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Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

May 2004 – April 2007

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

May 2004 – April 2007

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: APRIL 2007

Nonfarm payroll employment edged up (+88,000) in April, and the unemployment rate was essentially

unchanged at 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.

Job gains continued in several service-providing industries, including health care and food services, while

employment declined in retail trade and manufacturing.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

The number of unemployed persons (6.8 million) and the unemployment rate (4.5 percent) were essentially unchanged in April. The jobless rate has ranged from 4.4 to 4.6 percent since September 2006. (See

table A-1.)

Over the month, the jobless rates for the major worker groups—adult men (4.0 percent), adult women

(3.8 percent), teenagers (15.3 percent), whites (3.9 percent), blacks (8.2 percent), and Hispanics (5.4 percent)—showed little or no change. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.3 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-2 and A-3.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

In April, total employment and the employment-population ratio fell to 145.8 million and 63.0 percent,

respectively. The civilian labor force also fell over the month, to 152.6 million, and the labor force participation rate declined to 66.0 percent. The labor force participation rate was little changed over the year. (See

table A-1.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

2006 2007

IV I Feb. Mar. Apr.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Civilian labor force ............................. 152,425 152,912 152,784 152,979 152,587 -392

Employment ................................... 145,629 146,044 145,919 146,254 145,786 -468

Unemployment ................................ 6,797 6,869 6,865 6,724 6,801 77

Not in labor force ............................... 77,471 77,927 78,050 78,055 78,666 611

All workers ........................................ 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.5 0.1 

Adult men ........................................ 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 .0 

Adult women .................................. 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 .0 

Teenagers ....................................... 15.1 14.8 14.9 14.5 15.3 .8 

White ............................................ 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.9 .1 

Black or African American ................. 8.5 8.1 7.9 8.3 8.2 -.1 

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ................... 4.8 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.4 .3 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment ............................ 136,951 p 137,448 137,419 p 137,596 p 137,684 p 88

Goods-producing 1.............................. 22,539 p 22,507 22,465 p 22,501 p 22,473 p -28

Construction .................................. 7,691 p 7,683 7,641 p 7,691 p 7,680 p -11

Manufacturing ............................... 14,147 p 14,113 14,113 p 14,095 p 14,076 p -19

Service-providing 1 ............................ 114,412 p 114,941 114,954 p 115,095 p 115,211 p 116

Retail trade 2 ................................. 15,316 p 15,373 15,365 p 15,397 p 15,371 p -26

Professional and business services ....... 17,727 p 17,830 17,840 p 17,846 p 17,870 p 24

Education and health services ............... 18,019 p 18,142 18,138 p 18,187 p 18,240 p 53

Leisure and hospitality ..................... 13,318 p 13,422 13,425 p 13,445 p 13,467 p 22

Government .................................... 22,107 p 22,169 22,174 p 22,194 p 22,219 p 25

Total private ....................................... 33.9 p 33.8 33.7 p 33.9 p 33.8 p -0.1

Manufacturing .................................. 41.1 p 41.0 40.9 p 41.2 p 41.1 p -.1

 Overtime ....................................... 4.2 p 4.2 4.1 p 4.3 p 4.2 p -.1

Total private ...................................... 106.5 p 106.8 106.4 p 107.3 p 106.9 p -0.4

Average hourly earnings, total private ....... $17.00 p $17.16 $17.16 p $17.21 p $17.25 p $0.04

Average weekly earnings, total private ...... 575.73 p 579.90 578.29 p 583.42 p 583.05 p -.37

Quarterly averages Monthly data

Labor force status

Unemployment rates 

p = preliminary.

Mar.-Apr. 

change

Hours of work 3

2007

1

 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2

 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data.

3

 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.

Category

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

Earnings 3

 Employment
3

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

In April, 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force compared with 1.3 million a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked

for a job sometime during the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not

searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 399,000

discouraged workers in April, 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 remaining 992,000

persons marginally attached to the labor force in April had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding

the survey for reasons such as school attendance and family responsibilities. (See table A-13.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 88,000 in April to 137.7 million (seasonally adjusted). Thus

far in 2007, monthly payroll employment gains have averaged 129,000 compared with average increases of

189,000 per month in 2006. In April, job gains in health care, food services, and a few other industries

were partially offset by employment declines in manufacturing and retail trade. (See table B-1.)

Health care employment continued to grow in April (+37,000), with gains throughout the component industries. Over the year, health care has added 362,000 jobs. Employment in social assistance was up by

10,000 in April and has grown by 63,000 over the year.

Food services and drinking places continued to expand in April, gaining 25,000 jobs. Employment in this

industry has increased by 336,000 over the year.

Within professional and business services, employment rose in April in computer systems design (+11,000)

and in management and technical consulting services (+12,000). Wholesale trade employment edged up by

13,000 over the month. Government employment continued to trend up in April and has grown by 297,000

over the year. Local government accounted for three-quarters of the over-the-year growth.

Employment in construction was little changed in April, with no significant movements among the component industries. Thus far in 2007, there has been essentially no net change in construction employment.

Manufacturing employment continued to decline in April (-19,000). Small job losses were widespread

across manufacturing industries, with notable declines in machinery (-5,000), motor vehicles (-5,000), and

textile mills (-3,000). The return of 6,500 shipbuilding workers from a strike partly offset losses elsewhere

in manufacturing.

Employment declined by 26,000 in retail trade in April. A sizeable job loss (-41,000) in general merchandise stores followed a large gain (30,000) in March. Within finance and insurance, employment fell by

14,000 in credit intermediation and related activities in April; commercial banking accounted for over half of

the loss.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

In April, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls

declined by 0.1 hour to 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime

each fell by 0.1 hour to 41.1 and 4.2 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.)
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The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.4 percent in April to 106.9 (2002=100). The manufacturing index also fell by 0.4 percent

over the month to 95.0. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by

4 cents, or 0.2 percent, in April to $17.25, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings edged down by

0.1 percent over the month to $583.05. Over the year, average hourly and weekly earnings grew by 3.7

and 3.4 percent, respectively. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for May 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday, June 1, at

 8:30 A.M. (EDT).

 Planned Changes to Layout of Household Data Tables

With the release of data for May 2007, scheduled for June 1, the font sizes in the

A tables will be enlarged to improve readability. This will result in the addition of two

pages to the set of A tables; however, the number of tables will not change, nor will

any data cells be added or deleted.
Technical 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 430,000. 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 -330,000 to 530,000

(100,000 +/- 430,000). 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 +/- 280,000, and for the

monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 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 0.2 percent, ranging from

less than 0.05 percent to 0.6 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

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 228,199 231,034 231,253 228,199 230,108 230,650 230,834 231,034 231,253

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 150,209 152,236 151,829 150,862 152,775 152,974 152,784 152,979 152,587

 Participation rate ............................................................... 65.8 65.9 65.7 66.1 66.4 66.3 66.2 66.2 66.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 143,405 145,323 145,297 143,763 145,926 145,957 145,919 146,254 145,786

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.8 62.9 62.8 63.0 63.4 63.3 63.2 63.3 63.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 6,804 6,913 6,532 7,098 6,849 7,017 6,865 6,724 6,801

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 77,990 78,798 79,423 77,338 77,333 77,676 78,050 78,055 78,666

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,648 4,365 4,729 4,753 4,506 4,520 4,705 4,511 4,773

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 110,280 111,733 111,849 110,280 111,288 111,528 111,627 111,733 111,849

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 80,669 81,600 81,665 81,059 82,030 82,060 82,014 82,044 82,076

 Participation rate ............................................................... 73.1 73.0 73.0 73.5 73.7 73.6 73.5 73.4 73.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 76,929 77,553 78,013 77,234 78,311 78,237 78,172 78,344 78,344

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 69.8 69.4 69.7 70.0 70.4 70.2 70.0 70.1 70.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,740 4,047 3,651 3,825 3,718 3,823 3,842 3,701 3,732

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.6 5.0 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 29,611 30,133 30,184 29,221 29,259 29,468 29,613 29,689 29,773

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 101,857 103,143 103,248 101,857 102,751 102,956 103,046 103,143 103,248

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 77,275 78,217 78,315 77,390 78,334 78,384 78,375 78,452 78,459

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.9 75.8 75.9 76.0 76.2 76.1 76.1 76.1 76.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 74,098 74,737 75,218 74,163 75,235 75,158 75,138 75,323 75,313

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 72.7 72.5 72.9 72.8 73.2 73.0 72.9 73.0 72.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,177 3,480 3,097 3,228 3,100 3,226 3,237 3,129 3,146

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

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 24,582 24,926 24,933 24,467 24,417 24,572 24,671 24,691 24,789

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 117,919 119,300 119,403 117,919 118,820 119,122 119,207 119,300 119,403

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 69,540 70,636 70,164 69,803 70,745 70,914 70,770 70,934 70,511

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.0 59.2 58.8 59.2 59.5 59.5 59.4 59.5 59.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 66,476 67,771 67,284 66,530 67,615 67,720 67,747 67,911 67,442

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.4 56.8 56.3 56.4 56.9 56.8 56.8 56.9 56.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,064 2,865 2,881 3,273 3,130 3,194 3,023 3,024 3,069

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 48,379 48,665 49,239 48,117 48,074 48,207 48,437 48,366 48,893

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 109,736 110,964 111,057 109,736 110,528 110,803 110,880 110,964 111,057

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 66,215 67,453 66,973 66,249 67,132 67,361 67,267 67,487 67,083

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.3 60.8 60.3 60.4 60.7 60.8 60.7 60.8 60.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 63,547 64,975 64,530 63,432 64,491 64,654 64,703 64,912 64,502

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.9 58.6 58.1 57.8 58.3 58.4 58.4 58.5 58.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,668 2,478 2,443 2,818 2,641 2,707 2,564 2,576 2,581

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.0 3.7 3.6 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 43,521 43,510 44,084 43,487 43,396 43,442 43,612 43,477 43,974

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,606 16,927 16,948 16,606 16,829 16,891 16,908 16,927 16,948

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,720 6,566 6,541 7,222 7,309 7,228 7,142 7,039 7,045

 Participation rate ............................................................... 40.5 38.8 38.6 43.5 43.4 42.8 42.2 41.6 41.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,760 5,611 5,549 6,169 6,200 6,145 6,078 6,019 5,970

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 34.7 33.1 32.7 37.1 36.8 36.4 35.9 35.6 35.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 960 954 992 1,053 1,108 1,083 1,064 1,020 1,075

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 14.3 14.5 15.2 14.6 15.2 15.0 14.9 14.5 15.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,886 10,362 10,407 9,384 9,520 9,662 9,766 9,888 9,903

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 2007, 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

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 185,849 187,704 187,843 185,849 187,115 187,471 187,582 187,704 187,843

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 122,944 124,328 123,944 123,394 124,783 124,908 124,676 124,888 124,450

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.2 66.2 66.0 66.4 66.7 66.6 66.5 66.5 66.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 118,141 119,375 119,231 118,397 119,813 119,767 119,669 120,115 119,547

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.6 63.6 63.5 63.7 64.0 63.9 63.8 64.0 63.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,803 4,953 4,713 4,997 4,970 5,141 5,007 4,773 4,904

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 62,904 63,376 63,899 62,454 62,333 62,562 62,905 62,817 63,393

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,347 65,059 65,104 64,401 65,084 65,109 65,113 65,206 65,165

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.4 76.4 76.4 76.4 76.7 76.6 76.5 76.6 76.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 62,074 62,544 62,857 62,096 62,766 62,693 62,703 63,007 62,884

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 73.7 73.5 73.8 73.7 73.9 73.7 73.7 74.0 73.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,273 2,515 2,247 2,305 2,318 2,416 2,410 2,199 2,282

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.5 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.5

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 53,015 53,835 53,443 53,025 53,633 53,809 53,667 53,839 53,486

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.7 60.1 59.6 59.7 60.1 60.1 60.0 60.1 59.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 51,159 52,109 51,677 51,072 51,795 51,877 51,840 52,036 51,636

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.6 58.2 57.7 57.5 58.0 58.0 57.9 58.1 57.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,856 1,726 1,766 1,953 1,838 1,932 1,827 1,803 1,851

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,582 5,434 5,397 5,969 6,066 5,990 5,896 5,843 5,799

 Participation rate ................................................................. 43.6 41.8 41.4 46.6 46.8 46.1 45.3 44.9 44.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,909 4,722 4,698 5,229 5,252 5,197 5,126 5,072 5,027

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 38.3 36.3 36.1 40.8 40.5 40.0 39.4 39.0 38.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 674 712 699 740 814 793 770 771 772

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 12.1 13.1 13.0 12.4 13.4 13.2 13.1 13.2 13.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 26,905 27,346 27,385 26,905 27,231 27,276 27,310 27,346 27,385

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 17,155 17,312 17,353 17,318 17,512 17,639 17,549 17,436 17,510

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.8 63.3 63.4 64.4 64.3 64.7 64.3 63.8 63.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 15,638 15,874 15,997 15,699 16,045 16,226 16,154 15,988 16,065

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.1 58.0 58.4 58.3 58.9 59.5 59.2 58.5 58.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,517 1,439 1,356 1,619 1,466 1,412 1,395 1,448 1,444

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.8 8.3 7.8 9.3 8.4 8.0 7.9 8.3 8.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,751 10,034 10,032 9,588 9,719 9,637 9,761 9,910 9,875

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,690 7,732 7,801 7,757 7,812 7,893 7,846 7,804 7,860

 Participation rate ................................................................. 71.1 70.3 70.8 71.7 71.3 72.0 71.5 71.0 71.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,032 7,017 7,163 7,065 7,240 7,304 7,262 7,103 7,201

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 65.0 63.8 65.1 65.3 66.1 66.6 66.1 64.6 65.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 658 715 638 692 572 588 584 701 659

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.6 9.2 8.2 8.9 7.3 7.5 7.4 9.0 8.4

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,670 8,823 8,787 8,674 8,840 8,891 8,850 8,832 8,798

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.1 64.3 63.9 64.1 64.7 64.9 64.5 64.3 64.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 8,036 8,289 8,296 8,008 8,171 8,316 8,286 8,285 8,273

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 59.4 60.4 60.4 59.2 59.8 60.7 60.4 60.4 60.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 635 535 491 667 669 575 564 547 525

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.3 6.1 5.6 7.7 7.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 794 757 765 887 860 855 852 800 852

 Participation rate ................................................................. 31.2 28.8 29.1 34.8 33.0 32.7 32.5 30.5 32.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 570 568 537 627 634 606 605 600 591

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 22.4 21.7 20.4 24.6 24.4 23.2 23.1 22.9 22.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 224 189 228 260 226 249 247 200 261

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 28.2 24.9 29.8 29.3 26.2 29.1 29.0 25.0 30.6

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 10,095 10,579 10,545 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,690 7,020 6,951 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.3 66.4 65.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,447 6,810 6,723 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.9 64.4 63.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 243 210 228 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.6 3.0 3.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,405 3,559 3,594 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 2007, 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

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 29,880 31,055 31,147 29,880 30,596 30,877 30,965 31,055 31,147

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 20,564 21,341 21,434 20,566 21,176 21,439 21,318 21,390 21,445

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.8 68.7 68.8 68.8 69.2 69.4 68.8 68.9 68.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 19,528 20,191 20,328 19,466 20,131 20,221 20,204 20,288 20,284

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 65.4 65.0 65.3 65.1 65.8 65.5 65.2 65.3 65.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,035 1,150 1,106 1,100 1,045 1,218 1,115 1,101 1,161

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.0 5.4 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.7 5.2 5.1 5.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,316 9,714 9,714 9,314 9,419 9,438 9,647 9,665 9,702

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 11,833 12,309 12,376 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.9 84.9 85.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 11,371 11,702 11,860 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 81.6 80.7 81.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 462 607 516 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.9 4.9 4.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,734 7,964 7,999 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 58.7 58.3 58.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,284 7,594 7,590 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 55.3 55.6 55.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 450 370 409 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.8 4.6 5.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 996 1,069 1,060 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 36.0 36.8 36.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 873 895 878 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 31.5 30.8 30.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 123 173 182 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 12.4 16.2 17.1 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 2007, 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

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,959 12,896 12,799 12,844 12,719 12,870 13,150 13,033 12,765

 Participation rate ................................................................... 46.3 46.7 46.6 45.9 46.8 47.0 47.9 47.2 46.5

 Employed ................................................................................ 12,099 11,881 11,918 11,937 11,877 11,993 12,212 12,126 11,847

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 43.2 43.0 43.4 42.6 43.7 43.8 44.4 43.9 43.1

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 860 1,015 881 907 842 877 938 906 917

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 6.6 7.9 6.9 7.1 6.6 6.8 7.1 7.0 7.2

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,347 38,739 38,354 38,249 38,373 38,723 38,723 38,610 38,319

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.3 63.1 62.7 63.1 63.0 62.8 62.8 62.9 62.6

 Employed ................................................................................ 36,674 37,033 36,798 36,584 36,722 37,083 37,063 37,042 36,758

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 60.5 60.3 60.1 60.4 60.3 60.1 60.1 60.3 60.1

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,673 1,706 1,557 1,665 1,651 1,641 1,660 1,568 1,562

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.1

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 35,284 35,434 35,669 35,320 35,593 35,092 34,678 35,200 35,620

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.4 72.1 72.3 72.5 72.5 72.2 71.2 71.6 72.2

 Employed ................................................................................ 33,983 34,115 34,405 33,987 34,393 33,802 33,434 33,944 34,337

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.8 69.4 69.8 69.8 70.1 69.6 68.6 69.1 69.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,300 1,319 1,263 1,333 1,200 1,290 1,244 1,256 1,283

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 42,122 43,532 43,565 42,031 43,565 43,584 43,770 43,660 43,567

 Participation rate ................................................................... 77.9 78.4 77.9 77.8 78.1 78.2 78.6 78.6 77.9

 Employed ................................................................................ 41,243 42,756 42,809 41,115 42,742 42,673 42,930 42,858 42,773

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 76.3 77.0 76.5 76.1 76.6 76.6 77.1 77.1 76.5

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 879 776 757 916 823 911 839 801 793

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.1 1.8 1.7 2.2 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.8

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 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey. See box note in the BLS news release USDL 07-0486, "The

Employment Situation: March 2007," issued on April 6, 2007, for a discussion of technical

issues regarding educational attainment data.
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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

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,219 2,046 2,040 2,232 2,291 2,266 2,343 2,241 2,053

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,277 1,169 1,166 1,303 1,415 1,358 1,441 1,327 1,205

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 930 859 856 924 879 890 892 897 858

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 12 18 18 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 141,186 143,277 143,257 141,468 143,646 143,681 143,537 144,032 143,687

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 131,547 133,551 133,513 131,779 133,636 134,018 133,798 134,110 133,874

 Government .......................................................................... 20,406 21,138 21,320 20,166 20,734 20,902 20,872 20,931 21,046

 Private industries .................................................................. 111,142 112,413 112,193 111,604 112,888 113,050 112,918 113,171 112,762

 Private households ............................................................. 819 859 819 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 110,322 111,553 111,374 110,753 112,147 112,309 112,026 112,283 111,967

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,560 9,606 9,641 9,653 9,865 9,520 9,605 9,737 9,713

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 79 121 103 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 3,787 4,384 4,205 3,964 4,232 4,246 4,212 4,278 4,374

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,352 2,856 2,729 2,467 2,706 2,753 2,729 2,769 2,849

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,156 1,218 1,236 1,179 1,234 1,185 1,208 1,215 1,248

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,808 20,554 20,336 19,494 19,885 19,761 19,907 20,088 19,948

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 3,710 4,295 4,127 3,891 4,159 4,155 4,088 4,196 4,308

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,299 2,805 2,681 2,436 2,653 2,686 2,662 2,698 2,811

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,153 1,204 1,226 1,170 1,221 1,165 1,187 1,196 1,236

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,438 20,197 20,001 19,142 19,512 19,410 19,521 19,677 19,570

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 2007, 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

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 143,405 145,323 145,297 143,763 145,926 145,957 145,919 146,254 145,786

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,760 5,611 5,549 6,169 6,200 6,145 6,078 6,019 5,970

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,210 2,069 2,129 2,400 2,513 2,394 2,275 2,301 2,315

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,550 3,543 3,420 3,744 3,655 3,734 3,777 3,715 3,628

 20 years and over ................................................................... 137,645 139,712 139,748 137,594 139,726 139,813 139,841 140,235 139,815

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,646 13,927 13,819 13,788 14,073 14,086 14,139 14,204 13,982

 25 years and over ................................................................. 123,999 125,785 125,929 123,694 125,677 125,634 125,597 125,916 125,667

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 99,333 100,300 100,476 99,193 100,385 100,627 100,319 100,488 100,365

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,826 31,388 31,565 30,857 31,283 31,411 31,366 31,530 31,588

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,596 34,458 34,457 34,502 34,589 34,689 34,618 34,520 34,378

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 33,911 34,453 34,454 33,834 34,513 34,527 34,335 34,438 34,400

 55 years and over ............................................................... 24,666 25,485 25,453 24,502 25,293 25,007 25,278 25,428 25,302

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 76,929 77,553 78,013 77,234 78,311 78,237 78,172 78,344 78,344

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,831 2,816 2,795 3,071 3,077 3,079 3,034 3,020 3,031

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,036 1,004 1,059 1,143 1,193 1,195 1,124 1,126 1,157

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,795 1,811 1,736 1,923 1,872 1,881 1,915 1,903 1,865

 20 years and over ................................................................... 74,098 74,737 75,218 74,163 75,235 75,158 75,138 75,323 75,313

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,262 7,270 7,285 7,369 7,468 7,457 7,435 7,458 7,412

 25 years and over ................................................................. 66,836 67,466 67,934 66,746 67,776 67,648 67,665 67,811 67,846

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 53,634 54,025 54,426 53,626 54,318 54,406 54,282 54,358 54,412

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 17,014 17,311 17,433 17,067 17,338 17,325 17,314 17,470 17,478

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,820 18,651 18,823 18,808 18,750 18,862 18,839 18,779 18,804

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 17,800 18,062 18,170 17,751 18,231 18,220 18,129 18,109 18,130

 55 years and over ............................................................... 13,202 13,442 13,508 13,120 13,458 13,242 13,383 13,454 13,434

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 66,476 67,771 67,284 66,530 67,615 67,720 67,747 67,911 67,442

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,929 2,796 2,754 3,098 3,124 3,066 3,044 2,999 2,940

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,174 1,064 1,070 1,257 1,319 1,198 1,151 1,175 1,157

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,755 1,731 1,684 1,821 1,783 1,853 1,863 1,812 1,763

 20 years and over ................................................................... 63,547 64,975 64,530 63,432 64,491 64,654 64,703 64,912 64,502

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,384 6,656 6,534 6,419 6,605 6,629 6,704 6,746 6,570

 25 years and over ................................................................. 57,163 58,319 57,996 56,948 57,902 57,986 57,932 58,105 57,821

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,699 46,275 46,050 45,566 46,066 46,221 46,037 46,130 45,954

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,812 14,077 14,132 13,789 13,945 14,086 14,052 14,060 14,110

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,776 15,807 15,634 15,693 15,839 15,828 15,779 15,741 15,574

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,111 16,391 16,284 16,084 16,282 16,307 16,206 16,329 16,270

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,464 12,044 11,945 11,382 11,835 11,765 11,895 11,974 11,867

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 45,731 46,452 46,488 45,809 45,864 46,066 46,231 46,527 46,500

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 35,326 36,252 36,101 35,298 35,383 35,536 35,728 36,167 36,037

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,747 9,233 9,135 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 118,559 119,640 119,609 119,251 120,716 120,965 120,819 121,035 120,348

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 24,846 25,684 25,688 24,440 25,209 24,990 24,983 25,120 25,248

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ........................................................... 7,360 7,808 7,846 7,487 7,743 7,683 7,739 7,740 7,937

 Percent of total employed ..................................................... 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.4

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 2007, 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

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 7,098 6,724 6,801 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,053 1,020 1,075 14.6 15.2 15.0 14.9 14.5 15.3

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 446 450 459 15.7 16.9 16.9 16.6 16.4 16.5

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 625 568 639 14.3 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.3 15.0

 20 years and over ................................................................... 6,045 5,704 5,726 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,233 1,162 1,184 8.2 7.9 8.1 7.4 7.6 7.8

 25 years and over ................................................................. 4,793 4,517 4,537 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,033 3,689 3,743 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.6

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,582 1,448 1,442 4.9 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.4 4.4

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,338 1,139 1,193 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.4

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,114 1,101 1,108 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.1

 55 years and over ............................................................... 756 820 791 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.0

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 3,825 3,701 3,732 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.5

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 598 572 587 16.3 16.7 16.2 16.6 15.9 16.2

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 249 241 241 17.9 19.0 17.0 19.3 17.6 17.2

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 374 330 364 16.3 14.8 15.4 15.0 14.8 16.4

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,228 3,129 3,146 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 709 661 694 8.8 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.6

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,504 2,473 2,445 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.5

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,078 2,017 1,998 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.5

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 825 796 767 4.6 4.2 4.8 5.0 4.4 4.2

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 672 636 624 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 580 585 607 3.2 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.2

 55 years and over ............................................................... 426 456 446 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.2

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,273 3,024 3,069 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.4

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 455 448 488 12.8 13.6 13.7 13.1 13.0 14.2

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 198 209 218 13.6 14.9 16.8 13.8 15.1 15.9

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 251 238 274 12.1 12.6 11.8 12.4 11.6 13.5

 20 years and over ................................................................... 2,818 2,576 2,581 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.8

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 524 501 491 7.6 7.5 7.7 6.4 6.9 7.0

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,289 2,043 2,092 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.5

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 1,955 1,672 1,745 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.7

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 757 652 675 5.2 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.6

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 666 504 569 4.1 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.5

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 533 516 501 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 302 341 311 2.6 2.4 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.5

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,182 1,182 1,214 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.5

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,045 938 997 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.7

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 708 667 605 7.5 6.2 6.6 6.5 6.7 6.2

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 5,802 5,515 5,507 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,309 1,178 1,326 5.1 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.5 5.0

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 2007, 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

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 3,426 3,487 3,249 3,476 3,236 3,440 3,453 3,238 3,287

On temporary layoff .............................................................. 841 1,078 954 912 958 1,021 1,022 863 1,022

Not on temporary layoff ........................................................ 2,585 2,409 2,295 2,564 2,278 2,420 2,430 2,375 2,265

Permanent job losers ........................................................ 1,840 1,681 1,625 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs .......................... 745 728 670 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 817 749 713 845 807 797 816 755 748

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,041 2,151 2,030 2,183 2,199 2,230 2,042 2,147 2,174

New entrants ............................................................................ 520 526 540 585 601 619 580 599 607

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 ........ 50.4 50.4 49.7 49.0 47.3 48.6 50.1 48.0 48.2

On temporary layoff ............................................................ 12.4 15.6 14.6 12.9 14.0 14.4 14.8 12.8 15.0

Not on temporary layoff ...................................................... 38.0 34.9 35.1 36.2 33.3 34.1 35.3 35.2 33.2

Job leavers ............................................................................. 12.0 10.8 10.9 11.9 11.8 11.2 11.8 11.2 11.0

Reentrants .............................................................................. 30.0 31.1 31.1 30.8 32.1 31.5 29.6 31.9 31.9

New entrants .......................................................................... 7.6 7.6 8.3 8.3 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.9 8.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.2

Job leavers ............................................................................. .5 .5 .5 .6 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5

Reentrants .............................................................................. 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.4

New entrants .......................................................................... .3 .3 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, 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

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,339 2,103 2,141 2,632 2,707 2,642 2,600 2,327 2,432

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 1,900 2,339 1,909 2,123 2,037 2,283 2,192 2,159 2,141

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 2,566 2,471 2,482 2,365 2,081 2,118 2,135 2,177 2,268

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,169 1,189 1,221 1,036 991 986 905 954 1,072

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,396 1,282 1,261 1,329 1,090 1,133 1,230 1,223 1,196

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 18.0 18.4 18.3 16.9 15.9 16.2 16.4 17.3 17.1

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 9.8 10.1 10.1 8.5 7.3 8.1 8.1 8.5 8.7

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 .................................................................. 34.4 30.4 32.8 37.0 39.7 37.5 37.5 34.9 35.6

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 27.9 33.8 29.2 29.8 29.8 32.4 31.6 32.4 31.3

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 37.7 35.7 38.0 33.2 30.5 30.1 30.8 32.7 33.2

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 17.2 17.2 18.7 14.6 14.5 14.0 13.1 14.3 15.7

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 20.5 18.5 19.3 18.7 16.0 16.1 17.8 18.4 17.5

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, 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

Apr.

2006

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Apr.

2007

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 143,405 145,297 6,804 6,532 4.5 4.3

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 50,105 51,955 983 952 1.9 1.8

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 21,076 21,447 446 419 2.1 1.9

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 29,029 30,507 538 533 1.8 1.7

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 23,577 23,858 1,501 1,361 6.0 5.4

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 36,108 36,262 1,580 1,492 4.2 4.0

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 16,778 16,814 744 804 4.2 4.6

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,330 19,447 836 688 4.1 3.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 15,564 15,459 1,030 1,058 6.2 6.4

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 968 945 92 85 8.7 8.2

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 9,320 9,422 719 809 7.2 7.9

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,276 5,092 219 165 4.0 3.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,051 17,764 1,161 1,110 6.0 5.9

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,360 9,394 536 633 5.4 6.3

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,691 8,370 625 477 6.7 5.4

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 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Apr.

2006

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Apr.

2007

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 6,804 6,532 4.5 4.3

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 5,454 5,276 4.7 4.5

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 17 17 2.5 2.3

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 674 853 6.9 8.6

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 745 749 4.5 4.6

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 414 467 3.9 4.4

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 331 282 5.6 4.8

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 972 872 4.6 4.2

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 272 188 4.8 3.3

 Information ........................................................................................................ 132 77 4.2 2.4

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 293 231 3.1 2.4

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 644 689 4.9 5.0

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 558 555 3.0 2.9

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 882 822 7.6 6.9

 Other services .................................................................................................. 266 224 4.1 3.6

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 81 67 6.2 5.7

Government workers ......................................................................................... 414 408 2.0 1.9

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 334 240 3.1 2.2

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, 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

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5

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

force .................................................................................................................................. 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.2

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

rate) .................................................................................................................................. 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5

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

discouraged workers ........................................................................................................ 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.7

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 .................... 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3

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 ............................................................................................................................. 7.9 8.3 7.9 8.1 8.0 8.3 8.1 8.0 8.2

 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 2007, 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

Apr.

2006

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Apr.

2007

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 77,990 79,423 29,611 30,184 48,379 49,239

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,648 4,729 2,027 2,161 2,622 2,567

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,310 1,391 658 680 651 711

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ..................................... 381 399 230 235 151 163

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 928 992 428 444 500 548

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,360 7,846 3,795 3,975 3,565 3,871

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.1 5.4 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.8

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,894 4,332 2,265 2,516 1,629 1,816

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,716 1,783 496 521 1,219 1,263

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 259 240 190 175 69 65

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,439 1,446 815 746 624 700

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 2007, 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

 Apr. 

2006

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

Change

from:

Mar. 2007-

Apr. 2007p

Total nonfarm ............................. 135,802 135,904 136,835 137,668 135,803 137,167 137,329 137,419 137,596 137,684 88

Total private ........................................ 113,483 113,412 114,236 115,052 113,881 115,053 115,189 115,245 115,402 115,465 63

Goods-producing ............................................ 22,407 21,870 22,073 22,273 22,604 22,520 22,554 22,465 22,501 22,473 -28

Natural resources and mining .................................. 669 693 701 708 678 705 706 711 715 717 2

Logging ........................................................... 61.0 63.0 61.8 58.5 67.0 64.6 64.8 65.2 65.8 64.2 -1.6

Mining .................................................................... 608.1 630.3 639.0 649.6 611.3 640.0 641.1 645.4 649.3 652.8 3.5

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 132.4 144.7 146.3 146.4 133.2 143.2 145.1 145.9 147.1 147.1 .0

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 218.5 212.5 216.8 225.0 220.4 222.4 222.2 222.9 224.4 226.8 2.4

Coal mining ...................................................... 79.0 78.9 79.5 80.5 79.1 79.9 80.0 79.7 80.0 80.4 .4

Support activities for mining .............................. 257.2 273.1 275.9 278.2 257.7 274.4 273.8 276.6 277.8 278.9 1.1

Construction ............................................................. 7,556 7,167 7,344 7,532 7,699 7,684 7,718 7,641 7,691 7,680 -11

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,785.4 1,723.5 1,741.5 1,759.0 1,815.6 1,799.7 1,801.4 1,791.7 1,795.3 1,789.4 -5.9

Residential building ......................................... 1,003.7 964.0 969.0 978.7 1,020.1 1,013.0 1,005.4 1,000.3 999.0 996.3 -2.7

Nonresidential building .................................... 781.7 759.5 772.5 780.3 795.5 786.7 796.0 791.4 796.3 793.1 -3.2

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 951.8 881.8 919.7 970.8 981.7 993.5 1,003.8 993.2 1,002.4 1,001.4 -1.0

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,818.8 4,561.5 4,682.9 4,802.5 4,901.9 4,890.5 4,912.5 4,856.1 4,893.5 4,889.0 -4.5

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,376.5 2,157.0 2,203.5 2,261.1 2,420.3 2,331.2 2,326.1 2,299.0 2,308.3 2,306.9 -1.4

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,442.3 2,404.5 2,479.4 2,541.4 2,481.6 2,559.3 2,586.4 2,557.1 2,585.2 2,582.1 -3.1

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,182 14,010 14,028 14,033 14,227 14,131 14,130 14,113 14,095 14,076 -19

Production workers ....................................... 10,153 10,029 10,040 10,047 10,187 10,126 10,121 10,114 10,093 10,076 -17

Durable goods ....................................................... 9,014 8,893 8,904 8,912 9,020 8,972 8,952 8,943 8,931 8,918 -13

Production workers ....................................... 6,377 6,286 6,290 6,296 6,377 6,349 6,325 6,326 6,309 6,295 -14

Wood products ................................................... 564.6 521.5 522.7 526.3 568.5 540.4 539.4 532.6 530.7 529.5 -1.2

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 511.0 483.6 490.7 495.3 513.1 504.0 504.1 501.9 500.9 497.7 -3.2

Primary metals .................................................... 464.1 454.8 453.5 451.6 463.5 454.6 454.9 454.4 453.2 450.9 -2.3

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,546.0 1,558.8 1,559.7 1,561.3 1,548.5 1,564.9 1,566.2 1,566.1 1,563.5 1,563.2 -.3

Machinery ........................................................... 1,181.3 1,214.7 1,218.3 1,213.2 1,180.3 1,210.1 1,213.3 1,215.4 1,217.4 1,212.5 -4.9

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,312.6 1,315.3 1,308.5 1,310.1 1,315.8 1,319.9 1,319.4 1,317.5 1,313.9 1,312.3 -1.6

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 197.3 196.6 196.5 197.7 198.7 199.8 196.4 197.8 197.8 198.7 .9

Communications equipment ........................... 145.1 144.2 143.5 144.5 145.1 143.8 143.7 143.7 143.8 144.1 .3

Semiconductors and electronic components . 460.4 467.1 465.8 466.5 460.6 466.2 470.5 468.8 467.9 466.4 -1.5

Electronic instruments ..................................... 437.0 437.2 432.9 432.5 438.3 438.3 437.5 436.8 434.3 433.7 -.6

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 433.4 435.6 438.0 437.2 434.2 437.4 437.3 436.4 438.0 438.2 .2

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,787.5 1,721.5 1,723.8 1,726.0 1,780.2 1,741.0 1,722.3 1,724.4 1,720.9 1,720.7 -.2

Motor vehicles and parts2................................. 1,097.8 1,022.4 1,028.5 1,024.9 1,091.9 1,043.9 1,023.5 1,025.1 1,024.7 1,019.9 -4.8

Furniture and related products .......................... 565.5 530.7 531.5 532.4 565.1 541.1 536.6 535.8 532.8 531.9 -.9

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 648.4 656.7 657.4 658.8 650.3 658.2 658.2 658.9 659.7 660.6 .9

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,168 5,117 5,124 5,121 5,207 5,159 5,178 5,170 5,164 5,158 -6

Production workers ....................................... 3,776 3,743 3,750 3,751 3,810 3,777 3,796 3,788 3,784 3,781 -3

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,450.5 1,464.2 1,468.0 1,463.3 1,480.5 1,485.1 1,493.9 1,492.8 1,494.6 1,493.4 -1.2

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 190.1 193.3 192.8 196.4 194.7 195.5 197.0 197.8 198.0 200.3 2.3

Textile mills ......................................................... 201.4 177.7 177.5 174.6 200.8 185.0 182.3 179.1 177.1 174.3 -2.8

Textile product mills ........................................... 161.2 156.8 156.8 158.8 160.5 157.7 158.6 157.9 157.3 157.9 .6

Apparel ................................................................ 243.7 223.3 224.1 222.1 243.2 230.4 227.7 225.2 223.9 221.5 -2.4

Leather and allied products ............................... 37.9 36.3 36.9 35.9 37.8 36.5 36.5 36.4 36.6 35.9 -.7

Paper and paper products ................................. 469.6 459.0 456.5 456.2 472.1 462.6 462.4 460.5 458.1 458.3 .2

Printing and related support activities ............... 635.9 630.4 633.0 631.0 636.9 636.7 634.7 634.6 634.0 632.4 -1.6

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 111.9 113.8 115.3 116.7 112.5 117.1 117.4 117.4 117.8 117.5 -.3

Chemicals ........................................................... 864.8 870.7 870.9 872.6 864.9 871.0 872.1 872.5 871.7 872.3 .6

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 801.1 791.7 792.4 793.3 802.6 781.7 795.8 795.7 794.6 794.2 -.4

See footnotes at the 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

 Apr. 

2006

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

Change

from:

Mar. 2007-

Apr. 2007p

Service-providing .............................................. 113,395 114,034 114,762 115,395 113,199 114,647 114,775 114,954 115,095 115,211 116

Private service-providing ............................... 91,076 91,542 92,163 92,779 91,277 92,533 92,635 92,780 92,901 92,992 91

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,002 26,003 26,158 26,211 26,207 26,345 26,378 26,393 26,433 26,420 -13

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,870.8 5,910.8 5,936.8 5,967.7 5,879.6 5,955.0 5,949.0 5,960.0 5,962.9 5,975.4 12.5

Durable goods .................................................... 3,063.4 3,094.9 3,104.7 3,118.2 3,067.0 3,104.3 3,102.5 3,112.0 3,114.2 3,121.3 7.1

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,030.8 2,023.8 2,037.7 2,047.2 2,034.4 2,055.0 2,050.5 2,049.7 2,051.4 2,051.2 -.2

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 776.6 792.1 794.4 802.3 778.2 795.7 796.0 798.3 797.3 802.9 5.6

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,156.9 15,078.0 15,189.6 15,191.1 15,336.6 15,323.7 15,357.5 15,364.6 15,397.2 15,371.1 -26.1

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,907.6 1,884.8 1,895.6 1,911.0 1,910.7 1,908.5 1,906.8 1,910.3 1,908.6 1,913.7 5.1

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,246.0 1,234.1 1,239.8 1,246.9 1,248.0 1,244.8 1,244.1 1,244.9 1,244.6 1,249.0 4.4

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 584.5 581.7 579.4 581.0 589.7 591.4 588.1 587.6 586.0 586.8 .8

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 533.5 537.7 536.7 532.4 542.9 531.4 535.3 538.2 538.6 540.1 1.5

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,357.2 1,263.4 1,290.0 1,347.9 1,325.8 1,314.1 1,318.0 1,323.4 1,314.3 1,317.6 3.3

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,801.8 2,822.6 2,828.1 2,825.8 2,825.7 2,843.7 2,844.0 2,849.9 2,855.7 2,851.6 -4.1

Health and personal care stores ....................... 944.2 961.4 962.1 960.5 952.6 959.7 964.1 964.8 967.1 969.0 1.9

Gasoline stations ................................................ 859.9 840.8 844.3 847.1 865.7 854.8 853.7 852.9 854.3 852.5 -1.8

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,377.0 1,391.8 1,400.6 1,407.0 1,421.2 1,460.1 1,446.9 1,445.1 1,449.7 1,456.4 6.7

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 627.8 644.6 640.0 640.8 646.8 648.9 655.8 654.9 654.9 657.7 2.8

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,872.2 2,846.5 2,916.4 2,845.4 2,937.5 2,885.4 2,923.9 2,917.3 2,947.5 2,906.5 -41.0

Department stores .......................................... 1,511.8 1,518.1 1,535.9 1,510.0 1,566.8 1,537.7 1,568.7 1,565.3 1,571.3 1,560.0 -11.3

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 875.3 868.9 863.9 866.7 889.7 881.4 880.3 880.2 880.2 879.6 -.6

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 415.9 433.8 432.5 425.5 428.3 444.3 440.6 440.0 440.3 439.6 -.7

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,426.2 4,468.0 4,483.3 4,501.7 4,441.6 4,517.0 4,522.6 4,519.6 4,522.7 4,522.7 .0

Air transportation ................................................ 485.2 478.8 482.2 486.6 487.3 488.3 490.8 485.5 486.4 488.7 2.3

Rail transportation .............................................. 225.4 226.8 227.6 227.6 225.8 226.4 227.9 228.9 229.1 227.8 -1.3

Water transportation ........................................... 62.4 65.5 65.0 66.0 62.9 67.8 67.1 68.1 67.5 66.7 -.8

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,416.2 1,421.2 1,430.2 1,437.3 1,431.9 1,453.6 1,457.9 1,454.7 1,456.3 1,454.2 -2.1

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 409.9 407.2 405.7 407.0 392.6 390.2 391.6 393.3 391.1 390.4 -.7

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 38.4 40.7 39.8 39.1 38.6 39.7 40.3 40.6 39.9 39.3 -.6

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 23.7 20.5 21.6 23.9 27.3 27.8 27.8 28.0 27.7 27.5 -.2

Support activities for transportation ................... 568.9 577.3 577.9 582.2 568.5 575.9 575.9 579.4 579.8 581.5 1.7

Couriers and messengers .................................. 573.2 584.2 586.3 583.5 577.3 596.4 593.0 590.6 592.0 590.2 -1.8

Warehousing and storage .................................. 622.9 645.8 647.0 648.5 629.4 650.9 650.3 650.5 652.9 656.4 3.5

Utilities ................................................................... 547.9 545.9 548.2 550.8 548.9 549.2 549.0 549.0 549.9 550.8 .9

Information ................................................................ 3,046 3,075 3,075 3,078 3,056 3,073 3,071 3,084 3,081 3,084 3

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 903.6 907.6 906.6 900.3 905.8 906.1 907.0 907.8 905.9 902.7 -3.2

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 370.6 375.9 380.6 388.1 380.3 378.3 378.2 385.2 387.0 393.6 6.6

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 329.6 336.8 335.0 335.9 330.7 335.6 335.3 337.4 336.3 336.7 .4

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 34.0 37.9 38.8 40.1 33.9 37.0 36.9 37.9 39.0 40.0 1.0

Telecommunications .......................................... 973.0 978.7 972.6 970.9 972.2 978.0 975.6 976.2 972.6 970.8 -1.8

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 383.9 386.1 389.5 390.2 382.1 386.1 386.1 387.3 387.7 388.0 .3

Other information services ................................. 51.2 51.6 52.3 52.0 51.1 52.1 51.9 51.9 52.3 51.9 -.4

Financial activities .................................................... 8,320 8,404 8,416 8,409 8,340 8,438 8,440 8,446 8,446 8,435 -11

Finance and insurance .......................................... 6,163.5 6,243.3 6,245.5 6,226.8 6,166.6 6,239.8 6,238.9 6,244.4 6,242.7 6,232.2 -10.5

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 21.1 21.9 22.1 22.1 21.2 21.8 21.7 22.0 22.1 22.2 .1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,931.5 2,963.3 2,961.4 2,942.6 2,932.3 2,959.7 2,961.5 2,962.8 2,959.7 2,945.3 -14.4

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,797.0 1,823.2 1,824.4 1,814.8 1,797.8 1,824.6 1,824.3 1,823.1 1,823.6 1,817.0 -6.6

Commercial banking .................................... 1,313.9 1,334.9 1,336.0 1,324.7 1,313.7 1,336.9 1,336.9 1,334.7 1,334.0 1,325.7 -8.3

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 810.4 831.8 833.1 831.9 810.5 829.2 831.0 831.4 832.1 832.9 .8

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,309.0 2,331.2 2,333.3 2,335.3 2,310.9 2,333.9 2,329.6 2,333.2 2,333.7 2,336.7 3.0

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 91.5 95.1 95.6 94.9 91.7 95.2 95.1 95.0 95.1 95.1 .0

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,156.5 2,161.1 2,170.2 2,182.6 2,173.5 2,198.0 2,201.5 2,202.0 2,203.2 2,202.5 -.7

Real estate .......................................................... 1,491.6 1,492.7 1,504.1 1,511.5 1,500.9 1,516.4 1,518.5 1,518.4 1,523.4 1,522.1 -1.3

Rental and leasing services ............................... 637.1 637.7 635.5 640.3 644.5 650.9 651.9 652.4 648.7 649.3 .6

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 27.8 30.7 30.6 30.8 28.1 30.7 31.1 31.2 31.1 31.1 .0

See footnotes at the 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

 Apr. 

2006

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

Change

from:

Mar. 2007-

Apr. 2007p

Professional and business services ........................ 17,407 17,508 17,631 17,803 17,458 17,792 17,804 17,840 17,846 17,870 24

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 7,386.9 7,616.0 7,622.6 7,656.1 7,319.0 7,499.8 7,515.6 7,544.3 7,557.2 7,590.0 32.8

Legal services .................................................. 1,167.7 1,169.2 1,171.3 1,175.0 1,175.2 1,179.0 1,176.2 1,178.8 1,179.0 1,181.7 2.7

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 983.1 1,068.4 1,042.5 1,027.8 879.8 925.1 922.1 927.8 923.3 925.4 2.1

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,361.2 1,396.1 1,403.7 1,415.9 1,373.7 1,411.4 1,419.2 1,422.7 1,424.7 1,428.7 4.0

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,260.1 1,307.3 1,315.2 1,327.9 1,262.1 1,303.3 1,305.2 1,311.1 1,319.2 1,330.5 11.3

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 903.9 958.8 966.6 981.7 908.4 953.8 958.1 967.1 973.7 985.5 11.8

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,794.8 1,821.1 1,827.5 1,837.4 1,797.6 1,826.0 1,830.8 1,836.7 1,839.7 1,843.9 4.2

Administrative and waste services ....................... 8,225.4 8,070.9 8,181.2 8,309.2 8,341.0 8,466.4 8,457.3 8,458.9 8,448.8 8,435.7 -13.1

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,880.4 7,726.9 7,836.3 7,956.4 7,994.2 8,117.0 8,106.1 8,107.4 8,097.7 8,081.7 -16.0

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,550.9 3,439.7 3,504.4 3,498.4 3,658.0 3,674.2 3,667.1 3,651.6 3,642.3 3,615.3 -27.0

Temporary help services ............................. 2,557.8 2,464.4 2,511.1 2,540.0 2,632.2 2,641.6 2,641.8 2,629.2 2,628.4 2,622.2 -6.2

Business support services .............................. 785.9 806.0 808.4 800.9 783.2 806.9 803.6 803.3 803.1 799.9 -3.2

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,789.2 1,660.9 1,697.2 1,823.1 1,792.3 1,817.7 1,812.1 1,823.8 1,819.3 1,826.3 7.0

Waste management and remediation services 345.0 344.0 344.9 352.8 346.8 349.4 351.2 351.5 351.1 354.0 2.9

Education and health services ................................ 17,906 18,254 18,345 18,413 17,743 18,063 18,102 18,138 18,187 18,240 53

Educational services ............................................. 3,062.7 3,107.5 3,134.7 3,139.3 2,902.6 2,948.6 2,959.5 2,955.9 2,969.7 2,974.6 4.9

Health care and social assistance ........................14,843.4 15,146.4 15,209.8 15,273.5 14,839.9 15,113.9 15,142.6 15,181.7 15,217.7 15,265.1 47.4

3 Health care ......................................................... 12,515.4 12,794.8 12,840.5 12,879.9 12,540.0 12,779.2 12,801.2 12,837.5 12,865.0 12,902.0 37.0

1 Ambulatory health care services .................... 5,244.2 5,376.7 5,401.1 5,421.4 5,251.0 5,369.2 5,375.3 5,395.6 5,408.7 5,426.8 18.1

Offices of physicians .................................... 2,131.0 2,189.3 2,199.9 2,205.8 2,138.0 2,185.5 2,187.4 2,196.7 2,204.9 2,212.0 7.1

Outpatient care centers ................................ 488.0 496.3 495.2 494.9 487.6 493.6 494.1 496.8 494.6 494.9 .3

Home health care services .......................... 857.3 895.6 904.8 907.1 858.5 890.9 896.4 901.1 904.4 907.8 3.4

Hospitals .......................................................... 4,394.1 4,473.2 4,486.1 4,489.4 4,404.3 4,469.5 4,478.3 4,484.4 4,493.4 4,500.0 6.6

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............ 2,877.1 2,944.9 2,953.3 2,969.1 2,884.7 2,940.5 2,947.6 2,957.5 2,962.9 2,975.2 12.3

Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,575.0 1,597.4 1,600.6 1,607.4 1,579.6 1,596.4 1,600.1 1,605.7 1,605.7 1,611.5 5.8

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,328.0 2,351.6 2,369.3 2,393.6 2,299.9 2,334.7 2,341.4 2,344.2 2,352.7 2,363.1 10.4

Child day care services ................................... 830.3 812.3 819.1 826.9 813.6 803.6 804.3 802.7 804.9 808.2 3.3

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,969 12,889 13,092 13,385 13,049 13,373 13,396 13,425 13,445 13,467 22

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,873.5 1,756.3 1,801.8 1,908.2 1,918.1 1,957.2 1,960.4 1,963.3 1,960.9 1,956.2 -4.7

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 403.9 376.5 384.7 408.9 395.3 406.4 408.0 406.0 405.8 402.2 -3.6

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 120.8 116.9 118.5 124.1 122.8 127.1 127.7 127.5 127.0 126.6 -.4

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,348.8 1,262.9 1,298.6 1,375.2 1,400.0 1,423.7 1,424.7 1,429.8 1,428.1 1,427.4 -.7

Accommodations and food services .................... 11,095.5 11,132.9 11,290.2 11,477.1 11,131.0 11,415.9 11,435.8 11,461.3 11,484.3 11,510.5 26.2

Accommodations ................................................ 1,774.5 1,778.9 1,803.8 1,816.4 1,821.5 1,863.2 1,858.1 1,860.3 1,863.4 1,864.6 1.2

Food services and drinking places .................... 9,321.0 9,354.0 9,486.4 9,660.7 9,309.5 9,552.7 9,577.7 9,601.0 9,620.9 9,645.9 25.0

Other services .......................................................... 5,426 5,409 5,446 5,480 5,424 5,449 5,444 5,454 5,463 5,476 13

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,253.1 1,241.1 1,254.1 1,259.7 1,247.1 1,251.6 1,246.3 1,248.9 1,252.6 1,253.4 .8

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,287.1 1,273.8 1,285.1 1,304.5 1,282.4 1,287.4 1,285.8 1,290.3 1,292.2 1,298.0 5.8

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,885.4 2,894.1 2,907.2 2,915.6 2,894.3 2,909.7 2,912.3 2,915.2 2,917.8 2,924.2 6.4

Government .............................................................. 22,319 22,492 22,599 22,616 21,922 22,114 22,140 22,174 22,194 22,219 25

Federal ................................................................... 2,720 2,697 2,700 2,711 2,731 2,713 2,718 2,718 2,717 2,721 4

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,953.7 1,935.1 1,938.3 1,949.2 1,960.2 1,948.6 1,951.1 1,951.8 1,950.9 1,954.7 3.8

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 766.6 762.2 761.8 762.0 770.5 764.5 767.1 766.5 766.0 765.8 -.2

State government .................................................. 5,206 5,249 5,276 5,286 5,064 5,111 5,117 5,133 5,135 5,144 9

State government education .............................. 2,431.4 2,451.1 2,473.5 2,482.9 2,284.5 2,311.8 2,311.4 2,324.0 2,326.5 2,335.1 8.6

State government, excluding education ............ 2,774.1 2,798.2 2,802.1 2,803.5 2,779.2 2,798.9 2,805.7 2,809.4 2,808.3 2,808.8 .5

Local government .................................................. 14,393 14,546 14,623 14,619 14,127 14,290 14,305 14,323 14,342 14,354 12

Local government education ............................. 8,240.1 8,352.8 8,404.7 8,374.4 7,905.0 8,015.6 8,018.7 8,025.1 8,040.2 8,042.4 2.2

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,153.1 6,193.4 6,217.9 6,244.1 6,222.2 6,274.1 6,286.4 6,298.0 6,302.2 6,311.6 9.4

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor

vehicle parts.

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing

and residential care facilities.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Apr. 

2006

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

Change

from:

Mar. 2007-

Apr. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 33.9 33.4 33.6 34.0 33.9 33.9 33.8 33.7 33.9 33.8 -0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 39.9 39.6 40.4 40.3 40.6 40.7 40.2 40.2 40.6 40.5 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 45.5 45.3 45.3 45.9 45.5 45.6 45.0 45.9 45.8 46.0 .2

Construction ............................................................ 38.4 37.4 38.7 38.4 39.1 39.8 38.7 38.4 39.0 38.8 -.2

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.4 40.5 41.1 41.0 41.2 41.0 40.9 40.9 41.2 41.1 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.2 -.1

Durable goods ..................................................... 40.7 40.7 41.4 41.2 41.6 41.2 41.1 41.1 41.4 41.3 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.0 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.1 -.2

Wood products .................................................. 39.9 38.0 39.1 39.3 40.4 39.3 38.7 39.1 39.4 39.4 .0

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.9 40.5 41.8 42.0 43.3 42.7 42.0 41.6 42.4 42.0 -.4

Primary metals .................................................. 42.6 42.8 43.2 43.0 43.4 43.3 42.8 43.0 43.2 43.0 -.2

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.5 40.7 41.6 41.2 41.7 41.0 41.0 41.1 41.7 41.3 -.4

Machinery .......................................................... 41.6 42.0 42.4 42.5 42.6 42.3 41.8 42.3 42.4 42.5 .1

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.1 40.1 40.4 39.9 40.7 40.4 40.3 40.3 40.4 40.3 -.1

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 39.9 40.4 40.7 40.9 41.3 40.4 40.7 40.9 40.9 40.9 .0

Transportation equipment ............................... 41.6 42.3 43.1 42.8 43.1 42.5 42.8 42.5 42.9 42.6 -.3

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 41.0 41.3 42.5 42.5 42.6 41.7 42.0 41.5 42.3 42.2 -.1

Furniture and related products ....................... 38.0 38.5 38.8 38.8 38.6 39.0 38.9 38.8 38.9 39.0 .1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.1 37.8 38.7 38.7 38.8 38.7 38.5 37.9 38.5 38.7 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 39.9 40.1 40.7 40.7 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.9 40.9 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.3 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 38.8 39.7 40.6 40.2 39.8 40.4 40.4 40.5 41.1 40.8 -.3

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 40.0 39.6 40.2 41.1 40.3 40.7 40.8 40.5 40.6 40.8 .2

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.1 40.5 40.5 40.5 40.4 41.0 40.6 40.7 40.3 40.2 -.1

Textile product mills ......................................... 39.5 39.3 39.8 39.6 40.3 39.2 39.3 39.5 39.6 39.7 .1

Apparel ............................................................... 35.8 36.9 36.9 37.7 36.4 36.7 37.5 37.0 36.7 37.5 .8

Leather and allied products ............................ 38.2 37.7 38.3 37.8 38.9 38.2 38.2 38.0 38.0 37.6 -.4

Paper and paper products .............................. 42.3 41.7 42.6 42.9 43.0 42.4 42.5 42.4 43.0 43.0 .0

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.8 39.4 39.5 39.7 39.2 39.5 39.2 39.4 39.4 39.7 .3

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 45.4 44.0 43.8 44.5 45.2 44.7 45.3 45.1 44.6 44.8 .2

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.7 41.8 41.9 42.0 42.7 42.0 41.8 41.8 41.9 42.0 .1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.0 40.1 40.7 41.1 40.7 40.6 40.8 40.4 40.7 41.0 .3

Private service-providing ............................. 32.6 32.1 32.2 32.6 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.4 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.5 32.9 33.1 33.4 33.5 33.4 33.4 33.3 33.4 33.3 -.1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.3 37.8 37.9 38.6 38.1 38.0 38.0 38.1 38.1 38.1 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.6 29.6 29.9 30.1 30.6 30.4 30.4 30.2 30.2 30.1 -.1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.6 36.6 36.9 36.9 36.7 36.9 37.1 37.1 37.2 36.9 -.3

Utilities ................................................................... 41.4 42.1 42.1 42.3 41.2 42.0 41.9 42.3 42.4 42.2 -.2

Information ............................................................... 36.8 36.4 36.4 36.9 36.6 36.6 36.5 36.6 36.7 36.6 -.1

Financial activities .................................................. 36.3 35.8 35.7 36.7 35.7 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.1 .1

Professional and business services .................... 34.7 34.4 34.6 35.1 34.6 34.6 34.5 34.6 34.8 34.7 -.1

Education and health services ............................. 32.6 32.3 32.4 32.8 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.6 32.7 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.7 25.1 25.3 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.5 25.6 25.6 .0

Other services ......................................................... 31.0 30.6 30.8 30.9 31.0 30.9 30.9 30.7 31.0 30.9 -.1

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining

and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and

nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.

These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the

total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor

vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

 Apr. 

2006

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2006

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

Total private ....................................... $16.72 $17.21 $17.22 $17.35 $566.81 $574.81 $578.59 $589.90

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 16.63 17.16 17.21 17.25 563.76 578.29 583.42 583.05

Goods-producing .......................................... 17.82 18.26 18.35 18.47 711.02 723.10 741.34 744.34

Natural resources and mining .............................. 19.78 20.81 20.87 21.01 899.99 942.69 945.41 964.36

Construction ............................................................ 19.61 20.45 20.52 20.58 753.02 764.83 794.12 790.27

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.74 17.03 17.07 17.20 676.30 689.72 701.58 705.20

Durable goods ..................................................... 17.54 17.95 18.02 18.12 713.88 730.57 746.03 746.54

Wood products .................................................. 13.24 13.55 13.58 13.60 528.28 514.90 530.98 534.48

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.71 16.81 16.95 16.85 716.86 680.81 708.51 707.70

Primary metals .................................................. 19.37 19.33 19.37 19.49 825.16 827.32 836.78 838.07

Fabricated metal products .............................. 16.04 16.31 16.35 16.44 649.62 663.82 680.16 677.33

Machinery .......................................................... 16.95 17.63 17.67 17.71 705.12 740.46 749.21 752.68

Computer and electronic products ................ 18.73 19.57 19.67 19.92 751.07 784.76 794.67 794.81

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.37 15.87 15.92 15.94 613.26 641.15 647.94 651.95

Transportation equipment ............................... 22.27 22.53 22.62 22.83 926.43 953.02 974.92 977.12

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.72 14.05 14.35 14.43 521.36 540.93 556.78 559.88

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 14.37 14.50 14.61 14.61 547.50 548.10 565.41 565.41

Nondurable goods ............................................... 15.36 15.46 15.44 15.64 612.86 619.95 628.41 636.55

Food manufacturing ......................................... 13.09 13.33 13.33 13.48 507.89 529.20 541.20 541.90

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 18.32 17.91 18.49 18.66 732.80 709.24 743.30 766.93

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.42 12.87 12.79 12.95 498.04 521.24 518.00 524.48

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.97 11.96 12.01 11.99 472.82 470.03 478.00 474.80

Apparel ............................................................... 10.62 10.82 10.71 10.75 380.20 399.26 395.20 405.28

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.26 11.82 11.80 11.82 430.13 445.61 451.94 446.80

Paper and paper products .............................. 18.01 18.10 18.15 18.43 761.82 754.77 773.19 790.65

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.72 15.87 15.83 16.00 609.94 625.28 625.29 635.20

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.52 24.73 24.60 24.71 1,113.21 1,088.12 1,077.48 1,099.60

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.78 19.55 19.47 19.67 844.61 817.19 815.79 826.14

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.87 15.22 15.19 15.34 594.80 610.32 618.23 630.47

Private service-providing ............................. 16.43 16.94 16.93 17.06 535.62 543.77 545.15 556.16

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.44 15.65 15.66 15.79 517.24 514.89 518.35 527.39

Wholesale trade ................................................... 18.87 19.25 19.24 19.48 722.72 727.65 729.20 751.93

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.69 12.72 12.75 12.84 388.31 376.51 381.23 386.48

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 17.19 17.42 17.51 17.49 629.15 637.57 646.12 645.38

Utilities ................................................................... 27.65 27.50 27.74 27.88 1,144.71 1,157.75 1,167.85 1,179.32

Information ............................................................... 23.14 23.80 23.77 23.98 851.55 866.32 865.23 884.86

Financial activities .................................................. 18.77 19.42 19.49 19.74 681.35 695.24 695.79 724.46

Professional and business services .................... 19.21 19.95 19.91 20.22 666.59 686.28 688.89 709.72

Education and health services ............................. 17.29 17.76 17.79 17.80 563.65 573.65 576.40 583.84

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.65 10.24 10.22 10.25 248.01 257.02 258.57 263.43

Other services ......................................................... 14.78 15.10 15.13 15.19 458.18 462.06 466.00 469.37

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector 

and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total Private:

 Apr. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

Mar. 2007-

Apr. 2007 p

Current dollars ................................................ $16.63 $17.07 $17.10 $17.16 $17.21 $17.25 0.2

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.20 8.36 8.36 8.36 8.32 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.87 18.29 18.34 18.37 18.45 18.52 .4

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 19.66 20.52 20.60 20.77 20.79 20.88 .4

Construction ............................................................................ 19.71 20.44 20.55 20.57 20.65 20.69 .2

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.75 16.95 16.98 17.03 17.09 17.19 .6

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

4 Excluding overtime 15.88 16.12 16.17 16.22 16.24 16.35 .7

Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.58 17.86 17.90 17.96 18.05 18.14 .5

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.34 15.41 15.44 15.47 15.48 15.59 .7

Private service-providing ............................................. 16.29 16.74 16.77 16.84 16.89 16.92 .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.30 15.58 15.59 15.61 15.66 15.66 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 18.71 19.20 19.25 19.22 19.32 19.33 .1

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.56 12.67 12.69 12.71 12.73 12.73 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 17.18 17.53 17.49 17.50 17.53 17.51 -.1

Utilities ................................................................................... 27.49 27.33 27.40 27.50 27.67 27.70 .1

Information ............................................................................... 23.09 23.60 23.72 23.77 23.87 23.92 .2

Financial activities .................................................................. 18.66 19.29 19.32 19.42 19.52 19.61 .5

Professional and business services .................................... 18.91 19.64 19.63 19.80 19.87 19.91 .2

Education and health services ............................................. 17.25 17.67 17.74 17.75 17.77 17.78 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.66 10.02 10.08 10.16 10.18 10.24 .6

Other services ......................................................................... 14.67 15.02 15.03 15.06 15.07 15.08 .1

3( )

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical

Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.

3 Change was -0.5 percent from Feb. 2007 to Mar. 2007, the latest

month available.

4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate

of time and one-half.

N.A. = not available.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Apr. 

2006

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

Mar. 2007-

Apr. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 105.1 103.6 105.1 107.1 105.6 106.9 106.7 106.4 107.3 106.9 -0.4

Goods-producing .......................................... 100.3 96.5 99.7 100.6 103.1 102.8 101.8 101.2 102.6 102.1 -.5

Natural resources and mining .............................. 122.3 125.7 127.3 130.3 124.0 129.2 127.2 131.2 131.7 132.2 .4

Construction ............................................................ 111.3 101.1 108.0 110.5 116.0 116.9 114.6 111.9 115.2 114.3 -.8

Manufacturing ......................................................... 94.1 93.2 94.7 94.5 96.3 95.3 95.0 94.9 95.4 95.0 -.4

Durable goods ..................................................... 97.5 96.1 97.8 97.5 99.7 98.3 97.7 97.7 98.1 97.7 -.4

Wood products .................................................. 102.0 86.9 89.6 91.0 104.0 93.8 91.8 91.7 91.9 92.0 .1

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 100.6 88.5 92.8 94.2 102.0 98.2 96.6 94.8 96.4 94.7 -1.8

Primary metals .................................................. 92.2 91.0 91.3 90.5 93.8 92.0 90.7 91.3 91.2 90.3 -1.0

Fabricated metal products .............................. 100.4 102.0 104.2 103.3 103.5 103.2 103.0 103.4 104.6 103.6 -1.0

Machinery .......................................................... 100.2 104.5 105.5 104.9 102.4 105.0 103.7 105.2 105.3 104.7 -.6

Computer and electronic products ................ 102.4 103.8 104.1 102.2 104.2 104.9 104.5 104.6 104.4 103.5 -.9

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 85.3 88.5 90.0 90.4 88.8 88.5 89.0 89.9 90.6 90.9 .3

Transportation equipment ............................... 98.6 96.8 98.6 98.3 101.4 98.2 97.9 97.3 97.9 97.3 -.6

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 93.2 86.0 88.7 88.3 95.8 88.8 87.3 86.3 87.9 87.0 -1.0

Furniture and related products ....................... 89.9 85.0 86.0 86.0 91.3 87.8 87.0 86.6 86.4 86.3 -.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 88.9 89.9 92.0 92.7 90.9 92.2 91.7 90.5 92.1 92.9 .9

Nondurable goods ............................................... 88.7 88.4 89.9 89.9 91.1 90.3 90.8 90.6 91.1 91.1 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 93.2 97.1 99.5 98.1 97.9 100.3 101.0 101.2 102.8 102.0 -.8

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 97.2 97.7 98.6 104.0 101.5 100.1 101.4 101.8 102.9 105.1 2.1

Textile mills ........................................................ 66.1 59.3 59.5 58.3 66.3 62.8 61.2 60.2 59.0 57.8 -2.0

Textile product mills ......................................... 86.0 80.5 81.4 81.9 87.2 81.7 81.9 81.4 81.1 81.5 .5

Apparel ............................................................... 62.4 61.3 61.8 62.3 63.3 62.8 63.5 62.1 61.3 61.9 1.0

Leather and allied products ............................ 75.5 71.5 75.2 72.2 76.4 72.9 73.7 72.6 73.9 71.3 -3.5

Paper and paper products .............................. 85.3 82.8 83.9 84.5 87.4 84.7 85.2 84.5 85.1 85.2 .1

Printing and related support activities ........... 91.7 93.5 94.3 93.9 92.9 95.0 93.9 94.2 94.3 94.0 -.3

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 99.0 90.1 91.7 96.3 98.9 95.3 97.1 96.2 95.6 97.1 1.6

Chemicals .......................................................... 96.9 93.6 93.9 95.2 96.7 94.4 93.8 94.0 94.0 94.9 1.0

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 92.4 91.9 93.4 94.7 94.1 91.4 94.1 93.1 93.7 94.5 .9

Private service-providing ............................. 106.5 105.5 106.6 108.7 106.1 107.8 108.0 108.1 108.6 108.3 -.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 102.3 100.5 101.8 102.9 103.3 103.6 103.7 103.4 104.0 103.5 -.5

Wholesale trade ................................................... 106.0 105.4 106.2 108.8 105.6 106.8 106.8 107.3 107.4 107.6 .2

Retail trade ........................................................... 100.1 96.5 98.3 98.9 101.5 100.8 101.1 100.5 100.8 100.1 -.7

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 106.1 106.5 107.6 108.0 106.7 109.2 109.5 109.4 109.6 108.5 -1.0

Utilities ................................................................... 93.6 94.4 94.7 95.4 93.2 95.0 94.7 95.3 95.7 95.3 -.4

Information ............................................................... 100.8 100.8 101.0 102.3 100.4 101.3 101.0 101.7 101.8 101.7 -.1

Financial activities .................................................. 108.7 109.2 109.2 112.2 107.3 110.2 110.3 110.4 110.6 110.8 .2

Professional and business services .................... 111.1 110.9 112.6 115.3 111.1 113.7 113.5 114.0 114.7 114.4 -.3

Education and health services ............................. 109.7 110.8 111.8 113.5 108.4 110.1 110.7 110.5 111.5 112.2 .6

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 107.7 104.4 107.0 111.3 108.0 111.4 111.2 110.9 111.5 111.6 .1

Other services ......................................................... 97.3 96.4 97.6 98.6 97.4 98.0 98.1 97.6 98.6 98.6 .0

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and

motor vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by

the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours

estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours

and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Apr. 

2006

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007

 Mar. 

2007p

 Apr. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

Mar. 2007-

Apr. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 117.5 119.1 120.9 124.2 117.3 121.9 122.0 122.0 123.3 123.3 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 109.4 107.9 112.0 113.7 112.9 115.1 114.3 113.8 115.9 115.8 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 140.7 152.1 154.6 159.2 141.8 154.1 152.4 158.5 159.2 160.6 .9

Construction ............................................................ 117.9 111.7 119.7 122.8 123.5 129.1 127.2 124.3 128.4 127.7 -.5

Manufacturing ......................................................... 103.1 103.8 105.7 106.3 105.5 105.6 105.5 105.7 106.7 106.8 .1

Durable goods ..................................................... 106.8 107.7 110.1 110.3 109.4 109.6 109.1 109.5 110.6 110.6 .0

Nondurable goods ............................................... 96.3 96.6 98.1 99.4 98.8 98.3 99.0 99.0 99.7 100.3 .6

Private service-providing ............................. 119.9 122.5 123.8 127.1 118.5 123.7 124.2 124.8 125.8 125.7 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 112.7 112.2 113.8 115.9 112.7 115.1 115.4 115.2 116.1 115.6 -.4

Wholesale trade ................................................... 117.8 119.6 120.4 124.9 116.3 120.7 121.1 121.5 122.3 122.5 .2

Retail trade ........................................................... 108.9 105.2 107.5 108.9 109.3 109.5 110.0 109.4 110.0 109.3 -.6

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 115.7 117.7 119.6 119.8 116.3 121.4 121.5 121.4 121.8 120.5 -1.1

Utilities ................................................................... 108.0 108.3 109.6 111.0 107.0 108.4 108.3 109.4 110.6 110.2 -.4

Information ............................................................... 115.4 118.7 118.8 121.5 114.7 118.3 118.6 119.6 120.3 120.4 .1

Financial activities .................................................. 126.2 131.1 131.5 136.9 123.8 131.5 131.7 132.6 133.5 134.3 .6

Professional and business services .................... 127.0 131.7 133.4 138.7 125.0 132.8 132.6 134.3 135.6 135.5 -.1

Education and health services ............................. 124.7 129.4 130.7 132.8 123.0 127.9 129.1 129.0 130.3 131.1 .6

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 118.0 121.4 124.2 129.5 118.5 126.7 127.2 128.0 128.8 129.8 .8

Other services ......................................................... 104.8 106.1 107.6 109.2 104.1 107.2 107.4 107.1 108.3 108.3 .0

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls

by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate

payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory

worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries

1

1

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Time span

2003 ......................................................... 43.5 37.2 33.6 38.8 40.8 38.5 39.2 41.7 48.0 50.2 52.2 52.9

2004 ......................................................... 51.6 50.2 62.1 64.9 59.9 57.6 56.5 51.4 56.5 55.0 51.4 55.6

2005 ......................................................... 52.5 61.3 52.7 60.8 54.9 58.5 59.0 60.4 53.6 53.1 62.2 60.4

2006 ......................................................... 64.2 64.6 64.0 62.8 56.7 55.9 59.4 55.9 55.8 57.7 53.6 57.6

2007 ......................................................... 54.9 54.7 p 58.1 p 53.4

2003 ......................................................... 39.6 33.8 34.9 33.8 35.3 42.3 39.2 34.4 42.6 48.6 48.7 50.2

2004 ......................................................... 55.9 53.2 57.0 64.2 70.3 65.6 59.9 55.2 57.9 59.0 60.4 55.8

2005 ......................................................... 51.3 55.9 56.8 61.3 57.2 59.4 62.8 63.7 59.9 53.4 57.2 62.2

2006 ......................................................... 70.5 66.7 66.0 66.9 63.3 62.4 60.3 62.6 57.7 59.0 57.7 59.9

2007 ......................................................... 64.6 60.6 p 60.4 p 56.8

2003 ......................................................... 34.7 33.1 31.1 33.3 33.5 36.5 32.7 32.4 40.8 44.8 47.7 47.5

2004 ......................................................... 49.8 51.8 55.0 60.8 63.5 63.7 63.3 62.6 58.3 62.1 55.4 55.2

2005 ......................................................... 54.1 57.2 57.6 56.3 56.5 58.1 65.8 63.8 61.9 59.2 62.8 60.8

2006 ......................................................... 63.8 63.3 67.1 68.2 67.1 67.1 63.5 62.9 62.6 62.1 61.5 61.0

2007 ......................................................... 62.2 60.3 p 65.8 p 61.3

2003 ......................................................... 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2

2004 ......................................................... 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.4 50.7 57.7 57.0 55.2 56.7 58.3 60.1 60.3

2005 ......................................................... 60.1 61.0 59.5 58.8 58.3 60.3 60.6 62.8 60.3 58.8 59.7 61.3

2006 ......................................................... 67.3 65.3 66.0 64.7 65.8 65.3 67.6 66.4 66.5 66.4 65.5 65.1

2007 ......................................................... 64.6 64.4 p 64.7 p 62.1

2003 ......................................................... 34.5 17.3 17.3 10.7 22.0 17.3 17.3 31.5 26.8 38.1 42.3 42.3

2004 ......................................................... 41.1 45.2 47.0 63.1 50.0 48.2 56.5 43.5 41.7 43.5 40.5 42.3

2005 ......................................................... 36.9 48.2 43.5 48.2 38.7 37.5 42.3 45.8 44.0 44.6 48.2 51.8

2006 ......................................................... 63.1 48.2 56.0 53.0 47.0 58.9 51.2 44.6 40.5 47.6 43.5 38.7

2007 ......................................................... 52.4 38.7 p 40.5 p 32.1

2003 ......................................................... 15.5 11.3 13.7 9.5 8.9 11.9 15.5 15.5 17.9 29.2 30.4 33.3

2004 ......................................................... 45.2 42.9 43.5 57.7 60.1 58.3 55.4 46.4 47.0 42.9 42.9 37.5

2005 ......................................................... 35.1 39.9 40.5 42.3 35.1 33.9 40.5 41.7 42.3 40.5 39.9 43.5

2006 ......................................................... 56.5 52.4 52.4 51.2 47.6 54.8 48.2 52.4 39.3 42.3 35.7 39.9

2007 ......................................................... 48.2 38.1 p 43.5 p 32.1

2003 ......................................................... 11.9 11.3 7.1 8.3 9.5 10.7 7.1 9.5 12.5 16.1 25.0 24.4

2004 ......................................................... 28.0 32.7 35.1 47.0 50.0 52.4 54.2 52.4 48.8 51.2 41.1 38.7

2005 ......................................................... 31.5 35.1 36.3 34.5 32.1 33.3 44.0 39.3 32.1 36.9 34.5 39.3

2006 ......................................................... 42.9 41.7 50.0 50.6 51.2 53.0 45.8 45.8 47.6 45.2 44.6 39.9

2007 ......................................................... 39.9 37.5 p 39.3 p 32.1

2003 ......................................................... 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7

2004 ......................................................... 13.1 14.3 13.1 20.2 23.2 35.7 36.9 38.1 36.3 44.0 44.6 44.6

2005 ......................................................... 44.6 44.6 41.7 40.5 37.5 36.3 32.1 33.9 32.7 33.3 33.3 37.5

2006 ......................................................... 44.6 40.5 40.5 40.5 39.3 42.3 48.8 48.8 44.6 45.2 43.5 41.7

2007 ......................................................... 41.7 42.3 p 39.3 p 38.7

1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and

unadjusted data for the 12-month span.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing

plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where

50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing

and decreasing employment.