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Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

December 2004 – November 2007

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2007

Nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend up in November (94,000), and the unemployment rate

held at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job

growth continued in professional and technical services, health care, and food services. Employment continued to decline in manufacturing and also fell in several housing-related industries, including construction,

credit intermediation, and real estate. Average hourly earnings rose by 8 cents over the month.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

The number of unemployed persons (7.2 million) was about unchanged in November, and the unemployment rate was 4.7 percent for the third month in a row. A year earlier, the number of unemployed persons

was 6.8 million, and the jobless rate was 4.5 percent. (See table A-1.)

Unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (4.1 percent), adult women (4.1 percent),

teenagers (16.3 percent), whites (4.2 percent), blacks (8.4 percent), and Hispanics (5.7 percent)—showed

little or no change in November. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

In November, total employment increased by 696,000 to 146.7 million. The employment-population

ratio rose by 0.3 percentage point to 63.0 percent; it was still below its most recent peak of 63.4 percent

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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Civilian labor force ............................. 152,807 153,195 153,464 153,253 153,870 617 

Employment ................................... 145,956 146,054 146,257 146,007 146,703 696 

Unemployment ................................ 6,851 7,142 7,207 7,245 7,167 -78 

Not in labor force ............................... 78,675 79,015 78,997 79,462 79,069 -393 

All workers ........................................ 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 .0 

Adult men ........................................ 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.1 -.2 

Adult women .................................. 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.1 .0 

Teenagers ....................................... 15.6 15.7 16.0 15.6 16.3 .7 

White ............................................ 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 .0 

Black or African American ................. 8.4 7.9 8.1 8.5 8.4 -.1 

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ................... 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.7 .1 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment ............................ 137,864 138,143 138,203 p 138,373 p 138,467 p 94

Goods-producing 1.............................. 22,447 22,360 22,309 p 22,287 p 22,254 p -33

Construction .................................. 7,665 7,621 7,595 p 7,586 p 7,562 p -24

Manufacturing ............................... 14,064 14,011 13,986 p 13,971 p 13,960 p -11

Service-providing 1 ............................ 115,417 115,783 115,894 p 116,086 p 116,213 p 127

 Retail trade 2 .......................... 15,385 15,386 15,383 p 15,368 p 15,392 p 24

Professional and business services ....... 17,879 17,936 17,954 p 18,018 p 18,048 p 30

Education and health services ............... 18,301 18,470 18,505 p 18,549 p 18,577 p 28

Leisure and hospitality ..................... 13,524 13,595 13,630 p 13,676 p 13,702 p 26

Government .................................... 22,233 22,254 22,280 p 22,318 p 22,348 p 30

Total private ....................................... 33.8 33.8 33.8 p 33.8 p 33.8 p 0.0

Manufacturing .................................. 41.2 41.3 41.3 p 41.2 p 41.3 p .1

 Overtime ....................................... 4.2 4.1 4.1 p 4.1 p 4.1 p .0

Total private ...................................... 107.4 107.7 107.8 p 107.9 p 108.0 p 0.1

Average hourly earnings, total private ....... $17.32 $17.50 $17.54 p $17.55 p $17.63 p $0.08

Average weekly earnings, total private ...... 586.11 591.39 592.85 p 593.19 p 595.89 p 2.70

II 2007 III 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007

p = preliminary.

Oct.-Nov. 

change

Hours of work 3

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

Quarterly averages Monthly data

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

Earnings 3

 Employment

Labor force status

Unemployment rates 
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in December 2006. The civilian labor force rose to 153.9 million over the month, and the labor force

participation rate edged up to 66.1 percent. (See table A-1.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Nearly 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in

November, about the same as a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available to 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

349,000 discouraged workers in November, unchanged from a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not

currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.0

million persons marginally attached to the labor force in November 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)

Total nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend up (94,000) in November to 138.5 million, following little change in September (44,000) and a gain of 170,000 in October. In November, job growth

continued in several service-providing industries, while employment in construction and financial activities

declined. Manufacturing employment continued to trend down. (See table B-1.)

Employment in professional and technical services grew by 24,000 in November and has risen by

312,000 over the year. In November, job gains continued in computer systems design and related services

(12,000) and in management and technical consulting services (6,000).

Health care employment continued to grow, but the gain of 15,000 in November was less than half the

average increase (34,000) for the prior 12 months. In November, hospitals and offices of physicians added

8,000 and 7,000 jobs, respectively. Employment in social assistance increased by 10,000 in November and

by 94,000 over the year.

Within leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in

November (17,000). Food services has added 306,000 jobs over the year. Employment in accommodations edged up in November (11,000).

Employment in retail trade edged up in November (24,000). Job gains occurred in clothing stores, health

and personal care stores, electronics and appliance stores, and furniture and home furnishings stores. Employment in general merchandise stores, which include department stores, fell by 11,000 over the month.

In November, employment declined in several industries related to home building and financing. Construction employment declined by 24,000 with job losses occurring in residential building (-7,000) and in

residential specialty trade contractors (-13,000). Within financial activities, employment in credit intermediation (which includes mortgage lending and related activities) continued to contract (-13,000). Credit

intermediation has lost 75,000 jobs since its peak in February. Real estate employment declined by 8,000

in November.

Manufacturing employment continued to trend down in November. Job losses persisted in two industries

that provide construction materials—wood products and nonmetallic mineral products (such as concrete and

glass). Machinery manufacturing added 4,000 jobs over the month.
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

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

payrolls was unchanged at 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek increased by

0.1 hour to 41.3 hours, and factory overtime was unchanged at 4.1 hours. (See table B-2.)

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

payrolls rose by 0.1 percent in November to 108.0 (2002=100). The manufacturing index increased by

0.2 percent to 95.2. (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 8 cents, or 0.5 percent, in November to $17.63, seasonally adjusted. This followed a 1-cent gain in

October. Average weekly earnings also grew by 0.5 percent over the month, to $595.89. Over the year,

both average hourly and weekly earnings rose by 3.8 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for December 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 4, 2008,

at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 2008 are as follows:

The November 2007 reference week for the household survey was the week including November 5th, a week earlier than the usual reference period. The change was

made so that the household interviews, which are done during the week following the

reference period, would not be conducted during the Thanksgiving holiday. In the future,

this change will be made whenever the holiday occurs during the survey week. The

establishment survey reference period was not modified.

November 2007 Household Survey Reference Week

Jan. – Feb. 1 April – May 2 July – Aug. 1 Oct. – Nov. 7

Feb. – March 7 May – June 6 Aug. – Sept. 5 Nov. – Dec. 5

March – April 4 June – July 3 Sept. – Oct. 3
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Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data

In accordance with usual practice, the Employment Situation release for December

2007, scheduled for January 4, 2008, will incorporate annual revisions in seasonally

adjusted unemployment and other labor force series from the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data for the most recent 5 years are subject to revision.

Upcoming Changes to Establishment Survey Data

With the release of January 2008 data on February 1, 2008, the Current Employment Statistics survey will revise the basis for industry classification from the 2002

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to the 2007 North American

Industry Classification System. The new classification reflects minor definitional changes

within manufacturing, telecommunications, financial activities, and professional, scientific,

and technical services. Several industry titles and descriptions also will be updated.

The conversion to NAICS 2007 will result in minor revisions to some employment,

hours, and earnings series. Details of new, discontinued, and combined industries will

be available at http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm on January 4, 2008.

For more information on the 2007 NAICS, see http://www.census.gov/epcd/

www/naics.html.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates

Were the November nonfarm payroll data from the Employment Situation news release affected by

the Southern California wildfires and evacuations in October?

There was no discernible impact on national employment estimates from the establishment survey,

because the areas most affected by Southern California wildfires contained only a relatively small number

of business establishments. For further information, see “Employment and Wage Profile of the Counties

Affected by the October 2007 California Wildfires,” at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils63.pdf.

Was BLS able to collect information from survey respondents (both establishments and households)

in the areas affected by the Southern California wildfires and evacuations?

Yes. In November, response rates for the establishment survey were within normal ranges for the affected

areas. In the household survey, the level of response also was little affected.

Why are there two monthly measures of employment?

The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment

and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of

error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its much larger

sample size. An over-the-month employment change of 104,000 is statistically significant in the establishment

survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000.

However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes

the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups.

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?

Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Thus,

while it is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The household survey does include questions about whether

respondents were born outside the United States. Data from these questions show that foreign-born workers

accounted for about 15 percent of the labor force in 2006 and about 47 percent of the net increase in the

labor force from 2000 to 2006.

Why does the establishment survey have revisions?

The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating additional

information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. The establishment

survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate
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additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey. For more information on the monthly revisions,

please visit http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm.

On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors estimates

to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. The benchmark

helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual

benchmark revision, please visit http://www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm.

Has the establishment survey understated employment growth because it excludes the selfemployed?

While the establishment survey excludes the self-employed, the household survey provides monthly estimates of unincorporated self-employment. These estimates have shown no substantial growth in recent years.

Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?

Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments with

fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the total

nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve

that goal.

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?

Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment

change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that

forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the

net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The

establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new

firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the

survey twice a year.

Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance

benefits?

No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons who

are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People

on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey.
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Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work?

Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In

addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially

counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news release.
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 0.4 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

issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office,

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sept.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 229,905 232,715 232,939 229,905 231,958 232,211 232,461 232,715 232,939

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 152,590 153,516 154,035 152,449 153,231 152,891 153,464 153,253 153,870

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

 Employed .................................................................... 146,014 146,743 147,118 145,623 146,110 145,794 146,257 146,007 146,703

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 63.5 63.1 63.2 63.3 63.0 62.8 62.9 62.7 63.0

 Unemployed ............................................................... 6,576 6,773 6,917 6,826 7,121 7,097 7,207 7,245 7,167

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

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 77,315 79,200 78,904 77,456 78,727 79,319 78,997 79,462 79,069

 Persons who currently want a job ............................... 4,476 4,131 4,337 4,778 4,782 4,744 4,741 4,242 4,617

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 111,180 112,619 112,737 111,180 112,222 112,354 112,486 112,619 112,737

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 81,689 82,177 82,402 81,798 82,167 81,915 82,193 82,194 82,532

 Participation rate ..................................................... 73.5 73.0 73.1 73.6 73.2 72.9 73.1 73.0 73.2

 Employed .................................................................... 78,210 78,578 78,680 78,148 78,292 78,082 78,207 78,179 78,614

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 70.3 69.8 69.8 70.3 69.8 69.5 69.5 69.4 69.7

 Unemployed ............................................................... 3,479 3,598 3,722 3,650 3,875 3,833 3,986 4,014 3,919

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.7

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 29,491 30,443 30,335 29,382 30,055 30,439 30,293 30,426 30,205

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 102,656 103,973 104,087 102,656 103,598 103,723 103,847 103,973 104,087

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 78,161 78,805 79,113 78,123 78,651 78,512 78,636 78,654 79,104

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

 Employed .................................................................... 75,247 75,753 76,018 75,088 75,362 75,284 75,296 75,276 75,851

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 73.3 72.9 73.0 73.1 72.7 72.6 72.5 72.4 72.9

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,914 3,052 3,095 3,036 3,289 3,228 3,340 3,378 3,253

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.1

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 24,495 25,167 24,973 24,533 24,948 25,211 25,211 25,318 24,982

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 118,724 120,096 120,202 118,724 119,736 119,856 119,975 120,096 120,202

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 70,900 71,339 71,633 70,651 71,064 70,976 71,271 71,059 71,337

 Participation rate ..................................................... 59.7 59.4 59.6 59.5 59.4 59.2 59.4 59.2 59.3

 Employed .................................................................... 67,804 68,165 68,438 67,475 67,819 67,712 68,050 67,828 68,089

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 57.1 56.8 56.9 56.8 56.6 56.5 56.7 56.5 56.6

 Unemployed ............................................................... 3,097 3,174 3,195 3,176 3,245 3,264 3,221 3,231 3,248

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 47,824 48,757 48,569 48,073 48,672 48,880 48,704 49,037 48,865

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 110,445 111,703 111,805 110,445 111,367 111,479 111,590 111,703 111,805

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 67,408 67,970 68,188 67,024 67,579 67,628 67,814 67,599 67,803

 Participation rate ..................................................... 61.0 60.8 61.0 60.7 60.7 60.7 60.8 60.5 60.6

 Employed .................................................................... 64,778 65,241 65,449 64,333 64,808 64,845 65,068 64,826 65,027

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 58.7 58.4 58.5 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.3 58.0 58.2

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,630 2,729 2,739 2,691 2,771 2,783 2,746 2,773 2,777

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

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 43,036 43,733 43,617 43,420 43,788 43,851 43,776 44,103 44,001

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 16,804 17,040 17,048 16,804 16,993 17,009 17,024 17,040 17,048

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 7,021 6,740 6,734 7,301 7,002 6,751 7,014 6,999 6,962

 Participation rate ..................................................... 41.8 39.6 39.5 43.5 41.2 39.7 41.2 41.1 40.8

 Employed .................................................................... 5,989 5,749 5,652 6,202 5,940 5,665 5,894 5,905 5,825

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 35.6 33.7 33.2 36.9 35.0 33.3 34.6 34.7 34.2

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,031 992 1,082 1,099 1,062 1,086 1,120 1,094 1,137

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 14.7 14.7 16.1 15.1 15.2 16.1 16.0 15.6 16.3

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 9,783 10,299 10,314 9,502 9,991 10,257 10,010 10,041 10,086

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sept.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 186,988 188,813 188,956 186,988 188,312 188,479 188,644 188,813 188,956

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 124,635 125,228 125,615 124,536 124,966 124,593 125,245 125,109 125,427

 Participation rate ....................................................... 66.7 66.3 66.5 66.6 66.4 66.1 66.4 66.3 66.4

 Employed .................................................................... 119,995 120,424 120,665 119,636 119,747 119,349 119,948 119,875 120,209

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 64.2 63.8 63.9 64.0 63.6 63.3 63.6 63.5 63.6

 Unemployed ............................................................... 4,640 4,804 4,951 4,900 5,219 5,243 5,297 5,233 5,218

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 62,353 63,585 63,341 62,452 63,346 63,887 63,399 63,705 63,529

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 64,972 65,337 65,552 64,935 65,224 65,018 65,202 65,230 65,504

 Participation rate ....................................................... 76.6 76.2 76.4 76.6 76.3 76.0 76.2 76.1 76.4

 Employed .................................................................... 62,895 63,143 63,307 62,712 62,768 62,556 62,646 62,748 63,091

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 74.2 73.7 73.8 73.9 73.5 73.1 73.2 73.2 73.5

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,077 2,194 2,245 2,223 2,456 2,462 2,556 2,482 2,413

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 53,879 54,355 54,539 53,594 53,922 53,961 54,209 54,093 54,214

 Participation rate ....................................................... 60.4 60.4 60.5 60.1 60.0 60.0 60.3 60.1 60.2

 Employed .................................................................... 52,066 52,476 52,645 51,700 51,957 51,978 52,300 52,149 52,250

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 58.3 58.3 58.4 57.9 57.9 57.8 58.1 57.9 58.0

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,813 1,878 1,893 1,893 1,965 1,983 1,909 1,944 1,964

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

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 5,785 5,536 5,525 6,008 5,820 5,614 5,834 5,785 5,709

 Participation rate ....................................................... 44.7 42.3 42.2 46.4 44.6 43.0 44.6 44.2 43.6

 Employed .................................................................... 5,034 4,805 4,712 5,223 5,022 4,816 5,002 4,979 4,868

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 38.9 36.7 36.0 40.4 38.5 36.9 38.3 38.1 37.2

 Unemployed ............................................................... 751 731 812 784 797 798 832 807 840

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 13.0 13.2 14.7 13.1 13.7 14.2 14.3 13.9 14.7

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 27,193 27,627 27,666 27,193 27,498 27,541 27,584 27,627 27,666

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 17,489 17,520 17,481 17,444 17,645 17,523 17,493 17,422 17,457

 Participation rate ....................................................... 64.3 63.4 63.2 64.2 64.2 63.6 63.4 63.1 63.1

 Employed .................................................................... 16,021 16,085 16,027 15,950 16,229 16,175 16,077 15,938 15,993

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 58.9 58.2 57.9 58.7 59.0 58.7 58.3 57.7 57.8

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,469 1,435 1,454 1,494 1,416 1,349 1,416 1,484 1,464

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.6 8.0 7.7 8.1 8.5 8.4

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 9,704 10,107 10,184 9,749 9,854 10,018 10,090 10,204 10,208

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 7,831 7,896 7,930 7,778 7,987 7,955 7,884 7,814 7,897

 Participation rate ....................................................... 71.6 71.0 71.2 71.1 72.2 71.8 71.0 70.3 70.9

 Employed .................................................................... 7,220 7,274 7,316 7,170 7,383 7,411 7,303 7,178 7,281

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 66.0 65.4 65.7 65.5 66.7 66.9 65.8 64.6 65.4

 Unemployed ............................................................... 611 622 613 608 604 545 581 636 616

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.6 6.8 7.4 8.1 7.8

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 8,814 8,863 8,789 8,798 8,880 8,808 8,852 8,838 8,776

 Participation rate ....................................................... 64.6 64.0 63.4 64.4 64.4 63.8 64.0 63.8 63.3

 Employed .................................................................... 8,177 8,243 8,161 8,152 8,274 8,241 8,235 8,203 8,160

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 59.9 59.5 58.8 59.7 60.0 59.7 59.5 59.2 58.8

 Unemployed ............................................................... 637 620 627 647 605 567 618 635 616

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 7.2 7.0 7.1 7.4 6.8 6.4 7.0 7.2 7.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 844 761 763 868 778 760 757 770 784

 Participation rate ....................................................... 32.5 28.6 28.7 33.4 29.4 28.7 28.6 29.0 29.5

 Employed .................................................................... 624 568 549 629 572 523 539 558 553

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 24.0 21.4 20.7 24.2 21.6 19.7 20.3 21.0 20.8

 Unemployed ............................................................... 220 192 214 239 206 237 218 212 231

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 26.1 25.3 28.0 27.6 26.5 31.2 28.8 27.6 29.5

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sept.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 10,214 10,719 10,731 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 6,779 7,069 7,222 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 66.4 65.9 67.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 6,565 6,806 6,960 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 64.3 63.5 64.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 214 263 262 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 3.2 3.7 3.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 3,435 3,650 3,509 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.

Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sept.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 30,508 31,714 31,809 30,508 31,423 31,520 31,617 31,714 31,809

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 21,048 21,811 21,937 20,994 21,602 21,795 21,901 21,775 21,895

 Participation rate ....................................................... 69.0 68.8 69.0 68.8 68.7 69.1 69.3 68.7 68.8

 Employed .................................................................... 20,006 20,656 20,701 19,953 20,331 20,599 20,654 20,563 20,656

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 65.6 65.1 65.1 65.4 64.7 65.4 65.3 64.8 64.9

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,042 1,155 1,236 1,042 1,271 1,196 1,247 1,212 1,239

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 5.0 5.3 5.6 5.0 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.7

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 9,460 9,903 9,872 9,513 9,821 9,725 9,716 9,939 9,914

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 12,127 12,509 12,592 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 85.2 84.5 84.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 11,664 11,937 12,023 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 82.0 80.6 81.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 463 571 569 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 3.8 4.6 4.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 7,839 8,205 8,246 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 58.4 58.9 59.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 7,437 7,811 7,760 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 55.4 56.1 55.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 402 394 485 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 5.1 4.8 5.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 1,081 1,098 1,100 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 38.0 36.8 36.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 904 907 918 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 31.8 30.4 30.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 177 190 182 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 16.4 17.3 16.5 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.
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Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sept.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 12,684 11,895 12,181 12,681 12,141 12,031 12,161 12,113 12,223

 Participation rate ......................................................... 46.4 46.4 46.6 46.4 47.8 46.4 46.2 47.2 46.8

 Employed ...................................................................... 11,869 11,116 11,264 11,855 11,274 11,225 11,263 11,227 11,293

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 43.4 43.3 43.1 43.4 44.4 43.3 42.8 43.8 43.2

 Unemployed ................................................................. 815 779 916 826 867 806 898 887 930

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 6.4 6.5 7.5 6.5 7.1 6.7 7.4 7.3 7.6

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 38,828 38,654 39,017 38,489 38,447 38,549 38,828 38,552 38,691

 Participation rate ......................................................... 63.6 62.9 63.1 63.0 63.3 62.9 63.0 62.7 62.6

 Employed ...................................................................... 37,212 37,031 37,327 36,837 36,743 36,885 37,060 36,768 36,966

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 60.9 60.2 60.4 60.3 60.5 60.2 60.1 59.8 59.8

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,617 1,623 1,690 1,652 1,703 1,664 1,768 1,784 1,726

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.5

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 35,382 36,715 36,454 35,469 36,281 35,961 35,987 36,190 36,363

 Participation rate ......................................................... 72.2 72.2 72.1 72.4 71.4 71.9 71.8 71.2 72.0

 Employed ...................................................................... 34,232 35,502 35,303 34,293 34,998 34,629 34,750 34,915 35,155

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 69.9 69.8 69.9 70.0 68.9 69.2 69.4 68.7 69.6

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,150 1,213 1,151 1,176 1,283 1,331 1,237 1,274 1,207

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

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 43,550 44,430 44,474 43,225 44,474 44,594 44,132 44,204 44,247

 Participation rate ......................................................... 78.6 77.6 78.0 78.0 77.3 77.5 77.5 77.2 77.6

 Employed ...................................................................... 42,799 43,530 43,563 42,423 43,540 43,680 43,264 43,271 43,283

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 77.2 76.1 76.4 76.5 75.7 75.9 76.0 75.6 75.9

 Unemployed ................................................................. 752 900 910 802 934 914 868 934 965

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2

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

Nov.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sept.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ................................... 2,104 2,130 2,082 2,173 1,993 1,843 2,054 2,076 2,140

 Wage and salary workers ............................................. 1,226 1,200 1,171 1,283 1,157 1,016 1,160 1,177 1,222

 Self-employed workers ................................................. 856 914 892 869 823 806 853 877 896

 Unpaid family workers .................................................. 23 17 19 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ............................................... 143,910 144,612 145,036 143,423 144,159 143,952 144,325 143,945 144,496

 Wage and salary workers ............................................. 134,084 135,119 135,705 133,583 134,339 134,269 134,604 134,535 135,112

 Government ................................................................ 20,952 21,096 21,121 20,753 21,024 21,148 21,133 20,915 20,966

 Private industries ........................................................ 113,132 114,023 114,583 112,811 113,319 113,133 113,488 113,624 114,155

 Private households ................................................... 732 760 759 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries ........................................................ 112,400 113,263 113,824 112,057 112,554 112,384 112,676 112,838 113,355

 Self-employed workers ................................................. 9,725 9,379 9,234 9,709 9,706 9,652 9,589 9,242 9,291

 Unpaid family workers .................................................. 101 115 97 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

Part time for economic reasons .................................. 4,054 4,028 4,374 4,183 4,313 4,516 4,512 4,335 4,494

 Slack work or business conditions ........................... 2,687 2,612 2,959 2,711 2,724 2,933 2,986 2,781 2,983

 Could only find part-time work ................................. 1,100 1,180 1,146 1,168 1,217 1,168 1,148 1,207 1,217

Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 20,995 19,956 20,661 19,780 20,014 19,835 19,891 19,329 19,550

Nonagricultural industries:

Part time for economic reasons .................................. 3,947 3,930 4,301 4,091 4,240 4,459 4,407 4,251 4,435

 Slack work or business conditions ........................... 2,620 2,549 2,926 2,661 2,683 2,903 2,920 2,736 2,953

 Could only find part-time work ................................. 1,085 1,171 1,136 1,140 1,211 1,147 1,142 1,203 1,201

Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 20,667 19,634 20,349 19,423 19,660 19,569 19,570 19,121 19,249

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

Nov.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sept.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 146,014 146,743 147,118 145,623 146,110 145,794 146,257 146,007 146,703

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 5,989 5,749 5,652 6,202 5,940 5,665 5,894 5,905 5,825

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 2,470 2,286 2,176 2,520 2,303 2,255 2,270 2,318 2,196

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 3,519 3,463 3,476 3,665 3,667 3,389 3,630 3,594 3,624

 20 years and over ......................................................... 140,025 140,994 141,466 139,421 140,170 140,129 140,364 140,102 140,878

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 13,913 13,815 14,008 13,905 13,964 13,876 13,972 13,837 13,999

 25 years and over ....................................................... 126,111 127,179 127,459 125,548 126,291 126,445 126,508 126,266 126,827

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 100,735 100,956 101,083 100,312 100,344 100,563 100,497 100,316 100,646

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 31,498 31,873 31,884 31,237 31,667 31,717 31,587 31,609 31,638

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 34,778 34,272 34,311 34,660 34,151 34,214 34,227 34,118 34,186

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 34,459 34,811 34,888 34,415 34,526 34,632 34,682 34,589 34,822

 55 years and over ..................................................... 25,377 26,223 26,376 25,235 25,947 25,882 26,011 25,950 26,181

Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 78,210 78,578 78,680 78,148 78,292 78,082 78,207 78,179 78,614

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 2,964 2,826 2,662 3,060 2,930 2,798 2,911 2,903 2,763

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 1,185 1,095 946 1,190 1,119 1,065 1,073 1,116 959

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 1,779 1,730 1,716 1,855 1,815 1,746 1,834 1,791 1,795

 20 years and over ......................................................... 75,247 75,753 76,018 75,088 75,362 75,284 75,296 75,276 75,851

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 7,400 7,308 7,444 7,429 7,417 7,333 7,294 7,307 7,459

 25 years and over ....................................................... 67,847 68,445 68,573 67,668 67,990 68,049 68,029 67,970 68,344

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 54,383 54,574 54,590 54,236 54,257 54,317 54,229 54,252 54,431

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 17,315 17,587 17,558 17,213 17,560 17,499 17,450 17,442 17,468

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 18,828 18,620 18,592 18,787 18,567 18,651 18,575 18,541 18,568

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 18,240 18,367 18,440 18,237 18,130 18,167 18,203 18,269 18,395

 55 years and over ..................................................... 13,464 13,871 13,983 13,432 13,733 13,732 13,800 13,718 13,913

Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 67,804 68,165 68,438 67,475 67,819 67,712 68,050 67,828 68,089

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 3,026 2,923 2,989 3,142 3,011 2,867 2,983 3,002 3,063

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 1,285 1,190 1,230 1,330 1,183 1,190 1,197 1,202 1,237

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 1,741 1,733 1,760 1,809 1,852 1,643 1,796 1,803 1,829

 20 years and over ......................................................... 64,778 65,241 65,449 64,333 64,808 64,845 65,068 64,826 65,027

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 6,513 6,507 6,563 6,476 6,546 6,544 6,679 6,530 6,541

 25 years and over ....................................................... 58,265 58,734 58,885 57,880 58,301 58,396 58,479 58,296 58,483

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 46,352 46,382 46,492 46,076 46,087 46,246 46,268 46,064 46,215

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 14,183 14,286 14,326 14,024 14,107 14,218 14,137 14,167 14,170

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 15,950 15,652 15,719 15,874 15,584 15,564 15,651 15,577 15,618

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 16,219 16,445 16,448 16,178 16,396 16,465 16,479 16,320 16,427

 55 years and over ..................................................... 11,913 12,352 12,393 11,804 12,215 12,150 12,211 12,232 12,268

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ......................................... 45,956 46,309 46,458 45,802 46,330 46,192 46,238 46,176 46,381

Married women, spouse present .................................... 35,824 35,828 36,078 35,363 35,997 35,826 35,739 35,483 35,722

Women who maintain families ........................................ 9,008 9,429 9,176 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ......................................................... 120,507 122,006 121,846 120,812 121,122 120,995 121,332 121,606 122,049

Part-time workers 3 ......................................................... 25,507 24,736 25,272 24,779 25,102 24,897 25,039 24,490 24,625

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ................................................. 7,863 7,852 7,791 7,765 7,674 7,555 7,509 7,583 7,652

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

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

Nov.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sept.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 6,826 7,245 7,167 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 1,099 1,094 1,137 15.1 15.2 16.1 16.0 15.6 16.3

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 529 486 511 17.3 16.7 18.6 18.6 17.3 18.9

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 568 592 609 13.4 14.1 14.6 14.3 14.1 14.4

 20 years and over ......................................................... 5,727 6,151 6,030 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.1

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 1,271 1,287 1,229 8.4 8.5 8.3 8.9 8.5 8.1

 25 years and over ....................................................... 4,452 4,833 4,815 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 3,668 3,991 3,993 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 1,420 1,580 1,555 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.7

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 1,257 1,218 1,250 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.5

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 991 1,194 1,188 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3

 55 years and over ..................................................... 767 842 811 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0

Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 3,650 4,014 3,919 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.7

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 614 636 666 16.7 16.7 17.8 18.2 18.0 19.4

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 281 259 259 19.1 18.9 22.0 21.8 18.8 21.3

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 313 355 384 14.4 15.3 15.2 16.0 16.5 17.6

 20 years and over ......................................................... 3,036 3,378 3,253 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.1

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 702 747 707 8.6 9.2 8.7 9.5 9.3 8.7

 25 years and over ....................................................... 2,309 2,578 2,530 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.6

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 1,900 2,134 2,083 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.7

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 791 898 881 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.8

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 642 640 615 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 467 595 587 2.5 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1

 55 years and over ..................................................... 409 445 447 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.1

Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 3,176 3,231 3,248 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 485 458 471 13.4 13.6 14.4 13.7 13.2 13.3

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 248 227 252 15.7 14.5 15.3 15.4 15.9 16.9

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 255 237 225 12.4 12.8 14.0 12.4 11.6 11.0

 20 years and over ......................................................... 2,691 2,773 2,777 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.1

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 570 540 522 8.1 7.7 7.8 8.1 7.6 7.4

 25 years and over ....................................................... 2,143 2,255 2,285 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.8

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 1,768 1,858 1,910 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.0

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 629 682 674 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.5

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 615 577 635 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.9

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 524 599 601 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.5

 55 years and over 2 .................................................. 361 385 362 2.9 3.5 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.8

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ......................................... 1,092 1,197 1,197 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5

Married women, spouse present .................................... 972 1,066 1,106 2.7 2.8 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.0

Women who maintain families 2 ..................................... 671 631 648 6.9 6.8 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.6

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ......................................................... 5,508 5,996 5,891 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6

Part-time workers 4 ......................................................... 1,312 1,268 1,297 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.9 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.
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Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sept.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary

jobs ............................................................................... 3,025 3,259 3,382 3,179 3,628 3,617 3,577 3,699 3,599

On temporary layoff .................................................... 808 737 814 965 981 979 954 1,053 984

Not on temporary layoff .............................................. 2,217 2,523 2,568 2,214 2,648 2,638 2,623 2,647 2,615

Permanent job losers .............................................. 1,530 1,802 1,814 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 686 721 754 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ..................................................................... 772 804 763 793 823 793 842 791 784

Reentrants ...................................................................... 2,232 2,047 2,150 2,279 2,078 2,064 2,144 2,084 2,133

New entrants .................................................................. 547 662 622 591 593 593 698 708 665

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 ............................................................................. 46.0 48.1 48.9 46.5 50.9 51.2 49.3 50.8 50.1

On temporary layoff .................................................. 12.3 10.9 11.8 14.1 13.8 13.8 13.1 14.5 13.7

Not on temporary layoff ............................................ 33.7 37.3 37.1 32.4 37.2 37.3 36.1 36.3 36.4

Job leavers ................................................................... 11.7 11.9 11.0 11.6 11.6 11.2 11.6 10.9 10.9

Reentrants .................................................................... 33.9 30.2 31.1 33.3 29.2 29.2 29.5 28.6 29.7

New entrants ................................................................ 8.3 9.8 9.0 8.6 8.3 8.4 9.6 9.7 9.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary

jobs ............................................................................. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3

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

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

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

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
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Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sept.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .............................................................................. 2,323 2,371 2,450 2,517 2,473 2,595 2,518 2,480 2,589

5 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 2,171 2,204 2,176 2,135 2,213 2,166 2,332 2,459 2,158

15 weeks and over ............................................................................. 2,082 2,198 2,291 2,152 2,413 2,385 2,393 2,343 2,377

 15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................ 965 927 933 1,006 1,105 1,138 1,115 1,031 987

 27 weeks and over .......................................................................... 1,116 1,271 1,358 1,145 1,308 1,247 1,277 1,312 1,390

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .................................................... 16.6 17.4 17.6 16.3 17.2 16.9 16.5 17.1 17.3

Median duration, in weeks .................................................................. 8.2 8.5 8.6 8.2 8.9 8.6 9.0 8.7 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 ............................................................................ 35.3 35.0 35.4 37.0 34.8 36.3 34.8 34.1 36.3

 5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 33.0 32.5 31.5 31.4 31.2 30.3 32.2 33.8 30.3

 15 weeks and over ........................................................................... 31.7 32.5 33.1 31.6 34.0 33.4 33.0 32.2 33.4

 15 to 26 weeks ............................................................................... 14.7 13.7 13.5 14.8 15.6 15.9 15.4 14.2 13.9

 27 weeks and over ......................................................................... 17.0 18.8 19.6 16.8 18.4 17.4 17.6 18.0 19.5

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2007

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................... 146,014 147,118 6,576 6,917 4.3 4.5

Management, professional, and related occupations ............. 51,714 52,348 919 963 1.7 1.8

 Management, business, and financial operations

occupations .................................................................................... 21,905 21,622 373 378 1.7 1.7

 Professional and related occupations ...................................... 29,809 30,726 546 585 1.8 1.9

Service occupations ....................................................................... 23,506 23,763 1,477 1,651 5.9 6.5

Sales and office occupations ....................................................... 36,639 36,360 1,617 1,579 4.2 4.2

 Sales and related occupations .................................................. 17,095 16,582 763 757 4.3 4.4

 Office and administrative support occupations ...................... 19,543 19,778 854 822 4.2 4.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations .................................................................................... 15,998 16,011 926 955 5.5 5.6

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................. 896 915 138 83 13.4 8.4

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................ 9,629 9,666 619 719 6.0 6.9

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................ 5,473 5,430 168 153 3.0 2.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations .................................................................................... 18,158 18,636 1,059 1,117 5.5 5.7

 Production occupations .............................................................. 9,121 9,535 521 571 5.4 5.6

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................. 9,037 9,101 538 546 5.6 5.7

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
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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

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2007

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .................................................... 6,576 6,917 4.3 4.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................... 5,246 5,397 4.4 4.5

 Mining ............................................................................................. 22 16 2.9 2.3

 Construction .................................................................................. 618 645 6.0 6.2

 Manufacturing ............................................................................... 702 762 4.3 4.5

 Durable goods ............................................................................ 426 440 4.2 4.1

 Nondurable goods ..................................................................... 276 322 4.6 5.3

 Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................... 1,018 893 4.8 4.3

 Transportation and utilities ......................................................... 183 242 3.1 3.9

 Information ..................................................................................... 137 132 3.9 4.0

 Financial activities ........................................................................ 229 261 2.3 2.7

 Professional and business services ......................................... 658 679 4.9 4.8

 Education and health services .................................................. 536 526 2.8 2.7

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................ 836 986 7.1 8.1

 Other services ............................................................................... 306 255 5.0 4.1

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ...... 125 80 9.6 6.6

Government workers ..................................................................... 400 482 1.9 2.2

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................. 257 336 2.3 3.2

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.

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sept.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the

civilian labor force ..................................................................... 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a

percent of the civilian labor force .............................................. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3

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

(official unemployment rate) ................................................. 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7

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

civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................... 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9

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

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 ..................................................................................... 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.0 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4

 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither

working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job

and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a

subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not

currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are

those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a

part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of

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

Labor Review. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2007

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force .................................................................. 77,315 78,904 29,491 30,335 47,824 48,569

 Persons who currently want a job ...................................................... 4,476 4,337 2,017 1,859 2,458 2,478

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ........................... 1,366 1,363 716 631 649 732

Reason not currently looking:

Discouragement over job prospects 2 .................................. 349 349 202 193 147 156

Reasons other than discouragement 3 ................................. 1,016 1,014 515 438 502 576

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 .................................................................. 7,863 7,791 3,808 3,839 4,055 3,952

 Percent of total employed ............................................................... 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.9 6.0 5.8

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ................................. 4,165 4,356 2,311 2,399 1,854 1,957

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .................................... 1,780 1,731 484 498 1,296 1,233

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ...................................... 297 245 198 157 99 88

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ......................................... 1,584 1,415 798 764 786 650

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

 Nov. 

2006

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2006

 July 

2007

 Aug. 

2007

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

Change

from:

Oct. 2007-

Nov. 2007p

Total nonfarm ............................. 138,052 138,456 139,253 139,493 136,941 138,066 138,159 138,203 138,373 138,467 94

Total private ........................................ 115,459 116,348 116,581 116,675 114,835 115,856 115,886 115,923 116,055 116,119 64

Goods-producing ............................................ 22,623 22,618 22,513 22,329 22,525 22,421 22,349 22,309 22,287 22,254 -33

Natural resources and mining .................................. 703 737 739 734 699 726 728 728 730 732 2

Logging ........................................................... 66.3 65.4 64.8 64.5 64.0 62.8 62.4 62.4 62.1 62.4 .3

Mining .................................................................... 636.5 671.4 674.1 669.6 635.1 663.5 665.2 665.4 667.8 670.0 2.2

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 140.6 151.8 152.4 152.1 141.4 150.8 151.5 151.9 153.2 153.4 .2

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 223.4 234.9 234.6 231.1 221.8 228.9 230.1 229.9 230.3 230.4 .1

Coal mining ...................................................... 78.8 80.7 81.2 82.0 79.4 80.3 80.6 81.1 81.4 82.4 1.0

Support activities for mining .............................. 272.5 284.7 287.1 286.4 271.9 283.8 283.6 283.6 284.3 286.2 1.9

Construction ............................................................. 7,768 7,829 7,783 7,634 7,683 7,649 7,620 7,595 7,586 7,562 -24

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,811.1 1,801.0 1,781.4 1,750.4 1,801.8 1,782.1 1,768.0 1,765.2 1,753.6 1,745.7 -7.9

Residential building ......................................... 1,020.8 999.2 983.7 963.9 1,016.7 991.3 983.0 979.0 969.4 962.2 -7.2

Nonresidential building .................................... 790.3 801.8 797.7 786.5 785.1 790.8 785.0 786.2 784.2 783.5 -.7

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 1,019.2 1,054.2 1,049.1 1,009.1 993.9 996.2 994.2 990.3 989.7 985.2 -4.5

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,937.9 4,974.0 4,952.3 4,874.2 4,887.2 4,870.7 4,857.7 4,839.7 4,842.3 4,831.2 -11.1

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,359.8 2,322.5 2,293.3 2,243.1 2,335.1 2,306.0 2,280.0 2,258.0 2,244.4 2,231.6 -12.8

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,578.1 2,651.5 2,659.0 2,631.1 2,552.1 2,564.7 2,577.7 2,581.7 2,597.9 2,599.6 1.7

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,152 14,052 13,991 13,961 14,143 14,046 14,001 13,986 13,971 13,960 -11

Production workers ....................................... 10,133 10,127 10,066 10,049 10,117 10,098 10,062 10,064 10,044 10,043 -1

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,969 8,880 8,847 8,844 8,972 8,900 8,873 8,862 8,853 8,852 -1

Production workers ....................................... 6,347 6,311 6,280 6,286 6,346 6,313 6,290 6,294 6,283 6,289 6

Wood products ................................................... 541.3 524.6 518.4 507.0 542.9 529.2 523.2 518.3 517.4 509.7 -7.7

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 506.7 503.8 501.7 495.1 503.3 499.1 495.3 495.3 495.0 492.7 -2.3

Primary metals .................................................... 454.2 447.6 445.8 446.0 455.8 450.9 447.8 446.9 446.8 447.3 .5

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,562.2 1,571.5 1,576.8 1,570.4 1,564.1 1,569.5 1,568.2 1,569.9 1,574.1 1,571.9 -2.2

Machinery ........................................................... 1,206.7 1,219.5 1,222.6 1,227.9 1,209.9 1,228.2 1,223.3 1,223.3 1,227.2 1,231.5 4.3

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,317.2 1,294.9 1,291.3 1,292.3 1,320.4 1,304.3 1,300.5 1,296.9 1,294.2 1,296.9 2.7

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 198.7 196.7 196.2 196.2 198.7 196.5 196.5 196.9 196.5 196.7 .2

Communications equipment ........................... 143.1 140.6 140.2 140.2 144.1 142.7 142.7 142.3 140.2 141.4 1.2

Semiconductors and electronic components . 466.1 455.7 454.2 453.7 468.0 462.5 458.3 455.9 456.1 456.3 .2

Electronic instruments ..................................... 436.7 434.1 434.2 435.0 437.7 434.5 434.5 434.2 435.1 436.0 .9

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 433.3 435.2 433.5 433.5 436.4 436.8 434.6 435.0 435.9 436.3 .4

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,746.0 1,705.9 1,681.1 1,691.1 1,739.8 1,699.5 1,700.2 1,699.4 1,685.3 1,687.1 1.8

Motor vehicles and parts2................................. 1,047.0 1,002.7 975.7 982.4 1,041.7 998.4 997.4 994.0 980.2 979.8 -.4

Furniture and related products .......................... 540.0 525.6 522.2 522.8 542.4 530.3 526.9 525.7 523.4 525.5 2.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 660.9 651.5 653.3 657.5 657.1 652.1 652.5 651.6 653.2 653.5 .3

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,183 5,172 5,144 5,117 5,171 5,146 5,128 5,124 5,118 5,108 -10

Production workers ....................................... 3,786 3,816 3,786 3,763 3,771 3,785 3,772 3,770 3,761 3,754 -7

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,505.8 1,530.4 1,521.8 1,504.1 1,491.6 1,505.9 1,497.0 1,494.8 1,497.3 1,492.0 -5.3

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 195.4 203.5 200.3 197.2 195.4 200.2 198.5 198.0 197.6 197.7 .1

Textile mills ......................................................... 186.0 167.5 166.7 165.8 186.3 169.9 168.3 166.7 166.9 166.1 -.8

Textile product mills ........................................... 157.1 151.6 151.8 150.4 158.1 153.5 153.0 152.5 152.0 151.7 -.3

Apparel ................................................................ 231.2 214.1 209.8 210.9 231.4 217.7 214.4 212.5 210.3 210.7 .4

Leather and allied products ............................... 36.7 36.4 36.2 36.3 36.5 35.3 35.6 36.3 35.9 35.9 .0

Paper and paper products ................................. 463.2 456.4 456.1 453.7 463.9 456.7 456.3 456.0 456.1 453.9 -2.2

Printing and related support activities ............... 638.0 628.7 628.4 630.2 637.2 629.0 626.2 629.0 628.7 629.0 .3

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 116.2 118.9 117.9 116.0 116.6 116.2 116.1 116.7 116.5 116.6 .1

Chemicals ........................................................... 869.5 876.9 870.6 868.2 871.2 873.3 874.9 875.3 872.4 870.6 -1.8

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 784.1 788.0 784.5 784.4 782.7 788.5 787.9 786.1 784.6 783.8 -.8

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

 Nov. 

2006

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2006

 July 

2007

 Aug. 

2007

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

Change

from:

Oct. 2007-

Nov. 2007p

Service-providing .............................................. 115,429 115,838 116,740 117,164 114,416 115,645 115,810 115,894 116,086 116,213 127

Private service-providing ............................... 92,836 93,730 94,068 94,346 92,310 93,435 93,537 93,614 93,768 93,865 97

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,773 26,451 26,566 27,007 26,320 26,489 26,494 26,518 26,521 26,555 34

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,937.4 6,034.9 6,055.1 6,055.4 5,934.7 6,016.3 6,022.5 6,033.8 6,048.2 6,053.5 5.3

Durable goods .................................................... 3,093.0 3,147.5 3,157.3 3,162.1 3,097.7 3,146.5 3,147.0 3,151.5 3,158.6 3,166.8 8.2

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,056.0 2,080.7 2,087.0 2,085.5 2,048.5 2,063.1 2,068.0 2,073.8 2,079.8 2,077.6 -2.2

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 788.4 806.7 810.8 807.8 788.5 806.7 807.5 808.5 809.8 809.1 -.7

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,736.2 15,282.8 15,367.7 15,791.8 15,327.9 15,389.8 15,385.6 15,383.0 15,368.0 15,392.2 24.2

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,904.9 1,922.5 1,913.9 1,907.1 1,904.2 1,907.6 1,908.2 1,910.3 1,907.8 1,908.4 .6

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,245.3 1,254.2 1,251.6 1,247.8 1,244.0 1,245.9 1,246.4 1,247.5 1,248.0 1,247.5 -.5

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 603.1 575.1 586.8 610.5 586.5 584.5 586.5 583.9 585.7 591.8 6.1

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 553.5 524.8 531.7 559.3 531.6 537.4 532.7 534.0 531.9 539.1 7.2

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,300.9 1,279.6 1,268.8 1,253.2 1,321.0 1,303.9 1,305.9 1,288.4 1,282.4 1,278.9 -3.5

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,871.7 2,876.6 2,884.7 2,917.9 2,842.4 2,869.3 2,873.5 2,878.8 2,881.5 2,886.0 4.5

Health and personal care stores ....................... 969.9 968.9 970.9 990.7 962.6 967.4 970.8 973.5 973.3 980.8 7.5

Gasoline stations ................................................ 854.2 860.3 852.8 851.1 854.6 852.0 851.1 854.3 852.2 852.0 -.2

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,548.3 1,430.7 1,451.4 1,564.1 1,467.3 1,456.7 1,460.3 1,462.1 1,462.7 1,474.1 11.4

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 689.1 665.4 667.5 714.2 647.4 665.7 666.7 669.6 669.0 671.4 2.4

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 3,065.7 2,854.8 2,898.3 3,054.7 2,882.9 2,918.9 2,906.4 2,902.6 2,900.0 2,888.8 -11.2

Department stores .......................................... 1,675.0 1,511.1 1,542.9 1,663.2 1,533.2 1,560.3 1,549.9 1,547.2 1,544.4 1,535.1 -9.3

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 896.3 884.5 886.9 889.0 881.9 883.1 880.3 883.1 879.6 875.7 -3.9

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 478.6 439.6 454.0 480.0 445.5 443.3 443.2 442.4 441.9 445.2 3.3

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,552.8 4,578.3 4,586.5 4,604.1 4,509.6 4,528.4 4,529.8 4,545.8 4,548.0 4,553.1 5.1

Air transportation ................................................ 483.7 497.2 496.2 499.0 484.5 492.2 492.5 494.6 495.6 499.5 3.9

Rail transportation .............................................. 225.5 228.2 228.1 227.9 223.9 227.5 227.4 227.7 227.9 226.7 -1.2

Water transportation ........................................... 64.9 72.2 70.4 68.2 66.8 70.7 70.6 70.5 70.3 70.3 .0

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,458.8 1,464.1 1,456.4 1,448.4 1,448.9 1,444.3 1,443.5 1,445.6 1,440.5 1,439.0 -1.5

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 408.8 411.6 416.5 413.3 393.2 397.1 400.1 401.2 401.3 397.3 -4.0

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 39.6 40.7 41.3 41.6 39.8 40.8 41.0 41.1 41.3 41.7 .4

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 25.0 32.6 29.2 26.4 28.3 27.0 27.4 27.7 28.3 28.5 .2

Support activities for transportation ................... 576.5 585.9 590.2 593.7 577.9 583.4 584.3 587.5 590.4 593.6 3.2

Couriers and messengers .................................. 611.1 585.2 587.8 611.0 597.2 589.3 588.1 590.3 589.9 593.1 3.2

Warehousing and storage .................................. 658.9 660.6 670.4 674.6 649.1 656.1 654.9 659.6 662.5 663.4 .9

Utilities ................................................................... 547.0 554.9 556.3 555.5 548.2 554.6 556.0 555.6 556.8 556.6 -.2

Information ................................................................ 3,065 3,077 3,080 3,089 3,057 3,091 3,087 3,093 3,091 3,085 -6

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 907.2 897.5 900.4 901.6 905.0 906.3 904.0 900.6 901.4 899.8 -1.6

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 373.5 380.7 376.2 372.9 371.9 383.6 380.3 385.9 383.2 375.8 -7.4

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 334.9 338.2 335.4 339.4 333.8 336.0 336.3 337.4 335.8 338.0 2.2

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 36.3 43.8 44.8 45.2 36.3 42.4 43.1 44.0 44.8 45.3 .5

Telecommunications .......................................... 975.8 969.6 971.8 978.4 973.5 973.7 973.1 974.1 973.4 975.4 2.0

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 386.2 395.7 398.2 398.8 384.9 396.9 397.5 398.2 398.7 398.1 -.6

Other information services ................................. 51.4 51.8 53.0 52.4 51.6 51.8 52.2 52.3 53.3 52.6 -.7

Financial activities .................................................... 8,416 8,432 8,434 8,404 8,422 8,476 8,463 8,439 8,437 8,417 -20

Finance and insurance .......................................... 6,229.6 6,222.8 6,234.1 6,227.4 6,228.9 6,270.1 6,256.4 6,241.6 6,238.2 6,229.1 -9.1

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 21.8 21.6 21.5 21.5 21.7 21.6 21.8 21.6 21.6 21.5 -.1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,957.2 2,896.1 2,897.7 2,886.5 2,957.4 2,946.5 2,926.8 2,909.2 2,901.3 2,888.3 -13.0

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,815.8 1,833.9 1,835.1 1,832.7 1,819.6 1,833.8 1,834.6 1,839.1 1,838.4 1,835.3 -3.1

Commercial banking .................................... 1,329.6 1,335.6 1,339.0 1,336.4 1,333.0 1,338.4 1,337.7 1,340.2 1,340.5 1,338.8 -1.7

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 831.8 848.6 853.7 856.8 829.2 845.8 848.7 849.7 852.3 854.4 2.1

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,324.3 2,360.7 2,365.2 2,367.0 2,326.0 2,361.2 2,362.6 2,365.3 2,366.7 2,369.1 2.4

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 94.5 95.8 96.0 95.6 94.6 95.0 96.5 95.8 96.3 95.8 -.5

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,186.7 2,209.0 2,199.5 2,176.9 2,192.9 2,205.7 2,206.4 2,197.7 2,199.0 2,188.2 -10.8

Real estate .......................................................... 1,511.0 1,527.2 1,524.1 1,509.1 1,512.4 1,525.4 1,528.1 1,521.2 1,522.1 1,514.2 -7.9

Rental and leasing services ............................... 645.0 649.0 643.1 635.3 650.0 647.6 645.4 643.9 644.5 641.6 -2.9

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 30.7 32.8 32.3 32.5 30.5 32.7 32.9 32.6 32.4 32.4 .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

 Nov. 

2006

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2006

 July 

2007

 Aug. 

2007

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

Change

from:

Oct. 2007-

Nov. 2007p

Professional and business services ........................ 17,838 18,093 18,191 18,142 17,726 17,911 17,942 17,954 18,018 18,048 30

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 7,443.9 7,661.0 7,720.9 7,756.0 7,469.6 7,666.9 7,689.0 7,731.0 7,757.7 7,781.6 23.9

Legal services .................................................. 1,176.8 1,173.6 1,185.1 1,181.3 1,175.9 1,177.9 1,178.4 1,181.6 1,184.7 1,181.2 -3.5

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 862.0 895.8 907.1 934.3 914.5 951.1 957.7 968.3 974.1 980.9 6.8

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,410.7 1,452.9 1,461.1 1,459.4 1,407.2 1,437.1 1,440.1 1,444.5 1,451.4 1,454.9 3.5

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,299.0 1,361.3 1,370.0 1,379.5 1,296.2 1,352.9 1,355.6 1,363.8 1,366.7 1,378.6 11.9

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 955.7 1,010.3 1,021.6 1,030.3 949.3 992.5 1,001.7 1,010.2 1,017.8 1,024.1 6.3

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,824.2 1,854.6 1,855.8 1,858.7 1,823.0 1,847.8 1,852.1 1,853.2 1,853.9 1,856.8 2.9

Administrative and waste services ....................... 8,570.3 8,577.6 8,613.9 8,527.3 8,433.8 8,396.2 8,400.6 8,370.1 8,406.6 8,409.6 3.0

1 Administrative and support services ................. 8,222.3 8,218.8 8,256.8 8,168.8 8,083.8 8,041.8 8,045.1 8,013.7 8,050.4 8,050.4 .0

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,791.0 3,618.3 3,669.0 3,636.9 3,665.5 3,525.9 3,523.4 3,484.8 3,523.5 3,526.6 3.1

Temporary help services ............................. 2,722.7 2,674.5 2,710.6 2,687.9 2,631.3 2,577.9 2,578.6 2,561.2 2,589.0 2,600.3 11.3

Business support services .............................. 811.9 795.4 801.9 804.5 802.2 805.5 803.4 802.5 798.7 797.4 -1.3

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,813.2 1,921.2 1,901.1 1,848.9 1,811.2 1,847.3 1,848.7 1,850.4 1,851.9 1,846.1 -5.8

Waste management and remediation services 348.0 358.8 357.1 358.5 350.0 354.4 355.5 356.4 356.2 359.2 3.0

Education and health services ................................ 18,255 18,426 18,736 18,816 18,018 18,422 18,484 18,505 18,549 18,577 28

Educational services ............................................. 3,151.3 2,972.2 3,195.9 3,229.7 2,951.4 3,022.8 3,039.7 3,020.0 3,025.1 3,027.1 2.0

Health care and social assistance ........................15,103.2 15,453.9 15,539.9 15,586.4 15,066.1 15,399.5 15,443.9 15,484.5 15,524.3 15,549.6 25.3

3 Health care ......................................................... 12,760.2 13,062.9 13,120.6 13,148.6 12,734.1 13,005.6 13,041.8 13,071.3 13,109.2 13,124.1 14.9

1 Ambulatory health care services .................... 5,358.1 5,517.3 5,556.9 5,568.4 5,344.6 5,482.5 5,507.0 5,523.4 5,549.7 5,553.8 4.1

Offices of physicians .................................... 2,185.9 2,237.5 2,246.8 2,260.3 2,179.4 2,224.6 2,232.5 2,240.6 2,246.0 2,253.1 7.1

Outpatient care centers ................................ 492.7 498.5 502.9 504.7 492.4 496.1 498.7 500.7 503.0 504.0 1.0

Home health care services .......................... 888.2 933.9 941.9 939.4 883.5 925.3 931.9 932.8 939.1 936.3 -2.8

Hospitals .......................................................... 4,466.4 4,555.1 4,568.7 4,578.7 4,461.7 4,539.1 4,546.3 4,555.6 4,566.0 4,573.7 7.7

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............ 2,935.7 2,990.5 2,995.0 3,001.5 2,927.8 2,984.0 2,988.5 2,992.3 2,993.5 2,996.6 3.1

Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,597.0 1,616.1 1,617.1 1,618.1 1,591.8 1,611.3 1,613.8 1,614.7 1,614.6 1,614.3 -.3

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,343.0 2,391.0 2,419.3 2,437.8 2,332.0 2,393.9 2,402.1 2,413.2 2,415.1 2,425.5 10.4

Child day care services ................................... 817.4 814.5 827.8 832.5 805.1 815.7 815.3 819.8 817.8 820.3 2.5

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 13,066 13,794 13,604 13,434 13,324 13,566 13,589 13,630 13,676 13,702 26

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,806.2 2,042.0 1,953.2 1,850.5 1,947.4 1,962.9 1,968.0 1,977.4 1,991.0 1,989.5 -1.5

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 394.1 427.3 424.0 401.6 405.7 405.6 410.7 412.6 417.3 412.9 -4.4

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 122.4 135.0 134.0 129.1 126.4 132.4 131.8 132.3 132.6 133.1 .5

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,289.7 1,479.7 1,395.2 1,319.8 1,415.3 1,424.9 1,425.5 1,432.5 1,441.1 1,443.5 2.4

Accommodations and food services .................... 11,259.5 11,751.7 11,650.3 11,583.6 11,376.8 11,602.9 11,621.4 11,652.3 11,684.6 11,712.4 27.8

Accommodations ................................................ 1,797.5 1,898.4 1,853.5 1,828.2 1,854.4 1,858.1 1,850.8 1,864.3 1,873.0 1,883.9 10.9

Food services and drinking places .................... 9,462.0 9,853.3 9,796.8 9,755.4 9,522.4 9,744.8 9,770.6 9,788.0 9,811.6 9,828.5 16.9

Other services .......................................................... 5,423 5,457 5,457 5,454 5,443 5,480 5,478 5,475 5,476 5,481 5

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,245.7 1,265.0 1,255.1 1,251.7 1,250.8 1,256.6 1,260.6 1,261.8 1,258.6 1,259.4 .8

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,281.2 1,287.9 1,281.9 1,283.2 1,286.4 1,294.4 1,292.4 1,290.5 1,287.9 1,290.5 2.6

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,896.0 2,904.5 2,920.2 2,919.5 2,905.4 2,929.0 2,925.2 2,923.0 2,929.4 2,931.3 1.9

Government .............................................................. 22,593 22,108 22,672 22,818 22,106 22,210 22,273 22,280 22,318 22,348 30

Federal ................................................................... 2,720 2,716 2,710 2,712 2,719 2,713 2,714 2,710 2,711 2,712 1

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,948.1 1,955.3 1,951.1 1,947.9 1,949.5 1,950.5 1,952.1 1,949.2 1,950.1 1,950.3 .2

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 771.5 761.1 759.0 763.9 769.0 762.3 761.9 760.9 760.4 761.2 .8

State government .................................................. 5,274 5,157 5,293 5,329 5,107 5,143 5,137 5,159 5,155 5,165 10

State government education .............................. 2,491.5 2,340.9 2,480.4 2,512.5 2,313.1 2,323.3 2,320.3 2,336.9 2,332.4 2,335.4 3.0

State government, excluding education ............ 2,782.9 2,815.8 2,812.5 2,816.2 2,793.5 2,819.4 2,817.1 2,822.1 2,822.9 2,829.4 6.5

Local government .................................................. 14,599 14,235 14,669 14,777 14,280 14,354 14,422 14,411 14,452 14,471 19

Local government education ............................. 8,365.5 7,880.0 8,335.5 8,450.9 8,003.7 8,011.8 8,066.1 8,048.4 8,078.5 8,088.3 9.8

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,233.9 6,354.5 6,333.6 6,325.8 6,276.3 6,342.6 6,355.7 6,363.0 6,373.0 6,382.3 9.3

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

 Nov. 

2006

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2006

 July 

2007

 Aug. 

2007

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

Change

from:

Oct. 2007-

Nov. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 33.8 34.2 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.5 41.1 40.9 40.7 40.4 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.6 .0

Natural resources and mining .............................. 46.1 46.7 46.7 46.4 46.1 45.9 45.7 46.2 46.0 46.4 .4

Construction ............................................................ 38.8 39.4 39.5 38.7 39.0 38.9 38.7 38.8 38.9 38.8 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 41.2 41.7 41.4 41.5 41.0 41.3 41.4 41.3 41.2 41.3 .1

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

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.3 41.9 41.7 41.7 41.2 41.6 41.7 41.6 41.5 41.6 .1

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

Wood products .................................................. 39.0 40.2 39.6 39.2 39.1 39.9 39.6 39.7 39.4 39.4 .0

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.3 43.5 43.3 43.0 42.3 42.6 42.8 42.7 42.8 43.0 .2

Primary metals .................................................. 43.5 42.8 42.4 43.0 43.5 43.2 43.0 42.6 42.5 43.0 .5

Fabricated metal products .............................. 41.4 42.1 42.0 41.9 41.2 41.7 41.7 41.8 41.8 41.7 -.1

Machinery .......................................................... 42.4 42.8 43.1 43.2 42.3 42.5 42.6 42.7 43.0 43.1 .1

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.5 41.0 40.8 41.2 40.2 40.2 40.7 40.7 40.6 40.9 .3

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 41.1 41.5 41.3 41.8 40.7 41.7 41.3 41.3 40.9 41.3 .4

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.6 43.1 42.7 42.6 42.5 43.2 43.2 42.7 42.6 42.5 -.1

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 41.7 42.7 42.3 42.0 41.5 42.6 42.4 42.1 42.1 42.0 -.1

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.1 39.8 39.1 39.4 39.0 39.3 39.7 39.4 39.2 39.3 .1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 39.0 39.6 39.0 38.5 38.8 39.0 39.1 39.5 38.8 38.5 -.3

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.9 41.4 41.0 41.2 40.6 40.9 40.8 40.8 40.8 40.9 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 41.2 41.5 41.3 41.3 40.5 40.8 40.6 40.7 40.8 40.6 -.2

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 41.0 40.6 40.2 40.2 40.9 40.7 40.9 40.7 40.6 40.3 -.3

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.3 40.8 40.0 40.8 40.4 40.2 39.8 40.5 40.4 40.8 .4

Textile product mills ......................................... 40.1 40.3 38.8 37.8 39.8 40.6 39.9 39.9 39.0 37.8 -1.2

Apparel ............................................................... 37.1 37.1 37.5 38.1 36.9 37.7 37.4 37.4 37.2 37.8 .6

Leather and allied products ............................ 38.3 37.6 37.7 38.7 37.8 37.4 37.5 37.7 37.5 38.1 .6

Paper and paper products .............................. 43.1 43.8 43.7 43.4 42.6 42.9 43.1 43.1 43.4 43.1 -.3

Printing and related support activities ........... 39.4 39.4 39.0 39.2 39.1 38.8 39.1 38.8 38.8 39.0 .2

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 45.4 44.1 43.1 44.0 44.8 44.2 43.7 43.4 42.9 43.5 .6

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.0 42.1 41.3 41.8 41.9 42.1 42.0 41.9 41.5 41.8 .3

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.5 41.9 41.5 42.1 40.6 41.5 41.4 41.6 41.5 42.1 .6

Private service-providing ............................. 32.3 32.8 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.4 33.9 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.3 33.3 33.4 33.3 33.4 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.0 38.7 38.0 38.3 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.2 38.0 38.3 .3

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.3 30.7 30.1 30.3 30.5 30.1 30.1 30.3 30.2 30.3 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.1 37.3 36.8 36.8 36.9 36.8 37.0 37.0 36.8 36.7 -.1

Utilities ................................................................... 41.9 43.0 42.4 42.5 41.9 42.6 42.5 42.6 42.1 42.5 .4

Information ............................................................... 36.4 36.8 36.1 36.0 36.4 36.5 36.3 36.3 36.1 36.0 -.1

Financial activities .................................................. 35.6 36.3 35.5 35.5 35.8 35.9 35.8 35.7 35.7 35.7 .0

Professional and business services .................... 34.6 35.2 34.7 34.8 34.6 34.7 34.7 34.8 34.7 34.8 .1

Education and health services ............................. 32.4 32.9 32.5 32.6 32.5 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.6 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.3 25.6 25.3 25.1 25.6 25.4 25.4 25.4 25.4 25.4 .0

Other services ......................................................... 30.8 31.1 30.8 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.9 30.9 31.0 .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

 Nov. 

2006

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2006

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

Total private ....................................... $16.99 $17.62 $17.58 $17.63 $574.26 $602.60 $594.20 $595.89

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 16.99 17.54 17.55 17.63 574.26 592.85 593.19 595.89

Goods-producing .......................................... 18.26 18.87 18.83 18.87 739.53 775.56 770.15 768.01

Natural resources and mining .............................. 20.45 20.95 21.00 21.15 942.75 978.37 980.70 981.36

Construction ............................................................ 20.42 21.30 21.25 21.34 792.30 839.22 839.38 825.86

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.93 17.37 17.31 17.38 697.52 724.33 716.63 721.27

Durable goods ..................................................... 17.87 18.33 18.28 18.33 738.03 768.03 762.28 764.36

Wood products .................................................. 13.67 13.65 13.79 13.71 533.13 548.73 546.08 537.43

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.51 16.99 16.98 17.17 698.37 739.07 735.23 738.31

Primary metals .................................................. 19.73 19.77 19.77 19.70 858.26 846.16 838.25 847.10

Fabricated metal products .............................. 16.29 16.61 16.66 16.73 674.41 699.28 699.72 700.99

Machinery .......................................................... 17.56 17.80 17.75 17.80 744.54 761.84 765.03 768.96

Computer and electronic products ................ 19.22 20.17 20.25 20.20 778.41 826.97 826.20 832.24

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.53 16.02 15.77 15.66 638.28 664.83 651.30 654.59

Transportation equipment ............................... 22.57 23.39 23.18 23.30 961.48 1,008.11 989.79 992.58

Furniture and related products ....................... 14.12 14.37 14.37 14.32 552.09 571.93 561.87 564.21

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 14.38 14.75 14.70 14.76 560.82 584.10 573.30 568.26

Nondurable goods ............................................... 15.34 15.75 15.67 15.77 627.41 652.05 642.47 649.72

Food manufacturing ......................................... 13.18 13.65 13.58 13.56 543.02 566.48 560.85 560.03

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 18.20 18.39 18.69 19.45 746.20 746.63 751.34 781.89

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.74 13.15 12.94 13.07 513.42 536.52 517.60 533.26

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.98 11.82 11.79 11.90 480.40 476.35 457.45 449.82

Apparel ............................................................... 10.53 11.09 11.06 11.11 390.66 411.44 414.75 423.29

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.58 12.22 12.07 12.28 443.51 459.47 455.04 475.24

Paper and paper products .............................. 18.05 18.54 18.47 18.59 777.96 812.05 807.14 806.81

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.93 16.37 16.47 16.35 627.64 644.98 642.33 640.92

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.44 25.88 24.82 25.25 1,109.58 1,141.31 1,069.74 1,111.00

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.61 19.50 19.36 19.59 823.62 820.95 799.57 818.86

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 15.04 15.42 15.34 15.46 609.12 646.10 636.61 650.87

Private service-providing ............................. 16.65 17.29 17.25 17.30 537.80 567.11 557.18 558.79

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.44 16.03 15.96 15.87 515.70 543.42 531.47 530.06

Wholesale trade ................................................... 19.16 19.83 19.74 19.77 728.08 767.42 750.12 757.19

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.52 12.94 12.86 12.74 379.36 397.26 387.09 386.02

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 17.48 17.99 17.93 18.04 648.51 671.03 659.82 663.87

Utilities ................................................................... 27.44 28.31 28.49 28.23 1,149.74 1,217.33 1,207.98 1,199.78

Information ............................................................... 23.53 24.17 24.12 23.98 856.49 889.46 870.73 863.28

Financial activities .................................................. 19.19 19.89 19.80 19.91 683.16 722.01 702.90 706.81

Professional and business services .................... 19.44 20.36 20.22 20.41 672.62 716.67 701.63 710.27

Education and health services ............................. 17.62 18.22 18.20 18.31 570.89 599.44 591.50 596.91

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 10.00 10.52 10.61 10.65 253.00 269.31 268.43 267.32

Other services ......................................................... 14.93 15.34 15.31 15.37 459.84 477.07 471.55 474.93

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:

 Nov. 

2006

 July 

2007

 Aug. 

2007

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2007-

Nov. 2007 p

Current dollars ................................................ $16.99 $17.45 $17.50 $17.54 $17.55 $17.63 0.5

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.36 8.31 8.35 8.35 8.32 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 18.21 18.67 18.71 18.75 18.73 18.83 .5

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 20.43 20.95 21.11 21.00 21.05 21.12 .3

Construction ............................................................................ 20.37 20.94 20.99 21.10 21.06 21.27 1.0

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.89 17.28 17.31 17.32 17.31 17.36 .3

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

4 Excluding overtime 16.09 16.44 16.49 16.50 16.49 16.54 .3

Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.79 18.22 18.26 18.26 18.26 18.28 .1

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.35 15.68 15.70 15.73 15.70 15.79 .6

Private service-providing ............................................. 16.67 17.13 17.18 17.23 17.25 17.31 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.54 15.84 15.88 15.92 15.93 15.97 .3

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 19.14 19.56 19.63 19.69 19.74 19.76 .1

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.64 12.82 12.84 12.86 12.85 12.87 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 17.50 17.81 17.79 17.90 17.91 18.02 .6

Utilities ................................................................................... 27.47 27.84 28.01 28.18 28.37 28.27 -.4

Information ............................................................................... 23.47 23.96 23.98 23.96 23.96 23.98 .1

Financial activities .................................................................. 19.20 19.69 19.77 19.81 19.82 19.92 .5

Professional and business services .................................... 19.51 20.18 20.28 20.36 20.35 20.48 .6

Education and health services ............................................. 17.63 18.05 18.10 18.17 18.21 18.29 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.94 10.45 10.50 10.53 10.59 10.60 .1

Other services ......................................................................... 14.94 15.26 15.29 15.31 15.34 15.38 .3

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 -0.4 percent from Sept. 2007 to Oct. 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

 Nov. 

2006

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2006

 July 

2007

 Aug. 

2007

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2007-

Nov. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 107.0 109.5 108.5 108.6 106.3 107.6 107.7 107.8 107.9 108.0 0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 102.8 105.4 104.2 102.7 102.0 102.7 102.3 102.2 102.1 102.0 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 130.3 138.2 138.0 135.9 129.1 134.2 132.8 134.5 133.7 135.1 1.0

Construction ............................................................ 115.6 120.2 119.8 114.6 114.7 115.1 114.1 114.0 114.2 113.6 -.5

Manufacturing ......................................................... 95.8 96.9 95.6 95.7 95.2 95.7 95.6 95.4 95.0 95.2 .2

Durable goods ..................................................... 98.5 99.4 98.4 98.5 98.2 98.7 98.6 98.4 98.0 98.3 .3

Wood products .................................................. 93.6 92.7 89.9 86.7 94.1 93.2 91.3 90.1 88.9 87.6 -1.5

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 97.9 101.2 100.3 98.1 97.1 97.4 97.4 97.2 97.7 97.5 -.2

Primary metals .................................................. 91.9 89.6 88.8 90.2 92.3 91.0 90.0 89.2 89.2 90.4 1.3

Fabricated metal products .............................. 103.9 106.3 106.6 105.7 103.5 105.2 105.1 105.4 105.8 105.3 -.5

Machinery .......................................................... 105.2 107.1 108.4 109.5 105.2 107.1 106.6 107.2 108.5 109.4 .8

Computer and electronic products ................ 105.4 104.3 103.2 104.4 104.5 103.0 103.5 103.5 102.8 103.7 .9

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 88.6 91.8 91.2 92.5 88.3 92.5 91.1 91.5 90.9 92.1 1.3

Transportation equipment ............................... 98.5 99.3 96.5 97.2 98.0 98.3 98.8 98.1 96.6 96.8 .2

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 89.0 87.8 84.1 84.4 88.2 86.3 86.3 85.9 84.3 84.2 -.1

Furniture and related products ....................... 87.7 86.7 84.5 85.4 88.1 86.8 86.9 86.0 85.3 85.8 .6

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 93.2 93.5 92.3 92.4 92.0 92.4 92.3 93.3 91.9 91.7 -.2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 91.2 93.0 91.4 91.3 90.2 91.2 90.6 90.6 90.4 90.4 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 103.8 106.9 105.3 104.2 100.6 103.0 101.9 101.9 102.1 101.4 -.7

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 99.6 104.9 100.6 96.3 99.1 104.9 103.1 101.2 100.0 97.9 -2.1

Textile mills ........................................................ 62.3 56.1 54.9 55.6 62.3 55.8 54.8 55.5 55.4 55.5 .2

Textile product mills ......................................... 83.5 78.5 75.5 72.6 83.5 80.3 78.4 77.8 75.9 73.2 -3.6

Apparel ............................................................... 63.3 60.2 59.3 60.0 63.2 61.6 60.4 59.9 59.0 59.7 1.2

Leather and allied products ............................ 73.4 74.8 74.5 76.0 71.5 70.9 71.6 74.5 73.4 73.8 .5

Paper and paper products .............................. 86.0 87.1 86.6 85.4 85.0 85.5 85.5 85.4 86.0 84.9 -1.3

Printing and related support activities ........... 94.3 93.8 92.5 92.9 93.4 91.7 92.1 92.4 91.9 92.2 .3

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 95.8 103.0 101.1 102.4 95.1 97.1 97.9 98.9 99.0 100.9 1.9

Chemicals .......................................................... 93.8 96.6 93.8 95.3 93.9 96.0 96.0 96.0 94.7 95.7 1.1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 91.1 95.9 94.7 96.0 91.1 95.2 94.9 95.0 94.7 96.1 1.5

Private service-providing ............................. 107.9 110.9 109.6 110.0 107.5 109.1 109.2 109.4 109.6 109.7 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 105.5 105.9 104.6 106.9 103.7 104.1 104.2 104.6 104.4 104.8 .4

Wholesale trade ................................................... 106.5 111.4 109.9 110.8 106.4 109.0 109.6 109.9 109.7 110.7 .9

Retail trade ........................................................... 103.5 101.8 100.4 104.2 101.0 100.6 100.5 101.2 100.8 101.2 .4

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 110.7 111.6 110.6 111.0 109.1 108.7 109.5 109.8 109.4 109.4 .0

Utilities ................................................................... 94.6 97.7 96.5 96.5 94.8 96.8 96.6 96.9 96.0 96.7 .7

Information ............................................................... 100.7 102.4 100.7 101.0 100.5 102.0 101.4 101.6 101.2 100.9 -.3

Financial activities .................................................. 108.6 111.9 109.5 109.0 109.3 111.1 110.6 110.2 110.1 109.8 -.3

Professional and business services .................... 114.0 117.9 117.0 117.0 113.2 114.8 115.0 115.6 115.6 116.1 .4

Education and health services ............................. 111.3 114.2 114.6 115.5 110.2 113.2 113.6 113.7 113.9 114.1 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 106.9 114.4 111.4 109.1 110.5 111.4 111.7 112.2 112.5 112.7 .2

Other services ......................................................... 97.0 99.2 98.3 98.6 97.8 98.7 98.6 98.9 99.0 99.5 .5

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

 Nov. 

2006

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2006

 July 

2007

 Aug. 

2007

 Sept. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007p

 Nov. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2007-

Nov. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 121.4 128.9 127.4 127.9 120.7 125.5 125.9 126.3 126.6 127.2 0.5

Goods-producing .......................................... 115.0 121.7 120.2 118.7 113.7 117.5 117.3 117.4 117.1 117.6 .4

Natural resources and mining .............................. 155.0 168.4 168.5 167.1 153.4 163.5 163.1 164.3 163.7 166.0 1.4

Construction ............................................................ 127.5 138.2 137.4 132.1 126.2 130.2 129.3 129.9 129.9 130.4 .4

Manufacturing ......................................................... 106.1 110.1 108.3 108.8 105.2 108.2 108.2 108.1 107.5 108.1 .6

Durable goods ..................................................... 109.9 113.7 112.3 112.7 109.1 112.2 112.3 112.1 111.7 112.2 .4

Nondurable goods ............................................... 98.9 103.6 101.2 101.8 97.8 101.0 100.6 100.7 100.3 100.9 .6

Private service-providing ............................. 123.1 131.4 129.7 130.5 122.9 128.1 128.7 129.2 129.6 130.2 .5

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 116.2 121.1 119.1 121.0 115.0 117.6 118.0 118.8 118.6 119.4 .7

Wholesale trade ................................................... 120.2 130.1 127.8 129.0 120.0 125.6 126.7 127.4 127.5 128.8 1.0

Retail trade ........................................................... 111.1 112.9 110.7 113.8 109.4 110.5 110.6 111.6 111.1 111.6 .5

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 122.8 127.4 125.8 127.0 121.1 122.8 123.6 124.7 124.3 125.0 .6

Utilities ................................................................... 108.3 115.4 114.8 113.7 108.7 112.5 113.0 114.0 113.7 114.2 .4

Information ............................................................... 117.3 122.5 120.3 119.9 116.8 121.0 120.3 120.5 120.0 119.7 -.3

Financial activities .................................................. 128.9 137.6 134.0 134.2 129.7 135.2 135.2 135.0 135.0 135.3 .2

Professional and business services .................... 131.9 142.9 140.8 142.1 131.4 137.8 138.7 140.0 140.0 141.5 1.1

Education and health services ............................. 128.9 136.8 137.1 139.0 127.7 134.3 135.1 135.8 136.3 137.1 .6

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 121.3 136.7 134.2 131.9 124.7 132.3 133.2 134.1 135.3 135.7 .3

Other services ......................................................... 105.6 110.9 109.6 110.4 106.5 109.7 109.9 110.4 110.7 111.5 .7

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 55.0 52.9 57.9 53.6 53.2 52.0 56.7 p 53.8 p 49.8

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 61.2 59.4 60.1 56.5 56.1 54.7 56.5 p 57.0 p 55.4

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 65.3 62.8 61.7 61.3 59.7 56.8 58.6 p 59.2 p 56.1

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 63.8 64.0 62.6 62.2 61.5 62.6 63.5 p 63.1 p 60.8

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 30.4 33.3 42.3 42.9 45.8 32.7 41.1 p 46.4 p 45.2

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 42.9 31.0 33.3 38.1 34.5 32.7 31.5 p 38.1 p 42.9

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 37.5 36.9 36.3 38.1 33.9 29.2 29.8 p 36.9 p 33.9

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 39.3 39.9 36.3 33.3 32.1 33.3 33.3 p 32.7 p 33.3

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.