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Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

September 2004 – August 2007

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

September 2004 – August 2007

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 2007

Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-4,000) in August, and the unemployment

rate remained at 4.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported

today. Over the last 3 months, total payroll employment changes have averaged 44,000 per month and

private sector employment changes have averaged 72,000 per month (as revised). In August, employment in

manufacturing, construction, and local government education declined, while job growth continued in health

care and food services.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

The number of unemployed and the unemployment rate held at 7.1 million and 4.6 percent, respectively,

in August. The unemployment level and rate were little changed from a year earlier. In August, the unemployment rates for adult men (4.1 percent), adult women (4.1 percent), teenagers (16.1 percent), whites

(4.2 percent), blacks (7.7 percent), and Hispanics (5.5 percent) showed little or no change. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.4 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

In August, the civilian labor force edged down to 152.9 million, and the labor force participation rate

decreased to 65.8 percent. The declines were largely due to a drop in labor force participation among

teenagers; their participation rate fell to 39.7 percent. Total employment (145.8 million) and the employment-population ratio (62.8 percent) were little changed over the month. (See table A-1.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Civilian labor force ............................. 152,912 152,807 153,072 153,231 152,891 -340

Employment ................................... 146,044 145,956 146,140 146,110 145,794 -316

Unemployment ................................ 6,869 6,851 6,933 7,121 7,097 -24

Not in labor force ............................... 77,927 78,675 78,641 78,727 79,319 592

All workers ......................................... 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 0.0

Adult men ......................................... 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.1 -.1

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

Teenagers ........................................ 14.8 15.6 15.8 15.2 16.1 .9

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

Black or African American ................. 8.1 8.4 8.5 8.0 7.7 -.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity .................... 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.5 -.4

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment ............................ 137,447 137,864 137,973 p 138,041 p 138,037 p -4

Goods-producing 1................................ 22,505 22,447 22,436 p 22,426 p 22,362 p -64

Construction .................................. 7,684 7,665 7,665 p 7,651 p 7,629 p -22

Manufacturing ............................... 14,111 14,064 14,050 p 14,049 p 14,003 p -46

Service-providing 1 ............................ 114,942 115,417 115,537 p 115,615 p 115,675 p 60

 Retail trade 2 .......................... 15,375 15,385 15,383 p 15,388 p 15,401 p 13

Professional and business services ....... 17,826 17,879 17,886 p 17,911 p 17,917 p 6

Education and health services ................... 18,143 18,301 18,364 p 18,414 p 18,477 p 63

Leisure and hospitality ..................... 13,423 13,524 13,554 p 13,560 p 13,572 p 12

Government .................................... 22,170 22,233 22,234 p 22,182 p 22,154 p -28

Total private ......................................... 33.8 33.8 33.9 p 33.8 p 33.8 p 0.0

Manufacturing ................................... 41.0 41.2 41.4 p 41.3 p 41.3 p .0

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

Total private ...................................... 106.8 107.4 107.7 p 107.6 p 107.6 p 0.0

Average hourly earnings, total private ....... $17.16 $17.32 $17.40 p $17.45 p $17.50 p $0.05

Average weekly earnings, total private ...... 579.90 586.11 589.86 p 589.81 p 591.50 p 1.69

Earnings 3

 Employment

Labor force status

Unemployment rates 

p = preliminary.

July-Aug. 

change

Hours of work 3

1

 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2

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

3

 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.

Category

Quarterly averages Monthly data

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

I 2007 II 2007 June 2007 July 2007 Aug. 2007
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The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons, at 4.5 million in August, was 359,000

higher than a year earlier. This category includes persons who indicated that they would like to work full

time but were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find

full-time jobs. (See table A-5.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

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

August, down by 227,000 from a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available to work and

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

they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there

were 392,000 discouraged workers in August, little different from a year earlier. Discouraged workers were

not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The nearly

1.0 million remaining 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 and family responsibilities. (See

table A-13.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

In August, total payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-4,000) at 138.0 million, seasonally

adjusted. This followed little job growth in June (+69,000) and July (+68,000), as revised. In August,

employment continued to fall in manufacturing and construction; local government education also lost jobs.

Job gains continued in health care and in food services and drinking places. (See table B-1.)

Manufacturing employment declined by 46,000 in August. This industry has lost 215,000 jobs over the

past year. In August, declines were widespread among component industries. Within durable goods, there

were job losses in motor vehicles and parts (-11,000), machinery (-7,000), wood products (-7,000),

furniture and related products (-4,000), and semiconductors and electronic components (-4,000). In

nondurable goods manufacturing, job losses continued in apparel (-4,000) and in textile mills (-2,000).

Construction employment declined in August (-22,000), with most of the loss occurring among residential

specialty trade contractors. Since its most recent peak in September 2006, construction employment has

fallen by 96,000.

Employment in local government education fell by 32,000 in August, as seasonal hiring was less

than usual.

Health care employment continued to grow in August (+35,000); the industry added 396,000 jobs over

the year. In August, employment continued to grow in all the components of health care: ambulatory care

services (+18,000), hospitals (+11,000), and nursing and residential care (+6,000). Employment in social

assistance rose by 14,000 and was 83,000 above its year-ago level.

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

August (+24,000). The industry has added 350,000 jobs over the year. Employment in the

accommodations industry has trended down over the past 3 months.

Employment in retail trade was little changed in August. A job gain in building material and garden

supply stores was partially offset by a decline in general merchandise stores. Wholesale trade employment

changed little in August.
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Employment in financial activities was flat in August, following a large increase in July. Within the

industry, employment in credit intermediation edged down over the month and is 19,000 below its most

recent peak in February 2007. In professional and business services, management and technical consulting

services added 7,000 jobs in August, and temporary help employment continued to trend down. Temporary

help has lost 72,000 jobs thus far in 2007.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls, at

33.8 hours, and the manufacturing workweek, at 41.3 hours, were unchanged in August. Factory overtime

fell by 0.1 hour to 4.1 hours. (See table B-2.)

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

payrolls was unchanged in August at 107.6 (2002=100). The manufacturing index fell by 0.3 percent over

the month to 95.4. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 5 cents, or 0.3 percent, in August to $17.50, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings

grew by 0.3 percent over the month to $591.50. Over the year, both average hourly and weekly earnings

rose by 3.9 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for September 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 5,

at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
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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 104,000 is statistically significant in the establishment

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

establishment survey also provides better measures of employment levels and changes by industry than the

household survey. 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 foreign-born

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

to identify the foreign born in the United States. Data from these questions show that foreign-born workers

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

labor force from 2000 to 2006.

Why does the establishment survey have revisions?

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

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

survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate

additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey. For more information on the monthly revisions,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

this goal.

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?

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

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

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

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

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

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

survey twice a year.

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

benefits?

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

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

on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey.

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

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

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

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

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

as well as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

the household and establishment surveys. However, the ad-
justed series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, total employment, and

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components;

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons,

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and

including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new

seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month’s data. In

the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each

month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both

surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather

than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample

estimates may differ from the “true” population values they represent.

The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or

level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no

more than 1.6 standard errors from the “true” population value because

of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-

percent level of confidence.

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total

employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or

minus 430,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases

by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence

interval on the monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000

(100,000 +/- 430,000). These figures do not mean that the sample

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

90-percent chance that the “true” over-the-month change lies within

this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we

could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased.

If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then

all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be

greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance)

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

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

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

monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than

estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the

collection or processing of the data.

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most

recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these

estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two

successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from

less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 229,167 231,958 232,211 229,167 231,253 231,480 231,713 231,958 232,211

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 152,465 154,871 153,493 151,734 152,587 152,762 153,072 153,231 152,891

 Participation rate ..................................................... 66.5 66.8 66.1 66.2 66.0 66.0 66.1 66.1 65.8

 Employed .................................................................... 145,379 147,315 146,406 144,618 145,786 145,943 146,140 146,110 145,794

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 63.4 63.5 63.0 63.1 63.0 63.0 63.1 63.0 62.8

 Unemployed ............................................................... 7,086 7,556 7,088 7,116 6,801 6,819 6,933 7,121 7,097

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 76,702 77,087 78,717 77,433 78,666 78,718 78,641 78,727 79,319

 Persons who currently want a job ............................... 5,131 4,900 4,965 4,887 4,773 4,928 4,898 4,782 4,744

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 110,792 112,222 112,354 110,792 111,849 111,970 112,093 112,222 112,354

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 82,027 83,383 82,541 81,309 82,076 82,083 82,110 82,167 81,915

 Participation rate ..................................................... 74.0 74.3 73.5 73.4 73.4 73.3 73.3 73.2 72.9

 Employed .................................................................... 78,446 79,542 78,972 77,482 78,344 78,323 78,281 78,292 78,082

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 70.8 70.9 70.3 69.9 70.0 70.0 69.8 69.8 69.5

 Unemployed ............................................................... 3,581 3,841 3,569 3,827 3,732 3,760 3,829 3,875 3,833

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

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 28,765 28,839 29,813 29,482 29,773 29,887 29,983 30,055 30,439

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 102,308 103,598 103,723 102,308 103,248 103,361 103,477 103,598 103,723

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 77,928 79,078 78,793 77,616 78,459 78,524 78,502 78,651 78,512

 Participation rate ..................................................... 76.2 76.3 76.0 75.9 76.0 76.0 75.9 75.9 75.7

 Employed .................................................................... 74,973 75,947 75,821 74,421 75,313 75,380 75,312 75,362 75,284

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 73.3 73.3 73.1 72.7 72.9 72.9 72.8 72.7 72.6

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,955 3,131 2,972 3,195 3,146 3,144 3,190 3,289 3,228

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 3.8 4.0 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.1

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 24,380 24,521 24,930 24,692 24,789 24,837 24,975 24,948 25,211

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 118,376 119,736 119,856 118,376 119,403 119,510 119,620 119,736 119,856

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 70,438 71,488 70,952 70,425 70,511 70,679 70,962 71,064 70,976

 Participation rate ..................................................... 59.5 59.7 59.2 59.5 59.1 59.1 59.3 59.4 59.2

 Employed .................................................................... 66,933 67,773 67,433 67,136 67,442 67,620 67,859 67,819 67,712

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 56.5 56.6 56.3 56.7 56.5 56.6 56.7 56.6 56.5

 Unemployed ............................................................... 3,505 3,715 3,519 3,289 3,069 3,059 3,104 3,245 3,264

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.6

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 47,937 48,248 48,904 47,951 48,893 48,831 48,658 48,672 48,880

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 110,134 111,367 111,479 110,134 111,057 111,157 111,259 111,367 111,479

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 66,535 67,293 67,319 66,856 67,083 67,281 67,474 67,579 67,628

 Participation rate ..................................................... 60.4 60.4 60.4 60.7 60.4 60.5 60.6 60.7 60.7

 Employed .................................................................... 63,606 64,184 64,311 64,118 64,502 64,701 64,855 64,808 64,845

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 57.8 57.6 57.7 58.2 58.1 58.2 58.3 58.2 58.2

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,929 3,110 3,008 2,738 2,581 2,580 2,619 2,771 2,783

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.1

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 43,599 44,073 44,160 43,277 43,974 43,875 43,785 43,788 43,851

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 16,725 16,993 17,009 16,725 16,948 16,962 16,977 16,993 17,009

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 8,003 8,500 7,382 7,262 7,045 6,957 7,096 7,002 6,751

 Participation rate ..................................................... 47.8 50.0 43.4 43.4 41.6 41.0 41.8 41.2 39.7

 Employed .................................................................... 6,801 7,184 6,274 6,079 5,970 5,862 5,972 5,940 5,665

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 40.7 42.3 36.9 36.3 35.2 34.6 35.2 35.0 33.3

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,202 1,316 1,108 1,183 1,075 1,095 1,124 1,062 1,086

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 15.0 15.5 15.0 16.3 15.3 15.7 15.8 15.2 16.1

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 8,723 8,493 9,626 9,464 9,903 10,005 9,881 9,991 10,257

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

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 186,500 188,312 188,479 186,500 187,843 187,993 188,148 188,312 188,479

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 124,671 126,102 125,033 124,149 124,450 124,618 124,922 124,966 124,593

 Participation rate ....................................................... 66.8 67.0 66.3 66.6 66.3 66.3 66.4 66.4 66.1

 Employed .................................................................... 119,575 120,635 119,790 119,023 119,547 119,724 119,872 119,747 119,349

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 64.1 64.1 63.6 63.8 63.6 63.7 63.7 63.6 63.3

 Unemployed ............................................................... 5,096 5,468 5,243 5,127 4,904 4,893 5,050 5,219 5,243

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.2

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 61,828 62,210 63,447 62,350 63,393 63,375 63,226 63,346 63,887

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 64,815 65,424 65,174 64,613 65,165 65,196 65,197 65,224 65,018

 Participation rate ....................................................... 76.6 76.6 76.2 76.4 76.5 76.4 76.4 76.3 76.0

 Employed .................................................................... 62,666 63,122 62,914 62,260 62,884 62,924 62,871 62,768 62,556

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 74.1 73.9 73.6 73.6 73.8 73.8 73.6 73.5 73.1

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,149 2,302 2,261 2,353 2,282 2,272 2,326 2,456 2,462

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.8

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 53,216 53,638 53,702 53,517 53,486 53,663 53,842 53,922 53,961

 Participation rate ....................................................... 59.8 59.7 59.7 60.1 59.7 59.8 60.0 60.0 60.0

 Employed .................................................................... 51,122 51,415 51,512 51,596 51,636 51,842 51,953 51,957 51,978

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 57.4 57.2 57.3 58.0 57.6 57.8 57.9 57.9 57.8

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,094 2,223 2,190 1,922 1,851 1,821 1,889 1,965 1,983

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 3.9 4.1 4.1 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 6,640 7,040 6,156 6,019 5,799 5,759 5,884 5,820 5,614

 Participation rate ....................................................... 51.5 53.9 47.1 46.7 44.5 44.2 45.1 44.6 43.0

 Employed .................................................................... 5,787 6,098 5,363 5,166 5,027 4,958 5,048 5,022 4,816

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 44.9 46.7 41.1 40.1 38.6 38.0 38.7 38.5 36.9

 Unemployed ............................................................... 853 942 793 853 772 800 836 797 798

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 12.8 13.4 12.9 14.2 13.3 13.9 14.2 13.7 14.2

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 27,065 27,498 27,541 27,065 27,385 27,422 27,459 27,498 27,541

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 17,479 17,895 17,621 17,361 17,510 17,433 17,493 17,645 17,523

 Participation rate ....................................................... 64.6 65.1 64.0 64.1 63.9 63.6 63.7 64.2 63.6

 Employed .................................................................... 15,946 16,307 16,268 15,839 16,065 15,946 16,005 16,229 16,175

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 58.9 59.3 59.1 58.5 58.7 58.2 58.3 59.0 58.7

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,533 1,588 1,352 1,522 1,444 1,487 1,488 1,416 1,349

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 8.8 8.9 7.7 8.8 8.2 8.5 8.5 8.0 7.7

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 9,586 9,603 9,920 9,705 9,875 9,988 9,966 9,854 10,018

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 7,770 8,039 8,036 7,729 7,860 7,788 7,816 7,987 7,955

 Participation rate ....................................................... 71.4 72.7 72.5 71.0 71.4 70.6 70.8 72.2 71.8

 Employed .................................................................... 7,153 7,423 7,524 7,086 7,201 7,146 7,144 7,383 7,411

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 65.7 67.1 67.9 65.1 65.4 64.8 64.7 66.7 66.9

 Unemployed ............................................................... 617 617 512 643 659 642 672 604 545

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 7.9 7.7 6.4 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.6 7.6 6.8

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 8,798 8,896 8,782 8,790 8,798 8,832 8,858 8,880 8,808

 Participation rate ....................................................... 64.7 64.5 63.6 64.6 64.0 64.2 64.3 64.4 63.8

 Employed .................................................................... 8,147 8,217 8,200 8,154 8,273 8,234 8,298 8,274 8,241

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 59.9 59.6 59.4 60.0 60.2 59.8 60.2 60.0 59.7

 Unemployed ............................................................... 652 679 582 636 525 598 561 605 567

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 7.4 7.6 6.6 7.2 6.0 6.8 6.3 6.8 6.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 910 960 803 842 852 814 819 778 760

 Participation rate ....................................................... 35.3 36.3 30.3 32.7 32.4 30.9 31.0 29.4 28.7

 Employed .................................................................... 647 667 544 598 591 567 564 572 523

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 25.1 25.2 20.5 23.2 22.5 21.5 21.4 21.6 19.7

 Unemployed ............................................................... 264 292 259 243 261 247 255 206 237

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 29.0 30.5 32.2 28.9 30.6 30.4 31.2 26.5 31.2

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.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 10,229 10,640 10,674 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 6,706 7,161 7,160 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 65.6 67.3 67.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 6,511 6,949 6,917 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 63.7 65.3 64.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 196 212 242 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 2.9 3.0 3.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 3,522 3,479 3,514 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 30,232 31,423 31,520 30,232 31,147 31,238 31,329 31,423 31,520

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 20,679 21,752 21,832 20,652 21,445 21,425 21,404 21,602 21,795

 Participation rate ....................................................... 68.4 69.2 69.3 68.3 68.9 68.6 68.3 68.7 69.1

 Employed .................................................................... 19,588 20,454 20,647 19,551 20,284 20,189 20,191 20,331 20,599

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 64.8 65.1 65.5 64.7 65.1 64.6 64.4 64.7 65.4

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,091 1,298 1,185 1,101 1,161 1,237 1,212 1,271 1,196

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 5.3 6.0 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.5

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 9,553 9,670 9,688 9,581 9,702 9,813 9,926 9,821 9,725

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 11,870 12,419 12,442 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 84.2 84.7 84.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 11,368 11,931 11,959 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 80.6 81.3 81.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 502 488 483 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 7,722 8,170 8,291 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 58.0 59.2 59.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 7,307 7,598 7,779 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 54.9 55.0 56.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 414 572 512 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 5.4 7.0 6.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 1,088 1,163 1,099 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 38.7 39.5 37.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 913 926 910 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 32.5 31.4 30.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 175 238 189 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 16.1 20.4 17.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

any race. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 12,804 11,865 12,015 12,771 12,765 12,440 12,017 12,141 12,031

 Participation rate ......................................................... 46.3 46.7 46.4 46.2 46.5 45.9 45.0 47.8 46.4

 Employed ...................................................................... 11,992 11,045 11,275 11,896 11,847 11,610 11,208 11,274 11,225

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 43.4 43.5 43.5 43.0 43.1 42.9 41.9 44.4 43.3

 Unemployed ................................................................. 812 821 739 875 917 831 809 867 806

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 6.3 6.9 6.2 6.9 7.2 6.7 6.7 7.1 6.7

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 38,308 37,798 38,388 38,395 38,319 38,103 38,277 38,447 38,549

 Participation rate ......................................................... 63.2 62.2 62.7 63.3 62.6 62.6 62.8 63.3 62.9

 Employed ...................................................................... 36,624 36,093 36,781 36,639 36,758 36,383 36,721 36,743 36,885

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 60.4 59.4 60.1 60.4 60.1 59.8 60.3 60.5 60.2

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,684 1,705 1,607 1,756 1,562 1,720 1,556 1,703 1,664

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.1 4.4 4.3

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 35,368 36,574 35,959 35,358 35,620 36,098 36,340 36,281 35,961

 Participation rate ......................................................... 72.2 72.0 71.9 72.2 72.2 72.8 72.8 71.4 71.9

 Employed ...................................................................... 34,101 35,221 34,622 34,080 34,337 34,865 35,077 34,998 34,629

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 69.6 69.3 69.2 69.5 69.6 70.3 70.3 68.9 69.2

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,266 1,353 1,337 1,278 1,283 1,234 1,263 1,283 1,331

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

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 42,352 44,295 44,331 42,712 43,567 44,052 44,254 44,474 44,594

 Participation rate ......................................................... 77.2 77.0 77.0 77.9 77.9 77.9 78.0 77.3 77.5

 Employed ...................................................................... 41,495 43,239 43,314 41,947 42,773 43,191 43,380 43,540 43,680

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 75.6 75.2 75.2 76.5 76.5 76.4 76.4 75.7 75.9

 Unemployed ................................................................. 857 1,056 1,017 765 793 861 874 934 914

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 2.0 2.4 2.3 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0

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

degrees. 

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls

used in the household survey. See box note in the BLS news release USDL

07-0486, "The Employment Situation: March 2007," issued on April 6, 2007, for a

discussion of technical issues regarding educational attainment data.
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Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ................................... 2,426 2,242 2,005 2,193 2,053 2,100 1,941 1,993 1,843

 Wage and salary workers ............................................. 1,434 1,328 1,144 1,251 1,205 1,224 1,155 1,157 1,016

 Self-employed workers ................................................. 967 872 850 911 858 845 775 823 806

 Unpaid family workers .................................................. 25 41 11 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ............................................... 142,953 145,073 144,401 142,509 143,687 143,815 144,122 144,159 143,952

 Wage and salary workers ............................................. 133,094 135,111 134,578 132,832 133,874 133,994 134,128 134,339 134,269

 Government ................................................................ 19,918 20,468 20,690 20,365 21,046 21,227 21,082 21,024 21,148

 Private industries ........................................................ 113,176 114,643 113,888 112,441 112,762 112,757 113,000 113,319 113,133

 Private households ................................................... 864 856 819 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries ........................................................ 112,312 113,787 113,069 111,661 111,967 111,892 112,196 112,554 112,384

 Self-employed workers ................................................. 9,769 9,830 9,709 9,636 9,713 9,716 9,878 9,706 9,652

 Unpaid family workers .................................................. 90 132 114 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

Part time for economic reasons .................................. 4,104 4,516 4,494 4,157 4,374 4,484 4,290 4,313 4,516

 Slack work or business conditions ........................... 2,557 2,693 2,838 2,683 2,849 2,963 2,790 2,724 2,933

 Could only find part-time work ................................. 1,127 1,402 1,113 1,163 1,248 1,265 1,203 1,217 1,168

Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 17,524 17,955 17,663 19,625 19,948 19,626 20,112 20,014 19,835

Nonagricultural industries:

Part time for economic reasons .................................. 4,019 4,456 4,424 4,083 4,308 4,403 4,194 4,240 4,459

 Slack work or business conditions ........................... 2,502 2,653 2,801 2,638 2,811 2,904 2,737 2,683 2,903

 Could only find part-time work ................................. 1,114 1,390 1,098 1,155 1,236 1,256 1,204 1,211 1,147

Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 17,125 17,559 17,350 19,235 19,570 19,200 19,758 19,660 19,569

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

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

industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who

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

reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.

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

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

various series. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population

controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 145,379 147,315 146,406 144,618 145,786 145,943 146,140 146,110 145,794

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 6,801 7,184 6,274 6,079 5,970 5,862 5,972 5,940 5,665

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 2,715 2,853 2,541 2,390 2,315 2,308 2,351 2,303 2,255

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 4,086 4,331 3,733 3,688 3,628 3,550 3,645 3,667 3,389

 20 years and over ......................................................... 138,578 140,131 140,131 138,539 139,815 140,081 140,167 140,170 140,129

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 14,366 14,533 14,139 14,054 13,982 13,967 13,994 13,964 13,876

 25 years and over ....................................................... 124,212 125,598 125,993 124,660 125,667 126,006 126,184 126,291 126,445

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 99,586 99,912 100,319 99,818 100,365 100,434 100,452 100,344 100,563

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 31,067 31,689 31,662 31,136 31,588 31,550 31,632 31,667 31,717

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 34,531 33,937 34,143 34,599 34,378 34,344 34,215 34,151 34,214

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 33,987 34,286 34,514 34,083 34,400 34,539 34,605 34,526 34,632

 55 years and over ..................................................... 24,626 25,686 25,674 24,843 25,302 25,572 25,732 25,947 25,882

Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 78,446 79,542 78,972 77,482 78,344 78,323 78,281 78,292 78,082

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 3,474 3,595 3,152 3,062 3,031 2,942 2,969 2,930 2,798

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 1,390 1,439 1,224 1,189 1,157 1,097 1,139 1,119 1,065

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 2,084 2,156 1,927 1,871 1,865 1,842 1,851 1,815 1,746

 20 years and over ......................................................... 74,973 75,947 75,821 74,421 75,313 75,380 75,312 75,362 75,284

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 7,727 7,826 7,539 7,499 7,412 7,406 7,368 7,417 7,333

 25 years and over ....................................................... 67,246 68,121 68,282 67,005 67,846 67,924 67,969 67,990 68,049

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 54,043 54,430 54,543 53,798 54,412 54,382 54,312 54,257 54,317

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 17,180 17,706 17,606 17,074 17,478 17,429 17,466 17,560 17,499

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 18,825 18,607 18,717 18,754 18,804 18,783 18,643 18,567 18,651

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 18,038 18,117 18,220 17,970 18,130 18,169 18,203 18,130 18,167

 55 years and over ..................................................... 13,203 13,691 13,739 13,206 13,434 13,543 13,657 13,733 13,732

Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 66,933 67,773 67,433 67,136 67,442 67,620 67,859 67,819 67,712

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 3,327 3,589 3,123 3,017 2,940 2,919 3,004 3,011 2,867

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 1,325 1,414 1,316 1,201 1,157 1,211 1,212 1,183 1,190

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 2,002 2,175 1,806 1,817 1,763 1,707 1,794 1,852 1,643

 20 years and over ......................................................... 63,606 64,184 64,311 64,118 64,502 64,701 64,855 64,808 64,845

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 6,639 6,707 6,600 6,555 6,570 6,561 6,626 6,546 6,544

 25 years and over ....................................................... 56,966 57,477 57,711 57,656 57,821 58,081 58,215 58,301 58,396

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 45,543 45,481 45,776 46,019 45,954 46,052 46,140 46,087 46,246

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 13,887 13,983 14,055 14,061 14,110 14,121 14,165 14,107 14,218

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 15,705 15,329 15,426 15,845 15,574 15,561 15,572 15,584 15,564

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 15,950 16,169 16,294 16,113 16,270 16,370 16,402 16,396 16,465

 55 years and over ..................................................... 11,423 11,995 11,935 11,636 11,867 12,029 12,075 12,215 12,150

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ......................................... 45,590 46,211 46,201 45,514 46,500 46,531 46,527 46,330 46,192

Married women, spouse present .................................... 34,742 35,286 35,226 35,304 36,037 36,194 36,217 35,997 35,826

Women who maintain families ........................................ 9,286 9,431 9,548 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ......................................................... 121,979 123,219 122,870 119,953 120,348 120,997 120,645 121,122 120,995

Part-time workers 3 ......................................................... 23,400 24,096 23,535 24,725 25,248 24,880 25,555 25,102 24,897

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ................................................. 7,233 7,636 7,221 7,529 7,937 7,815 7,707 7,674 7,555

 Percent of total employed ........................................... 5.0 5.2 4.9 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.2

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

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

hours per week.

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

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

various series. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population

controls used in the household survey.
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Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Aug.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 7,116 7,121 7,097 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 1,183 1,062 1,086 16.3 15.3 15.7 15.8 15.2 16.1

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 574 462 515 19.4 16.5 16.6 16.8 16.7 18.6

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 625 600 580 14.5 15.0 15.4 15.5 14.1 14.6

 20 years and over ......................................................... 5,933 6,059 6,011 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 1,256 1,294 1,256 8.2 7.8 7.3 8.0 8.5 8.3

 25 years and over ....................................................... 4,682 4,819 4,759 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.6

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 3,964 3,949 3,913 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.7

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 1,429 1,513 1,532 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 1,385 1,327 1,263 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.6

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 1,150 1,110 1,118 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1

 55 years and over ..................................................... 741 857 854 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.2

Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 3,827 3,875 3,833 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 632 587 605 17.1 16.2 17.3 17.7 16.7 17.8

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 272 261 300 18.6 17.2 18.5 18.1 18.9 22.0

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 370 328 312 16.5 16.4 17.1 18.2 15.3 15.2

 20 years and over ......................................................... 3,195 3,289 3,228 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.1

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 734 747 700 8.9 8.6 8.6 9.3 9.2 8.7

 25 years and over ....................................................... 2,463 2,555 2,523 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.6

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 2,062 2,073 2,043 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.6

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 755 786 851 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.6

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 692 689 609 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.6 3.2

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 615 597 583 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1

 55 years and over ..................................................... 402 483 481 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.4

Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 3,289 3,245 3,264 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.6

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 551 475 481 15.4 14.2 14.1 13.9 13.6 14.4

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 303 200 215 20.1 15.9 14.9 15.6 14.5 15.3

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 255 272 268 12.3 13.5 13.4 12.7 12.8 14.0

 20 years and over ......................................................... 2,738 2,771 2,783 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.1

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 522 547 556 7.4 7.0 5.8 6.7 7.7 7.8

 25 years and over ....................................................... 2,219 2,264 2,236 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 1,902 1,877 1,870 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.9

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 674 727 680 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.6

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 693 637 654 4.2 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.0

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 535 513 535 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1

 55 years and over 2 .................................................. 378 434 418 3.2 2.5 2.7 3.2 3.5 3.4

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ......................................... 1,178 1,266 1,158 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.7 2.4

Married women, spouse present .................................... 1,049 1,052 1,145 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.1

Women who maintain families 2 ..................................... 667 687 633 6.7 6.2 6.3 6.8 6.8 6.2

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ......................................................... 5,789 5,861 5,835 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6

Part-time workers 4 ......................................................... 1,340 1,324 1,271 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.6 5.0 4.9

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

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

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

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

the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January

2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
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Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary

jobs ............................................................................... 3,132 3,730 3,472 3,289 3,287 3,331 3,375 3,628 3,617

On temporary layoff .................................................... 798 1,090 865 892 1,022 1,004 866 981 979

Not on temporary layoff .............................................. 2,334 2,640 2,606 2,398 2,265 2,327 2,509 2,648 2,638

Permanent job losers .............................................. 1,658 1,861 1,852 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 677 779 755 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ..................................................................... 935 856 870 851 748 764 810 823 793

Reentrants ...................................................................... 2,315 2,141 2,099 2,276 2,174 2,153 2,127 2,078 2,064

New entrants .................................................................. 704 829 647 646 607 549 621 593 593

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 ............................................................................. 44.2 49.4 49.0 46.6 48.2 49.0 48.7 50.9 51.2

On temporary layoff .................................................. 11.3 14.4 12.2 12.6 15.0 14.8 12.5 13.8 13.8

Not on temporary layoff ............................................ 32.9 34.9 36.8 34.0 33.2 34.2 36.2 37.2 37.3

Job leavers ................................................................... 13.2 11.3 12.3 12.1 11.0 11.2 11.7 11.6 11.2

Reentrants .................................................................... 32.7 28.3 29.6 32.2 31.9 31.7 30.7 29.2 29.2

New entrants ................................................................ 9.9 11.0 9.1 9.1 8.9 8.1 9.0 8.3 8.4

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary

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

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

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

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

1 Data not available.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .............................................................................. 2,477 2,731 2,493 2,615 2,432 2,450 2,488 2,473 2,595

5 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 2,397 2,557 2,326 2,198 2,141 2,204 2,125 2,213 2,166

15 weeks and over ............................................................................. 2,213 2,269 2,269 2,345 2,268 2,230 2,286 2,413 2,385

 15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................ 907 988 1,021 1,036 1,072 1,104 1,166 1,105 1,138

 27 weeks and over .......................................................................... 1,306 1,281 1,248 1,309 1,196 1,126 1,120 1,308 1,247

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .................................................... 17.2 16.3 17.0 17.3 17.1 16.7 16.8 17.2 16.9

Median duration, in weeks .................................................................. 8.5 8.0 8.8 8.4 8.7 8.3 8.2 8.9 8.6

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks ............................................................................ 35.0 36.1 35.2 36.5 35.6 35.6 36.1 34.8 36.3

 5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 33.8 33.8 32.8 30.7 31.3 32.0 30.8 31.2 30.3

 15 weeks and over ........................................................................... 31.2 30.0 32.0 32.8 33.2 32.4 33.1 34.0 33.4

 15 to 26 weeks ............................................................................... 12.8 13.1 14.4 14.5 15.7 16.0 16.9 15.6 15.9

 27 weeks and over ......................................................................... 18.4 17.0 17.6 18.3 17.5 16.4 16.2 18.4 17.4

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2006

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Aug.

2007

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ............................................................. 145,379 146,406 7,086 7,088 4.6 4.6

Management, professional, and related occupations ............. 49,664 51,403 1,212 1,389 2.4 2.6

 Management, business, and financial operations

occupations .................................................................................... 21,045 21,713 484 544 2.2 2.4

 Professional and related occupations ...................................... 28,618 29,690 727 845 2.5 2.8

Service occupations ....................................................................... 24,782 24,916 1,497 1,531 5.7 5.8

Sales and office occupations ....................................................... 35,999 35,824 1,585 1,661 4.2 4.4

 Sales and related occupations .................................................. 16,166 16,470 741 819 4.4 4.7

 Office and administrative support occupations ...................... 19,833 19,354 844 842 4.1 4.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations .................................................................................... 16,399 15,925 969 835 5.6 5.0

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................. 1,037 929 70 68 6.4 6.9

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................ 9,775 9,698 665 614 6.4 6.0

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................ 5,588 5,298 234 153 4.0 2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations .................................................................................... 18,535 18,338 1,080 1,004 5.5 5.2

 Production occupations .............................................................. 9,494 9,419 522 510 5.2 5.1

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................. 9,042 8,919 559 495 5.8 5.3

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
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Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2006

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Aug.

2007

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .................................................... 7,086 7,088 4.6 4.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................... 5,406 5,377 4.6 4.5

 Mining ............................................................................................. 32 33 4.3 4.6

 Construction .................................................................................. 618 558 5.9 5.3

 Manufacturing ............................................................................... 680 596 4.1 3.6

 Durable goods ............................................................................ 425 341 4.1 3.3

 Nondurable goods ..................................................................... 255 255 4.1 4.1

 Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................... 977 1,028 4.7 5.1

 Transportation and utilities ......................................................... 217 205 3.7 3.4

 Information ..................................................................................... 132 140 3.9 4.1

 Financial activities ........................................................................ 263 371 2.7 3.7

 Professional and business services ......................................... 681 683 5.1 4.9

 Education and health services .................................................. 611 648 3.2 3.4

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................ 855 877 6.9 7.1

 Other services ............................................................................... 341 239 5.3 3.8

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ...... 76 54 5.3 4.7

Government workers ..................................................................... 595 695 2.9 3.2

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................. 306 315 2.7 2.9

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

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

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2006

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

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

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

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

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

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

(official unemployment rate) ................................................. 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6

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

civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................... 4.9 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9

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

marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus all marginally attached workers ................................ 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.5

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

total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent

of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached

workers ..................................................................................... 8.3 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.4

 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Aug.

2006

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

Aug.

2007

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force .................................................................. 76,702 78,717 28,765 29,813 47,937 48,904

 Persons who currently want a job ...................................................... 5,131 4,965 2,120 2,177 3,011 2,789

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ........................... 1,592 1,365 763 686 829 679

Reason not currently looking:

Discouragement over job prospects 2 .................................. 448 392 243 209 205 184

Reasons other than discouragement 3 ................................. 1,144 972 520 477 624 495

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 .................................................................. 7,233 7,221 3,624 3,690 3,609 3,531

 Percent of total employed ............................................................... 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.7 5.4 5.2

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ................................. 3,851 4,065 2,137 2,194 1,714 1,870

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .................................... 1,542 1,490 467 475 1,075 1,015

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ...................................... 353 287 231 193 122 94

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ......................................... 1,450 1,353 769 812 681 542

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in

the household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Aug. 

2006

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

 Aug. 

2006

 Apr. 

2007

 May 

2007

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

Change

from:

July 2007-

Aug. 2007p

Total nonfarm ............................. 136,231 139,161 137,794 137,752 136,438 137,716 137,904 137,973 138,041 138,037 -4

Total private ........................................ 115,382 116,950 116,816 116,806 114,415 115,487 115,668 115,739 115,859 115,883 24

Goods-producing ............................................ 23,050 22,806 22,791 22,772 22,629 22,460 22,446 22,436 22,426 22,362 -64

Natural resources and mining .................................. 705 732 739 744 692 717 718 721 726 730 4

Logging ........................................................... 68.3 65.0 65.5 66.5 65.1 65.3 63.4 64.1 63.3 63.2 -.1

Mining .................................................................... 636.3 667.2 673.3 677.9 626.8 652.0 654.5 656.5 662.7 666.4 3.7

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 139.9 151.7 153.3 153.8 138.3 147.2 148.3 149.3 151.0 151.6 .6

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 227.6 235.2 236.3 236.9 221.5 225.9 227.1 228.3 229.0 230.1 1.1

Coal mining ...................................................... 79.5 80.0 81.1 80.8 79.0 79.9 79.4 79.6 80.3 80.5 .2

Support activities for mining .............................. 268.8 280.3 283.7 287.2 267.0 278.9 279.1 278.9 282.7 284.7 2.0

Construction ............................................................. 8,042 7,925 7,958 7,929 7,719 7,671 7,659 7,665 7,651 7,629 -22

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,863.0 1,832.1 1,830.2 1,823.6 1,813.8 1,788.5 1,784.9 1,788.9 1,781.1 1,774.9 -6.2

Residential building ......................................... 1,048.8 1,023.5 1,022.0 1,015.1 1,023.1 999.1 997.5 997.3 992.2 987.3 -4.9

Nonresidential building .................................... 814.2 808.6 808.2 808.5 790.7 789.4 787.4 791.6 788.9 787.6 -1.3

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 1,045.3 1,058.4 1,060.3 1,056.9 978.4 1,001.6 999.9 999.4 996.9 993.6 -3.3

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 5,133.5 5,034.1 5,067.4 5,048.9 4,926.6 4,881.0 4,874.4 4,876.3 4,872.5 4,860.7 -11.8

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,493.8 2,383.3 2,402.8 2,375.1 2,406.9 2,308.3 2,306.2 2,302.5 2,305.9 2,287.8 -18.1

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,639.7 2,650.8 2,664.6 2,673.8 2,519.7 2,572.7 2,568.2 2,573.8 2,566.6 2,572.9 6.3

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,303 14,149 14,094 14,099 14,218 14,072 14,069 14,050 14,049 14,003 -46

Production workers ....................................... 10,273 10,169 10,124 10,142 10,209 10,093 10,105 10,091 10,097 10,061 -36

Durable goods ....................................................... 9,054 8,964 8,895 8,905 9,021 8,921 8,913 8,897 8,895 8,865 -30

Production workers ....................................... 6,428 6,365 6,297 6,309 6,406 6,316 6,323 6,309 6,306 6,277 -29

Wood products ................................................... 568.7 536.3 539.3 533.1 559.5 528.0 529.0 526.5 529.4 522.8 -6.6

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 517.2 510.9 512.4 510.3 507.4 499.6 500.7 500.5 500.8 499.3 -1.5

Primary metals .................................................... 464.1 451.3 448.0 448.6 464.0 453.2 452.6 449.2 449.2 446.7 -2.5

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,567.4 1,577.3 1,571.6 1,576.1 1,562.5 1,566.4 1,565.4 1,569.0 1,570.1 1,571.7 1.6

Machinery ........................................................... 1,199.5 1,232.1 1,231.8 1,221.1 1,201.2 1,216.9 1,221.8 1,224.3 1,226.2 1,219.0 -7.2

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,326.3 1,313.4 1,313.9 1,313.4 1,320.0 1,310.6 1,308.6 1,306.4 1,306.0 1,306.7 .7

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 199.8 197.2 197.5 201.9 198.8 198.7 197.9 196.2 196.8 200.4 3.6

Communications equipment ........................... 144.0 144.1 143.4 142.4 143.4 143.7 142.7 142.9 142.8 143.1 .3

Semiconductors and electronic components . 469.9 468.6 466.8 462.2 466.8 465.7 465.3 464.2 462.6 459.1 -3.5

Electronic instruments ..................................... 439.8 436.8 437.9 437.4 438.3 433.8 435.4 435.5 435.1 434.5 -.6

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 438.9 438.2 437.7 436.3 438.8 437.6 436.9 436.0 436.4 434.5 -1.9

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,762.4 1,716.9 1,659.5 1,685.7 1,761.2 1,718.1 1,708.4 1,702.9 1,695.0 1,686.5 -8.5

Motor vehicles and parts2................................. 1,064.7 1,013.3 956.1 981.0 1,064.6 1,016.6 1,006.8 999.2 994.0 983.0 -11.0

Furniture and related products .......................... 556.8 534.1 529.6 526.2 554.8 533.2 533.0 529.4 528.3 524.3 -4.0

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 652.2 653.8 650.8 654.6 651.6 657.7 656.3 652.9 653.5 653.8 .3

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,249 5,185 5,199 5,194 5,197 5,151 5,156 5,153 5,154 5,138 -16

Production workers ....................................... 3,845 3,804 3,827 3,833 3,803 3,777 3,782 3,782 3,791 3,784 -7

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,520.7 1,506.0 1,536.2 1,540.7 1,486.6 1,493.5 1,499.8 1,502.4 1,510.1 1,502.7 -7.4

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 199.6 203.8 205.3 203.7 195.5 198.2 198.5 200.4 200.1 198.7 -1.4

Textile mills ......................................................... 193.2 174.3 169.8 168.3 192.4 174.6 173.5 172.5 170.0 167.7 -2.3

Textile product mills ........................................... 160.8 156.2 154.5 152.8 160.6 156.5 155.3 154.6 153.5 152.7 -.8

Apparel ................................................................ 236.3 221.3 217.2 214.4 235.6 221.4 220.1 217.8 217.7 214.0 -3.7

Leather and allied products ............................... 36.8 36.2 34.4 34.8 37.0 36.1 35.9 35.9 34.9 35.0 .1

Paper and paper products ................................. 468.4 459.8 460.7 458.1 466.5 458.4 457.8 457.3 457.3 456.1 -1.2

Printing and related support activities ............... 636.2 632.8 630.3 629.0 634.4 630.9 629.9 629.6 629.2 628.5 -.7

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 119.5 120.0 119.8 119.1 115.9 117.6 119.2 117.2 116.6 116.2 -.4

Chemicals ........................................................... 875.7 878.6 879.3 879.4 872.9 869.7 872.3 873.8 873.6 875.6 2.0

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 801.3 795.7 791.4 793.9 799.7 794.3 793.2 791.1 791.3 790.8 -.5

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. 

2006

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

 Aug. 

2006

 Apr. 

2007

 May 

2007

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

Change

from:

July 2007-

Aug. 2007p

Service-providing .............................................. 113,181 116,355 115,003 114,980 113,809 115,256 115,458 115,537 115,615 115,675 60

Private service-providing ............................... 92,332 94,144 94,025 94,034 91,786 93,027 93,222 93,303 93,433 93,521 88

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,212 26,527 26,479 26,484 26,227 26,427 26,459 26,465 26,486 26,498 12

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,933.6 6,052.4 6,053.9 6,044.1 5,908.8 5,978.7 5,990.5 6,007.4 6,016.0 6,018.7 2.7

Durable goods .................................................... 3,095.9 3,160.3 3,166.5 3,162.2 3,084.0 3,124.7 3,134.5 3,141.5 3,146.4 3,147.2 .8

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,052.4 2,083.1 2,077.8 2,074.8 2,042.0 2,052.2 2,053.4 2,061.4 2,062.7 2,064.3 1.6

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 785.3 809.0 809.6 807.1 782.8 801.8 802.6 804.5 806.9 807.2 .3

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,286.9 15,376.0 15,372.0 15,394.0 15,298.2 15,376.9 15,394.5 15,383.3 15,388.3 15,400.8 12.5

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,923.6 1,925.6 1,924.6 1,928.0 1,906.2 1,911.2 1,911.5 1,909.0 1,907.3 1,911.2 3.9

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,253.8 1,252.2 1,253.2 1,256.3 1,246.2 1,246.9 1,247.7 1,246.7 1,246.3 1,248.4 2.1

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 583.8 578.6 577.4 581.1 589.2 586.7 585.2 584.3 585.3 587.7 2.4

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 529.0 529.1 527.9 524.8 537.4 540.7 539.3 535.9 537.1 534.1 -3.0

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,341.6 1,373.3 1,347.3 1,341.9 1,324.9 1,313.8 1,314.9 1,314.9 1,308.6 1,321.1 12.5

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,841.1 2,884.9 2,886.1 2,891.9 2,831.2 2,858.6 2,861.1 2,867.7 2,870.0 2,876.4 6.4

Health and personal care stores ....................... 955.4 971.2 963.7 968.4 955.8 969.8 968.5 968.8 966.9 968.8 1.9

Gasoline stations ................................................ 870.0 860.8 863.4 862.4 857.8 852.4 852.5 852.4 851.3 850.9 -.4

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,450.1 1,427.8 1,457.7 1,478.2 1,438.6 1,452.7 1,451.6 1,451.3 1,457.4 1,460.7 3.3

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 635.7 640.9 643.2 644.8 644.0 655.6 659.5 657.4 660.3 657.5 -2.8

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,851.0 2,876.3 2,872.5 2,863.9 2,900.5 2,915.4 2,928.5 2,920.3 2,921.0 2,911.3 -9.7

Department stores .......................................... 1,507.5 1,524.6 1,522.2 1,515.6 1,542.1 1,560.9 1,566.2 1,561.1 1,561.1 1,553.3 -7.8

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 883.9 883.4 882.0 880.2 880.7 879.0 879.3 880.2 880.8 879.9 -.9

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 421.7 424.1 426.2 428.4 431.9 441.0 442.6 441.1 442.3 441.2 -1.1

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,440.0 4,540.9 4,494.1 4,486.6 4,472.6 4,519.6 4,520.1 4,520.1 4,527.3 4,523.1 -4.2

Air transportation ................................................ 490.6 493.5 497.3 498.9 486.7 490.0 484.4 491.4 494.1 493.8 -.3

Rail transportation .............................................. 224.9 227.3 227.3 227.3 225.1 228.3 227.9 226.6 226.3 225.4 -.9

Water transportation ........................................... 67.0 72.1 73.9 74.9 64.3 67.3 68.3 69.9 71.0 71.4 .4

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,465.8 1,468.7 1,459.0 1,462.3 1,442.8 1,452.5 1,455.5 1,449.8 1,442.3 1,441.9 -.4

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 324.9 386.9 338.0 330.9 392.6 389.9 390.9 389.4 398.8 397.4 -1.4

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 39.8 40.9 41.2 41.1 39.4 40.5 40.8 40.8 40.9 40.9 .0

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 36.0 31.6 35.3 35.3 26.9 27.0 26.7 26.4 26.5 26.5 .0

Support activities for transportation ................... 572.2 586.1 583.9 583.4 569.9 581.6 581.8 583.0 583.0 583.0 .0

Couriers and messengers .................................. 578.0 585.5 583.4 578.3 583.7 589.8 588.5 588.7 588.6 588.0 -.6

Warehousing and storage .................................. 640.8 648.3 654.8 654.2 641.2 652.7 655.3 654.1 655.8 654.8 -1.0

Utilities ................................................................... 551.4 557.7 559.3 558.9 547.7 551.5 553.4 554.4 554.3 555.1 .8

Information ................................................................ 3,065 3,117 3,106 3,090 3,051 3,096 3,097 3,093 3,089 3,082 -7

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 905.7 909.5 909.9 906.2 902.6 906.1 907.7 906.2 906.6 905.1 -1.5

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 386.0 404.1 393.5 387.5 376.8 394.2 391.9 389.3 383.3 379.4 -3.9

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 333.0 338.4 335.8 336.5 332.2 337.8 336.6 337.1 335.1 335.3 .2

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 34.4 41.7 42.2 43.2 34.5 39.9 40.6 41.3 42.3 43.1 .8

Telecommunications .......................................... 971.6 972.8 974.2 971.5 971.0 974.6 973.9 972.7 973.6 972.0 -1.6

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 383.3 397.1 397.8 392.5 383.4 390.8 394.2 394.4 396.7 394.6 -2.1

Other information services ................................. 51.2 52.9 52.2 52.6 50.9 52.1 52.1 52.2 51.4 52.2 .8

Financial activities .................................................... 8,430 8,521 8,552 8,535 8,379 8,448 8,464 8,460 8,484 8,484 0

Finance and insurance .......................................... 6,205.1 6,277.4 6,297.3 6,284.7 6,195.8 6,241.4 6,256.1 6,256.0 6,275.5 6,276.3 .8

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 21.7 22.4 21.8 22.0 21.6 22.2 22.4 22.2 21.7 21.9 .2

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,944.8 2,950.1 2,961.0 2,948.4 2,937.2 2,945.3 2,948.7 2,939.5 2,950.2 2,944.2 -6.0

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,811.1 1,831.2 1,841.0 1,842.4 1,805.1 1,818.6 1,824.7 1,824.9 1,832.4 1,835.4 3.0

Commercial banking .................................... 1,325.1 1,336.0 1,343.7 1,343.6 1,320.8 1,327.7 1,332.5 1,332.1 1,337.1 1,338.2 1.1

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 820.7 845.4 848.3 850.2 820.8 836.8 841.6 844.4 846.7 848.6 1.9

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,323.3 2,363.8 2,370.4 2,367.4 2,321.7 2,342.4 2,348.5 2,354.5 2,361.5 2,364.9 3.4

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 94.6 95.7 95.8 96.7 94.5 94.7 94.9 95.4 95.4 96.7 1.3

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,224.9 2,243.6 2,254.5 2,250.2 2,183.6 2,206.5 2,207.4 2,204.1 2,208.2 2,207.5 -.7

Real estate .......................................................... 1,532.0 1,546.5 1,554.4 1,555.0 1,504.8 1,525.4 1,527.7 1,524.5 1,526.7 1,527.7 1.0

Rental and leasing services ............................... 662.8 664.4 666.6 661.2 649.4 650.0 647.8 646.9 648.4 646.1 -2.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 30.1 32.7 33.5 34.0 29.4 31.1 31.9 32.7 33.1 33.7 .6

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. 

2006

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

 Aug. 

2006

 Apr. 

2007

 May 

2007

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

Change

from:

July 2007-

Aug. 2007p

Professional and business services ........................ 17,834 18,092 18,045 18,093 17,617 17,859 17,893 17,886 17,911 17,917 6

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 7,389.3 7,643.9 7,655.1 7,656.4 7,407.6 7,591.3 7,625.3 7,638.5 7,660.0 7,677.1 17.1

Legal services .................................................. 1,179.9 1,198.8 1,193.9 1,182.0 1,171.5 1,181.8 1,183.4 1,179.9 1,178.2 1,177.3 -.9

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 812.1 883.1 876.3 875.1 881.9 927.5 934.5 941.1 947.4 950.5 3.1

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,421.6 1,455.0 1,463.2 1,463.8 1,398.0 1,426.0 1,431.4 1,433.5 1,436.3 1,438.7 2.4

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,296.7 1,344.6 1,354.9 1,359.8 1,294.4 1,328.5 1,338.3 1,341.8 1,352.8 1,357.6 4.8

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 929.0 996.6 997.0 1,003.8 922.4 985.4 989.2 990.9 991.0 997.6 6.6

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,825.0 1,857.0 1,863.5 1,863.7 1,816.2 1,839.9 1,841.5 1,844.6 1,849.2 1,852.4 3.2

Administrative and waste services ....................... 8,619.4 8,590.8 8,526.4 8,572.9 8,393.2 8,427.7 8,426.3 8,402.6 8,402.1 8,387.4 -14.7

1 Administrative and support services ................. 8,267.0 8,230.3 8,163.9 8,211.3 8,046.9 8,076.3 8,073.4 8,048.8 8,047.9 8,031.9 -16.0

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,785.5 3,598.8 3,532.5 3,600.5 3,667.2 3,602.1 3,584.4 3,553.3 3,534.2 3,514.1 -20.1

Temporary help services ............................. 2,718.9 2,621.5 2,579.0 2,638.3 2,632.1 2,613.1 2,602.7 2,588.0 2,582.8 2,569.6 -13.2

Business support services .............................. 786.0 799.3 796.1 791.8 791.3 801.6 804.8 801.3 803.7 802.7 -1.0

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,903.4 1,964.2 1,967.9 1,951.6 1,803.5 1,829.7 1,835.1 1,840.8 1,846.4 1,850.9 4.5

Waste management and remediation services 352.4 360.5 362.5 361.6 346.3 351.4 352.9 353.8 354.2 355.5 1.3

Education and health services ................................ 17,516 18,185 18,065 18,101 17,894 18,246 18,293 18,364 18,414 18,477 63

Educational services ............................................. 2,578.4 2,790.0 2,679.7 2,676.0 2,936.0 2,978.7 2,983.4 3,014.4 3,025.7 3,039.5 13.8

Health care and social assistance ........................14,938.0 15,395.1 15,385.6 15,424.9 14,958.3 15,266.8 15,309.7 15,349.4 15,388.7 15,437.8 49.1

3 Health care ......................................................... 12,674.4 13,001.2 13,037.1 13,076.3 12,646.0 12,900.5 12,930.9 12,965.1 13,006.9 13,042.2 35.3

1 Ambulatory health care services .................... 5,307.1 5,466.9 5,488.2 5,514.4 5,299.4 5,428.4 5,446.7 5,455.1 5,483.5 5,501.3 17.8

Offices of physicians .................................... 2,162.9 2,218.6 2,225.4 2,232.5 2,159.0 2,210.5 2,214.7 2,213.2 2,223.7 2,228.8 5.1

Outpatient care centers ................................ 490.8 496.1 495.7 497.3 490.0 495.8 495.1 495.5 495.9 497.4 1.5

Home health care services .......................... 873.2 919.5 925.4 934.3 872.8 907.2 911.3 918.8 925.8 932.0 6.2

Hospitals .......................................................... 4,453.5 4,538.9 4,555.7 4,560.5 4,440.8 4,499.7 4,511.0 4,526.3 4,537.5 4,548.7 11.2

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............ 2,913.8 2,995.4 2,993.2 3,001.4 2,905.8 2,972.4 2,973.2 2,983.7 2,985.9 2,992.2 6.3

Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,587.7 1,611.6 1,613.7 1,618.7 1,583.8 1,609.1 1,606.5 1,608.0 1,612.1 1,614.9 2.8

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,263.6 2,393.9 2,348.5 2,348.6 2,312.3 2,366.3 2,378.8 2,384.3 2,381.8 2,395.6 13.8

Child day care services ................................... 760.7 810.1 766.4 769.2 804.3 810.5 812.3 811.6 811.5 809.6 -1.9

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 13,809 14,148 14,224 14,202 13,188 13,481 13,537 13,554 13,560 13,572 12

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 2,201.3 2,226.0 2,269.5 2,230.9 1,933.9 1,953.5 1,968.5 1,971.1 1,963.6 1,962.8 -.8

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 433.8 434.1 433.3 437.8 402.7 402.8 409.5 412.1 404.9 407.2 2.3

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 135.8 143.4 147.1 142.3 124.7 128.8 130.7 131.2 132.4 131.5 -.9

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,631.7 1,648.5 1,689.1 1,650.8 1,406.5 1,421.9 1,428.3 1,427.8 1,426.3 1,424.1 -2.2

Accommodations and food services .................... 11,607.4 11,921.8 11,954.0 11,971.2 11,253.6 11,527.9 11,568.5 11,582.5 11,596.3 11,609.6 13.3

Accommodations ................................................ 1,970.6 1,945.1 2,000.2 1,980.1 1,834.0 1,860.5 1,862.8 1,852.8 1,851.1 1,840.3 -10.8

Food services and drinking places .................... 9,636.8 9,976.7 9,953.8 9,991.1 9,419.6 9,667.4 9,705.7 9,729.7 9,745.2 9,769.3 24.1

Other services .......................................................... 5,466 5,554 5,554 5,529 5,430 5,470 5,479 5,481 5,489 5,491 2

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,254.4 1,276.1 1,265.4 1,268.2 1,250.5 1,257.4 1,260.4 1,261.9 1,258.9 1,262.5 3.6

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,284.5 1,310.0 1,304.1 1,296.2 1,279.3 1,292.6 1,296.5 1,291.2 1,296.2 1,293.8 -2.4

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,926.6 2,968.3 2,984.3 2,964.4 2,899.7 2,919.5 2,921.9 2,927.6 2,933.5 2,934.7 1.2

Government .............................................................. 20,849 22,211 20,978 20,946 22,023 22,229 22,236 22,234 22,182 22,154 -28

Federal ................................................................... 2,745 2,726 2,736 2,729 2,730 2,716 2,713 2,708 2,714 2,712 -2

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,978.7 1,964.2 1,975.4 1,967.6 1,960.4 1,950.0 1,947.5 1,943.5 1,951.2 1,950.0 -1.2

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 766.5 761.5 760.5 761.0 769.6 766.4 765.5 764.0 762.4 761.7 -.7

State government .................................................. 4,817 4,938 4,849 4,858 5,088 5,140 5,133 5,139 5,131 5,129 -2

State government education .............................. 2,002.0 2,100.2 2,016.8 2,026.7 2,298.8 2,326.4 2,321.7 2,326.5 2,322.9 2,320.0 -2.9

State government, excluding education ............ 2,814.9 2,838.0 2,832.0 2,831.5 2,789.5 2,813.7 2,811.3 2,812.7 2,807.9 2,808.9 1.0

Local government .................................................. 13,287 14,547 13,393 13,359 14,205 14,373 14,390 14,387 14,337 14,313 -24

Local government education ............................. 6,879.4 8,029.3 6,824.9 6,858.1 7,951.6 8,056.0 8,062.7 8,043.1 7,992.8 7,961.0 -31.8

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,407.5 6,517.8 6,567.8 6,500.9 6,252.9 6,317.0 6,327.7 6,344.0 6,344.6 6,352.0 7.4

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

vehicle parts.

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing

and residential care facilities.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Aug. 

2006

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

 Aug. 

2006

 Apr. 

2007

 May 

2007

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

Change

from:

July 2007-

Aug. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 34.1 34.0 34.2 34.0 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.9 33.8 33.8 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.9 41.0 40.5 40.9 40.6 40.4 40.5 40.7 40.6 40.5 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 45.7 46.2 45.8 46.0 45.3 45.8 45.7 45.9 45.8 45.6 -.2

Construction ............................................................ 39.9 39.7 39.4 39.6 39.0 38.8 38.9 39.0 38.9 38.8 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 41.3 41.5 40.9 41.4 41.3 41.1 41.1 41.4 41.3 41.3 .0

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

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.6 41.9 41.1 41.7 41.6 41.2 41.3 41.7 41.6 41.6 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.1 -.1

Wood products .................................................. 40.3 40.4 39.9 39.6 39.8 39.6 39.5 39.7 39.7 39.4 -.3

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 43.9 43.1 42.8 43.8 43.2 42.2 42.3 42.5 42.6 43.1 .5

Primary metals .................................................. 43.4 43.3 42.8 42.7 43.7 43.0 42.8 43.3 43.2 42.9 -.3

Fabricated metal products .............................. 41.6 41.7 41.3 41.8 41.7 41.4 41.4 41.6 41.7 41.7 .0

Machinery .......................................................... 42.3 42.6 42.3 42.1 42.6 42.4 42.3 42.5 42.5 42.3 -.2

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.2 40.7 40.0 40.6 40.5 40.4 40.4 40.7 40.4 40.6 .2

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.9 41.8 41.2 41.3 40.9 41.1 41.3 41.9 41.6 41.5 -.1

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.9 43.6 41.6 43.0 42.9 42.3 42.9 43.3 43.2 43.0 -.2

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 42.6 43.4 40.5 42.8 42.5 41.7 42.6 42.9 42.5 42.2 -.3

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.6 39.5 39.2 40.2 39.1 38.9 38.9 39.2 39.3 39.7 .4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.8 39.2 38.5 39.3 38.8 38.6 38.6 39.0 39.0 39.3 .3

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.7 40.9 40.6 40.9 40.7 40.9 40.8 40.9 40.9 40.8 -.1

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

Food manufacturing ......................................... 40.1 40.5 40.6 40.9 39.9 40.7 40.6 40.5 40.7 40.6 -.1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 41.7 41.6 41.0 40.6 41.1 41.3 40.5 40.8 40.7 40.4 -.3

Textile mills ........................................................ 41.1 40.6 39.5 39.6 41.2 40.2 40.2 40.5 40.0 39.6 -.4

Textile product mills ......................................... 40.3 40.8 40.2 40.7 40.5 39.9 39.8 40.5 40.5 40.5 .0

Apparel ............................................................... 36.7 37.9 37.3 37.4 36.6 37.3 37.3 37.7 37.7 37.5 -.2

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.5 38.0 36.7 37.3 39.5 37.6 38.9 37.8 37.2 37.5 .3

Paper and paper products .............................. 43.4 43.1 42.9 43.0 43.4 43.0 42.9 43.0 43.0 43.0 .0

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.9 38.8 38.4 39.1 39.1 39.4 39.1 39.1 38.8 39.1 .3

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 44.9 44.8 44.6 43.2 45.4 44.9 44.6 44.5 44.3 43.7 -.6

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.5 41.9 41.8 42.1 42.7 42.2 42.0 42.0 42.1 42.1 .0

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.8 41.6 40.7 41.1 40.9 41.2 41.1 41.4 41.4 41.2 -.2

Private service-providing ............................. 32.6 32.5 32.8 32.5 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.7 33.6 33.8 33.6 33.4 33.3 33.4 33.4 33.3 33.3 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.0 38.3 38.6 38.2 38.0 38.1 38.3 38.3 38.2 38.2 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.7 30.4 30.6 30.4 30.3 30.2 30.2 30.2 30.1 30.1 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.3 37.1 37.1 37.4 37.0 36.9 37.0 37.0 36.7 37.1 .4

Utilities ................................................................... 41.7 42.6 42.8 42.7 41.7 42.3 42.4 42.6 42.7 42.6 -.1

Information ............................................................... 36.8 36.2 37.1 36.2 36.7 36.5 36.3 36.3 36.5 36.2 -.3

Financial activities .................................................. 35.4 35.8 36.5 35.5 35.5 36.0 35.9 36.0 35.9 35.7 -.2

Professional and business services .................... 34.8 34.8 35.1 34.8 34.7 34.7 34.8 34.7 34.8 34.7 -.1

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

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 26.2 25.8 26.3 26.0 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.5 25.4 25.4 .0

Other services ......................................................... 31.1 31.0 31.1 31.1 30.9 30.9 31.0 30.9 30.8 30.9 .1

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining

and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and

nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.

These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the

total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor

vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

 Aug. 

2006

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

 Aug. 

2006

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

Total private ....................................... $16.74 $17.30 $17.43 $17.39 $570.83 $588.20 $596.11 $591.26

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 16.84 17.40 17.45 17.50 569.19 589.86 589.81 591.50

Goods-producing .......................................... 18.12 18.67 18.70 18.76 741.11 765.47 757.35 767.28

Natural resources and mining .............................. 19.90 20.80 20.86 20.84 909.43 960.96 955.39 958.64

Construction ............................................................ 20.23 20.89 20.99 21.12 807.18 829.33 827.01 836.35

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.79 17.25 17.21 17.26 693.43 715.88 703.89 714.56

Durable goods ..................................................... 17.69 18.21 18.10 18.20 735.90 763.00 743.91 758.94

Wood products .................................................. 13.46 13.71 13.63 13.63 542.44 553.88 543.84 539.75

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.72 17.21 17.08 16.88 734.01 741.75 731.02 739.34

Primary metals .................................................. 19.34 19.65 19.78 19.69 839.36 850.85 846.58 840.76

Fabricated metal products .............................. 16.10 16.45 16.53 16.63 669.76 685.97 682.69 695.13

Machinery .......................................................... 17.14 17.61 17.92 17.84 725.02 750.19 758.02 751.06

Computer and electronic products ................ 19.08 19.96 20.13 20.09 767.02 812.37 805.20 815.65

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.65 15.99 16.00 15.99 640.09 668.38 659.20 660.39

Transportation equipment ............................... 22.44 23.13 22.58 23.01 962.68 1,008.47 939.33 989.43

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.84 14.40 14.35 14.25 548.06 568.80 562.52 572.85

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 14.51 14.73 14.82 14.72 562.99 577.42 570.57 578.50

Nondurable goods ............................................... 15.25 15.62 15.73 15.69 620.68 638.86 638.64 641.72

Food manufacturing ......................................... 13.15 13.51 13.57 13.59 527.32 547.16 550.94 555.83

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 17.93 18.22 18.63 18.06 747.68 757.95 763.83 733.24

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.64 12.97 13.15 13.23 519.50 526.58 519.43 523.91

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.96 11.97 12.07 11.89 481.99 488.38 485.21 483.92

Apparel ............................................................... 10.58 10.92 11.05 11.03 388.29 413.87 412.17 412.52

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.65 11.97 12.18 12.08 460.18 454.86 447.01 450.58

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.93 18.46 18.70 18.54 778.16 795.63 802.23 797.22

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.81 15.99 16.18 16.28 615.01 620.41 621.31 636.55

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 23.30 24.44 25.01 25.23 1,046.17 1,094.91 1,115.45 1,089.94

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.19 19.60 19.68 19.47 815.58 821.24 822.62 819.69

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 15.02 15.36 15.29 15.35 612.82 638.98 622.30 630.89

Private service-providing ............................. 16.35 16.94 17.10 17.03 533.01 550.55 560.88 553.48

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.45 15.77 15.92 15.85 520.67 529.87 538.10 532.56

Wholesale trade ................................................... 18.93 19.42 19.69 19.62 719.34 743.79 760.03 749.48

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.62 12.78 12.87 12.78 387.43 388.51 393.82 388.51

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 17.45 17.77 17.95 17.93 650.89 659.27 665.95 670.58

Utilities ................................................................... 27.13 27.52 27.74 27.71 1,131.32 1,172.35 1,187.27 1,183.22

Information ............................................................... 23.27 23.76 23.86 23.87 856.34 860.11 885.21 864.09

Financial activities .................................................. 18.79 19.55 19.69 19.66 665.17 699.89 718.69 697.93

Professional and business services .................... 18.96 19.96 20.32 20.09 659.81 694.61 713.23 699.13

Education and health services ............................. 17.45 17.92 18.07 18.03 567.13 582.40 594.50 587.78

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.69 10.29 10.34 10.37 253.88 265.48 271.94 269.62

Other services ......................................................... 14.70 15.13 15.17 15.22 457.17 469.03 471.79 473.34

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. 

2006

 Apr. 

2007

 May 

2007

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

July 2007-

Aug. 2007 p

Current dollars ................................................ $16.84 $17.25 $17.32 $17.40 $17.45 $17.50 0.3

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.17 8.30 8.26 8.29 8.31 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 18.06 18.53 18.61 18.65 18.66 18.70 .2

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 20.02 20.81 20.85 20.90 20.96 21.02 .3

Construction ............................................................................ 20.11 20.73 20.91 20.92 20.93 21.01 .4

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.83 17.18 17.20 17.26 17.28 17.29 .1

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

4 Excluding overtime 15.98 16.34 16.38 16.41 16.44 16.47 .2

Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.72 18.12 18.15 18.22 18.22 18.23 .1

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.30 15.60 15.60 15.63 15.68 15.70 .1

Private service-providing ............................................. 16.51 16.91 16.98 17.07 17.13 17.18 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.49 15.69 15.71 15.80 15.84 15.88 .3

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 19.00 19.39 19.38 19.54 19.58 19.68 .5

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.64 12.75 12.75 12.77 12.81 12.82 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 17.40 17.57 17.65 17.76 17.81 17.82 .1

Utilities ................................................................................... 27.42 27.68 27.71 27.77 27.85 27.94 .3

Information ............................................................................... 23.36 23.86 23.87 23.99 24.01 24.02 .0

Financial activities .................................................................. 18.88 19.53 19.59 19.68 19.70 19.76 .3

Professional and business services .................................... 19.20 19.84 20.03 20.13 20.21 20.34 .6

Education and health services ............................................. 17.47 17.80 17.89 17.96 18.02 18.05 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.80 10.29 10.32 10.38 10.46 10.49 .3

Other services ......................................................................... 14.80 15.10 15.14 15.20 15.27 15.32 .3

3( )

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical

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

3 Change was 0.2 percent from June 2007 to July 2007, the latest

month available.

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

of time and one-half.

N.A. = not available.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Aug. 

2006

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

 Aug. 

2006

 Apr. 

2007

 May 

2007

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

July 2007-

Aug. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 107.9 109.4 110.0 109.3 105.9 107.1 107.3 107.7 107.6 107.6 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 106.5 105.7 104.5 105.5 103.4 101.9 102.4 103.0 102.7 102.1 -.6

Natural resources and mining .............................. 130.7 136.3 135.6 136.6 126.6 131.7 132.1 132.9 132.9 132.5 -.3

Construction ............................................................ 124.5 122.2 122.3 122.5 115.9 114.2 114.7 115.5 115.2 114.5 -.6

Manufacturing ......................................................... 97.4 96.9 95.0 96.4 96.8 95.2 95.3 95.9 95.7 95.4 -.3

Durable goods ..................................................... 100.5 100.2 97.2 98.8 100.1 97.8 98.1 98.8 98.6 98.1 -.5

Wood products .................................................. 103.3 95.9 95.1 93.4 100.5 92.2 92.4 92.4 92.9 91.0 -2.0

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 104.2 101.2 100.6 102.4 100.0 95.7 96.6 97.3 97.2 98.1 .9

Primary metals .................................................. 93.5 91.5 89.2 89.2 94.4 90.9 90.6 91.0 90.4 89.3 -1.2

Fabricated metal products .............................. 104.9 105.8 104.3 105.8 104.9 104.1 104.2 104.9 105.3 105.3 .0

Machinery .......................................................... 103.8 107.5 106.9 105.1 105.1 105.4 105.8 106.5 106.9 105.5 -1.3

Computer and electronic products ................ 105.1 104.7 102.9 103.6 105.6 104.1 104.0 104.3 103.6 103.4 -.2

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 89.7 92.8 91.4 91.4 89.6 91.1 91.6 92.6 92.2 91.4 -.9

Transportation equipment ............................... 100.7 100.4 91.9 97.5 100.5 97.0 98.0 98.7 98.0 97.4 -.6

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 93.7 89.7 78.3 86.0 93.4 86.4 87.4 87.5 85.8 84.8 -1.2

Furniture and related products ....................... 92.6 88.2 86.7 88.2 90.8 86.4 86.5 86.4 86.5 86.5 .0

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 91.5 93.6 90.7 93.0 91.3 92.3 92.4 92.8 92.4 92.8 .4

Nondurable goods ............................................... 92.2 91.6 91.5 92.3 91.2 91.0 90.9 91.1 91.3 90.9 -.4

Food manufacturing ......................................... 101.9 102.1 104.7 106.0 98.7 101.8 102.1 102.1 102.9 102.4 -.5

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 103.2 109.3 109.3 106.1 99.1 105.6 103.8 104.9 104.9 102.6 -2.2

Textile mills ........................................................ 65.6 58.0 54.5 54.6 65.6 57.9 57.6 57.3 55.5 54.6 -1.6

Textile product mills ......................................... 85.9 82.4 79.8 80.2 86.9 81.1 79.8 80.9 80.2 79.5 -.9

Apparel ............................................................... 63.8 63.2 60.8 60.5 63.5 61.7 61.5 61.6 61.4 60.5 -1.5

Leather and allied products ............................ 74.7 73.6 67.4 69.3 75.2 71.3 74.3 72.5 69.8 69.9 .1

Paper and paper products .............................. 87.8 86.1 86.0 86.4 87.3 85.2 84.9 85.4 85.8 85.8 .0

Printing and related support activities ........... 92.3 91.7 90.9 92.4 92.4 93.1 92.3 92.2 91.6 92.3 .8

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 100.7 102.6 102.1 99.7 98.7 96.5 98.4 98.4 97.7 97.3 -.4

Chemicals .......................................................... 97.6 95.5 96.3 97.0 98.0 95.0 94.7 95.1 96.1 96.5 .4

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 94.1 96.1 93.6 95.0 94.3 95.0 94.6 95.0 95.4 95.0 -.4

Private service-providing ............................. 108.3 110.4 111.3 110.2 106.8 108.5 108.7 108.9 109.0 109.1 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 103.9 105.1 105.7 105.0 103.0 103.6 104.2 104.3 104.1 104.2 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 106.3 110.1 111.4 110.1 105.8 107.7 108.7 109.1 109.4 109.7 .3

Retail trade ........................................................... 101.4 101.4 102.2 101.6 100.1 100.7 100.9 100.8 100.6 100.6 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 108.6 110.0 108.8 109.3 108.7 108.7 109.1 109.2 108.4 109.3 .8

Utilities ................................................................... 95.1 97.4 98.3 97.7 94.4 95.5 96.0 96.7 97.0 96.7 -.3

Information ............................................................... 102.0 102.1 104.3 101.1 101.2 101.9 101.6 101.4 101.8 100.6 -1.2

Financial activities .................................................. 108.1 111.4 114.1 110.7 107.5 110.7 110.6 111.0 111.2 110.6 -.5

Professional and business services .................... 114.7 116.3 117.0 116.3 112.7 114.4 115.0 114.5 115.0 114.6 -.3

Education and health services ............................. 107.2 111.4 112.0 111.1 109.1 111.9 111.9 112.8 113.1 113.5 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 117.5 118.7 121.7 119.9 109.1 111.8 112.1 111.7 111.4 111.6 .2

Other services ......................................................... 98.8 100.8 101.3 100.6 97.4 98.6 99.1 99.0 98.8 99.2 .4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and

motor vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by

the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours

estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours

and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Aug. 

2006

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

 Aug. 

2006

 Apr. 

2007

 May 

2007

 June 

2007

 July 

2007p

 Aug. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

July 2007-

Aug. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 120.7 126.4 128.1 127.0 119.2 123.4 124.2 125.3 125.5 125.8 0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 118.2 120.9 119.6 121.2 114.4 115.7 116.6 117.6 117.4 116.9 -.4

Natural resources and mining .............................. 151.2 164.8 164.5 165.6 147.4 159.4 160.2 161.6 162.0 162.0 .0

Construction ............................................................ 136.0 137.9 138.6 139.7 125.8 127.8 129.5 130.5 130.2 129.9 -.2

Manufacturing ......................................................... 106.9 109.3 107.0 108.8 106.5 107.0 107.2 108.2 108.2 107.8 -.4

Durable goods ..................................................... 111.0 113.9 109.9 112.3 110.8 110.6 111.2 112.4 112.1 111.7 -.4

Nondurable goods ............................................... 99.3 101.1 101.7 102.4 98.6 100.3 100.2 100.6 101.2 100.9 -.3

Private service-providing ............................. 121.4 128.2 130.5 128.7 120.9 125.8 126.6 127.4 128.1 128.6 .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 114.5 118.3 120.0 118.7 113.8 116.0 116.8 117.5 117.7 118.0 .3

Wholesale trade ................................................... 118.5 125.9 129.2 127.3 118.4 123.0 124.1 125.6 126.2 127.2 .8

Retail trade ........................................................... 109.6 111.1 112.7 111.2 108.5 110.0 110.3 110.4 110.5 110.6 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 120.2 124.1 123.9 124.3 120.0 121.2 122.1 123.0 122.4 123.6 1.0

Utilities ................................................................... 107.7 111.9 113.8 113.0 108.0 110.3 111.1 112.1 112.7 112.8 .1

Information ............................................................... 117.4 120.0 123.2 119.4 117.0 120.4 120.1 120.5 121.0 119.6 -1.2

Financial activities .................................................. 125.6 134.7 138.9 134.6 125.5 133.7 134.0 135.1 135.4 135.1 -.2

Professional and business services .................... 129.4 138.1 141.5 139.0 128.8 135.1 137.1 137.2 138.2 138.7 .4

Education and health services ............................. 122.9 131.3 133.1 131.7 125.3 131.0 131.6 133.2 134.0 134.6 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 129.3 138.7 142.9 141.2 121.4 130.6 131.4 131.7 132.3 132.9 .5

Other services ......................................................... 105.8 111.1 111.9 111.6 105.0 108.5 109.3 109.6 110.0 110.7 .6

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls

by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate

payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory

worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

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

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries

1

1

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Time span

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

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

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

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

2007 ......................................................... 54.9 54.7 55.0 52.9 57.9 53.6 p 57.4 p 51.3

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

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

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

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

2007 ......................................................... 64.6 60.6 61.2 59.4 60.1 56.5 p 57.4 p 56.7

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

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

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

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

2007 ......................................................... 62.2 60.3 65.3 62.8 61.7 61.3 p 58.8 p 59.0

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

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

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

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

2007 ......................................................... 64.6 64.4 63.8 64.0 62.6 62.2 p 62.1 p 64.7

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

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

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

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

2007 ......................................................... 52.4 38.7 30.4 33.3 42.3 42.9 p 51.8 p 32.7

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

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

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

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

2007 ......................................................... 48.2 38.1 42.9 31.0 33.3 38.1 p 37.5 p 36.9

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

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

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

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

2007 ......................................................... 39.9 37.5 37.5 36.9 36.3 38.1 p 35.1 p 34.5

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

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

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

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

2007 ......................................................... 41.7 42.3 39.3 39.9 36.3 33.3 p 32.7 p 36.3

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

unadjusted data for the 12-month span.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing

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

50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing

and decreasing employment.