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8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, October 5, 2012 

Technical information: 

Household data: (202) 691-6378 • cpsinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cps 

Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 • cesinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/ces 

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — SEPTEMBER 2012 

The unemployment rate decreased to 7.8 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll 

employment rose by 114,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment 

increased in health care and in transportation and warehousing but changed little in most other major 

industries. 

Household Survey Data 

The unemployment rate declined by 0.3 percentage point to 7.8 percent in September. For the first 8 

months of the year, the rate held within a narrow range of 8.1 and 8.3 percent. The number of 

unemployed persons, at 12.1 million, decreased by 456,000 in September. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.3 percent), adult women 

(7.0 percent), and whites (7.0 percent) declined over the month. The unemployment rates for teenagers 

(23.7 percent), blacks (13.4 percent), and Hispanics (9.9 percent) were little changed. The jobless rate 

for Asians, at 4.8 percent (not seasonally adjusted), fell over the year. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 

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200

300

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Sep-10 Dec-10 M ar-11 Jun-11 Sep-11 Dec-11 M ar-12 Jun-12 Sep-12

Thousands

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month 

change, seasonally adjusted, September 2010 –

September 2012

Percent

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Sep-10 Dec-10 M ar-11 Jun-11 Sep-11 Dec-11 M ar-12 Jun-12 Sep-12

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

September 2010 – September 2012
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In September, the number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs decreased by 

468,000 to 6.5 million. (See table A-11.) 

The number of persons unemployed for less than 5 weeks declined by 302,000 over the month to 2.5 

million. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed 

at 4.8 million and accounted for 40.1 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-12.) 

Total employment rose by 873,000 in September, following 3 months of little change. The 

employment-population ratio increased by 0.4 percentage point to 58.7 percent, after edging down in 

the prior 2 months. The overall trend in the employment-population ratio for this year has been flat. The 

civilian labor force rose by 418,000 to 155.1 million in September, while the labor force participation 

rate was little changed at 63.6 percent. (See table A-1.) 

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as 

involuntary part-time workers) rose from 8.0 million in August to 8.6 million in September. These 

individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable 

to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) 

In September, 2.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged 

from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor 

force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. 

They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding 

the survey. (See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 802,000 discouraged workers in September, a decline of 

235,000 from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons 

not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.7 

million persons marginally attached to the labor force in September had not searched for work in the 4 

weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table 

A-16.) 

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 114,000 in September. In 2012, employment growth 

has averaged 146,000 per month, compared with an average monthly gain of 153,000 in 2011. In 

September, employment rose in health care and in transportation and warehousing. (See table B-1.) 

Health care added 44,000 jobs in September. Job gains continued in ambulatory health care services 

(+30,000) and hospitals (+8,000). Over the past year, employment in health care has risen by 295,000. 

In September, employment increased by 17,000 in transportation and warehousing. Within the 

industry, there were job gains in transit and ground passenger transportation (+9,000) and in 

warehousing and storage (+4,000). 

Employment in financial activities edged up in September (+13,000), reflecting modest job growth in 

credit intermediation (+6,000) and real estate (+7,000). 
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Manufacturing employment edged down in September (-16,000). On net, manufacturing employment 

has been unchanged since April. In September, job losses occurred in computer and electronic products 

(-6,000) and in printing and related activities (-3,000). 

Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, construction, wholesale trade, 

retail trade, information, professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and 

government, showed little change over the month. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to 34.5 

hours in September. The manufacturing workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 40.6 hours, and factory 

overtime was unchanged at 3.2 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory 

employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.7 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

In September, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 7 cents 

to $23.58. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have risen by 1.8 percent. In September, 

average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees increased by 5 

cents to $19.81. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for July was revised from +141,000 to +181,000, and 

the change for August was revised from +96,000 to +142,000. 

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The Employment Situation for October is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 2, 2012, 

at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Change from:

Aug. 2012-

Sept. 2012

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population............................................ 240,071 243,354 243,566 243,772 206

Civilian labor force............................................................ 154,004 155,013 154,645 155,063 418

Participation rate........................................................... 64.1 63.7 63.5 63.6 0.1

Employed.................................................................... 140,107 142,220 142,101 142,974 873

Employment-population ratio........................................... 58.4 58.4 58.3 58.7 0.4

Unemployed................................................................. 13,897 12,794 12,544 12,088 -456

Unemployment rate..................................................... 9.0 8.3 8.1 7.8 -0.3

Not in labor force............................................................. 86,067 88,340 88,921 88,710 -211

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over....................................................... 9.0 8.3 8.1 7.8 -0.3

Adult men (20 years and over).............................................. 8.7 7.7 7.6 7.3 -0.3

Adult women (20 years and over).......................................... 8.1 7.5 7.3 7.0 -0.3

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................. 24.5 23.8 24.6 23.7 -0.9

White........................................................................... 7.9 7.4 7.2 7.0 -0.2

Black or African American................................................... 15.9 14.1 14.1 13.4 -0.7

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................. 7.8 6.2 5.9 4.8 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.................................................. 11.3 10.3 10.2 9.9 -0.3

Total, 25 years and over....................................................... 7.7 6.9 6.8 6.6 -0.2

Less than a high school diploma........................................... 13.9 12.7 12.0 11.3 -0.7

High school graduates, no college......................................... 9.6 8.7 8.8 8.7 -0.1

Some college or associate degree......................................... 8.4 7.1 6.6 6.5 -0.1

Bachelor’s degree and higher............................................... 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 0.0

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs................... 8,028 7,123 7,003 6,535 -468

Job leavers....................................................................... 972 878 942 957 15

Reentrants........................................................................ 3,484 3,380 3,318 3,306 -12

New entrants..................................................................... 1,323 1,311 1,277 1,247 -30

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks.............................................................. 2,743 2,711 2,844 2,542 -302

5 to 14 weeks.................................................................... 2,902 3,092 2,868 2,826 -42

15 to 26 weeks.................................................................. 2,029 1,760 1,845 1,860 15

27 weeks and over.............................................................. 6,197 5,185 5,033 4,844 -189

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons............................................... 9,270 8,246 8,031 8,613 582

Slack work or business conditions.......................................... 5,900 5,342 5,217 5,523 306

Could only find part-time work.............................................. 2,844 2,576 2,507 2,572 65

Part time for noneconomic reasons........................................... 18,329 18,866 18,996 18,736 -260

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force........................................ 2,511 2,529 2,561 2,517 –

Discouraged workers......................................................... 1,037 852 844 802 –

- Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with

the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 181 142 114

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 163 97 104

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 20 -22 -10

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 -1 -1 1

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3 1 5

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -3 18 -22 -16

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 18 -20 -13

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 12.8 -6.9 -3.4

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -7 0 -2 -3

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 143 119 114

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -3.0 8.8 7.0 -1.6

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.2 3.2 8.3 9.4

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 14.2 7.7 17.1

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 8 1 -6

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6 1 7 13

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 41 19 13

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.7 13.0 0.1 -2.0

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 40 25 49

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.5 27.7 22.2 44.5

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 24 38 11

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 -2 9

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -14 18 45 10

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.4 49.3 49.3 49.3

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 47.8 47.8 47.8

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.5 82.6 82.6 82.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.5

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23.16 $ 23.52 $ 23.51 $ 23.58

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $796.70 $809.09 $808.74 $813.51

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.5 95.9 96.0 96.4

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 -0.2 0.1 0.4

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.4 107.6 107.7 108.4

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 -0.1 0.1 0.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 33.7 33.7 33.7

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19.53 $ 19.77 $ 19.76 $ 19.81

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $656.21 $666.25 $665.91 $667.60

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.5 103.5 103.6 103.7

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.5 136.7 136.8 137.3

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.4

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (266 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 54.9 51.3 52.8

Manufacturing (81 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.7 48.8 38.9 39.5

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing

industries.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours.

4 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average

aggregate weekly payrolls.

5 Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance

between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.

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NOTE: Data in this table have been corrected. For more information see http://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm.
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

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

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

margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of 

its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 100,000 is statistically 

significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the 

household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than 

the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural 

workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household 

survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. 

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However, neither the 

establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Therefore, it 

is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The establishment survey does not 

collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which identify 

the foreign and native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the foreign born. 

Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

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

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

The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 

2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit 

www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. 

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

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

The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information 

on the annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. 

Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

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

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

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

to achieve that goal. 

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? 

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

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

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

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

establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not 

immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth 

of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new 

businesses to the survey twice a year. 

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

benefits? 

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

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

on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or 

question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 

Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work? 

Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including 

those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In 

addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and 

other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment 

Situation news release. 

How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates? 

In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. 

Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on average weekly hours than on employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid time during the pay period, including pay for 

holidays, sick leave, or other time off. The impact of severe weather on hours estimates typically, but 

not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some employees may be off 

work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, while some workers, such as 

those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. 

In order for severe weather conditions to reduce the estimate of payroll employment, employees have to 

be off work without pay for the entire pay period. About half of all employees in the payroll survey have 

a 2-week, semi-monthly, or monthly pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of the pay 

period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll employment figures. It is not possible to quantify the 

effect of extreme weather on estimates of employment from the establishment survey. 

In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that includes the 12th of the 

month. Persons who miss the entire week’s work for weather-related events are counted as employed 

whether or not they are paid for the time off. The household survey collects data on the number of 

persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours, or had a job but were not at work the entire 

week, due to bad weather. Current and historical data are available on the household survey’s most 

requested statistics page at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln. 
Technical Note 

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household 

survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey 

(CES; establishment survey). The household survey 

provides 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 eligible households conducted by the U.S. Census 

Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of nonagricultural business establishments. Each month the CES program 

surveys about 141,000 businesses and government 

agencies, representing approximately 486,000 individual 

worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on 

employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm 

payrolls. The active sample includes approximately onethird of all nonfarm payroll employees. 

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

particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the 

reference period 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 employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. 

Additional information about the household survey can be 

found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm. 

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

offices, and stores, as well as from 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 

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and 

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

logging, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in private service-providing industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment's principal activity in accordance with the 2012 

version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

survey can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/#technical. 

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 are 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 regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such 

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a 

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal 

developments, such as declines in employment or increases 

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

spot. For example, in the household survey, 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. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

declines by about 20 percent at the end of the spring term 

and later rises with the start of the fall term, obscuring the 

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more 

useful tool with which to analyze changes in month-tomonth economic activity. 

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, 

such as total payroll employment, employment in most 

major sectors, 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 agesex components; this differs from the unemployment 

estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the 

total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 

detailed age categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current 

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

used to adjust only the current month's data. In the 

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

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 nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

100,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment 

increases by 50,000 from one month to the next. The 90-

percent confidence interval on the monthly change would 

range from -50,000 to +150,000 (50,000 +/- 100,000). 

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 nonfarm 

employment had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, 

the reported nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, 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 nonfarm employment had, in fact, 

risen that month. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 

percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly 

change in unemployment as measured by the household 

survey is about +/- 280,000, and for the monthly change in 

the unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.19 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 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all 

respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely 

basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in 

the collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates 

for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete 

returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled 

preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive 

revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample 

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered 

final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

estimation procedure with two components is used to 

account for business births. The first component excludes 
employment losses from business deaths from samplebased estimation in order to offset the missing employment 

gains from business births. This is incorporated into the 

sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting 

sample units going out of business, but imputing to them 

the same employment trend as the other firms in the 

sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net 

birth/death employment. 

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 5 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 sample-based 

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, absolute benchmark revisions for total 

nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a 

range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. 
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 adjusted1

Sept.

2011

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

May

2012

June

2012

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240,071 243,566 243,772 240,071 242,966 243,155 243,354 243,566 243,772

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,022 155,255 155,075 154,004 155,007 155,163 155,013 154,645 155,063

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.2 63.7 63.6 64.1 63.8 63.8 63.7 63.5 63.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,502 142,558 143,333 140,107 142,287 142,415 142,220 142,101 142,974

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.5 58.5 58.8 58.4 58.6 58.6 58.4 58.3 58.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,520 12,696 11,742 13,897 12,720 12,749 12,794 12,544 12,088

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 8.2 7.6 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.1 7.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,049 88,311 88,697 86,067 87,958 87,992 88,340 88,921 88,710

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,929 7,031 6,427 6,240 6,291 6,520 6,554 6,957 6,727

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,559 117,492 117,600 116,559 117,177 117,277 117,381 117,492 117,600

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,011 82,669 82,341 82,142 82,350 82,450 82,395 82,008 82,384

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.4 70.4 70.0 70.5 70.3 70.3 70.2 69.8 70.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,821 76,089 76,119 74,435 75,401 75,486 75,466 75,161 75,752

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.2 64.8 64.7 63.9 64.3 64.4 64.3 64.0 64.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,189 6,580 6,221 7,707 6,949 6,964 6,929 6,847 6,632

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 8.0 7.6 9.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,549 34,823 35,260 34,417 34,827 34,827 34,987 35,484 35,216

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,994 108,851 108,973 107,994 108,503 108,613 108,727 108,851 108,973

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,224 79,436 79,516 79,241 79,382 79,425 79,353 79,103 79,426

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 73.0 73.0 73.4 73.2 73.1 73.0 72.7 72.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,796 73,736 74,060 72,340 73,229 73,259 73,227 73,086 73,597

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.4 67.7 68.0 67.0 67.5 67.4 67.3 67.1 67.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,427 5,700 5,455 6,901 6,153 6,166 6,125 6,016 5,829

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 7.2 6.9 8.7 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,771 29,415 29,457 28,753 29,121 29,188 29,374 29,748 29,547

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,512 126,073 126,172 123,512 125,788 125,878 125,972 126,073 126,172

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,011 72,586 72,734 71,862 72,657 72,713 72,619 72,637 72,678

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 57.6 57.6 58.2 57.8 57.8 57.6 57.6 57.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,680 66,470 67,214 65,672 66,886 66,929 66,754 66,940 67,222

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 52.7 53.3 53.2 53.2 53.2 53.0 53.1 53.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,331 6,116 5,520 6,190 5,771 5,785 5,865 5,697 5,456

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 8.4 7.6 8.6 7.9 8.0 8.1 7.8 7.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,501 53,488 53,437 51,650 53,131 53,165 53,354 53,437 53,493

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,338 117,760 117,869 115,338 117,448 117,546 117,648 117,760 117,869

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,266 69,502 70,026 68,989 69,807 69,803 69,691 69,781 69,834

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.1 59.0 59.4 59.8 59.4 59.4 59.2 59.3 59.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,529 64,023 65,058 63,406 64,671 64,628 64,446 64,670 64,952

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 54.4 55.2 55.0 55.1 55.0 54.8 54.9 55.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,737 5,480 4,968 5,584 5,136 5,175 5,244 5,111 4,882

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 7.9 7.1 8.1 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,072 48,258 47,842 46,349 47,641 47,743 47,957 47,979 48,034

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,739 16,955 16,931 16,739 17,015 16,997 16,979 16,955 16,931

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,532 6,317 5,533 5,774 5,819 5,936 5,970 5,761 5,802

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 37.3 32.7 34.5 34.2 34.9 35.2 34.0 34.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,177 4,800 4,215 4,362 4,388 4,528 4,546 4,344 4,425

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 28.3 24.9 26.1 25.8 26.6 26.8 25.6 26.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,356 1,517 1,318 1,412 1,431 1,408 1,424 1,417 1,378

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 24.0 23.8 24.5 24.6 23.7 23.8 24.6 23.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,206 10,638 11,398 10,965 11,197 11,061 11,009 11,194 11,129

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

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January 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 adjusted1

Sept.

2011

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

May

2012

June

2012

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,365 193,376 193,503 193,365 193,004 193,120 193,245 193,376 193,503

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,812 123,848 123,922 124,701 123,989 123,783 123,589 123,265 123,662

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 64.0 64.0 64.5 64.2 64.1 64.0 63.7 63.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,266 114,895 115,547 114,818 114,767 114,674 114,409 114,340 114,992

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.6 59.4 59.7 59.4 59.5 59.4 59.2 59.1 59.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,545 8,953 8,374 9,883 9,222 9,109 9,180 8,925 8,670

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 7.2 6.8 7.9 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,553 69,528 69,581 68,664 69,015 69,337 69,656 70,111 69,841

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,290 64,506 64,710 65,280 64,591 64,527 64,467 64,246 64,544

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.9 73.4 73.6 73.9 73.7 73.6 73.4 73.1 73.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,648 60,438 60,718 60,283 60,072 60,001 60,027 59,890 60,274

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.6 68.8 69.0 68.2 68.5 68.4 68.4 68.1 68.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,642 4,068 3,992 4,998 4,519 4,526 4,440 4,356 4,270

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 6.3 6.2 7.7 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.6

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,949 54,250 54,797 54,691 54,717 54,506 54,385 54,411 54,531

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.6 58.4 59.0 59.3 59.0 58.8 58.6 58.6 58.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,002 50,484 51,333 50,807 51,045 50,918 50,662 50,892 51,105

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 54.4 55.2 55.1 55.1 54.9 54.6 54.8 55.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,947 3,766 3,464 3,884 3,672 3,588 3,723 3,519 3,426

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 6.9 6.3 7.1 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.5 6.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,573 5,092 4,414 4,730 4,681 4,750 4,737 4,609 4,588

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 40.3 35.0 37.0 36.9 37.5 37.4 36.5 36.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,616 3,974 3,496 3,728 3,649 3,755 3,720 3,558 3,613

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 31.4 27.7 29.1 28.8 29.7 29.4 28.2 28.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 1,118 918 1,002 1,031 995 1,017 1,051 975

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.9 22.0 20.8 21.2 22.0 20.9 21.5 22.8 21.2

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,193 29,954 29,991 29,193 29,854 29,885 29,918 29,954 29,991

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,051 18,491 18,245 18,096 18,290 18,541 18,383 18,379 18,345

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.8 61.7 60.8 62.0 61.3 62.0 61.4 61.4 61.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,186 15,810 15,796 15,224 15,807 15,872 15,798 15,797 15,881

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.0 52.8 52.7 52.1 52.9 53.1 52.8 52.7 53.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,865 2,681 2,449 2,872 2,484 2,668 2,585 2,583 2,464

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.9 14.5 13.4 15.9 13.6 14.4 14.1 14.1 13.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,142 11,463 11,746 11,097 11,564 11,345 11,534 11,575 11,645

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,108 8,243 8,152 8,151 8,281 8,324 8,270 8,228 8,202

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.0 67.5 66.6 68.3 68.1 68.4 67.8 67.3 67.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,830 7,108 7,050 6,796 7,102 7,146 7,042 7,049 7,035

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.3 58.2 57.6 57.0 58.4 58.7 57.7 57.7 57.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,279 1,135 1,103 1,355 1,179 1,178 1,227 1,180 1,167

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.8 13.8 13.5 16.6 14.2 14.2 14.8 14.3 14.2

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,348 9,494 9,412 9,277 9,346 9,482 9,344 9,455 9,382

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.7 62.9 62.2 63.2 62.1 63.0 62.0 62.6 62.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,027 8,240 8,325 8,051 8,284 8,281 8,268 8,316 8,364

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 54.6 55.0 54.8 55.1 55.0 54.8 55.1 55.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,320 1,254 1,087 1,226 1,062 1,202 1,076 1,139 1,018

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1 13.2 11.5 13.2 11.4 12.7 11.5 12.0 10.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 755 681 667 664 735 770 696 761

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.1 28.7 26.0 25.8 25.0 27.8 29.2 26.4 29.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 462 421 377 421 446 488 432 482

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 17.6 16.1 14.6 15.9 16.8 18.5 16.4 18.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 293 259 291 242 289 282 264 279

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.8 38.8 38.1 43.6 36.5 39.3 36.6 37.9 36.7

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,523 12,845 12,885 – – – – – –

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Sept.

2011

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

May

2012

June

2012

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,360 8,175 8,204 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 63.6 63.7 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,784 7,694 7,810 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.9 59.9 60.6 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 482 394 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 5.9 4.8 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,162 4,670 4,681 – – – – – –

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

- 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. Updated population controls are introduced

annually with the release of January data.
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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 adjusted1

Sept.

2011

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

May

2012

June

2012

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population.................. 34,640 36,881 36,969 34,640 36,626 36,708 36,792 36,881 36,969

Civilian labor force................................. 23,058 24,395 24,465 23,014 24,567 24,588 24,497 24,352 24,477

Participation rate................................. 66.6 66.1 66.2 66.4 67.1 67.0 66.6 66.0 66.2

Employed......................................... 20,569 21,943 22,164 20,411 21,867 21,885 21,966 21,865 22,050

Employment-population ratio................ 59.4 59.5 60.0 58.9 59.7 59.6 59.7 59.3 59.6

Unemployed...................................... 2,488 2,452 2,301 2,603 2,700 2,703 2,531 2,487 2,427

Unemployment rate........................... 10.8 10.1 9.4 11.3 11.0 11.0 10.3 10.2 9.9

Not in labor force................................... 11,582 12,486 12,504 11,626 12,059 12,120 12,294 12,529 12,492

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 13,112 13,430 13,462 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 81.7 80.8 80.8 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 11,887 12,336 12,445 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 74.1 74.2 74.7 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,225 1,094 1,017 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 9.3 8.1 7.6 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 9,000 9,751 9,879 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 59.3 58.7 59.3 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 7,993 8,745 8,907 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 52.7 52.7 53.5 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,007 1,005 972 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 11.2 10.3 9.8 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................. 946 1,214 1,124 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 27.7 33.2 30.7 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 689 861 811 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 20.2 23.5 22.2 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 257 352 312 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 27.1 29.0 27.8 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2011

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

May

2012

June

2012

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................... 11,840 11,163 11,337 11,746 11,451 11,384 11,472 11,179 11,199

Participation rate.................................... 46.9 45.3 45.6 46.5 44.9 45.0 46.3 45.4 45.1

Employed............................................ 10,303 9,922 10,155 10,108 9,960 9,952 10,012 9,833 9,932

Employment-population ratio................... 40.8 40.3 40.9 40.0 39.1 39.3 40.4 39.9 40.0

Unemployed......................................... 1,536 1,241 1,182 1,638 1,491 1,431 1,460 1,346 1,267

Unemployment rate.............................. 13.0 11.1 10.4 13.9 13.0 12.6 12.7 12.0 11.3

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................... 37,210 36,356 36,513 37,290 36,924 36,984 37,047 36,703 36,627

Participation rate.................................... 60.4 59.3 59.4 60.5 59.5 60.0 59.7 59.9 59.5

Employed............................................ 33,841 33,298 33,513 33,711 33,928 33,869 33,838 33,486 33,455

Employment-population ratio................... 54.9 54.3 54.5 54.7 54.7 55.0 54.5 54.6 54.4

Unemployed......................................... 3,369 3,058 3,000 3,579 2,996 3,116 3,209 3,217 3,172

Unemployment rate.............................. 9.1 8.4 8.2 9.6 8.1 8.4 8.7 8.8 8.7

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................... 37,172 37,479 37,788 37,070 37,079 37,451 37,398 37,375 37,622

Participation rate.................................... 69.5 68.5 69.1 69.3 68.8 68.9 68.3 68.3 68.8

Employed............................................ 34,072 34,914 35,346 33,963 34,155 34,639 34,729 34,895 35,191

Employment-population ratio................... 63.7 63.8 64.6 63.5 63.4 63.7 63.4 63.8 64.3

Unemployed......................................... 3,101 2,565 2,443 3,106 2,924 2,812 2,669 2,480 2,431

Unemployment rate.............................. 8.3 6.8 6.5 8.4 7.9 7.5 7.1 6.6 6.5

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................... 47,021 48,413 48,576 46,923 48,232 47,923 47,697 48,404 48,469

Participation rate.................................... 76.4 75.5 76.0 76.3 76.8 76.0 75.8 75.5 75.9

Employed............................................ 45,048 46,253 46,633 44,936 46,355 45,949 45,732 46,400 46,503

Employment-population ratio................... 73.2 72.1 73.0 73.0 73.8 72.9 72.7 72.4 72.8

Unemployed......................................... 1,973 2,160 1,943 1,986 1,877 1,973 1,965 2,004 1,966

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

1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service,

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,528 21,102 19,724 19,285 1,804 1,817

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,310 11,044 10,200 9,943 1,109 1,102

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.5 52.3 51.7 51.6 61.5 60.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,394 10,309 9,393 9,353 1,002 956

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.3 48.9 47.6 48.5 55.5 52.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916 735 808 590 108 145

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 6.7 7.9 5.9 9.7 13.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,218 10,058 9,524 9,342 695 715

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,451 2,547 2,042 2,123 409 424

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,017 2,092 1,712 1,793 305 299

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.3 82.1 83.8 84.5 74.7 70.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,781 1,890 1,521 1,651 260 239

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.7 74.2 74.5 77.7 63.7 56.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 202 191 143 45 60

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 9.7 11.1 8.0 14.7 19.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 455 330 330 104 125

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,980 3,034 2,520 2,578 460 457

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,474 2,527 2,147 2,180 327 347

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.0 83.3 85.2 84.6 71.1 75.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,295 2,361 1,987 2,069 308 292

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.0 77.8 78.9 80.3 67.0 63.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 166 160 111 19 55

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 6.6 7.4 5.1 5.7 15.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506 507 373 397 133 110

World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,346 9,761 10,016 9,448 331 313

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,491 3,136 3,405 3,049 86 87

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.7 32.1 34.0 32.3 26.0 27.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,256 2,972 3,177 2,888 79 83

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5 30.4 31.7 30.6 23.9 26.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 165 229 160 7 4

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 5.3 6.7 5.3 8.0 5.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,855 6,624 6,610 6,399 245 226

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,751 5,760 5,146 5,137 605 623

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,328 3,289 2,936 2,920 392 369

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 57.1 57.1 56.8 64.7 59.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,062 3,087 2,707 2,745 354 342

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 53.6 52.6 53.4 58.6 54.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 202 229 175 37 26

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 6.1 7.8 6.0 9.5 7.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,423 2,471 2,210 2,217 213 255

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,678 213,730 92,251 93,715 117,427 120,015

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,784 142,110 70,876 71,474 69,908 70,635

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.1 66.5 76.8 76.3 59.5 58.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,657 131,553 64,737 66,101 63,920 65,452

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.4 61.6 70.2 70.5 54.4 54.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,127 10,557 6,139 5,373 5,988 5,184

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 7.4 8.7 7.5 8.6 7.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,894 71,620 21,375 22,240 47,519 49,380

NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S.

Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August

2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time

periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and

another period are classified only in the wartime period. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population....................................................... 27,355 28,776 212,716 214,996

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 5,770 6,060 148,252 149,015

Participation rate...................................................................... 21.1 21.1 69.7 69.3

Employed.............................................................................. 4,843 5,241 135,659 138,093

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 17.7 18.2 63.8 64.2

Unemployed........................................................................... 927 819 12,593 10,922

Unemployment rate................................................................ 16.1 13.5 8.5 7.3

Not in labor force........................................................................ 21,585 22,717 64,464 65,981

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,614 2,717 75,322 75,186

Participation rate...................................................................... 34.7 35.4 82.4 82.3

Employed.............................................................................. 2,135 2,327 68,879 69,632

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 28.3 30.3 75.3 76.3

Unemployed........................................................................... 479 389 6,443 5,554

Unemployment rate................................................................ 18.3 14.3 8.6 7.4

Not in labor force........................................................................ 4,926 4,959 16,097 16,120

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,251 2,330 66,608 66,965

Participation rate...................................................................... 30.6 29.7 71.0 70.7

Employed.............................................................................. 1,897 1,973 60,855 61,997

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 25.8 25.1 64.9 65.5

Unemployed........................................................................... 353 356 5,753 4,968

Unemployment rate................................................................ 15.7 15.3 8.6 7.4

Not in labor force........................................................................ 5,113 5,523 27,202 27,695

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 905 1,014 6,321 6,864

Participation rate...................................................................... 7.3 7.7 23.0 23.6

Employed.............................................................................. 810 940 5,924 6,464

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 6.5 7.1 21.6 22.3

Unemployed........................................................................... 95 74 397 400

Unemployment rate................................................................ 10.5 7.3 6.3 5.8

Not in labor force........................................................................ 11,547 12,234 21,164 22,166

NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing

even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition;

has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or

shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 36,657 38,103 18,125 18,447 18,531 19,655

Civilian labor force................................................... 24,447 25,116 14,330 14,414 10,117 10,703

Participation rate................................................... 66.7 65.9 79.1 78.1 54.6 54.5

Employed........................................................... 22,224 23,201 13,135 13,453 9,090 9,748

Employment-population ratio.................................. 60.6 60.9 72.5 72.9 49.1 49.6

Unemployed........................................................ 2,222 1,915 1,195 961 1,027 954

Unemployment rate............................................. 9.1 7.6 8.3 6.7 10.2 8.9

Not in labor force..................................................... 12,210 12,986 3,795 4,034 8,415 8,953

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 203,415 205,670 98,434 99,153 104,981 106,517

Civilian labor force................................................... 129,575 129,958 67,681 67,927 61,895 62,032

Participation rate................................................... 63.7 63.2 68.8 68.5 59.0 58.2

Employed........................................................... 118,277 120,132 61,687 62,667 56,591 57,466

Employment-population ratio.................................. 58.1 58.4 62.7 63.2 53.9 53.9

Unemployed........................................................ 11,298 9,826 5,994 5,260 5,304 4,566

Unemployment rate............................................. 8.7 7.6 8.9 7.7 8.6 7.4

Not in labor force..................................................... 73,839 75,711 30,753 31,226 43,086 44,485

NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or

one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are persons who were born in the

United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Updated

population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2011

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

May

2012

June

2012

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................... 2,281 2,286 2,233 2,268 2,274 2,206 2,235 2,151 2,209

Wage and salary workers1

....................... 1,409 1,500 1,447 1,379 1,423 1,399 1,401 1,391 1,413

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 839 761 755 843 815 786 791 739 763

Unpaid family workers............................. 33 24 31 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries............................ 138,221 140,273 141,101 137,932 140,037 140,205 139,929 139,920 140,769

Wage and salary workers1

....................... 129,756 131,348 132,078 129,595 131,322 131,308 131,043 131,101 131,734

Government...................................... 20,569 19,791 20,725 20,568 20,059 19,938 20,015 20,432 20,619

Private industries................................ 109,187 111,558 111,353 108,774 111,421 111,433 110,974 110,726 111,024

Private households............................ 756 796 811 – – – – – –

Other industries............................... 108,431 110,762 110,541 108,026 110,613 110,671 110,251 109,965 110,218

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 8,411 8,857 8,947 8,336 8,598 8,787 8,824 8,720 8,838

Unpaid family workers............................. 55 67 76 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3

................... 8,541 7,842 8,110 9,270 8,098 8,210 8,246 8,031 8,613

Slack work or business conditions............... 5,497 5,054 5,309 5,900 5,147 5,446 5,342 5,217 5,523

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,766 2,405 2,589 2,844 2,649 2,514 2,576 2,507 2,572

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 18,647 17,217 18,970 18,329 19,393 18,829 18,866 18,996 18,736

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

................... 8,423 7,723 8,003 9,115 7,982 8,075 8,111 7,901 8,482

Slack work or business conditions............... 5,410 4,971 5,238 5,803 5,078 5,355 5,282 5,140 5,455

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,749 2,391 2,566 2,869 2,616 2,493 2,559 2,508 2,597

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 18,249 16,893 18,605 17,915 18,930 18,438 18,543 18,656 18,405

1 Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

2 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs for the

entire week.

3 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions,

inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand.

4 Refers to persons who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training,

retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during

the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.

- Data not available.

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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2011

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

May

2012

June

2012

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,502 142,558 143,333 140,107 142,287 142,415 142,220 142,101 142,974

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,177 4,800 4,215 4,362 4,388 4,528 4,546 4,344 4,425

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,450 1,601 1,471 1,417 1,418 1,471 1,540 1,392 1,433

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,727 3,199 2,744 2,952 2,968 3,069 3,012 2,983 2,989

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,325 137,759 139,118 135,745 137,899 137,887 137,674 137,756 138,550

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,061 13,371 13,472 13,090 13,429 13,361 13,364 13,114 13,482

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,264 124,388 125,646 122,659 124,472 124,506 124,203 124,600 125,017

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,920 94,038 94,814 93,506 94,205 94,069 93,957 94,001 94,378

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,750 30,656 30,947 30,607 30,714 30,650 30,527 30,508 30,768

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,228 30,545 30,794 30,092 30,519 30,450 30,474 30,580 30,663

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,941 32,836 33,074 32,807 32,971 32,969 32,956 32,912 32,947

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,345 30,349 30,832 29,152 30,268 30,437 30,247 30,599 30,639

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,821 76,089 76,119 74,435 75,401 75,486 75,466 75,161 75,752

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,025 2,353 2,059 2,095 2,173 2,227 2,238 2,074 2,155

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 713 665 672 655 654 666 605 646

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,334 1,640 1,394 1,425 1,513 1,598 1,577 1,511 1,510

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,796 73,736 74,060 72,340 73,229 73,259 73,227 73,086 73,597

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,874 6,988 6,975 6,875 6,898 6,849 6,921 6,760 6,963

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,923 66,748 67,085 65,489 66,308 66,420 66,285 66,368 66,625

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,373 50,541 50,669 50,080 50,304 50,357 50,256 50,147 50,360

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,852 16,706 16,748 16,712 16,654 16,633 16,555 16,487 16,579

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,395 16,599 16,656 16,298 16,421 16,401 16,488 16,512 16,560

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,127 17,235 17,264 17,069 17,229 17,323 17,214 17,148 17,221

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,549 16,207 16,416 15,409 16,004 16,064 16,029 16,221 16,265

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,680 66,470 67,214 65,672 66,886 66,929 66,754 66,940 67,222

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,152 2,447 2,156 2,266 2,215 2,301 2,308 2,270 2,270

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759 888 806 745 762 817 873 788 787

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,393 1,559 1,350 1,527 1,454 1,471 1,434 1,472 1,479

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,529 64,023 65,058 63,406 64,671 64,628 64,446 64,670 64,952

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,187 6,383 6,497 6,215 6,531 6,512 6,444 6,354 6,519

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,341 57,640 58,561 57,170 58,165 58,086 57,918 58,232 58,391

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,546 43,498 44,146 43,427 43,901 43,712 43,700 43,854 44,017

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,899 13,950 14,199 13,895 14,060 14,016 13,972 14,021 14,189

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,833 13,946 14,138 13,794 14,098 14,050 13,986 14,068 14,102

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,815 15,601 15,809 15,737 15,742 15,646 15,743 15,764 15,726

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,795 14,142 14,415 13,743 14,264 14,373 14,218 14,378 14,374

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,938 44,038 44,383 43,640 43,798 43,712 43,715 43,879 43,984

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,095 34,178 34,871 34,091 34,620 34,526 34,381 34,814 34,841

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,173 9,213 9,233 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,980 116,214 115,678 112,479 114,212 114,573 114,345 114,388 115,226

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,522 26,344 27,655 27,640 28,038 27,894 27,925 27,757 27,731

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,946 6,635 6,818 6,970 6,959 6,769 6,845 6,921 6,866

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 4.7 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.8

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,950 5,366 5,263 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,249 9,618 9,702 9,179 9,413 9,572 9,616 9,458 9,602

1 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.

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

- Data not available.

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. Updated

population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Sept.

2011

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

May

2012

June

2012

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over............................. 13,897 12,544 12,088 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.1 7.8

16 to 19 years...................................... 1,412 1,417 1,378 24.5 24.6 23.7 23.8 24.6 23.7

16 to 17 years.................................... 506 577 486 26.3 26.5 26.8 26.6 29.3 25.3

18 to 19 years.................................... 889 878 883 23.2 23.5 22.0 22.2 22.7 22.8

20 years and over.................................. 12,485 11,127 10,711 8.4 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.2

20 to 24 years.................................... 2,240 2,119 1,913 14.6 12.9 13.7 13.5 13.9 12.4

25 years and over............................... 10,268 9,056 8,812 7.7 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.6

25 to 54 years................................. 8,217 7,158 6,892 8.1 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.1 6.8

25 to 34 years.............................. 3,271 2,759 2,718 9.7 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.1

35 to 44 years.............................. 2,416 2,163 2,051 7.4 6.8 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.3

45 to 54 years.............................. 2,530 2,236 2,123 7.2 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.1

55 years and over............................. 2,091 1,906 1,937 6.7 6.5 6.2 6.2 5.9 5.9

Men, 16 years and over.............................. 7,707 6,847 6,632 9.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.0

16 to 19 years...................................... 806 831 803 27.8 26.8 26.4 26.4 28.6 27.2

16 to 17 years.................................... 256 348 278 27.6 28.9 31.0 30.0 36.5 30.1

18 to 19 years.................................... 530 517 520 27.1 25.7 23.7 24.5 25.5 25.6

20 years and over.................................. 6,901 6,016 5,829 8.7 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.3

20 to 24 years.................................... 1,279 1,215 1,104 15.7 14.1 15.4 15.2 15.2 13.7

25 years and over............................... 5,661 4,853 4,755 8.0 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7

25 to 54 years................................. 4,527 3,794 3,648 8.3 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.8

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,808 1,490 1,443 9.8 7.9 7.8 7.8 8.3 8.0

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,337 1,120 1,084 7.6 6.6 7.0 6.6 6.4 6.1

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,382 1,184 1,121 7.5 6.5 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.1

55 years and over............................. 1,133 1,059 1,107 6.9 7.0 6.7 6.5 6.1 6.4

Women, 16 years and over.......................... 6,190 5,697 5,456 8.6 7.9 8.0 8.1 7.8 7.5

16 to 19 years...................................... 606 586 574 21.1 22.3 21.0 21.2 20.5 20.2

16 to 17 years.................................... 250 229 208 25.1 24.4 23.1 23.9 22.5 20.9

18 to 19 years.................................... 359 361 363 19.0 21.2 20.0 19.6 19.7 19.7

20 years and over.................................. 5,584 5,111 4,882 8.1 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.0

20 to 24 years.................................... 961 905 809 13.4 11.6 11.8 11.7 12.5 11.0

25 years and over............................... 4,608 4,203 4,057 7.5 6.9 6.9 7.1 6.7 6.5

25 to 54 years................................. 3,690 3,364 3,244 7.8 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.1 6.9

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,464 1,270 1,275 9.5 8.4 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.2

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,078 1,042 966 7.3 7.0 7.0 7.2 6.9 6.4

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,148 1,052 1,002 6.8 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.3 6.0

55 years and over1

........................... 978 929 849 6.6 5.6 5.8 6.6 6.2 5.6

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present....................... 2,674 2,284 2,166 5.8 5.3 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.7

Married women, spouse present.................... 2,102 1,898 1,830 5.8 4.9 5.4 5.7 5.2 5.0

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,294 1,295 1,181 12.4 10.9 11.8 11.7 12.3 11.3

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2.................................... 12,188 10,767 10,429 9.8 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.3

Part-time workers3................................... 1,767 1,780 1,699 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.0 5.8

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

2 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.

3 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 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2011

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

May

2012

June

2012

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 7,636 6,820 6,161 8,028 6,989 7,207 7,123 7,003 6,535

On temporary layoff................................ 813 1,147 787 1,195 1,106 1,331 1,417 1,246 1,169

Not on temporary layoff............................ 6,823 5,673 5,374 6,833 5,883 5,875 5,705 5,757 5,366

Permanent job losers............................ 5,383 4,444 4,296 5,416 4,553 4,560 4,387 4,484 4,311

Persons who completed temporary jobs...... 1,440 1,229 1,078 1,417 1,330 1,315 1,319 1,273 1,055

Job leavers............................................. 1,064 1,018 1,041 972 891 936 878 942 957

Reentrants............................................. 3,500 3,445 3,339 3,484 3,439 3,227 3,380 3,318 3,306

New entrants.......................................... 1,320 1,413 1,200 1,323 1,367 1,331 1,311 1,277 1,247

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 56.5 53.7 52.5 58.1 55.1 56.7 56.1 55.8 54.3

On temporary layoff................................ 6.0 9.0 6.7 8.7 8.7 10.5 11.2 9.9 9.7

Not on temporary layoff............................ 50.5 44.7 45.8 49.5 46.4 46.3 45.0 45.9 44.5

Job leavers............................................. 7.9 8.0 8.9 7.0 7.0 7.4 6.9 7.5 7.9

Reentrants............................................. 25.9 27.1 28.4 25.2 27.1 25.4 26.6 26.5 27.4

New entrants.......................................... 9.8 11.1 10.2 9.6 10.8 10.5 10.3 10.2 10.4

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 5.0 4.4 4.0 5.2 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.2

Job leavers............................................. 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Reentrants............................................. 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1

New entrants.......................................... 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2011

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

May

2012

June

2012

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 2,760 2,809 2,539 2,743 2,580 2,810 2,711 2,844 2,542

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 2,726 3,218 2,660 2,902 3,002 2,826 3,092 2,868 2,826

15 weeks and over.................................... 8,034 6,669 6,542 8,227 7,073 7,182 6,945 6,878 6,703

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 1,816 1,636 1,708 2,029 1,662 1,811 1,760 1,845 1,860

27 weeks and over................................. 6,217 5,033 4,835 6,197 5,411 5,370 5,185 5,033 4,844

Average (mean) duration, in weeks1

.............. 41.0 38.7 40.2 40.4 39.7 39.9 38.8 39.2 39.8

Median duration, in weeks........................... 22.2 16.8 18.9 21.8 20.1 19.8 16.7 18.0 18.5

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 20.4 22.1 21.6 19.8 20.4 21.9 21.3 22.6 21.1

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 20.2 25.3 22.7 20.9 23.7 22.0 24.3 22.8 23.4

15 weeks and over.................................... 59.4 52.5 55.7 59.3 55.9 56.0 54.5 54.6 55.5

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 13.4 12.9 14.5 14.6 13.1 14.1 13.8 14.7 15.4

27 weeks and over................................. 46.0 39.6 41.2 44.7 42.8 41.9 40.7 40.0 40.1

1 Beginning in January 2011, this series reflects a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see

www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Total, 16 years and over1............................................. 140,502 143,333 13,520 11,742 8.8 7.6

Management, professional, and related occupations............ 52,665 54,655 2,450 2,245 4.4 3.9

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations...................................................... 21,587 22,944 1,035 828 4.6 3.5

Professional and related occupations........................... 31,078 31,711 1,415 1,417 4.4 4.3

Service occupations.................................................. 25,347 25,517 2,828 2,372 10.0 8.5

Sales and office occupations....................................... 32,735 33,271 3,246 2,714 9.0 7.5

Sales and related occupations................................... 15,064 15,616 1,554 1,336 9.4 7.9

Office and administrative support occupations................. 17,672 17,655 1,692 1,378 8.7 7.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations......................................................... 13,387 12,979 1,675 1,523 11.1 10.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 1,038 1,089 131 114 11.2 9.5

Construction and extraction occupations....................... 7,316 7,015 1,137 1,071 13.4 13.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations............. 5,033 4,875 407 338 7.5 6.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations......................................................... 16,368 16,912 1,951 1,640 10.7 8.8

Production occupations........................................... 8,128 8,428 944 769 10.4 8.4

Transportation and material moving occupations.............. 8,239 8,484 1,008 871 10.9 9.3

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

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 13,520 11,742 8.8 7.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers................................... 10,375 8,935 8.7 7.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction..................................... 55 48 6.2 4.9

Construction........................................................................... 1,110 954 13.3 11.9

Manufacturing......................................................................... 1,306 1,032 8.4 6.7

Durable goods...................................................................... 821 668 8.4 6.8

Nondurable goods................................................................. 484 364 8.4 6.6

Wholesale and retail trade.......................................................... 1,882 1,651 9.2 8.0

Transportation and utilities.......................................................... 458 372 7.8 6.3

Information............................................................................ 209 205 7.4 7.3

Financial activities.................................................................... 501 432 5.5 4.8

Professional and business services................................................ 1,509 1,253 10.1 8.2

Education and health services...................................................... 1,241 1,204 5.7 5.5

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 1,492 1,312 11.3 9.7

Other services........................................................................ 613 473 9.4 7.1

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......................... 169 153 11.1 10.0

Government workers.................................................................... 1,013 943 4.7 4.3

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............. 643 510 6.4 4.9

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

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2011

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

May

2012

June

2012

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as

a percent of the civilian labor force.............. 5.2 4.3 4.2 5.3 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force........................................... 5.0 4.4 4.0 5.2 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.2

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate).................................................. 8.8 8.2 7.6 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.1 7.8

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

discouraged workers............................... 9.4 8.7 8.0 9.6 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.3

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,

plus all other persons marginally attached to

the labor force, as a percent of the civilian

labor force plus all persons marginally attached

to the labor force................................... 10.2 9.7 9.0 10.5 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.6 9.3

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic reasons,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all

persons marginally attached to the labor

force.................................................. 15.7 14.6 14.2 16.4 14.8 14.9 15.0 14.7 14.7

NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those 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 past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a

job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-16. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

Sept.

2011

Sept.

2012

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force............................................. 86,049 88,697 34,549 35,260 51,501 53,437

Persons who currently want a job.................................. 5,929 6,427 2,792 2,953 3,137 3,474

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,511 2,517 1,319 1,281 1,192 1,236

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 1,037 802 585 489 452 313

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. . .. 1,474 1,715 734 792 740 924

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4

............................................. 6,946 6,818 3,427 3,481 3,519 3,337

Percent of total employed........................................... 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.6 5.4 5.0

Primary job full time, secondary job part time.................... 3,778 3,674 2,039 2,061 1,739 1,613

Primary and secondary jobs both part time....................... 1,730 1,712 597 630 1,132 1,082

Primary and secondary jobs both full time........................ 193 237 118 148 74 90

Hours vary on primary or secondary job.......................... 1,214 1,148 655 611 559 538

1 Data refer to persons who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week,

but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks.

2 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling

or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.

3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation

problems, as well as a number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined.

4 Includes a small number of persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January 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

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Change

from:

Aug.2012 -

Sept.2012p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,975 132,853 133,223 133,797 131,694 133,244 133,386 133,500 114

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,100 112,193 112,366 111,989 109,642 111,298 111,395 111,499 104

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,433 18,687 18,738 18,655 18,100 18,336 18,314 18,304 -10

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 854 857 850 804 839 838 839 1

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.2 51.6 52.1 52.9 47.9 49.8 49.5 50.0 0.5

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765.4 802.4 805.0 797.4 756.3 789.3 788.9 788.5 -0.4

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.7 197.9 198.1 195.2 180.0 195.2 195.4 195.0 -0.4

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.1 224.1 224.7 223.4 219.9 217.4 216.8 217.4 0.6

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.6 83.2 83.0 82.1 87.5 83.3 82.8 82.2 -0.6

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360.6 380.4 382.2 378.8 356.4 376.7 376.7 376.1 -0.6

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,769 5,782 5,813 5,777 5,528 5,517 5,518 5,523 5

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,267.3 1,264.4 1,267.7 1,258.3 1,228.9 1,221.3 1,217.5 1,219.7 2.2

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.5 589.7 589.0 584.0 561.6 565.2 563.7 564.8 1.1

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688.8 674.7 678.7 674.3 667.3 656.1 653.8 654.9 1.1

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . 893.9 897.3 911.9 913.0 829.4 839.8 844.2 844.0 -0.2

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,607.4 3,620.2 3,633.1 3,606.0 3,469.9 3,456.1 3,455.8 3,459.6 3.8

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . 1,512.3 1,531.8 1,541.9 1,531.9 1,448.8 1,458.9 1,466.2 1,468.5 2.3

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . . 2,095.1 2,088.4 2,091.2 2,074.1 2,021.1 1,997.2 1,989.6 1,991.1 1.5

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,848 12,051 12,068 12,028 11,768 11,980 11,958 11,942 -16

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,338 7,530 7,527 7,496 7,304 7,502 7,482 7,469 -13

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.4 336.4 334.5 333.8 331.4 329.4 327.0 328.7 1.7

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.9 371.8 369.5 366.8 364.4 360.7 358.8 357.9 -0.9

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.2 411.1 410.0 406.4 395.2 410.8 407.8 404.4 -3.4

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,359.2 1,415.2 1,415.4 1,412.7 1,349.6 1,408.1 1,406.4 1,406.4 0.0

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,066.4 1,109.2 1,108.4 1,102.8 1,067.4 1,104.6 1,106.0 1,105.8 -0.2

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,110.9 1,114.0 1,110.7 1,099.8 1,111.6 1,108.9 1,105.4 1,099.9 -5.5

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . . 160.0 167.0 167.8 164.0 160.0 165.9 167.0 164.4 -2.6

Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.6 109.4 108.3 108.1 114.3 109.4 108.5 107.9 -0.6

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.0 390.3 388.2 386.2 387.7 388.5 386.3 385.9 -0.4

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.9 403.0 401.6 397.3 403.8 400.8 399.1 397.4 -1.7

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . 368.5 375.7 372.7 372.2 367.6 373.0 371.5 371.3 -0.2

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,395.0 1,462.3 1,467.2 1,467.6 1,389.3 1,474.7 1,467.7 1,464.7 -3.0

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725.0 772.3 778.4 778.4 720.5 787.0 780.1 776.7 -3.4

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357.2 352.3 355.7 353.9 353.4 349.7 351.2 351.4 0.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574.6 582.3 582.9 580.2 574.5 581.9 580.4 578.9 -1.5

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,510 4,521 4,541 4,532 4,464 4,478 4,476 4,473 -3

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,485.1 1,487.8 1,506.4 1,504.5 1,454.7 1,463.7 1,466.3 1,466.9 0.6

Beverages and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . 197.6 205.2 205.5 207.1 191.5 199.1 198.8 199.1 0.3

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.9 119.5 119.2 119.8 120.6 119.6 119.0 119.4 0.4

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.0 114.0 114.3 113.2 115.4 113.0 113.1 112.7 -0.4

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.5 147.2 146.3 146.1 151.9 147.1 145.5 144.5 -1.0

Leather and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 28.5 29.3 29.4 29.5 29.2 29.1 29.0 -0.1

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393.0 393.1 391.2 389.4 392.0 391.0 389.5 388.4 -1.1

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . 467.0 456.8 456.3 453.0 465.6 455.2 454.3 451.1 -3.2

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.8 116.2 116.1 116.1 111.8 113.1 113.4 113.6 0.2

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793.9 801.3 801.0 800.0 794.2 797.7 798.0 799.6 1.6

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.7 651.0 655.0 653.4 637.1 649.0 648.7 648.5 -0.2

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,667 93,506 93,628 93,334 91,542 92,962 93,081 93,195 114

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,010 25,338 25,371 25,346 25,075 25,330 25,361 25,386 25

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,539.6 5,674.6 5,668.4 5,643.8 5,535.3 5,638.8 5,645.8 5,644.2 -1.6

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,756.8 2,817.3 2,814.2 2,803.5 2,755.6 2,799.6 2,802.5 2,801.8 -0.7

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,944.8 1,991.7 1,986.6 1,975.6 1,943.3 1,977.0 1,977.6 1,976.4 -1.2

Electronic markets and agents and brokers.. . 838.0 865.6 867.6 864.7 836.4 862.2 865.7 866.0 0.3

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,570.9 14,756.8 14,775.6 14,689.3 14,678.6 14,750.2 14,758.5 14,767.9 9.4

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,708.6 1,732.3 1,736.0 1,734.5 1,696.1 1,713.7 1,718.4 1,721.7 3.3

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,067.8 1,089.8 1,093.6 1,094.5 1,061.5 1,082.6 1,086.5 1,089.0 2.5

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . 437.7 443.7 448.5 446.6 443.8 449.9 453.3 451.4 -1.9

See footnotes at end of table.
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

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Change

from:

Aug.2012 -

Sept.2012p

Retail trade - Continued

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.1 495.8 491.5 488.9 517.0 501.6 498.2 495.8 -2.4

Building material and garden supply stores.. . 1,126.8 1,188.9 1,159.3 1,138.3 1,137.8 1,156.4 1,148.0 1,152.0 4.0

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,833.4 2,901.0 2,899.4 2,880.0 2,840.4 2,878.8 2,883.3 2,884.8 1.5

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 980.0 997.3 1,000.9 997.0 986.0 998.8 1,001.4 1,001.3 -0.1

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832.1 842.7 844.0 836.7 826.5 830.0 830.5 830.5 0.0

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . 1,332.8 1,363.8 1,391.8 1,376.1 1,362.0 1,379.5 1,386.3 1,395.8 9.5

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.2 562.2 574.2 566.4 578.6 570.5 565.9 559.9 -6.0

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,028.5 3,020.0 3,013.8 2,998.9 3,085.1 3,051.7 3,050.3 3,050.3 0.0

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,505.6 1,481.5 1,478.5 1,467.4 1,547.7 1,513.2 1,510.7 1,507.5 -3.2

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771.4 781.5 785.0 793.6 771.5 779.7 784.7 789.2 4.5

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.3 427.6 431.2 432.3 433.8 439.6 438.2 435.2 -3.0

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,343.1 4,345.4 4,359.8 4,448.2 4,303.7 4,383.3 4,391.0 4,408.1 17.1

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.1 462.0 460.7 455.6 457.4 458.3 456.7 454.2 -2.5

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.1 232.7 231.4 231.4 230.9 232.2 230.0 231.4 1.4

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.3 69.4 69.5 68.4 62.5 67.5 67.0 67.0 0.0

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,326.6 1,368.9 1,377.7 1,372.8 1,304.4 1,349.8 1,351.1 1,351.8 0.7

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.4 372.7 376.4 462.7 437.2 435.1 441.3 450.5 9.2

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.9 44.0 44.0 44.3 42.9 43.8 44.1 44.3 0.2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . . 34.1 39.4 38.9 36.9 28.5 30.2 30.5 31.5 1.0

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . . 566.0 582.8 582.3 584.4 566.2 582.3 582.7 585.1 2.4

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.6 514.3 516.8 520.9 525.3 524.0 526.3 526.7 0.4

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652.0 659.2 662.1 670.8 648.4 660.1 661.3 665.6 4.3

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556.6 561.6 567.2 564.2 557.0 557.8 565.2 565.3 0.1

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,640 2,643 2,650 2,623 2,649 2,637 2,638 2,632 -6

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . 746.8 741.5 742.4 738.5 747.6 738.7 740.5 738.9 -1.6

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.3 380.7 389.3 367.8 356.6 375.7 377.4 373.1 -4.3

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.7 279.4 277.9 279.8 280.9 279.8 278.7 278.9 0.2

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855.4 830.1 827.4 826.2 858.2 832.5 829.2 828.8 -0.4

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.6 240.8 242.3 239.3 242.2 241.4 242.7 240.3 -2.4

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.0 170.6 170.9 171.1 163.5 168.8 169.7 171.6 1.9

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,677 7,801 7,796 7,760 7,675 7,738 7,745 7,758 13

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,735.6 5,800.5 5,800.1 5,785.2 5,746.4 5,779.8 5,790.2 5,795.2 5.0

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 19.4 19.4 19.2 19.2 19.2 19.2 19.2 0.0

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,551.0 2,597.1 2,598.4 2,596.2 2,555.5 2,590.3 2,595.4 2,601.8 6.4

Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . . 1,736.9 1,753.9 1,750.8 1,744.7 1,740.3 1,746.9 1,746.8 1,750.7 3.9

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,313.5 1,321.2 1,319.4 1,314.5 1,315.9 1,316.6 1,316.1 1,319.4 3.3

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.3 808.1 807.5 799.3 809.3 803.8 803.9 800.1 -3.8

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . 2,275.3 2,290.6 2,289.9 2,286.7 2,278.3 2,281.6 2,287.1 2,289.9 2.8

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. . . 83.8 85.3 84.9 83.8 84.1 84.9 84.6 84.2 -0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,941.8 2,000.6 1,995.6 1,974.7 1,928.5 1,957.7 1,954.4 1,962.5 8.1

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,404.0 1,445.0 1,441.5 1,429.7 1,397.8 1,420.8 1,416.4 1,423.5 7.1

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.6 532.1 530.8 521.8 506.5 513.6 514.6 515.8 1.2

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . . 24.2 23.5 23.3 23.2 24.2 23.3 23.4 23.2 -0.2

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,513 18,000 18,072 18,051 17,441 17,924 17,943 17,956 13

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,672.9 7,923.9 7,932.5 7,891.8 7,759.2 7,950.1 7,968.9 7,973.8 4.9

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,110.9 1,133.3 1,120.1 1,113.9 1,114.5 1,120.8 1,119.4 1,120.4 1.0

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . . 856.6 873.1 877.1 873.7 935.6 950.7 953.5 952.8 -0.7

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . 1,306.5 1,341.6 1,344.5 1,335.7 1,301.4 1,323.2 1,325.9 1,328.8 2.9

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,543.9 1,612.7 1,618.3 1,612.0 1,546.1 1,606.3 1,613.1 1,616.0 2.9

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080.8 1,144.6 1,151.9 1,145.6 1,085.9 1,140.2 1,146.3 1,144.5 -1.8

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . 1,923.2 1,962.8 1,959.5 1,958.0 1,923.9 1,952.6 1,952.8 1,956.5 3.7

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,916.8 8,113.2 8,179.6 8,200.9 7,758.1 8,021.0 8,020.8 8,025.6 4.8

See footnotes at end of table.
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

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Change

from:

Aug.2012 -

Sept.2012p

Administrative and waste services - Continued

Administrative and support services1. . . . . . . . 7,543.2 7,730.7 7,800.0 7,826.6 7,389.4 7,647.9 7,649.2 7,654.7 5.5

Employment services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,059.6 3,178.7 3,253.3 3,286.9 2,975.8 3,202.4 3,201.4 3,196.0 -5.4

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,408.4 2,515.0 2,569.8 2,616.9 2,341.4 2,535.7 2,535.8 2,533.8 -2.0

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804.4 807.8 814.5 821.7 812.9 822.5 824.9 825.5 0.6

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . 1,844.0 1,893.1 1,871.3 1,851.6 1,779.2 1,779.4 1,775.3 1,781.7 6.4

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.6 382.5 379.6 374.3 368.7 373.1 371.6 370.9 -0.7

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,911 19,996 20,023 20,308 19,989 20,334 20,359 20,408 49

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,205.5 3,032.9 3,021.1 3,259.6 3,253.4 3,331.0 3,334.4 3,338.3 3.9

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,705.5 16,962.6 17,001.6 17,048.7 16,735.8 17,002.8 17,025.0 17,069.5 44.5

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,118.2 14,391.7 14,410.6 14,424.8 14,134.3 14,369.3 14,385.7 14,429.2 43.5

Ambulatory health care services1

. . . . . . . . . 6,188.0 6,349.8 6,368.1 6,392.4 6,199.6 6,349.8 6,361.6 6,391.4 29.8

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,369.0 2,430.3 2,431.9 2,435.5 2,374.8 2,429.0 2,430.6 2,437.2 6.6

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626.8 664.0 665.5 673.1 628.4 665.3 666.5 675.9 9.4

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,154.5 1,191.1 1,198.1 1,210.7 1,154.0 1,193.1 1,198.8 1,206.6 7.8

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,750.9 4,831.2 4,831.7 4,831.5 4,752.4 4,818.5 4,826.0 4,834.0 8.0

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,179.3 3,210.7 3,210.8 3,200.9 3,182.3 3,201.0 3,198.1 3,203.8 5.7

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,670.8 1,667.1 1,664.0 1,660.6 1,671.4 1,662.9 1,658.9 1,660.4 1.5

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,587.3 2,570.9 2,591.0 2,623.9 2,601.5 2,633.5 2,639.3 2,640.3 1.0

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840.0 774.3 791.9 840.7 842.9 837.6 839.3 839.7 0.4

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,576 14,281 14,297 13,864 13,364 13,621 13,659 13,670 11

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992.5 2,216.5 2,191.4 1,995.4 1,908.3 1,916.8 1,927.9 1,930.0 2.1

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . . 420.3 427.1 433.8 420.9 394.1 400.7 404.5 405.7 1.2

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.0 147.3 145.3 137.9 131.9 132.7 134.5 135.4 0.9

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . . 1,438.2 1,642.1 1,612.3 1,436.6 1,382.3 1,383.4 1,388.9 1,388.9 0.0

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,583.5 12,064.5 12,105.1 11,868.1 11,455.9 11,704.0 11,730.9 11,739.5 8.6

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,845.0 1,969.1 1,954.6 1,848.0 1,806.8 1,814.3 1,810.6 1,803.5 -7.1

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . 9,738.5 10,095.4 10,150.5 10,020.1 9,649.1 9,889.7 9,920.3 9,936.0 15.7

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,340 5,447 5,419 5,382 5,349 5,378 5,376 5,385 9

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,164.6 1,171.5 1,167.2 1,169.8 1,162.9 1,164.0 1,161.8 1,164.1 2.3

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,293.1 1,308.7 1,308.5 1,302.8 1,294.1 1,299.0 1,299.3 1,300.4 1.1

Membership associations and organizations. . . . 2,882.2 2,966.6 2,942.9 2,909.4 2,892.4 2,914.8 2,914.9 2,920.7 5.8

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,875 20,660 20,857 21,808 22,052 21,946 21,991 22,001 10

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,852.0 2,823.0 2,821.0 2,814.0 2,844.0 2,804.0 2,810.0 2,814.0 4.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,234.9 2,209.5 2,212.6 2,212.4 2,221.8 2,193.8 2,200.3 2,207.1 6.8

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.2 613.1 608.8 601.8 621.8 610.1 609.9 606.9 -3.0

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,102.0 4,747.0 4,785.0 5,082.0 5,084.0 5,052.0 5,056.0 5,069.0 13.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,414.4 2,083.2 2,124.9 2,436.4 2,394.8 2,406.3 2,411.5 2,425.1 13.6

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 2,687.6 2,664.0 2,660.3 2,645.1 2,689.0 2,646.1 2,644.6 2,644.3 -0.3

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,921.0 13,090.0 13,251.0 13,912.0 14,124.0 14,090.0 14,125.0 14,118.0 -7.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,657.8 6,603.7 6,819.9 7,669.9 7,866.7 7,832.9 7,874.1 7,876.6 2.5

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 6,263.6 6,486.4 6,430.7 6,242.4 6,257.0 6,256.9 6,251.0 6,241.8 -9.2

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

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Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.5

Goods-producing..................................................................... 39.9 40.2 40.1 40.2

Mining and logging................................................................ 44.6 44.2 43.6 43.7

Construction........................................................................ 38.2 38.4 38.6 38.9

Manufacturing...................................................................... 40.4 40.7 40.5 40.6

Durable goods................................................................... 40.8 41.0 40.7 40.9

Nondurable goods............................................................... 39.7 40.2 40.1 40.1

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 34.6 34.5 34.5 34.5

Wholesale trade................................................................. 38.8 38.6 38.6 38.7

Retail trade....................................................................... 31.7 31.5 31.6 31.6

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 38.3 38.2 38.2 38.0

Utilities............................................................................ 42.4 42.2 41.7 41.8

Information.......................................................................... 36.6 36.5 36.5 36.6

Financial activities................................................................. 37.6 37.2 37.2 37.4

Professional and business services............................................. 35.8 36.0 36.1 36.2

Education and health services................................................... 32.8 32.9 32.9 32.9

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 25.9 26.0 26.0 26.1

Other services...................................................................... 31.7 31.7 31.5 31.4

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2

Durable goods........................................................................ 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3

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Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Total private................................................. $23.16 $23.52 $23.51 $23.58 $ 796.70 $ 809.09 $ 808.74 $ 813.51

Goods-producing........................................ 24.50 24.76 24.74 24.83 977.55 995.35 992.07 998.17

Mining and logging................................... 28.11 28.89 28.88 29.06 1,253.71 1,276.94 1,259.17 1,269.92

Construction........................................... 25.51 25.78 25.76 25.87 974.48 989.95 994.34 1,006.34

Manufacturing......................................... 23.77 24.00 23.99 24.04 960.31 976.80 971.60 976.02

Durable goods...................................... 25.32 25.41 25.41 25.45 1,033.06 1,041.81 1,034.19 1,040.91

Nondurable goods................................. 21.17 21.59 21.57 21.65 840.45 867.92 864.96 868.17

Private service-providing............................... 22.84 23.23 23.22 23.28 760.57 773.56 773.23 777.55

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 20.08 20.52 20.53 20.56 694.77 707.94 708.29 709.32

Wholesale trade.................................... 26.38 26.80 26.86 26.91 1,023.54 1,034.48 1,036.80 1,041.42

Retail trade.......................................... 15.85 16.34 16.36 16.39 502.45 514.71 516.98 517.92

Transportation and warehousing................. 21.80 21.99 21.98 21.93 834.94 840.02 839.64 833.34

Utilities............................................... 33.97 34.58 34.26 34.53 1,440.33 1,459.28 1,428.64 1,443.35

Information............................................. 31.42 31.81 31.49 31.83 1,149.97 1,161.07 1,149.39 1,164.98

Financial activities.................................... 28.05 29.16 29.27 29.39 1,054.68 1,084.75 1,088.84 1,099.19

Professional and business services................ 27.88 28.12 28.07 28.14 998.10 1,012.32 1,013.33 1,018.67

Education and health services...................... 23.78 24.11 24.10 24.12 779.98 793.22 792.89 793.55

Leisure and hospitality............................... 13.27 13.40 13.39 13.39 343.69 348.40 348.14 349.48

Other services......................................... 20.58 20.71 20.78 20.85 652.39 656.51 654.57 654.69

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Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Percent

change

from:

Aug.

2012 -

Sept.

2012p

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Percent

change

from:

Aug.

2012 -

Sept.

2012p

Total private....................................... 94.5 95.9 96.0 96.4 0.4 104.4 107.6 107.7 108.4 0.6

Goods-producing............................... 82.3 84.0 83.7 83.8 0.1 91.1 94.0 93.6 94.1 0.5

Mining and logging.......................... 112.7 116.5 114.8 115.2 0.3 127.2 135.2 133.1 134.4 1.0

Construction.................................. 72.8 73.0 73.4 74.1 1.0 80.7 81.8 82.2 83.2 1.2

Manufacturing................................ 85.5 87.7 87.1 87.2 0.1 94.5 97.9 97.2 97.5 0.3

Durable goods............................ 83.9 86.6 85.7 86.0 0.4 94.3 97.7 96.8 97.2 0.4

Nondurable goods........................ 88.5 89.9 89.6 89.5 -0.1 95.0 98.4 98.1 98.3 0.2

Private service-providing...................... 97.9 99.4 99.5 100.0 0.5 108.3 111.9 112.0 112.8 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 94.4 95.0 95.2 95.3 0.1 102.0 105.0 105.1 105.4 0.3

Wholesale trade........................... 93.7 95.0 95.1 95.3 0.2 103.2 106.2 106.6 107.0 0.4

Retail trade................................ 94.5 94.4 94.7 94.8 0.1 99.0 102.0 102.5 102.7 0.2

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 94.3 95.8 96.0 95.9 -0.1 104.4 106.9 107.1 106.7 -0.4

Utilities..................................... 102.2 101.8 102.0 102.2 0.2 114.7 116.4 115.4 116.6 1.0

Information................................... 88.5 87.9 87.9 88.0 0.1 99.1 99.6 98.6 99.7 1.1

Financial activities........................... 95.1 94.9 94.9 95.6 0.7 104.1 108.0 108.5 109.7 1.1

Professional and business services....... 98.2 101.5 101.9 102.2 0.3 110.9 115.6 115.9 116.6 0.6

Education and health services............. 106.7 108.9 109.0 109.3 0.3 118.9 123.0 123.1 123.5 0.3

Leisure and hospitality...................... 98.8 101.0 101.3 101.8 0.5 105.7 109.2 109.5 110.0 0.5

Other services............................... 93.9 94.5 93.8 93.7 -0.1 109.7 111.0 110.7 110.9 0.2

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding

2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Total nonfarm............................................... 65,114 65,690 65,782 65,839 49.4 49.3 49.3 49.3

Total private.............................................. 52,504 53,188 53,259 53,313 47.9 47.8 47.8 47.8

Goods-producing...................................... 4,050 4,096 4,092 4,088 22.4 22.3 22.3 22.3

Mining and logging................................. 106 114 114 113 13.2 13.6 13.6 13.5

Construction........................................ 708 715 717 721 12.8 13.0 13.0 13.1

Manufacturing....................................... 3,236 3,267 3,261 3,254 27.5 27.3 27.3 27.2

Durable goods................................... 1,712 1,734 1,727 1,723 23.4 23.1 23.1 23.1

Nondurable goods............................... 1,524 1,533 1,534 1,531 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.2

Private service-providing............................. 48,454 49,092 49,167 49,225 52.9 52.8 52.8 52.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities............... 10,022 10,053 10,075 10,067 40.0 39.7 39.7 39.7

Wholesale trade................................. 1,667.9 1,693.5 1,703.5 1,691.2 30.1 30.0 30.2 30.0

Retail trade....................................... 7,218.5 7,205.0 7,213.3 7,213.7 49.2 48.8 48.9 48.8

Transportation and warehousing.............. 1,000.6 1,015.2 1,017.9 1,021.2 23.2 23.2 23.2 23.2

Utilities............................................ 135.3 139.0 140.0 140.6 24.3 24.9 24.8 24.9

Information.......................................... 1,075 1,062 1,058 1,054 40.6 40.3 40.1 40.0

Financial activities.................................. 4,468 4,483 4,489 4,504 58.2 57.9 58.0 58.1

Professional and business services............. 7,741 7,942 7,951 7,965 44.4 44.3 44.3 44.4

Education and health services................... 15,351 15,602 15,630 15,670 76.8 76.7 76.8 76.8

Leisure and hospitality............................. 6,976 7,115 7,127 7,122 52.2 52.2 52.2 52.1

Other services...................................... 2,821 2,835 2,837 2,843 52.7 52.7 52.8 52.8

Government.............................................. 12,610 12,502 12,523 12,526 57.2 57.0 56.9 56.9

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NOTE: Data in this table have been corrected. For more information see http://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Total private................................................................................ 90,430 91,921 92,035 92,104

Goods-producing........................................................................ 13,044 13,207 13,178 13,178

Mining and logging................................................................... 606 630 630 633

Construction........................................................................... 4,178 4,133 4,129 4,133

Manufacturing......................................................................... 8,260 8,444 8,419 8,412

Durable goods...................................................................... 5,010 5,183 5,159 5,156

Nondurable goods................................................................. 3,250 3,261 3,260 3,256

Private service-providing............................................................... 77,386 78,714 78,857 78,926

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................................................. 21,260 21,483 21,522 21,530

Wholesale trade.................................................................... 4,434.6 4,539.5 4,548.2 4,541.4

Retail trade......................................................................... 12,672.1 12,705.0 12,720.7 12,722.1

Transportation and warehousing................................................. 3,709.7 3,793.9 3,802.7 3,816.1

Utilities............................................................................... 444.0 444.2 450.4 450.3

Information............................................................................ 2,126 2,134 2,134 2,129

Financial activities.................................................................... 5,882 5,954 5,962 5,973

Professional and business services................................................ 14,349 14,824 14,856 14,891

Education and health services...................................................... 17,507 17,828 17,852 17,875

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 11,784 11,996 12,037 12,030

Other services........................................................................ 4,478 4,495 4,494 4,498

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.6 33.7 33.7 33.7

Goods-producing..................................................................... 40.8 41.1 41.0 41.0

Mining and logging................................................................ 46.7 46.8 45.9 46.2

Construction........................................................................ 39.0 39.1 39.0 39.2

Manufacturing...................................................................... 41.3 41.7 41.5 41.5

Durable goods................................................................... 41.8 42.1 41.9 41.8

Nondurable goods............................................................... 40.7 41.0 41.0 41.0

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7

Wholesale trade................................................................. 38.6 38.6 38.5 38.7

Retail trade....................................................................... 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.4

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 37.7 37.8 37.8 37.8

Utilities............................................................................ 42.3 41.4 41.0 41.2

Information.......................................................................... 36.1 35.8 35.8 35.9

Financial activities................................................................. 36.6 36.7 36.8 36.8

Professional and business services............................................. 35.2 35.3 35.3 35.3

Education and health services................................................... 32.4 32.2 32.3 32.3

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 24.7 24.9 24.8 24.8

Other services...................................................................... 30.8 30.6 30.5 30.6

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.2

Durable goods........................................................................ 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.2

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Total private................................................. $19.53 $19.77 $19.76 $19.81 $ 656.21 $ 666.25 $ 665.91 $ 667.60

Goods-producing........................................ 20.71 20.97 20.94 20.95 844.97 861.87 858.54 858.95

Mining and logging................................... 24.66 25.99 25.82 25.75 1,151.62 1,216.33 1,185.14 1,189.65

Construction........................................... 23.76 24.00 23.97 23.98 926.64 938.40 934.83 940.02

Manufacturing......................................... 18.94 19.16 19.15 19.15 782.22 798.97 794.73 794.73

Durable goods...................................... 20.12 20.24 20.26 20.24 841.02 852.10 848.89 846.03

Nondurable goods................................. 17.06 17.40 17.35 17.38 694.34 713.40 711.35 712.58

Private service-providing............................... 19.28 19.51 19.51 19.57 624.67 632.12 632.12 634.07

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 17.21 17.45 17.41 17.46 579.98 588.07 586.72 588.40

Wholesale trade.................................... 22.02 22.21 22.19 22.25 849.97 857.31 854.32 861.08

Retail trade.......................................... 13.51 13.83 13.80 13.86 412.06 421.82 420.90 421.34

Transportation and warehousing................. 19.66 19.56 19.49 19.45 741.18 739.37 736.72 735.21

Utilities............................................... 31.20 32.02 31.62 31.78 1,319.76 1,325.63 1,296.42 1,309.34

Information............................................. 26.71 27.03 27.00 27.16 964.23 967.67 966.60 975.04

Financial activities.................................... 21.95 22.71 22.73 22.83 803.37 833.46 836.46 840.14

Professional and business services................ 23.11 23.26 23.29 23.38 813.47 821.08 822.14 825.31

Education and health services...................... 20.94 21.06 21.07 21.12 678.46 678.13 680.56 682.18

Leisure and hospitality............................... 11.48 11.62 11.62 11.60 283.56 289.34 288.18 287.68

Other services......................................... 17.38 17.48 17.50 17.52 535.30 534.89 533.75 536.11

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Percent

change

from:

Aug.

2012 -

Sept.

2012p

Sept.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012p

Sept.

2012p

Percent

change

from:

Aug.

2012 -

Sept.

2012p

Total private....................................... 101.5 103.5 103.6 103.7 0.1 132.5 136.7 136.8 137.3 0.4

Goods-producing............................... 81.3 82.9 82.6 82.6 0.0 103.1 106.5 105.9 105.9 0.0

Mining and logging.......................... 150.4 156.7 153.7 155.4 1.1 215.7 236.8 230.8 232.7 0.8

Construction.................................. 81.6 80.9 80.6 81.1 0.6 104.7 104.9 104.4 105.0 0.6

Manufacturing................................ 78.3 80.8 80.2 80.1 -0.1 97.0 101.3 100.4 100.4 0.0

Durable goods............................ 78.7 82.0 81.2 81.0 -0.2 98.9 103.6 102.8 102.4 -0.4

Nondurable goods........................ 77.9 78.8 78.8 78.7 -0.1 94.0 96.9 96.6 96.6 0.0

Private service-providing...................... 107.2 109.0 109.2 109.3 0.1 141.7 145.9 146.1 146.7 0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 99.9 100.9 101.1 101.1 0.0 122.6 125.6 125.6 126.0 0.3

Wholesale trade........................... 100.8 103.2 103.1 103.5 0.4 130.8 135.0 134.8 135.7 0.7

Retail trade................................ 97.8 98.1 98.2 97.9 -0.3 113.3 116.3 116.2 116.3 0.1

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 105.3 107.9 108.2 108.6 0.4 131.3 133.9 133.8 134.0 0.1

Utilities..................................... 96.0 94.0 94.4 94.9 0.5 125.1 125.7 124.6 125.9 1.0

Information................................... 87.6 87.2 87.2 87.2 0.0 115.8 116.7 116.5 117.3 0.7

Financial activities........................... 103.0 104.6 105.0 105.2 0.2 139.8 146.8 147.6 148.5 0.6

Professional and business services....... 113.2 117.3 117.5 117.8 0.3 155.7 162.3 162.9 163.9 0.6

Education and health services............. 122.4 123.8 124.4 124.5 0.1 168.4 171.4 172.3 172.9 0.3

Leisure and hospitality...................... 106.6 109.4 109.3 109.3 0.0 139.0 144.4 144.3 144.0 -0.2

Other services............................... 96.7 96.5 96.1 96.5 0.4 122.5 122.9 122.6 123.2 0.5

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding

2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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