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Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

December 2000 - November 2003

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 Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted,

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2003

Employment continued to trend up in November and the unemployment rate, at 5.9 percent, was

essentially unchanged from October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor

reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment rose slightly over the month (57,000).

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the unemployment rate, 5.9 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, 8.7 million, were

essentially unchanged in November. The jobless rate is down slightly from midyear. Unemployment rates

for most of the major worker groups—adult men (5.7 percent), adult women (5.1 percent), teenagers

(15.5 percent), whites (5.2 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.4 percent)—were little changed. The rate

for blacks (10.2 percent) was down over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 5.2 percent,

not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

In November, 2.0 million unemployed persons had been looking for work for 27 weeks or longer, about

the same level as in October. They represented 23.7 percent of the total unemployed. (See table A-9.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment increased to 138.6 million in November, and the employment-population ratio rose to

62.4 percent. The civilian labor force and labor force participation rate also increased, to 147.3 million and

66.3 percent, respectively. (See table A-1.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Oct.-

Category 2003 Nov.

II III Sept. Oct. Nov. change 

HOUSEHOLD DATA Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................................. 146,685 146,539 146,545 146,793 147,277 484

Employment................................................................... 137,638 137,559 137,573 138,014 138,603 589

Unemployment................................................................... 9,047 8,980 8,973 8,779 8,674 -105

Not in labor force................................................................... 74,090 74,974 75,234 75,246 75,002 -244

All workers............................................................... 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.9 -0.1

Adult men........................................................... 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.7 .1

Adult women........................................................ 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.1 -.1

Teenagers........................................................ 18.6 17.5 17.5 17.1 15.5 -1.6

White .................................................................. 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.2 .1

Black or African American .................................... 11.2 11.1 11.2 11.5 10.2 -1.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 8.0 7.8 7.5 7.2 7.4 .2

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 129,984 129,902 129,980 p130,117 p130,174 p57

Goods-producing 1........................................................ 22,093 21,987 21,978 p21,970 p21,963 p-7

Construction............................................................. 6,782 6,823 6,841 p6,846 p6,856 p10

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,744 14,599 14,573 p14,559 p14,542 p-17

Service-providing 1............................................................... 107,891 107,915 108,002 p108,147 p108,211 p64

Retail trade........................................................ 14,981 14,973 14,987 p15,015 p14,987 p-28

Professional and business services......... 15,999 16,075 16,107 p16,133 p16,153 p20

Education and health services.............................. 16,498 16,533 16,570 p16,626 p16,660 p34

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 12,036 12,053 12,056 p12,081 p12,102 p21

Government........................................................ 21,495 21,461 21,456 p21,481 p21,488 p7

Hours of work 2

Total private.............................................................. 33.7 33.7 33.7 p33.8 p33.9 p0.1

Manufacturing............................................................ 40.2 40.3 40.5 p40.6 p40.8 p.2

Overtime........................................................ 4.0 4.1 4.2 p4.3 p4.4 p.1

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 2

Total private..........................................................98.7 98.6 98.7 p99.1 p99.3 p0.2

Earnings 2

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $15.34 $15.44 $15.44 p$15.45 p$15.46 p$0.01

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 517.07 519.82 520.33 p522.21 p524.09 p1.88

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 2 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

 p=preliminary.

Unemployment rates 

Employment

2003
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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

In November, 1.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, little changed from a year

earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available to work and had

looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however,

because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. There were 457,000

discouraged workers in November, slightly higher than a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the

marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were

available for them. The other 1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as

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

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 57,000 in November to 130.2 million, seasonally

adjusted. Payroll employment has increased by 328,000 since July. In recent months, job losses have

lessened in manufacturing, and employment has trended up in construction and several services industries.

(See table B-1.)

Factory job losses have averaged 17,000 since August, compared with an average decline of 53,000 for

the 12 months ending in August. Employment in durable goods manufacturing was unchanged in November,

while small job losses continued in nondurable goods. Employment in construction continued to trend up in

November; the industry has added 156,000 jobs since February.

Retail trade employment declined by 28,000 in November. The loss was concentrated in food stores

(-23,000), reflecting the impact of strike-related activities in the industry. (In the payroll survey, workers on

strike for the entire reference period are not counted as employed because they are not being paid by their

employers.)

Professional and business services employment was little changed in November. Employment in this

industry has increased by 181,000 since December 2002, with temporary help services accounting for about

three-fourths of the growth.

Employment in health care and social assistance rose by 25,000 over the month. In November, both

ambulatory health care services (+11,000) and hospitals (+8,000) added jobs.

Within the leisure and hospitality sector, accommodations added 13,000 jobs in November, following

jobs losses totaling 27,000 in the prior 3 months. Air transportation employment increased by 3,000 in

November; however, this industry has shed 133,000 jobs since its peak in March 2001.

The number of jobs in credit intermediation decreased for the second consecutive month, reflecting the

reduced volume of mortgage refinancing. From July 2000 through September 2003, the industry had added

251,000 jobs.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 0.1 hour in November to 33.9 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek rose by 0.2

hour to 40.8 hours, and manufacturing overtime edged up by 0.1 hour to 4.4 hours. Since July, the factory

workweek has increased by 0.7 hour and factory overtime has risen by 0.3 hour. (See table B-2.)
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The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm

payrolls rose by 0.2 percent to 99.3 in November (2002=100). The manufacturing index increased by

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

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 1 cent over the month to $15.46, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings rose by 0.4 percent in

November to $524.09. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.1 percent, and average

weekly earnings rose by 2.4 percent. (See table B-3.)

Change in Seasonal Adjustment Procedures for the Household Survey

Effective with the release of December 2003 estimates in January 2004, BLS will convert to the

use of concurrent seasonal adjustment to produce seasonally adjusted labor force estimates from the

Current Population Survey (CPS). Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all available monthly

estimates, including those for the current month, in developing seasonal factors. Currently, seasonal

factors for the CPS data are projected twice a year. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal

adjustment, BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CPS data. BLS introduced the use of

concurrent seasonal adjustment for the nonfarm payroll data from the Current Employment Statistics

program in June 2003 with the release of data for May 2003.

Following usual practice, the release of December data in January also 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.

Benchmark Revisions to the Payroll Survey

BLS will publish nonfarm payroll data revised to the March 2003 benchmark on February 6,

2004, with the release of data for January 2004. Previously, the revised data were published in June

of each year; earlier receipt and tabulation of the benchmark source data now make it feasible to

accelerate the publication date to February.

Feb. 6 May 7 Aug. 6 Nov. 5

March 5 June 4 Sept. 3 Dec. 3

April 2 July 2 Oct. 8

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The Employment Situation for December 2003 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 9,

 2004, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 2004 are as follows:
Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

as well as Federal, State, and local government entities. Employees on

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted. 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.

The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments for the

household survey are recalculated twice a year; the factors are calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

period. For the establishment survey, a concurrent seasonal adjustment

methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each

month for the three most recent monthly estimates, using all relevant

data, up to and including the data for the current month. 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 290,000. 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 -190,000 to 390,000

(100,000 +/- 290,000). 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 4 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the

monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, 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 substantially incomplete returns; for this

reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only

after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from

zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2002

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 218,548 222,039 222,279 218,548 221,252 221,507 221,779 222,039 222,279

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 144,854 146,787 146,969 145,180 146,540 146,530 146,545 146,793 147,277

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 136,684 138,619 138,700 136,542 137,478 137,625 137,573 138,014 138,603

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.5 62.4 62.4 62.5 62.1 62.1 62.0 62.2 62.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 8,170 8,169 8,269 8,637 9,062 8,905 8,973 8,779 8,674

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 73,695 75,252 75,310 73,369 74,712 74,977 75,234 75,246 75,002

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,407 4,561 4,201 4,727 4,921 4,840 4,837 4,941 4,502

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 105,094 106,879 107,003 105,094 106,475 106,604 106,744 106,879 107,003

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 77,264 78,392 78,579 77,618 78,182 78,160 78,485 78,431 78,864

 Participation rate ............................................................... 73.5 73.3 73.4 73.9 73.4 73.3 73.5 73.4 73.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 72,718 73,979 73,896 72,773 73,043 73,195 73,475 73,569 73,933

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 69.2 69.2 69.1 69.2 68.6 68.7 68.8 68.8 69.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,546 4,413 4,683 4,845 5,139 4,965 5,010 4,863 4,931

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.9 5.6 6.0 6.2 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 27,830 28,487 28,424 27,476 28,293 28,443 28,259 28,447 28,139

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 97,022 98,696 98,814 97,022 98,304 98,434 98,568 98,696 98,814

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 73,611 74,955 75,125 73,770 74,581 74,561 74,905 74,860 75,252

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.9 75.9 76.0 76.0 75.9 75.7 76.0 75.8 76.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 69,725 71,141 71,067 69,617 70,193 70,203 70,610 70,665 70,978

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.9 72.1 71.9 71.8 71.4 71.3 71.6 71.6 71.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,885 3,815 4,058 4,153 4,388 4,357 4,295 4,195 4,274

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 23,411 23,741 23,689 23,252 23,724 23,873 23,662 23,837 23,562

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 113,455 115,160 115,276 113,455 114,778 114,903 115,035 115,160 115,276

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 67,590 68,396 68,390 67,562 68,359 68,370 68,060 68,362 68,413

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 63,966 64,640 64,804 63,769 64,435 64,430 64,098 64,446 64,670

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.4 56.1 56.2 56.2 56.1 56.1 55.7 56.0 56.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,624 3,756 3,586 3,792 3,923 3,940 3,962 3,916 3,743

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 45,865 46,765 46,886 45,893 46,419 46,533 46,975 46,798 46,863

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 105,594 107,197 107,303 105,594 106,839 106,957 107,080 107,197 107,303

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,043 65,022 64,997 63,921 64,819 64,831 64,554 64,904 64,920

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.7 60.7 60.6 60.5 60.7 60.6 60.3 60.5 60.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 60,986 61,777 61,853 60,697 61,462 61,470 61,120 61,519 61,621

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.8 57.6 57.6 57.5 57.5 57.5 57.1 57.4 57.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,058 3,245 3,144 3,224 3,357 3,361 3,434 3,384 3,298

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 41,550 42,176 42,306 41,673 42,020 42,126 42,526 42,294 42,384

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 15,933 16,145 16,162 15,933 16,109 16,116 16,131 16,145 16,162

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,200 6,810 6,847 7,489 7,140 7,139 7,086 7,030 7,106

 Participation rate ............................................................... 45.2 42.2 42.4 47.0 44.3 44.3 43.9 43.5 44.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,973 5,701 5,780 6,228 5,823 5,952 5,842 5,830 6,003

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 37.5 35.3 35.8 39.1 36.1 36.9 36.2 36.1 37.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,227 1,109 1,066 1,261 1,317 1,187 1,243 1,200 1,102

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 17.0 16.3 15.6 16.8 18.4 16.6 17.5 17.1 15.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,733 9,335 9,315 8,444 8,969 8,977 9,046 9,115 9,056

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 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2002

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

WHITE 2

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 180,450 181,871 182,032 180,450 181,341 181,512 181,696 181,871 182,032

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,001 120,668 120,865 120,345 120,623 120,669 120,307 120,722 121,162

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 114,165 114,996 114,935 114,128 114,044 114,141 113,934 114,567 114,882

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

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,836 5,672 5,930 6,218 6,580 6,528 6,373 6,155 6,280

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.9 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 60,448 61,203 61,167 60,104 60,717 60,843 61,389 61,149 60,870

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,068 62,714 62,873 62,229 62,526 62,532 62,496 62,695 63,017

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.4 76.3 76.5 76.6 76.4 76.3 76.2 76.3 76.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,191 59,995 59,885 59,127 59,167 59,190 59,407 59,664 59,846

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 72.8 73.0 72.8 72.7 72.3 72.2 72.4 72.6 72.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,877 2,719 2,988 3,102 3,359 3,342 3,088 3,031 3,171

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.6 4.3 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.8 5.0

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 51,851 52,288 52,260 51,785 52,146 52,138 51,909 52,175 52,205

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.9 60.0 59.9 59.8 60.0 59.9 59.6 59.9 59.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 49,793 50,095 50,132 49,586 49,867 49,853 49,521 49,879 49,933

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.5 57.5 57.5 57.3 57.4 57.3 56.9 57.2 57.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,058 2,193 2,128 2,199 2,279 2,285 2,388 2,296 2,272

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,082 5,667 5,732 6,332 5,952 5,998 5,902 5,852 5,940

 Participation rate ................................................................. 48.3 45.1 45.6 50.3 47.5 47.8 47.0 46.6 47.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,181 4,906 4,917 5,415 5,010 5,098 5,006 5,024 5,103

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 41.1 39.1 39.1 43.0 40.0 40.7 39.9 40.0 40.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 901 761 815 917 942 901 896 828 837

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 14.8 13.4 14.2 14.5 15.8 15.0 15.2 14.2 14.1

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 2

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,751 25,825 25,860 25,751 25,702 25,742 25,784 25,825 25,860

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,587 16,592 16,602 16,540 16,540 16,579 16,724 16,572 16,514

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.4 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.4 64.4 64.9 64.2 63.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,837 14,777 14,931 14,754 14,697 14,769 14,853 14,658 14,823

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.6 57.2 57.7 57.3 57.2 57.4 57.6 56.8 57.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,750 1,814 1,671 1,786 1,842 1,810 1,871 1,913 1,691

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.5 10.9 10.1 10.8 11.1 10.9 11.2 11.5 10.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,164 9,233 9,259 9,211 9,162 9,163 9,060 9,254 9,347

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,276 7,391 7,455 7,250 7,336 7,344 7,454 7,359 7,416

 Participation rate ................................................................. 70.8 71.5 72.0 70.5 71.3 71.3 72.2 71.2 71.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,528 6,658 6,723 6,480 6,590 6,578 6,620 6,583 6,672

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.5 64.4 64.9 63.0 64.1 63.9 64.1 63.7 64.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 748 733 731 770 746 766 834 776 744

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.3 9.9 9.8 10.6 10.2 10.4 11.2 10.5 10.0

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,474 8,450 8,450 8,442 8,432 8,510 8,445 8,428 8,397

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.9 64.6 64.5 64.7 64.7 65.2 64.6 64.4 64.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,723 7,630 7,701 7,685 7,614 7,684 7,678 7,583 7,648

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 59.2 58.3 58.8 58.9 58.4 58.9 58.7 57.9 58.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 751 820 749 757 819 826 767 845 749

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.9 9.7 8.9 9.0 9.7 9.7 9.1 10.0 8.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 838 750 697 849 771 725 826 785 700

 Participation rate ................................................................. 34.5 31.3 29.1 35.0 32.3 30.4 34.5 32.8 29.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 587 489 507 590 493 507 555 493 503

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 24.2 20.4 21.1 24.3 20.7 21.2 23.2 20.6 21.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 251 261 190 259 278 218 271 292 197

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 30.0 34.8 27.2 30.5 36.0 30.0 32.8 37.2 28.2

ASIAN 2

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 10,004 9,336 9,354 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,709 6,154 6,109 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.1 65.9 65.3 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,331 5,777 5,789 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.3 61.9 61.9 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 377 377 320 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.6 6.1 5.2 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,295 3,183 3,245 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

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

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected

more than one race group are not included. Prior to 2003, persons who reported more

than one race were included in the group they identified as the main race.

3 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 2003, data reflect

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2002

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 26,355 27,913 28,016 26,355 27,597 27,701 27,808 27,913 28,016

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 18,118 18,948 19,057 18,169 18,750 18,829 18,859 18,915 19,168

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.7 67.9 68.0 68.9 67.9 68.0 67.8 67.8 68.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 16,741 17,610 17,666 16,755 17,206 17,370 17,448 17,546 17,746

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.5 63.1 63.1 63.6 62.3 62.7 62.7 62.9 63.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,377 1,337 1,391 1,414 1,544 1,460 1,411 1,369 1,422

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.6 7.1 7.3 7.8 8.2 7.8 7.5 7.2 7.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,237 8,966 8,959 8,186 8,847 8,872 8,949 8,998 8,847

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,157 10,867 10,920 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 83.7 83.7 83.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 9,479 10,239 10,225 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 78.1 78.9 78.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 678 628 695 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.7 5.8 6.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,896 7,170 7,163 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 58.9 58.0 57.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,421 6,622 6,643 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 54.8 53.5 53.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 475 548 521 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.9 7.6 7.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 1,065 911 973 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 42.4 35.6 37.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 841 750 798 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 33.5 29.3 31.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 224 161 175 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 21.0 17.7 18.0 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 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2002

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,425 12,551 12,679 12,541 12,537 12,639 12,576 12,692 12,824

 Participation rate ................................................................... 44.5 45.2 45.3 44.9 45.5 45.5 44.8 45.7 45.8

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,309 11,516 11,586 11,417 11,446 11,453 11,488 11,562 11,733

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 40.5 41.5 41.4 40.9 41.5 41.3 40.9 41.7 41.9

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,116 1,036 1,093 1,124 1,091 1,185 1,088 1,130 1,090

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 9.0 8.3 8.6 9.0 8.7 9.4 8.6 8.9 8.5

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,138 37,947 38,514 37,967 37,847 37,914 38,068 37,852 38,344

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.8 63.7 64.0 63.5 64.0 63.8 63.7 63.5 63.8

 Employed ................................................................................ 36,227 36,072 36,543 35,963 35,786 35,883 36,038 35,756 36,277

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 60.6 60.5 60.8 60.2 60.5 60.4 60.3 60.0 60.3

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,911 1,875 1,971 2,004 2,061 2,031 2,031 2,096 2,068

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.4

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 34,073 33,993 33,690 33,890 34,310 33,856 33,938 33,640 33,573

 Participation rate ................................................................... 73.1 72.7 72.3 72.7 72.2 72.4 72.7 71.9 72.1

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,552 32,461 32,168 32,260 32,594 32,271 32,304 32,013 31,950

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.8 69.4 69.0 69.2 68.6 69.0 69.2 68.5 68.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,521 1,533 1,522 1,630 1,717 1,585 1,634 1,627 1,622

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.8 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,251 40,634 40,402 38,476 39,614 40,012 39,813 40,611 40,677

 Participation rate ................................................................... 78.5 78.2 78.5 79.0 77.5 77.5 77.6 78.2 79.0

 Employed ................................................................................ 37,199 39,431 39,240 37,344 38,387 38,752 38,537 39,374 39,426

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 76.3 75.9 76.2 76.6 75.1 75.1 75.1 75.8 76.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,053 1,203 1,162 1,132 1,226 1,260 1,276 1,237 1,251

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.8 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.1

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2002

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,180 2,559 2,299 2,314 2,193 2,348 2,362 2,471 2,430

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,134 1,546 1,347 1,219 1,216 1,384 1,445 1,496 1,453

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 1,013 996 937 1,060 946 937 878 940 967

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 33 17 15 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 134,503 136,060 136,401 134,206 135,204 135,215 135,329 135,706 136,251

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 125,070 126,371 126,654 124,786 125,727 125,661 125,754 126,147 126,494

 Government .......................................................................... 19,764 19,862 19,702 19,647 19,631 19,651 19,739 19,853 19,578

 Private industries .................................................................. 105,306 106,510 106,952 105,148 106,135 105,940 105,967 106,324 106,951

 Private households ............................................................. 800 756 775 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 104,506 105,753 106,177 104,365 105,240 105,060 105,212 105,613 106,199

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,328 9,574 9,665 9,276 9,306 9,538 9,394 9,464 9,582

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 105 115 82 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,160 4,394 4,682 4,329 4,649 4,449 4,975 4,836 4,933

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,771 2,793 3,132 2,855 3,112 3,017 3,203 2,989 3,252

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,129 1,318 1,330 1,159 1,304 1,188 1,365 1,396 1,382

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,802 19,604 20,271 18,727 19,027 19,564 18,993 18,879 19,219

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,080 4,297 4,575 4,272 4,566 4,360 4,847 4,717 4,829

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,710 2,727 3,037 2,816 3,079 2,963 3,145 2,925 3,175

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,123 1,311 1,328 1,158 1,276 1,179 1,367 1,374 1,383

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,452 19,265 19,911 18,361 18,610 19,142 18,619 18,608 18,880

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. 

Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system

derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into the Current

Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, 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.

2002

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 136,684 138,619 138,700 136,542 137,478 137,625 137,573 138,014 138,603

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,973 5,701 5,780 6,228 5,823 5,952 5,842 5,830 6,003

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,172 2,188 2,294 2,256 2,289 2,362 2,254 2,206 2,396

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,801 3,513 3,486 3,960 3,538 3,562 3,594 3,626 3,603

 20 years and over ................................................................... 130,711 132,918 132,920 130,314 131,655 131,673 131,730 132,184 132,600

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,424 13,438 13,382 13,387 13,379 13,393 13,395 13,444 13,352

 25 years and over ................................................................. 117,287 119,479 119,538 116,856 118,288 118,434 118,319 118,790 119,210

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 96,727 97,703 97,740 96,356 97,213 97,185 97,078 97,209 97,455

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,170 30,518 30,571 29,961 30,437 30,311 30,261 30,282 30,421

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 35,023 34,943 34,970 34,973 34,742 34,843 34,923 34,819 34,945

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 31,534 32,243 32,199 31,422 32,034 32,031 31,894 32,107 32,089

 55 years and over ............................................................... 20,560 21,777 21,798 20,499 21,074 21,249 21,241 21,581 21,755

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 72,718 73,979 73,896 72,773 73,043 73,195 73,475 73,569 73,933

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,992 2,839 2,829 3,156 2,850 2,992 2,864 2,904 2,955

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,031 1,072 1,111 1,113 1,089 1,162 1,069 1,097 1,201

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,961 1,766 1,718 2,040 1,757 1,812 1,801 1,801 1,761

 20 years and over ................................................................... 69,725 71,141 71,067 69,617 70,193 70,203 70,610 70,665 70,978

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,013 7,061 7,040 7,014 6,962 6,947 7,029 7,040 7,060

 25 years and over ................................................................. 62,712 64,080 64,027 62,562 63,253 63,328 63,520 63,673 63,941

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 51,715 52,443 52,392 51,569 51,994 51,977 52,160 52,154 52,304

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,489 16,780 16,839 16,384 16,711 16,587 16,646 16,645 16,770

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,770 18,915 18,861 18,748 18,724 18,757 18,934 18,835 18,855

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,455 16,747 16,693 16,437 16,559 16,632 16,581 16,674 16,679

 55 years and over ............................................................... 10,997 11,637 11,634 10,993 11,259 11,351 11,360 11,520 11,637

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 63,966 64,640 64,804 63,769 64,435 64,430 64,098 64,446 64,670

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,980 2,863 2,951 3,072 2,973 2,960 2,978 2,926 3,048

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,141 1,116 1,183 1,143 1,200 1,199 1,185 1,109 1,195

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,839 1,747 1,768 1,921 1,781 1,750 1,793 1,825 1,842

 20 years and over ................................................................... 60,986 61,777 61,853 60,697 61,462 61,470 61,120 61,519 61,621

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,411 6,377 6,342 6,373 6,416 6,445 6,366 6,403 6,292

 25 years and over ................................................................. 54,575 55,400 55,511 54,293 55,035 55,106 54,799 55,116 55,269

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,012 45,260 45,347 44,787 45,220 45,208 44,918 45,055 45,152

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,681 13,737 13,732 13,577 13,726 13,724 13,615 13,637 13,651

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 16,253 16,027 16,109 16,225 16,019 16,086 15,990 15,984 16,090

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,079 15,495 15,506 14,985 15,475 15,399 15,313 15,434 15,410

 55 years and over ............................................................... 9,563 10,139 10,164 9,506 9,816 9,898 9,881 10,061 10,118

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 44,215 45,006 45,193 44,093 44,739 44,620 44,522 44,674 45,151

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,403 35,345 35,233 34,264 34,612 34,655 34,562 35,096 35,144

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,551 8,484 8,595 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 112,365 113,828 113,522 112,828 113,316 112,954 113,206 113,662 114,019

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 24,319 24,791 25,178 23,765 24,458 24,981 24,419 24,451 24,654

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 2003, 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.

2002

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,637 8,779 8,674 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.9

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,261 1,200 1,102 16.8 18.4 16.6 17.5 17.1 15.5

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 542 582 488 19.4 20.8 18.7 19.4 20.9 16.9

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 715 637 616 15.3 17.0 15.9 16.1 14.9 14.6

 20 years and over ................................................................... 7,377 7,579 7,572 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.4

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,455 1,491 1,569 9.8 10.3 10.3 10.9 10.0 10.5

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,884 6,120 6,010 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 5,141 5,272 5,157 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,967 2,048 2,005 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,818 1,851 1,786 4.9 5.2 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.9

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,356 1,374 1,366 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1

 55 years and over ............................................................... 778 833 883 3.7 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.9

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,845 4,863 4,931 6.2 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.3

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 692 668 657 18.0 20.9 16.9 20.0 18.7 18.2

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 300 279 262 21.2 22.8 20.7 22.6 20.3 17.9

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 392 389 394 16.1 19.5 15.3 18.3 17.8 18.3

 20 years and over ................................................................... 4,153 4,195 4,274 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.7

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 797 839 894 10.2 11.7 10.8 11.9 10.7 11.2

 25 years and over ................................................................. 3,329 3,385 3,395 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,875 2,918 2,896 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.2

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,110 1,168 1,134 6.3 6.4 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.3

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,010 957 971 5.1 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.9

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 755 792 791 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.5

 55 years and over ............................................................... 454 467 498 4.0 4.6 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.1

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,792 3,916 3,743 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.5

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 569 532 445 15.6 16.0 16.4 15.1 15.4 12.7

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 242 303 226 17.4 18.9 16.7 16.3 21.5 15.9

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 323 248 222 14.4 14.5 16.6 13.7 12.0 10.8

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,224 3,384 3,298 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.1

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 658 651 676 9.4 8.9 9.8 9.7 9.2 9.7

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,555 2,734 2,615 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.5

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,265 2,354 2,261 4.8 4.9 4.7 5.0 5.0 4.8

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 857 880 871 5.9 5.8 5.6 6.0 6.1 6.0

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 808 893 815 4.7 5.2 4.8 4.8 5.3 4.8

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 600 581 575 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.2 3.6 3.6

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 317 354 373 3.2 4.2 4.5 3.8 3.4 3.5

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,667 1,760 1,757 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,343 1,366 1,377 3.8 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.8

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 744 781 775 8.0 9.0 8.4 8.5 8.4 8.3

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 7,317 7,367 7,393 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.1

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,281 1,413 1,304 5.1 5.5 5.3 5.8 5.5 5.0

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

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

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

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

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2003, data

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2002

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,555 4,319 4,505 4,833 4,951 4,942 5,014 4,936 4,701

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 933 739 903 1,069 1,198 1,080 1,108 1,097 1,040

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,622 3,580 3,601 3,764 3,753 3,862 3,905 3,838 3,661

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,841 2,793 2,773 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 781 787 828 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 782 832 885 834 792 782 847 783 939

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,284 2,443 2,324 2,394 2,529 2,540 2,408 2,544 2,433

New entrants ............................................................................ 549 575 556 586 670 628 700 655 601

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 ......... 55.7 52.9 54.5 55.9 55.4 55.6 55.9 55.3 54.2

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 11.4 9.0 10.9 12.4 13.4 12.1 12.4 12.3 12.0

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 44.3 43.8 43.6 43.5 42.0 43.4 43.5 43.0 42.2

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 9.6 10.2 10.7 9.6 8.9 8.8 9.4 8.8 10.8

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 28.0 29.9 28.1 27.7 28.3 28.6 26.9 28.5 28.1

 New entrants ........................................................................... 6.7 7.0 6.7 6.8 7.5 7.1 7.8 7.3 6.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.2

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

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

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

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2002

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,784 2,579 2,500 2,912 2,730 2,727 2,739 2,731 2,595

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,491 2,346 2,514 2,532 2,699 2,595 2,783 2,577 2,548

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 2,895 3,243 3,255 3,143 3,592 3,572 3,524 3,463 3,479

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,223 1,354 1,316 1,317 1,633 1,637 1,421 1,444 1,440

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,672 1,890 1,939 1,826 1,959 1,935 2,102 2,020 2,039

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 17.8 19.6 20.1 17.9 19.3 19.0 19.7 19.1 20.1

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 9.2 10.3 10.2 9.4 10.0 9.6 10.1 10.3 10.4

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed ..................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 34.1 31.6 30.2 33.9 30.3 30.7 30.3 31.1 30.1

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 30.5 28.7 30.4 29.5 29.9 29.2 30.8 29.4 29.5

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 35.4 39.7 39.4 36.6 39.8 40.2 39.0 39.5 40.4

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 15.0 16.6 15.9 15.3 18.1 18.4 15.7 16.5 16.7

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 20.5 23.1 23.5 21.3 21.7 21.8 23.2 23.0 23.7

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2002

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

Nov.

2003

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 136,684 138,700 8,170 8,269 5.6 5.6

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 46,836 48,027 1,395 1,411 2.9 2.9

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 19,438 19,720 597 581 3.0 2.9

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 27,398 28,307 798 830 2.8 2.8

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 21,922 21,748 1,554 1,683 6.6 7.2

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,629 36,079 2,113 1,902 5.6 5.0

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 15,988 16,387 1,044 911 6.1 5.3

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,641 19,693 1,069 991 5.2 4.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 13,960 14,713 1,079 1,148 7.2 7.2

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 887 1,064 143 144 13.9 11.9

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 8,311 8,425 728 661 8.1 7.3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 4,762 5,224 208 344 4.2 6.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,336 18,133 1,455 1,514 7.4 7.7

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,756 9,715 856 769 8.1 7.3

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,581 8,418 599 745 6.5 8.1

1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed

Forces are included in the unemployed total.

 NOTE: Occupations reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational classification

system derived from the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system into the Current

Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used

in the household survey.

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

Industry

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2002

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

Nov.

2003

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 8,170 8,269 5.6 5.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 6,719 6,715 6.0 5.9

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 32 34 5.4 5.9

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 758 690 8.5 7.8

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,115 1,034 6.3 5.9

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 754 691 6.7 6.2

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 362 343 5.6 5.3

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,242 1,156 6.2 5.4

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 233 275 4.2 5.1

 Information ........................................................................................................ 220 257 6.5 7.6

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 337 311 3.7 3.3

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 1,029 948 8.2 7.7

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 493 662 2.8 3.8

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 978 990 8.9 9.0

 Other services .................................................................................................. 284 357 4.9 5.8

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 137 148 11.1 10.3

Government workers ......................................................................................... 468 542 2.3 2.7

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 297 308 2.8 2.8

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

 NOTE: Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system

derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into the Current

Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used

in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2002

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.2

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.9

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 5.9 5.9 5.9 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 6.5 6.6 6.6 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

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

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

 all marginally attached workers ........................................................................................... 9.4 9.5 9.7 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

1 Data not available.

 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 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Nov.

2002

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

Nov.

2003

Nov.

2002

Nov.

2003

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 73,695 75,310 27,830 28,424 45,865 46,886

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,407 4,201 1,936 1,907 2,471 2,294

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,401 1,473 697 704 704 769

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 385 457 234 285 150 173

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,016 1,016 463 419 553 597

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,261 7,302 3,520 3,618 3,741 3,684

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.3 5.3 4.8 4.9 5.8 5.7

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,880 3,730 2,130 2,030 1,751 1,700

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,608 1,699 478 541 1,129 1,158

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 255 254 173 160 82 94

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,487 1,577 728 860 759 716

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

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

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

reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, 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.

2002

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Change

from:

Oct. 2003-

Nov. 2003

Total nonfarm ............................. 131,428 130,234 131,055 131,198 130,409 129,846 129,881 129,980 130,117 130,174 57

Total private ........................................ 109,463 108,999 109,277 109,302 108,869 108,388 108,411 108,524 108,636 108,686 50

Goods-producing ............................................ 22,538 22,289 22,226 22,109 22,409 22,001 21,982 21,978 21,970 21,963 -7

Natural resources and mining .................................. 579 573 576 572 573 566 565 564 565 565 0

Logging ............................................................ 70.2 66.9 68.1 67.7 67.6 64.0 63.6 63.7 64.5 64.7 .2

Mining .................................................................... 508.9 506.2 507.9 503.9 505.0 502.1 501.1 499.9 500.0 499.8 -.2

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 121.6 125.7 126.3 125.5 122.0 125.3 125.0 125.4 125.8 125.8 .0

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 212.3 211.4 211.8 210.2 209.3 209.6 209.1 207.5 207.6 207.6 .0

Coal mining ...................................................... 74.5 71.5 71.8 72.4 73.8 73.7 72.9 71.5 71.6 71.7 .1

Support activities for mining .............................. 175.0 169.1 169.8 168.2 173.7 167.2 167.0 167.0 166.6 166.4 -.2

Construction ............................................................. 6,845 7,083 7,056 6,962 6,745 6,804 6,825 6,841 6,846 6,856 10

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,620.6 1,658.8 1,659.3 1,636.9 1,602.9 1,606.7 1,610.9 1,620.1 1,621.2 1,619.2 -2.0

Heavy and civil engineering construction ......... 938.5 985.5 975.7 943.6 915.2 910.8 913.9 915.8 912.8 916.2 3.4

Specialty trade contractors ................................ 4,285.6 4,438.5 4,420.9 4,381.9 4,226.4 4,286.3 4,300.3 4,305.5 4,311.7 4,320.1 8.4

Manufacturing ........................................................... 15,114 14,633 14,594 14,575 15,091 14,631 14,592 14,573 14,559 14,542 -17

Production workers ....................................... 10,671 10,267 10,238 10,217 10,648 10,257 10,229 10,207 10,191 10,175 -16

Durable goods ....................................................... 9,368 9,022 9,012 9,024 9,362 9,034 9,018 9,010 9,006 9,006 0

Production workers ....................................... 6,455 6,183 6,177 6,186 6,447 6,188 6,182 6,169 6,162 6,161 -1

Wood products ................................................... 552.7 547.9 547.6 548.8 552.3 540.8 538.2 542.1 544.6 548.1 3.5

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 518.3 509.7 506.2 505.4 513.6 501.1 501.4 500.3 499.9 500.3 .4

Primary metals .................................................... 503.8 474.1 469.7 468.3 503.3 478.5 475.9 472.4 469.7 467.8 -1.9

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,524.6 1,466.7 1,470.7 1,471.8 1,523.7 1,470.7 1,469.2 1,465.8 1,467.4 1,468.3 .9

Machinery ........................................................... 1,212.5 1,162.9 1,161.3 1,167.2 1,216.1 1,171.9 1,168.0 1,168.1 1,167.3 1,168.8 1.5

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,469.5 1,384.4 1,383.1 1,383.3 1,472.0 1,398.1 1,392.5 1,389.5 1,384.7 1,382.9 -1.8

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 241.5 220.3 219.5 218.1 241.8 223.6 221.9 221.6 219.3 217.7 -1.6

Communications equipment ........................... 181.1 168.9 169.5 170.6 182.0 171.9 170.9 170.5 170.4 170.7 .3

Semiconductors and electronic components . 506.4 475.4 473.1 474.6 507.6 480.9 479.5 477.6 474.6 475.4 .8

Electronic instruments ..................................... 440.5 428.7 429.0 429.4 442.5 429.0 429.0 429.3 429.6 429.7 .1

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 484.7 461.1 459.5 460.6 486.8 465.9 462.1 461.1 460.8 460.9 .1

Transportation equipment .................................. 1,814.4 1,771.4 1,768.8 1,772.4 1,808.7 1,760.2 1,767.6 1,768.1 1,768.5 1,765.8 -2.7

Furniture and related products .......................... 593.4 574.0 575.4 576.6 594.2 574.2 572.7 573.7 574.6 576.0 1.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 693.9 669.3 669.9 669.4 691.1 673.0 670.4 668.8 668.1 667.1 -1.0

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,746 5,611 5,582 5,551 5,729 5,597 5,574 5,563 5,553 5,536 -17

Production workers ....................................... 4,216 4,084 4,061 4,031 4,201 4,069 4,047 4,038 4,029 4,014 -15

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,534.1 1,561.2 1,547.1 1,529.9 1,520.0 1,520.9 1,521.7 1,522.7 1,523.7 1,515.9 -7.8

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 199.9 198.2 196.4 191.5 200.2 194.4 194.8 193.3 193.3 192.1 -1.2

Textile mills ......................................................... 286.4 259.3 254.0 252.9 286.8 264.7 259.6 258.3 255.6 253.8 -1.8

Textile product mills ........................................... 195.3 179.3 178.6 179.3 194.9 184.2 178.4 179.7 179.3 179.4 .1

Apparel ................................................................ 346.2 298.5 298.7 300.3 343.2 301.2 299.0 296.5 297.0 297.9 .9

Leather and allied products ............................... 47.9 42.9 42.7 42.6 47.7 43.5 43.1 43.1 42.7 42.6 -.1

Paper and paper products ................................. 545.5 526.7 525.6 523.8 544.6 527.3 526.4 525.0 524.5 522.5 -2.0

Printing and related support activities ............... 698.1 687.6 687.1 684.4 697.5 692.2 690.0 687.7 685.3 683.8 -1.5

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 119.6 117.9 116.5 115.5 119.4 118.0 116.9 116.0 115.4 114.8 -.6

Chemicals ........................................................... 923.2 908.7 906.1 906.1 924.7 917.7 914.8 912.5 909.8 907.9 -1.9

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 849.8 830.8 828.9 824.6 850.1 833.3 829.3 828.6 826.5 824.9 -1.6

Service-providing ............................................ 108,890 107,945 108,829 109,089 108,000 107,845 107,899 108,002 108,147 108,211 64

Private service-providing ............................ 86,925 86,710 87,051 87,193 86,460 86,387 86,429 86,546 86,666 86,723 57

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,868 25,197 25,378 25,689 25,406 25,211 25,217 25,243 25,276 25,258 -18

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,614.0 5,554.3 5,564.5 5,568.4 5,604.9 5,560.1 5,550.0 5,551.2 5,552.0 5,557.5 5.5

Durable goods .................................................... 2,984.9 2,929.1 2,939.2 2,948.3 2,984.3 2,940.4 2,934.5 2,932.7 2,936.4 2,945.8 9.4

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,010.9 2,003.9 2,001.7 1,996.4 2,004.3 2,001.4 1,997.7 1,995.9 1,993.4 1,989.6 -3.8

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 618.2 621.3 623.6 623.7 616.3 618.3 617.8 622.6 622.2 622.1 -.1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2002

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Change

from:

Oct. 2003-

Nov. 2003

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,427.8 14,908.6 15,063.3 15,369.5 15,014.0 14,958.0 14,975.1 14,986.9 15,014.9 14,987.0 -27.9

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,888.0 1,897.3 1,897.2 1,887.7 1,883.8 1,883.2 1,880.5 1,884.6 1,884.4 1,883.4 -1.0

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,257.1 1,255.3 1,255.4 1,247.6 1,255.0 1,249.0 1,248.1 1,249.5 1,248.2 1,245.5 -2.7

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 563.2 538.3 545.9 563.4 548.7 543.9 541.6 544.1 544.9 548.6 3.7

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 542.1 513.0 521.8 536.2 529.3 519.6 519.9 520.4 521.4 523.7 2.3

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,174.6 1,209.9 1,211.5 1,205.4 1,184.2 1,196.5 1,203.3 1,210.0 1,212.3 1,213.8 1.5

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,877.7 2,792.5 2,812.6 2,820.2 2,842.5 2,801.7 2,798.0 2,796.7 2,812.7 2,790.0 -22.7

Health and personal care stores ....................... 954.7 965.4 976.5 986.5 949.5 965.8 965.9 969.4 975.2 978.9 3.7

Gasoline stations ................................................ 904.2 907.4 900.0 900.5 903.7 904.0 907.1 903.9 900.3 901.4 1.1

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,364.1 1,257.5 1,278.9 1,332.9 1,304.5 1,277.6 1,278.9 1,278.2 1,284.4 1,279.9 -4.5

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 685.1 636.3 640.6 672.1 650.1 640.8 640.6 640.3 639.9 638.8 -1.1

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 3,027.5 2,818.5 2,884.4 3,042.1 2,817.5 2,838.9 2,857.7 2,859.1 2,858.2 2,849.5 -8.7

Department stores .......................................... 1,865.3 1,671.9 1,724.0 1,845.7 1,712.0 1,690.3 1,703.6 1,704.1 1,704.2 1,702.2 -2.0

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 977.0 937.5 945.0 954.5 957.2 942.5 941.0 941.0 942.2 939.6 -2.6

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 469.6 435.0 448.9 468.0 443.0 443.5 440.6 439.2 439.0 439.4 .4

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,228.8 4,143.5 4,159.3 4,161.0 4,188.9 4,103.7 4,101.2 4,114.1 4,117.7 4,122.6 4.9

Air transportation ................................................ 559.3 504.0 499.6 500.5 556.3 502.4 500.0 501.4 499.2 502.1 2.9

Rail transportation .............................................. 218.4 217.0 217.1 217.5 216.8 217.1 214.8 216.8 216.5 216.4 -.1

Water transportation ........................................... 49.3 49.9 49.5 48.0 50.3 50.0 49.9 48.6 49.2 49.0 -.2

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,345.6 1,347.0 1,349.4 1,344.5 1,333.2 1,324.0 1,331.0 1,330.1 1,332.6 1,334.4 1.8

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 371.5 362.2 371.8 370.2 363.3 347.4 348.3 355.3 358.6 358.8 .2

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 40.2 38.6 38.7 39.5 40.2 39.5 38.9 39.1 39.1 39.4 .3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 22.9 33.9 29.9 26.0 25.7 29.5 30.0 29.7 29.7 29.8 .1

Support activities for transportation ................... 529.3 523.3 524.8 522.6 528.2 520.2 519.1 521.8 521.4 521.7 .3

Couriers and messengers .................................. 566.3 552.5 555.5 567.2 556.3 560.6 557.8 557.3 555.8 555.5 -.3

Warehousing and storage .................................. 526.0 515.1 523.0 525.0 518.6 513.0 511.4 514.0 515.6 515.5 -.1

Utilities ................................................................... 597.3 590.7 590.9 590.2 598.3 589.6 590.8 591.0 591.6 591.1 -.5

Information ................................................................ 3,391 3,256 3,256 3,272 3,382 3,278 3,267 3,270 3,264 3,265 1

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 964.5 937.0 937.4 940.0 962.6 941.4 941.5 939.2 937.9 937.5 -.4

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 394.2 366.4 364.4 374.4 394.3 373.7 367.2 373.3 372.3 374.7 2.4

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 333.0 325.3 323.2 324.7 331.0 324.1 322.9 325.0 322.9 322.9 .0

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 33.0 34.4 33.9 34.4 33.0 34.5 34.2 34.3 34.2 34.6 .4

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,179.5 1,123.7 1,125.4 1,124.5 1,174.9 1,127.8 1,125.7 1,125.0 1,123.2 1,122.4 -.8

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 440.0 423.9 426.3 428.3 439.1 430.9 429.7 427.4 427.4 426.6 -.8

Other information services ................................. 46.8 45.4 45.8 45.8 46.9 45.1 45.5 45.7 45.8 45.8 .0

Financial activities .................................................... 7,869 7,980 7,967 7,955 7,880 7,981 7,980 7,986 7,974 7,969 -5

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,848.3 5,917.9 5,911.5 5,907.2 5,851.1 5,928.6 5,924.4 5,933.2 5,919.6 5,912.8 -6.8

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.9 21.9 21.9 21.9 23.0 22.1 22.0 22.0 21.9 21.9 .0

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,722.9 2,782.6 2,778.6 2,770.7 2,722.8 2,789.4 2,788.8 2,791.3 2,783.9 2,774.9 -9.0

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,745.1 1,768.2 1,768.9 1,767.8 1,748.3 1,771.5 1,772.4 1,773.8 1,775.1 1,773.7 -1.4

Commercial banking .................................... 1,288.7 1,299.6 1,299.4 1,297.8 1,291.2 1,304.1 1,304.8 1,304.1 1,304.1 1,301.9 -2.2

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 796.8 798.5 800.5 803.5 798.2 796.6 794.9 799.0 800.2 803.8 3.6

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,221.0 2,233.2 2,229.6 2,229.4 2,222.7 2,238.1 2,237.1 2,238.9 2,232.4 2,230.6 -1.8

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 84.7 81.7 80.9 81.7 84.4 82.4 81.6 82.0 81.2 81.6 .4

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,020.3 2,062.5 2,055.9 2,048.1 2,029.2 2,052.7 2,055.2 2,052.7 2,054.3 2,055.8 1.5

Real estate .......................................................... 1,352.7 1,377.9 1,376.3 1,373.1 1,357.3 1,368.9 1,371.5 1,372.4 1,373.5 1,374.8 1.3

Rental and leasing services ............................... 640.6 654.5 649.0 644.9 644.9 654.6 654.2 650.5 650.7 651.0 .3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 27.0 30.1 30.6 30.1 27.0 29.2 29.5 29.8 30.1 30.0 -.1

Professional and business services ........................ 16,092 16,258 16,338 16,248 16,014 16,063 16,054 16,107 16,133 16,153 20

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,691.0 6,617.4 6,664.0 6,664.0 6,731.9 6,661.6 6,657.3 6,685.4 6,698.4 6,703.9 5.5

Legal services .................................................. 1,121.6 1,118.0 1,128.0 1,130.4 1,120.6 1,122.8 1,121.9 1,124.9 1,128.5 1,129.3 .8

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 820.9 789.5 793.0 796.1 884.3 847.9 854.3 856.1 856.2 855.5 -.7

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,252.9 1,251.8 1,252.5 1,254.2 1,252.1 1,240.9 1,238.1 1,247.2 1,248.3 1,253.7 5.4

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,150.3 1,127.5 1,135.8 1,138.2 1,150.1 1,130.6 1,125.4 1,133.4 1,136.3 1,138.1 1.8

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 736.1 741.1 750.0 746.7 733.4 735.0 736.1 739.7 745.8 744.4 -1.4

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2002

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Change

from:

Oct. 2003-

Nov. 2003

Professional and business services-Continued

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,710.4 1,696.9 1,694.6 1,702.9 1,699.0 1,698.5 1,690.8 1,691.7 1,690.3 1,691.7 1.4

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,690.1 7,943.5 7,979.5 7,880.8 7,583.0 7,702.5 7,706.1 7,729.6 7,744.0 7,757.5 13.5

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,377.0 7,622.6 7,661.2 7,570.2 7,271.1 7,380.3 7,389.2 7,413.1 7,429.2 7,446.0 16.8

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,342.1 3,558.4 3,596.6 3,550.4 3,256.8 3,374.8 3,373.7 3,394.5 3,419.2 3,439.9 20.7

Temporary help services ............................. 2,225.9 2,384.4 2,399.0 2,364.4 2,174.4 2,226.6 2,236.6 2,261.1 2,276.3 2,297.1 20.8

Business support services .............................. 761.7 747.2 757.5 759.8 755.8 745.0 750.4 754.3 753.9 753.0 -.9

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,606.9 1,665.0 1,645.7 1,612.9 1,601.0 1,609.9 1,613.5 1,610.3 1,604.1 1,603.1 -1.0

Waste management and remediation services 313.1 320.9 318.3 310.6 311.9 322.2 316.9 316.5 314.8 311.5 -3.3

Education and health services ................................ 16,561 16,482 16,801 16,872 16,357 16,487 16,541 16,570 16,626 16,660 34

Educational services ............................................. 2,866.1 2,657.8 2,898.4 2,933.0 2,690.3 2,676.7 2,699.8 2,715.6 2,735.8 2,745.2 9.4

Health care and social assistance ........................13,694.6 13,823.9 13,902.5 13,939.1 13,666.5 13,810.0 13,840.8 13,854.1 13,889.9 13,914.7 24.8

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,718.8 4,786.6 4,819.0 4,828.5 4,708.5 4,781.6 4,791.7 4,791.7 4,810.7 4,821.8 11.1

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,020.3 2,055.1 2,068.9 2,070.8 2,017.7 2,052.7 2,056.6 2,056.9 2,067.3 2,069.8 2.5

Outpatient care centers ................................... 412.9 411.4 413.0 416.9 412.3 412.9 413.7 413.7 414.4 416.6 2.2

Home health care services ............................. 694.8 712.4 718.8 718.7 689.6 711.1 711.8 711.3 714.5 715.0 .5

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,191.2 4,237.1 4,242.7 4,254.6 4,187.0 4,226.8 4,235.2 4,239.5 4,243.9 4,251.8 7.9

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,767.3 2,788.8 2,799.5 2,807.4 2,763.4 2,787.2 2,789.7 2,794.4 2,799.4 2,803.1 3.7

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,583.5 1,585.6 1,589.3 1,593.9 1,580.9 1,586.0 1,583.8 1,586.9 1,589.6 1,592.3 2.7

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,017.3 2,011.4 2,041.3 2,048.6 2,007.6 2,014.4 2,024.2 2,028.5 2,035.9 2,038.0 2.1

Child day care services ................................... 737.1 727.9 748.4 749.2 725.9 729.3 732.4 731.2 735.8 736.5 .7

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 11,802 12,239 12,010 11,850 12,069 12,051 12,051 12,056 12,081 12,102 21

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,657.9 1,810.6 1,707.0 1,621.8 1,806.2 1,763.8 1,759.8 1,759.1 1,762.5 1,762.7 .2

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 353.6 360.5 341.3 334.8 369.1 347.4 347.3 351.6 350.5 348.6 -1.9

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 108.6 109.4 109.9 108.2 111.2 110.0 109.8 109.1 110.0 110.4 .4

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,195.7 1,340.7 1,255.8 1,178.8 1,325.9 1,306.4 1,302.7 1,298.4 1,302.0 1,303.7 1.7

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,143.8 10,428.3 10,303.1 10,228.1 10,262.9 10,286.9 10,290.8 10,296.7 10,318.6 10,339.3 20.7

Accommodations ................................................ 1,733.6 1,798.4 1,744.7 1,703.2 1,802.3 1,778.6 1,769.1 1,754.7 1,751.6 1,764.5 12.9

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,410.2 8,629.9 8,558.4 8,524.9 8,460.6 8,508.3 8,521.7 8,542.0 8,567.0 8,574.8 7.8

Other services .......................................................... 5,342 5,298 5,301 5,307 5,352 5,316 5,319 5,314 5,312 5,316 4

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,233.1 1,221.4 1,217.1 1,211.8 1,236.3 1,219.5 1,222.3 1,219.7 1,216.4 1,213.1 -3.3

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,237.9 1,221.3 1,222.6 1,225.2 1,236.2 1,224.6 1,223.5 1,219.7 1,222.0 1,224.2 2.2

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,871.0 2,855.1 2,861.7 2,870.1 2,879.7 2,872.1 2,872.7 2,874.8 2,873.8 2,878.5 4.7

Government .............................................................. 21,965 21,235 21,778 21,896 21,540 21,458 21,470 21,456 21,481 21,488 7

Federal ................................................................... 2,780 2,742 2,732 2,712 2,782 2,747 2,745 2,742 2,732 2,723 -9

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,952.1 1,933.4 1,924.0 1,906.3 1,954.2 1,928.9 1,929.5 1,929.6 1,921.6 1,915.1 -6.5

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 828.3 808.9 808.0 805.2 827.3 817.7 815.8 812.3 810.8 807.6 -3.2

State government .................................................. 5,114 4,918 5,075 5,096 4,983 4,920 4,928 4,948 4,955 4,960 5

State government education .............................. 2,347.3 2,174.1 2,341.5 2,365.3 2,203.0 2,175.5 2,186.6 2,203.3 2,210.5 2,215.0 4.5

State government, excluding education ............ 2,766.3 2,744.0 2,733.6 2,730.8 2,780.0 2,744.7 2,741.6 2,744.3 2,744.3 2,745.0 .7

Local government .................................................. 14,071 13,575 13,971 14,088 13,775 13,791 13,797 13,766 13,794 13,805 11

Local government education ............................. 8,040.4 7,506.3 7,931.1 8,052.3 7,697.0 7,723.5 7,735.1 7,682.6 7,701.5 7,705.4 3.9

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,030.3 6,068.7 6,040.0 6,036.1 6,077.9 6,067.2 6,061.9 6,083.8 6,092.1 6,099.2 7.1

1

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

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2002

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Change

from:

Oct. 2003-

Nov. 2003

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

Goods-producing .......................................... 39.7 40.3 40.2 40.2 39.7 39.6 39.8 39.9 39.9 40.0 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 42.0 44.1 44.0 44.0 42.3 43.2 43.7 43.7 43.8 43.7 -.1

Construction ............................................................ 37.8 39.1 38.9 38.1 38.0 38.3 38.6 38.4 38.4 38.3 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.6 40.8 40.7 41.2 40.4 40.1 40.2 40.5 40.6 40.8 .2

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 .1

Durable goods ..................................................... 40.8 41.2 41.1 41.5 40.6 40.5 40.5 40.9 41.0 41.2 .2

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 .1

Wood products .................................................. 39.5 41.0 41.0 41.2 39.8 40.7 40.4 40.4 40.8 41.0 .2

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 41.6 42.7 42.6 42.6 41.6 41.6 42.1 41.9 42.2 42.4 .2

Primary metals .................................................. 42.4 42.5 42.3 43.1 42.2 41.7 41.9 42.2 42.4 42.9 .5

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.7 40.9 41.0 41.4 40.4 40.5 40.5 40.7 40.9 41.0 .1

Machinery .......................................................... 40.7 41.0 40.8 41.4 40.6 40.3 40.7 41.0 40.9 41.2 .3

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.6 40.8 40.8 41.4 40.2 40.5 41.1 40.6 40.7 40.8 .1

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.7 40.7 41.2 41.3 40.2 40.4 40.6 40.6 40.9 40.6 -.3

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.1 42.6 42.4 42.5 42.2 41.3 40.7 42.0 41.9 42.2 .3

Furniture and related products ....................... 38.7 39.6 39.1 39.9 38.7 38.9 39.1 39.3 39.3 39.7 .4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.8 38.4 38.4 39.3 38.6 38.4 38.2 38.4 38.4 38.9 .5

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.3 40.3 40.2 40.6 40.0 39.4 39.7 39.9 40.0 40.1 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.0 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.3 .2

Food manufacturing ......................................... 40.1 40.1 39.7 40.2 39.5 39.0 39.3 39.4 39.4 39.5 .1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.2 39.9 39.3 39.7 39.0 38.5 38.8 39.3 39.2 39.7 .5

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.1 39.4 39.1 40.1 40.1 37.7 38.7 39.1 39.3 39.9 .6

Textile product mills ......................................... 38.5 40.8 40.4 40.7 38.7 39.8 39.9 40.6 40.5 40.5 .0

Apparel ............................................................... 36.7 35.0 36.0 36.4 36.5 34.6 34.7 35.2 35.8 36.1 .3

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.2 38.4 39.4 39.7 38.9 39.8 39.0 38.6 39.3 39.5 .2

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.9 41.7 41.7 42.1 41.5 41.2 41.2 41.2 41.6 41.7 .1

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.7 38.8 38.9 39.1 38.4 38.0 38.0 38.2 38.6 38.6 .0

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 43.9 44.6 45.2 44.0 43.6 43.9 44.4 44.2 44.9 44.3 -.6

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.9 42.5 42.1 42.9 42.6 42.1 42.3 42.3 42.1 42.5 .4

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.3 40.8 40.9 41.1 40.3 40.0 40.2 40.5 40.7 40.7 .0

Private service-providing ............................. 32.4 32.3 32.3 32.7 32.5 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.3 33.7 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 33.6 -.1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.9 37.9 38.0 38.5 37.9 37.8 37.9 37.9 38.1 38.0 -.1

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.5 31.0 30.8 30.7 30.8 30.6 30.8 30.9 31.0 30.9 -.1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.0 37.2 37.1 37.5 37.0 36.9 36.9 36.9 37.1 37.0 -.1

Utilities ................................................................... 41.3 40.8 41.2 41.5 41.1 40.9 40.9 40.5 41.1 41.1 .0

Information ............................................................... 36.7 36.1 36.2 36.8 36.6 36.4 36.3 36.2 36.2 36.4 .2

Financial activities .................................................. 35.5 35.2 35.2 36.1 35.6 35.5 35.5 35.4 35.4 35.5 .1

Professional and business services .................... 34.1 33.8 33.9 34.3 34.2 34.0 33.9 34.0 34.0 34.1 .1

Education and health services ............................. 32.5 32.5 32.4 32.9 32.5 32.5 32.7 32.5 32.5 32.7 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.5 25.3 25.5 25.7 25.9 25.3 25.4 25.6 25.6 25.8 .2

Other services ......................................................... 31.9 31.7 31.7 31.9 32.0 31.7 31.7 31.7 31.7 31.8 .1

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

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

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

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Nov.

2002

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Nov.

2002

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Total private ....................................... $15.16 $15.48 $15.46 $15.51 $510.89 $523.22 $522.55 $527.34

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.14 15.44 15.45 15.46 511.73 520.33 522.21 524.09

Goods-producing .......................................... 16.55 17.01 16.93 16.92 657.04 685.50 680.59 680.18

Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.45 17.78 17.78 17.78 732.90 784.10 782.32 782.32

Construction ............................................................ 18.70 19.17 19.11 19.07 706.86 749.55 743.38 726.57

Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.51 15.88 15.79 15.84 629.71 647.90 642.65 652.61

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.29 16.61 16.51 16.53 664.63 684.33 678.56 686.00

Wood products .................................................. 12.43 12.83 12.81 12.86 490.99 526.03 525.21 529.83

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 15.46 15.83 15.94 15.92 643.14 675.94 679.04 678.19

Primary metals .................................................. 17.99 18.27 18.22 18.31 762.78 776.48 770.71 789.16

Fabricated metal products .............................. 14.85 15.09 15.02 15.05 604.40 617.18 615.82 623.07

Machinery .......................................................... 16.06 16.42 16.38 16.53 653.64 673.22 668.30 684.34

Computer and electronic products ................ 16.26 16.75 16.72 16.74 660.16 683.40 682.18 693.04

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.03 14.47 14.31 14.49 571.02 588.93 589.57 598.44

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.41 21.56 21.24 21.16 901.36 918.46 900.58 899.30

Furniture and related products ....................... 12.79 13.10 13.01 13.09 494.97 518.76 508.69 522.29

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.06 13.41 13.46 13.53 506.73 514.94 516.86 531.73

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.31 14.74 14.68 14.76 576.69 594.02 590.14 599.26

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.61 12.88 12.76 12.84 505.66 516.49 506.57 516.17

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 17.60 17.58 17.86 17.89 689.92 701.44 701.90 710.23

Textile mills ........................................................ 11.71 12.06 12.03 12.14 469.57 475.16 470.37 486.81

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.07 11.49 11.39 11.37 426.20 468.79 460.16 462.76

Apparel ............................................................... 9.19 9.77 9.69 9.67 337.27 341.95 348.84 351.99

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.23 11.69 11.88 11.95 440.22 448.90 468.07 474.42

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.09 17.54 17.56 17.62 716.07 731.42 732.25 741.80

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.19 15.48 15.42 15.57 587.85 600.62 599.84 608.79

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 23.35 23.51 23.69 23.94 1,025.07 1,048.55 1,070.79 1,053.36

Chemicals .......................................................... 18.29 18.68 18.67 18.79 784.64 793.90 786.01 806.09

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 13.70 14.29 14.16 14.20 552.11 583.03 579.14 583.62

Private service-providing ............................. 14.77 15.05 15.05 15.13 478.55 486.12 486.12 494.75

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.12 14.42 14.38 14.39 470.20 485.95 483.17 483.50

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.14 17.38 17.39 17.45 649.61 658.70 660.82 671.83

Retail trade ........................................................... 11.73 12.00 11.91 11.91 357.77 372.00 366.83 365.64

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.03 16.35 16.35 16.38 593.11 608.22 606.59 614.25

Utilities ................................................................... 24.12 25.11 25.19 25.23 996.16 1,024.49 1,037.83 1,047.05

Information ............................................................... 20.67 21.45 21.35 21.32 758.59 774.35 772.87 784.58

Financial activities .................................................. 16.49 17.25 17.23 17.30 585.40 607.20 606.50 624.53

Professional and business services .................... 17.01 17.15 17.17 17.48 580.04 579.67 582.06 599.56

Education and health services ............................. 15.46 15.78 15.79 15.80 502.45 512.85 511.60 519.82

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.69 8.77 8.77 8.79 221.60 221.88 223.64 225.90

Other services ......................................................... 13.88 13.99 13.95 13.97 442.77 443.48 442.22 445.64

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
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Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2003-

Nov. 2003

Current dollars .............................................. $15.14 $15.43 $15.45 $15.44 $15.45 $15.46 0.1

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.27 8.32 8.30 8.27 8.29 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.52 16.81 16.86 16.89 16.88 16.90 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.48 17.62 17.69 17.74 17.79 17.80 .1

Construction ............................................................................ 18.69 18.96 18.99 19.02 19.03 19.06 .2

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 15.48 15.73 15.79 15.83 15.80 15.83 .2

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 14.70 14.96 15.02 15.05 15.01 15.02 .1

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.25 16.42 16.49 16.55 16.49 16.50 .1

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.29 14.66 14.70 14.71 14.73 14.77 .3

Private service-providing ............................................. 14.76 15.06 15.06 15.04 15.07 15.08 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.17 14.40 14.39 14.37 14.39 14.40 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.14 17.36 17.40 17.40 17.42 17.39 -.2

Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.79 11.96 11.96 11.94 11.95 11.96 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.02 16.40 16.36 16.34 16.34 16.35 .1

Utilities ................................................................................... 24.02 24.73 24.95 24.93 25.17 25.20 .1

Information ............................................................................... 20.55 21.26 21.32 21.28 21.26 21.23 -.1

Financial activities .................................................................. 16.51 17.33 17.33 17.25 17.25 17.22 -.2

Professional and business services .................................... 17.04 17.23 17.24 17.24 17.30 17.36 .3

Education and health services ............................................. 15.45 15.72 15.76 15.76 15.80 15.81 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.66 8.76 8.75 8.76 8.76 8.77 .1

Other services ......................................................................... 13.89 13.98 13.98 13.98 13.97 13.97 .0

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and time and one-half.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. N.A. = not available.

3 Change was 0.2 percent from Sept. 2003 to Oct. 2003, the p = preliminary.

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

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2002

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2003-

Nov. 2003

Total private ....................................... 100.0 99.5 99.8 100.3 99.6 98.3 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.3 0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 99.2 99.0 98.4 97.7 98.3 95.6 96.0 96.1 96.1 96.2 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 96.3 98.3 99.2 98.3 95.8 95.4 96.2 95.5 96.4 96.2 -.2

Construction ............................................................ 99.9 106.0 104.9 101.0 98.3 98.9 99.9 99.6 99.6 99.3 -.3

Manufacturing ......................................................... 99.1 95.8 95.3 96.3 98.4 94.1 94.1 94.6 94.7 95.0 .3

Durable goods ..................................................... 98.6 95.4 95.1 96.1 98.0 93.8 93.8 94.5 94.6 95.1 .5

Wood products .................................................. 98.1 100.4 100.6 101.3 98.8 98.3 97.5 97.8 99.5 100.8 1.3

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 98.3 98.3 97.5 97.1 97.2 93.6 94.9 94.1 94.9 95.4 .5

Primary metals .................................................. 98.7 92.7 91.4 92.8 98.1 91.8 91.7 91.7 91.6 92.3 .8

Fabricated metal products .............................. 98.6 95.0 95.6 96.6 97.8 94.3 94.2 94.5 95.0 95.4 .4

Machinery .......................................................... 98.1 94.4 93.9 95.7 98.3 93.6 94.3 95.0 94.7 95.4 .7

Computer and electronic products ................ 99.6 93.8 93.5 94.9 98.8 94.6 95.4 93.9 93.5 93.4 -.1

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 98.0 91.6 92.2 92.8 97.2 91.9 91.6 91.3 91.7 91.2 -.5

Transportation equipment ............................... 98.7 97.2 96.7 97.3 98.4 93.4 92.8 95.5 95.1 95.6 .5

Furniture and related products ....................... 96.3 94.6 93.5 95.6 96.6 93.0 93.2 93.8 93.9 95.0 1.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 100.3 93.3 93.3 95.6 99.1 94.4 93.2 93.2 93.1 94.1 1.1

Nondurable goods ............................................... 99.8 96.7 95.9 96.1 98.7 94.2 94.4 94.6 94.7 94.6 -.1

Food manufacturing ......................................... 102.3 103.5 101.6 101.5 99.6 97.9 98.5 98.8 98.8 98.5 -.3

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 93.9 90.5 88.1 85.4 94.3 85.3 85.1 85.0 85.4 85.7 .4

Textile mills ........................................................ 96.8 85.4 83.0 84.8 96.8 83.2 83.6 84.3 83.7 84.4 .8

Textile product mills ......................................... 97.4 95.5 94.2 94.8 98.2 94.6 91.8 95.0 94.6 94.4 -.2

Apparel ............................................................... 96.7 77.0 78.8 80.5 95.1 77.4 76.2 76.7 77.8 78.8 1.3

Leather and allied products ............................ 99.9 86.5 87.9 88.1 98.8 91.0 88.1 87.5 87.7 87.6 -.1

Paper and paper products .............................. 99.2 94.1 93.6 94.1 98.1 93.0 92.8 92.4 93.1 92.9 -.2

Printing and related support activities ........... 98.9 96.9 97.4 97.1 98.0 95.8 95.5 95.5 96.1 95.7 -.4

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 101.8 101.6 102.3 99.5 101.0 98.8 99.5 98.8 100.2 98.8 -1.4

Chemicals .......................................................... 100.7 99.1 97.8 99.7 100.2 99.3 99.6 99.1 98.4 99.1 .7

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 98.8 97.3 97.4 97.0 98.9 95.5 95.7 96.3 96.6 96.3 -.3

Private service-providing ............................. 100.3 99.5 99.9 101.3 100.0 99.2 99.5 99.6 99.7 100.0 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 100.6 98.6 99.1 100.5 99.4 97.8 98.2 98.6 99.0 98.5 -.5

Wholesale trade ................................................... 98.9 97.4 97.7 99.0 98.8 97.1 97.2 97.3 97.7 97.5 -.2

Retail trade ........................................................... 101.4 99.0 99.6 101.6 99.3 98.2 99.0 99.4 99.9 99.3 -.6

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 101.1 99.2 99.4 100.5 99.8 97.3 97.1 97.6 98.2 98.0 -.2

Utilities ................................................................... 100.5 98.7 99.7 100.3 100.3 98.5 98.8 98.0 99.6 99.6 .0

Information ............................................................... 99.7 98.1 98.4 100.8 99.4 99.5 99.2 99.1 99.3 100.0 .7

Financial activities .................................................. 100.1 100.4 100.2 102.5 100.6 101.4 101.4 101.2 101.0 101.1 .1

Professional and business services .................... 100.0 99.2 100.1 100.5 99.6 98.6 98.3 98.8 98.9 99.1 .2

Education and health services ............................. 102.4 101.4 103.0 105.0 101.1 101.7 102.5 102.0 102.3 103.0 .7

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 96.9 99.7 98.4 97.8 100.7 98.1 98.6 99.3 99.5 100.4 .9

Other services ......................................................... 99.1 97.4 97.4 98.2 99.7 97.9 97.8 97.8 97.7 98.1 .4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by nonsupervisory worker employment.

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the
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Table B-6. Indexes of aggregrate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2002

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Nov.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Oct.

2003p

Nov.

2003p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2003-

Nov. 2003

Total private ....................................... 101.4 103.0 103.2 104.1 100.8 101.5 102.0 102.0 102.4 102.7 0.3

Goods-producing .......................................... 100.5 103.1 102.0 101.2 99.5 98.4 99.1 99.4 99.3 99.5 .2

Natural resources and mining .............................. 97.6 101.5 102.5 101.5 97.3 97.6 98.8 98.4 99.6 99.5 -.1

Construction ............................................................ 100.9 109.8 108.3 104.1 99.2 101.2 102.4 102.3 102.3 102.2 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 100.5 99.5 98.4 99.8 99.6 96.8 97.2 97.9 97.8 98.3 .5

Durable goods ..................................................... 100.3 98.9 98.0 99.2 99.5 96.2 96.5 97.6 97.4 97.9 .5

Nondurable goods ............................................... 100.9 100.7 99.5 100.3 99.7 97.5 98.0 98.4 98.5 98.7 .2

Private service-providing ............................. 101.8 102.8 103.2 105.2 101.4 102.5 102.9 102.9 103.2 103.6 .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 101.4 101.5 101.7 103.2 100.5 100.5 100.8 101.1 101.6 101.2 -.4

Wholesale trade ................................................... 100.0 99.7 100.1 101.8 99.8 99.4 99.7 99.8 100.3 99.9 -.4

Retail trade ........................................................... 102.0 101.8 101.7 103.7 100.3 100.6 101.5 101.7 102.3 101.8 -.5

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 102.8 102.8 103.0 104.4 101.4 101.1 100.7 101.1 101.7 101.5 -.2

Utilities ................................................................... 101.3 103.5 104.9 105.7 100.7 101.8 102.9 102.1 104.8 104.8 .0

Information ............................................................... 101.8 104.0 103.8 106.2 100.9 104.6 104.5 104.3 104.3 104.9 .6

Financial activities .................................................. 102.1 107.1 106.7 109.7 102.7 108.7 108.7 108.0 107.7 107.7 .0

Professional and business services .................... 101.1 101.2 102.2 104.5 101.0 101.0 100.8 101.3 101.8 102.3 .5

Education and health services ............................. 104.1 105.2 106.9 109.0 102.7 105.1 106.2 105.7 106.2 107.1 .8

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 98.2 102.0 100.7 100.3 101.8 100.3 100.6 101.5 101.7 102.7 1.0

Other services ......................................................... 100.3 99.2 99.0 99.9 100.9 99.7 99.7 99.6 99.4 99.8 .4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly 

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by the
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Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

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

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1

Over 1-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 56.3 64.7 56.7 65.8 64.2 61.9 63.3 59.9 57.6 64.4 69.1 64.4

2000 ........................................................ 65.5 60.3 65.5 58.8 47.7 61.7 65.5 52.9 52.3 54.1 57.7 53.2

2001 ........................................................ 52.3 49.6 48.6 36.5 41.4 38.1 35.6 38.5 39.0 35.6 37.8 36.0

2002 ........................................................ 40.5 37.4 37.6 41.0 41.7 43.7 39.0 41.7 43.3 43.9 42.4 37.2

2003 ........................................................ 44.2 36.7 44.1 46.9 43.3 37.2 43.2 40.8 50.0 p 53.6 p 54.7

Over 3-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 61.5 64.9 61.0 65.8 66.4 69.1 66.9 64.4 62.2 62.9 66.7 69.6

2000 ........................................................ 70.1 66.0 68.3 68.3 58.5 56.3 58.1 62.2 55.9 53.1 54.0 58.3

2001 ........................................................ 54.9 50.7 50.5 43.5 37.2 36.0 36.2 35.8 34.5 32.2 31.7 30.9

2002 ........................................................ 34.4 38.3 36.5 35.4 36.7 38.8 39.7 41.4 38.1 39.0 37.8 34.9

2003 ........................................................ 36.0 35.6 36.0 41.2 43.0 40.6 37.6 34.5 43.5 p 49.3 p 53.8

Over 6-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 66.9 64.9 63.7 64.0 65.6 65.8 66.7 66.2 69.4 68.7 66.4 66.5

2000 ........................................................ 67.6 68.7 71.4 71.9 68.5 66.2 67.3 60.4 58.3 55.0 61.0 55.2

2001 ........................................................ 53.2 51.4 50.7 47.1 42.8 38.8 37.6 34.5 31.1 32.9 31.3 31.7

2002 ........................................................ 30.6 29.9 31.1 31.3 33.3 35.8 36.9 37.4 37.8 39.9 38.3 35.8

2003 ........................................................ 37.4 36.5 35.1 34.7 37.4 36.5 38.7 35.1 40.8 p 40.6 p 46.6

Over 12-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 70.5 68.7 68.2 68.0 68.3 68.3 68.0 68.0 67.8 69.1 68.3 69.1

2000 ........................................................ 70.9 69.2 73.2 71.0 69.8 71.0 70.0 70.3 70.3 65.6 63.8 62.1

2001 ........................................................ 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.2 30.4 30.6 30.8 31.8 31.5 30.0 33.5 33.3

2003 ........................................................ 33.8 33.3 34.5 35.4 36.5 35.4 35.8 33.6 38.1 p 36.9 p 36.5

Over 1-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 42.3 38.7 33.3 39.3 52.4 34.5 50.0 40.5 41.7 50.6 56.0 51.8

2000 ........................................................ 50.6 53.6 54.8 42.9 39.9 53.6 62.5 28.6 24.4 35.1 41.1 38.7

2001 ........................................................ 24.4 22.0 24.4 14.3 14.3 19.6 14.3 13.7 17.9 16.7 16.7 9.5

2002 ........................................................ 19.0 22.6 20.8 33.9 30.4 32.1 34.5 25.0 31.0 19.6 21.4 25.0

2003 ........................................................ 36.3 19.0 27.4 20.2 30.4 25.6 31.5 25.6 33.3 p 40.5 p 42.3

Over 3-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 33.9 40.5 37.5 35.7 41.7 43.5 42.3 38.1 41.1 44.6 49.4 56.5

2000 ........................................................ 54.2 54.8 58.3 51.8 41.7 41.1 54.8 48.2 29.2 25.6 25.0 42.3

2001 ........................................................ 34.5 24.4 17.9 14.3 11.9 14.3 10.7 7.7 8.3 9.5 8.9 8.3

2002 ........................................................ 11.9 11.9 16.7 20.2 21.4 20.2 28.6 25.6 25.6 17.9 14.9 10.7

2003 ........................................................ 14.9 15.5 19.6 16.7 17.9 14.3 20.2 18.5 24.4 p 26.8 p 33.3

Over 6-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 37.5 32.7 30.4 33.3 36.9 38.1 38.1 34.5 40.5 46.4 41.1 48.2

2000 ........................................................ 47.0 51.2 56.5 57.1 49.4 47.6 56.0 44.0 36.9 35.1 34.5 31.0

2001 ........................................................ 23.8 24.4 20.8 17.9 14.9 11.9 13.7 9.5 8.3 6.5 6.5 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.7 8.9 7.7 8.9 12.5 16.7 19.6 19.6 23.8 17.9 16.7 13.7

2003 ........................................................ 13.7 14.3 12.5 11.9 12.5 15.5 13.1 13.7 16.1 p 19.0 p 24.4

Over 12-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 35.7 32.1 29.8 32.1 32.7 32.1 34.5 32.1 33.3 39.3 41.1 42.9

2000 ........................................................ 41.7 39.3 47.0 50.0 46.4 52.4 51.8 49.4 46.4 40.5 35.1 33.3

2001 ........................................................ 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 7.1 7.7 5.4 6.0 8.9 7.7 9.5 13.1 13.1

2003 ........................................................ 13.7 15.5 16.7 13.1 15.5 16.1 13.1 14.3 12.5 p 13.1 p 11.9

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1

1Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment,

spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with

p= preliminary. increasing and decreasing employment.

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment