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Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

March 2002 – February 2005

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

March 2002 – February 2005

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2003 2004 2005

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: FEBRUARY 2005

Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 262,000 in February and the unemployment rate edged up

to 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job growth

occurred in both goods-producing and service-providing industries.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

In February, both the number of unemployed persons, 8.0 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.4 percent, returned to their December levels after dipping in January. The jobless rate had been either 5.4 or

5.5 percent during each of the last 6 months of 2004. In February, the unemployment rates for the major

worker groups—adult men (4.9 percent), adult women (4.7 percent), teenagers (17.5 percent), whites

(4.6 percent), blacks (10.9 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (6.4 percent)—showed little change. The

unemployment rate for Asians was 4.5 percent in February, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2,

and A-3.)

The number of long-term unemployed—those unemployed for 27 weeks and over—remained at 1.6 million in February. This group accounted for 1 in 5 unemployed persons. (See table A-9.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

In February, total employment was about unchanged at 140.1 million, seasonally adjusted. The employment-population ratio—the proportion of the population age 16 and over with jobs—was little changed over

the month at 62.3 percent. The rate has fluctuated between 62.1 and 62.5 percent for the past 2 years. In
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Jan.-

Category 2004 Feb.

III IV Dec. Jan. Feb. change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................. 147,677 148,136 148,203 147,979 148,132 153

Employment....................................... 139,608 140,092 140,156 140,241 140,144 -97

Unemployment.................................... 8,069 8,044 8,047 7,737 7,988 251

Not in labor force.................................... 76,003 76,282 76,437 76,858 76,909 51

All workers........................................... 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 0.2

Adult men.......................................... 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9 .2

Adult women.................................... 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7 .1

Teenagers.......................................... 17.1 17.1 17.6 16.3 17.5 1.2

White .............................................. 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.6 .2

Black or African American ..................... 10.6 10.8 10.8 10.6 10.9 .3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity..................... 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.1 6.4 .3

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment.............................. 131,731 132,302 132,449 p132,581 p132,843 p262

Goods-producing 1

.............................. 21,932 22,000 22,022 p22,005 p22,060 p55

Construction................................. 6,983 7,063 7,086 p7,086 p7,116 p30

Manufacturing................................. 14,353 14,338 14,334 p14,314 p14,334 p20

Service-providing 1 .............................. 109,799 110,302 110,427 p110,576 p110,783 p207

Retail trade 2

 ................................. 15,043 15,072 15,077 p15,083 p15,112 p30

Professional and business services......... 16,479 16,633 16,674 p16,698 p16,779 p81

Education and health services............... 16,997 17,110 17,142 p17,175 p17,193 p18

Leisure and hospitality..................... 12,509 12,569 12,589 p12,612 p12,635 p23 

Government................................. 21,636 21,702 21,700 p21,722 p21,755 p33

Total private.......................................... 33.7 33.7 33.7 p33.7 p33.7 p0.0

Manufacturing..................................... 40.8 40.6 40.5 p40.7 p40.5 p-.2

Overtime....................................... 4.6 4.5 4.5 p4.5 p4.6 p.1

 

Total private............................................ 100.6 101.2 101.2 p101.4 p101.6 p0.2

Average hourly earnings, total private............ $15.74 $15.83 $15.85 p$15.90 p$15.90 p$0.00 

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 530.85 533.89 534.15 p535.83 p535.83 p.00 

 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 or nonsupervisory workers.

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

 p=preliminary.

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

Unemployment rates 

2005

 Employment

2004
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February, the civilian labor force was essentially unchanged at 148.1 million, and the participation rate held at

65.8 percent. (See table A-1.)

Over the year, the number of persons who held more than one job increased by 432,000 to 7.7 million,

not seasonally adjusted. These multiple jobholders represented 5.5 percent of total employment in February,

up from 5.3 percent a year earlier. (See table A-13.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

There were 1.7 million persons who were marginally attached to the labor force in February, little

changed over the year. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available

to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed,

however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the

marginally attached, there were 485,000 discouraged workers in February, also about the same as a year

earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no

jobs were available for them. The other 1.2 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 262,000 in February to 132.8 million, seasonally adjusted, following smaller gains in the prior 3 months. Construction, manufacturing, and several serviceproviding industries added jobs. (See table B-1.)

Construction employment rose by 30,000 in February. This followed no change in January, when unusually severe weather conditions in some areas of the country limited construction activity. Since its most

recent low point in March 2003, the industry has added 458,000 jobs. Employment growth among residential specialty trade contractors (16,000) and residential builders (5,000) accounted for the bulk of

February’s gain.

In February, manufacturing added 20,000 jobs, with motor vehicles and parts accounting for about half

of the job gain. The increase in motor vehicles employment (11,000) reflected the return of auto workers

from larger-than-usual temporary layoffs in January. While total manufacturing employment edged up over

the year, it has shown little net change since mid-2004.

Employment in a number of service-providing industries grew over the month. Professional and business

services employment expanded by 81,000 in February. Within this sector, sizable increases occurred in employment services (38,000), services to buildings and dwellings (14,000), and architectural and engineering

services (7,000). Within employment services, temporary help services added 30,000 jobs in February and

207,000 jobs over the year.

Retail trade employment increased by 30,000 in February, with small gains distributed throughout this

industry. Over the year, retail trade has added 135,000 jobs. Wholesale trade employment was essentially

flat in February; employment in the industry has been trending upward, however, and has grown by 94,000

since its most recent low in August 2003.

Within the financial activities sector, employment growth continued in credit intermediation and related

activities. The industry added 11,000 jobs in February, with commercial banks accounting for about 5,000

of the gain.
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Health care employment rose by 23,000 over the month. Since February 2004, this industry has gained

262,000 jobs. Over the month, employment increased in ambulatory health care services (12,000) and in

hospitals (6,000).

In the leisure and hospitality sector, food services and drinking places added 27,000 jobs in February.

Over the year, leisure and hospitality employment increased by 268,000, with strong gains in both food

services and accommodations.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in February, at 33.7 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.2 hour

to 40.5 hours, the same level as in November and December. Manufacturing overtime edged up in February

to 4.6 hours. (See table B-2.)

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 percent in February to 101.6 (2002=100). The manufacturing index was down by

0.4 percent over the month to 93.8. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

unchanged over the month at $15.90, seasonally adjusted. This followed a 5-cent increase in January.

Average weekly earnings also were unchanged in February at $535.83. Over the year, average hourly

earnings grew by 2.5 percent and average weekly earnings increased by 2.2 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for March 2005 is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 1,

at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

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 0.5 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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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

Feb.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 222,357 224,837 225,041 222,357 224,192 224,422 224,640 224,837 225,041

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 146,154 147,125 147,649 146,529 147,893 148,313 148,203 147,979 148,132

 Participation rate ............................................................... 65.7 65.4 65.6 65.9 66.0 66.1 66.0 65.8 65.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 137,384 138,682 139,100 138,334 139,827 140,293 140,156 140,241 140,144

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 61.8 61.7 61.8 62.2 62.4 62.5 62.4 62.4 62.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 8,770 8,444 8,549 8,195 8,066 8,020 8,047 7,737 7,988

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 76,203 77,712 77,392 75,828 76,299 76,109 76,437 76,858 76,909

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,622 5,136 4,844 4,746 5,338 5,087 5,021 4,982 4,995

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,177 108,489 108,598 107,177 108,153 108,276 108,392 108,489 108,598

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 78,014 78,574 78,950 78,390 79,290 79,602 79,412 79,146 79,373

 Participation rate ............................................................... 72.8 72.4 72.7 73.1 73.3 73.5 73.3 73.0 73.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,003 73,728 73,990 73,937 74,852 75,188 74,938 74,934 74,964

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 68.1 68.0 68.1 69.0 69.2 69.4 69.1 69.1 69.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,012 4,846 4,959 4,454 4,438 4,414 4,474 4,212 4,410

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.4 6.2 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 29,163 29,914 29,648 28,787 28,863 28,674 28,981 29,342 29,224

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 98,966 100,219 100,321 98,966 99,904 100,017 100,126 100,219 100,321

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 74,719 75,322 75,640 74,854 75,632 75,866 75,754 75,594 75,816

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.5 75.2 75.4 75.6 75.7 75.9 75.7 75.4 75.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 70,318 71,104 71,413 71,014 71,895 72,134 72,020 72,029 72,131

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.1 70.9 71.2 71.8 72.0 72.1 71.9 71.9 71.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,402 4,218 4,228 3,840 3,736 3,733 3,733 3,565 3,685

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 24,246 24,897 24,680 24,112 24,272 24,151 24,372 24,625 24,505

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 115,180 116,348 116,443 115,180 116,039 116,146 116,247 116,348 116,443

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 68,140 68,551 68,699 68,138 68,603 68,711 68,791 68,832 68,759

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.2 58.9 59.0 59.2 59.1 59.2 59.2 59.2 59.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 64,381 64,953 65,109 64,397 64,975 65,104 65,218 65,307 65,180

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 55.9 55.8 55.9 55.9 56.0 56.1 56.1 56.1 56.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,758 3,598 3,590 3,741 3,628 3,606 3,573 3,525 3,579

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 47,040 47,798 47,744 47,041 47,436 47,436 47,456 47,516 47,684

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,216 108,316 108,403 107,216 108,032 108,129 108,221 108,316 108,403

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,832 65,253 65,411 64,636 65,126 65,244 65,260 65,318 65,270

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.5 60.2 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,592 62,117 62,292 61,456 62,024 62,145 62,208 62,295 62,202

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

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,240 3,136 3,119 3,179 3,102 3,099 3,051 3,023 3,068

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 42,384 43,063 42,992 42,580 42,906 42,885 42,961 42,998 43,133

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,175 16,302 16,317 16,175 16,257 16,275 16,293 16,302 16,317

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,603 6,550 6,598 7,039 7,135 7,202 7,189 7,066 7,046

 Participation rate ............................................................... 40.8 40.2 40.4 43.5 43.9 44.2 44.1 43.3 43.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,475 5,460 5,395 5,864 5,908 6,014 5,927 5,917 5,811

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 33.8 33.5 33.1 36.3 36.3 36.9 36.4 36.3 35.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,128 1,090 1,203 1,175 1,227 1,188 1,262 1,150 1,235

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 17.1 16.6 18.2 16.7 17.2 16.5 17.6 16.3 17.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,572 9,752 9,719 9,136 9,122 9,074 9,104 9,235 9,271

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 2005, 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

Feb.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 182,001 183,640 183,767 182,001 183,188 183,340 183,483 183,640 183,767

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,336 120,778 121,293 120,590 121,273 121,606 121,509 121,553 121,621

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.1 65.8 66.0 66.3 66.2 66.3 66.2 66.2 66.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 113,834 114,756 115,188 114,615 115,618 115,966 115,910 116,158 116,022

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.5 62.5 62.7 63.0 63.1 63.3 63.2 63.3 63.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 6,502 6,023 6,105 5,975 5,655 5,640 5,600 5,395 5,598

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.4 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 61,665 62,862 62,474 61,411 61,915 61,735 61,973 62,088 62,146

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,494 62,929 63,192 62,633 63,092 63,225 63,199 63,259 63,390

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.0 75.7 75.9 76.1 76.1 76.2 76.1 76.1 76.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,123 59,849 60,116 59,769 60,415 60,565 60,570 60,712 60,776

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 71.9 72.0 72.3 72.7 72.9 73.0 72.9 73.0 73.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,371 3,080 3,076 2,865 2,678 2,660 2,629 2,547 2,614

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.4 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.1

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,281 52,399 52,543 52,009 52,270 52,443 52,385 52,414 52,311

 Participation rate ................................................................. 60.0 59.6 59.8 59.7 59.6 59.8 59.7 59.7 59.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 50,051 50,272 50,448 49,810 50,186 50,318 50,344 50,392 50,246

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

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,230 2,128 2,094 2,199 2,084 2,125 2,040 2,022 2,066

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

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,561 5,450 5,559 5,948 5,911 5,938 5,926 5,879 5,919

 Participation rate ................................................................. 44.2 43.1 44.0 47.3 46.9 47.0 46.9 46.5 46.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,661 4,636 4,624 5,036 5,017 5,083 4,995 5,054 5,001

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 37.1 36.7 36.6 40.0 39.8 40.3 39.5 40.0 39.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 900 815 934 912 894 855 931 825 918

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 16.2 14.9 16.8 15.3 15.1 14.4 15.7 14.0 15.5

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,900 26,306 26,342 25,900 26,204 26,239 26,273 26,306 26,342

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,274 16,538 16,538 16,427 16,820 16,728 16,713 16,721 16,708

 Participation rate ................................................................. 62.8 62.9 62.8 63.4 64.2 63.8 63.6 63.6 63.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,650 14,720 14,688 14,829 15,012 14,913 14,907 14,946 14,890

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 56.6 56.0 55.8 57.3 57.3 56.8 56.7 56.8 56.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,624 1,818 1,850 1,598 1,808 1,814 1,806 1,775 1,818

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.0 11.0 11.2 9.7 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.6 10.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,626 9,768 9,804 9,473 9,384 9,512 9,559 9,585 9,634

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,284 7,383 7,394 7,331 7,490 7,485 7,473 7,380 7,438

 Participation rate ................................................................. 70.1 69.9 69.9 70.6 71.2 71.0 70.8 69.8 70.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,552 6,526 6,523 6,647 6,722 6,697 6,677 6,612 6,630

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.1 61.7 61.6 64.0 63.9 63.5 63.3 62.6 62.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 732 858 872 684 768 788 796 768 809

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.1 11.6 11.8 9.3 10.2 10.5 10.7 10.4 10.9

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,369 8,439 8,476 8,419 8,513 8,438 8,477 8,532 8,527

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.8 63.5 63.7 64.2 64.3 63.6 63.9 64.2 64.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,628 7,683 7,700 7,675 7,756 7,675 7,702 7,770 7,751

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.2 57.8 57.9 58.6 58.6 57.9 58.0 58.5 58.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 740 756 776 743 757 763 775 763 776

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.8 9.0 9.2 8.8 8.9 9.0 9.1 8.9 9.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 621 716 668 678 818 804 763 808 742

 Participation rate ................................................................. 25.8 29.2 27.2 28.2 33.6 33.0 31.2 33.0 30.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 470 512 465 507 534 542 528 564 509

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 19.5 20.9 19.0 21.1 21.9 22.2 21.6 23.0 20.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 151 204 202 171 283 263 235 244 233

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 24.3 28.6 30.3 25.2 34.7 32.7 30.8 30.2 31.5

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,334 9,661 9,659 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,190 6,386 6,378 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.3 66.1 66.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,900 6,115 6,092 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.2 63.3 63.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 290 271 286 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.7 4.2 4.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,144 3,274 3,281 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 2005, data reflect

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Feb.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 27,705 28,642 28,729 27,705 28,431 28,520 28,608 28,642 28,729

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 18,682 19,170 19,385 18,702 19,524 19,552 19,544 19,379 19,458

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.4 66.9 67.5 67.5 68.7 68.6 68.3 67.7 67.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 17,170 17,839 18,031 17,315 18,213 18,238 18,252 18,198 18,211

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.0 62.3 62.8 62.5 64.1 63.9 63.8 63.5 63.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,512 1,331 1,354 1,387 1,311 1,313 1,292 1,181 1,248

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.1 6.9 7.0 7.4 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.1 6.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,023 9,472 9,344 9,003 8,907 8,968 9,064 9,263 9,270

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,709 11,089 11,143 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 83.2 83.1 83.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 9,916 10,404 10,508 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 77.0 78.0 78.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 792 685 635 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.4 6.2 5.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,036 7,188 7,266 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 57.5 56.8 57.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,547 6,717 6,754 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 53.5 53.1 53.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 490 471 512 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.0 6.5 7.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 937 893 976 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 36.3 33.7 36.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 707 718 769 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 27.4 27.1 29.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 230 175 207 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 24.5 19.6 21.2 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 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,191 12,562 12,269 12,474 12,502 12,722 12,814 12,575 12,581

 Participation rate ................................................................... 44.1 44.7 44.3 45.2 45.0 45.3 45.0 44.7 45.4

 Employed ................................................................................ 10,965 11,417 11,142 11,406 11,471 11,703 11,746 11,637 11,595

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 39.7 40.6 40.2 41.3 41.3 41.6 41.3 41.4 41.9

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,227 1,144 1,126 1,068 1,031 1,019 1,068 938 986

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 10.1 9.1 9.2 8.6 8.2 8.0 8.3 7.5 7.8

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 37,985 38,002 38,230 37,930 37,712 37,630 37,695 37,729 38,077

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.4 62.6 63.0 63.4 63.5 63.1 63.1 62.2 62.7

 Employed ................................................................................ 35,802 35,907 36,101 36,025 35,874 35,788 35,846 35,943 36,223

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 59.8 59.2 59.5 60.2 60.4 60.0 60.0 59.2 59.7

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 2,182 2,096 2,129 1,906 1,838 1,842 1,849 1,786 1,854

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 34,357 34,254 35,071 34,183 34,548 34,549 34,483 34,524 34,842

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.8 72.4 72.8 72.4 71.8 72.4 72.3 73.0 72.4

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,792 32,740 33,529 32,704 33,112 33,051 32,995 33,117 33,387

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.5 69.2 69.6 69.3 68.8 69.3 69.2 70.0 69.4

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,565 1,514 1,543 1,479 1,435 1,498 1,487 1,407 1,455

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

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 40,148 40,789 40,621 39,888 40,772 41,131 41,026 40,907 40,534

 Participation rate ................................................................... 78.2 78.2 78.2 77.7 77.8 78.5 78.7 78.4 78.0

 Employed ................................................................................ 38,984 39,760 39,657 38,722 39,744 40,090 40,009 39,925 39,563

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 75.9 76.2 76.4 75.4 75.8 76.5 76.7 76.5 76.2

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,165 1,029 964 1,166 1,027 1,041 1,018 982 972

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4

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 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 1,956 1,920 1,889 2,201 2,155 2,212 2,179 2,120 2,145

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,067 1,042 1,023 1,256 1,194 1,204 1,185 1,181 1,208

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 872 865 845 920 921 952 963 904 903

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 17 13 22 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 135,428 136,761 137,211 136,191 137,764 138,068 137,973 138,112 138,005

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 126,122 127,208 127,615 126,612 128,035 128,431 128,459 128,501 128,184

 Government .......................................................................... 19,791 20,363 20,321 19,477 20,213 20,309 20,270 20,296 20,106

 Private industries .................................................................. 106,331 106,846 107,294 106,967 107,823 108,120 108,257 108,219 107,978

 Private households ............................................................. 791 800 777 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 105,540 106,045 106,517 106,139 107,090 107,360 107,492 107,414 107,162

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,196 9,449 9,468 9,482 9,702 9,505 9,473 9,514 9,709

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 111 104 127 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,764 4,903 4,487 4,445 4,762 4,533 4,474 4,395 4,269

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,098 3,214 2,820 2,841 3,052 2,761 2,735 2,768 2,629

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,429 1,314 1,315 1,363 1,385 1,420 1,440 1,329 1,296

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,653 19,207 20,145 19,020 19,704 19,499 19,502 19,089 19,555

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,655 4,793 4,380 4,335 4,656 4,404 4,382 4,303 4,153

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,032 3,145 2,761 2,768 2,971 2,685 2,682 2,702 2,572

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,421 1,304 1,306 1,350 1,363 1,396 1,397 1,309 1,268

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,327 18,866 19,865 18,775 19,288 19,141 19,176 18,765 19,254

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 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 137,384 138,682 139,100 138,334 139,827 140,293 140,156 140,241 140,144

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,475 5,460 5,395 5,864 5,908 6,014 5,927 5,917 5,811

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,079 2,089 2,098 2,282 2,189 2,240 2,261 2,267 2,286

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,395 3,371 3,297 3,600 3,711 3,739 3,691 3,634 3,533

 20 years and over ................................................................... 131,909 133,221 133,704 132,470 133,920 134,279 134,229 134,325 134,333

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,366 13,398 13,275 13,594 13,842 13,818 13,851 13,702 13,531

 25 years and over ................................................................. 118,543 119,824 120,429 118,870 120,066 120,455 120,421 120,669 120,758

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 96,644 97,330 97,598 97,016 97,700 97,885 97,701 98,049 97,986

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 29,972 30,345 30,359 30,189 30,432 30,495 30,504 30,683 30,581

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,403 34,353 34,404 34,505 34,599 34,739 34,632 34,589 34,524

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 32,269 32,632 32,835 32,321 32,669 32,651 32,566 32,776 32,881

 55 years and over ............................................................... 21,899 22,493 22,832 21,854 22,366 22,571 22,719 22,620 22,772

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 73,003 73,728 73,990 73,937 74,852 75,188 74,938 74,934 74,964

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,685 2,624 2,578 2,923 2,957 3,055 2,917 2,905 2,833

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 957 942 950 1,068 1,072 1,117 1,049 1,068 1,057

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,728 1,682 1,628 1,865 1,879 1,914 1,862 1,825 1,779

 20 years and over ................................................................... 70,318 71,104 71,413 71,014 71,895 72,134 72,020 72,029 72,131

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,007 6,966 6,957 7,159 7,307 7,295 7,354 7,181 7,131

 25 years and over ................................................................. 63,311 64,139 64,455 63,881 64,592 64,823 64,704 64,900 65,012

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 51,681 52,184 52,346 52,176 52,582 52,695 52,563 52,840 52,837

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,382 16,646 16,681 16,612 16,900 16,851 16,818 16,902 16,905

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,529 18,556 18,565 18,681 18,649 18,799 18,719 18,769 18,723

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,770 16,982 17,100 16,883 17,033 17,045 17,026 17,169 17,208

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,630 11,954 12,109 11,705 12,010 12,128 12,141 12,061 12,175

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 64,381 64,953 65,109 64,397 64,975 65,104 65,218 65,307 65,180

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,790 2,836 2,818 2,941 2,951 2,959 3,010 3,012 2,978

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,122 1,146 1,149 1,214 1,118 1,123 1,212 1,199 1,229

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,667 1,689 1,669 1,734 1,831 1,826 1,830 1,809 1,754

 20 years and over ................................................................... 61,592 62,117 62,292 61,456 62,024 62,145 62,208 62,295 62,202

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,360 6,432 6,318 6,435 6,535 6,523 6,497 6,521 6,400

 25 years and over ................................................................. 55,232 55,685 55,974 54,989 55,474 55,633 55,716 55,769 55,746

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 44,963 45,146 45,252 44,840 45,118 45,190 45,138 45,209 45,149

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,591 13,699 13,678 13,577 13,532 13,644 13,686 13,782 13,676

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,873 15,797 15,838 15,825 15,950 15,940 15,912 15,820 15,800

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,499 15,650 15,735 15,438 15,636 15,606 15,540 15,608 15,673

 55 years and over ............................................................... 10,269 10,539 10,722 10,149 10,356 10,443 10,578 10,560 10,597

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 44,843 44,853 45,160 45,044 45,127 45,462 45,315 45,171 45,351

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,681 34,880 34,754 34,481 34,808 34,961 34,878 34,739 34,601

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,666 8,854 8,969 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 112,692 114,181 114,022 113,986 114,954 115,415 115,585 115,858 115,370

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 24,692 24,501 25,078 24,161 24,931 24,940 24,728 24,220 24,626

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 2005, 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

Feb.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,195 7,737 7,988 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,175 1,150 1,235 16.7 17.2 16.5 17.6 16.3 17.5

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 504 543 595 18.1 20.6 21.2 20.6 19.3 20.6

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 665 612 649 15.6 15.2 13.5 15.4 14.4 15.5

 20 years and over ................................................................... 7,020 6,588 6,753 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,430 1,440 1,511 9.5 9.8 9.2 8.9 9.5 10.0

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,602 5,141 5,278 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.2

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,723 4,326 4,423 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.3

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,793 1,629 1,673 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.0 5.2

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,633 1,479 1,531 4.5 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,297 1,217 1,218 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6

 55 years and over ............................................................... 861 832 854 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.6

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,454 4,212 4,410 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.6

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 613 647 725 17.3 19.2 18.2 20.3 18.2 20.4

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 269 302 352 20.1 22.1 23.0 24.3 22.0 25.0

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 347 349 382 15.7 17.7 14.8 17.8 16.1 17.7

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,840 3,565 3,685 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 803 819 907 10.1 10.2 9.8 9.0 10.2 11.3

 25 years and over ................................................................. 3,040 2,734 2,810 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.1

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,585 2,247 2,336 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.2

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,049 829 896 5.9 5.2 5.4 5.7 4.7 5.0

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 878 752 797 4.5 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.1

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 658 666 643 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.6

 55 years and over ............................................................... 455 487 474 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.9 3.7

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,741 3,525 3,579 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 562 502 510 16.0 15.1 14.6 14.8 14.3 14.6

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 235 241 243 16.2 19.0 19.3 17.2 16.8 16.5

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 318 263 267 15.5 12.5 12.1 12.9 12.7 13.2

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,179 3,023 3,068 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 627 621 605 8.9 9.4 8.5 8.9 8.7 8.6

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,562 2,407 2,468 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.2

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,138 2,078 2,086 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 744 800 777 5.2 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.4

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 755 727 734 4.6 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.4

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 639 552 575 4.0 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.5

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 415 360 386 3.9 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.5

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,562 1,430 1,402 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,287 1,157 1,140 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.2

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 766 788 783 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.1 8.2 8.0

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,841 6,400 6,569 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,317 1,343 1,419 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4

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 2005, data

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,888 4,771 4,461 4,284 4,074 4,066 4,108 4,048 3,980

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 1,450 1,473 1,330 1,060 947 941 965 966 965

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,438 3,299 3,130 3,224 3,127 3,124 3,144 3,082 3,015

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,629 2,360 2,201 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 809 938 929 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 841 820 976 835 829 880 898 819 965

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,491 2,310 2,488 2,421 2,411 2,388 2,361 2,324 2,405

New entrants ............................................................................ 550 542 624 671 747 723 709 624 745

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 55.7 56.5 52.2 52.2 50.5 50.5 50.9 51.8 49.2

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 16.5 17.4 15.6 12.9 11.8 11.7 11.9 12.4 11.9

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 39.2 39.1 36.6 39.3 38.8 38.8 38.9 39.4 37.2

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 9.6 9.7 11.4 10.2 10.3 10.9 11.1 10.5 11.9

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 28.4 27.4 29.1 29.5 29.9 29.6 29.2 29.7 29.7

 New entrants ........................................................................... 6.3 6.4 7.3 8.2 9.3 9.0 8.8 8.0 9.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7

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

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

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

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,318 2,948 2,629 2,449 2,753 2,611 2,865 2,599 2,755

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,912 2,527 2,789 2,418 2,290 2,361 2,264 2,343 2,317

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,540 2,969 3,132 3,252 3,032 3,012 2,961 2,824 2,888

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,605 1,269 1,445 1,382 1,261 1,294 1,325 1,201 1,255

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,935 1,700 1,687 1,870 1,771 1,718 1,636 1,623 1,633

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 20.3 18.5 19.2 20.2 19.7 19.8 19.3 19.3 19.1

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 10.9 9.2 9.8 10.2 9.5 9.8 9.5 9.4 9.3

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 .................................................................. 26.4 34.9 30.7 30.2 34.1 32.7 35.4 33.5 34.6

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 33.2 29.9 32.6 29.8 28.4 29.6 28.0 30.2 29.1

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 40.4 35.2 36.6 40.1 37.5 37.7 36.6 36.4 36.3

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 18.3 15.0 16.9 17.0 15.6 16.2 16.4 15.5 15.8

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 22.1 20.1 19.7 23.0 21.9 21.5 20.2 20.9 20.5

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2005

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 137,384 139,100 8,770 8,549 6.0 5.8

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 48,580 48,495 1,367 1,231 2.7 2.5

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,112 19,876 523 527 2.5 2.6

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,467 28,618 844 704 2.9 2.4

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 21,586 22,179 1,742 1,678 7.5 7.0

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,358 35,687 2,051 1,992 5.5 5.3

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 15,998 16,316 1,051 945 6.2 5.5

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,360 19,371 1,001 1,048 4.9 5.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 13,960 14,542 1,433 1,544 9.3 9.6

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 875 838 173 102 16.5 10.8

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 7,941 8,570 1,015 1,195 11.3 12.2

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,144 5,134 245 248 4.6 4.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 17,901 18,198 1,591 1,444 8.2 7.4

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,599 9,446 808 770 7.8 7.5

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,301 8,752 783 674 8.6 7.2

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 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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

Industry

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2005

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 8,770 8,549 6.0 5.8

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 7,301 6,984 6.4 6.1

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 24 25 5.0 4.0

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 1,039 1,150 11.6 12.3

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,094 889 6.3 5.3

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 706 532 6.5 5.1

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 388 357 6.0 5.8

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,369 1,301 6.5 6.2

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 291 245 5.5 4.4

 Information ........................................................................................................ 194 204 5.8 6.5

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 363 301 3.8 3.2

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 964 916 7.7 7.2

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 608 619 3.4 3.4

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 987 1,008 8.9 8.8

 Other services .................................................................................................. 366 325 5.9 5.3

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 168 107 14.2 9.9

Government workers ......................................................................................... 490 472 2.4 2.3

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 260 363 2.5 3.4

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.7

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4

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

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

 all marginally attached workers ........................................................................................... 10.3 10.2 9.9 9.7 9.7 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.3

 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 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2005

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 76,203 77,392 29,163 29,648 47,040 47,744

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,622 4,844 2,113 2,128 2,509 2,716

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,691 1,673 881 838 810 835

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 484 485 293 268 192 218

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,206 1,187 588 571 618 617

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,235 7,667 3,606 3,867 3,629 3,800

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.3 5.5 4.9 5.2 5.6 5.8

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,713 3,882 2,055 2,207 1,658 1,675

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,753 1,746 577 586 1,176 1,160

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 287 274 179 158 107 116

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,458 1,703 785 889 674 815

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 2005, 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

Feb.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Change

from:

Jan. 2005-

Feb. 2005p

Total nonfarm ............................. 128,976 133,187 130,474 131,330 130,466 132,162 132,294 132,449 132,581 132,843 262

Total private ........................................ 107,130 111,143 108,847 109,270 108,915 110,462 110,588 110,749 110,859 111,088 229

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,125 21,924 21,426 21,479 21,699 21,982 21,996 22,022 22,005 22,060 55

Natural resources and mining .................................. 561 602 591 595 577 595 599 602 605 610 5

Logging ........................................................... 65.0 68.0 66.1 66.1 66.8 67.0 66.9 67.9 67.8 67.9 .1

Mining .................................................................... 496.0 533.8 525.0 529.1 509.7 527.7 532.5 534.4 537.0 541.8 4.8

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 120.6 124.0 122.4 122.5 121.0 123.6 124.4 124.1 123.4 122.9 -.5

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 191.7 209.3 204.4 205.7 201.1 208.4 210.7 211.3 212.7 214.5 1.8

Coal mining ...................................................... 68.4 74.5 75.2 75.4 69.1 72.7 73.7 73.9 75.4 75.9 .5

Support activities for mining .............................. 183.7 200.5 198.2 200.9 187.6 195.7 197.4 199.0 200.9 204.4 3.5

Construction ............................................................. 6,392 6,984 6,654 6,657 6,841 7,043 7,060 7,086 7,086 7,116 30

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,523.2 1,669.6 1,622.7 1,624.3 1,593.8 1,663.0 1,668.3 1,678.9 1,683.9 1,693.3 9.4

Residential building ......................................... 830.3 920.8 898.6 898.3 869.3 915.6 918.4 927.4 931.7 936.9 5.2

Nonresidential building .................................... 692.9 748.8 724.1 726.0 724.5 747.4 749.9 751.5 752.2 756.4 4.2

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 783.9 871.8 798.6 798.0 893.0 904.1 906.4 907.8 907.0 907.4 .4

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,084.6 4,442.8 4,232.7 4,234.4 4,354.2 4,476.1 4,484.8 4,499.2 4,495.5 4,515.4 19.9

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 1,940.0 2,110.0 2,004.5 2,011.4 2,063.0 2,120.9 2,121.5 2,125.5 2,124.1 2,140.2 16.1

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,144.6 2,332.8 2,228.3 2,222.9 2,291.2 2,355.2 2,363.3 2,373.7 2,371.4 2,375.2 3.8

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,172 14,338 14,181 14,227 14,281 14,344 14,337 14,334 14,314 14,334 20

Production workers ....................................... 9,927 10,102 9,971 10,012 10,013 10,111 10,104 10,097 10,085 10,096 11

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,813 8,968 8,881 8,916 8,864 8,960 8,954 8,957 8,945 8,968 23

Production workers ....................................... 6,037 6,180 6,110 6,138 6,075 6,172 6,166 6,170 6,163 6,175 12

Wood products ................................................... 533.1 551.0 543.9 548.1 543.1 554.5 553.3 555.2 555.8 557.6 1.8

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 476.4 503.6 484.8 483.3 495.7 509.1 507.9 506.5 504.4 503.3 -1.1

Primary metals .................................................... 463.5 467.6 463.8 464.5 464.7 466.0 465.8 465.2 464.7 465.6 .9

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,473.5 1,514.0 1,507.2 1,511.8 1,478.6 1,511.5 1,510.9 1,512.8 1,514.7 1,517.5 2.8

Machinery ........................................................... 1,129.3 1,149.8 1,144.9 1,146.7 1,129.4 1,147.3 1,147.4 1,146.0 1,145.4 1,147.0 1.6

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,315.7 1,326.4 1,325.1 1,326.0 1,317.8 1,329.8 1,327.1 1,325.8 1,327.6 1,328.3 .7

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 213.2 210.1 210.8 210.9 214.0 209.7 209.3 210.4 210.2 211.4 1.2

Communications equipment ........................... 148.9 152.4 156.0 156.0 148.9 150.7 152.7 153.7 155.9 155.7 -.2

Semiconductors and electronic components . 448.6 448.4 445.2 445.3 449.4 454.9 451.9 448.0 447.3 446.7 -.6

Electronic instruments ..................................... 424.7 437.3 435.5 435.6 424.9 437.0 435.6 435.7 436.4 436.3 -.1

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 446.7 446.7 445.4 442.9 448.0 445.1 447.4 445.8 445.3 444.1 -1.2

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,758.0 1,780.2 1,749.6 1,772.0 1,761.9 1,771.0 1,767.2 1,771.9 1,760.5 1,776.8 16.3

Motor vehicles and parts 2................................. 1,115.2 1,111.3 1,086.0 1,104.1 1,116.2 1,111.8 1,104.1 1,104.0 1,093.7 1,104.5 10.8

Furniture and related products .......................... 565.9 571.3 566.2 566.4 569.7 571.3 572.2 571.7 571.1 570.2 -.9

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 651.2 657.7 649.7 654.4 654.8 654.1 654.7 656.4 655.7 657.2 1.5

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,359 5,370 5,300 5,311 5,417 5,384 5,383 5,377 5,369 5,366 -3

Production workers ....................................... 3,890 3,922 3,861 3,874 3,938 3,939 3,938 3,927 3,922 3,921 -1

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,471.2 1,497.8 1,470.4 1,480.8 1,499.4 1,493.5 1,493.6 1,498.8 1,500.9 1,505.8 4.9

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 187.3 192.4 186.0 185.2 193.1 192.9 195.1 193.0 191.3 191.5 .2

Textile mills ......................................................... 238.4 232.3 228.0 226.8 240.3 236.5 235.0 233.2 231.1 228.8 -2.3

Textile product mills ........................................... 172.2 176.0 175.1 175.0 175.1 178.1 178.4 178.0 178.2 177.5 -.7

Apparel ................................................................ 291.5 269.1 262.1 264.2 295.2 276.1 273.4 271.9 269.7 267.1 -2.6

Leather and allied products ............................... 42.2 42.9 42.4 42.8 42.7 42.8 43.4 43.1 43.1 43.1 .0

Paper and paper products ................................. 496.3 499.3 498.3 499.7 499.4 499.4 498.1 497.9 500.3 502.7 2.4

Printing and related support activities ............... 662.6 663.5 654.8 654.3 667.6 661.0 661.3 660.8 659.7 659.2 -.5

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 108.7 111.6 111.2 112.1 111.9 113.3 113.6 113.8 114.5 115.2 .7

Chemicals ........................................................... 888.4 880.0 872.7 871.9 889.3 884.5 882.4 880.5 876.1 873.5 -2.6

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 800.0 805.2 798.8 798.4 802.8 806.3 808.6 806.2 803.8 801.7 -2.1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Change

from:

Jan. 2005-

Feb. 2005p

Service-providing .............................................. 107,851 111,263 109,048 109,851 108,767 110,180 110,298 110,427 110,576 110,783 207

Private service-providing ............................... 86,005 89,219 87,421 87,791 87,216 88,480 88,592 88,727 88,854 89,028 174

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 24,990 26,250 25,461 25,311 25,367 25,581 25,621 25,620 25,647 25,686 39

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,574.7 5,696.8 5,635.6 5,639.0 5,616.5 5,674.7 5,680.0 5,683.6 5,679.2 5,682.2 3.0

Durable goods .................................................... 2,912.7 2,969.5 2,952.6 2,951.5 2,928.5 2,962.3 2,960.4 2,964.5 2,966.5 2,967.9 1.4

Nondurable goods .............................................. 1,978.7 2,013.5 1,979.0 1,981.3 2,001.4 2,009.1 2,012.6 2,009.9 2,004.8 2,004.8 .0

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 683.3 713.8 704.0 706.2 686.6 703.3 707.0 709.2 707.9 709.5 1.6

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,689.3 15,646.1 14,983.5 14,828.1 14,977.0 15,056.5 15,081.4 15,077.0 15,082.8 15,112.4 29.6

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,874.5 1,895.7 1,882.7 1,888.1 1,898.4 1,896.4 1,901.2 1,905.9 1,908.3 1,911.0 2.7

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,253.4 1,245.3 1,238.4 1,243.1 1,259.9 1,245.0 1,247.6 1,249.1 1,248.5 1,249.4 .9

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 553.5 586.6 567.0 562.6 557.4 562.3 565.6 563.7 564.2 566.0 1.8

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 509.6 542.6 523.1 512.7 508.4 520.2 520.3 516.5 515.3 513.5 -1.8

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,148.3 1,221.0 1,187.3 1,187.3 1,209.5 1,236.3 1,240.4 1,243.5 1,245.8 1,250.3 4.5

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,800.8 2,857.2 2,810.5 2,803.7 2,826.2 2,830.2 2,822.7 2,819.8 2,823.6 2,826.2 2.6

Health and personal care stores ....................... 936.5 958.3 946.8 945.2 940.3 941.6 944.5 946.6 946.3 948.8 2.5

Gasoline stations ................................................ 866.1 868.5 863.8 860.9 878.5 877.0 873.7 871.3 872.2 873.1 .9

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,296.2 1,493.5 1,380.7 1,341.6 1,336.3 1,376.0 1,377.9 1,381.3 1,376.3 1,383.1 6.8

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 628.0 702.2 645.0 624.5 641.8 638.0 639.0 635.8 637.6 637.1 -.5

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,750.2 3,118.1 2,853.2 2,780.8 2,840.6 2,835.2 2,854.9 2,852.9 2,856.6 2,867.0 10.4

Department stores .......................................... 1,550.7 1,819.6 1,631.7 1,566.8 1,607.7 1,604.2 1,619.1 1,619.3 1,618.4 1,622.4 4.0

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 903.9 948.5 904.0 905.3 915.1 920.5 917.4 918.2 918.4 917.5 -.9

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 421.7 453.9 419.4 415.4 424.5 422.8 423.8 421.5 418.2 418.8 .6

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,160.4 4,338.1 4,268.9 4,270.7 4,204.1 4,279.6 4,289.6 4,288.0 4,309.8 4,314.8 5.0

Air transportation ................................................ 509.9 512.6 507.2 509.1 514.1 514.2 514.6 512.3 512.5 514.1 1.6

Rail transportation .............................................. 220.5 224.5 221.7 221.7 222.5 225.4 224.6 224.0 224.4 223.9 -.5

Water transportation ........................................... 52.0 57.2 58.2 56.5 54.6 57.7 57.8 58.6 60.4 59.4 -1.0

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,305.7 1,367.2 1,347.4 1,347.6 1,337.9 1,356.0 1,358.9 1,366.5 1,374.1 1,378.5 4.4

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 395.5 407.7 402.2 403.3 383.9 389.3 389.4 391.0 392.1 391.8 -.3

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 38.4 38.6 39.3 39.3 38.6 38.9 39.0 38.7 39.3 39.6 .3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 20.4 22.0 18.3 19.1 26.0 25.6 26.1 26.6 24.2 25.1 .9

Support activities for transportation ................... 524.5 550.7 544.4 544.5 526.9 539.9 544.6 547.0 547.8 547.1 -.7

Couriers and messengers .................................. 551.1 581.9 562.7 559.8 555.4 564.4 568.7 556.4 565.9 564.0 -1.9

Warehousing and storage .................................. 542.4 575.7 567.5 569.8 544.2 568.2 565.9 566.9 569.1 571.3 2.2

Utilities ................................................................... 565.9 568.5 573.0 573.5 569.1 570.3 570.2 571.3 575.1 576.5 1.4

Information ................................................................ 3,127 3,139 3,105 3,099 3,143 3,131 3,133 3,127 3,120 3,118 -2

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 908.6 909.5 901.3 902.1 910.2 908.1 908.9 905.7 904.2 903.9 -.3

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 377.1 390.2 370.2 370.4 385.0 395.3 390.6 384.8 380.2 380.8 .6

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 322.5 333.1 330.1 326.1 323.7 329.5 329.4 329.7 329.8 328.3 -1.5

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 29.5 33.6 35.0 34.4 29.8 33.0 33.6 34.0 35.1 34.9 -.2

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,055.4 1,031.4 1,027.6 1,026.6 1,057.7 1,024.8 1,030.0 1,031.5 1,029.5 1,027.7 -1.8

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 384.5 390.5 389.7 388.9 386.8 389.2 389.5 390.4 390.3 391.6 1.3

Other information services ................................. 49.2 50.6 50.6 50.5 49.8 50.9 50.7 50.7 51.0 51.2 .2

Financial activities .................................................... 7,945 8,124 8,088 8,109 7,997 8,093 8,107 8,128 8,149 8,161 12

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,917.0 6,017.4 6,008.7 6,021.6 5,929.8 5,994.1 6,001.3 6,014.5 6,030.3 6,036.1 5.8

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.1 20.6 20.4 20.2 22.2 21.3 20.9 20.6 20.5 20.3 -.2

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,798.0 2,868.6 2,875.5 2,887.8 2,806.8 2,847.9 2,859.2 2,871.9 2,885.8 2,896.4 10.6

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,747.4 1,774.2 1,784.1 1,788.7 1,752.2 1,768.1 1,773.3 1,778.8 1,786.8 1,793.5 6.7

Commercial banking .................................... 1,276.4 1,292.9 1,300.7 1,304.1 1,280.2 1,288.3 1,293.1 1,296.8 1,302.8 1,307.4 4.6

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 757.3 780.7 779.7 781.1 757.9 777.3 776.9 779.7 782.6 782.4 -.2

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,253.5 2,263.8 2,247.2 2,247.1 2,256.9 2,264.1 2,260.4 2,258.1 2,255.9 2,252.3 -3.6

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 86.1 83.7 85.9 85.4 86.0 83.5 83.9 84.2 85.5 84.7 -.8

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,028.0 2,106.5 2,079.2 2,087.5 2,066.7 2,099.2 2,105.5 2,113.6 2,119.1 2,125.2 6.1

Real estate .......................................................... 1,374.6 1,433.4 1,411.8 1,421.1 1,398.2 1,428.6 1,434.7 1,437.8 1,440.2 1,444.6 4.4

Rental and leasing services ............................... 626.7 648.2 642.8 641.8 641.8 646.3 646.0 650.9 653.9 655.9 2.0

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 26.7 24.9 24.6 24.6 26.7 24.3 24.8 24.9 25.0 24.7 -.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Change

from:

Jan. 2005-

Feb. 2005p

Professional and business services ........................ 15,849 16,660 16,302 16,450 16,153 16,614 16,611 16,674 16,698 16,779 81

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,744.6 6,871.3 6,893.6 6,969.2 6,672.3 6,835.3 6,834.4 6,869.9 6,875.3 6,895.5 20.2

Legal services .................................................. 1,148.0 1,168.5 1,151.6 1,151.4 1,155.2 1,167.4 1,163.1 1,164.4 1,160.9 1,161.0 .1

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 943.0 819.8 944.2 992.9 812.0 821.5 816.6 840.8 851.9 855.3 3.4

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,212.9 1,285.9 1,263.8 1,268.7 1,236.1 1,280.5 1,284.9 1,289.5 1,287.6 1,294.7 7.1

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,122.1 1,183.3 1,167.4 1,169.5 1,122.6 1,167.3 1,174.1 1,174.3 1,171.1 1,171.5 .4

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 753.0 796.6 777.3 783.3 760.4 790.5 787.8 789.9 788.1 791.5 3.4

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,692.9 1,733.9 1,714.9 1,710.7 1,711.1 1,715.3 1,722.5 1,725.6 1,729.1 1,728.6 -.5

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,411.2 8,054.3 7,693.8 7,769.6 7,769.2 8,063.1 8,054.3 8,078.0 8,093.2 8,154.4 61.2

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,095.8 7,730.4 7,376.0 7,448.0 7,446.1 7,736.4 7,728.2 7,751.4 7,766.4 7,825.5 59.1

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,188.9 3,638.8 3,387.8 3,435.9 3,375.3 3,572.9 3,570.5 3,584.5 3,599.5 3,637.8 38.3

Temporary help services ............................. 2,160.4 2,507.3 2,314.1 2,352.6 2,307.0 2,486.5 2,484.7 2,479.4 2,483.9 2,514.2 30.3

Business support services .............................. 745.4 768.1 746.1 755.0 746.1 755.9 754.6 757.0 755.2 757.8 2.6

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,505.4 1,628.2 1,550.4 1,560.0 1,655.1 1,708.6 1,707.2 1,706.1 1,704.3 1,718.3 14.0

Waste management and remediation services 315.4 323.9 317.8 321.6 323.1 326.7 326.1 326.6 326.8 328.9 2.1

Education and health services ................................ 16,895 17,310 17,057 17,300 16,787 17,081 17,108 17,142 17,175 17,193 18

Educational services ............................................. 2,879.4 2,950.8 2,752.3 2,955.3 2,740.0 2,794.0 2,797.2 2,805.5 2,821.7 2,814.0 -7.7

Health care and social assistance ........................14,015.8 14,358.7 14,304.4 14,344.6 14,047.2 14,287.2 14,310.7 14,336.1 14,352.9 14,379.4 26.5

3 Health care ............................................................ 11,903.5 12,187.4 12,139.0 12,162.2 11,942.1 12,135.3 12,153.6 12,168.4 12,180.7 12,203.9 23.2

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,865.5 5,028.6 4,997.3 5,014.5 4,884.8 4,996.9 5,006.7 5,017.0 5,024.3 5,036.0 11.7

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,025.7 2,092.5 2,081.5 2,086.2 2,029.9 2,074.2 2,077.7 2,084.3 2,085.5 2,090.6 5.1

Outpatient care centers ................................... 441.7 450.2 450.2 451.8 441.7 449.5 449.8 450.3 451.9 452.4 .5

Home health care services ............................. 748.7 796.1 782.7 784.8 757.8 782.7 789.2 790.7 791.8 794.4 2.6

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,253.2 4,325.4 4,324.3 4,327.9 4,260.4 4,311.2 4,319.7 4,323.5 4,328.4 4,334.8 6.4

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,784.8 2,833.4 2,817.4 2,819.8 2,796.9 2,827.2 2,827.2 2,827.9 2,828.0 2,833.1 5.1

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,564.0 1,577.4 1,566.0 1,565.2 1,570.4 1,576.8 1,576.4 1,574.5 1,571.9 1,572.4 .5

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,112.3 2,171.3 2,165.4 2,182.4 2,105.1 2,151.9 2,157.1 2,167.7 2,172.2 2,175.5 3.3

Child day care services ................................... 768.2 789.4 782.0 790.8 758.2 772.8 775.3 780.4 779.8 781.1 1.3

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 11,838 12,303 12,022 12,107 12,367 12,546 12,571 12,589 12,612 12,635 23

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,643.7 1,661.6 1,597.8 1,606.0 1,834.2 1,834.4 1,826.4 1,811.0 1,806.7 1,798.5 -8.2

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 348.2 348.3 324.2 329.7 370.2 364.4 362.5 357.9 354.6 351.8 -2.8

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 106.2 110.3 105.1 102.8 115.6 118.2 116.9 114.8 114.0 112.8 -1.2

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,189.3 1,203.0 1,168.5 1,173.5 1,348.4 1,351.8 1,347.0 1,338.3 1,338.1 1,333.9 -4.2

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,193.8 10,641.5 10,424.5 10,501.0 10,532.4 10,712.0 10,744.1 10,778.4 10,805.2 10,836.2 31.0

Accommodations ................................................ 1,702.6 1,756.1 1,731.5 1,749.0 1,781.2 1,800.6 1,814.7 1,824.6 1,824.0 1,828.0 4.0

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,491.2 8,885.4 8,693.0 8,752.0 8,751.2 8,911.4 8,929.4 8,953.8 8,981.2 9,008.2 27.0

Other services .......................................................... 5,361 5,433 5,386 5,415 5,402 5,434 5,441 5,447 5,453 5,456 3

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,216.6 1,222.2 1,218.4 1,227.9 1,223.5 1,227.9 1,227.1 1,229.9 1,230.1 1,233.9 3.8

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,246.8 1,276.1 1,261.7 1,261.2 1,264.0 1,267.8 1,271.6 1,276.8 1,280.9 1,278.8 -2.1

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,897.6 2,934.8 2,906.2 2,925.8 2,914.4 2,938.1 2,942.3 2,940.6 2,941.9 2,943.1 1.2

Government .............................................................. 21,846 22,044 21,627 22,060 21,551 21,700 21,706 21,700 21,722 21,755 33

Federal ................................................................... 2,713 2,723 2,700 2,703 2,731 2,723 2,728 2,706 2,717 2,719 2

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,925.0 1,929.4 1,921.0 1,925.4 1,940.0 1,940.1 1,946.4 1,939.5 1,937.3 1,940.2 2.9

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 787.7 793.7 779.1 777.3 790.5 782.5 781.4 766.4 779.6 779.2 -.4

State government .................................................. 5,076 5,110 4,935 5,148 4,971 5,007 5,015 5,020 5,028 5,038 10

State government education .............................. 2,360.3 2,384.6 2,209.2 2,420.0 2,240.2 2,268.4 2,271.3 2,277.9 2,284.1 2,295.5 11.4

State government, excluding education ............ 2,715.6 2,725.3 2,725.5 2,727.6 2,730.4 2,738.2 2,743.4 2,741.9 2,743.6 2,742.6 -1.0

Local government .................................................. 14,057 14,211 13,992 14,209 13,849 13,970 13,963 13,974 13,977 13,998 21

Local government education ............................. 8,025.0 8,117.1 7,934.8 8,143.8 7,717.6 7,810.8 7,806.3 7,810.8 7,817.2 7,833.9 16.7

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,032.4 6,093.5 6,056.7 6,065.5 6,130.9 6,159.3 6,156.7 6,163.1 6,160.0 6,164.4 4.4

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately. 3Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and 

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, nursing and residential care facilities.

and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Change

from:

Jan. 2005-

Feb. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 33.8 33.8 33.6 33.4 33.8 33.8 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 39.7 40.3 39.5 39.4 40.2 39.9 39.9 40.0 39.8 39.9 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 43.6 45.3 45.1 45.0 44.1 44.8 45.0 45.4 45.6 45.5 -.1

Construction ............................................................ 37.2 38.2 36.9 37.1 38.3 38.2 38.3 38.4 37.7 38.2 .5

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.8 41.2 40.6 40.4 41.0 40.7 40.5 40.5 40.7 40.5 -.2

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.3 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 .1

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.3 41.7 41.0 40.9 41.5 41.2 40.9 41.1 41.1 41.0 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.5 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 .1

Wood products .................................................. 40.4 40.4 40.2 39.3 41.1 40.3 40.0 40.3 40.6 40.0 -.6

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 41.5 42.1 40.9 41.1 42.4 42.4 42.1 42.3 41.9 42.0 .1

Primary metals .................................................. 42.9 43.4 43.2 43.0 43.0 43.0 42.9 42.8 43.0 43.1 .1

Fabricated metal products .............................. 41.1 41.6 41.1 40.8 41.2 41.1 40.9 40.9 40.9 40.9 .0

Machinery .......................................................... 41.9 42.8 42.3 42.0 41.8 42.2 42.0 42.0 42.0 42.0 .0

Computer and electronic products ................ 41.1 40.4 39.7 39.6 41.1 40.1 39.6 39.8 40.0 39.7 -.3

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.6 40.8 40.1 39.5 40.7 40.6 40.1 40.0 40.0 39.8 -.2

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.9 43.4 42.3 42.4 42.9 42.3 42.2 42.4 42.4 42.3 -.1

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 43.2 43.5 42.4 42.6 43.2 42.2 42.2 42.6 42.5 42.5 .0

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.1 40.6 39.3 39.2 39.5 39.2 39.2 39.5 39.4 39.5 .1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.8 38.8 38.7 38.5 38.8 38.4 38.2 38.3 38.5 38.4 -.1

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.0 40.3 39.9 39.6 40.3 39.9 39.8 39.8 40.0 39.8 -.2

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.0 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 38.8 39.4 38.7 38.4 39.5 39.0 39.1 38.8 38.9 39.0 .1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.3 39.2 40.0 40.3 40.2 38.6 39.0 39.6 40.6 40.5 -.1

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.1 40.1 40.3 39.6 40.1 40.1 40.0 39.8 40.1 39.7 -.4

Textile product mills ......................................... 39.5 39.5 39.5 38.9 39.9 39.1 39.1 39.0 39.7 39.3 -.4

Apparel ............................................................... 36.1 36.4 35.5 35.7 36.2 36.0 35.7 35.9 35.8 35.8 .0

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.5 38.0 37.0 37.2 39.1 38.4 38.2 37.6 37.1 37.0 -.1

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.7 42.9 42.8 41.7 42.1 42.1 42.1 42.0 42.6 42.1 -.5

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.4 39.0 38.5 38.3 38.6 38.3 38.3 38.5 38.6 38.5 -.1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 44.2 44.9 44.4 44.5 44.3 45.0 45.5 44.6 44.6 44.7 .1

Chemicals .......................................................... 43.3 43.1 42.8 42.3 43.2 42.7 42.4 42.6 42.8 42.3 -.5

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.7 40.4 40.0 39.9 40.9 40.1 39.4 39.8 40.0 40.0 .0

Private service-providing ............................. 32.5 32.4 32.4 32.1 32.4 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.3 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.5 33.6 33.2 33.1 33.7 33.6 33.5 33.6 33.6 33.5 -.1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.1 37.5 37.8 37.4 38.0 37.7 37.7 37.6 37.7 37.7 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.6 31.0 30.2 30.3 30.9 30.8 30.6 30.8 30.8 30.8 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.1 37.7 37.5 36.7 37.3 37.5 37.5 37.4 37.5 37.2 -.3

Utilities ................................................................... 41.1 40.5 40.7 40.0 41.1 40.8 40.4 40.7 40.9 40.1 -.8

Information ............................................................... 36.5 36.4 36.5 35.9 36.4 36.3 36.2 36.4 36.2 36.1 -.1

Financial activities .................................................. 36.1 35.5 36.4 35.5 35.5 35.7 35.6 35.7 35.9 35.7 -.2

Professional and business services .................... 34.5 34.1 34.0 33.8 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.2 34.1 34.0 -.1

Education and health services ............................. 32.6 32.5 32.9 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.6 32.5 -.1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.8 25.4 25.2 25.4 25.8 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.6 .0

Other services ......................................................... 31.2 30.8 31.0 30.8 31.1 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.9 30.8 -.1

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and 2

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

manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory vehicle parts.

workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for p = preliminary.

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

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Feb.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Feb.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Total private ....................................... $15.59 $15.88 $16.01 $15.93 $526.94 $536.74 $537.94 $532.06

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.51 15.85 15.90 15.90 524.24 534.15 535.83 535.83

Goods-producing .......................................... 16.95 17.43 17.29 17.31 672.92 702.43 682.96 682.01

Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.98 18.46 18.54 18.58 783.93 836.24 836.15 836.10

Construction ............................................................ 19.06 19.31 19.12 19.19 709.03 737.64 705.53 711.95

Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.98 16.46 16.40 16.39 651.98 678.15 665.84 662.16

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.67 17.22 17.13 17.13 688.47 718.07 702.33 700.62

Wood products .................................................. 12.92 13.17 13.13 12.99 521.97 532.07 527.83 510.51

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 15.98 16.36 16.24 16.17 663.17 688.76 664.22 664.59

Primary metals .................................................. 18.35 18.75 18.84 18.72 787.22 813.75 813.89 804.96

Fabricated metal products .............................. 15.18 15.59 15.56 15.65 623.90 648.54 639.52 638.52

Machinery .......................................................... 16.51 16.99 17.01 16.94 691.77 727.17 719.52 711.48

Computer and electronic products ................ 16.93 17.92 17.92 17.84 695.82 723.97 711.42 706.46

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.62 15.12 15.09 15.13 593.57 616.90 605.11 597.64

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.33 22.17 21.90 21.91 915.06 962.18 926.37 928.98

Furniture and related products ....................... 12.93 13.46 13.41 13.38 505.56 546.48 527.01 524.50

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.76 14.05 14.04 13.98 533.89 545.14 543.35 538.23

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.87 15.21 15.22 15.17 594.80 612.96 607.28 600.73

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.88 13.03 13.05 13.05 499.74 513.38 505.04 501.12

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 18.74 18.82 18.26 18.50 736.48 737.74 730.40 745.55

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.12 12.25 12.33 12.25 486.01 491.23 496.90 485.10

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.38 11.43 11.33 11.38 449.51 451.49 447.54 442.68

Apparel ............................................................... 9.58 10.00 10.10 10.11 345.84 364.00 358.55 360.93

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.75 11.51 11.60 11.42 464.13 437.38 429.20 424.82

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.60 18.07 18.02 17.89 733.92 775.20 771.26 746.01

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.59 15.80 15.72 15.74 598.66 616.20 605.22 602.84

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.29 24.48 24.64 24.88 1,073.62 1,099.15 1,094.02 1,107.16

Chemicals .......................................................... 18.80 19.59 19.52 19.30 814.04 844.33 835.46 816.39

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.44 14.76 14.79 14.77 587.71 596.30 591.60 589.32

Private service-providing ............................. 15.24 15.46 15.67 15.58 495.30 500.90 507.71 500.12

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.57 14.61 14.89 14.82 488.10 490.90 494.35 490.54

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.59 17.87 18.03 17.96 670.18 670.13 681.53 671.70

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.03 12.10 12.34 12.31 368.12 375.10 372.67 372.99

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.59 16.59 16.59 16.52 615.49 625.44 622.13 606.28

Utilities ................................................................... 25.31 26.00 26.62 26.23 1,040.24 1,053.00 1,083.43 1,049.20

Information ............................................................... 21.27 21.74 21.86 21.72 776.36 791.34 797.89 779.75

Financial activities .................................................. 17.47 17.67 17.84 17.74 630.67 627.29 649.38 629.77

Professional and business services .................... 17.50 17.73 18.08 17.86 603.75 604.59 614.72 603.67

Education and health services ............................. 15.94 16.44 16.47 16.45 519.64 534.30 541.86 534.63

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.92 9.11 9.12 9.07 230.14 231.39 229.82 230.38

Other services ......................................................... 13.89 14.17 14.22 14.23 433.37 436.44 440.82 438.28

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

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2005-

Feb. 2005p

Current dollars .............................................. $15.51 $15.81 $15.82 $15.85 $15.90 $15.90 0.0

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.25 8.22 8.21 8.23 8.24 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.05 17.32 17.33 17.36 17.35 17.41 .3

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.94 18.10 18.22 18.37 18.45 18.50 .3

Construction ............................................................................ 19.17 19.34 19.31 19.29 19.24 19.31 .4

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 15.98 16.27 16.29 16.34 16.36 16.39 .2

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 15.15 15.42 15.43 15.48 15.50 15.51 .1

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.66 16.97 16.99 17.06 17.09 17.13 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.89 15.15 15.16 15.16 15.18 15.20 .1

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.10 15.40 15.42 15.45 15.51 15.49 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.48 14.69 14.70 14.72 14.82 14.75 -.5

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.53 17.78 17.80 17.87 17.90 17.93 .2

Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.97 12.16 12.20 12.21 12.32 12.26 -.5

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.51 16.61 16.54 16.54 16.56 16.47 -.5

Utilities ................................................................................... 25.36 26.00 25.77 26.11 26.67 26.31 -1.3

Information ............................................................................... 21.23 21.59 21.58 21.70 21.83 21.68 -.7

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.35 17.71 17.65 17.71 17.71 17.74 .2

Professional and business services .................................... 17.28 17.63 17.66 17.69 17.80 17.77 -.2

Education and health services ............................................. 15.92 16.31 16.34 16.37 16.40 16.44 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.87 8.99 9.02 9.01 9.04 9.03 -.1

Other services ......................................................................... 13.87 14.08 14.12 14.13 14.16 14.19 .2

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the 

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and rate of time and one-half.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. N.A. = not available.

3 Change was 0.1 percent from Dec. 2004 to Jan. 2005, the p = preliminary.

latest month available.
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Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2005-

Feb. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 97.5 102.1 99.0 98.8 99.4 101.2 101.1 101.2 101.4 101.6 0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 91.6 97.7 93.1 93.1 96.1 97.2 97.1 97.5 96.9 97.5 .6

Natural resources and mining .............................. 95.0 108.6 106.2 105.9 99.6 105.9 107.6 109.0 110.3 110.5 .2

Construction ............................................................ 88.7 101.7 92.4 92.9 99.9 103.0 103.2 104.0 101.9 104.1 2.2

Manufacturing ......................................................... 93.0 95.5 92.9 92.8 94.2 94.4 93.9 93.9 94.2 93.8 -.4

Durable goods ..................................................... 93.7 96.8 94.1 94.3 94.7 95.5 94.8 95.3 95.2 95.1 -.1

Wood products .................................................. 97.1 100.6 98.6 97.2 100.6 101.0 100.0 101.1 102.0 100.7 -1.3

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 89.3 97.3 90.5 90.3 95.7 99.1 98.2 98.3 97.0 96.9 -.1

Primary metals .................................................. 92.0 94.3 93.2 93.0 92.5 93.3 93.0 92.6 92.9 93.4 .5

Fabricated metal products .............................. 96.1 100.1 98.4 98.1 96.5 98.8 98.4 98.4 98.5 98.6 .1

Machinery .......................................................... 94.6 98.4 97.3 96.9 94.2 97.2 96.6 96.5 96.6 96.7 .1

Computer and electronic products ................ 89.5 91.2 89.8 89.9 89.6 90.3 88.9 89.7 90.6 90.3 -.3

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 88.4 89.9 87.8 85.9 88.9 88.5 88.1 87.5 87.4 86.8 -.7

Transportation equipment ............................... 97.0 99.3 94.9 96.6 97.2 96.1 95.6 96.4 95.9 96.4 .5

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 98.0 99.2 94.4 96.6 98.1 96.1 95.3 96.4 95.6 96.4 .8

Furniture and related products ....................... 91.9 96.3 92.0 91.4 93.6 93.2 93.1 93.6 93.0 92.8 -.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 91.6 92.6 90.6 90.5 92.4 91.1 90.9 90.9 91.2 90.9 -.3

Nondurable goods ............................................... 91.6 93.1 90.7 90.3 93.5 92.6 92.3 92.0 92.4 91.9 -.5

Food manufacturing ......................................... 93.9 98.0 94.3 94.6 97.7 96.6 97.0 96.7 97.1 97.9 .8

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 82.0 89.9 88.5 89.6 86.8 88.1 90.5 91.0 92.8 93.0 .2

Textile mills ........................................................ 79.9 76.5 75.2 73.5 80.7 78.1 77.3 76.2 76.0 74.5 -2.0

Textile product mills ......................................... 90.0 92.8 91.9 90.0 92.5 92.8 93.3 92.1 94.4 93.1 -1.4

Apparel ............................................................... 76.8 71.0 67.0 68.3 78.0 72.4 70.8 70.9 69.9 69.2 -1.0

Leather and allied products ............................ 86.5 85.4 81.5 82.2 86.6 86.4 87.7 85.0 83.4 82.5 -1.1

Paper and paper products .............................. 88.5 91.4 91.0 88.8 89.9 89.7 89.5 89.2 91.0 90.2 -.9

Printing and related support activities ........... 93.0 95.0 92.6 91.6 94.2 93.2 93.3 93.5 93.6 92.9 -.7

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 94.9 103.1 101.3 101.8 98.9 106.3 107.8 104.7 105.2 106.1 .9

Chemicals .......................................................... 99.9 99.0 97.3 96.1 99.6 99.3 98.0 97.8 97.7 96.4 -1.3

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 93.9 94.0 92.1 92.0 94.8 93.8 92.4 92.8 92.9 92.6 -.3

Private service-providing ............................. 98.9 103.2 100.8 100.3 100.2 102.1 102.0 102.5 102.7 102.6 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 97.0 103.4 98.7 97.7 99.3 100.2 100.2 100.4 100.7 100.6 -.1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 97.5 99.4 99.1 98.2 98.1 99.3 99.5 99.4 99.7 99.9 .2

Retail trade ........................................................... 96.3 105.0 97.4 96.6 99.4 99.8 99.3 99.9 100.1 100.3 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 99.0 106.1 103.8 101.5 100.7 103.9 104.2 103.8 104.9 104.1 -.8

Utilities ................................................................... 95.5 93.8 95.2 93.5 96.1 94.5 93.8 94.7 95.9 94.1 -1.9

Information ............................................................... 97.2 102.0 101.3 99.5 97.2 100.3 100.0 101.3 100.7 100.5 -.2

Financial activities .................................................. 102.1 102.9 105.0 102.7 101.2 103.2 103.1 103.6 104.4 104.0 -.4

Professional and business services .................... 98.6 103.7 100.6 101.1 100.1 103.9 103.7 103.9 103.7 103.8 .1

Education and health services ............................. 103.6 105.7 105.5 105.6 102.3 104.3 104.1 104.7 105.2 105.0 -.2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 97.7 100.4 97.1 98.6 102.4 103.7 103.6 104.2 104.1 104.2 .1

Other services ......................................................... 95.7 96.4 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.5 96.7 96.6 97.0 96.8 -.2

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

and motor vehicle parts. are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or

p = preliminary. nonsupervisory worker employment.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by 
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Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Feb.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Feb.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2005-

Feb. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 101.7 108.4 106.1 105.3 103.1 107.1 107.0 107.4 107.9 108.1 0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 95.1 104.3 98.5 98.7 100.4 103.1 103.1 103.7 103.0 104.0 1.0

Natural resources and mining .............................. 99.3 116.6 114.5 114.5 103.9 111.5 114.0 116.5 118.3 118.9 .5

Construction ............................................................ 91.3 106.1 95.4 96.3 103.4 107.5 107.6 108.3 105.9 108.6 2.5

Manufacturing ......................................................... 97.1 102.8 99.6 99.5 98.5 100.5 100.1 100.3 100.8 100.6 -.2

Durable goods ..................................................... 97.5 104.1 100.7 100.9 98.5 101.2 100.5 101.5 101.5 101.7 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 96.3 100.1 97.6 96.9 98.3 99.1 98.9 98.6 99.1 98.7 -.4

Private service-providing ............................. 103.6 109.6 108.5 107.4 103.9 108.0 108.0 108.8 109.4 109.1 -.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 100.8 107.8 104.8 103.3 102.6 105.1 105.1 105.5 106.5 105.8 -.7

Wholesale trade ................................................... 101.0 104.7 105.2 103.9 101.3 104.0 104.4 104.7 105.2 105.5 .3

Retail trade ........................................................... 99.3 108.9 103.0 101.9 102.0 104.0 103.9 104.5 105.7 105.4 -.3

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 104.2 111.7 109.3 106.4 105.5 109.5 109.3 108.9 110.2 108.8 -1.3

Utilities ................................................................... 100.9 101.8 105.7 102.4 101.7 102.5 100.9 103.2 106.8 103.3 -3.3

Information ............................................................... 102.3 109.8 109.6 106.9 102.2 107.2 106.8 108.8 108.9 107.8 -1.0

Financial activities .................................................. 110.3 112.5 115.9 112.6 108.5 113.0 112.5 113.5 114.3 114.1 -.2

Professional and business services .................... 102.7 109.4 108.2 107.4 102.9 109.0 108.9 109.4 109.9 109.8 -.1

Education and health services ............................. 108.6 114.3 114.2 114.2 107.1 111.8 111.8 112.6 113.5 113.5 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 101.6 106.7 103.2 104.3 105.9 108.7 109.0 109.4 109.7 109.7 .0

Other services ......................................................... 96.8 99.5 99.5 99.6 97.2 99.0 99.5 99.5 100.1 100.1 .0

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are

p = preliminary. the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated production or nonsupervisory worker employment. 

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by 
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Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

Time Span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1

Over 1-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 49.5 47.7 48.6 32.7 42.4 40.8 36.7 39.0 37.6 33.6 36.9 37.1

2002 ........................................................ 41.0 35.6 39.7 39.2 40.5 47.7 42.8 43.0 42.1 39.0 41.5 35.1

2003 ........................................................ 44.4 38.7 35.3 41.4 39.4 39.9 42.1 39.4 50.4 48.9 50.0 50.5

2004 ........................................................ 50.9 53.4 66.0 67.3 64.6 59.7 55.4 53.8 57.6 58.6 54.7 54.3

2005 ........................................................

p 53.4 p 57.4

Over 3-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 53.2 49.8 49.8 42.3 38.1 34.2 37.8 37.6 34.7 35.4 30.8 32.0

2002 ........................................................ 35.3 37.9 36.5 34.2 34.4 39.4 40.6 44.1 37.8 37.1 35.8 36.7

2003 ........................................................ 38.3 35.4 33.3 33.5 36.5 41.7 37.8 37.4 43.2 46.4 48.6 50.2

2004 ........................................................ 52.5 53.8 56.7 69.4 75.4 71.2 63.5 56.8 57.4 59.9 59.7 56.3

2005 ........................................................

p 54.7 p 56.7

Over 6-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 53.1 50.9 52.0 45.5 43.0 39.7 38.5 33.6 33.5 34.2 33.6 30.9

2002 ........................................................ 29.5 29.9 32.0 31.7 30.9 37.4 37.1 38.7 35.3 36.0 37.9 35.1

2003 ........................................................ 32.7 32.2 31.3 31.3 33.1 37.6 33.6 32.2 40.3 43.7 46.4 49.3

2004 ........................................................ 47.3 50.4 54.9 62.6 64.4 69.6 67.3 68.9 64.6 62.2 59.7 55.9

2005 ........................................................

p 58.1 p 61.7

Over 12-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

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 48.7 52.0 56.7 57.4 57.6 60.3 62.1 64.6 64.0

2005 ........................................................

p 60.4 p 64.0

Over 1-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 22.0 17.3 22.0 17.9 16.1 22.6 13.1 15.5 18.5 17.3 14.9 11.9

2002 ........................................................ 19.0 19.6 22.0 32.1 26.2 31.0 35.7 23.2 28.6 15.5 18.5 16.7

2003 ........................................................ 35.1 19.0 19.0 11.9 19.6 20.8 22.6 24.4 32.7 35.1 39.9 42.9

2004 ........................................................ 39.3 49.4 50.0 65.5 60.1 51.8 60.7 48.8 42.9 42.3 46.4 44.6

2005 ........................................................

p 44.6 p 43.5

Over 3-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 32.7 20.8 16.7 14.3 14.3 11.9 11.9 9.5 7.7 12.5 11.3 9.5

2002 ........................................................ 10.7 11.9 11.3 17.9 14.9 20.2 25.6 23.8 20.2 13.7 8.9 9.5

2003 ........................................................ 16.1 14.3 12.5 8.9 10.7 10.7 14.3 15.5 18.5 27.4 31.5 35.1

2004 ........................................................ 42.3 43.5 42.9 58.3 69.0 69.6 62.5 53.6 52.4 44.6 45.2 35.7

2005 ........................................................

p 41.1 p 44.0

Over 6-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 22.6 24.4 21.4 19.6 14.3 11.9 13.1 11.3 10.7 7.1 7.7 5.4

2002 ........................................................ 6.0 8.3 8.3 9.5 7.1 13.1 12.5 11.3 14.3 8.3 8.3 7.7

2003 ........................................................ 12.5 10.1 7.1 8.3 11.3 10.7 4.8 10.1 13.1 16.7 19.6 26.8

2004 ........................................................ 27.4 29.8 33.3 47.0 52.4 57.1 60.1 58.9 58.9 50.6 45.2 42.9

2005 ........................................................

p 44.6 p 43.5

Over 12-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

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 19.0 25.6 34.5 43.5 40.5 45.8 48.2 49.4 46.4

2005 ........................................................

p 45.2 p 45.8

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1

1Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where

spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing 

p= preliminary. and decreasing employment. 

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment