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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 – AUGUST 2009 

Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in August (-216,000), and the unemployment 

rate rose to 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Although job losses 

continued in many of the major industry sectors in August, the declines have moderated in recent 

months. 

Household Survey Data 

In August, the number of unemployed persons increased by 466,000 to 14.9 million, and the unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 9.7 percent. The rate had been little changed in June and 

July, after increasing 0.4 or 0.5 percentage point in each month from December 2008 through May. 

Since the recession began in December 2007, the number of unemployed persons has risen by 7.4 

million, and the unemployment rate has grown by 4.8 percentage points. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (10.1 percent), whites (8.9 

percent), and Hispanics (13.0 percent) rose in August. The jobless rates for adult women (7.6 percent), 

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teenagers (25.5 percent), and blacks (15.1 percent) were little changed over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 7.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 

The civilian labor force participation rate remained at 65.5 percent in August. The employmentpopulation ratio, at 59.2 percent, edged down over the month and has declined by 3.5 percentage 

points since the recession began in December 2007. (See table A-1.) 

In August, the number of persons working part time for economic reasons was little changed at 9.1 

million. These individuals indicated that they were working part time because their hours had been cut 

back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. The number of such workers rose sharply in the 

fall and winter but has been little changed since March. (See table A-5.) 

About 2.3 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in August, reflecting an increase of 630,000 from a year earlier. (The 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-13.) 

Among the marginally attached, the number of discouraged workers in August (758,000) has nearly 

doubled over the past 12 months. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are 

persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The other 

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

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

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 216,000 in August. Since December 2007, employment has fallen by 6.9 million. In recent months, job losses have moderated in many major 

industry sectors. (See table B-1.) 

In August, construction employment declined by 65,000, in line with the trend since May. Monthly 

losses had averaged 117,000 over the 6 months ending in April. Employment in the construction industry has contracted by 1.4 million since the onset of the recession. Starting in early 2009, the larger 

share of monthly job losses shifted from the residential to the nonresidential and heavy construction 

components. In mining, employment declined by 9,000 over the month. 

In August, manufacturing employment continued to trend downward, with a decline of 63,000. The 

pace of job loss has slowed throughout manufacturing in recent months. Motor vehicles and parts lost 

15,000 jobs in August, partly offsetting a 31,000 employment increase in July. 

Financial activities shed 28,000 jobs in August, with declines spread throughout the industry. Job loss 

in financial activities has slowed since the beginning of the year. Employment in the industry has declined by 537,000 since the start of the recession. 

Wholesale trade employment fell by 17,000 in August. Employment in information continued to trend 

down over the month. 

Employment in the retail trade industry was little changed in August. Employment also was little 

changed in professional and business services over the month. From May through August, monthly 
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employment declines in the sector averaged 46,000, compared with 138,000 per month from November 

through April. Job loss in its temporary help services component has slowed markedly over the last 4 

months.

Employment was little changed in August both in transportation and warehousing, and in leisure and 

hospitality.

Employment in health care continued to rise in August (28,000), with gains in ambulatory care and in 

nursing and residential care. Employment in hospitals was little changed in August; job growth in the 

industry slowed in early 2009 and employment has been flat since May. Health care has added 544,000 

jobs since the start of the recession. 

In August, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.1 hours. The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime also showed 

no change over the month (at 39.8 hours and 2.9 hours, respectively). (See table B-2.) 

In August, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm 

payrolls rose by 6 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $18.65. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings 

have risen by 2.6 percent, while average weekly earnings have risen by only 0.8 percent due to declines in the average workweek. (See table B-3.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for June was revised from -443,000 to -463,000, and 

the change for July was revised from -247,000 to -276,000. 

The Employment Situation for September is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 2, 2009, 

at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). 
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Civilian labor force ............................... 153,993 154,912 154,926 154,504 154,577 73

Employment ..................................... 141,578 140,591 140,196 140,041 139,649 -392

Unemployment .................................. 12,415 14,321 14,729 14,462 14,928 466

Not in labor force .................................. 80,920 80,547 80,729 81,366 81,509 143

All workers ......................................... 8.1 9.2 9.5 9.4 9.7 0.3

Adult men ........................................ 8.2 9.7 10.0 9.8 10.1 .3

Adult women ..................................... 6.7 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.6 .1

Teenagers ........................................ 21.3 22.7 24.0 23.8 25.5 1.7

White ............................................ 7.4 8.4 8.7 8.6 8.9 .3

Black or African American 

................... 13.1 14.9 14.7 14.5 15.1 .6

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ................. 10.7 12.0 12.2 12.3 13.0 .7

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment ............................ 133,662 132,125 131,715 p 131,439 p 131,223 p -216

Goods-producing 1.............................. 19,826 19,041 18,829 p 18,707 p 18,571 p -136

Construction .................................... 6,590 6,303 6,231 p 6,158 p 6,093 p -65

Manufacturing ............................... 12,468 12,008 11,877 p 11,834 p 11,771 p -63

Service-providing 1 ............................. 113,835 113,084 112,886 p 112,732 p 112,652 p -80

 Retail trade 2 ................................. 14,933 14,814 14,792 p 14,748 p 14,739 p -10

Professional and business service ........... 17,048 16,731 16,655 p 16,622 p 16,600 p -22

Education and health services ............... 19,138 19,213 19,248 p 19,269 p 19,321 p 52

Leisure and hospitality ...................... 13,235 13,180 13,176 p 13,177 p 13,156 p -21

Government .................................... 22,543 22,585 22,533 p 22,505 p 22,487 p -18

Total private ....................................... 33.2 33.1 33.0 p 33.1 p 33.1 p 0.0

Manufacturing .................................. 39.6 39.5 39.5 p 39.8 p 39.8 p .0

 Overtime ....................................... 2.7 2.8 2.8 p 2.9 p 2.9 p .0

Total private ........................................ 101.7 99.7 99.1 p 99.2 p 98.9 p -0.3

Average hourly earnings, total private ......... $18.46 $18.52 $18.54 p $18.59 p $18.65 p $0.06

Average weekly earnings, total private ....... 613.60 612.50 611.82 p 615.33 p 617.32 p 1.99

I 2009 II 2009 June 2009 July 2009 Aug. 2009

p = preliminary.

July-Aug. 

change

Hours of work 3

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 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

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 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.

Category

Quarterly averages Monthly data

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

Earnings 3

 Employment

Labor force status

Unemployment rates 
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 107,000 is statistically significant 

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

survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and 

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

provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. 

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

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

while it is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to 

determine how many are counted in either survey. The household survey does include questions about 

whether respondents were born outside the United States. Data from these questions show that foreignborn workers accounted for 15.6 percent of the labor force in 2008. 

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 

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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 (discouraged workers and other groups not 

officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news release. 
Technical Note 

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) 

and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment 

survey). The household survey provides the information on 

the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears 

in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample 

survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. 

Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

The establishment survey provides the information on 

the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm 

payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll 

records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies. The 

sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government 

agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling 

frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. 

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

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

reference week is generally the calendar week that contains 

the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the 

reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which 

may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. 

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys 

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force. 

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in 

their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or 

worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or 

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: They had no employment during the 

reference week; they were available for work at that time; and 

they made specific efforts to find employment sometime 

during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. 

Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be 

looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The 

unemployment data derived from the household survey in no 

way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of 

unemployment insurance benefits. 

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or 

unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment 

rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor 

force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as 

a percent of the population, and the employment-population 

ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. 

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, and local 

government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are 

those who received pay for any part of the reference pay 

period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted 

in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for 

private businesses and relate only to production workers in 

the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in 

the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the 

basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 

version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. 

Differences in employment estimates. The numerous 

conceptual and methodological differences between the 

household and establishment surveys result in important 

distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the 

surveys. Among these are: 

• The household survey includes agricultural workers, 

the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and 

private household workers among the employed. 

These groups are excluded from the establishment 

survey. 

• The household survey includes people on unpaid 

leave among the employed. The establishment 

survey does not. 

• The household survey is limited to workers 16 years 

of age and older. The establishment survey is not 

limited by age. 

• The household survey has no duplication of 

individuals, because individuals are counted only 

once, even if they hold more than one job. In the 

establishment survey, employees working at more 

than one job and thus appearing on more than one 

payroll would be counted separately for each 

appearance. 

Seasonal adjustment 

Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor 

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as 

changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, 

harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of 

schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very 

large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 

percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment. 
Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends 

can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to 

month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, 

such as declines in economic activity or increases in the 

participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For 

example, the large number of youth entering the labor force 

each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have 

taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if 

the level of economic activity has risen or declined. 

However, because the effect of students finishing school in 

previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can 

be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the 

seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure 

provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in 

economic activity. 

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such 

as total payroll employment, employment in most 

supersectors, total employment, and unemployment are 

computed by aggregating independently adjusted component 

series. For example, total unemployment is derived by 

summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex 

components; this differs from the unemployment estimate 

that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by 

combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age 

categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which 

new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all 

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

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

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

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used 

each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. 

In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a 

year. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. 

When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, 

there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from 

the "true" population values they represent. The exact 

difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the 

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by 

the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-

percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based 

on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors 

from the "true" population value because of sampling error. 

BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level 

of confidence. 

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly 

change in total employment from the household survey is on 

the order of plus or minus 430,000. Suppose the estimate of 

total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to 

the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly 

change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/-

430,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results 

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

90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies 

within this interval. Since this range includes values of less 

than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment 

had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment 

rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-

percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In 

this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an 

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

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

for the monthly change in unemployment is about 

+/-280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment 

rate it is about +/-.19 percentage point. 

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size 

of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small 

number of observations. The precision of estimates is also 

improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for 

quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment 

process can also improve the stability of the monthly 

estimates. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can 

occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a 

segment of the population, inability to obtain information for 

all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, 

mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the 

collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for 

the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for 

this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the 

tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly 

estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, 

that the estimate is considered final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

estimation procedure with two components is used to account 

for business births. The first component uses business deaths 

to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate 

procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of 

business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other 

firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA 

time series model designed to estimate the residual net 

birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation. 

The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA 

model was derived from the unemployment insurance 

universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual 

net of births and deaths over the past 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 0.2 percent, with a range from 0.1 

percent to 0.6 percent. 

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2008

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Apr.

2009

May

2009

June

2009

July

2009

Aug.

2009

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 234,107 235,870 236,087 234,107 235,271 235,452 235,655 235,870 236,087

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 155,387 156,255 154,897 154,823 154,731 155,081 154,926 154,504 154,577

 Participation rate ..................................................... 66.4 66.2 65.6 66.1 65.8 65.9 65.7 65.5 65.5

 Employed .................................................................... 145,909 141,055 140,074 145,273 141,007 140,570 140,196 140,041 139,649

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 62.3 59.8 59.3 62.1 59.9 59.7 59.5 59.4 59.2

 Unemployed ............................................................... 9,479 15,201 14,823 9,550 13,724 14,511 14,729 14,462 14,928

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 6.1 9.7 9.6 6.2 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.7

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 78,719 79,614 81,190 79,284 80,541 80,371 80,729 81,366 81,509

 Persons who currently want a job ............................... 5,024 6,244 5,728 4,836 5,935 5,861 5,884 5,990 5,609

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 113,281 114,173 114,288 113,281 113,857 113,953 114,060 114,173 114,288

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 83,296 83,375 82,704 82,790 82,358 82,724 82,529 82,310 82,526

 Participation rate ..................................................... 73.5 73.0 72.4 73.1 72.3 72.6 72.4 72.1 72.2

 Employed .................................................................... 78,423 74,861 74,341 77,484 74,116 74,033 73,777 73,703 73,519

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 69.2 65.6 65.0 68.4 65.1 65.0 64.7 64.6 64.3

 Unemployed ............................................................... 4,872 8,515 8,363 5,306 8,242 8,691 8,751 8,607 9,007

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 5.8 10.2 10.1 6.4 10.0 10.5 10.6 10.5 10.9

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 29,986 30,798 31,583 30,491 31,498 31,229 31,532 31,863 31,761

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 104,613 105,530 105,651 104,613 105,196 105,299 105,412 105,530 105,651

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 79,476 79,337 79,132 79,308 79,081 79,395 79,291 79,045 79,231

 Participation rate ..................................................... 76.0 75.2 74.9 75.8 75.2 75.4 75.2 74.9 75.0

 Employed .................................................................... 75,305 71,911 71,728 74,737 71,678 71,593 71,387 71,319 71,204

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 72.0 68.1 67.9 71.4 68.1 68.0 67.7 67.6 67.4

 Unemployed ............................................................... 4,171 7,427 7,403 4,572 7,403 7,802 7,904 7,726 8,027

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 5.2 9.4 9.4 5.8 9.4 9.8 10.0 9.8 10.1

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 25,137 26,193 26,519 25,305 26,115 25,904 26,121 26,485 26,420

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 120,825 121,696 121,799 120,825 121,415 121,499 121,594 121,696 121,799

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 72,092 72,880 72,192 72,033 72,372 72,357 72,397 72,194 72,051

 Participation rate ..................................................... 59.7 59.9 59.3 59.6 59.6 59.6 59.5 59.3 59.2

 Employed .................................................................... 67,485 66,194 65,733 67,789 66,890 66,537 66,419 66,339 66,131

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 55.9 54.4 54.0 56.1 55.1 54.8 54.6 54.5 54.3

 Unemployed ............................................................... 4,606 6,686 6,460 4,244 5,482 5,820 5,978 5,855 5,920

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 6.4 9.2 8.9 5.9 7.6 8.0 8.3 8.1 8.2

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 48,734 48,816 49,607 48,792 49,042 49,142 49,197 49,503 49,748

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 112,401 113,296 113,405 112,401 112,999 113,089 113,189 113,296 113,405

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 68,440 68,993 68,830 68,666 69,148 69,112 69,060 68,985 68,923

 Participation rate ..................................................... 60.9 60.9 60.7 61.1 61.2 61.1 61.0 60.9 60.8

 Employed .................................................................... 64,462 63,182 63,091 65,003 64,226 63,895 63,810 63,789 63,662

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 57.3 55.8 55.6 57.8 56.8 56.5 56.4 56.3 56.1

 Unemployed ............................................................... 3,979 5,811 5,739 3,662 4,922 5,217 5,249 5,196 5,261

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 5.8 8.4 8.3 5.3 7.1 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.6

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 43,961 44,303 44,575 43,736 43,850 43,976 44,130 44,311 44,481

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 17,092 17,044 17,031 17,092 17,076 17,064 17,053 17,044 17,031

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 7,471 7,925 6,935 6,849 6,501 6,573 6,575 6,474 6,423

 Participation rate ..................................................... 43.7 46.5 40.7 40.1 38.1 38.5 38.6 38.0 37.7

 Employed .................................................................... 6,142 5,962 5,255 5,533 5,103 5,082 4,999 4,933 4,783

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 35.9 35.0 30.9 32.4 29.9 29.8 29.3 28.9 28.1

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,329 1,963 1,680 1,316 1,398 1,491 1,576 1,541 1,640

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 17.8 24.8 24.2 19.2 21.5 22.7 24.0 23.8 25.5

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 9,621 9,118 10,096 10,243 10,575 10,491 10,478 10,570 10,608

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2008

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Apr.

2009

May

2009

June

2009

July

2009

Aug.

2009

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 189,747 190,944 191,086 189,747 190,552 190,667 190,801 190,944 191,086

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 126,337 127,069 126,290 125,987 126,110 126,423 126,199 125,997 126,118

 Participation rate ....................................................... 66.6 66.5 66.1 66.4 66.2 66.3 66.1 66.0 66.0

 Employed .................................................................... 119,475 115,861 115,173 119,082 115,977 115,561 115,202 115,123 114,922

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 63.0 60.7 60.3 62.8 60.9 60.6 60.4 60.3 60.1

 Unemployed ............................................................... 6,862 11,209 11,118 6,904 10,133 10,862 10,997 10,874 11,197

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 5.4 8.8 8.8 5.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.9

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 63,410 63,875 64,796 63,761 64,441 64,244 64,601 64,947 64,968

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 65,729 65,692 65,506 65,680 65,509 65,766 65,732 65,643 65,674

 Participation rate ....................................................... 76.3 75.7 75.4 76.2 75.7 75.9 75.8 75.6 75.6

 Employed .................................................................... 62,683 60,091 59,896 62,336 59,967 59,820 59,656 59,701 59,576

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 72.7 69.2 68.9 72.3 69.3 69.0 68.8 68.8 68.6

 Unemployed ............................................................... 3,046 5,602 5,610 3,344 5,543 5,946 6,076 5,941 6,098

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 4.6 8.5 8.6 5.1 8.5 9.0 9.2 9.1 9.3

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 54,491 54,853 54,971 54,703 55,227 55,192 55,068 54,987 55,045

 Participation rate ....................................................... 60.2 60.2 60.3 60.5 60.8 60.7 60.5 60.4 60.4

 Employed .................................................................... 51,630 50,696 50,763 52,113 51,695 51,385 51,304 51,245 51,250

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 57.1 55.6 55.7 57.6 56.9 56.5 56.4 56.3 56.2

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,861 4,157 4,207 2,590 3,533 3,807 3,765 3,742 3,796

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 5.3 7.6 7.7 4.7 6.4 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 6,117 6,525 5,813 5,604 5,374 5,465 5,400 5,367 5,399

 Participation rate ....................................................... 46.7 50.1 44.6 42.8 41.1 41.9 41.4 41.2 41.5

 Employed .................................................................... 5,162 5,075 4,513 4,634 4,316 4,356 4,243 4,176 4,096

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 39.4 38.9 34.7 35.4 33.0 33.4 32.5 32.0 31.5

 Unemployed ............................................................... 954 1,450 1,300 970 1,058 1,108 1,156 1,191 1,303

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 15.6 22.2 22.4 17.3 19.7 20.3 21.4 22.2 24.1

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 27,896 28,252 28,290 27,896 28,153 28,184 28,217 28,252 28,290

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 18,057 18,085 17,658 17,949 17,816 17,737 17,700 17,684 17,584

 Participation rate ....................................................... 64.7 64.0 62.4 64.3 63.3 62.9 62.7 62.6 62.2

 Employed .................................................................... 16,132 15,218 15,005 16,026 15,142 15,095 15,103 15,111 14,929

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 57.8 53.9 53.0 57.4 53.8 53.6 53.5 53.5 52.8

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,925 2,867 2,653 1,923 2,673 2,642 2,597 2,573 2,655

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 10.7 15.9 15.0 10.7 15.0 14.9 14.7 14.5 15.1

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 9,839 10,167 10,632 9,947 10,337 10,446 10,517 10,568 10,706

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 8,133 7,976 7,951 8,072 7,990 8,000 7,929 7,896 7,921

 Participation rate ....................................................... 72.5 70.1 69.7 72.0 70.5 70.5 69.8 69.4 69.5

 Employed .................................................................... 7,329 6,693 6,682 7,213 6,620 6,656 6,633 6,645 6,578

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 65.3 58.8 58.6 64.3 58.4 58.7 58.4 58.4 57.7

 Unemployed ............................................................... 804 1,283 1,269 859 1,370 1,345 1,297 1,251 1,343

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 9.9 16.1 16.0 10.6 17.2 16.8 16.4 15.8 17.0

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 9,022 9,154 8,957 9,036 9,064 9,000 9,042 9,045 8,955

 Participation rate ....................................................... 64.5 64.5 63.1 64.6 64.1 63.6 63.8 63.8 63.1

 Employed .................................................................... 8,173 7,951 7,833 8,218 8,025 7,993 8,018 7,988 7,889

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 58.4 56.1 55.1 58.7 56.8 56.5 56.6 56.3 55.5

 Unemployed ............................................................... 849 1,203 1,124 818 1,038 1,007 1,024 1,057 1,066

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 9.4 13.1 12.5 9.1 11.5 11.2 11.3 11.7 11.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 903 955 749 842 762 736 729 744 708

 Participation rate ....................................................... 33.7 35.5 27.9 31.4 28.3 27.4 27.1 27.7 26.4

 Employed .................................................................... 631 574 489 595 497 446 453 479 462

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 23.5 21.4 18.2 22.2 18.5 16.6 16.9 17.8 17.2

 Unemployed ............................................................... 272 380 260 247 265 290 276 265 246

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 30.1 39.9 34.7 29.3 34.7 39.4 37.9 35.7 34.7

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2008

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Apr.

2009

May

2009

June

2009

July

2009

Aug.

2009

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 10,840 10,903 10,931 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 7,301 7,394 7,252 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 67.4 67.8 66.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 6,978 6,780 6,709 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 64.4 62.2 61.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 323 614 542 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 4.4 8.3 7.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 3,539 3,509 3,679 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in

table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population

controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2008

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Apr.

2009

May

2009

June

2009

July

2009

Aug.

2009

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 32,273 32,926 33,017 32,273 32,671 32,753 32,839 32,926 33,017

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 22,262 22,695 22,417 22,201 22,376 22,438 22,347 22,526 22,341

 Participation rate ....................................................... 69.0 68.9 67.9 68.8 68.5 68.5 68.1 68.4 67.7

 Employed .................................................................... 20,485 19,849 19,511 20,404 19,854 19,595 19,623 19,745 19,433

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 63.5 60.3 59.1 63.2 60.8 59.8 59.8 60.0 58.9

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,777 2,846 2,906 1,797 2,521 2,843 2,724 2,781 2,908

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 8.0 12.5 13.0 8.1 11.3 12.7 12.2 12.3 13.0

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 10,011 10,232 10,599 10,073 10,295 10,315 10,491 10,400 10,675

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 12,697 12,824 12,788 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 84.5 83.7 83.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 11,824 11,384 11,209 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 78.7 74.3 73.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 873 1,440 1,578 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 6.9 11.2 12.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 8,399 8,553 8,470 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 59.2 59.1 58.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 7,761 7,541 7,536 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 54.7 52.1 51.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 638 1,013 934 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 7.6 11.8 11.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 1,166 1,317 1,160 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 38.1 42.1 37.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 901 924 766 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 29.5 29.6 24.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 265 393 394 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 22.8 29.8 34.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

any race. 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

Aug.

2008

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Apr.

2009

May

2009

June

2009

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 12,129 12,142 12,240 12,203 12,027 12,210 12,363 12,461 12,360

 Participation rate ......................................................... 47.2 47.3 47.0 47.5 45.7 45.9 46.3 48.5 47.5

 Employed ...................................................................... 11,020 10,352 10,433 11,014 10,251 10,321 10,447 10,537 10,432

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 42.9 40.3 40.1 42.9 38.9 38.8 39.2 41.0 40.1

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,108 1,790 1,807 1,189 1,776 1,889 1,916 1,925 1,928

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 9.1 14.7 14.8 9.7 14.8 15.5 15.5 15.4 15.6

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 38,185 37,832 37,926 38,323 38,687 38,757 38,694 38,362 38,184

 Participation rate ......................................................... 62.6 61.7 61.6 62.8 63.0 63.1 63.2 62.5 62.0

 Employed ...................................................................... 36,059 34,269 34,391 36,084 35,086 34,881 34,898 34,760 34,469

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 59.1 55.9 55.9 59.1 57.1 56.8 57.0 56.7 56.0

 Unemployed ................................................................. 2,126 3,563 3,535 2,239 3,601 3,875 3,796 3,602 3,715

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 5.6 9.4 9.3 5.8 9.3 10.0 9.8 9.4 9.7

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 36,768 36,839 36,588 36,736 36,959 36,860 36,646 36,564 36,601

 Participation rate ......................................................... 71.7 71.2 71.2 71.6 71.7 71.7 71.0 70.6 71.2

 Employed ...................................................................... 34,910 33,800 33,485 34,913 34,207 34,013 33,713 33,679 33,608

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 68.0 65.3 65.1 68.0 66.4 66.2 65.3 65.1 65.4

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,857 3,039 3,103 1,823 2,752 2,847 2,933 2,885 2,993

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 5.1 8.2 8.5 5.0 7.4 7.7 8.0 7.9 8.2

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 45,220 45,751 45,868 45,327 45,442 45,500 45,527 45,691 45,840

 Participation rate ......................................................... 77.2 76.9 77.1 77.4 77.7 77.8 77.7 76.8 77.0

 Employed ...................................................................... 43,823 43,330 43,495 44,082 43,466 43,332 43,368 43,546 43,686

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 74.8 72.9 73.1 75.3 74.4 74.1 74.1 73.2 73.4

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,397 2,422 2,373 1,244 1,977 2,167 2,158 2,145 2,154

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 3.1 5.3 5.2 2.7 4.4 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2008

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Apr.

2009

May

2009

June

2009

July

2009

Aug.

2009

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ................................... 2,302 2,361 2,241 2,138 2,134 2,173 2,165 2,148 2,103

 Wage and salary workers ............................................. 1,419 1,392 1,368 1,292 1,209 1,256 1,232 1,230 1,247

 Self-employed workers ................................................. 850 926 847 822 887 882 896 876 830

 Unpaid family workers .................................................. 33 42 26 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ............................................... 143,607 138,694 137,833 143,111 138,828 138,296 137,812 137,675 137,358

 Wage and salary workers ............................................. 134,033 129,619 128,493 133,727 129,724 129,298 128,939 128,939 128,285

 Government ................................................................ 20,821 20,766 20,665 21,257 21,211 21,247 21,446 21,367 21,133

 Private industries ........................................................ 113,212 108,853 107,828 112,489 108,555 108,054 107,498 107,591 107,219

 Private households ................................................... 799 923 859 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries ........................................................ 112,413 107,930 106,969 111,721 107,813 107,238 106,631 106,728 106,375

 Self-employed workers ................................................. 9,490 9,007 9,269 9,313 9,052 8,990 8,891 8,801 9,034

 Unpaid family workers .................................................. 84 68 71 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

Part time for economic reasons .................................. 5,736 9,103 8,835 5,879 8,910 9,084 8,989 8,798 9,076

 Slack work or business conditions ........................... 4,011 6,711 6,497 4,240 6,699 6,794 6,783 6,849 6,941

 Could only find part-time work ................................. 1,305 1,978 1,917 1,412 1,810 1,922 1,980 1,835 2,044

Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 17,698 17,235 16,921 19,690 19,065 18,872 18,718 19,018 18,814

Nonagricultural industries:

Part time for economic reasons .................................. 5,650 8,977 8,712 5,802 8,826 8,928 8,845 8,647 8,945

 Slack work or business conditions ........................... 3,947 6,606 6,406 4,171 6,650 6,681 6,699 6,733 6,844

 Could only find part-time work ................................. 1,294 1,974 1,900 1,385 1,802 1,909 1,969 1,776 2,020

Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 17,302 16,869 16,590 19,269 18,661 18,502 18,358 18,621 18,436

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

jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or

industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who

usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for

reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.

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

necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the

various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

release of January data.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2008

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Apr.

2009

May

2009

June

2009

July

2009

Aug.

2009

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 145,909 141,055 140,074 145,273 141,007 140,570 140,196 140,041 139,649

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 6,142 5,962 5,255 5,533 5,103 5,082 4,999 4,933 4,783

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 2,247 2,136 1,949 1,984 1,737 1,795 1,732 1,718 1,715

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 3,895 3,826 3,306 3,549 3,353 3,260 3,251 3,225 3,057

 20 years and over ......................................................... 139,767 135,093 134,819 139,740 135,904 135,488 135,197 135,108 134,866

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 13,954 13,342 13,015 13,649 13,090 12,842 12,774 12,790 12,749

 25 years and over ....................................................... 125,812 121,751 121,804 126,140 122,838 122,650 122,539 122,455 122,148

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 99,109 94,873 94,896 99,217 95,805 95,394 95,391 95,297 94,992

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 31,444 30,128 30,018 31,425 30,140 29,955 30,018 30,079 29,970

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 33,194 31,421 31,445 33,254 31,770 31,681 31,734 31,613 31,500

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 34,471 33,324 33,433 34,538 33,896 33,758 33,639 33,606 33,522

 55 years and over ..................................................... 26,704 26,878 26,908 26,923 27,032 27,256 27,147 27,158 27,156

Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 78,423 74,861 74,341 77,484 74,116 74,033 73,777 73,703 73,519

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 3,118 2,950 2,613 2,748 2,438 2,440 2,390 2,383 2,314

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 1,100 1,092 991 939 817 851 821 826 838

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 2,018 1,857 1,622 1,818 1,635 1,580 1,576 1,562 1,473

 20 years and over ......................................................... 75,305 71,911 71,728 74,737 71,678 71,593 71,387 71,319 71,204

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 7,377 6,930 6,723 7,134 6,701 6,574 6,582 6,546 6,511

 25 years and over ....................................................... 67,928 64,980 65,005 67,653 64,960 65,001 64,855 64,828 64,727

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 53,661 50,771 50,842 53,385 50,802 50,672 50,640 50,600 50,544

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 17,326 16,399 16,376 17,195 16,199 16,082 16,194 16,231 16,222

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 18,157 16,923 16,925 18,068 17,027 17,002 16,926 16,898 16,839

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 18,179 17,448 17,541 18,121 17,576 17,588 17,520 17,470 17,482

 55 years and over ..................................................... 14,267 14,210 14,163 14,268 14,157 14,329 14,214 14,228 14,183

Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 67,485 66,194 65,733 67,789 66,890 66,537 66,419 66,339 66,131

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 3,024 3,012 2,642 2,785 2,664 2,642 2,609 2,550 2,468

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 1,147 1,043 958 1,045 920 944 911 892 877

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 1,877 1,969 1,685 1,731 1,718 1,681 1,675 1,663 1,584

 20 years and over ......................................................... 64,462 63,182 63,091 65,003 64,226 63,895 63,810 63,789 63,662

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 6,577 6,412 6,292 6,514 6,389 6,268 6,193 6,244 6,238

 25 years and over ....................................................... 57,885 56,770 56,799 58,487 57,878 57,649 57,684 57,627 57,421

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 45,448 44,102 44,053 45,832 45,003 44,722 44,751 44,697 44,448

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 14,118 13,728 13,642 14,230 13,941 13,873 13,825 13,847 13,748

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 15,038 14,498 14,520 15,186 14,742 14,679 14,808 14,714 14,661

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 16,292 15,876 15,892 16,417 16,320 16,170 16,118 16,136 16,040

 55 years and over ..................................................... 12,437 12,668 12,746 12,655 12,875 12,927 12,933 12,929 12,973

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ......................................... 45,767 43,900 43,859 45,804 44,469 44,255 44,294 43,992 43,943

Married women, spouse present .................................... 35,478 34,872 34,672 35,994 35,444 35,391 35,464 35,377 35,199

Women who maintain families ........................................ 9,036 8,751 8,777 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ......................................................... 121,556 114,184 113,863 119,643 113,725 113,318 112,942 112,598 112,262

Part-time workers 3 ......................................................... 24,353 26,871 26,211 25,649 27,066 27,195 27,374 27,799 27,600

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ................................................. 7,706 7,282 6,772 8,013 7,748 7,292 7,160 7,284 7,099

 Percent of total employed ........................................... 5.3 5.2 4.8 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.1

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

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

hours per week.

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

necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the

various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

release of January data.
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Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Aug.

2008

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Apr.

2009

May

2009

June

2009

July

2009

Aug.

2009

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 9,550 14,462 14,928 6.2 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.7

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 1,316 1,541 1,640 19.2 21.5 22.7 24.0 23.8 25.5

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 568 585 616 22.2 23.0 23.4 25.1 25.4 26.4

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 747 962 1,019 17.4 21.3 22.9 23.7 23.0 25.0

 20 years and over ......................................................... 8,234 12,922 13,288 5.6 8.3 8.8 8.9 8.7 9.0

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 1,634 2,302 2,266 10.7 14.7 15.0 15.2 15.3 15.1

 25 years and over ....................................................... 6,620 10,743 11,085 5.0 7.5 8.1 8.2 8.1 8.3

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 5,430 8,717 9,078 5.2 7.8 8.4 8.5 8.4 8.7

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 2,101 3,344 3,479 6.3 9.7 10.5 10.1 10.0 10.4

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 1,752 2,706 2,789 5.0 7.5 8.1 8.1 7.9 8.1

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 1,578 2,667 2,810 4.4 6.4 6.8 7.3 7.4 7.7

 55 years and over ..................................................... 1,163 1,965 1,968 4.1 6.4 6.7 7.0 6.7 6.8

Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 5,306 8,607 9,007 6.4 10.0 10.5 10.6 10.5 10.9

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 734 881 980 21.1 25.6 26.7 26.2 27.0 29.8

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 304 316 356 24.5 26.3 26.1 25.8 27.7 29.8

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 427 577 626 19.0 25.3 27.8 26.9 27.0 29.8

 20 years and over ......................................................... 4,572 7,726 8,027 5.8 9.4 9.8 10.0 9.8 10.1

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 949 1,347 1,319 11.7 17.5 17.5 17.2 17.1 16.8

 25 years and over ....................................................... 3,629 6,446 6,766 5.1 8.3 9.0 9.2 9.0 9.5

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 2,990 5,306 5,619 5.3 8.8 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.0

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 1,200 2,031 2,111 6.5 11.1 11.9 11.4 11.1 11.5

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 944 1,644 1,770 5.0 8.2 9.0 8.9 8.9 9.5

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 847 1,631 1,739 4.5 7.1 7.7 8.5 8.5 9.0

 55 years and over ..................................................... 638 1,140 1,146 4.3 6.7 7.0 7.7 7.4 7.5

Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 4,244 5,855 5,920 5.9 7.6 8.0 8.3 8.1 8.2

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 582 659 659 17.3 17.4 18.6 21.8 20.5 21.1

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 264 269 260 20.1 19.9 20.7 24.4 23.2 22.9

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 320 385 393 15.6 17.1 17.5 20.4 18.8 19.9

 20 years and over ......................................................... 3,662 5,196 5,261 5.3 7.1 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.6

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 685 955 947 9.5 11.5 12.2 12.8 13.3 13.2

 25 years and over ....................................................... 2,991 4,297 4,319 4.9 6.6 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.0

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 2,440 3,411 3,458 5.1 6.7 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.2

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 901 1,312 1,368 6.0 7.9 8.9 8.5 8.7 9.1

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 808 1,063 1,019 5.0 6.7 7.0 7.2 6.7 6.5

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 731 1,036 1,071 4.3 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.3

 55 years and over 2 .................................................. 587 974 919 4.5 5.4 5.8 6.4 7.1 6.7

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ......................................... 1,741 3,282 3,338 3.7 6.3 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.1

Married women, spouse present .................................... 1,400 2,045 2,023 3.7 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4

Women who maintain families 2 ..................................... 954 1,266 1,225 9.6 10.0 11.0 11.7 12.6 12.2

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ......................................................... 8,025 12,709 13,109 6.3 9.6 10.2 10.3 10.1 10.5

Part-time workers 4 ......................................................... 1,556 1,780 1,841 5.7 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.3

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

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

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

NOTE: Detail 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 HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2008

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Apr.

2009

May

2009

June

2009

July

2009

Aug.

2009

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs 4,735 9,447 9,316 4,994 8,814 9,546 9,649 9,560 9,818

On temporary layoff .................................................... 1,126 1,804 1,526 1,279 1,625 1,832 1,762 1,680 1,718

Not on temporary layoff .............................................. 3,609 7,643 7,790 3,715 7,189 7,714 7,886 7,880 8,100

Permanent job losers .............................................. 2,656 6,320 6,406 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 953 1,323 1,384 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ..................................................................... 1,105 917 909 999 890 910 822 885 829

Reentrants ...................................................................... 2,729 3,464 3,386 2,678 3,087 3,180 3,335 3,312 3,307

New entrants .................................................................. 909 1,373 1,212 829 900 956 947 967 1,085

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

Job losers and persons who completed temporary

jobs ............................................................................. 50.0 62.1 62.8 52.6 64.4 65.4 65.4 64.9 65.3

On temporary layoff .................................................. 11.9 11.9 10.3 13.5 11.9 12.6 11.9 11.4 11.4

Not on temporary layoff ............................................ 38.1 50.3 52.6 39.1 52.5 52.9 53.5 53.5 53.9

Job leavers ................................................................... 11.7 6.0 6.1 10.5 6.5 6.2 5.6 6.0 5.5

Reentrants .................................................................... 28.8 22.8 22.8 28.2 22.5 21.8 22.6 22.5 22.0

New entrants ................................................................ 9.6 9.0 8.2 8.7 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.6 7.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary

jobs ............................................................................. 3.0 6.0 6.0 3.2 5.7 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.4

Job leavers ................................................................... .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 .6 .5

Reentrants .................................................................... 1.8 2.2 2.2 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1

New entrants ................................................................ .6 .9 .8 .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .7

1 Data not available.

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

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2008

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Apr.

2009

May

2009

June

2009

July

2009

Aug.

2009

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .............................................................................. 3,142 3,456 2,867 3,242 3,346 3,275 3,204 3,233 3,026

5 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 2,999 4,091 4,322 2,874 3,982 4,321 4,066 3,557 4,120

15 weeks and over ............................................................................. 3,338 7,654 7,633 3,447 6,211 7,002 7,833 7,880 7,816

 15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................ 1,468 2,720 2,572 1,568 2,531 3,054 3,452 2,916 2,828

 27 weeks and over .......................................................................... 1,870 4,934 5,061 1,878 3,680 3,948 4,381 4,965 4,988

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .................................................... 17.6 24.1 25.1 17.6 21.4 22.5 24.5 25.1 24.9

Median duration, in weeks .................................................................. 9.5 14.7 15.5 9.3 12.5 14.9 17.9 15.7 15.4

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks ............................................................................ 33.1 22.7 19.3 33.9 24.7 22.4 21.2 22.0 20.2

 5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 31.6 26.9 29.2 30.1 29.4 29.6 26.9 24.2 27.5

 15 weeks and over ........................................................................... 35.2 50.4 51.5 36.0 45.9 48.0 51.9 53.7 52.2

 15 to 26 weeks ............................................................................... 15.5 17.9 17.4 16.4 18.7 20.9 22.9 19.9 18.9

 27 weeks and over ......................................................................... 19.7 32.5 34.1 19.6 27.2 27.0 29.0 33.8 33.3

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2008

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Aug.

2009

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................... 145,909 140,074 9,479 14,823 6.1 9.6

Management, professional, and related occupations ............. 52,626 51,724 1,779 2,925 3.3 5.4

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations ................................................................................ 22,314 21,849 645 1,141 2.8 5.0

 Professional and related occupations ...................................... 30,312 29,875 1,135 1,785 3.6 5.6

Service occupations ....................................................................... 25,185 25,115 1,898 2,797 7.0 10.0

Sales and office occupations ....................................................... 35,156 34,132 2,218 3,252 5.9 8.7

 Sales and related occupations .................................................. 16,114 15,902 1,089 1,511 6.3 8.7

 Office and administrative support occupations ...................... 19,042 18,230 1,129 1,741 5.6 8.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations .................................................................................... 15,141 13,561 1,186 2,176 7.3 13.8

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................. 1,082 984 93 182 7.9 15.6

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................ 8,927 7,613 856 1,555 8.7 17.0

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................ 5,132 4,964 237 439 4.4 8.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations .................................................................................... 17,801 15,542 1,466 2,421 7.6 13.5

 Production occupations .............................................................. 8,917 7,691 771 1,366 8.0 15.1

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................. 8,883 7,852 695 1,055 7.3 11.8

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

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

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

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2008

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Aug.

2009

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .................................................... 9,479 14,823 6.1 9.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................... 7,359 11,729 6.1 9.8

 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction ......................... 17 93 1.9 11.8

 Construction .................................................................................. 814 1,542 8.2 16.5

 Manufacturing ............................................................................... 960 1,866 5.7 11.8

 Durable goods ............................................................................ 631 1,297 5.9 13.0

 Nondurable goods ..................................................................... 329 569 5.4 9.7

 Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................... 1,366 1,794 6.6 8.8

 Transportation and utilities ......................................................... 309 547 5.2 9.8

 Information ..................................................................................... 144 358 4.2 10.7

 Financial activities ........................................................................ 409 566 4.2 6.0

 Professional and business services ......................................... 961 1,560 6.9 11.0

 Education and health services .................................................. 844 1,239 4.3 6.0

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................ 1,122 1,636 8.7 12.0

 Other services ............................................................................... 412 528 6.3 8.2

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ...... 111 195 7.6 13.1

Government workers ..................................................................... 721 1,118 3.3 5.1

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................. 378 569 3.5 5.3

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

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2009 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2007

Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification system is derived from the 2007 North American Industry Classification

System. No historical data have been revised.

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2008

July

2009

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Apr.

2009

May

2009

June

2009

July

2009

Aug.

2009

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

civilian labor force ..................................................................... 2.1 4.9 4.9 2.2 4.0 4.5 5.1 5.1 5.1

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

percent of the civilian labor force .............................................. 3.0 6.0 6.0 3.2 5.7 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.4

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

(official unemployment rate) ................................................. 6.1 9.7 9.6 6.2 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.7

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

civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................... 6.3 10.2 10.0 6.4 9.3 9.8 10.0 9.8 10.1

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

marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus all marginally attached workers ................................ 7.1 11.0 10.9 7.2 10.1 10.6 10.8 10.7 11.0

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

total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent

of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers 10.7 16.8 16.5 10.9 15.8 16.4 16.5 16.3 16.8

NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Labor Review. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Aug.

2008

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2008

Aug.

2009

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force .................................................................. 78,719 81,190 29,986 31,583 48,734 49,607

 Persons who currently want a job ...................................................... 5,024 5,728 2,057 2,572 2,967 3,156

Marginally attached to the labor force 1 ........................................ 1,640 2,270 809 1,197 832 1,072

Reason not currently looking:

Discouragement over job prospects 2 .................................. 381 758 237 480 144 278

Reasons other than discouragement 3 ................................. 1,259 1,512 572 717 688 795

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 .................................................................. 7,706 6,772 4,040 3,206 3,666 3,566

 Percent of total employed ............................................................... 5.3 4.8 5.2 4.3 5.4 5.4

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ................................. 4,210 3,545 2,351 1,776 1,859 1,769

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .................................... 1,755 1,683 614 555 1,141 1,127

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ...................................... 345 291 253 176 91 116

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ......................................... 1,353 1,214 805 666 548 548

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

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

January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Aug. 

2008

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

 Aug. 

2008

 Apr. 

2009

 May 

2009

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

Change

from:

July 2009-

Aug. 2009p

Total nonfarm ............................. 137,002 132,625 131,182 131,003 137,053 132,481 132,178 131,715 131,439 131,223 -216

Total private ........................................ 115,580 110,104 109,900 109,716 114,497 109,865 109,573 109,182 108,934 108,736 -198

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,803 19,068 19,015 18,983 21,351 19,253 19,041 18,829 18,707 18,571 -136

Mining and logging ................................................... 806 726 726 718 787 740 731 721 715 707 -8

Logging ........................................................... 58.5 50.7 51.5 53.5 56.1 51.4 51.3 51.4 51.1 51.7 .6

Mining .................................................................... 747.6 675.5 674.2 664.1 730.6 689.0 679.6 669.3 663.8 654.8 -9.0

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 167.2 169.2 167.5 166.1 164.7 167.0 168.1 166.9 165.3 164.7 -.6

Mining, except oil and gas ................................. 238.8 223.7 224.5 222.8 230.0 220.4 219.4 217.4 216.3 215.5 -.8 1

Coal mining ...................................................... 82.1 80.0 79.5 79.9 81.7 82.4 81.4 80.3 79.8 79.7 -.1

Support activities for mining .............................. 341.6 282.6 282.2 275.2 335.9 301.6 292.1 285.0 282.2 274.6 -7.6

Construction ............................................................. 7,505 6,424 6,439 6,393 7,177 6,367 6,310 6,231 6,158 6,093 -65

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,708.4 1,460.7 1,463.4 1,465.0 1,647.5 1,461.7 1,451.2 1,433.4 1,418.9 1,415.4 -3.5

Residential building ......................................... 851.4 717.2 714.8 716.7 817.9 715.3 705.0 699.6 691.2 688.3 -2.9

Nonresidential building .................................... 857.0 743.5 748.6 748.3 829.6 746.4 746.2 733.8 727.7 727.1 -.6

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 1,031.2 909.6 913.2 908.3 966.1 885.5 876.1 862.1 853.7 845.3 -8.4

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,765.4 4,053.5 4,062.6 4,019.7 4,563.1 4,019.6 3,983.1 3,935.9 3,885.7 3,832.1 -53.6

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,096.9 1,776.4 1,785.5 1,772.0 2,005.8 1,739.3 1,736.1 1,716.7 1,701.8 1,682.1 -19.7

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,668.5 2,277.1 2,277.1 2,247.7 2,557.3 2,280.3 2,247.0 2,219.2 2,183.9 2,150.0 -33.9

Manufacturing ........................................................... 13,492 11,918 11,850 11,872 13,387 12,146 12,000 11,877 11,834 11,771 -63

Production workers ....................................... 9,696 8,349 8,306 8,337 9,608 8,532 8,409 8,316 8,299 8,253 -46

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,486 7,289 7,233 7,237 8,439 7,490 7,372 7,271 7,247 7,196 -51

Production workers ....................................... 5,984 4,974 4,937 4,945 5,948 5,130 5,034 4,957 4,956 4,912 -44

Wood products ................................................... 462.8 371.4 371.3 372.7 451.9 382.4 373.5 367.1 362.7 359.5 -3.2

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 476.3 414.0 415.2 414.4 464.5 415.5 410.7 406.1 404.9 402.2 -2.7

Primary metals .................................................... 442.5 357.5 358.1 357.5 440.8 376.2 367.8 360.3 359.9 358.5 -1.4

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,537.0 1,306.6 1,290.2 1,292.6 1,530.6 1,344.1 1,325.9 1,308.8 1,294.6 1,286.4 -8.2

Machinery ........................................................... 1,191.3 1,011.2 1,000.8 998.4 1,187.5 1,051.4 1,032.0 1,016.3 1,004.1 999.5 -4.6

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,253.5 1,143.5 1,138.6 1,129.4 1,248.3 1,171.1 1,156.1 1,142.4 1,135.4 1,127.1 -8.3

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 182.7 162.5 162.4 161.1 182.6 167.8 164.2 162.7 162.4 160.7 -1.7

Communications equipment ........................... 128.8 126.7 126.6 125.4 129.1 127.8 127.4 126.5 126.2 125.4 -.8

Semiconductors and electronic components . 434.6 375.6 372.3 369.8 432.3 389.2 382.8 375.6 371.9 369.1 -2.8

Electronic instruments ..................................... 445.4 425.6 424.6 421.4 442.6 431.1 427.2 424.4 422.3 420.2 -2.1

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 427.8 377.9 374.9 373.6 425.5 382.0 378.4 377.0 373.4 371.9 -1.5

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,584.9 1,320.1 1,306.5 1,324.3 1,584.5 1,365.9 1,335.3 1,309.6 1,337.6 1,321.6 -16.0

Motor vehicles and parts ................................. 856.7 639.9 634.2 653.3 856.7 676.8 654.2 633.3 664.4 649.6 -14.8 2

Furniture and related products .......................... 478.6 391.9 388.1 384.0 475.7 401.0 394.4 388.1 382.9 379.7 -3.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 631.3 594.8 589.5 589.8 630.1 600.4 597.4 595.1 591.6 589.3 -2.3

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,006 4,629 4,617 4,635 4,948 4,656 4,628 4,606 4,587 4,575 -12

Production workers ....................................... 3,712 3,375 3,369 3,392 3,660 3,402 3,375 3,359 3,343 3,341 -2

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,516.9 1,475.5 1,492.9 1,513.6 1,482.7 1,474.9 1,471.7 1,473.8 1,474.6 1,477.1 2.5

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 205.0 193.5 194.2 195.0 199.2 190.9 190.5 190.0 189.3 190.0 .7

Textile mills ......................................................... 149.9 125.1 121.9 123.1 149.5 127.3 126.1 124.5 122.7 122.1 -.6

Textile product mills ........................................... 145.2 126.4 124.9 125.3 145.2 127.5 127.0 126.7 125.9 125.6 -.3

Apparel ................................................................ 202.4 167.4 166.8 168.5 200.4 169.9 170.2 165.8 166.6 165.0 -1.6

Leather and allied products ............................... 34.5 31.0 30.3 29.8 34.5 31.7 31.5 30.8 31.1 29.9 -1.2

Paper and paper products ................................. 446.6 411.5 410.1 407.2 444.7 415.1 410.5 409.1 406.4 404.6 -1.8

Printing and related support activities ............... 592.5 524.0 515.7 514.0 591.5 534.4 529.6 522.8 517.5 512.6 -4.9

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 121.0 117.7 118.0 117.6 118.0 114.6 114.5 114.5 113.9 114.0 .1

Chemicals ........................................................... 851.9 816.1 813.2 808.0 847.3 818.9 814.9 811.0 808.2 804.9 -3.3

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 740.5 640.3 629.2 633.3 734.7 651.1 641.4 637.1 630.8 629.4 -1.4

See footnotes at the end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Aug. 

2008

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

 Aug. 

2008

 Apr. 

2009

 May 

2009

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

Change

from:

July 2009-

Aug. 2009p

Service-providing .............................................. 115,199 113,557 112,167 112,020 115,702 113,228 113,137 112,886 112,732 112,652 -80

Private service-providing ............................... 93,777 91,036 90,885 90,733 93,146 90,612 90,532 90,353 90,227 90,165 -62

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,375 25,307 25,177 25,153 26,354 25,371 25,308 25,258 25,173 25,145 -28

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,974.5 5,711.9 5,699.0 5,673.4 5,954.3 5,710.8 5,695.7 5,680.3 5,663.1 5,646.0 -17.1

Durable goods .................................................... 3,063.4 2,859.5 2,848.9 2,837.4 3,052.4 2,875.5 2,861.8 2,848.1 2,834.1 2,822.6 -11.5

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,057.4 2,010.2 2,008.9 1,996.9 2,049.0 1,997.7 1,996.6 1,994.0 1,992.3 1,987.7 -4.6

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 853.7 842.2 841.2 839.1 852.9 837.6 837.3 838.2 836.7 835.7 -1.0

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,362.9 14,788.9 14,741.1 14,749.8 15,334.5 14,839.7 14,811.6 14,791.5 14,748.3 14,738.7 -9.6

Motor vehicle and parts dealers ........................ 1,854.4 1,693.9 1,693.5 1,694.6 1,832.6 1,690.2 1,681.6 1,673.9 1,667.8 1,672.0 4.2 1

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,185.9 1,051.6 1,050.2 1,054.0 1,176.2 1,057.1 1,050.2 1,042.6 1,037.4 1,042.6 5.2

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 538.7 478.2 478.9 478.9 542.3 492.4 486.3 484.7 483.4 479.7 -3.7

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 545.3 506.6 506.6 507.9 551.0 518.0 517.0 515.7 513.9 514.9 1.0

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,268.5 1,236.1 1,207.3 1,184.3 1,245.9 1,189.3 1,186.3 1,181.1 1,173.9 1,167.5 -6.4

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,863.3 2,850.7 2,839.1 2,830.7 2,853.8 2,828.9 2,828.0 2,828.8 2,824.6 2,822.7 -1.9

Health and personal care stores ....................... 998.2 987.6 983.1 981.4 999.0 984.2 984.7 984.3 985.1 984.5 -.6

Gasoline stations ................................................ 852.5 838.5 843.0 845.6 840.9 831.1 829.0 829.9 831.0 833.1 2.1

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,515.3 1,394.6 1,411.3 1,418.2 1,483.3 1,432.7 1,426.8 1,420.1 1,411.0 1,401.5 -9.5

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 641.7 585.8 580.3 598.1 645.8 608.8 607.0 605.1 604.2 604.2 .0

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 3,018.0 3,008.3 2,995.1 2,998.1 3,058.2 3,041.2 3,041.8 3,045.1 3,036.7 3,040.3 3.6

Department stores .......................................... 1,520.3 1,490.3 1,487.7 1,500.7 1,554.4 1,524.0 1,526.0 1,528.6 1,524.6 1,530.4 5.8

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 844.8 806.5 801.3 806.5 845.6 805.3 805.8 804.8 800.0 801.7 1.7

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 422.2 402.1 401.6 405.5 436.1 417.6 417.3 418.0 416.7 416.6 -.1

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,475.7 4,234.1 4,166.7 4,160.5 4,506.0 4,251.7 4,233.5 4,218.4 4,194.7 4,193.7 -1.0

Air transportation ................................................ 491.5 466.3 466.6 466.6 488.1 466.8 466.7 463.9 463.2 463.7 .5

Rail transportation .............................................. 230.2 211.8 212.9 211.9 228.8 217.9 214.6 212.2 212.2 212.8 .6

Water transportation ........................................... 68.6 58.0 58.1 59.0 64.9 58.1 57.2 56.5 55.7 56.4 .7

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,412.2 1,285.4 1,282.1 1,284.1 1,390.3 1,283.2 1,277.4 1,269.5 1,263.7 1,259.7 -4.0

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 356.9 412.4 349.2 342.1 422.7 401.8 405.4 413.0 408.0 407.6 -.4

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 42.7 42.4 42.2 43.0 42.5 43.0 42.5 42.3 41.7 42.4 .7

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 35.4 33.2 36.9 35.9 27.3 27.2 28.5 27.7 28.2 27.8 -.4

Support activities for transportation ................... 594.7 537.4 533.3 534.9 592.1 550.3 545.6 537.8 532.2 533.4 1.2

Couriers and messengers .................................. 569.1 548.4 544.2 543.4 575.7 556.0 550.5 551.5 548.4 550.3 1.9

Warehousing and storage .................................. 674.4 638.8 641.2 639.6 673.6 647.4 645.1 644.0 641.4 639.6 -1.8

Utilities ................................................................... 562.0 571.8 570.1 569.2 559.3 568.5 567.5 567.8 566.5 566.3 -.2

Information ................................................................ 2,996 2,865 2,847 2,829 2,990 2,884 2,858 2,845 2,831 2,821 -10

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 881.5 802.2 797.5 789.7 879.4 820.1 808.6 801.8 795.0 787.5 -7.5

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 384.9 394.4 391.0 386.4 380.0 389.5 381.3 379.3 379.8 381.6 1.8

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 314.9 292.1 290.2 288.9 313.8 296.3 294.2 291.9 290.6 288.9 -1.7

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,021.9 983.5 978.0 975.2 1,023.1 989.3 986.4 981.6 976.7 973.4 -3.3

Data processing, hosting and related services . 258.6 255.6 254.4 254.9 259.8 255.5 253.8 254.4 254.5 256.2 1.7

Other information services ................................. 134.1 136.8 135.9 134.0 133.6 133.7 133.2 135.5 134.8 133.0 -1.8

Financial activities .................................................... 8,203 7,800 7,805 7,760 8,141 7,811 7,784 7,751 7,734 7,706 -28

Finance and insurance .......................................... 6,024.5 5,774.6 5,769.3 5,738.0 6,010.6 5,799.6 5,781.6 5,760.5 5,745.4 5,725.4 -20.0

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.5 20.3 20.4 20.5 22.3 20.5 20.3 20.3 20.2 20.3 .1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,731.1 2,608.5 2,614.8 2,605.4 2,724.4 2,619.8 2,613.5 2,604.0 2,604.4 2,599.5 -4.9

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,827.2 1,774.9 1,778.7 1,775.2 1,818.4 1,778.0 1,774.4 1,772.7 1,771.1 1,768.7 -2.4

Commercial banking .................................... 1,366.8 1,327.0 1,329.2 1,325.4 1,360.1 1,329.4 1,327.9 1,324.2 1,323.7 1,321.4 -2.3

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 864.6 788.7 784.5 781.0 861.4 797.0 791.7 786.4 781.4 779.1 -2.3

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,315.5 2,269.3 2,262.5 2,244.2 2,312.0 2,274.3 2,268.3 2,261.9 2,252.5 2,239.7 -12.8

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 90.8 87.8 87.1 86.9 90.5 88.0 87.8 87.9 86.9 86.8 -.1

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,178.3 2,025.0 2,035.3 2,022.4 2,130.0 2,011.7 2,002.7 1,990.6 1,988.5 1,980.5 -8.0

Real estate .......................................................... 1,514.1 1,417.8 1,423.4 1,417.0 1,482.4 1,411.9 1,405.1 1,396.3 1,394.7 1,389.8 -4.9

Rental and leasing services ............................... 635.8 579.0 583.4 577.9 619.4 571.5 569.2 566.5 566.3 563.7 -2.6

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 28.4 28.2 28.5 27.5 28.2 28.3 28.4 27.8 27.5 27.0 -.5

See footnotes at the end of table.
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Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Aug. 

2008

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

 Aug. 

2008

 Apr. 

2009

 May 

2009

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

Change

from:

July 2009-

Aug. 2009p

Professional and business services ........................ 17,913 16,749 16,753 16,764 17,727 16,783 16,756 16,655 16,622 16,600 -22

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 7,799.7 7,581.5 7,587.7 7,561.7 7,833.0 7,670.7 7,652.4 7,615.6 7,606.6 7,595.3 -11.3

Legal services .................................................. 1,163.7 1,146.0 1,142.3 1,131.3 1,161.0 1,139.4 1,136.9 1,131.7 1,128.8 1,128.7 -.1

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 869.4 869.1 871.4 869.0 947.9 929.3 938.0 936.8 941.6 943.9 2.3

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,469.5 1,348.2 1,342.5 1,339.5 1,447.2 1,364.1 1,350.3 1,335.9 1,323.1 1,318.1 -5.0

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,463.5 1,453.8 1,466.4 1,466.2 1,460.6 1,460.4 1,457.0 1,456.0 1,462.9 1,459.5 -3.4

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 1,018.3 1,015.7 1,021.8 1,019.1 1,011.6 1,016.7 1,017.9 1,015.7 1,015.0 1,014.9 -.1

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,907.3 1,829.9 1,827.4 1,827.2 1,895.2 1,840.2 1,829.9 1,823.8 1,818.2 1,816.5 -1.7

Administrative and waste services ....................... 8,206.2 7,337.3 7,337.9 7,375.0 7,998.6 7,272.3 7,274.0 7,215.2 7,197.4 7,187.7 -9.7

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,838.5 6,972.1 6,966.1 7,007.0 7,637.0 6,911.7 6,912.7 6,854.3 6,834.7 6,826.0 -8.7

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,184.3 2,474.6 2,472.2 2,519.5 3,089.5 2,506.4 2,501.9 2,470.3 2,452.8 2,442.3 -10.5

Temporary help services ............................. 2,379.7 1,753.2 1,753.4 1,796.7 2,301.1 1,781.5 1,780.6 1,750.9 1,743.3 1,736.8 -6.5

Business support services .............................. 805.2 774.2 773.6 774.0 814.9 792.9 790.5 783.8 785.1 784.3 -.8

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,955.4 1,886.9 1,881.8 1,864.0 1,847.0 1,778.7 1,786.1 1,771.2 1,766.4 1,761.6 -4.8

Waste management and remediation services 367.7 365.2 371.8 368.0 361.6 360.6 361.3 360.9 362.7 361.7 -1.0

Education and health services ................................ 18,631 19,078 18,960 18,991 18,950 19,175 19,215 19,248 19,269 19,321 52

Educational services ............................................. 2,769.3 2,894.1 2,781.7 2,766.8 3,083.7 3,077.4 3,077.6 3,082.0 3,078.2 3,081.9 3.7

Health care and social assistance ........................15,861.9 16,183.7 16,178.1 16,224.0 15,865.9 16,097.8 16,137.7 16,166.1 16,191.2 16,238.6 47.4

3 Health care ......................................................... 13,396.1 13,632.7 13,667.8 13,692.8 13,354.4 13,553.6 13,581.1 13,605.8 13,628.4 13,656.3 27.9

1 Ambulatory health care services .................... 5,698.7 5,843.9 5,856.2 5,875.0 5,683.8 5,794.1 5,812.9 5,830.6 5,843.9 5,862.2 18.3

Offices of physicians .................................... 2,275.7 2,322.3 2,334.3 2,342.5 2,272.7 2,310.5 2,314.6 2,321.9 2,330.7 2,337.7 7.0

Outpatient care centers ................................ 537.9 543.9 542.9 546.7 537.2 538.7 539.3 543.5 542.8 545.7 2.9

Home health care services .......................... 966.9 1,022.2 1,021.7 1,025.3 963.4 1,004.5 1,013.3 1,016.7 1,018.3 1,021.8 3.5

Hospitals .......................................................... 4,676.9 4,725.5 4,740.9 4,736.7 4,660.7 4,716.7 4,719.1 4,718.9 4,721.5 4,720.8 -.7

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............ 3,020.5 3,063.3 3,070.7 3,081.1 3,009.9 3,042.8 3,049.1 3,056.3 3,063.0 3,073.3 10.3

Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,616.4 1,632.6 1,630.5 1,636.1 1,612.6 1,624.5 1,626.8 1,628.9 1,627.6 1,631.6 4.0

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,465.8 2,551.0 2,510.3 2,531.2 2,511.5 2,544.2 2,556.6 2,560.3 2,562.8 2,582.3 19.5

Child day care services ................................... 807.6 839.4 789.7 808.1 851.6 853.9 860.3 854.3 848.3 859.4 11.1

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 14,085 13,746 13,851 13,777 13,454 13,168 13,195 13,176 13,177 13,156 -21

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 2,226.4 2,129.8 2,200.7 2,146.1 1,964.7 1,900.6 1,901.8 1,885.5 1,895.8 1,886.4 -9.4

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 437.2 417.9 430.9 421.9 406.2 392.9 396.8 393.8 400.9 394.9 -6.0

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 143.3 143.3 145.3 141.2 132.1 130.5 130.9 130.8 130.2 129.9 -.3

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,645.9 1,568.6 1,624.5 1,583.0 1,426.4 1,377.2 1,374.1 1,360.9 1,364.7 1,361.6 -3.1

Accommodation and food services ...................... 11,859.0 11,616.1 11,650.6 11,630.5 11,489.3 11,267.0 11,293.6 11,290.0 11,281.1 11,270.0 -11.1

Accommodation .................................................. 1,980.3 1,798.5 1,847.2 1,833.9 1,843.6 1,723.6 1,728.7 1,721.0 1,717.5 1,713.2 -4.3

Food services and drinking places .................... 9,878.7 9,817.6 9,803.4 9,796.6 9,645.7 9,543.4 9,564.9 9,569.0 9,563.6 9,556.8 -6.8

Other services .......................................................... 5,574 5,491 5,492 5,459 5,530 5,420 5,416 5,420 5,421 5,416 -5

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,226.5 1,169.1 1,164.0 1,164.5 1,220.6 1,163.7 1,158.4 1,157.8 1,157.5 1,158.8 1.3

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,340.3 1,314.2 1,307.1 1,305.6 1,331.7 1,297.3 1,293.3 1,298.4 1,298.2 1,299.3 1.1

Membership associations and organizations .... 3,007.3 3,007.6 3,020.4 2,988.5 2,977.6 2,958.6 2,964.3 2,963.9 2,965.6 2,958.3 -7.3

Government .............................................................. 21,422 22,521 21,282 21,287 22,556 22,616 22,605 22,533 22,505 22,487 -18

Federal ................................................................... 2,788 2,832 2,859 2,835 2,768 2,876 2,860 2,817 2,826 2,821 -5

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 2,047.1 2,131.5 2,146.7 2,144.5 2,027.1 2,154.6 2,150.2 2,111.1 2,119.0 2,122.9 3.9

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 740.9 700.9 711.9 690.7 740.6 721.0 709.5 705.9 706.9 698.4 -8.5

State government .................................................. 4,948 4,971 4,867 4,873 5,204 5,189 5,189 5,174 5,154 5,149 -5

State government education .............................. 2,097.4 2,148.4 2,051.1 2,061.2 2,379.5 2,385.5 2,386.2 2,377.9 2,367.8 2,363.5 -4.3

State government, excluding education ............ 2,850.7 2,822.5 2,816.3 2,812.0 2,824.6 2,803.5 2,802.5 2,796.3 2,786.5 2,785.6 -.9

Local government .................................................. 13,686 14,718 13,556 13,579 14,584 14,551 14,556 14,542 14,525 14,517 -8

Local government education ............................. 7,027.1 8,084.4 6,842.6 6,928.3 8,084.5 8,081.4 8,078.0 8,070.2 8,039.5 8,030.6 -8.9

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,659.2 6,633.7 6,713.8 6,650.9 6,499.4 6,469.2 6,478.3 6,471.3 6,485.9 6,485.9 .0

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

vehicle parts.

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing

and residential care facilities.

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Aug. 

2008

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

 Aug. 

2008

 Apr. 

2009

 May 

2009

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

Change

from:

July 2009-

Aug. 2009p

Total private ....................................... 33.9 33.1 33.2 33.6 33.7 33.1 33.1 33.0 33.1 33.1 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.7 39.3 39.5 39.8 40.2 39.0 39.0 39.0 39.3 39.3 .0

Mining and logging ................................................. 45.6 43.6 42.8 43.9 45.3 43.0 43.3 43.3 42.9 43.4 .5

Construction ............................................................ 39.5 38.2 38.8 38.9 38.6 37.5 37.6 37.6 37.9 38.0 .1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 41.0 39.7 39.6 40.1 40.8 39.6 39.4 39.5 39.8 39.8 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 .0

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.4 39.7 39.6 40.1 41.1 39.5 39.4 39.4 39.9 39.8 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.7 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 .0

Wood products .................................................. 39.4 38.5 38.4 38.8 38.8 37.0 36.9 37.4 37.7 37.7 .0

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 43.1 41.5 42.5 42.0 42.2 40.2 40.5 40.8 41.4 40.9 -.5

Primary metals .................................................. 42.7 40.0 39.7 40.8 42.5 40.0 40.0 39.7 40.2 40.5 .3

Fabricated metal products .............................. 41.4 39.3 39.1 39.6 41.1 39.2 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.4 .0

Machinery .......................................................... 42.5 39.7 39.4 39.7 42.5 40.1 39.9 39.8 39.9 39.9 .0

Computer and electronic products ................ 41.0 40.3 39.8 39.8 41.0 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.1 40.1 .0

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.8 38.9 38.4 38.8 40.8 39.6 39.3 38.8 38.8 38.8 .0

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.0 40.7 40.9 42.1 41.7 40.6 40.0 40.4 41.8 41.5 -.3

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 41.2 39.4 39.2 41.5 40.5 39.0 38.0 39.0 40.6 40.9 .3

Furniture and related products ....................... 38.8 38.3 38.3 38.2 37.9 37.6 37.8 37.8 38.1 37.5 -.6

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 39.7 38.1 38.2 38.9 39.4 38.3 38.0 37.9 38.3 38.4 .1

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.5 39.8 39.7 40.0 40.4 39.6 39.6 39.6 39.7 39.9 .2

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 40.8 40.0 39.7 40.2 40.5 40.1 40.0 39.9 39.6 40.0 .4

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 38.5 35.6 35.0 35.8 38.2 35.8 36.5 35.3 35.0 35.2 .2

Textile mills ........................................................ 39.7 38.2 37.7 38.1 39.5 36.9 36.8 37.8 37.7 37.6 -.1

Textile product mills ......................................... 39.1 38.8 38.4 38.5 38.7 37.5 38.3 38.0 38.3 38.2 -.1

Apparel ............................................................... 36.4 35.8 36.7 35.9 36.5 36.1 36.1 35.6 36.5 35.7 -.8

Leather and allied products ............................ 37.2 32.1 33.0 33.6 37.5 32.4 32.0 32.0 33.3 33.4 .1

Paper and paper products .............................. 42.9 41.8 41.8 41.8 42.9 41.4 41.2 41.8 42.0 41.8 -.2

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.3 37.8 37.8 38.3 38.2 37.7 37.6 38.1 38.3 38.4 .1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 45.5 43.7 44.1 44.3 45.6 43.8 43.4 43.4 43.2 44.3 1.1

Chemicals .......................................................... 41.5 41.4 41.6 41.8 41.4 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.6 41.7 .1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 41.0 40.1 40.0 40.5 41.0 39.8 39.8 39.8 40.4 40.2 -.2

Private service-providing ............................. 32.5 31.9 32.1 32.5 32.4 32.0 32.0 31.9 32.0 32.0 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.4 32.8 33.1 33.3 33.2 32.8 32.9 32.8 32.8 32.8 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.3 37.6 37.4 38.0 38.3 37.8 37.6 37.6 37.5 37.6 .1

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.3 29.9 30.3 30.2 30.0 29.8 29.9 29.8 29.8 29.8 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.7 35.8 36.4 36.9 36.4 35.8 36.0 35.8 36.3 36.1 -.2

Utilities ................................................................... 42.1 41.9 41.6 41.8 42.3 42.3 42.1 41.9 41.9 41.9 .0

Information ............................................................... 36.9 36.1 36.4 36.8 36.8 36.4 36.5 36.4 36.4 36.4 .0

Financial activities .................................................. 35.8 35.7 35.7 36.7 36.1 36.0 36.0 35.9 35.9 36.1 .2

Professional and business services .................... 35.0 34.7 34.5 35.4 34.9 34.7 34.7 34.6 34.6 34.8 .2

Education and health services ............................. 32.6 32.1 32.3 32.5 32.6 32.3 32.3 32.2 32.2 32.2 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.8 25.0 25.3 25.7 25.2 24.8 24.7 24.7 24.7 24.7 .0

Other services ......................................................... 31.1 30.3 30.5 30.9 30.9 30.5 30.5 30.3 30.4 30.5 .1

1 Data relate to production workers in mining and logging and manufacturing,

construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately

four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2

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

vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

 Aug. 

2008

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

 Aug. 

2008

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

Total private ....................................... $18.10 $18.42 $18.48 $18.58 $613.59 $609.70 $613.54 $624.29

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 18.18 18.54 18.59 18.65 612.67 611.82 615.33 617.32

Goods-producing .......................................... 19.53 19.83 19.96 20.01 794.87 779.32 788.42 796.40

Mining and logging ................................................. 23.06 22.94 23.06 23.22 1,051.54 1,000.18 986.97 1,019.36

Construction ............................................................ 22.16 22.47 22.65 22.75 875.32 858.35 878.82 884.98

Manufacturing ......................................................... 17.75 18.12 18.18 18.22 727.75 719.36 719.93 730.62

Durable goods ..................................................... 18.72 19.22 19.32 19.38 775.01 763.03 765.07 777.14

Wood products .................................................. 14.25 14.84 14.99 15.05 561.45 571.34 575.62 583.94

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.85 17.39 17.40 17.38 726.24 721.69 739.50 729.96

Primary metals .................................................. 20.28 19.90 20.22 20.25 865.96 796.00 802.73 826.20

Fabricated metal products .............................. 17.08 17.43 17.47 17.58 707.11 685.00 683.08 696.17

Machinery .......................................................... 17.97 18.25 18.34 18.40 763.73 724.53 722.60 730.48

Computer and electronic products ................ 21.21 21.67 21.88 22.07 869.61 873.30 870.82 878.39

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.94 16.23 16.34 16.27 650.35 631.35 627.46 631.28

Transportation equipment ............................... 23.88 24.95 24.98 24.69 1,002.96 1,015.47 1,021.68 1,039.45

Furniture and related products ....................... 14.59 15.11 15.21 15.18 566.09 578.71 582.54 579.88

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 15.33 16.08 16.18 16.57 608.60 612.65 618.08 644.57

Nondurable goods ............................................... 16.15 16.50 16.52 16.53 654.08 656.70 655.84 661.20

Food manufacturing ......................................... 14.02 14.34 14.34 14.40 572.02 573.60 569.30 578.88

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 18.60 20.20 20.14 20.27 716.10 719.12 704.90 725.67

Textile mills ........................................................ 13.67 13.62 13.50 13.79 542.70 520.28 508.95 525.40

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.78 11.56 11.18 11.22 460.60 448.53 429.31 431.97

Apparel ............................................................... 11.28 11.38 11.40 11.35 410.59 407.40 418.38 407.47

Leather and allied products ............................ 12.94 14.06 13.69 13.92 481.37 451.33 451.77 467.71

Paper and paper products .............................. 18.81 19.29 19.49 19.29 806.95 806.32 814.68 806.32

Printing and related support activities ........... 16.83 16.56 16.59 16.87 644.59 625.97 627.10 646.12

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 27.69 29.42 29.70 29.53 1,259.90 1,285.65 1,309.77 1,308.18

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.53 20.18 20.34 20.24 810.50 835.45 846.14 846.03

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 15.86 16.06 15.84 15.88 650.26 644.01 633.60 643.14

Private service-providing ............................. 17.73 18.11 18.16 18.27 576.23 577.71 582.94 593.78

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 16.21 16.35 16.39 16.56 541.41 536.28 542.51 551.45

Wholesale trade ................................................... 20.23 20.66 20.84 21.05 774.81 776.82 779.42 799.90

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.93 12.96 12.99 13.10 391.78 387.50 393.60 395.62

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 18.52 18.54 18.64 18.75 679.68 663.73 678.50 691.88

Utilities ................................................................... 28.64 29.27 29.39 29.61 1,205.74 1,226.41 1,222.62 1,237.70

Information ............................................................... 24.87 25.26 25.31 25.51 917.70 911.89 921.28 938.77

Financial activities .................................................. 20.29 20.66 20.66 20.77 726.38 737.56 737.56 762.26

Professional and business services .................... 21.12 22.11 22.24 22.40 739.20 767.22 767.28 792.96

Education and health services ............................. 18.95 19.32 19.47 19.42 617.77 620.17 628.88 631.15

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 10.79 10.97 10.95 11.01 278.38 274.25 277.04 282.96

Other services ......................................................... 16.10 16.16 16.16 16.24 500.71 489.65 492.88 501.82

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

 Aug. 

2008

 Apr. 

2009

 May 

2009

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

Percent

change from:

July 2009-

Aug. 2009 p

Current dollars ................................................ $18.18 $18.50 $18.53 $18.54 $18.59 $18.65 0.3

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.20 8.65 8.65 8.57 8.59 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 19.43 19.82 19.84 19.85 19.94 19.94 .0

Mining and logging ................................................................. 23.01 23.38 23.26 23.28 23.30 23.34 .2

Construction ............................................................................ 22.02 22.55 22.59 22.58 22.63 22.66 .1

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 17.78 18.11 18.11 18.13 18.28 18.26 -.1

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

4 Excluding overtime 17.01 17.51 17.49 17.51 17.64 17.62 -.1

Durable goods ..................................................................... 18.74 19.18 19.23 19.22 19.44 19.40 -.2

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 16.19 16.49 16.45 16.54 16.54 16.60 .4

Private service-providing ............................................. 17.87 18.21 18.24 18.25 18.29 18.37 .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 16.23 16.38 16.42 16.38 16.42 16.55 .8

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 20.28 20.70 20.87 20.79 20.88 21.01 .6

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.92 12.96 12.97 12.96 12.96 13.09 1.0

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 18.48 18.62 18.63 18.54 18.62 18.71 .5

Utilities ................................................................................... 28.89 29.29 29.45 29.44 29.56 29.89 1.1

Information ............................................................................... 24.95 25.28 25.41 25.45 25.44 25.54 .4

Financial activities .................................................................. 20.37 20.64 20.75 20.78 20.76 20.78 .1

Professional and business services .................................... 21.38 22.26 22.26 22.32 22.41 22.49 .4

Education and health services ............................................. 18.96 19.33 19.34 19.39 19.44 19.47 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 10.89 10.97 10.99 11.05 11.08 11.13 .5

Other services ......................................................................... 16.17 16.22 16.24 16.24 16.26 16.30 .2

3( )

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers

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

3 Change was 0.2 percent from June 2009 to July 2009, the latest month available.

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

and one-half.

N.A. = not available.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Aug. 

2008

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

 Aug. 

2008

 Apr. 

2009

 May 

2009

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

Percent

change from:

July 2009-

Aug. 2009p

Total private ....................................... 108.2 100.4 100.6 101.6 106.4 100.1 99.8 99.1 99.2 98.9 -0.3

Goods-producing .......................................... 100.4 82.8 83.1 83.7 96.7 82.9 81.8 80.8 80.8 80.1 -.9

Mining and logging ................................................. 147.6 123.5 121.0 122.0 142.0 125.2 123.6 122.0 119.0 117.8 -1.0

Construction ............................................................ 115.5 93.8 95.8 95.4 107.0 90.8 90.1 88.7 88.1 87.1 -1.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 91.2 76.1 75.5 76.7 90.0 77.5 76.0 75.4 75.8 75.4 -.5

Durable goods ..................................................... 93.1 74.2 73.4 74.5 91.8 76.1 74.5 73.4 74.3 73.4 -1.2

Wood products .................................................. 80.3 61.7 61.6 62.4 76.6 60.8 59.3 59.2 58.9 58.2 -1.2

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 96.6 78.5 80.9 80.2 91.7 76.8 76.3 75.3 76.5 75.3 -1.6

Primary metals .................................................. 88.4 63.3 63.0 65.0 87.7 67.6 65.8 63.4 64.4 64.7 .5

Fabricated metal products .............................. 102.0 80.3 78.9 80.2 101.0 82.6 81.3 80.5 79.8 79.4 -.5

Machinery .......................................................... 102.9 78.0 76.4 76.9 102.8 82.9 80.3 78.9 77.9 77.7 -.3

Computer and electronic products ................ 101.6 89.6 88.3 86.6 101.5 91.1 90.0 88.6 88.5 87.0 -1.7

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 89.2 74.5 72.9 73.3 88.8 76.7 75.0 74.2 73.1 73.0 -.1

Transportation equipment ............................... 86.9 67.1 66.9 70.3 86.1 69.7 66.8 65.9 70.7 69.1 -2.3

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 70.0 48.0 47.6 52.5 68.6 50.7 47.4 46.7 52.5 51.3 -2.3

Furniture and related products ....................... 75.7 59.4 58.9 57.8 73.3 59.9 59.2 58.2 57.8 56.2 -2.8

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 91.6 82.1 80.9 82.6 90.8 82.9 81.8 81.3 81.5 81.3 -.2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 88.6 79.1 78.8 79.9 87.1 79.4 78.7 78.4 78.2 78.5 .4

Food manufacturing ......................................... 104.2 98.8 99.4 102.2 100.7 99.1 98.6 98.5 97.7 99.0 1.3

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 96.6 85.8 85.6 89.6 91.8 85.0 86.3 83.5 82.8 85.0 2.7

Textile mills ........................................................ 48.8 38.4 36.6 37.5 48.8 37.9 37.2 37.9 37.2 36.9 -.8

Textile product mills ......................................... 70.4 59.9 58.8 59.2 69.4 58.4 59.3 58.7 59.0 58.9 -.2

Apparel ............................................................... 58.1 45.0 45.6 45.2 57.6 46.8 46.9 44.3 45.5 44.0 -3.3

Leather and allied products ............................ 72.3 54.7 54.7 54.1 72.4 57.2 55.6 53.6 57.0 54.4 -4.6

Paper and paper products .............................. 84.2 74.9 74.8 74.2 83.6 74.9 73.5 74.5 74.3 73.6 -.9

Printing and related support activities ........... 85.7 74.3 73.0 73.6 85.3 75.2 74.7 74.6 74.1 73.7 -.5

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 109.6 92.0 94.7 95.9 105.6 90.0 88.9 89.0 89.0 91.5 2.8

Chemicals .......................................................... 95.1 89.2 89.7 89.9 94.6 88.8 88.2 88.3 89.0 89.4 .4

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 88.7 72.9 71.0 72.4 88.0 74.1 72.5 71.9 71.9 71.4 -.7

Private service-providing ............................. 110.3 105.0 105.6 106.6 109.1 104.8 104.7 104.1 104.3 104.2 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 104.4 98.1 98.5 98.9 103.6 98.4 98.5 97.9 97.5 97.4 -.1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 109.4 102.0 101.2 102.3 109.0 102.7 101.8 101.4 100.7 100.5 -.2

Retail trade ........................................................... 101.3 96.1 97.1 96.8 100.2 96.2 96.3 95.8 95.5 95.4 -.1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 107.7 99.4 99.2 100.5 107.3 100.0 100.0 99.0 99.9 99.3 -.6

Utilities ................................................................... 97.8 98.6 97.6 98.0 97.7 98.9 98.3 97.8 97.5 97.7 .2

Information ............................................................... 100.8 94.3 94.5 94.7 100.4 96.0 95.3 94.4 94.0 93.5 -.5

Financial activities .................................................. 108.4 103.1 103.4 105.6 108.4 104.0 103.6 102.9 102.7 102.9 .2

Professional and business services .................... 115.7 106.4 105.9 108.6 114.0 106.7 106.4 105.3 105.1 105.4 .3

Education and health services ............................. 114.7 115.9 116.0 116.9 116.7 117.1 117.4 117.3 117.5 117.8 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 118.0 111.7 114.0 115.2 109.9 105.7 105.7 105.5 105.5 105.3 -.2

Other services ......................................................... 101.7 97.8 98.7 99.2 100.2 96.9 97.0 96.4 96.8 97.0 .2

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and

motor vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The index of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing

the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the

corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production

and nonsupervisory worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Aug. 

2008

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

 Aug. 

2008

 Apr. 

2009

 May 

2009

 June 

2009

 July 

2009p

 Aug. 

2009p

Percent

change from:

July 2009-

Aug. 2009p

Total private ....................................... 130.8 123.6 124.2 126.1 129.2 123.7 123.6 122.8 123.2 123.3 0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 120.1 100.5 101.6 102.5 115.0 100.6 99.4 98.2 98.7 97.8 -.9

Mining and logging ................................................. 197.9 164.8 162.3 164.8 190.1 170.3 167.2 165.1 161.3 160.0 -.8

Construction ............................................................ 138.3 113.8 117.1 117.1 127.3 110.5 109.9 108.2 107.6 106.6 -.9

Manufacturing ......................................................... 105.9 90.1 89.8 91.4 104.6 91.8 90.1 89.4 90.6 90.0 -.7

Durable goods ..................................................... 108.8 89.0 88.6 90.1 107.5 91.2 89.5 88.0 90.2 89.0 -1.3

Nondurable goods ............................................... 101.1 92.3 92.0 93.4 99.7 92.5 91.5 91.6 91.4 92.1 .8

Private service-providing ............................. 134.0 130.4 131.4 133.6 133.6 130.8 130.9 130.3 130.8 131.2 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 120.7 114.4 115.1 116.9 120.0 115.0 115.4 114.4 114.2 114.9 .6

Wholesale trade ................................................... 130.4 124.1 124.3 126.8 130.2 125.2 125.1 124.1 123.8 124.4 .5

Retail trade ........................................................... 112.3 106.7 108.1 108.7 110.9 106.8 107.1 106.4 106.1 107.0 .8

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 126.6 117.0 117.3 119.6 125.8 118.2 118.2 116.4 118.0 117.9 -.1

Utilities ................................................................... 116.9 120.4 119.7 121.1 117.8 120.9 120.8 120.1 120.3 121.9 1.3

Information ............................................................... 124.1 118.0 118.5 119.6 124.0 120.1 119.9 119.0 118.4 118.2 -.2

Financial activities .................................................. 136.0 131.7 132.0 135.6 136.5 132.7 132.9 132.2 131.8 132.2 .3

Professional and business services .................... 145.4 139.9 140.1 144.8 145.0 141.3 140.9 139.8 140.1 141.0 .6

Education and health services ............................. 142.9 147.2 148.5 149.2 145.4 148.8 149.3 149.5 150.1 150.7 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 144.6 139.2 141.8 144.0 135.9 131.7 131.9 132.4 132.7 133.1 .3

Other services ......................................................... 119.3 115.2 116.2 117.4 118.0 114.6 114.8 114.0 114.6 115.2 .5

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The index of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls

by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate

payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory

worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

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

Private nonfarm payrolls, 271 industries

Manufacturing payrolls, 83 industries

1

1

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Time span

2005 ......................................................... 52.6 60.1 54.1 58.1 56.8 58.3 58.5 59.2 54.2 55.9 62.7 57.6

2006 ......................................................... 64.9 62.2 63.8 59.8 49.1 51.8 59.2 55.4 55.7 56.3 59.4 60.7

2007 ......................................................... 53.5 55.5 52.4 49.4 55.9 48.3 50.7 46.5 55.9 57.2 59.4 57.9

2008 ......................................................... 42.1 40.6 44.1 41.1 42.6 36.9 37.6 39.1 34.7 33.0 27.1 20.5

2009 ......................................................... 22.1 20.8 19.6 21.8 29.3 25.8 p 29.9 p 35.2

2005 ......................................................... 51.7 57.2 59.0 59.8 57.9 62.0 60.5 62.9 60.3 55.5 56.3 62.7

2006 ......................................................... 67.7 68.6 65.1 65.1 60.5 58.9 55.5 57.0 55.0 54.4 59.0 64.2

2007 ......................................................... 62.5 54.8 54.2 54.8 54.1 50.4 52.8 48.7 53.3 53.9 58.3 62.5

2008 ......................................................... 57.7 44.8 40.2 39.7 37.3 33.6 33.6 32.8 34.9 33.2 26.9 20.8

2009 ......................................................... 18.6 14.2 15.1 15.3 20.3 22.0 p 22.5 p 24.4

2005 ......................................................... 55.4 57.9 58.1 57.0 58.3 60.9 63.1 63.3 61.6 59.6 61.4 62.5

2006 ......................................................... 64.6 63.8 67.5 66.2 65.5 66.6 60.3 61.1 57.9 57.9 62.4 59.0

2007 ......................................................... 60.3 57.2 60.5 58.3 55.5 56.5 52.8 52.4 56.6 54.4 56.8 59.0

2008 ......................................................... 56.6 53.0 50.7 47.4 40.2 33.4 31.0 33.4 30.6 29.0 26.0 24.4

2009 ......................................................... 21.6 17.2 15.1 15.3 15.9 16.6 p 16.8 p 20.8

2005 ......................................................... 60.9 60.9 60.0 59.2 58.3 60.3 61.3 63.3 60.7 59.2 59.8 61.8

2006 ......................................................... 67.2 65.5 65.9 62.9 65.5 66.8 64.8 64.4 66.6 65.9 64.9 66.2

2007 ......................................................... 63.3 59.4 61.1 59.6 59.2 58.3 56.8 57.2 59.4 58.9 58.1 59.6

2008 ......................................................... 54.4 56.1 52.6 49.1 50.2 47.8 43.7 42.3 38.0 37.8 32.3 28.2

2009 ......................................................... 24.0 22.0 19.9 18.1 17.5 17.2 p 17.3 p 16.2

2005 ......................................................... 36.7 46.4 42.2 46.4 40.4 33.7 41.0 43.4 45.8 47.6 44.6 47.0

2006 ......................................................... 57.8 49.4 53.6 47.0 37.3 50.6 49.4 42.2 40.4 42.8 41.0 44.0

2007 ......................................................... 44.6 41.0 30.7 24.7 38.0 32.5 43.4 30.7 39.2 42.8 60.8 48.2

2008 ......................................................... 30.7 28.9 37.3 32.5 40.4 25.3 25.9 27.7 22.9 18.7 15.1 10.2

2009 ......................................................... 6.0 9.6 10.8 16.3 11.4 12.0 p 22.3 p 29.5

2005 ......................................................... 36.7 43.4 41.0 41.6 35.5 36.1 34.9 36.7 42.2 44.0 38.6 48.8

2006 ......................................................... 56.6 57.2 48.2 48.2 44.6 50.0 43.4 45.2 36.7 33.1 35.5 39.2

2007 ......................................................... 40.4 33.1 33.1 28.9 29.5 30.1 31.9 28.9 30.7 30.7 39.2 51.2

2008 ......................................................... 48.8 33.7 28.3 29.5 26.5 22.9 19.9 16.9 22.3 21.1 15.1 11.4

2009 ......................................................... 6.0 3.6 3.6 7.8 8.4 12.0 p 8.4 p 13.3

2005 ......................................................... 33.7 39.8 38.0 36.1 35.5 34.9 39.8 36.1 36.1 38.0 36.7 39.8

2006 ......................................................... 45.2 45.2 50.6 48.8 50.6 50.0 45.2 47.0 43.4 42.2 39.8 34.3

2007 ......................................................... 37.3 33.1 29.5 28.9 30.7 34.9 28.9 26.5 29.5 28.3 33.7 38.0

2008 ......................................................... 34.3 30.1 37.3 35.5 25.3 20.5 17.5 18.1 16.9 13.3 11.4 9.6

2009 ......................................................... 9.0 4.8 4.8 6.0 4.8 4.8 p 7.2 p 9.0

2005 ......................................................... 45.2 44.0 42.2 41.0 36.7 35.5 32.5 34.3 33.1 33.7 33.7 38.0

2006 ......................................................... 44.0 41.0 41.0 39.8 39.8 45.2 42.2 42.8 47.0 48.8 45.8 44.6

2007 ......................................................... 39.8 36.7 37.3 30.7 28.9 29.5 30.7 28.9 33.1 28.9 34.3 35.5

2008 ......................................................... 27.7 28.9 25.9 25.3 30.7 27.1 24.7 19.3 21.7 21.7 16.9 15.1

2009 ......................................................... 8.4 4.8 4.8 4.8 6.0 6.0 p 6.6 p 4.8

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

unadjusted data for the 12-month span.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing

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

50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing

and decreasing employment.