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Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

February 2002 – January 2005

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

February 2002 – January 2005

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2003 2004 2005

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JANUARY 2005

Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 146,000 in January and the unemployment rate decreased to

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

continued in several service-providing industries, while manufacturing employment declined over the month.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.7 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.2 percent, declined in

January. The jobless rate was down from 5.7 percent a year earlier. Over the month, the unemployment

rates for adult men (4.7 percent), whites (4.4 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (6.1 percent) edged down,

while the rates for adult women (4.6 percent), teenagers (16.3 percent), and blacks or African Americans

(10.6 percent) showed little change. The unemployment rate for Asians was 4.2 percent, not seasonally

adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

The number of long-term unemployed—those unemployed 27 weeks and over—was about unchanged

over the month. This group accounted for 20.9 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-9.)

The establishment survey data in this release have been revised as a result of the annual

benchmarking process and the updating of seasonal adjustment factors. See the note beginning

on page 5 for more information on the revisions.

In addition, household survey data for January 2005 reflect updated population controls.

See the note on page 6 for more information.
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Dec.-

Category 2005 Jan.

III IV Nov. Dec. Jan. change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................................. 147,677 148,136 148,313 148,203 147,979 (1)

Employment................................................................... 139,608 140,092 140,293 140,156 140,241 (1)

Unemployment................................................................... 8,069 8,044 8,020 8,047 7,737 (1)

Not in labor force................................................................... 76,003 76,282 76,109 76,437 76,858 (1)

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

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

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

Teenagers........................................................ 17.1 17.1 16.5 17.6 16.3 -1.3

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

Black or African American.................................... 10.6 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.6 -.2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 6.9 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.1 -.5

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 2 

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 131,731 p132,294 132,294 p132,427 p132,573 p146

Goods-producing 3........................................................ 21,932 p21,995 21,996 p22,006 p21,975 p-31

Construction............................................................. 6,983 p7,059 7,060 p7,074 p7,065 p-9

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,353 p14,337 14,337 p14,330 p14,305 p-25

Service-providing 3............................................................... 109,799 p110,300 110,298 p110,421 p110,598 p177

Retail trade 4 ........................................................ 15,043 p15,070 15,081 p15,073 p15,093 p19

Professional and business services......... 16,479 p16,625 16,611 p16,650 p16,675 p25

Education and health services.............................. 16,997 p17,115 17,108 p17,155 p17,190 p35

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 12,509 p12,566 12,571 p12,580 p12,600 p20

Government........................................................ 21,636 p21,702 21,706 p21,699 p21,711 p12

Total private.............................................................. 33.7 p33.8 33.7 p33.8 p33.7 p-0.1

Manufacturing............................................................ 40.8 p40.6 40.5 p40.6 p40.7 p.1

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

 

Total private.......................................................... 100.6 p101.3 101.1 p101.5 p101.4 p-0.1

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $15.74 p$15.83 $15.82 p$15.85 p$15.88 p$0.03

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 530.85 p534.41 533.13 p535.73 p535.16 p-.57

1 Changes in household data levels are not shown due to the introduction of updated population controls.

See the note on page 6 for more information.

2

Establishment data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment

factors. See the note on page 5 for more information.

 3 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

 5 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

 Employment

2004 2004

Earnings 5

Hours of work 5

HOUSEHOLD DATA

 p=preliminary.

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 5

Unemployment rates 
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Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment, as measured by the household survey, was little changed at 140.2 million, seasonally

adjusted, in January. The employment-population ratio—the proportion of the population age 16 and older

with jobs—remained at 62.4 percent. The civilian labor force was 148.0 million, after seasonal adjustment.

The labor force participation rate edged down over the month to 65.8 percent. (See table A-1.)

The number of persons who work part time for economic reasons was 4.4 million in January, seasonally

adjusted. The January level was about unchanged from December, but was down by 308,000 over the year.

This category is comprised primarily of persons who indicated that they would like to work full time but were

working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find full-time jobs.

(See table A-5.)

At 7.2 million, not seasonally adjusted, the number of persons who held more than one job was about

unchanged in January from a year earlier. These multiple jobholders represented 5.2 percent of total employment, the same proportion as in January 2004. (See table A-13.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

There were 1.8 million persons who were marginally attached to the labor force in January, about

unchanged from a year earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were

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

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

The number of discouraged workers, at 515,000 in January, was slightly higher than a year earlier.

Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically

because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.3 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 146,000 in January to 132.6 million, seasonally adjusted.

The January increase followed job gains averaging 181,000 per month in 2004. Since reaching a trough in

May 2003, payroll employment has risen by 2.7 million. Over the month, there were gains in several service

providing industries including education and health services, transportation and warehousing, and financial

activities. Manufacturing lost jobs in January. (See table B-1.)

Education and health services continued to add jobs in January, increasing by 35,000. Within the sector,

health care employment rose by 15,000 over the month, and was up by 258,000 over the year. Employment in educational services edged up in January and the industry added 86,000 jobs over the year.

In transportation and warehousing, employment increased by 34,000 in January. Since its most recent

low in July 2003, employment in this sector has grown by 166,000, with trucking accounting for about a

third of the growth. Within transportation and warehousing, employment in the couriers and messengers

industry grew by 17,000 in January after a loss of 9,000 in December.

Employment in financial activities rose by 21,000 in January. Both credit intermediation and securities,

commodities, and investments contributed to the gain. Over the year, employment in financial activities

increased by 159,000, with most of the gain occurring during the last 6 months.
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Although employment was flat in January, wholesale trade has added 99,000 jobs since its most recent

low in August 2003. Retail trade employment edged up over the month and has expanded by 200,000 since

June 2003.

Employment in professional and business services edged up in January. Over the year, the sector gained

537,000 jobs. Within the sector, employment in temporary help services continued to trend up. Employment in architectural and engineering services and in computer systems design had been showing strength in

recent months, but was flat in January.

In January, manufacturing employment declined by 25,000, with widespread, though mostly small, losses

among its component industries. Industries registering significant declines included motor vehicles and parts

(-10,000), chemicals (-5,000), and semiconductors and electronic components (-2,000). After reaching an

employment trough in February 2004, manufacturers added 85,000 workers through August. The trend has

since turned downward, and 61,000 jobs have been lost. Construction employment was about unchanged in

January, following average monthly gains of 22,000 in 2004.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 0.1 hour in January to 33.7 hours, seasonally adjusted. Both the manufacturing workweek and factory

overtime increased by 0.1 hour to 40.7 and 4.6 hours, respectively. Over the year, the factory workweek

was down by 0.3 hour, and factory overtime was about unchanged. (See table B-2.)

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

payrolls decreased by 0.1 percent in January to 101.4 (2002=100), following a rise of 0.4 percent in

December. The manufacturing index edged up over the month to 94.2. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 3 cents in January to $15.88, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings decreased by 0.1 percent

over the month to $535.16. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.6 percent, and average

weekly earnings grew by 2.3 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for February 2005 is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 4,

at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
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In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data have been revised to reflect

comprehensive universe counts of payroll jobs, or benchmarks. These counts are derived principally from

unemployment insurance tax records for March 2004. The benchmark process resulted in revisions to all

not-seasonally-adjusted data series from April 2003 forward, the time period since the last benchmark was

established. In addition, with this release, the seasonally adjusted establishment survey data from January

2000 forward have been revised to incorporate updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Table B presents revised total nonfarm employment data on a seasonally adjusted basis for January

through December 2004. The revised data for April 2004 forward incorporate the effect of applying the rate

of change measured by the sample to the new benchmark level, as well as updated net business birth/death

model adjustments and new seasonal adjustment factors. The November and December 2004 revisions also

reflect the routine incorporation of additional sample receipts into the November final and December second

preliminary estimates. The total nonfarm employment level for March 2004 was revised upward by 203,000

(156,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis). The previously published level for December 2004 was revised

upward by 173,000 (161,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis).

The February 2005 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain an article that discusses the

benchmark and post-benchmark revisions. This issue also will provide revised estimates for all regularly

published tables containing national establishment survey data on employment, hours, and earnings.

LABSTAT, the BLS public database on the Internet, contains all revised historical Current Employment

Statistics (CES) data. The data can be accessed through the CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/.

Table B. Revisions in total nonfarm employment, seasonally adjusted, January-December 2004

(In thousands)

 As

previously

published

 As

previously

published

 As

revised

 As

revised Difference

Levels Over-the-month changes

2004

January..................................................... 130,194 130,372 159 117 -42

February .................................................. 130,277 130,466 83 94 11

March ...................................................... 130,630 130,786 353 320 -33

April......................................................... 130,954 131,123 324 337 13

May ......................................................... 131,162 131,373 208 250 42

June ......................................................... 131,258 131,479 96 106 10

July .......................................................... 131,343 131,562 85 83 -2

August...................................................... 131,541 131,750 198 188 -10

September................................................ 131,660 131,880 119 130 11

October ................................................... 131,972 132,162 312 282 -30

November ................................................ 132,109 132,294 137 132 -5

December ................................................ 132,266 132,427 157 133 -24

Year and month

p = preliminary.

Revisions to Establishment Survey Data

p
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Table C. Effect of the revised population controls on December 2004 estimates by sex, race, and

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, not seasonally adjusted

Total Men Women White

 Black

 or

African

 Ameri-

 can

Asian

Hispanic

 or

Latino

ethnicity

Category

Civilian noninstitutional population............ -8 -13 6 29 -2 -50 -54

 Civilian labor force ............................. -49 -34 -15 -28 0 -31 -40

 Employed ........................................ -45 -33 -12 -26 2 -30 -36

 Unemployed .................................... -4 -2 -3 -2 -2 -1 -4

 Unemployment rate ...................... .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0

Further information on the revisions released today may be obtained by calling 202-691-6555 or via the

Internet on the CES homepage.

Also, beginning this month, several changes have been made to facilitate the analysis of labor market

trends in selected industries. Separate employment series for motor vehicles and parts manufacturing and

health care have been added to table B-1 of this release. In addition, four new employment series within

construction have been added to table B-1: residential specialty trade contractors, nonresidential specialty

trade contractors, residential building contractors, and nonresidential building contractors. Also, for the motor

vehicles and parts manufacturing industry, data on average weekly hours and an index of aggregate weekly

hours have been added to tables B-2 and B-5. More information on the addition of these new series is

available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnewseries.htm.

Adjustments to Population Estimates for the Household Survey

Effective with the data for January 2005, updated population controls have been used in the household

survey. Population controls for the household survey are developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. Each year,

the Census Bureau updates the controls to reflect new information and assumptions about the growth of the

population. The change in population reflected in the new controls results from adjustments to the estimates

of net international migration and updated vital statistics information.

Official population and labor force estimates for December 2004 and earlier months will not be revised.

To assess the impact of the updated population controls on trend growth, however, December 2004 estimates for selected data series (not seasonally adjusted) were recalculated using the new controls, and the

differences from estimates based on the old controls are shown in table C. The adjustments decreased the

estimated size of the civilian noninstitutional population by 8,000, of the civilian labor force by 49,000, and

of employment by 45,000; the new population controls had a negligible impact on unemployment rates and

other percentage estimates. More detailed information on the population adjustments and their effect on

national labor force estimates are available at http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps05adj.pdf on the Internet and also

will be published in the February 2005 issue of Employment and Earnings.

(Numbers in thousands)

 NOTE: Detail for men and women may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates for the above race groups

(white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. In

addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by

ethnicity as well as by race.
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 350,000. 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 -250,000 to 450,000

(100,000 +/- 350,000). 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 +/- 320,000, and for the

monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .22 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

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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

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 222,161 224,640 224,837 222,161 223,941 224,192 224,422 224,640 224,837

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 146,068 147,877 147,125 146,785 147,531 147,893 148,313 148,203 147,979

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 136,924 140,278 138,682 138,481 139,527 139,827 140,293 140,156 140,241

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 61.6 62.4 61.7 62.3 62.3 62.4 62.5 62.4 62.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 9,144 7,599 8,444 8,303 8,005 8,066 8,020 8,047 7,737

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.3 5.1 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 76,093 76,763 77,712 75,377 76,410 76,299 76,109 76,437 76,858

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,913 4,607 5,136 4,746 4,903 5,338 5,087 5,021 4,982

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,072 108,392 108,489 107,072 108,020 108,153 108,276 108,392 108,489

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 78,320 79,093 78,574 78,778 79,041 79,290 79,602 79,412 79,146

 Participation rate ............................................................... 73.1 73.0 72.4 73.6 73.2 73.3 73.5 73.3 73.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,096 74,707 73,728 74,284 74,629 74,852 75,188 74,938 74,934

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 68.3 68.9 68.0 69.4 69.1 69.2 69.4 69.1 69.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,224 4,385 4,846 4,494 4,413 4,438 4,414 4,474 4,212

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.7 5.5 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 28,752 29,300 29,914 28,294 28,979 28,863 28,674 28,981 29,342

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 98,866 100,126 100,219 98,866 99,776 99,904 100,017 100,126 100,219

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 74,965 75,625 75,322 75,139 75,462 75,632 75,866 75,754 75,594

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.8 75.5 75.2 76.0 75.6 75.7 75.9 75.7 75.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 70,371 71,897 71,104 71,283 71,701 71,895 72,134 72,020 72,029

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

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,594 3,727 4,218 3,856 3,761 3,736 3,733 3,733 3,565

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.1 4.9 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 23,901 24,501 24,897 23,726 24,314 24,272 24,151 24,372 24,625

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 115,089 116,247 116,348 115,089 115,921 116,039 116,146 116,247 116,348

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 67,749 68,785 68,551 68,007 68,490 68,603 68,711 68,791 68,832

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 63,828 65,571 64,953 64,197 64,898 64,975 65,104 65,218 65,307

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 55.5 56.4 55.8 55.8 56.0 56.0 56.1 56.1 56.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,920 3,214 3,598 3,809 3,592 3,628 3,606 3,573 3,525

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.8 4.7 5.2 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 47,340 47,463 47,798 47,083 47,431 47,436 47,436 47,456 47,516

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,131 108,221 108,316 107,131 107,920 108,032 108,129 108,221 108,316

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,434 65,383 65,253 64,475 65,008 65,126 65,244 65,260 65,318

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.1 60.4 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,050 62,581 62,117 61,237 61,939 62,024 62,145 62,208 62,295

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.0 57.8 57.3 57.2 57.4 57.4 57.5 57.5 57.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,385 2,802 3,136 3,238 3,069 3,102 3,099 3,051 3,023

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.3 4.3 4.8 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 42,697 42,838 43,063 42,657 42,912 42,906 42,885 42,961 42,998

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,164 16,293 16,302 16,164 16,246 16,257 16,275 16,293 16,302

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,669 6,870 6,550 7,171 7,062 7,135 7,202 7,189 7,066

 Participation rate ............................................................... 41.3 42.2 40.2 44.4 43.5 43.9 44.2 44.1 43.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,503 5,800 5,460 5,962 5,887 5,908 6,014 5,927 5,917

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 34.0 35.6 33.5 36.9 36.2 36.3 36.9 36.4 36.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,166 1,070 1,090 1,209 1,175 1,227 1,188 1,262 1,150

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 17.5 15.6 16.6 16.9 16.6 17.2 16.5 17.6 16.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,495 9,423 9,752 8,993 9,184 9,122 9,074 9,104 9,235

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 181,879 183,483 183,640 181,879 183,022 183,188 183,340 183,483 183,640

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,099 121,257 120,778 120,743 120,995 121,273 121,606 121,509 121,553

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.0 66.1 65.8 66.4 66.1 66.2 66.3 66.2 66.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 113,348 115,978 114,756 114,771 115,318 115,618 115,966 115,910 116,158

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.3 63.2 62.5 63.1 63.0 63.1 63.3 63.2 63.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 6,751 5,279 6,023 5,972 5,677 5,655 5,640 5,600 5,395

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.6 4.4 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 61,780 62,226 62,862 61,136 62,027 61,915 61,735 61,973 62,088

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,549 63,110 62,929 62,821 62,859 63,092 63,225 63,199 63,259

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.1 76.0 75.7 76.4 75.9 76.1 76.2 76.1 76.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,066 60,466 59,849 59,968 60,149 60,415 60,565 60,570 60,712

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 71.9 72.8 72.0 73.0 72.6 72.9 73.0 72.9 73.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,483 2,645 3,080 2,852 2,710 2,678 2,660 2,629 2,547

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.6 4.2 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.0

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,005 52,459 52,399 51,960 52,243 52,270 52,443 52,385 52,414

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.7 59.8 59.6 59.7 59.6 59.6 59.8 59.7 59.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 49,599 50,625 50,272 49,681 50,141 50,186 50,318 50,344 50,392

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 56.9 57.7 57.2 57.0 57.2 57.2 57.4 57.3 57.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,406 1,834 2,128 2,279 2,102 2,084 2,125 2,040 2,022

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.6 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,545 5,688 5,450 5,962 5,893 5,911 5,938 5,926 5,879

 Participation rate ................................................................. 44.1 45.0 43.1 47.4 46.7 46.9 47.0 46.9 46.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,683 4,887 4,636 5,121 5,028 5,017 5,083 4,995 5,054

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 37.3 38.7 36.7 40.7 39.9 39.8 40.3 39.5 40.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 862 801 815 841 865 894 855 931 825

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 15.5 14.1 14.9 14.1 14.7 15.1 14.4 15.7 14.0

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,867 26,273 26,306 25,867 26,163 26,204 26,239 26,273 26,306

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,420 16,773 16,538 16,603 16,711 16,820 16,728 16,713 16,721

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.5 63.8 62.9 64.2 63.9 64.2 63.8 63.6 63.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,655 15,033 14,720 14,875 14,981 15,012 14,913 14,907 14,946

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 56.7 57.2 56.0 57.5 57.3 57.3 56.8 56.7 56.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,765 1,739 1,818 1,728 1,730 1,808 1,814 1,806 1,775

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.7 10.4 11.0 10.4 10.4 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,447 9,500 9,768 9,264 9,452 9,384 9,512 9,559 9,585

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,453 7,507 7,383 7,443 7,470 7,490 7,485 7,473 7,380

 Participation rate ................................................................. 71.9 71.1 69.9 71.8 71.1 71.2 71.0 70.8 69.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,662 6,696 6,526 6,734 6,707 6,722 6,697 6,677 6,612

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.2 63.4 61.7 64.9 63.8 63.9 63.5 63.3 62.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 791 811 858 709 763 768 788 796 768

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.6 10.8 11.6 9.5 10.2 10.2 10.5 10.7 10.4

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,275 8,532 8,439 8,369 8,504 8,513 8,438 8,477 8,532

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.2 64.3 63.5 63.9 64.3 64.3 63.6 63.9 64.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,522 7,804 7,683 7,612 7,747 7,756 7,675 7,702 7,770

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.5 58.8 57.8 58.1 58.6 58.6 57.9 58.0 58.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 752 727 756 757 757 757 763 775 763

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.1 8.5 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.9 9.0 9.1 8.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 692 734 716 790 737 818 804 763 808

 Participation rate ................................................................. 28.8 30.0 29.2 32.9 30.3 33.6 33.0 31.2 33.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 471 533 512 529 526 534 542 528 564

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 19.6 21.8 20.9 22.0 21.6 21.9 22.2 21.6 23.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 221 201 204 262 211 283 263 235 244

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 32.0 27.4 28.6 33.1 28.6 34.7 32.7 30.8 30.2

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,337 9,658 9,661 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,213 6,394 6,386 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.5 66.2 66.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,892 6,130 6,115 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.1 63.5 63.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 321 264 271 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.2 4.1 4.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,124 3,264 3,274 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

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 27,619 28,608 28,642 27,619 28,338 28,431 28,520 28,608 28,642

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 18,715 19,514 19,170 18,849 19,444 19,524 19,552 19,544 19,379

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.8 68.2 66.9 68.2 68.6 68.7 68.6 68.3 67.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 17,169 18,236 17,839 17,476 18,079 18,213 18,238 18,252 18,198

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.2 63.7 62.3 63.3 63.8 64.1 63.9 63.8 63.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,546 1,279 1,331 1,373 1,366 1,311 1,313 1,292 1,181

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.3 6.6 6.9 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,904 9,094 9,472 8,770 8,894 8,907 8,968 9,064 9,263

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,782 11,175 11,089 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.0 83.8 83.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,001 10,541 10,404 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 77.9 79.1 78.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 782 634 685 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.2 5.7 6.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,033 7,312 7,188 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 57.6 57.9 56.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,468 6,827 6,717 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 53.0 54.0 53.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 565 485 471 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.0 6.6 6.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 899 1,028 893 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 34.9 38.9 33.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 699 868 718 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 27.2 32.8 27.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 200 160 175 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 22.2 15.6 19.6 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

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,376 12,895 12,562 12,315 12,742 12,502 12,722 12,814 12,575

 Participation rate ................................................................... 44.4 45.3 44.7 44.2 45.3 45.0 45.3 45.0 44.7

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,050 11,762 11,417 11,229 11,608 11,471 11,703 11,746 11,637

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 39.7 41.3 40.6 40.3 41.3 41.3 41.6 41.3 41.4

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,326 1,133 1,144 1,086 1,133 1,031 1,019 1,068 938

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 10.7 8.8 9.1 8.8 8.9 8.2 8.0 8.3 7.5

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,013 37,842 38,002 37,704 37,700 37,712 37,630 37,695 37,729

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.5 63.3 62.6 63.0 63.2 63.5 63.1 63.1 62.2

 Employed ................................................................................ 35,837 36,035 35,907 35,865 35,894 35,874 35,788 35,846 35,943

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 59.9 60.3 59.2 60.0 60.2 60.4 60.0 60.0 59.2

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 2,176 1,808 2,096 1,839 1,806 1,838 1,842 1,849 1,786

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.7 4.8 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 33,770 34,391 34,254 34,008 34,431 34,548 34,549 34,483 34,524

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.4 72.1 72.4 73.0 72.2 71.8 72.4 72.3 73.0

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,130 32,968 32,740 32,492 33,037 33,112 33,051 32,995 33,117

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 68.9 69.1 69.2 69.7 69.3 68.8 69.3 69.2 70.0

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,640 1,423 1,514 1,517 1,394 1,435 1,498 1,487 1,407

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.9 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.1

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 40,290 40,835 40,789 40,366 40,471 40,772 41,131 41,026 40,907

 Participation rate ................................................................... 78.1 78.3 78.2 78.3 77.8 77.8 78.5 78.7 78.4

 Employed ................................................................................ 39,055 39,894 39,760 39,195 39,438 39,744 40,090 40,009 39,925

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 75.7 76.5 76.2 76.0 75.8 75.8 76.5 76.7 76.5

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,235 941 1,029 1,172 1,033 1,027 1,041 1,018 982

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.1 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 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

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 1,999 1,996 1,920 2,172 2,221 2,155 2,212 2,179 2,120

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,087 1,061 1,042 1,221 1,213 1,194 1,204 1,185 1,181

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 900 918 865 928 970 921 952 963 904

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 13 16 13 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 134,925 138,282 136,761 136,234 137,460 137,764 138,068 137,973 138,112

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 125,433 128,783 127,208 126,668 127,829 128,035 128,431 128,459 128,501

 Government .......................................................................... 19,800 20,381 20,363 19,722 20,166 20,213 20,309 20,270 20,296

 Private industries .................................................................. 105,633 108,401 106,846 106,970 107,692 107,823 108,120 108,257 108,219

 Private households ............................................................. 811 789 800 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 104,822 107,612 106,045 106,153 106,910 107,090 107,360 107,492 107,414

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,396 9,420 9,449 9,475 9,481 9,702 9,505 9,473 9,514

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 96 80 104 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 5,270 4,516 4,903 4,703 4,476 4,762 4,533 4,474 4,395

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,459 2,851 3,214 2,972 2,805 3,052 2,761 2,735 2,768

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,420 1,304 1,314 1,400 1,312 1,385 1,420 1,440 1,329

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,229 20,361 19,207 18,986 19,410 19,704 19,499 19,502 19,089

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 5,152 4,399 4,793 4,604 4,400 4,656 4,404 4,382 4,303

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,382 2,774 3,145 2,894 2,750 2,971 2,685 2,682 2,702

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,416 1,288 1,304 1,405 1,320 1,363 1,396 1,397 1,309

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 18,910 19,962 18,866 18,711 19,061 19,288 19,141 19,176 18,765

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

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 136,924 140,278 138,682 138,481 139,527 139,827 140,293 140,156 140,241

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,503 5,800 5,460 5,962 5,887 5,908 6,014 5,927 5,917

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,117 2,168 2,089 2,337 2,149 2,189 2,240 2,261 2,267

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,386 3,632 3,371 3,627 3,730 3,711 3,739 3,691 3,634

 20 years and over ................................................................... 131,421 134,478 133,221 132,520 133,640 133,920 134,279 134,229 134,325

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,349 13,819 13,398 13,621 13,641 13,842 13,818 13,851 13,702

 25 years and over ................................................................. 118,072 120,659 119,824 118,920 119,993 120,066 120,455 120,421 120,669

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 96,455 97,836 97,330 97,191 97,667 97,700 97,885 97,701 98,049

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 29,976 30,509 30,345 30,351 30,508 30,432 30,495 30,504 30,683

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,310 34,707 34,353 34,511 34,556 34,599 34,739 34,632 34,589

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 32,168 32,620 32,632 32,328 32,604 32,669 32,651 32,566 32,776

 55 years and over ............................................................... 21,617 22,823 22,493 21,729 22,326 22,366 22,571 22,719 22,620

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 73,096 74,707 73,728 74,284 74,629 74,852 75,188 74,938 74,934

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,724 2,810 2,624 3,001 2,927 2,957 3,055 2,917 2,905

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 975 992 942 1,122 1,040 1,072 1,117 1,049 1,068

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,750 1,818 1,682 1,881 1,874 1,879 1,914 1,862 1,825

 20 years and over ................................................................... 70,371 71,897 71,104 71,283 71,701 71,895 72,134 72,020 72,029

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,018 7,274 6,966 7,199 7,151 7,307 7,295 7,354 7,181

 25 years and over ................................................................. 63,353 64,623 64,139 64,138 64,497 64,592 64,823 64,704 64,900

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 51,716 52,464 52,184 52,408 52,553 52,582 52,695 52,563 52,840

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,515 16,785 16,646 16,781 16,917 16,900 16,851 16,818 16,902

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,493 18,697 18,556 18,710 18,639 18,649 18,799 18,719 18,769

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,709 16,983 16,982 16,918 16,998 17,033 17,045 17,026 17,169

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,637 12,159 11,954 11,729 11,943 12,010 12,128 12,141 12,061

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 63,828 65,571 64,953 64,197 64,898 64,975 65,104 65,218 65,307

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,779 2,990 2,836 2,960 2,959 2,951 2,959 3,010 3,012

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,142 1,176 1,146 1,215 1,109 1,118 1,123 1,212 1,199

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,637 1,814 1,689 1,745 1,856 1,831 1,826 1,830 1,809

 20 years and over ................................................................... 61,050 62,581 62,117 61,237 61,939 62,024 62,145 62,208 62,295

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,331 6,545 6,432 6,422 6,490 6,535 6,523 6,497 6,521

 25 years and over ................................................................. 54,719 56,036 55,685 54,782 55,497 55,474 55,633 55,716 55,769

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 44,738 45,372 45,146 44,782 45,114 45,118 45,190 45,138 45,209

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,462 13,724 13,699 13,570 13,591 13,532 13,644 13,686 13,782

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,817 16,011 15,797 15,801 15,917 15,950 15,940 15,912 15,820

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,460 15,637 15,650 15,411 15,606 15,636 15,606 15,540 15,608

 55 years and over ............................................................... 9,981 10,664 10,539 10,000 10,383 10,356 10,443 10,578 10,560

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 45,122 45,499 44,853 45,443 45,093 45,127 45,462 45,315 45,171

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,729 35,213 34,880 34,546 34,704 34,808 34,961 34,878 34,739

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,479 8,884 8,854 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 112,171 115,117 114,181 113,844 114,831 114,954 115,415 115,585 115,858

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 24,753 25,161 24,501 24,320 24,729 24,931 24,940 24,728 24,220

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

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,303 8,047 7,737 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,209 1,262 1,150 16.9 16.6 17.2 16.5 17.6 16.3

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 530 587 543 18.5 19.6 20.6 21.2 20.6 19.3

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 683 674 612 15.9 14.9 15.2 13.5 15.4 14.4

 20 years and over ................................................................... 7,094 6,785 6,588 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,480 1,360 1,440 9.8 9.5 9.8 9.2 8.9 9.5

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,613 5,391 5,141 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.1

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,796 4,597 4,326 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.2

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,827 1,813 1,629 5.7 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.0

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,631 1,456 1,479 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,338 1,328 1,217 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.6

 55 years and over ............................................................... 838 825 832 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.5

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,494 4,474 4,212 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 638 741 647 17.5 18.2 19.2 18.2 20.3 18.2

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 279 336 302 19.9 20.6 22.1 23.0 24.3 22.0

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 360 403 349 16.1 16.8 17.7 14.8 17.8 16.1

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,856 3,733 3,565 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 851 728 819 10.6 10.5 10.2 9.8 9.0 10.2

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,998 2,969 2,734 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.0

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,550 2,531 2,247 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.1

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 987 1,024 829 5.6 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.7 4.7

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 865 792 752 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.9

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 699 716 666 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.7

 55 years and over ............................................................... 448 438 487 3.7 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.9

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,809 3,573 3,525 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 572 522 502 16.2 15.0 15.1 14.6 14.8 14.3

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 251 251 241 17.1 18.6 19.0 19.3 17.2 16.8

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 323 271 263 15.6 12.8 12.5 12.1 12.9 12.7

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,238 3,051 3,023 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 629 632 621 8.9 8.4 9.4 8.5 8.9 8.7

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,615 2,422 2,407 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,246 2,066 2,078 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 840 789 800 5.8 5.2 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.5

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 766 664 727 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.4

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 640 613 552 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.4

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 423 350 360 4.1 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.3

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,562 1,434 1,430 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,319 1,227 1,157 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.2

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 764 675 788 8.3 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.1 8.2

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,876 6,637 6,400 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.2

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,402 1,417 1,343 5.4 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.3

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

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

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

 NOTE: Detail 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-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 5,195 4,166 4,771 4,380 4,014 4,074 4,066 4,108 4,048

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 1,580 1,040 1,473 1,030 919 947 941 965 966

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,614 3,126 3,299 3,350 3,094 3,127 3,124 3,144 3,082

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,727 2,272 2,360 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 887 854 938 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 822 845 820 807 830 829 880 898 819

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,536 2,040 2,310 2,514 2,417 2,411 2,388 2,361 2,324

New entrants ............................................................................ 591 548 542 677 697 747 723 709 624

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 ......... 56.8 54.8 56.5 52.3 50.4 50.5 50.5 50.9 51.8

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 17.3 13.7 17.4 12.3 11.6 11.8 11.7 11.9 12.4

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 39.5 41.1 39.1 40.0 38.9 38.8 38.8 38.9 39.4

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 9.0 11.1 9.7 9.6 10.4 10.3 10.9 11.1 10.5

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 27.7 26.8 27.4 30.0 30.4 29.9 29.6 29.2 29.7

 New entrants ........................................................................... 6.5 7.2 6.4 8.1 8.8 9.3 9.0 8.8 8.0

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 3.6 2.8 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7

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

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

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

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

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 3,031 2,546 2,948 2,623 2,796 2,753 2,611 2,865 2,599

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,591 2,244 2,527 2,402 2,251 2,290 2,361 2,264 2,343

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,522 2,809 2,969 3,339 2,971 3,032 3,012 2,961 2,824

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,535 1,202 1,269 1,447 1,227 1,261 1,294 1,325 1,201

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,988 1,608 1,700 1,892 1,744 1,771 1,718 1,636 1,623

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 19.0 19.5 18.5 19.8 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.3 19.3

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 10.4 9.6 9.2 10.6 9.5 9.5 9.8 9.5 9.4

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 33.2 33.5 34.9 31.4 34.9 34.1 32.7 35.4 33.5

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 28.3 29.5 29.9 28.7 28.1 28.4 29.6 28.0 30.2

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 38.5 37.0 35.2 39.9 37.1 37.5 37.7 36.6 36.4

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 16.8 15.8 15.0 17.3 15.3 15.6 16.2 16.4 15.5

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 21.7 21.2 20.1 22.6 21.7 21.9 21.5 20.2 20.9

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
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Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Jan.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Jan.

2005

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 136,924 138,682 9,144 8,444 6.3 5.7

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 48,216 48,878 1,473 1,215 3.0 2.4

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 19,883 20,063 553 482 2.7 2.3

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,333 28,815 920 733 3.1 2.5

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 21,314 22,276 1,842 1,763 8.0 7.3

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,254 35,284 2,174 1,982 5.8 5.3

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 16,233 15,936 1,099 950 6.3 5.6

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,021 19,348 1,075 1,031 5.4 5.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 13,975 14,327 1,383 1,487 9.0 9.4

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 888 798 182 166 17.0 17.2

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 8,019 8,376 935 1,082 10.4 11.4

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,068 5,154 267 240 5.0 4.4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,165 17,916 1,637 1,414 8.3 7.3

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,723 9,372 807 721 7.7 7.1

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,442 8,544 830 693 8.9 7.5

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

Jan.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Jan.

2005

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 9,144 8,444 6.3 5.7

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 7,556 6,849 6.7 6.0

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 31 29 5.8 4.9

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 994 1,079 11.3 11.8

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,110 889 6.4 5.3

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 695 547 6.4 5.1

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 414 341 6.3 5.7

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,389 1,302 6.5 6.3

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 243 276 4.6 5.0

 Information ........................................................................................................ 236 168 7.0 5.4

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 403 252 4.3 2.7

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 1,070 958 8.7 7.6

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 662 613 3.7 3.4

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 1,097 993 10.0 8.7

 Other services .................................................................................................. 322 290 5.3 4.7

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 184 153 15.1 13.2

Government workers ......................................................................................... 511 555 2.5 2.6

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 302 346 2.8 3.2

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.
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Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.4 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.6 2.8 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 6.3 5.1 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 6.5 5.4 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6

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 ................................................................................................................. 7.3 6.1 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.5 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 ........................................................................................... 10.9 9.1 10.2 9.9 9.4 9.7 9.4 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

Jan.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Jan.

2005

Jan.

2004

Jan.

2005

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 76,093 77,712 28,752 29,914 47,340 47,798

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,913 5,136 2,108 2,433 2,805 2,703

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,670 1,804 786 981 884 823

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 432 515 248 338 184 177

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,238 1,289 537 643 701 645

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,123 7,225 3,632 3,674 3,491 3,551

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.5

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,722 3,782 2,073 2,117 1,649 1,665

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,681 1,612 563 548 1,117 1,064

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 227 284 144 179 83 104

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,447 1,497 823 809 624 688

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

Jan.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Change

from:

Dec. 2004-

Jan. 2005p

Total nonfarm ............................. 128,365 133,406 133,200 130,538 130,372 131,880 132,162 132,294 132,427 132,573 146

Total private ........................................ 106,922 111,239 111,149 108,909 108,839 110,203 110,462 110,588 110,728 110,862 134

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,161 22,147 21,930 21,419 21,703 21,947 21,982 21,996 22,006 21,975 -31

Natural resources and mining .................................. 559 604 603 592 575 597 595 599 602 605 3

Logging ........................................................... 65.4 69.2 68.7 65.9 67.4 68.0 67.0 66.9 68.0 67.7 -.3

Mining .................................................................... 493.8 535.1 533.8 525.9 507.3 528.5 527.7 532.5 534.1 536.8 2.7

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 119.6 123.6 123.6 122.0 120.0 124.0 123.6 124.4 123.9 123.2 -.7

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 191.6 212.9 208.8 204.6 200.9 208.5 208.4 210.7 211.0 212.7 1.7

Coal mining ...................................................... 68.0 73.9 74.6 75.3 68.7 72.9 72.7 73.7 73.9 75.5 1.6

Support activities for mining .............................. 182.6 198.6 201.4 199.3 186.4 196.0 195.7 197.4 199.2 200.9 1.7

Construction ............................................................. 6,431 7,181 6,985 6,643 6,845 6,998 7,043 7,060 7,074 7,065 -9

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,535.0 1,686.9 1,675.0 1,621.3 1,595.4 1,647.8 1,663.0 1,668.3 1,679.5 1,678.3 -1.2

Residential building ......................................... 834.3 927.6 923.4 894.5 866.8 905.5 915.6 918.4 927.5 925.7 -1.8

Nonresidential building .................................... 700.7 759.3 751.6 726.8 728.6 742.3 747.4 749.9 752.0 752.6 .6

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 796.3 935.1 867.4 790.6 903.2 902.1 904.1 906.4 901.9 897.8 -4.1

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,100.0 4,559.3 4,442.6 4,231.0 4,346.6 4,447.8 4,476.1 4,484.8 4,492.4 4,488.9 -3.5

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 1,938.6 2,159.7 2,107.2 2,001.3 2,056.0 2,113.9 2,120.9 2,121.5 2,121.1 2,116.9 -4.2

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,161.4 2,401.9 2,335.4 2,229.7 2,290.6 2,333.9 2,355.2 2,363.3 2,371.3 2,372.0 .7

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,171 14,362 14,342 14,184 14,283 14,352 14,344 14,337 14,330 14,305 -25

Production workers ....................................... 9,925 10,131 10,110 9,980 10,021 10,117 10,111 10,104 10,098 10,084 -14

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,797 8,967 8,963 8,880 8,855 8,957 8,960 8,954 8,952 8,940 -12

Production workers ....................................... 6,025 6,179 6,177 6,108 6,075 6,172 6,172 6,166 6,167 6,160 -7

Wood products ................................................... 530.0 554.3 550.6 544.2 540.2 550.1 554.5 553.3 554.9 555.6 .7

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 479.8 512.4 503.9 486.4 499.9 508.8 509.1 507.9 507.2 505.9 -1.3

Primary metals .................................................... 464.1 465.0 467.2 465.4 464.4 466.4 466.0 465.8 465.3 465.6 .3

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,470.3 1,512.4 1,513.3 1,510.0 1,474.1 1,508.5 1,511.5 1,510.9 1,513.2 1,516.6 3.4

Machinery ........................................................... 1,126.3 1,147.1 1,150.2 1,145.4 1,128.4 1,148.7 1,147.3 1,147.4 1,145.5 1,144.6 -.9

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,315.9 1,326.2 1,325.5 1,322.4 1,318.6 1,332.5 1,329.8 1,327.1 1,324.7 1,324.5 -.2

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 213.7 208.9 209.6 209.3 214.8 211.9 209.7 209.3 209.3 208.1 -1.2

Communications equipment ........................... 149.2 152.1 152.6 155.9 149.3 151.0 150.7 152.7 154.4 156.7 2.3

Semiconductors and electronic components . 447.0 451.8 448.1 443.8 448.4 457.0 454.9 451.9 447.3 445.1 -2.2

Electronic instruments ..................................... 425.6 435.3 437.3 436.0 425.3 434.6 437.0 435.6 436.1 437.0 .9

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 448.0 446.7 446.7 445.2 448.7 447.0 445.1 447.4 446.1 445.9 -.2

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,749.3 1,774.4 1,778.2 1,747.4 1,757.2 1,768.5 1,771.0 1,767.2 1,768.9 1,757.1 -11.8

Motor vehicles and parts 2................................. 1,106.0 1,108.4 1,109.9 1,084.4 1,111.9 1,109.9 1,111.8 1,104.1 1,101.6 1,092.1 -9.5

Furniture and related products .......................... 565.3 571.4 571.3 567.2 569.7 572.1 571.3 572.2 572.1 571.9 -.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 648.2 657.3 656.0 646.5 653.5 654.5 654.1 654.7 653.9 651.8 -2.1

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,374 5,395 5,379 5,304 5,428 5,395 5,384 5,383 5,378 5,365 -13

Production workers ....................................... 3,900 3,952 3,933 3,872 3,946 3,945 3,939 3,938 3,931 3,924 -7

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,476.6 1,505.3 1,498.8 1,467.3 1,498.3 1,494.3 1,493.5 1,493.6 1,494.5 1,491.9 -2.6

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 190.7 196.3 192.5 185.9 195.5 194.9 192.9 195.1 192.8 191.3 -1.5

Textile mills ......................................................... 240.4 234.5 232.9 229.7 242.0 237.3 236.5 235.0 234.3 233.0 -1.3

Textile product mills ........................................... 172.9 177.0 177.2 176.1 174.9 177.8 178.1 178.4 178.8 179.1 .3

Apparel ................................................................ 288.8 273.1 270.9 263.6 295.3 281.0 276.1 273.4 273.2 271.3 -1.9

Leather and allied products ............................... 41.9 43.3 42.7 42.2 42.6 42.7 42.8 43.4 43.0 42.9 -.1

Paper and paper products ................................. 500.7 499.9 500.1 498.0 502.3 499.3 499.4 498.1 497.7 498.9 1.2

Printing and related support activities ............... 666.3 662.1 665.5 657.0 669.9 661.6 661.0 661.3 662.2 661.5 -.7

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 109.9 113.7 110.9 110.7 113.9 113.2 113.3 113.6 113.2 113.8 .6

Chemicals ........................................................... 885.4 881.0 880.7 872.9 889.0 885.5 884.5 882.4 880.9 876.1 -4.8

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 799.9 809.1 806.3 800.3 803.9 807.1 806.3 808.6 807.3 805.3 -2.0

Service-providing .............................................. 107,204 111,259 111,270 109,119 108,669 109,933 110,180 110,298 110,421 110,598 177

Private service-providing ............................... 85,761 89,092 89,219 87,490 87,136 88,256 88,480 88,592 88,722 88,887 165

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,165 26,056 26,259 25,507 25,348 25,555 25,581 25,621 25,628 25,682 54

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

Jan.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Change

from:

Dec. 2004-

Jan. 2005p

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,573.7 5,689.1 5,701.6 5,644.6 5,617.5 5,672.4 5,674.7 5,680.0 5,688.5 5,688.1 -.4

Durable goods .................................................... 2,917.1 2,961.4 2,971.2 2,957.0 2,933.7 2,960.2 2,962.3 2,960.4 2,967.1 2,971.9 4.8

Nondurable goods .............................................. 1,976.7 2,018.8 2,014.9 1,981.1 2,000.0 2,008.1 2,009.1 2,012.6 2,010.8 2,006.2 -4.6

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 679.9 708.9 715.5 706.5 683.8 704.1 703.3 707.0 710.6 710.0 -.6

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,857.1 15,472.0 15,642.3 15,011.2 14,961.5 15,037.7 15,056.5 15,081.4 15,073.3 15,092.5 19.2

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,868.6 1,903.4 1,892.0 1,879.3 1,894.5 1,898.4 1,896.4 1,901.2 1,903.0 1,903.9 .9

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,249.8 1,248.6 1,244.2 1,235.9 1,258.7 1,247.3 1,245.0 1,247.6 1,247.5 1,245.5 -2.0

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 559.8 579.8 588.9 576.3 557.9 561.9 562.3 565.6 567.3 572.1 4.8

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 518.3 539.4 542.5 522.9 509.7 513.6 520.2 520.3 516.8 515.8 -1.0

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,151.4 1,230.8 1,222.4 1,188.5 1,206.0 1,232.5 1,236.3 1,240.4 1,243.6 1,245.9 2.3

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,806.9 2,853.0 2,858.7 2,807.8 2,818.4 2,827.1 2,830.2 2,822.7 2,818.8 2,819.4 .6

Health and personal care stores ....................... 943.0 951.4 957.1 952.9 941.0 942.1 941.6 944.5 947.5 950.8 3.3

Gasoline stations ................................................ 873.7 872.4 870.6 866.1 880.6 878.0 877.0 873.7 872.8 873.3 .5

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,333.1 1,437.5 1,493.7 1,385.9 1,326.3 1,371.9 1,376.0 1,377.9 1,380.9 1,378.6 -2.3

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 648.3 673.9 700.3 644.7 641.7 638.7 638.0 639.0 634.5 637.9 3.4

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,823.5 3,046.4 3,115.5 2,857.9 2,840.8 2,832.9 2,835.2 2,854.9 2,847.6 2,854.4 6.8

Department stores .......................................... 1,609.6 1,768.7 1,819.0 1,623.9 1,610.1 1,603.3 1,604.2 1,619.1 1,613.9 1,608.8 -5.1

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 906.1 935.1 947.0 904.5 920.2 917.0 920.5 917.4 917.8 918.3 .5

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 424.4 448.9 453.6 424.4 424.4 423.6 422.8 423.8 422.7 422.1 -.6

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,166.2 4,325.9 4,346.9 4,280.7 4,198.2 4,274.1 4,279.6 4,289.6 4,295.9 4,329.5 33.6

Air transportation ................................................ 508.7 513.8 516.5 514.7 513.0 513.8 514.2 514.6 516.0 518.7 2.7

Rail transportation .............................................. 220.1 225.4 224.5 221.7 221.6 225.5 225.4 224.6 224.1 224.6 .5

Water transportation ........................................... 54.0 56.2 55.8 56.7 56.5 57.2 57.7 57.8 57.8 59.4 1.6

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,309.1 1,367.2 1,369.8 1,348.7 1,339.1 1,358.5 1,356.0 1,358.9 1,368.2 1,375.6 7.4

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 394.8 403.9 408.7 402.5 385.0 388.3 389.3 389.4 391.9 392.4 .5

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 38.7 38.9 38.8 39.2 38.8 39.0 38.9 39.0 38.7 39.2 .5

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 20.1 23.5 22.4 17.9 23.8 27.8 25.6 26.1 24.9 23.7 -1.2

Support activities for transportation ................... 519.9 544.1 553.6 551.5 524.6 537.7 539.9 544.6 550.9 554.7 3.8

Couriers and messengers .................................. 558.9 574.6 584.6 564.7 552.7 563.8 564.4 568.7 559.5 576.2 16.7

Warehousing and storage .................................. 541.9 578.3 572.2 563.1 543.1 562.5 568.2 565.9 563.9 565.0 1.1

Utilities ................................................................... 568.1 568.6 567.9 570.3 570.3 571.1 570.3 570.2 570.2 572.3 2.1

Information ................................................................ 3,125 3,137 3,141 3,126 3,139 3,127 3,131 3,133 3,135 3,139 4

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 907.9 912.0 910.6 905.8 910.9 909.2 908.1 908.9 907.4 907.7 .3

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 377.1 391.5 394.6 384.5 380.7 389.7 395.3 390.6 390.8 391.6 .8

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 321.1 330.4 331.9 331.7 322.4 328.1 329.5 329.4 330.5 332.0 1.5

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 28.4 33.6 33.5 35.2 28.6 32.0 33.0 33.6 34.2 35.6 1.4

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,058.4 1,028.0 1,029.2 1,029.2 1,060.9 1,028.4 1,024.8 1,030.0 1,031.1 1,032.3 1.2

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 383.1 391.1 390.6 388.7 386.0 387.6 389.2 389.5 389.8 388.7 -1.1

Other information services ................................. 48.8 50.2 50.8 50.8 49.6 51.5 50.9 50.7 50.9 51.2 .3

Financial activities .................................................... 7,932 8,092 8,122 8,085 7,989 8,083 8,093 8,107 8,127 8,148 21

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,905.5 5,993.7 6,018.0 6,009.4 5,922.7 5,982.1 5,994.1 6,001.3 6,016.3 6,032.9 16.6

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.2 20.8 20.6 20.4 22.3 21.5 21.3 20.9 20.6 20.5 -.1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,795.7 2,854.0 2,868.3 2,872.5 2,803.2 2,841.0 2,847.9 2,859.2 2,870.7 2,883.0 12.3

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,748.7 1,768.0 1,775.8 1,782.4 1,749.5 1,765.1 1,768.1 1,773.3 1,778.3 1,784.2 5.9

Commercial banking .................................... 1,276.8 1,287.9 1,294.0 1,300.5 1,277.9 1,286.4 1,288.3 1,293.1 1,296.8 1,301.3 4.5

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 754.1 776.0 781.0 782.0 754.9 772.3 777.3 776.9 781.0 785.2 4.2

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,248.2 2,259.9 2,264.3 2,248.1 2,256.8 2,263.3 2,264.1 2,260.4 2,259.3 2,257.6 -1.7

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 85.3 83.0 83.8 86.4 85.5 84.0 83.5 83.9 84.7 86.6 1.9

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,026.5 2,098.0 2,104.4 2,076.0 2,066.1 2,101.3 2,099.2 2,105.5 2,111.1 2,115.4 4.3

Real estate .......................................................... 1,369.9 1,432.6 1,432.3 1,409.6 1,397.0 1,429.1 1,428.6 1,434.7 1,436.3 1,437.7 1.4

Rental and leasing services ............................... 630.4 640.6 647.1 642.3 642.3 647.6 646.3 646.0 650.0 652.9 2.9

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 26.2 24.8 25.0 24.1 26.8 24.6 24.3 24.8 24.8 24.8 .0

Professional and business services ........................ 15,773 16,732 16,645 16,295 16,138 16,514 16,614 16,611 16,650 16,675 25

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,696.5 6,811.1 6,856.2 6,875.4 6,665.7 6,805.4 6,835.3 6,834.4 6,854.6 6,856.6 2.0

Legal services .................................................. 1,145.2 1,166.3 1,168.0 1,151.9 1,153.7 1,166.8 1,167.4 1,163.1 1,164.2 1,161.1 -3.1

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

Jan.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Change

from:

Dec. 2004-

Jan. 2005p

Professional and business services--Continued

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 899.4 760.3 796.4 902.0 810.1 816.1 821.5 816.6 818.3 816.3 -2.0

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,213.5 1,287.8 1,287.5 1,269.6 1,232.7 1,270.5 1,280.5 1,284.9 1,291.1 1,291.3 .2

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,124.0 1,179.2 1,187.4 1,175.2 1,123.4 1,161.1 1,167.3 1,174.1 1,178.7 1,178.4 -.3

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 748.2 790.8 797.6 780.4 758.8 787.9 790.5 787.8 789.7 789.7 .0

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,692.4 1,730.6 1,733.8 1,710.4 1,708.9 1,715.0 1,715.3 1,722.5 1,724.9 1,727.7 2.8

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,384.1 8,190.5 8,054.5 7,709.1 7,763.3 7,993.2 8,063.1 8,054.3 8,070.3 8,090.8 20.5

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,070.7 7,864.5 7,732.5 7,391.6 7,441.5 7,667.3 7,736.4 7,728.2 7,745.0 7,765.2 20.2

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,160.0 3,685.2 3,637.9 3,402.2 3,364.6 3,513.5 3,572.9 3,570.5 3,582.8 3,604.0 21.2

Temporary help services ............................. 2,135.0 2,563.4 2,512.0 2,346.9 2,288.3 2,438.7 2,486.5 2,484.7 2,487.3 2,504.8 17.5

Business support services .............................. 737.9 763.3 765.9 746.6 745.2 752.6 755.9 754.6 754.8 752.7 -2.1

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,514.1 1,717.2 1,632.3 1,558.2 1,657.9 1,706.4 1,708.6 1,707.2 1,707.3 1,708.6 1.3

Waste management and remediation services 313.4 326.0 322.0 317.5 321.8 325.9 326.7 326.1 325.3 325.6 .3

Education and health services ................................ 16,665 17,327 17,321 17,074 16,766 17,019 17,081 17,108 17,155 17,190 35

Educational services ............................................. 2,670.7 2,988.2 2,950.5 2,756.3 2,741.6 2,773.2 2,794.0 2,797.2 2,811.3 2,827.5 16.2

Health care and social assistance ........................13,993.8 14,339.0 14,370.5 14,317.8 14,024.8 14,246.1 14,287.2 14,310.7 14,343.7 14,362.6 18.9

3 Health care ............................................................ 11,902.5 12,174.0 12,195.4 12,151.2 11,931.7 12,106.0 12,135.3 12,153.6 12,174.1 12,189.2 15.1

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,852.0 5,017.4 5,035.2 5,010.0 4,867.1 4,975.0 4,996.9 5,006.7 5,023.8 5,035.0 11.2

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,025.3 2,083.7 2,093.6 2,081.5 2,027.8 2,064.5 2,074.2 2,077.7 2,084.4 2,084.7 .3

Outpatient care centers ................................... 436.6 449.9 449.5 449.8 437.6 448.7 449.5 449.8 450.1 451.7 1.6

Home health care services ............................. 752.0 792.5 797.7 788.5 755.0 779.5 782.7 789.2 793.5 797.4 3.9

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,260.4 4,323.7 4,325.5 4,324.1 4,267.9 4,306.0 4,311.2 4,319.7 4,323.1 4,327.6 4.5

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,790.1 2,832.9 2,834.7 2,817.1 2,796.7 2,825.0 2,827.2 2,827.2 2,827.2 2,826.6 -.6

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,569.1 1,580.8 1,579.9 1,567.4 1,572.5 1,576.6 1,576.8 1,576.4 1,575.5 1,572.8 -2.7

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,091.3 2,165.0 2,175.1 2,166.6 2,093.1 2,140.1 2,151.9 2,157.1 2,169.6 2,173.4 3.8

Child day care services ................................... 756.8 786.6 790.6 782.8 750.3 767.9 772.8 775.3 780.6 779.8 -.8

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 11,760 12,319 12,298 12,016 12,351 12,522 12,546 12,571 12,580 12,600 20

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,628.0 1,681.9 1,661.9 1,600.6 1,834.5 1,836.2 1,834.4 1,826.4 1,814.9 1,813.8 -1.1

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 339.5 352.2 347.2 328.2 370.5 363.6 364.4 362.5 359.9 359.2 -.7

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 106.6 114.0 111.5 107.0 115.4 118.3 118.2 116.9 116.4 116.3 -.1

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,181.9 1,215.7 1,203.2 1,165.4 1,348.6 1,354.3 1,351.8 1,347.0 1,338.6 1,338.3 -.3

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,131.7 10,637.4 10,636.4 10,415.2 10,516.4 10,685.3 10,712.0 10,744.1 10,764.7 10,786.2 21.5

Accommodations ................................................ 1,686.6 1,756.4 1,752.8 1,726.2 1,778.0 1,801.5 1,800.6 1,814.7 1,820.1 1,816.6 -3.5

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,445.1 8,881.0 8,883.6 8,689.0 8,738.4 8,883.8 8,911.4 8,929.4 8,944.6 8,969.6 25.0

Other services .......................................................... 5,341 5,429 5,433 5,387 5,405 5,436 5,434 5,441 5,447 5,453 6

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,216.3 1,224.4 1,221.9 1,216.9 1,227.0 1,226.9 1,227.9 1,227.1 1,227.4 1,227.2 -.2

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,248.6 1,271.6 1,273.8 1,257.9 1,266.6 1,271.5 1,267.8 1,271.6 1,275.7 1,278.1 2.4

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,876.2 2,932.5 2,937.4 2,912.5 2,911.5 2,937.9 2,938.1 2,942.3 2,943.9 2,947.6 3.7

Government .............................................................. 21,443 22,167 22,051 21,629 21,533 21,677 21,700 21,706 21,699 21,711 12

Federal ................................................................... 2,707 2,720 2,722 2,711 2,729 2,730 2,723 2,728 2,713 2,724 11

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,916.3 1,936.4 1,928.6 1,931.7 1,937.6 1,946.8 1,940.1 1,946.4 1,941.7 1,945.2 3.5

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 790.6 783.8 793.7 779.1 791.3 783.4 782.5 781.4 770.9 778.6 7.7

State government .................................................. 4,885 5,167 5,113 4,928 4,961 5,000 5,007 5,015 5,017 5,019 2

State government education .............................. 2,170.2 2,437.3 2,383.7 2,199.1 2,230.1 2,263.7 2,268.4 2,271.3 2,271.1 2,270.6 -.5

State government, excluding education ............ 2,715.2 2,729.6 2,729.6 2,729.2 2,731.1 2,736.4 2,738.2 2,743.4 2,745.6 2,748.2 2.6

Local government .................................................. 13,851 14,280 14,216 13,990 13,843 13,947 13,970 13,963 13,969 13,968 -1

Local government education ............................. 7,828.2 8,152.6 8,122.9 7,935.5 7,712.8 7,793.2 7,810.8 7,806.3 7,808.2 7,811.1 2.9

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,022.9 6,127.5 6,092.7 6,054.7 6,130.6 6,153.4 6,159.3 6,156.7 6,161.0 6,156.4 -4.6

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately. nursing and residential care facilities.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, p = preliminary.

and motor vehicle parts. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels 

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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

Jan.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Change

from:

Dec. 2004-

Jan. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 33.3 33.6 33.8 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.7 33.8 33.7 -0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 39.8 40.0 40.3 39.5 40.2 40.1 39.9 39.9 40.0 39.8 -.2

Natural resources and mining .............................. 43.7 45.3 45.0 44.8 44.4 44.5 44.8 45.0 45.2 45.3 .1

Construction ............................................................ 37.5 38.2 38.2 36.8 38.4 38.3 38.2 38.3 38.4 37.6 -.8

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.7 40.8 41.2 40.6 41.0 40.8 40.7 40.5 40.6 40.7 .1

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

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.3 41.2 41.7 41.0 41.5 41.2 41.2 40.9 41.1 41.1 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.6 4.7 5.1 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 .0

Wood products .................................................. 40.1 40.1 40.4 40.5 41.0 40.4 40.3 40.0 40.4 41.0 .6

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 41.4 42.2 42.2 40.7 42.4 42.4 42.4 42.1 42.3 41.8 -.5

Primary metals .................................................. 43.3 43.0 43.6 43.6 43.2 43.1 43.0 42.9 43.0 43.4 .4

Fabricated metal products .............................. 41.2 41.1 41.6 40.9 41.2 41.2 41.1 40.9 40.9 40.8 -.1

Machinery .......................................................... 41.7 42.2 42.6 42.2 41.7 42.3 42.2 42.0 41.9 41.9 .0

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.5 40.0 40.4 39.4 40.9 40.3 40.1 39.6 39.7 39.8 .1

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 41.0 40.6 40.8 40.3 41.2 40.6 40.6 40.1 40.1 40.2 .1

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.8 42.3 43.3 42.3 42.8 42.4 42.3 42.2 42.4 42.4 .0

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 43.1 42.2 43.5 42.3 43.1 42.4 42.2 42.2 42.5 42.4 -.1

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.4 39.4 40.6 39.3 39.8 39.3 39.2 39.2 39.5 39.3 -.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.9 38.4 39.1 39.1 39.1 38.4 38.4 38.2 38.5 38.9 .4

Nondurable goods ............................................... 39.9 40.1 40.3 40.0 40.2 40.1 39.9 39.8 39.8 40.0 .2

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

Food manufacturing ......................................... 39.1 39.7 39.5 39.0 39.5 39.3 39.0 39.1 39.0 39.1 .1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 38.6 38.9 39.5 40.7 39.5 39.2 38.6 39.0 39.8 41.1 1.3

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.1 40.0 40.5 40.6 40.0 40.2 40.1 40.0 40.1 40.4 .3

Textile product mills ......................................... 39.1 39.2 39.7 40.0 39.4 39.1 39.1 39.1 39.2 40.1 .9

Apparel ............................................................... 35.3 36.0 36.4 35.3 35.7 36.2 36.0 35.7 35.8 35.7 -.1

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.5 38.3 37.8 37.7 39.5 38.2 38.4 38.2 37.7 37.6 -.1

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.9 42.5 42.9 43.0 42.0 42.2 42.1 42.1 42.1 42.8 .7

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.2 38.8 39.0 38.2 38.6 38.3 38.3 38.3 38.4 38.4 .0

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 44.3 45.8 45.8 45.5 44.2 46.0 45.0 45.5 45.3 45.5 .2

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.7 42.7 42.6 42.6 42.8 42.8 42.7 42.4 42.4 42.6 .2

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.6 39.7 40.4 39.6 40.8 40.3 40.1 39.4 39.7 39.7 .0

Private service-providing ............................. 31.9 32.2 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 32.9 33.3 33.6 33.2 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.5 33.6 33.6 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.5 37.7 37.6 37.8 37.9 37.8 37.7 37.7 37.7 37.7 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.2 30.3 31.0 30.2 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.6 30.8 30.7 -.1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.3 37.6 37.6 37.5 36.9 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.6 .1

Utilities ................................................................... 40.7 40.8 40.6 41.0 40.8 41.4 40.8 40.4 41.0 41.2 .2

Information ............................................................... 36.0 36.3 36.3 36.4 36.3 36.3 36.3 36.2 36.3 36.1 -.2

Financial activities .................................................. 35.3 35.5 35.6 36.4 35.7 35.5 35.7 35.6 35.7 35.9 .2

Professional and business services .................... 33.6 34.2 34.1 34.3 34.1 34.7 34.3 34.2 34.2 34.3 .1

Education and health services ............................. 32.3 32.4 32.6 32.9 32.4 32.5 32.5 32.4 32.6 32.6 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 24.9 25.3 25.5 25.2 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.8 25.6 -.2

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

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and vehicle parts.

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

workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and

approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. updated seasonal adjustment factors.

2

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

Jan.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Total private ....................................... $15.55 $15.84 $15.88 $15.99 $517.82 $532.22 $536.74 $538.86

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.48 15.82 15.85 15.88 523.22 533.13 535.73 535.16

Goods-producing .......................................... 16.94 17.37 17.42 17.26 674.21 694.80 702.03 681.77

Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.94 18.21 18.30 18.33 783.98 824.91 823.50 821.18

Construction ............................................................ 19.01 19.35 19.31 19.09 712.88 739.17 737.64 702.51

Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.97 16.32 16.45 16.38 649.98 665.86 677.74 665.03

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.65 17.04 17.22 17.09 687.65 702.05 718.07 700.69

Wood products .................................................. 12.90 13.13 13.23 13.16 517.29 526.51 534.49 532.98

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.01 16.45 16.38 16.23 662.81 694.19 691.24 660.56

Primary metals .................................................. 18.39 18.66 18.73 18.77 796.29 802.38 816.63 818.37

Fabricated metal products .............................. 15.21 15.43 15.59 15.55 626.65 634.17 648.54 636.00

Machinery .......................................................... 16.54 16.85 16.97 17.02 689.72 711.07 722.92 718.24

Computer and electronic products ................ 16.82 17.65 17.95 17.92 681.21 706.00 725.18 706.05

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.53 15.10 15.14 15.06 595.73 613.06 617.71 606.92

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.34 21.91 22.16 21.78 913.35 926.79 959.53 921.29

Furniture and related products ....................... 12.96 13.29 13.48 13.39 510.62 523.63 547.29 526.23

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.69 13.96 14.08 14.08 532.54 536.06 550.53 550.53

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.89 15.16 15.21 15.24 594.11 607.92 612.96 609.60

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.92 12.99 13.03 13.06 505.17 515.70 514.69 509.34

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 18.86 18.80 18.66 18.54 728.00 731.32 737.07 754.58

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.11 12.09 12.19 12.33 485.61 483.60 493.70 500.60

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.43 11.44 11.53 11.45 446.91 448.45 457.74 458.00

Apparel ............................................................... 9.73 10.00 10.00 10.26 343.47 360.00 364.00 362.18

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.92 11.62 11.61 11.60 470.84 445.05 438.86 437.32

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.67 18.09 18.04 17.97 740.37 768.83 773.92 772.71

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.54 15.93 15.84 15.74 593.63 618.08 617.76 601.27

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.11 24.71 24.55 24.57 1,068.07 1,131.72 1,124.39 1,117.94

Chemicals .......................................................... 18.79 19.44 19.67 19.51 802.33 830.09 837.94 831.13

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.43 14.58 14.71 14.75 585.86 578.83 594.28 584.10

Private service-providing ............................. 15.18 15.43 15.47 15.66 484.24 496.85 501.23 507.38

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.49 14.67 14.62 14.84 476.72 488.51 491.23 492.69

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.55 17.82 17.82 17.94 658.13 671.81 670.03 678.13

Retail trade ........................................................... 11.97 12.16 12.12 12.32 361.49 368.45 375.72 372.06

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.47 16.56 16.62 16.60 597.86 622.66 624.91 622.50

Utilities ................................................................... 25.39 26.01 26.02 26.11 1,033.37 1,061.21 1,056.41 1,070.51

Information ............................................................... 21.21 21.70 21.71 21.89 763.56 787.71 788.07 796.80

Financial activities .................................................. 17.35 17.61 17.67 17.80 612.46 625.16 629.05 647.92

Professional and business services .................... 17.41 17.62 17.73 18.02 584.98 602.60 604.59 618.09

Education and health services ............................. 15.93 16.33 16.43 16.49 514.54 529.09 535.62 542.52

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.89 9.06 9.15 9.14 221.36 229.22 233.33 230.33

Other services ......................................................... 13.88 14.12 14.17 14.21 428.89 434.90 436.44 440.51

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and

p = preliminary. updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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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:

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Dec. 2004-

Jan. 2005p

Current dollars .............................................. $15.48 $15.77 $15.81 $15.82 $15.85 $15.88 0.2

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.27 8.25 8.21 8.21 8.23 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.99 17.30 17.32 17.33 17.35 17.33 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.87 18.06 18.10 18.22 18.24 18.26 .1

Construction ............................................................................ 19.07 19.27 19.34 19.31 19.27 19.21 -.3

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 15.94 16.29 16.27 16.29 16.34 16.35 .1

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 15.11 15.42 15.42 15.43 15.48 15.48 .0

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.62 16.98 16.97 16.99 17.06 17.06 .0

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.86 15.18 15.15 15.16 15.18 15.21 .2

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.08 15.36 15.40 15.42 15.45 15.50 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.44 14.66 14.69 14.70 14.73 14.80 .5

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.52 17.73 17.78 17.80 17.82 17.83 .1

Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.94 12.16 12.16 12.20 12.23 12.31 .7

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.45 16.53 16.61 16.54 16.58 16.60 .1

Utilities ................................................................................... 25.27 25.82 26.00 25.77 26.02 26.19 .7

Information ............................................................................... 21.17 21.62 21.59 21.58 21.73 21.88 .7

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.36 17.64 17.71 17.65 17.71 17.70 -.1

Professional and business services .................................... 17.28 17.54 17.63 17.66 17.69 17.76 .4

Education and health services ............................................. 15.87 16.28 16.31 16.34 16.38 16.41 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.83 8.95 8.99 9.02 9.04 9.06 .2

Other services ......................................................................... 13.84 14.05 14.08 14.12 14.12 14.14 .1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. rate of time and one-half.

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and N.A. = not available.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. p = preliminary.

3 Change was 0.2 percent from Nov. 2004 to Dec. 2004, the NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and

latest month available. updated seasonal adjustment factors.

4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the 
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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

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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

Jan.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Dec. 2004-

Jan. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 95.8 101.5 102.0 99.3 99.3 100.9 101.2 101.1 101.5 101.4 -0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 92.1 98.3 97.8 93.0 96.1 97.4 97.2 97.1 97.5 96.8 -.7

Natural resources and mining .............................. 95.0 109.5 108.3 105.5 100.3 105.9 105.9 107.6 108.8 109.5 .6

Construction ............................................................ 90.2 105.2 101.6 91.9 99.9 102.1 103.0 103.2 103.7 101.2 -2.4

Manufacturing ......................................................... 92.7 94.9 95.6 93.0 94.3 94.7 94.4 93.9 94.1 94.2 .1

Durable goods ..................................................... 93.5 95.7 96.8 94.1 94.7 95.5 95.5 94.8 95.2 95.1 -.1

Wood products .................................................. 95.5 100.4 100.4 99.1 99.6 100.6 101.0 100.0 101.2 102.7 1.5

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 89.8 99.6 97.8 90.7 97.0 99.2 99.1 98.2 98.8 97.5 -1.3

Primary metals .................................................. 93.0 93.1 94.6 94.0 92.8 93.3 93.3 93.0 92.9 93.6 .8

Fabricated metal products .............................. 96.0 98.9 100.3 98.4 96.2 98.8 98.8 98.4 98.7 98.8 .1

Machinery .......................................................... 93.6 96.9 97.9 96.8 93.7 97.5 97.2 96.6 96.2 96.2 .0

Computer and electronic products ................ 88.3 89.8 90.7 88.3 89.4 91.0 90.3 88.9 89.0 89.3 .3

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 90.0 89.3 89.9 88.4 90.5 89.0 88.5 88.1 87.9 88.0 .1

Transportation equipment ............................... 96.3 96.2 98.9 94.8 96.9 96.3 96.1 95.6 96.1 95.7 -.4

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 97.1 95.7 99.1 94.0 97.9 96.6 96.1 95.3 95.9 95.2 -.7

Furniture and related products ....................... 92.8 93.6 96.4 92.0 94.4 93.6 93.2 93.1 93.6 92.8 -.9

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 91.5 91.9 93.4 91.5 93.0 91.3 91.1 90.9 91.4 92.1 .8

Nondurable goods ............................................... 91.6 93.3 93.3 91.2 93.4 93.2 92.6 92.3 92.1 92.4 .3

Food manufacturing ......................................... 95.1 99.6 98.4 94.8 97.7 97.4 96.6 97.0 96.7 96.9 .2

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 83.1 91.6 89.6 91.1 87.6 89.7 88.1 90.5 91.3 94.4 3.4

Textile mills ........................................................ 81.1 77.2 77.5 76.4 81.3 78.8 78.1 77.3 77.1 77.1 .0

Textile product mills ......................................... 90.1 92.9 93.8 93.8 91.3 92.7 92.8 93.3 93.2 95.9 2.9

Apparel ............................................................... 74.2 71.6 72.0 67.2 77.0 74.6 72.4 70.8 71.1 70.2 -1.3

Leather and allied products ............................ 85.2 87.9 84.8 82.5 86.8 84.4 86.4 87.7 85.3 84.3 -1.2

Paper and paper products .............................. 89.6 90.6 91.6 91.3 90.1 90.0 89.7 89.5 89.4 91.2 2.0

Printing and related support activities ........... 92.8 94.6 95.3 92.3 94.5 93.1 93.2 93.3 93.6 93.7 .1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 95.5 108.8 106.6 105.5 99.1 108.6 106.3 107.8 107.4 108.4 .9

Chemicals .......................................................... 97.9 98.3 98.4 97.5 98.7 99.5 99.3 98.0 97.7 97.8 .1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 93.6 93.1 94.2 91.4 94.6 94.2 93.8 92.4 92.7 92.4 -.3

Private service-providing ............................. 96.8 102.3 103.1 100.8 100.1 102.1 102.1 102.0 102.4 102.7 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 96.0 101.6 103.4 98.8 98.9 100.1 100.2 100.2 100.5 100.8 .3

Wholesale trade ................................................... 96.0 99.7 99.7 99.1 97.8 99.4 99.3 99.5 99.7 99.7 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 96.2 101.3 105.0 97.6 99.2 99.6 99.8 99.3 99.9 99.8 -.1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 96.9 105.5 106.0 103.9 99.6 103.5 103.9 104.2 104.3 105.4 1.1

Utilities ................................................................... 95.1 94.4 93.9 95.4 95.7 96.0 94.5 93.8 95.2 96.2 1.1

Information ............................................................... 95.6 100.1 100.6 100.1 96.6 99.9 100.3 100.0 100.3 99.8 -.5

Financial activities .................................................. 99.9 102.5 103.2 105.0 101.8 102.4 103.2 103.1 103.6 104.4 .8

Professional and business services .................... 95.5 104.5 103.6 101.5 99.4 104.5 103.9 103.7 103.8 104.3 .5

Education and health services ............................. 101.3 105.5 106.1 105.6 102.3 103.9 104.3 104.1 105.1 105.3 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 93.6 100.1 100.8 97.0 101.8 103.0 103.7 103.6 104.6 104.1 -.5

Other services ......................................................... 94.4 96.2 96.3 95.9 96.3 96.8 96.5 96.7 96.5 96.9 .4

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. Data have been revised to reflect

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by March 2004 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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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

Jan.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Sept.

2004

Oct.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004p

Jan.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Dec. 2004-

Jan. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 99.7 107.6 108.4 106.2 102.8 106.5 107.1 107.0 107.6 107.7 0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 95.5 104.6 104.3 98.3 100.0 103.1 103.1 103.1 103.5 102.7 -.8

Natural resources and mining .............................. 99.1 116.0 115.3 112.4 104.2 111.3 111.5 114.0 115.4 116.3 .8

Construction ............................................................ 92.6 109.9 106.0 94.8 102.9 106.2 107.5 107.6 107.9 105.0 -2.7

Manufacturing ......................................................... 96.8 101.3 102.8 99.6 98.3 100.9 100.5 100.1 100.5 100.7 .2

Durable goods ..................................................... 97.2 101.8 104.0 100.4 98.3 101.3 101.2 100.5 101.4 101.3 -.1

Nondurable goods ............................................... 96.4 100.0 100.3 98.2 98.1 99.9 99.1 98.9 98.8 99.4 .6

Private service-providing ............................. 101.0 108.5 109.6 108.5 103.7 107.8 108.0 108.0 108.7 109.3 .6

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 99.2 106.3 107.9 104.6 101.9 104.7 105.1 105.1 105.6 106.4 .8

Wholesale trade ................................................... 99.2 104.7 104.7 104.7 101.0 103.8 104.0 104.4 104.7 104.8 .1

Retail trade ........................................................... 98.7 105.6 109.1 103.1 101.6 103.9 104.0 103.9 104.7 105.3 .6

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 101.2 110.9 111.8 109.4 103.9 108.5 109.5 109.3 109.7 111.0 1.2

Utilities ................................................................... 100.8 102.5 102.0 103.9 100.9 103.5 102.5 100.9 103.4 105.1 1.6

Information ............................................................... 100.4 107.5 108.1 108.5 101.2 106.9 107.2 106.8 107.9 108.1 .2

Financial activities .................................................. 107.1 111.6 112.7 115.5 109.2 111.7 113.0 112.5 113.4 114.2 .7

Professional and business services .................... 98.9 109.6 109.3 108.8 102.3 109.0 109.0 108.9 109.3 110.2 .8

Education and health services ............................. 106.1 113.2 114.6 114.4 106.7 111.2 111.8 111.8 113.1 113.6 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 97.0 105.8 107.5 103.4 104.8 107.5 108.7 109.0 110.2 110.0 -.2

Other services ......................................................... 95.5 99.0 99.4 99.3 97.1 99.1 99.0 99.5 99.3 99.8 .5

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. Data have been revised to 

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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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 p 53.8

2005 ........................................................

p 57.6

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 p 59.5

2005 ........................................................

p 57.2

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 p 56.8

2005 ........................................................

p 58.8

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 p 63.8

2005 ........................................................

p 61.9

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 p 37.5

2005 ........................................................

p 47.0

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 p 42.3

2005 ........................................................

p 39.9

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 p 45.8

2005 ........................................................

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 p 45.8

2005 ........................................................

p 44.0

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. Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.