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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2004

Employment rose in November, and the unemployment rate, at 5.4 percent, was essentially unchanged,

the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 112,000 over the month, with job gains in several service-providing industries.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons, 8.0 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.4 percent, were

about unchanged in November. The jobless rate has been either 5.4 or 5.5 percent in each month since

July. This is slightly below the rates that prevailed in the first half of 2004.

In November, the unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (4.9 percent), adult

women (4.8 percent), teenagers (16.6 percent), whites (4.7 percent), blacks (10.8 percent), and Hispanics

or Latinos (6.7 percent)—showed little or no change over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians

was 4.2 percent in November, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment in November grew by 483,000 to 140.3 million, and the employment-population

ratio—the proportion of the population age 16 and over with jobs—edged up to 62.5 percent. The civilian

labor force rose by 439,000 in November to 148.3 million; the labor force participation rate was 66.1 percent. (See table A-1.)

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132.0

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136.0

2002 2003 2004

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4.0

4.5

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5.5

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2002 2003 2004

Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

December 2001 – November 2004

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

December 2001 – November 2004
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Oct.-

Category Nov.

II III Sept. Oct. Nov. change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................................. 146,998 147,681 147,483 147,850 148,289 439

Employment................................................................... 138,793 139,607 139,480 139,778 140,261 483

Unemployment................................................................... 8,205 8,074 8,003 8,072 8,027 -45

Not in labor force................................................................... 75,975 75,999 76,458 76,342 76,133 -209

All workers............................................................... 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.4 -0.1

Adult men........................................................... 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9 .0

Adult women........................................................ 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.8 .0

Teenagers........................................................ 17.0 17.1 16.6 17.2 16.6 -.6

White .................................................................. 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 .0

Black or African American ....................................9.9 10.5 10.3 10.7 10.8 .1

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 7.0 6.9 7.1 6.7 6.7 .0

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 131,125 131,515 131,660 p131,963 p132,075 p112

Goods-producing 1........................................................ 21,869 21,934 21,958 p22,020 p22,028 p8

Construction............................................................. 6,897 6,937 6,958 p7,023 p7,034 p11

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,385 14,406 14,407 p14,405 p14,400 p-5

Service-providing 1............................................................... 109,256 109,580 109,702 p109,943 p110,047 p104

Retail trade 2........................................................ 15,047 15,039 15,031 p15,048 p15,032 p-16

Professional and business services......... 16,417 16,519 16,548 p16,648 p16,676 p28

Education and health services.............................. 16,874 16,949 16,980 p17,036 p17,067 p31

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 12,324 12,346 12,353 p12,364 p12,398 p34

Government........................................................ 21,548 21,618 21,652 p21,676 p21,684 p8

Total private.............................................................. 33.7 33.8 33.8 p33.8 p33.7 p-0.1

Manufacturing............................................................ 40.9 40.8 40.8 p40.6 p40.5 p-.1

Overtime........................................................ 4.6 4.6 4.6 p4.5 p4.5 p.0

 

Total private..........................................................99.8 100.6 100.8 p101.1 p100.9 p-0.2

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $15.63 $15.75 $15.78 p$15.82 p$15.83 p$0.01

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 526.62 531.82 533.36 p534.72 p533.47 p-1.25

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated based on unrounded data.

 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

Unemployment rates 

 Employment

2004

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

 p=preliminary.

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

2004
3

Over the year, the number of persons who held more than one job increased by 346,000 to 7.6 million,

not seasonally adjusted. These multiple jobholders represented 5.4 percent of total employment in

November. (See table A-13.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

There were 1.5 million persons who were marginally attached to the labor force in November, essentially

the same as a year earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available

to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed,

however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the

marginally attached, there were 392,000 discouraged workers in November, about the same as a year

earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs

were available for them. The other 1.1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons

such as school or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 112,000 in November to 132.1 million, seasonally

adjusted. This followed a much larger increase of 303,000 in October. In November, employment rose

in health care and social assistance, leisure and hospitality, and other service-providing industries. (See

table B-1.)

Employment in health care and social assistance grew by 28,000 in November. Over the year, this

industry has added 316,000 jobs. In November, employment increased most notably in hospitals (8,000),

nursing and residential care facilities (7,000), and offices of physicians (6,000).

Leisure and hospitality employment increased by 34,000 over the month and has risen by 220,000

over the year. Within leisure and hospitality, employment in accommodations grew by 18,000 in November; about half of the increase represented the return of workers who had been on strike.

Professional and technical services added 16,000 jobs over the month. Within this industry, employment

rose in computer systems design and related services (10,000) and in architectural and engineering services

(8,000). Within administrative and support services, employment in the temporary help industry continued to

trend upward.

Within the financial activities sector, employment in credit intermediation and related activities increased

by 14,000 over the month. Commercial banks accounted for 5,000 of the job gain, and growth continued

in mortgage-related industries.

Employment in wholesale trade continued to trend upward. Since its most recent low point in October

2003, the industry has gained 92,000 jobs.

In the information sector, telecommunications gained 6,000 jobs in November. Since its peak in March

2001, however, the industry has lost 300,000 jobs.

Manufacturing employment was about unchanged in November. The industry added 82,000 jobs from

February through May, but factory employment has shown little movement since. In November, semiconductors and electronic components lost 3,000 jobs.

Employment in construction edged up in November (11,000) following an unusually large increase in

October (65,000). October’s gain partly reflected rebuilding and cleanup activity following the four hurri-
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canes that struck the U.S. in August and September. Construction employment has expanded by 373,000

since its most recent low point in March 2003.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased

by 0.1 hour in November to 33.7 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek also declined

by 0.1 hour, to 40.5 hours. Manufacturing overtime was unchanged over the month at 4.5 hours. (See

table B-2.)

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm

payrolls fell by 0.2 percent in November to 100.9 (2002=100). The manufacturing index declined by

0.3 percent over the month to 94.2. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls were up

by 1 cent in November to $15.83, seasonally adjusted, following a 4-cent gain in October. Average weekly

earnings decreased by 0.2 percent over the month to $533.47. Over the year, average hourly earnings

increased by 2.4 percent, and average weekly earnings grew by 2.1 percent. (See table B-3.)

The Employment Situation for December 2004 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 7, 2005,

at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 2005 are as follows:

Feb. 4 May 6 Aug. 5 Nov. 4

March 4 June 3 Sept. 2 Dec. 2

April 1 July 8 Oct. 7

In accordance with usual practice, the release of December data in January will incorporate

annual revisions in seasonally adjusted unemployment and other labor force series from the

household survey. Seasonally adjusted data for the most recent 5 years are subject to revision.

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Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked

HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

with state agencies. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm

payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular

week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is

generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In

the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and

over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or

not in the labor force.

People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as

paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least

15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal

reasons.

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following

criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were

available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need

not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

 in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed

as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is

the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employmentpopulation ratio is the employed as a percent of the population.

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores,

as well as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on

nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted

in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and

establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are:

• The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among

the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

• The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older.

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job.

In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job

and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance.

Seasonal adjustment

Over the course of a year, the size of the nation’s labor force and the

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded

production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of

schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the monthto-month changes in unemployment.

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to

spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force

each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place

relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change.

Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

the household and establishment surveys. However, the ad-
justed series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, total employment, and

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components;

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons,

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and

including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new

seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month’s data. In

the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each

month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both

surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather

than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample

estimates may differ from the “true” population values they represent.

The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or

level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no

more than 1.6 standard errors from the “true” population value because

of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-

percent level of confidence.

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total

employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or

minus 350,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases

by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence

interval on the monthly change would range from -250,000 to 450,000

(100,000 +/- 350,000). These figures do not mean that the sample

results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a

90-percent chance that the “true” over-the-month change lies within

this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we

could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased.

If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then

all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be

greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance)

that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment

rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the

monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 320,000, and for the

monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .22 percentage

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than

estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the

collection or processing of the data.

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most

recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these

estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two

successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

is used to account for business births. The first component uses business

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not

reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the

same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is

an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years.

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll

employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March samplebased employment estimates and the March universe counts is known

as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey

error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from

zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D of its “Explanatory Notes.”

For the establishment survey data, the sampling error measures and the

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2003

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 222,279 224,192 224,422 222,279 223,422 223,677 223,941 224,192 224,422

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 146,969 147,978 148,246 147,187 147,856 147,704 147,483 147,850 148,289

 Participation rate ............................................................... 66.1 66.0 66.1 66.2 66.2 66.0 65.9 65.9 66.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 138,700 140,447 140,581 138,533 139,660 139,681 139,480 139,778 140,261

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.4 62.6 62.6 62.3 62.5 62.4 62.3 62.3 62.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 8,269 7,531 7,665 8,653 8,196 8,022 8,003 8,072 8,027

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.6 5.1 5.2 5.9 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 75,310 76,214 76,176 75,093 75,565 75,973 76,458 76,342 76,133

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,201 5,065 4,755 4,572 4,630 4,844 4,850 5,345 5,118

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,003 108,153 108,276 107,003 107,746 107,881 108,020 108,153 108,276

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 78,579 79,282 79,455 78,799 79,193 79,283 79,011 79,273 79,601

 Participation rate ............................................................... 73.4 73.3 73.4 73.6 73.5 73.5 73.1 73.3 73.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,896 75,254 75,232 73,915 74,822 74,860 74,601 74,837 75,187

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 69.1 69.6 69.5 69.1 69.4 69.4 69.1 69.2 69.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,683 4,028 4,224 4,883 4,371 4,423 4,410 4,436 4,415

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.0 5.1 5.3 6.2 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 28,424 28,871 28,820 28,204 28,552 28,598 29,010 28,881 28,674

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 98,814 99,904 100,017 98,814 99,512 99,642 99,776 99,904 100,017

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 75,125 75,744 75,857 75,188 75,577 75,639 75,443 75,622 75,886

 Participation rate ............................................................... 76.0 75.8 75.8 76.1 75.9 75.9 75.6 75.7 75.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 71,067 72,351 72,273 70,964 71,847 71,870 71,677 71,882 72,147

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.9 72.4 72.3 71.8 72.2 72.1 71.8 72.0 72.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,058 3,393 3,584 4,224 3,730 3,768 3,766 3,740 3,740

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.4 4.5 4.7 5.6 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 23,689 24,160 24,160 23,626 23,935 24,003 24,332 24,282 24,131

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 115,276 116,039 116,146 115,276 115,676 115,796 115,921 116,039 116,146

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 68,390 68,696 68,791 68,388 68,663 68,421 68,472 68,577 68,687

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.3 59.2 59.2 59.3 59.4 59.1 59.1 59.1 59.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 64,804 65,193 65,349 64,618 64,838 64,822 64,879 64,941 65,075

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.2 56.2 56.3 56.1 56.1 56.0 56.0 56.0 56.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,586 3,503 3,441 3,770 3,825 3,599 3,593 3,636 3,612

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 46,886 47,343 47,356 46,888 47,013 47,375 47,449 47,462 47,459

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,303 108,032 108,129 107,303 107,687 107,801 107,920 108,032 108,129

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,997 65,327 65,446 64,917 65,122 64,903 64,989 65,103 65,247

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.6 60.5 60.5 60.5 60.5 60.2 60.2 60.3 60.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,853 62,321 62,492 61,597 61,918 61,870 61,925 61,998 62,144

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.6 57.7 57.8 57.4 57.5 57.4 57.4 57.4 57.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,144 3,006 2,954 3,320 3,204 3,033 3,064 3,105 3,103

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.8 4.6 4.5 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 42,306 42,705 42,683 42,387 42,565 42,898 42,931 42,928 42,882

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,162 16,257 16,275 16,162 16,222 16,234 16,246 16,257 16,275

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,847 6,907 6,943 7,082 7,157 7,162 7,051 7,124 7,155

 Participation rate ............................................................... 42.4 42.5 42.7 43.8 44.1 44.1 43.4 43.8 44.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,780 5,775 5,816 5,972 5,896 5,941 5,877 5,898 5,971

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 35.8 35.5 35.7 37.0 36.3 36.6 36.2 36.3 36.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,066 1,132 1,127 1,109 1,262 1,220 1,173 1,226 1,184

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 15.6 16.4 16.2 15.7 17.6 17.0 16.6 17.2 16.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,315 9,350 9,333 9,080 9,065 9,072 9,195 9,132 9,120

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2003

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 182,032 183,188 183,340 182,032 182,676 182,846 183,022 183,188 183,340

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,865 121,324 121,590 121,041 121,428 121,300 121,016 121,240 121,597

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.4 66.2 66.3 66.5 66.5 66.3 66.1 66.2 66.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 114,935 116,151 116,247 114,783 115,623 115,547 115,323 115,572 115,939

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.1 63.4 63.4 63.1 63.3 63.2 63.0 63.1 63.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,930 5,173 5,342 6,258 5,805 5,753 5,693 5,668 5,658

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.9 4.3 4.4 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 61,167 61,864 61,751 60,991 61,248 61,546 62,006 61,948 61,743

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,873 63,203 63,264 62,913 63,163 63,130 62,882 63,075 63,236

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.5 76.2 76.2 76.5 76.4 76.3 75.9 76.1 76.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,885 60,827 60,742 59,777 60,466 60,379 60,162 60,392 60,565

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 72.8 73.4 73.2 72.7 73.2 73.0 72.6 72.8 73.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,988 2,376 2,522 3,136 2,697 2,750 2,720 2,684 2,670

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.8 3.8 4.0 5.0 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,260 52,412 52,587 52,210 52,302 52,224 52,241 52,252 52,456

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.9 59.8 59.9 59.9 59.8 59.7 59.6 59.6 59.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 50,132 50,416 50,585 49,932 50,085 50,132 50,133 50,165 50,321

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.5 57.5 57.7 57.2 57.3 57.3 57.2 57.2 57.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,128 1,996 2,002 2,279 2,217 2,093 2,108 2,087 2,135

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.1 3.8 3.8 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,732 5,710 5,738 5,918 5,963 5,946 5,893 5,913 5,906

 Participation rate ................................................................. 45.6 45.3 45.5 47.1 47.3 47.2 46.7 46.9 46.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,917 4,908 4,920 5,074 5,073 5,036 5,028 5,016 5,053

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 39.1 38.9 39.0 40.4 40.3 40.0 39.9 39.8 40.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 815 802 818 843 891 909 865 898 853

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 14.2 14.0 14.3 14.3 14.9 15.3 14.7 15.2 14.4

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,860 26,204 26,239 25,860 26,078 26,120 26,163 26,204 26,239

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,602 16,893 16,814 16,524 16,755 16,724 16,703 16,839 16,733

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.2 64.5 64.1 63.9 64.3 64.0 63.8 64.3 63.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,931 15,137 15,029 14,812 14,926 14,983 14,981 15,037 14,922

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.7 57.8 57.3 57.3 57.2 57.4 57.3 57.4 56.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,671 1,756 1,784 1,712 1,829 1,741 1,722 1,802 1,811

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.1 10.4 10.6 10.4 10.9 10.4 10.3 10.7 10.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,259 9,312 9,425 9,336 9,323 9,396 9,460 9,365 9,506

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,455 7,531 7,544 7,414 7,384 7,432 7,466 7,502 7,490

 Participation rate ................................................................. 72.0 71.6 71.6 71.6 70.5 70.9 71.1 71.3 71.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,723 6,797 6,757 6,668 6,624 6,660 6,709 6,739 6,704

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.9 64.6 64.1 64.4 63.3 63.5 63.9 64.0 63.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 731 734 788 746 760 772 757 763 786

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.8 9.7 10.4 10.1 10.3 10.4 10.1 10.2 10.5

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,450 8,552 8,471 8,401 8,598 8,488 8,513 8,524 8,439

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.5 64.6 63.9 64.1 65.2 64.3 64.4 64.4 63.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,701 7,796 7,719 7,639 7,815 7,752 7,757 7,765 7,676

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.8 58.9 58.2 58.3 59.3 58.7 58.7 58.6 57.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 749 756 752 762 783 737 756 759 763

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.9 8.8 8.9 9.1 9.1 8.7 8.9 8.9 9.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 697 809 799 710 773 804 723 814 804

 Participation rate ................................................................. 29.1 33.2 32.7 29.6 31.9 33.1 29.7 33.4 33.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 507 543 554 505 487 572 514 533 542

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 21.1 22.3 22.7 21.0 20.1 23.5 21.2 21.9 22.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 190 266 244 205 286 232 209 281 262

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 27.2 32.9 30.6 28.9 37.0 28.9 28.9 34.5 32.6

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,354 9,640 9,655 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,109 6,334 6,416 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.3 65.7 66.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,789 6,028 6,149 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 61.9 62.5 63.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 320 305 267 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.2 4.8 4.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,245 3,306 3,239 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available.

 NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1

because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect

revised population controls used in the household survey.
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Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2003

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 28,016 28,431 28,520 28,016 28,150 28,243 28,338 28,431 28,520

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 19,057 19,561 19,548 19,125 19,450 19,482 19,446 19,533 19,563

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.0 68.8 68.5 68.3 69.1 69.0 68.6 68.7 68.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 17,666 18,305 18,258 17,709 18,118 18,144 18,073 18,220 18,247

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.1 64.4 64.0 63.2 64.4 64.2 63.8 64.1 64.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,391 1,256 1,290 1,416 1,332 1,338 1,372 1,313 1,317

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.3 6.4 6.6 7.4 6.8 6.9 7.1 6.7 6.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,959 8,870 8,972 8,891 8,700 8,761 8,892 8,898 8,957

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,920 11,149 11,271 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 83.8 84.2 84.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,225 10,590 10,654 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 78.5 80.0 80.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 695 559 617 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.4 5.0 5.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,163 7,357 7,264 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 57.7 58.6 57.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,643 6,868 6,765 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 53.5 54.7 53.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 521 489 498 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.3 6.6 6.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 973 1,056 1,013 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 37.9 40.1 38.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 798 847 839 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 31.1 32.2 31.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 175 208 174 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 18.0 19.7 17.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available.

 NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 

Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,679 12,385 12,725 12,764 12,389 12,521 12,722 12,494 12,697

 Participation rate ................................................................... 45.3 44.6 45.3 45.6 45.9 45.5 45.3 45.0 45.2

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,586 11,437 11,714 11,677 11,358 11,503 11,601 11,465 11,686

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 41.4 41.2 41.7 41.7 42.1 41.8 41.3 41.3 41.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,093 948 1,012 1,087 1,031 1,018 1,122 1,029 1,011

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 8.6 7.7 8.0 8.5 8.3 8.1 8.8 8.2 8.0

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,514 37,765 37,809 38,241 38,233 38,050 37,670 37,706 37,609

 Participation rate ................................................................... 64.0 63.6 63.4 63.6 63.7 63.3 63.1 63.5 63.0

 Employed ................................................................................ 36,543 36,115 36,034 36,179 36,297 36,170 35,863 35,869 35,766

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 60.8 60.8 60.4 60.2 60.5 60.2 60.1 60.4 60.0

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,971 1,650 1,776 2,061 1,936 1,880 1,807 1,837 1,843

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.1 4.4 4.7 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 33,690 34,725 34,509 33,727 34,629 34,499 34,398 34,600 34,690

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.3 72.2 72.3 72.4 71.6 72.1 72.1 71.9 72.7

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,168 33,362 33,062 32,114 33,176 33,105 33,018 33,176 33,194

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.0 69.4 69.3 68.9 68.6 69.2 69.2 69.0 69.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,522 1,364 1,447 1,613 1,453 1,394 1,380 1,424 1,496

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.8 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.3

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 40,402 40,921 41,139 40,536 40,127 40,192 40,426 40,679 41,089

 Participation rate ................................................................... 78.5 78.1 78.5 78.7 77.8 77.7 77.7 77.6 78.4

 Employed ................................................................................ 39,240 39,924 40,156 39,292 39,039 39,114 39,390 39,649 40,044

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 76.2 76.2 76.6 76.3 75.7 75.6 75.7 75.6 76.4

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,162 997 982 1,244 1,087 1,078 1,036 1,031 1,045

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.9 2.4 2.4 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5

1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. 

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
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Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,299 2,280 2,147 2,418 2,271 2,318 2,224 2,155 2,224

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,347 1,273 1,173 1,440 1,200 1,274 1,216 1,191 1,211

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 937 973 947 953 1,016 1,020 971 922 947

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 15 34 27 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 136,401 138,167 138,434 136,172 137,274 137,307 137,411 137,760 138,123

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 126,654 128,227 128,699 126,466 127,655 127,595 127,790 127,988 128,463

 Government .......................................................................... 19,702 20,328 20,428 19,609 19,816 20,089 20,134 20,196 20,298

 Private industries .................................................................. 106,952 107,898 108,271 106,876 107,850 107,479 107,644 107,765 108,117

 Private households ............................................................. 775 728 779 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 106,177 107,171 107,493 106,129 107,098 106,643 106,862 107,041 107,364

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,665 9,860 9,668 9,541 9,513 9,641 9,479 9,687 9,520

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 82 81 66 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,682 4,407 4,398 4,880 4,490 4,504 4,452 4,732 4,548

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,132 2,842 2,716 3,226 2,660 2,812 2,808 3,053 2,765

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,330 1,312 1,381 1,350 1,500 1,461 1,312 1,371 1,415

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 20,271 20,442 20,620 19,110 19,741 19,680 19,386 19,710 19,496

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,575 4,310 4,255 4,782 4,400 4,391 4,379 4,627 4,413

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,037 2,764 2,616 3,153 2,605 2,714 2,753 2,995 2,692

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,328 1,302 1,365 1,353 1,496 1,442 1,315 1,357 1,395

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,911 20,034 20,259 18,752 19,290 19,213 19,025 19,305 19,140

1 Data not available. 2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during

the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part

time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked

only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and

bad weather.

 NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily

add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 

Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 138,700 140,447 140,581 138,533 139,660 139,681 139,480 139,778 140,261

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,780 5,775 5,816 5,972 5,896 5,941 5,877 5,898 5,971

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,294 2,160 2,188 2,361 2,144 2,100 2,127 2,172 2,219

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,486 3,615 3,628 3,592 3,769 3,891 3,733 3,709 3,747

 20 years and over ................................................................... 132,920 134,672 134,765 132,561 133,765 133,740 133,603 133,880 134,291

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,382 13,834 13,799 13,371 13,783 13,776 13,636 13,837 13,823

 25 years and over ................................................................. 119,538 120,838 120,966 119,106 119,925 119,979 120,008 120,059 120,476

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 97,740 98,260 98,279 97,422 97,749 97,626 97,675 97,720 97,934

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,571 30,638 30,675 30,389 30,490 30,491 30,513 30,427 30,490

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,970 34,738 34,840 34,909 34,678 34,525 34,533 34,579 34,744

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 32,199 32,883 32,763 32,125 32,581 32,611 32,629 32,714 32,699

 55 years and over ............................................................... 21,798 22,579 22,687 21,683 22,177 22,353 22,333 22,339 22,542

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 73,896 75,254 75,232 73,915 74,822 74,860 74,601 74,837 75,187

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,829 2,903 2,958 2,951 2,975 2,989 2,923 2,955 3,040

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,111 1,063 1,089 1,189 991 997 1,020 1,064 1,111

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,718 1,840 1,869 1,779 2,000 2,018 1,873 1,877 1,923

 20 years and over ................................................................... 71,067 72,351 72,273 70,964 71,847 71,870 71,677 71,882 72,147

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,040 7,309 7,249 7,050 7,340 7,287 7,153 7,301 7,287

 25 years and over ................................................................. 64,027 65,042 65,024 63,876 64,477 64,578 64,484 64,577 64,855

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 52,392 52,886 52,830 52,293 52,637 52,576 52,554 52,582 52,729

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,839 17,038 16,945 16,747 16,879 16,968 16,925 16,909 16,857

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,861 18,733 18,839 18,844 18,761 18,624 18,626 18,631 18,805

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,693 17,115 17,046 16,702 16,997 16,984 17,003 17,041 17,067

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,634 12,156 12,194 11,583 11,840 12,002 11,930 11,995 12,125

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 64,804 65,193 65,349 64,618 64,838 64,822 64,879 64,941 65,075

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,951 2,872 2,858 3,021 2,921 2,952 2,954 2,943 2,931

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,183 1,097 1,099 1,172 1,153 1,103 1,107 1,108 1,108

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,768 1,775 1,759 1,813 1,769 1,873 1,861 1,832 1,824

 20 years and over ................................................................... 61,853 62,321 62,492 61,597 61,918 61,870 61,925 61,998 62,144

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,342 6,525 6,550 6,321 6,442 6,489 6,483 6,536 6,537

 25 years and over ................................................................. 55,511 55,796 55,942 55,230 55,449 55,401 55,524 55,482 55,621

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,347 45,373 45,449 45,130 45,112 45,050 45,121 45,139 45,204

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,732 13,600 13,730 13,642 13,611 13,523 13,588 13,518 13,633

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 16,109 16,006 16,001 16,065 15,918 15,901 15,907 15,947 15,939

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,506 15,768 15,718 15,423 15,583 15,627 15,626 15,673 15,633

 55 years and over ............................................................... 10,164 10,422 10,493 10,100 10,337 10,351 10,403 10,343 10,417

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 45,193 45,403 45,631 45,152 44,935 45,106 45,034 45,052 45,453

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 35,233 35,273 35,319 35,076 34,599 34,448 34,601 34,798 34,984

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,595 8,664 8,710 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 113,522 115,166 115,000 114,024 114,297 114,737 114,835 114,876 115,347

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 25,178 25,281 25,581 24,569 25,455 25,110 24,721 24,953 24,986

1 Data not available. 2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per

week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per

week.

 NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily

add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 

Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Nov.

2003

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,653 8,072 8,027 5.9 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,109 1,226 1,184 15.7 17.6 17.0 16.6 17.2 16.6

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 500 560 601 17.5 20.2 20.8 19.6 20.5 21.3

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 619 667 585 14.7 16.1 14.9 14.9 15.2 13.5

 20 years and over ................................................................... 7,544 6,846 6,843 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.8

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,555 1,510 1,403 10.4 9.3 9.0 9.5 9.8 9.2

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,995 5,341 5,401 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 5,141 4,442 4,516 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.4

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,993 1,746 1,804 6.2 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.6

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,796 1,478 1,460 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.0

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,352 1,218 1,252 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7

 55 years and over ............................................................... 886 894 880 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,883 4,436 4,415 6.2 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 660 695 675 18.3 17.7 18.0 18.1 19.0 18.2

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 267 295 331 18.3 21.2 21.9 20.6 21.7 23.0

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 393 402 332 18.1 15.7 16.0 16.8 17.7 14.7

 20 years and over ................................................................... 4,224 3,740 3,740 5.6 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 885 839 799 11.2 9.7 9.9 10.6 10.3 9.9

 25 years and over ................................................................. 3,349 2,900 2,905 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,860 2,387 2,428 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.4

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,119 918 949 6.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.3

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 974 787 806 4.9 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.1

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 767 682 674 4.4 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.8

 55 years and over ............................................................... 489 513 477 4.1 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.1 3.8

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,770 3,636 3,612 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 450 531 509 13.0 17.5 16.1 15.2 15.3 14.8

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 233 265 270 16.6 19.4 19.7 18.6 19.3 19.6

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 226 265 253 11.1 16.5 13.6 12.9 12.6 12.2

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,320 3,105 3,103 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 669 672 605 9.6 8.8 8.0 8.3 9.3 8.5

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,646 2,441 2,497 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,281 2,056 2,088 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 874 829 855 6.0 6.0 5.5 5.3 5.8 5.9

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 823 691 654 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.2 3.9

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 584 536 578 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.6

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 373 360 390 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.6

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,741 1,379 1,433 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,384 1,124 1,229 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.4

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 775 738 722 8.3 9.0 8.3 8.2 7.8 7.7

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 7,364 6,621 6,572 6.1 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.4

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,311 1,456 1,423 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.5 5.4

1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. 3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full

time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work

part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs.

 NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2004, data

reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,505 3,653 3,898 4,719 4,181 3,936 3,984 4,064 4,058

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 903 637 797 1,055 1,065 982 917 944 936

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,601 3,016 3,101 3,664 3,116 2,955 3,068 3,120 3,122

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,773 2,206 2,296 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 828 810 806 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 885 853 847 931 895 884 827 824 876

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,324 2,353 2,265 2,440 2,330 2,447 2,424 2,419 2,393

New entrants ............................................................................ 556 672 655 619 680 694 692 748 730

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 ......... 54.5 48.5 50.9 54.2 51.7 49.4 50.3 50.5 50.4

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 10.9 8.5 10.4 12.1 13.2 12.3 11.6 11.7 11.6

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 43.6 40.0 40.5 42.1 38.5 37.1 38.7 38.7 38.7

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 10.7 11.3 11.0 10.7 11.1 11.1 10.4 10.2 10.9

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 28.1 31.2 29.5 28.0 28.8 30.7 30.6 30.0 29.7

 New entrants ........................................................................... 6.7 8.9 8.6 7.1 8.4 8.7 8.7 9.3 9.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 3.1 2.5 2.6 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7

 Job leavers .............................................................................. .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6

 New entrants ........................................................................... .4 .5 .4 .4 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,500 2,602 2,467 2,622 2,805 2,604 2,790 2,749 2,621

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,514 2,076 2,353 2,556 2,476 2,521 2,255 2,288 2,376

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,255 2,852 2,844 3,484 2,878 2,903 2,954 3,043 3,027

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,316 1,165 1,173 1,448 1,211 1,239 1,207 1,253 1,290

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,939 1,687 1,671 2,036 1,667 1,664 1,747 1,790 1,738

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 20.1 19.8 20.0 20.0 18.6 19.0 19.6 19.6 19.9

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 10.2 9.5 9.7 10.4 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.8

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 .................................................................. 30.2 34.6 32.2 30.3 34.4 32.4 34.9 34.0 32.7

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 30.4 27.6 30.7 29.5 30.3 31.4 28.2 28.3 29.6

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 39.4 37.9 37.1 40.2 35.3 36.2 36.9 37.7 37.7

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 15.9 15.5 15.3 16.7 14.8 15.4 15.1 15.5 16.1

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 23.5 22.4 21.8 23.5 20.4 20.7 21.8 22.2 21.7

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2004

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 138,700 140,581 8,269 7,665 5.6 5.2

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 48,027 49,089 1,411 1,208 2.9 2.4

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 19,720 20,312 581 572 2.9 2.7

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,307 28,776 830 636 2.8 2.2

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 21,748 22,959 1,683 1,617 7.2 6.6

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 36,079 35,658 1,902 1,746 5.0 4.7

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 16,387 16,119 911 812 5.3 4.8

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,693 19,539 991 934 4.8 4.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 14,713 15,005 1,148 1,100 7.2 6.8

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 1,064 976 144 152 11.9 13.5

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 8,425 8,895 661 726 7.3 7.5

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,224 5,134 344 222 6.2 4.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,133 17,871 1,514 1,287 7.7 6.7

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,715 9,279 769 672 7.3 6.8

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,418 8,592 745 614 8.1 6.7

1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted

Industry

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2004

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 8,269 7,665 5.6 5.2

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 6,715 6,012 5.9 5.3

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 34 20 5.9 3.3

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 690 695 7.8 7.4

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,034 905 5.9 5.4

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 691 557 6.2 5.2

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 343 348 5.3 5.7

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,156 1,045 5.4 5.0

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 275 217 5.1 4.0

 Information ........................................................................................................ 257 187 7.6 5.6

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 311 290 3.3 3.1

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 948 872 7.7 6.8

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 662 570 3.8 3.2

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 990 916 9.0 7.9

 Other services .................................................................................................. 357 294 5.8 4.8

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 148 131 10.3 10.5

Government workers ......................................................................................... 542 514 2.7 2.4

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 308 353 2.8 3.2

1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.2 1.9 1.9 2.4 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor

force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.1 2.5 2.6 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 5.6 5.1 5.2 5.9 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 5.9 5.4 5.4 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally

 attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 6.6 6.1 6.1 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.4

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed

 part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

 all marginally attached workers ........................................................................................... 9.7 9.1 9.1 10.1 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.7 9.4

 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor

looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for

work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached,

have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed

part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but

have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new

range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly

Labor Review. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2004

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2004

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 75,310 76,176 28,424 28,820 46,886 47,356

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,201 4,755 1,907 2,140 2,294 2,615

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,473 1,517 704 804 769 714

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 457 392 285 237 173 155

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,016 1,125 419 566 597 559

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,302 7,648 3,618 4,011 3,684 3,637

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.3 5.4 4.9 5.3 5.7 5.6

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,730 4,095 2,030 2,336 1,700 1,759

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,699 1,706 541 586 1,158 1,120

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 254 282 160 184 94 98

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,577 1,531 860 887 716 644

1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and

were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training,

employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such

reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well

as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Change

from:

Oct. 2004-

Nov. 2004p

Total nonfarm ............................. 131,071 131,924 132,938 133,162 130,027 131,343 131,541 131,660 131,963 132,075 112

Total private ........................................ 109,109 110,455 110,937 110,996 108,483 109,771 109,912 110,008 110,287 110,391 104

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,830 22,243 22,256 22,163 21,686 21,906 21,939 21,958 22,020 22,028 8

Natural resources and mining .................................. 579 604 601 599 571 592 591 593 592 594 2

Logging ............................................................ 70.8 68.6 67.7 65.7 67.6 64.5 64.6 64.9 63.8 63.4 -.4

Mining .................................................................... 507.9 535.1 533.3 533.5 503.4 527.5 526.6 527.7 527.7 530.8 3.1

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 123.8 132.8 131.6 132.5 123.9 132.2 132.7 132.9 132.8 133.7 .9

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 205.0 213.8 213.0 212.8 202.4 211.2 209.2 209.4 209.4 210.8 1.4

Coal mining ...................................................... 70.1 75.1 74.8 76.2 69.5 75.0 74.6 74.8 74.8 75.5 .7

Support activities for mining .............................. 179.1 188.5 188.7 188.2 177.1 184.1 184.7 185.4 185.5 186.3 .8

Construction ............................................................. 6,877 7,185 7,217 7,144 6,771 6,916 6,936 6,958 7,023 7,034 11

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,599.1 1,682.9 1,697.6 1,690.1 1,583.9 1,629.7 1,635.5 1,648.8 1,662.7 1,671.5 8.8

Heavy and civil engineering construction ......... 942.7 986.3 989.5 962.1 918.8 920.2 921.9 922.5 929.3 934.4 5.1

Specialty trade contractors ................................ 4,335.0 4,515.6 4,529.9 4,491.4 4,268.6 4,365.6 4,378.9 4,386.8 4,431.4 4,427.7 -3.7

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,374 14,454 14,438 14,420 14,344 14,398 14,412 14,407 14,405 14,400 -5

Production workers ....................................... 10,089 10,201 10,188 10,168 10,048 10,141 10,162 10,150 10,146 10,137 -9

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,890 8,988 8,990 8,991 8,874 8,955 8,986 8,979 8,983 8,977 -6

Production workers ....................................... 6,107 6,198 6,198 6,193 6,089 6,167 6,195 6,184 6,185 6,174 -11

Wood products ................................................... 538.0 549.5 553.1 548.7 536.3 544.1 545.9 544.8 549.5 547.6 -1.9

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 494.5 513.1 510.0 506.6 489.7 502.6 501.6 503.2 502.6 502.3 -.3

Primary metals .................................................... 464.0 465.0 463.1 463.2 464.1 467.0 465.4 464.1 463.8 463.2 -.6

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,470.4 1,504.9 1,510.5 1,510.9 1,468.1 1,501.3 1,504.7 1,505.8 1,507.9 1,508.0 .1

Machinery ........................................................... 1,142.0 1,157.9 1,157.3 1,163.4 1,142.5 1,160.4 1,163.3 1,161.7 1,162.4 1,164.3 1.9

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,334.8 1,349.0 1,348.2 1,345.0 1,334.4 1,351.9 1,353.0 1,350.7 1,348.2 1,344.4 -3.8

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 219.0 217.3 214.4 213.6 219.1 217.2 217.9 217.1 215.3 213.8 -1.5

Communications equipment ........................... 153.9 157.9 158.7 158.6 154.4 158.2 158.5 158.1 157.8 158.5 .7

Semiconductors and electronic components . 450.6 458.8 457.3 454.4 451.2 460.7 460.2 459.4 457.6 454.9 -2.7

Electronic instruments ..................................... 425.6 432.0 434.3 434.9 425.2 432.4 433.0 433.1 434.9 434.7 -.2

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 449.4 449.1 446.4 447.7 450.9 449.2 449.6 449.1 447.4 448.7 1.3

Transportation equipment .................................. 1,771.9 1,774.8 1,775.5 1,775.9 1,766.5 1,745.9 1,774.4 1,771.7 1,773.7 1,770.4 -3.3

Furniture and related products .......................... 569.2 573.2 572.6 573.2 568.9 576.7 574.6 573.8 573.8 574.2 .4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 655.4 651.4 653.7 656.1 652.7 655.5 653.6 653.7 653.6 654.2 .6

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,484 5,466 5,448 5,429 5,470 5,443 5,426 5,428 5,422 5,423 1

Production workers ....................................... 3,982 4,003 3,990 3,975 3,959 3,974 3,967 3,966 3,961 3,963 2

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,523.5 1,531.0 1,527.7 1,513.7 1,508.3 1,508.0 1,499.6 1,502.5 1,504.0 1,505.9 1.9

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 197.6 203.1 199.1 198.5 198.3 198.4 197.2 198.5 197.1 199.0 1.9

Textile mills ......................................................... 244.4 234.9 232.9 230.9 245.1 235.6 234.4 233.8 233.0 231.3 -1.7

Textile product mills ........................................... 174.3 177.8 179.1 178.6 175.2 179.3 179.4 179.6 180.2 179.9 -.3

Apparel ................................................................ 299.2 284.9 278.8 276.1 297.7 284.8 284.2 282.7 277.9 275.6 -2.3

Leather and allied products ............................... 43.9 45.1 45.0 46.0 44.1 45.3 44.8 45.4 45.7 46.1 .4

Paper and paper products ................................. 513.8 509.9 509.9 508.5 511.7 509.0 509.8 508.6 508.1 506.4 -1.7

Printing and related support activities ............... 674.2 662.1 661.1 660.7 673.1 663.8 662.2 660.3 660.0 659.4 -.6

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 112.5 116.0 115.6 115.0 112.0 113.6 114.1 114.3 114.5 114.5 .0

Chemicals ........................................................... 895.0 889.8 888.0 891.0 897.6 894.2 891.9 892.7 892.3 893.5 1.2

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 805.8 811.2 810.3 810.1 806.5 811.2 808.8 809.5 809.0 810.9 1.9

Service-providing ............................................ 109,241 109,681 110,682 110,999 108,341 109,437 109,602 109,702 109,943 110,047 104

Private service-providing ............................... 87,279 88,212 88,681 88,833 86,797 87,865 87,973 88,050 88,267 88,363 96

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,687 25,495 25,669 25,965 25,261 25,499 25,516 25,522 25,552 25,543 -9

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,599.7 5,668.7 5,679.6 5,682.6 5,592.7 5,649.6 5,652.8 5,662.8 5,668.5 5,673.2 4.7

Durable goods .................................................... 2,945.4 2,989.7 2,997.9 2,998.7 2,943.9 2,986.0 2,989.6 2,992.3 2,996.3 2,996.6 .3

Nondurable goods .............................................. 1,993.0 2,004.8 2,006.9 2,005.2 1,989.2 1,992.1 1,992.5 1,996.6 1,998.5 1,999.5 1.0

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 661.3 674.2 674.8 678.7 659.6 671.5 670.7 673.9 673.7 677.1 3.4

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Change

from:

Oct. 2004-

Nov. 2004p

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,299.0 14,957.7 15,109.9 15,403.1 14,921.7 15,038.1 15,048.8 15,030.5 15,047.8 15,031.6 -16.2

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,896.6 1,914.1 1,912.1 1,911.0 1,892.9 1,908.1 1,904.9 1,904.8 1,904.3 1,908.3 4.0

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,260.9 1,257.6 1,255.6 1,255.8 1,258.9 1,259.2 1,256.8 1,253.7 1,252.5 1,255.3 2.8

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 559.1 542.4 552.2 564.7 544.8 546.4 548.7 548.7 549.7 549.7 .0

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 527.6 503.5 520.2 537.1 512.8 510.7 511.6 512.6 518.9 519.4 .5

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,200.4 1,253.5 1,254.7 1,255.5 1,210.0 1,246.9 1,251.7 1,256.5 1,260.2 1,265.7 5.5

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,851.3 2,826.3 2,836.0 2,857.7 2,821.4 2,834.5 2,832.9 2,832.2 2,833.1 2,828.6 -4.5

Health and personal care stores ....................... 959.3 953.8 955.6 961.2 951.6 956.7 956.4 956.4 955.2 954.0 -1.2

Gasoline stations ................................................ 874.9 875.2 870.1 867.4 875.2 869.9 870.3 871.8 870.1 867.8 -2.3

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,352.7 1,332.8 1,350.3 1,406.9 1,297.1 1,349.0 1,355.2 1,349.9 1,354.4 1,352.2 -2.2

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 673.2 637.9 644.7 661.3 641.3 635.5 638.4 635.0 634.0 629.2 -4.8

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 3,012.7 2,769.5 2,839.4 2,993.7 2,826.4 2,825.3 2,823.8 2,810.9 2,813.8 2,809.1 -4.7

Department stores ............................................. 1,754.9 1,568.0 1,622.2 1,743.5 1,612.6 1,609.9 1,607.9 1,599.4 1,602.2 1,599.6 -2.6

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................ 946.5 921.6 936.8 943.2 930.9 926.2 927.1 924.7 928.3 925.5 -2.8

Nonstore retailers .............................................. 444.7 427.1 437.8 443.4 417.3 428.9 427.8 427.0 425.8 422.1 -3.7

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,209.8 4,285.9 4,297.7 4,298.9 4,168.0 4,228.3 4,232.5 4,246.0 4,254.0 4,256.8 2.8

Air transportation ................................................ 512.6 512.3 511.5 510.8 511.5 512.4 511.8 510.0 511.0 509.7 -1.3

Rail transportation .............................................. 216.6 219.0 218.5 218.0 215.5 217.8 217.4 217.9 217.8 217.1 -.7

Water transportation ........................................... 49.6 51.7 51.2 47.8 50.9 51.7 50.3 50.1 50.6 49.4 -1.2

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,347.0 1,389.1 1,383.3 1,374.5 1,335.7 1,361.9 1,363.7 1,368.1 1,364.8 1,364.3 -.5

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 398.5 391.6 397.8 399.0 385.7 374.2 374.5 380.2 383.1 383.9 .8

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 38.9 38.6 38.5 38.5 38.7 38.5 38.5 38.6 38.5 38.4 -.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 25.2 38.7 31.5 26.9 28.7 32.6 32.7 32.7 32.1 32.1 .0

Support activities for transportation ................... 513.2 527.4 532.1 534.2 512.4 523.7 525.1 525.9 529.6 533.1 3.5

Couriers and messengers .................................. 574.1 575.8 579.8 590.9 564.7 579.2 580.4 581.1 580.8 581.8 1.0

Warehousing and storage .................................. 534.1 541.7 553.5 558.3 524.2 536.3 538.1 541.4 545.7 547.0 1.3

Utilities ................................................................... 578.3 582.4 581.7 579.9 578.9 582.6 582.0 582.4 582.0 581.0 -1.0

Information ................................................................ 3,177 3,146 3,159 3,166 3,172 3,173 3,166 3,159 3,163 3,163 0

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 921.2 913.7 912.4 913.1 918.4 914.7 914.3 913.8 912.5 910.9 -1.6

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 382.9 379.2 390.2 390.3 382.7 391.0 388.7 389.4 394.6 389.7 -4.9

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 328.5 337.1 340.9 343.0 327.0 336.4 336.6 337.3 340.7 341.7 1.0

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.4 34.5 35.3 36.2 30.4 33.6 34.2 34.5 35.6 36.3 .7

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,061.7 1,029.0 1,026.0 1,029.8 1,062.2 1,042.3 1,037.5 1,030.0 1,025.5 1,031.0 5.5

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 404.0 402.6 405.0 405.3 402.6 404.9 404.3 404.0 404.9 404.6 -.3

Other information services ................................. 48.2 49.6 48.9 48.5 48.2 49.8 50.0 49.6 49.0 48.8 -.2

Financial activities .................................................... 7,972 8,083 8,083 8,093 7,985 8,044 8,053 8,078 8,095 8,107 12

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,919.8 5,969.2 5,978.9 5,996.2 5,922.7 5,951.9 5,962.4 5,976.2 5,991.5 6,001.6 10.1

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.5 21.7 21.3 21.1 22.5 21.8 21.8 21.7 21.4 21.2 -.2

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,787.8 2,811.0 2,817.8 2,836.2 2,790.3 2,804.1 2,807.3 2,818.3 2,826.6 2,840.4 13.8

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,754.0 1,767.1 1,768.4 1,778.1 1,758.1 1,766.9 1,768.3 1,772.7 1,776.8 1,782.4 5.6

Commercial banking .................................... 1,277.6 1,283.3 1,284.4 1,292.0 1,280.5 1,284.0 1,283.0 1,287.5 1,290.7 1,295.6 4.9

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 768.1 793.6 798.2 798.9 769.1 787.8 791.6 793.6 800.6 798.8 -1.8

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,261.8 2,265.3 2,264.6 2,263.6 2,261.2 2,260.2 2,263.9 2,265.1 2,265.8 2,264.6 -1.2

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 79.6 77.6 77.0 76.4 79.6 78.0 77.8 77.5 77.1 76.6 -.5

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,052.2 2,114.2 2,103.6 2,097.0 2,062.7 2,092.0 2,090.6 2,101.8 2,103.4 2,105.6 2.2

Real estate .......................................................... 1,387.8 1,438.6 1,435.0 1,435.3 1,394.5 1,422.1 1,424.1 1,431.6 1,434.6 1,439.4 4.8

Rental and leasing services ............................... 634.9 647.1 640.4 633.7 639.0 641.4 638.0 641.9 640.6 638.0 -2.6

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 29.5 28.5 28.2 28.0 29.2 28.5 28.5 28.3 28.2 28.2 .0

Professional and business services ........................ 16,232 16,677 16,854 16,792 16,114 16,490 16,518 16,548 16,648 16,676 28

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,618.1 6,713.0 6,783.6 6,800.8 6,647.9 6,739.9 6,762.0 6,783.3 6,815.0 6,831.0 16.0

Legal services .................................................. 1,145.5 1,145.4 1,149.6 1,149.7 1,142.9 1,148.2 1,146.2 1,148.4 1,148.0 1,147.1 -.9

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 753.8 748.1 762.8 765.8 810.6 811.9 815.3 815.7 822.3 824.6 2.3

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,234.6 1,277.1 1,291.2 1,294.8 1,233.9 1,264.4 1,269.3 1,275.1 1,285.0 1,293.3 8.3

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,107.1 1,132.0 1,144.3 1,156.7 1,105.7 1,120.5 1,129.7 1,136.5 1,144.2 1,154.1 9.9

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 764.3 796.3 801.4 796.8 760.6 792.2 794.3 793.9 796.4 794.1 -2.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Change

from:

Oct. 2004-

Nov. 2004p

Professional and business services--Continued

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,681.9 1,680.4 1,681.8 1,691.5 1,671.6 1,685.9 1,682.5 1,679.1 1,680.2 1,682.7 2.5

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,932.1 8,283.9 8,388.6 8,300.1 7,794.5 8,064.3 8,073.0 8,085.4 8,152.5 8,161.9 9.4

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,611.3 7,954.7 8,060.0 7,970.9 7,473.7 7,738.1 7,746.6 7,759.5 7,825.6 7,832.9 7.3

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,538.8 3,760.8 3,863.0 3,815.5 3,427.6 3,606.8 3,607.8 3,633.6 3,687.9 3,697.6 9.7

Temporary help services ............................. 2,394.6 2,603.6 2,681.6 2,640.5 2,319.4 2,460.2 2,474.7 2,501.4 2,552.2 2,561.1 8.9

Business support services .............................. 756.4 736.9 753.8 759.7 746.7 749.9 751.5 744.3 748.4 750.7 2.3

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,650.7 1,757.4 1,740.2 1,701.9 1,639.4 1,691.5 1,691.6 1,691.7 1,696.4 1,693.2 -3.2

Waste management and remediation services 320.8 329.2 328.6 329.2 320.8 326.2 326.4 325.9 326.9 329.0 2.1

Education and health services ................................ 16,912 16,881 17,208 17,285 16,705 16,901 16,965 16,980 17,036 17,067 31

Educational services ............................................. 2,906.3 2,680.5 2,932.3 2,964.5 2,723.1 2,731.2 2,746.4 2,749.6 2,767.1 2,770.4 3.3

Health care and social assistance ........................14,005.8 14,200.8 14,275.4 14,320.3 13,981.5 14,169.3 14,218.3 14,230.0 14,268.7 14,297.0 28.3

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,827.0 4,926.4 4,962.6 4,975.2 4,818.7 4,920.8 4,935.1 4,938.4 4,959.8 4,968.1 8.3

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,026.3 2,062.3 2,075.8 2,086.7 2,023.3 2,057.5 2,062.1 2,068.1 2,076.0 2,082.4 6.4

Outpatient care centers ................................... 426.5 435.3 436.7 438.7 426.4 437.6 438.0 436.9 437.8 438.9 1.1

Home health care services ............................. 738.6 759.6 768.1 770.9 735.7 756.8 760.1 761.5 765.0 768.5 3.5

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,280.9 4,328.7 4,335.8 4,348.3 4,278.1 4,322.0 4,330.5 4,332.1 4,337.8 4,345.7 7.9

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,796.4 2,816.2 2,821.3 2,833.1 2,792.8 2,812.0 2,814.0 2,820.3 2,821.4 2,828.6 7.2

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,586.8 1,587.3 1,587.9 1,594.1 1,584.1 1,586.7 1,586.3 1,587.1 1,587.1 1,590.8 3.7

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,101.5 2,129.5 2,155.7 2,163.7 2,091.9 2,114.5 2,138.7 2,139.2 2,149.7 2,154.6 4.9

Child day care services ................................... 779.2 784.8 799.7 800.7 766.3 782.1 792.7 783.3 788.0 789.4 1.4

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 11,925 12,538 12,308 12,136 12,178 12,344 12,341 12,353 12,364 12,398 34

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,650.1 1,861.5 1,743.1 1,643.3 1,799.4 1,791.9 1,785.6 1,793.8 1,790.4 1,791.3 .9

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 356.0 372.9 359.7 346.1 371.7 357.1 356.0 360.3 358.7 358.2 -.5

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 111.1 116.2 116.5 113.7 113.3 116.6 116.7 116.2 116.3 116.4 .1

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,183.0 1,372.4 1,266.9 1,183.5 1,314.4 1,318.2 1,312.9 1,317.3 1,315.4 1,316.7 1.3

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,275.3 10,676.3 10,564.4 10,493.1 10,378.9 10,551.7 10,555.6 10,559.3 10,574.0 10,606.5 32.5

Accommodations ................................................ 1,694.1 1,801.0 1,754.4 1,731.7 1,751.7 1,764.4 1,767.9 1,771.4 1,769.9 1,788.1 18.2

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,581.2 8,875.3 8,810.0 8,761.4 8,627.2 8,787.3 8,787.7 8,787.9 8,804.1 8,818.4 14.3

Other services .......................................................... 5,374 5,392 5,400 5,396 5,382 5,414 5,414 5,410 5,409 5,409 0

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,231.9 1,235.3 1,236.3 1,231.6 1,234.4 1,236.3 1,235.2 1,235.2 1,236.0 1,234.5 -1.5

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,256.5 1,254.3 1,252.9 1,255.1 1,254.1 1,262.1 1,259.9 1,255.7 1,253.8 1,255.0 1.2

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,885.2 2,902.8 2,910.3 2,909.1 2,893.9 2,915.9 2,919.1 2,918.8 2,919.2 2,919.0 -.2

Government .............................................................. 21,962 21,469 22,001 22,166 21,544 21,572 21,629 21,652 21,676 21,684 8

Federal ................................................................... 2,712 2,718 2,706 2,702 2,723 2,710 2,712 2,713 2,708 2,711 3

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,914.6 1,936.0 1,923.3 1,916.3 1,924.9 1,922.5 1,926.3 1,927.6 1,923.6 1,927.2 3.6

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 797.7 782.0 782.8 785.4 798.1 787.2 785.3 784.9 784.2 784.0 -.2

State government .................................................. 5,168 5,036 5,188 5,214 5,023 5,019 5,035 5,047 5,053 5,060 7

State government education .............................. 2,442.2 2,288.6 2,445.7 2,473.8 2,282.5 2,271.1 2,285.2 2,299.7 2,302.9 2,307.0 4.1

State government, excluding education ............ 2,726.2 2,747.0 2,742.6 2,740.3 2,740.0 2,747.8 2,749.4 2,747.5 2,750.5 2,753.3 2.8

Local government .................................................. 14,082 13,715 14,107 14,250 13,798 13,843 13,882 13,892 13,915 13,913 -2

Local government education ............................. 8,025.8 7,600.2 8,014.2 8,133.3 7,684.5 7,725.7 7,758.4 7,760.4 7,779.8 7,786.2 6.4

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,056.4 6,114.9 6,092.6 6,116.4 6,113.1 6,116.8 6,123.2 6,131.6 6,134.7 6,126.9 -7.8

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately. p= preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Change

from:

Oct. 2004-

Nov. 2004p

Total private ....................................... 34.0 33.6 33.8 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.7 -0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.3 39.7 40.2 40.1 40.1 40.1 40.1 40.1 39.9 39.9 .0

Natural resources and mining .............................. 44.2 44.2 45.3 45.2 43.9 44.1 44.4 44.6 44.8 44.8 .0

Construction ............................................................ 38.3 37.6 38.8 38.2 38.5 38.4 38.1 38.4 38.3 38.4 .1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 41.2 40.6 40.7 40.8 40.8 40.8 40.9 40.8 40.6 40.5 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 .0

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.6 40.9 41.2 41.3 41.3 41.3 41.3 41.2 41.1 41.0 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 -.1

Wood products .................................................. 41.5 39.7 40.4 40.2 41.2 40.7 40.9 40.3 40.2 40.1 -.1

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.6 43.0 42.8 42.7 42.4 42.1 42.3 42.4 42.4 42.5 .1

Primary metals .................................................. 42.9 42.8 42.8 43.2 42.7 43.3 43.3 43.1 43.0 43.0 .0

Fabricated metal products .............................. 41.3 40.7 41.2 41.1 40.9 41.2 41.2 41.2 41.0 40.8 -.2

Machinery .......................................................... 41.4 41.5 42.0 42.4 41.1 42.0 42.1 42.3 42.2 42.2 .0

Computer and electronic products ................ 41.3 40.1 40.2 40.2 40.7 40.9 40.5 40.3 40.1 39.7 -.4

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 41.4 40.0 40.7 40.7 40.8 40.8 41.0 40.5 40.4 40.2 -.2

Transportation equipment ............................... 43.1 42.3 42.4 42.5 42.7 42.4 42.5 42.4 42.3 42.2 -.1

Furniture and related products ....................... 40.0 38.8 38.9 39.4 39.9 39.4 39.5 39.3 39.1 39.2 .1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 39.2 37.9 38.4 38.5 38.9 38.5 38.5 38.3 38.3 38.2 -.1

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.6 40.1 39.9 40.1 40.1 40.1 40.2 40.1 39.8 39.7 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.5 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 39.9 39.9 39.3 39.7 39.2 39.3 39.3 39.4 39.0 39.1 .1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 40.3 39.8 38.3 37.8 39.9 39.2 39.5 39.1 38.4 37.8 -.6

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.2 39.9 39.6 39.7 40.0 40.5 40.5 40.1 39.8 39.6 -.2

Textile product mills ......................................... 40.2 38.7 39.3 39.1 40.0 38.5 38.7 39.0 39.1 38.9 -.2

Apparel ............................................................... 36.7 35.5 35.9 36.2 36.2 36.1 36.1 36.2 35.9 35.9 .0

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.2 37.2 38.5 38.5 39.3 37.3 37.8 38.1 38.4 38.5 .1

Paper and paper products .............................. 42.3 42.5 42.0 42.2 41.9 42.4 42.5 42.1 41.9 41.8 -.1

Printing and related support activities ........... 39.0 38.4 38.5 38.8 38.4 38.6 38.5 38.3 38.2 38.3 .1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 45.8 45.8 45.0 45.7 45.6 45.0 46.3 45.8 44.7 45.4 .7

Chemicals .......................................................... 43.1 42.7 42.5 42.8 42.7 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.7 42.5 -.2

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 41.1 40.0 40.2 39.9 40.7 40.5 40.5 40.2 40.1 39.6 -.5

Private service-providing ............................. 32.6 32.3 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.4 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.7 33.6 33.5 33.4 33.6 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.6 33.6 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.5 37.6 37.6 37.7 38.0 37.8 37.6 37.8 37.7 37.7 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.7 30.9 30.7 30.5 30.9 30.6 30.7 30.8 30.8 30.8 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.5 37.3 37.4 37.7 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.4 37.4 37.5 .1

Utilities ................................................................... 41.9 41.5 41.0 41.0 41.4 41.0 40.9 41.4 40.8 40.6 -.2

Information ............................................................... 36.8 36.3 36.3 36.5 36.3 36.4 36.4 36.4 36.3 36.3 .0

Financial activities .................................................. 36.1 35.2 35.5 35.4 35.5 35.6 35.5 35.5 35.7 35.5 -.2

Professional and business services .................... 34.3 34.0 34.2 34.1 34.1 34.2 34.2 34.5 34.3 34.2 -.1

Education and health services ............................. 32.7 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.6 32.5 32.6 32.5 32.5 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.6 25.3 25.6 25.4 25.7 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.7 25.7 .0

Other services ......................................................... 31.4 30.9 31.0 31.0 31.2 31.1 31.1 31.1 31.0 30.9 -.1

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory p = preliminary.

workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and 

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Nov.

2003

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Nov.

2003

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Total private ....................................... $15.52 $15.80 $15.84 $15.86 $527.68 $530.88 $535.39 $534.48

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.46 15.78 15.82 15.83 522.55 533.36 534.72 533.47

Goods-producing .......................................... 16.98 17.41 17.39 17.37 684.29 691.18 699.08 696.54

Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.75 18.04 18.14 18.33 784.55 797.37 821.74 828.52

Construction ............................................................ 19.08 19.42 19.46 19.35 730.76 730.19 755.05 739.17

Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.92 16.36 16.27 16.32 655.90 664.22 662.19 665.86

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.64 17.08 16.99 17.04 692.22 698.57 699.99 703.75

Wood products .................................................. 12.95 13.13 13.02 13.09 537.43 521.26 526.01 526.22

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 15.99 16.52 16.39 16.49 681.17 710.36 701.49 704.12

Primary metals .................................................. 18.32 18.89 18.74 18.63 785.93 808.49 802.07 804.82

Fabricated metal products .............................. 15.06 15.42 15.38 15.49 621.98 627.59 633.66 636.64

Machinery .......................................................... 16.49 16.85 16.82 16.74 682.69 699.28 706.44 709.78

Computer and electronic products ................ 16.78 17.47 17.52 17.60 693.01 700.55 704.30 707.52

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.54 15.03 14.99 14.99 601.96 601.20 610.09 610.09

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.48 21.96 21.83 21.88 925.79 928.91 925.59 929.90

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.08 13.39 13.26 13.32 523.20 519.53 515.81 524.81

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.53 13.96 13.91 13.92 530.38 529.08 534.14 535.92

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.80 15.24 15.12 15.17 600.88 611.12 603.29 608.32

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.91 13.08 12.92 12.94 515.11 521.89 507.76 513.72

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 18.64 19.20 19.20 19.08 751.19 764.16 735.36 721.22

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.08 12.26 12.17 12.15 485.62 489.17 481.93 482.36

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.35 11.51 11.46 11.51 456.27 445.44 450.38 450.04

Apparel ............................................................... 9.71 9.93 9.98 10.01 356.36 352.52 358.28 362.36

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.87 11.56 11.57 11.59 465.30 430.03 445.45 446.22

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.58 18.16 17.92 18.01 743.63 771.80 752.64 760.02

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.48 15.94 15.95 15.91 603.72 612.10 614.08 617.31

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.00 24.47 24.38 24.93 1,099.20 1,120.73 1,097.10 1,139.30

Chemicals .......................................................... 18.77 19.49 19.47 19.56 808.99 832.22 827.48 837.17

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.27 14.75 14.55 14.59 586.50 590.00 584.91 582.14

Private service-providing ............................. 15.13 15.37 15.41 15.45 493.24 496.45 499.28 499.04

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.44 14.78 14.78 14.74 486.63 496.61 495.13 492.32

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.56 17.72 17.78 17.75 676.06 666.27 668.53 669.18

Retail trade ........................................................... 11.92 12.23 12.19 12.17 365.94 377.91 374.23 371.19

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.40 16.91 16.97 16.98 615.00 630.74 634.68 640.15

Utilities ................................................................... 25.50 25.87 26.00 25.72 1,068.45 1,073.61 1,066.00 1,054.52

Information ............................................................... 21.28 21.73 21.73 21.74 783.10 788.80 788.80 793.51

Financial activities .................................................. 17.42 17.60 17.70 17.73 628.86 619.52 628.35 627.64

Professional and business services .................... 17.41 17.43 17.49 17.59 597.16 592.62 598.16 599.82

Education and health services ............................. 15.79 16.25 16.25 16.26 516.33 528.13 526.50 528.45

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.83 8.94 9.01 9.05 226.05 226.18 230.66 229.87

Other services ......................................................... 13.85 13.97 13.96 13.98 434.89 431.67 432.76 433.38

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p= preliminary.
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Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2004-

Nov. 2004p

Current dollars .................................................. $15.46 $15.71 $15.76 $15.78 $15.82 $15.83 0.1

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.32 8.23 8.26 8.25 8.22 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.94 17.19 17.24 17.30 17.32 17.34 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.79 18.15 18.12 18.11 18.20 18.33 .7

Construction ............................................................................ 19.06 19.22 19.25 19.27 19.33 19.34 .1

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 15.89 16.16 16.23 16.29 16.27 16.29 .1

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 15.06 15.30 15.37 15.42 15.42 15.43 .1

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.58 16.81 16.90 16.98 16.97 16.98 .1

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.79 15.12 15.15 15.19 15.15 15.17 .1

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.06 15.31 15.36 15.38 15.42 15.43 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.44 14.70 14.73 14.74 14.77 14.77 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.47 17.71 17.70 17.74 17.81 17.76 -.3

Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.97 12.12 12.16 12.17 12.18 12.21 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.35 16.89 16.99 16.91 16.96 16.95 -.1

Utilities ................................................................................... 25.36 25.57 25.54 25.73 25.94 25.62 -1.2

Information ............................................................................... 21.10 21.45 21.53 21.61 21.60 21.61 .0

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.30 17.55 17.58 17.61 17.71 17.75 .2

Professional and business services .................................... 17.29 17.44 17.56 17.52 17.59 17.63 .2

Education and health services ............................................. 15.77 16.18 16.19 16.23 16.25 16.26 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.82 8.87 8.91 8.95 8.99 9.02 .3

Other services ......................................................................... 13.81 13.90 13.92 13.95 13.97 13.98 .1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the 

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and rate of time and one-half.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. N.A. = not available.

3 Change was -0.4 percent from Sept. 2004 to Oct. 2004, the p = preliminary.

latest month available.
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Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2004-

Nov. 2004p

Total private ....................................... 100.3 100.7 101.8 101.6 99.0 100.5 100.4 100.8 101.1 100.9 -0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 97.1 98.1 99.4 98.6 95.6 97.1 97.4 97.4 97.1 97.2 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 99.8 106.9 108.1 107.6 97.7 102.9 103.8 105.0 104.8 105.5 .7

Construction ............................................................ 100.6 103.9 107.7 104.6 99.0 101.2 100.9 101.9 102.3 103.0 .7

Manufacturing ......................................................... 95.4 95.1 95.2 95.2 94.1 95.0 95.4 95.0 94.5 94.2 -.3

Durable goods ..................................................... 95.5 95.2 95.9 96.1 94.5 95.7 96.1 95.7 95.5 95.1 -.4

Wood products .................................................. 100.7 98.7 101.1 99.5 99.7 100.2 101.0 99.3 99.8 99.0 -.8

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 95.6 102.1 100.6 99.7 93.6 97.1 97.4 98.2 97.9 98.2 .3

Primary metals .................................................. 91.9 92.2 92.3 93.1 91.5 93.6 93.4 92.7 92.7 92.6 -.1

Fabricated metal products .............................. 96.3 97.4 99.1 98.9 95.1 98.3 98.6 98.7 98.3 98.0 -.3

Machinery .......................................................... 94.8 96.4 97.5 98.7 94.2 98.3 98.6 98.6 98.4 98.1 -.3

Computer and electronic products ................ 92.4 91.7 92.0 91.5 90.8 93.4 92.7 92.2 91.5 90.1 -1.5

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 91.4 88.3 88.9 89.4 90.3 90.0 90.2 89.1 88.5 88.2 -.3

Transportation equipment ............................... 98.4 96.9 96.9 97.1 97.0 95.3 97.5 96.8 96.5 95.9 -.6

Furniture and related products ....................... 94.9 92.6 92.6 94.0 94.5 94.5 94.7 94.0 93.4 93.6 .2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 93.8 89.7 91.2 91.8 92.7 91.9 91.5 91.0 90.8 90.7 -.1

Nondurable goods ............................................... 95.2 94.5 93.8 93.9 93.5 93.9 93.9 93.7 92.8 92.7 -.1

Food manufacturing ......................................... 100.3 101.8 100.0 100.0 96.5 98.2 98.0 98.1 97.1 97.4 .3

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 87.4 96.5 90.9 90.0 88.1 91.5 91.6 91.8 89.7 90.7 1.1

Textile mills ........................................................ 82.7 77.4 76.0 75.3 82.3 79.4 78.8 77.5 76.4 75.1 -1.7

Textile product mills ......................................... 92.3 91.5 93.3 93.5 92.6 91.9 92.1 93.4 93.9 93.7 -.2

Apparel ............................................................... 80.6 74.5 73.0 72.8 78.9 75.0 75.2 75.1 72.4 71.9 -.7

Leather and allied products ............................ 89.2 86.2 91.4 94.0 90.0 87.6 87.5 89.0 91.9 94.0 2.3

Paper and paper products .............................. 93.3 92.7 91.5 91.4 91.9 92.3 92.5 91.3 90.7 90.1 -.7

Printing and related support activities ........... 95.8 93.2 93.8 94.5 94.2 93.9 93.6 92.8 92.8 93.2 .4

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 101.5 111.7 108.7 110.2 100.1 106.3 109.9 109.4 106.7 109.0 2.2

Chemicals .......................................................... 99.5 99.1 98.7 99.7 98.9 99.8 99.8 100.0 99.8 99.5 -.3

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 95.4 94.0 94.5 93.7 94.7 95.1 94.8 94.3 94.1 93.2 -1.0

Private service-providing ............................. 101.0 101.5 102.4 102.4 99.8 101.3 101.5 101.9 101.9 102.0 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 100.9 99.8 100.3 101.5 98.6 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.1 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 99.3 98.9 99.2 99.5 97.9 98.7 98.4 99.2 99.2 99.3 .1

Retail trade ........................................................... 101.2 99.3 99.8 101.5 99.0 98.9 99.3 99.6 99.7 99.6 -.1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 101.5 103.4 104.1 105.0 98.8 101.1 101.6 102.8 102.8 103.2 .4

Utilities ................................................................... 99.9 98.2 97.0 96.7 98.8 97.5 96.8 98.0 96.6 96.0 -.6

Information ............................................................... 98.9 100.2 100.9 101.8 97.7 100.6 100.9 101.1 101.3 101.4 .1

Financial activities .................................................. 102.8 101.6 102.4 102.3 101.3 102.1 102.0 102.3 103.1 102.7 -.4

Professional and business services .................... 100.8 103.6 105.4 104.7 99.4 102.7 103.0 104.2 104.3 104.2 -.1

Education and health services ............................. 104.3 103.2 104.9 105.6 102.0 103.8 103.8 104.1 104.1 104.2 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 97.9 102.1 101.4 99.0 100.5 101.6 101.6 101.7 102.2 102.5 .3

Other services ......................................................... 96.7 96.0 96.4 96.4 96.3 96.7 97.0 96.9 96.6 96.4 -.2

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by nonsupervisory worker employment.

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the
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Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2003

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Nov.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004p

Nov.

2004p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2004-

Nov. 2004p

Total private ....................................... 104.1 106.4 107.9 107.8 102.4 105.6 105.8 106.4 107.0 106.8 -0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 100.9 104.6 105.9 104.8 99.2 102.2 102.8 103.2 103.0 103.2 .2

Natural resources and mining .............................. 103.1 112.1 114.0 114.7 101.1 108.6 109.4 110.6 110.9 112.4 1.4

Construction ............................................................ 103.6 108.9 113.2 109.3 101.9 105.1 104.9 106.0 106.8 107.5 .7

Manufacturing ......................................................... 99.3 101.7 101.3 101.6 97.8 100.4 101.2 101.3 100.6 100.4 -.2

Durable goods ..................................................... 99.2 101.6 101.8 102.2 97.8 100.4 101.4 101.5 101.2 100.8 -.4

Nondurable goods ............................................... 99.6 101.8 100.2 100.6 97.7 100.3 100.6 100.5 99.4 99.3 -.1

Private service-providing ............................. 105.0 107.2 108.4 108.6 103.2 106.5 107.1 107.7 108.0 108.2 .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 103.9 105.2 105.8 106.7 101.5 103.9 104.6 105.1 105.5 105.4 -.1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 102.7 103.2 103.9 104.0 100.7 103.0 102.6 103.7 104.0 103.9 -.1

Retail trade ........................................................... 103.4 104.1 104.3 105.9 101.5 102.7 103.5 103.9 104.1 104.2 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 105.6 110.9 112.1 113.1 102.5 108.4 109.5 110.2 110.6 110.9 .3

Utilities ................................................................... 106.3 106.0 105.3 103.8 104.6 104.1 103.2 105.3 104.5 102.6 -1.8

Information ............................................................... 104.2 107.7 108.5 109.5 102.1 106.8 107.5 108.1 108.3 108.4 .1

Financial activities .................................................. 110.7 110.5 112.0 112.1 108.3 110.8 110.9 111.4 112.9 112.8 -.1

Professional and business services .................... 104.4 107.4 109.7 109.6 102.2 106.5 107.6 108.6 109.2 109.3 .1

Education and health services ............................. 108.2 110.3 112.0 112.9 105.7 110.4 110.4 111.0 111.2 111.4 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 100.8 106.4 106.5 104.5 103.4 105.0 105.5 106.1 107.2 107.8 .6

Other services ......................................................... 97.6 97.7 98.1 98.2 96.9 97.9 98.4 98.5 98.3 98.1 -.2

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly 

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. 

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by 
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Table B-7. 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, 278 industries 1

Over 1-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 61.9 62.9 63.3 59.5 46.9 61.7 63.1 52.5 51.1 53.4 56.8 53.8

2001 ........................................................ 52.2 47.8 50.4 34.4 41.4 39.2 37.1 38.8 38.3 32.4 36.7 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 40.1 35.1 41.0 41.5 41.7 47.8 44.1 44.1 42.8 39.0 38.7 34.5

2003 ........................................................ 41.2 35.1 38.1 41.4 42.8 40.1 40.5 39.7 49.3 46.0 51.1 49.1

2004 ........................................................ 52.3 56.1 68.7 67.6 63.8 60.6 55.2 56.3 56.8 p 58.8 p 51.8

Over 3-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 69.2 66.2 67.8 68.3 60.1 58.1 56.3 61.5 56.5 53.2 52.9 56.8

2001 ........................................................ 52.7 50.4 50.4 43.5 38.8 34.9 36.2 37.9 34.7 35.3 30.8 32.0

2002 ........................................................ 34.0 37.4 35.1 36.2 36.7 39.4 39.9 40.8 38.7 37.1 34.4 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 36.5 32.6 36.3 35.1 40.5 42.6 37.4 35.4 40.1 45.5 50.5 51.1

2004 ........................................................ 54.0 55.2 62.8 70.0 74.5 68.7 64.6 57.2 60.6 p 59.7 p 58.5

Over 6-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 67.3 69.1 72.5 72.5 67.4 67.8 66.7 60.8 59.0 55.0 59.7 54.0

2001 ........................................................ 51.8 50.0 51.8 47.3 43.5 41.5 38.1 35.4 32.2 33.1 31.5 31.1

2002 ........................................................ 29.5 30.0 31.1 31.1 31.7 37.1 37.2 39.0 34.7 36.5 35.3 33.3

2003 ........................................................ 33.6 31.1 31.7 31.7 33.5 37.8 36.2 36.5 40.5 39.4 42.6 41.7

2004 ........................................................ 48.9 54.1 59.5 64.7 67.8 71.2 68.3 71.6 67.1 p 63.5 p 60.6

Over 12-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 70.9 69.2 73.2 71.0 69.8 71.0 70.0 70.3 70.3 65.6 63.8 62.1

2001 ........................................................ 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 36.2 34.4 34.7 33.1 37.6 37.4 33.1 35.4

2004 ........................................................ 37.8 43.2 47.3 50.7 54.9 60.3 64.0 63.8 65.3 p 66.4 p 68.5

Over 1-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 48.2 58.3 50.0 50.0 41.1 57.1 60.7 28.6 25.0 35.1 39.9 41.1

2001 ........................................................ 22.6 22.0 21.4 16.1 15.5 23.2 13.7 14.3 19.0 17.9 14.9 10.1

2002 ........................................................ 21.4 18.5 23.8 35.1 29.8 32.7 40.5 28.0 31.0 11.9 15.5 17.9

2003 ........................................................ 26.2 15.5 22.6 13.7 26.2 25.0 28.0 26.2 27.4 28.6 51.2 45.8

2004 ........................................................ 42.9 55.4 60.1 66.1 64.9 52.4 57.1 48.2 44.0 p 44.6 p 47.6

Over 3-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 53.6 53.6 56.0 54.8 44.0 44.0 51.2 47.6 32.7 25.0 23.2 38.7

2001 ........................................................ 35.7 21.4 16.1 14.3 13.1 13.7 11.9 8.9 8.3 13.1 8.9 10.1

2002 ........................................................ 9.5 10.1 11.3 17.9 17.3 19.0 28.0 22.0 23.8 15.5 6.5 4.8

2003 ........................................................ 13.7 13.1 16.7 10.1 13.1 14.9 16.1 16.1 16.1 24.4 27.4 41.7

2004 ........................................................ 48.8 51.8 59.5 66.1 71.4 65.5 65.5 51.8 53.0 p 45.2 p 47.6

Over 6-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 44.0 52.4 55.4 57.7 47.6 51.8 56.0 45.2 39.3 34.5 32.1 27.4

2001 ........................................................ 22.0 23.8 22.0 20.8 14.3 13.7 14.3 10.1 10.7 5.4 7.1 4.8

2002 ........................................................ 6.5 8.9 7.7 8.3 7.7 14.3 14.9 10.7 12.5 10.1 8.9 8.9

2003 ........................................................ 11.3 9.5 6.0 7.1 8.9 13.1 8.9 13.1 13.1 16.7 19.0 19.6

2004 ........................................................ 28.6 36.9 46.4 56.5 61.3 64.9 66.7 66.1 58.3 p 54.8 p 48.8

Over 12-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 41.7 39.3 47.0 50.0 46.4 52.4 51.8 49.4 46.4 40.5 35.1 33.3

2001 ........................................................ 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ........................................................ 10.7 6.0 6.5 5.4 8.3 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.7 11.9 9.5 11.3

2004 ........................................................ 9.5 19.0 16.7 26.2 29.8 40.5 50.0 50.6 52.4 p 55.4 p 57.1

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1

1Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment,

spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with

p= preliminary. increasing and decreasing employment. 

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment