |  65.9 |  62.4 |  58.0 |  63.8 |  60.5 |  61.5 |  60.7 |  61.1 |  65.3 |  61.1
           1995..............|  60.3 |  61.7 |  57.6 |  51.3 |  46.2 |  55.3 |  48.5 |  54.9 |  50.6 |  53.7 |  57.9 |p/58.3
           1996..............|p/46.2 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  40.2 |  42.6 |  50.7 |  56.3 |  56.3 |  54.6 |  50.6 |  51.3 |  52.5 |  54.9 |  58.7 |  59.1
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.2 |  61.8 |  58.8 |  61.4 |  61.8 |  59.3 |  61.8 |  62.6 |  66.7 |  65.7 |  63.6
           1994..............|  68.8 |  70.9 |  69.8 |  67.1 |  66.0 |  66.0 |  68.4 |  68.3 |  67.8 |  67.3 |  68.1 |  67.4
           1995..............|  66.4 |  64.9 |  57.9 |  49.3 |  50.6 |  47.9 |  52.8 |  50.3 |  52.5 |  54.4 |p/57.6 |p/57.2
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  43.4 |  46.2 |  46.3 |  50.8 |  55.1 |  55.3 |  52.7 |  52.2 |  56.7 |  55.9 |  63.6 |  63.2
           1993..............|  63.2 |  63.8 |  62.8 |  64.2 |  60.8 |  63.9 |  64.5 |  64.7 |  66.2 |  67.3 |  70.8 |  70.8
           1994..............|  71.2 |  70.2 |  70.5 |  69.5 |  69.8 |  69.1 |  70.5 |  70.9 |  69.0 |  69.0 |  67.4 |  67.0
           1995..............|  65.9 |  58.8 |  56.3 |  52.2 |  49.2 |  49.6 |  50.3 |  56.0 |p/53.1 |p/55.5 |       |
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  61.4 |  62.9 |  62.9
           1993..............|  64.9 |  63.9 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  67.0 |  67.6 |  67.6 |  67.0 |  70.2 |  69.4 |  68.8 |  69.4
           1994..............|  68.4 |  70.8 |  71.9 |  70.2 |  69.5 |  69.7 |  70.4 |  70.8 |  70.4 |  70.2 |  66.0 |  64.0
           1995..............|  63.1 |  60.8 |  58.1 |  58.3 |  56.6 |p/55.9 |p/53.2 |       |       |       |       |
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  37.1 |  40.3 |  46.0 |  57.2 |  48.2 |  46.0 |  56.1 |  42.8 |  50.7 |  47.5 |  51.4 |  52.5
           1993..............|  52.2 |  57.9 |  52.9 |  44.2 |  51.4 |  46.0 |  50.7 |  48.6 |  56.1 |  54.7 |  56.5 |  54.3
           1994..............|  59.4 |  61.2 |  59.4 |  56.5 |  55.0 |  59.0 |  54.0 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  59.4 |  59.0 |  57.6
           1995..............|  56.8 |  54.7 |  49.6 |  44.2 |  36.7 |  41.7 |  39.6 |  46.8 |  40.3 |  50.4 |  43.9 |p/49.6
           1996..............|p/41.7 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  29.9 |  36.0 |  45.0 |  51.4 |  52.2 |  54.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  43.9 |  49.6 |  51.4 |  53.6
           1993..............|  60.8 |  60.4 |  57.2 |  46.4 |  46.4 |  50.7 |  49.6 |  54.3 |  53.2 |  60.1 |  56.1 |  57.6
           1994..............|  65.1 |  66.5 |  64.4 |  59.0 |  58.6 |  58.3 |  61.5 |  59.0 |  61.5 |  60.4 |  64.0 |  62.2
           1995..............|  61.5 |  56.1 |  47.1 |  35.6 |  32.4 |  28.8 |  32.7 |  33.1 |  41.0 |  39.6 |p/44.2 |p/41.7
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  33.5 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  47.5 |  51.8 |  52.5 |  47.5 |  48.9 |  52.5 |  47.1 |  57.9 |  58.3
           1993..............|  57.6 |  56.5 |  56.1 |  55.0 |  49.3 |  52.2 |  55.4 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  57.6 |  65.1 |  62.9
           1994..............|  61.9 |  62.9 |  64.4 |  61.5 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  62.2 |  62.6 |  61.5 |  64.0 |  61.5 |  61.5
           1995..............|  57.2 |  47.1 |  40.3 |  32.7 |  26.6 |  25.9 |  29.9 |  32.7 |p/33.8 |p/39.6 |       |
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  58.3 |  56.5
           1993..............|  56.8 |  57.9 |  55.8 |  58.6 |  57.2 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  59.0 |  61.2 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  59.4
           1994..............|  58.3 |  59.7 |  61.9 |  61.5 |  61.5 |  61.5 |  61.9 |  63.3 |  61.5 |  59.7 |  56.5 |  49.6
           1995..............|  46.8 |  43.2 |  40.6 |  37.1 |  34.9 |p/33.1 |p/28.4 |       |       |       |       |
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
       and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month          with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
       span. Data are centered within the span.                        indicates an equal balance between industries with
         p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with