Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-14-1796 

8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, October 3, 2014 

Technical information: 

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

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

Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov 

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — SEPTEMBER 2014 

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 248,000 in September, and the unemployment rate 

declined to 5.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in 

professional and business services, retail trade, and health care. 

Household Survey Data 

In September, the unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point to 5.9 percent. The number of 

unemployed persons decreased by 329,000 to 9.3 million. Over the year, the unemployment rate and 

the number of unemployed persons were down by 1.3 percentage points and 1.9 million, respectively. 

(See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, unemployment rates declined in September for adult men (5.3 

percent), whites (5.1 percent), and Hispanics (6.9 percent). The rates for adult women (5.5 percent), 

teenagers (20.0 percent), and blacks (11.0 percent) showed little change over the month. The jobless rate 

for Asians was 4.3 percent (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. (See tables A-1, 

A-2, and A-3.) 
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Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

decreased by 306,000 in September to 4.5 million. The number of long-term unemployed (those 

jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially unchanged at 3.0 million in September. These individuals 

accounted for 31.9 percent of the unemployed. Over the past 12 months, the number of long-term 

unemployed is down by 1.2 million. (See tables A-11 and A-12.) 

The civilian labor force participation rate, at 62.7 percent, changed little in September. The 

employment-population ratio was 59.0 percent for the fourth consecutive month. (See table A-1.) 

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

involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in September at 7.1 million. These individuals, who 

would have preferred full-time employment, were working part time because their hours had been cut 

back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) 

In September, 2.2 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged 

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

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

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

survey. (See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 698,000 discouraged workers in September, down by 

154,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not 

currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.5 

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

reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) 

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 248,000 in September, compared with an average monthly 

gain of 213,000 over the prior 12 months. In September, job growth occurred in professional and 

business services, retail trade, and health care. (See table B-1.) 

Professional and business services added 81,000 jobs in September, compared with an average gain of 

56,000 per month over the prior 12 months. In September, job gains occurred in employment services 

(+34,000), management and technical consulting services (+12,000), and architectural and engineering 

services (+6,000). Employment in legal services declined by 5,000 over the month. 

Employment in retail trade rose by 35,000 in September. Food and beverage stores added 20,000 jobs, 

largely reflecting the return of workers who had been off payrolls in August due to employment 

disruptions at a grocery store chain in New England. Employment in retail trade has increased by 

264,000 over the past 12 months. 

Health care added 23,000 jobs in September, in line with the prior 12-month average gain of 20,000 

jobs per month. In September, employment rose in home health care services (+7,000) and hospitals 

(+6,000). 

Employment in information increased by 12,000 in September, with a gain of 5,000 in 

telecommunications. Over the year, employment in information has shown little net change. 
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Mining employment rose by 9,000 in September, with the majority of the increase occurring in support 

activities for mining (+7,000). Over the year, mining has added 50,000 jobs. 

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

in September (+20,000) and is up by 290,000 over the year. 

In September, construction employment continued on an upward trend (+16,000). Within the industry, 

employment in residential building increased by 6,000. Over the year, construction has added 230,000 

jobs. 

Employment in financial activities continued to trend up in September (+12,000) and has added 89,000 

jobs over the year. In September, job growth occurred in insurance carriers and related activities 

(+6,000) and in securities, commodity contracts, and investments (+5,000). 

Employment in other major industries, including manufacturing, wholesale trade, transportation and 

warehousing, and government, showed little change over the month. 

In September, the average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 

hour to 34.6 hours. The manufacturing workweek was unchanged at 40.9 hours, and factory overtime 

edged up by 0.1 hour to 3.5 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory 

employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour to 33.7 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

Average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, at $24.53, changed little in 

September (-1 cent). Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 2.0 percent. In September, 

average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees were unchanged 

at $20.67. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for July was revised from +212,000 to +243,000, and 

the change for August was revised from +142,000 to +180,000. With these revisions, employment gains 

in July and August combined were 69,000 more than previously reported. 

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The Employment Situation for October is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 7, 2014, 

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

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Change from:

Aug. 2014-

Sept. 2014

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population........................................... 246,168 248,023 248,229 248,446 217

Civilian labor force........................................................... 155,473 156,023 155,959 155,862 -97

Participation rate.......................................................... 63.2 62.9 62.8 62.7 -0.1

Employed................................................................... 144,270 146,352 146,368 146,600 232

Employment-population ratio.......................................... 58.6 59.0 59.0 59.0 0.0

Unemployed............................................................... 11,203 9,671 9,591 9,262 -329

Unemployment rate.................................................... 7.2 6.2 6.1 5.9 -0.2

Not in labor force............................................................ 90,695 92,001 92,269 92,584 315

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over...................................................... 7.2 6.2 6.1 5.9 -0.2

Adult men (20 years and over)............................................ 7.0 5.7 5.7 5.3 -0.4

Adult women (20 years and over)......................................... 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.5 -0.2

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................ 21.3 20.2 19.6 20.0 0.4

White.......................................................................... 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 -0.2

Black or African American.................................................. 13.0 11.4 11.4 11.0 -0.4

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................ 5.3 4.5 4.5 4.3 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................................. 8.9 7.8 7.5 6.9 -0.6

Total, 25 years and over...................................................... 5.9 5.0 5.1 4.7 -0.4

Less than a high school diploma.......................................... 10.4 9.6 9.1 8.4 -0.7

High school graduates, no college........................................ 7.5 6.1 6.2 5.3 -0.9

Some college or associate degree........................................ 6.1 5.3 5.4 5.4 0.0

Bachelor’s degree and higher.............................................. 3.7 3.1 3.2 2.9 -0.3

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.................. 5,803 4,859 4,836 4,530 -306

Job leavers...................................................................... 984 862 860 829 -31

Reentrants....................................................................... 3,165 2,848 2,845 2,809 -36

New entrants.................................................................... 1,211 1,087 1,066 1,105 39

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks............................................................. 2,571 2,587 2,609 2,383 -226

5 to 14 weeks................................................................... 2,685 2,431 2,449 2,508 59

15 to 26 weeks................................................................. 1,802 1,412 1,486 1,416 -70

27 weeks and over............................................................. 4,125 3,155 2,963 2,954 -9

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons.............................................. 7,914 7,511 7,277 7,103 -174

Slack work or business conditions........................................ 4,955 4,609 4,261 4,162 -99

Could only find part-time work............................................. 2,548 2,519 2,587 2,562 -25

Part time for noneconomic reasons.......................................... 18,919 19,662 19,526 19,561 35

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force....................................... 2,302 2,178 2,141 2,226 –

Discouraged workers........................................................ 852 741 775 698 –

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

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will

not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced

annually with the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 243 180 248

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 239 175 236

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 63 14 29

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9 2 9

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 30 16 16

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 24 -4 4

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 27 0 7

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 13.7 -4.5 3.3

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6 -3 -4 -3

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 176 161 207

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 3.0 2.5 1.8

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.3 25.4 -4.7 35.3

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.1 21.1 8.5 1.9

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 10 5 12

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1 15 12 12

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 50 63 81

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.7 15.7 24.6 19.7

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 37 42 32

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5 40.7 40.7 22.7

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 20 33

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 10 0

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4 5 12

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 49.4 49.4 49.3

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.1 47.9 47.9 47.9

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

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.6

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24.06 $24.46 $24.54 $24.53

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $830.07 $843.87 $846.63 $848.74

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.1 101.0 101.2 101.7

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.8 117.9 118.5 119.0

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.7

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.21 $20.61 $20.67 $20.67

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $679.06 $694.56 $698.65 $696.58

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.3 108.7 109.2 109.1

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.2 0.2 0.5 -0.1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.5 149.7 150.8 150.6

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 0.3 0.7 -0.1

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (264 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.8 67.8 62.7 57.8

Manufacturing (81 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 56.2 54.9 51.9

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

service-providing industries.

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

hours.

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

aggregate weekly payrolls.

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

balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.

p Preliminary
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

1. Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

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

employment, and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series 

has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household 

survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 

100,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically 

significant change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a 

more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes self-employed workers 

whose businesses are unincorporated, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private 

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

provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. For more information on the differences 

between the two surveys, please visit www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ces_cps_trends.pdf. 

2. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

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

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

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

not collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which 

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

foreign born. Data on the foreign and native born are published each month in table A-7 of The 

Employment Situation news release. 

3. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax 

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

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

4. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

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

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

reliability of the statewide total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all states, size classes, and 

industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 

 
5. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? 

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

employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an 

econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based 

on the actual past values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census 

of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this 

purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There 

is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and 

availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. 

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

insurance benefits? 

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

who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the 

unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There 

is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 

7. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who want a job but are not currently 

looking for work? 

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

including those who are not currently looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged 

workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include 

discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each 

month in table A-15 of The Employment Situation news release. For more information about these 

alternative measures, please visit www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm#altmeasures. 

8. How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates? 

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

month. Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on average weekly hours than 

on employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid time during the pay period, including 

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

typically, but not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some 

employees may be off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, 

while some workers, such as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. 

Typically, it is not possible to precisely quantify the effect of extreme weather on payroll 

employment estimates. In order for severe weather conditions to reduce employment estimates, 

employees have to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. Employees 

who receive pay for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll 

employment figures. For more information on how often employees are paid, please visit 

www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-3/how-frequently-do-private-businesses-pay-workers.htm. 

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

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

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

number of persons who had a job but were not at work due to bad weather. It also provides a measure 

of the number of persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours due to bad weather. 

Current and historical data are available on the household survey's most requested statistics page, 

please visit http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln.
Technical Note 

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household 

survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey 

(CES; establishment survey). The household survey 

provides information on the labor force, employment, and 

unemployment that appears in the "A" tables, marked 

HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 

60,000 eligible households conducted by the U.S. Census 

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

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm 

payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of 

nonagricultural business establishments. Each month 

the CES program surveys about 144,000 businesses 

and government agencies, representing approximately 

554,000 individual worksites, in order to provide 

detailed industry data on employment, hours, and 

earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. The 

active sample includes approximately one-third of 

all nonfarm payroll employees. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a 

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

reference period is generally the calendar week that 

contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment 

survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 

12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the 

calendar week. 

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys 

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force. 

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked 

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

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

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: they had no employment during the 

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

and they made specific efforts to find employment 

sometime during the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting 

recall need not be looking for work to be counted as 

unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the 

household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for 

or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. 

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those persons not classified as 

employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The 

unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent 

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

labor force as a percent of the population, and 

the employment-population ratio is the employed as a 

percent of the population. Additional information 

about the household survey can be found at 

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

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

government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are 

those who received pay for any part of the reference pay 

period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are 

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

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

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

industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an 

establishment’s principal activity in accordance with the 

2012 version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

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

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, self-employed workers whose businesses

are unicorporated, unpaid family workers, and

private household workers among the employed.

These groups are excluded from the establishment

survey.

 The household survey includes people on unpaid

leave among the employed. The establishment

survey does not.

 The household survey is limited to workers 16

years of age and older. The establishment survey is

not limited by age.

 The household survey has no duplication of

individuals, because individuals are counted only

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

establishment survey, employees working at more

than one job and thus appearing on more than one

payroll are counted separately for each appearance.
Seasonal adjustment 

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

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

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

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

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

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in employment or increases in the 

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

example, in the household survey, the large number of 

youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure 

any other changes that have taken place relative to May, 

making it difficult to determine if the level of economic 

activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

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

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

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more 

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

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, 

such as total payroll employment, employment in most 

major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are 

computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived 

by summing the adjusted series for four major 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. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

revisions to historical data are made once a year. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling 

error. When a sample, rather than the entire population, is 

surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may 

differ from the true population values they represent. The 

component of this difference that occurs because samples 

differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. 

There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, 

that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more 

than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value 

because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally 

conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. 

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly 

change in total nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

90,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment 

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

percent confidence interval on the monthly change would 

range from -40,000 to +140,000 (50,000 +/- 90,000). These 

figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these 

magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent 

chance that the true over-the-month change lies within this 

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

we could not say with confidence that nonfarm employment 

had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, the reported 

nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, then all of the 

values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be 

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

percent chance) that nonfarm employment had, in fact, risen 

that month. At an unemployment rate of around 6.0 percent, 

the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change 

in unemployment as measured by the household survey is 

about +/- 300,000, and for the monthly change in the 

unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.2 percentage point. 

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the 

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

small number of observations. The precision of estimates 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all 

respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely 

basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in 

the collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates 

for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete 

returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled 

preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive 

revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample 

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered 

final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

estimation procedure with two components is used to 
account for business births. The first component excludes 

employment losses from business deaths from samplebased estimation in order to offset the missing employment 

gains from business births. This is incorporated into the 

sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting 

sample units going out of business, but imputing to them 

the same employment trend as the other firms in the 

sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net 

birth/death employment. 

The second component is an ARIMA time series 

model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death 

employment not accounted for by the imputation. The 

historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA 

model was derived from the unemployment insurance 

universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual 

residual net of births and deaths over the past 5 years. 

The sample-based estimates from the establishment 

survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to 

universe counts of payroll employment obtained from 

administrative records of the unemployment insurance 

program. The difference between the March sample-based 

employment estimates and the March universe counts is 

known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough 

proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also 

incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over 

the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total 

nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a 

range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Sept.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246,168 248,229 248,446 246,168 247,622 247,814 248,023 248,229 248,446

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155,536 156,434 155,903 155,473 155,613 155,694 156,023 155,959 155,862

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 63.0 62.8 63.2 62.8 62.8 62.9 62.8 62.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,651 146,647 146,941 144,270 145,814 146,221 146,352 146,368 146,600

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 59.1 59.1 58.6 58.9 59.0 59.0 59.0 59.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,885 9,787 8,962 11,203 9,799 9,474 9,671 9,591 9,262

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 6.3 5.7 7.2 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,632 91,794 92,543 90,695 92,009 92,120 92,001 92,269 92,584

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,775 6,382 6,007 6,118 6,438 6,115 6,259 6,304 6,349

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,807 119,893 120,004 118,807 119,582 119,680 119,788 119,893 120,004

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,759 83,567 83,006 82,806 82,590 82,860 83,043 82,968 82,973

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.7 69.7 69.2 69.7 69.1 69.2 69.3 69.2 69.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,750 78,576 78,409 76,464 77,310 77,653 77,866 77,843 78,102

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 65.5 65.3 64.4 64.7 64.9 65.0 64.9 65.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,009 4,991 4,596 6,342 5,280 5,207 5,177 5,125 4,872

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 6.0 5.5 7.7 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.2 5.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,048 36,326 36,999 36,000 36,992 36,821 36,744 36,924 37,031

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,292 111,451 111,567 110,292 111,126 111,230 111,342 111,451 111,567

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,824 80,486 80,278 79,757 79,830 80,068 80,208 80,196 80,165

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.4 72.2 72.0 72.3 71.8 72.0 72.0 72.0 71.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,527 76,120 76,286 74,151 75,127 75,510 75,654 75,664 75,910

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 68.3 68.4 67.2 67.6 67.9 67.9 67.9 68.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,297 4,366 3,993 5,605 4,703 4,558 4,554 4,531 4,255

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 5.4 5.0 7.0 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,468 30,965 31,288 30,536 31,296 31,162 31,133 31,256 31,402

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,361 128,336 128,442 127,361 128,040 128,133 128,236 128,336 128,442

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,776 72,867 72,898 72,667 73,023 72,835 72,979 72,991 72,889

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.1 56.8 56.8 57.1 57.0 56.8 56.9 56.9 56.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,901 68,071 68,532 67,806 68,504 68,568 68,486 68,525 68,499

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3 53.0 53.4 53.2 53.5 53.5 53.4 53.4 53.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,875 4,796 4,366 4,862 4,519 4,267 4,494 4,466 4,390

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 6.6 6.0 6.7 6.2 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,585 55,469 55,545 54,694 55,017 55,299 55,256 55,345 55,553

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,131 120,156 120,265 119,131 119,852 119,948 120,052 120,156 120,265

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,153 69,898 70,228 69,898 70,153 69,987 70,177 70,222 70,072

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.9 58.2 58.4 58.7 58.5 58.3 58.5 58.4 58.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,748 65,631 66,335 65,539 66,137 66,254 66,197 66,247 66,189

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.2 54.6 55.2 55.0 55.2 55.2 55.1 55.1 55.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,405 4,266 3,893 4,359 4,016 3,733 3,980 3,974 3,884

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 6.1 5.5 6.2 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,978 50,258 50,036 49,232 49,699 49,961 49,875 49,934 50,192

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,745 16,622 16,615 16,745 16,644 16,636 16,629 16,622 16,615

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,559 6,050 5,397 5,818 5,630 5,640 5,637 5,542 5,626

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 36.4 32.5 34.7 33.8 33.9 33.9 33.3 33.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,376 4,896 4,321 4,580 4,550 4,457 4,501 4,457 4,502

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.1 29.5 26.0 27.4 27.3 26.8 27.1 26.8 27.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,183 1,155 1,076 1,239 1,080 1,183 1,136 1,085 1,124

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.3 19.1 19.9 21.3 19.2 21.0 20.2 19.6 20.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,186 10,571 11,218 10,927 11,014 10,996 10,992 11,080 10,989

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Sept.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,610 195,652 195,777 194,610 195,310 195,416 195,537 195,652 195,777

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,362 123,667 123,165 123,123 123,287 123,379 123,314 123,275 122,944

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.4 63.2 62.9 63.3 63.1 63.1 63.1 63.0 62.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,862 117,095 117,130 115,374 116,669 116,778 116,757 116,754 116,708

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.5 59.8 59.8 59.3 59.7 59.8 59.7 59.7 59.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,500 6,573 6,035 7,748 6,618 6,600 6,557 6,521 6,236

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 5.3 4.9 6.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,248 71,985 72,611 71,487 72,022 72,037 72,222 72,377 72,832

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,463 64,753 64,438 64,307 64,343 64,435 64,430 64,498 64,259

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.7 72.5 72.1 72.5 72.2 72.3 72.2 72.2 71.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,796 61,763 61,792 60,414 61,129 61,291 61,361 61,355 61,438

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.6 69.2 69.2 68.2 68.6 68.8 68.8 68.7 68.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,667 2,990 2,646 3,893 3,214 3,144 3,069 3,142 2,820

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 4.6 4.1 6.1 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.4

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,506 54,112 54,442 54,237 54,520 54,454 54,356 54,356 54,227

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 57.6 57.9 58.0 58.1 58.0 57.9 57.8 57.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,488 51,345 51,838 51,258 51,864 51,847 51,695 51,761 51,646

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

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,018 2,767 2,604 2,978 2,656 2,606 2,661 2,595 2,581

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 5.1 4.8 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,392 4,802 4,285 4,579 4,425 4,490 4,529 4,420 4,458

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.2 38.8 34.7 36.7 35.7 36.3 36.6 35.7 36.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,578 3,987 3,500 3,702 3,676 3,640 3,701 3,637 3,624

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7 32.2 28.3 29.7 29.7 29.4 29.9 29.4 29.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 815 785 877 749 850 827 783 834

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.5 17.0 18.3 19.1 16.9 18.9 18.3 17.7 18.7

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,462 30,893 30,932 30,462 30,787 30,821 30,856 30,893 30,932

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,559 18,931 18,982 18,675 18,715 18,791 19,025 18,849 19,082

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.9 61.3 61.4 61.3 60.8 61.0 61.7 61.0 61.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,168 16,653 16,929 16,248 16,564 16,784 16,853 16,693 16,981

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1 53.9 54.7 53.3 53.8 54.5 54.6 54.0 54.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,391 2,278 2,052 2,428 2,151 2,007 2,172 2,157 2,100

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.9 12.0 10.8 13.0 11.5 10.7 11.4 11.4 11.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,903 11,963 11,950 11,787 12,072 12,029 11,832 12,044 11,850

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,450 8,623 8,750 8,503 8,496 8,592 8,671 8,605 8,774

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.5 67.5 68.4 67.9 66.8 67.5 68.0 67.3 68.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,289 7,700 7,816 7,305 7,519 7,660 7,704 7,676 7,810

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 60.3 61.1 58.3 59.1 60.1 60.4 60.1 61.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,160 923 934 1,199 977 932 967 929 964

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.7 10.7 10.7 14.1 11.5 10.9 11.1 10.8 11.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,424 9,588 9,571 9,425 9,521 9,566 9,720 9,595 9,592

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 61.4 61.2 61.2 61.2 61.4 62.3 61.5 61.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,439 8,470 8,655 8,459 8,564 8,702 8,736 8,581 8,674

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.8 54.3 55.4 55.0 55.1 55.9 56.0 55.0 55.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985 1,118 916 966 957 864 984 1,015 918

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 11.7 9.6 10.2 10.0 9.0 10.1 10.6 9.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 720 661 748 698 632 634 649 716

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 28.8 26.5 29.3 27.8 25.2 25.3 25.9 28.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 483 458 484 481 421 413 436 498

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.3 19.3 18.3 19.0 19.1 16.8 16.5 17.4 19.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 237 203 263 217 211 221 213 218

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 32.9 30.7 35.2 31.1 33.4 34.9 32.8 30.5

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,330 13,704 13,788 – – – – – –

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Sept.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,675 8,751 8,718 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 63.9 63.2 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,218 8,354 8,339 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.6 61.0 60.5 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 398 379 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 4.5 4.3 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,655 4,952 5,070 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are

introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Sept.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population................ 37,713 38,512 38,596 37,713 38,277 38,352 38,430 38,512 38,596

Civilian labor force................................ 24,802 25,465 25,443 24,821 25,108 25,409 25,320 25,432 25,445

Participation rate............................... 65.8 66.1 65.9 65.8 65.6 66.3 65.9 66.0 65.9

Employed....................................... 22,690 23,567 23,787 22,601 23,162 23,433 23,345 23,523 23,696

Employment-population ratio............... 60.2 61.2 61.6 59.9 60.5 61.1 60.7 61.1 61.4

Unemployed.................................... 2,112 1,898 1,655 2,220 1,946 1,976 1,975 1,909 1,748

Unemployment rate......................... 8.5 7.5 6.5 8.9 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.5 6.9

Not in labor force................................. 12,911 13,047 13,154 12,892 13,169 12,943 13,110 13,080 13,152

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 13,782 14,137 14,141 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 80.9 81.1 81.0 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 12,756 13,309 13,469 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 74.9 76.4 77.1 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 1,026 828 673 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 7.4 5.9 4.8 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 9,900 10,178 10,275 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 58.1 58.4 58.9 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 9,102 9,356 9,539 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 53.4 53.7 54.6 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 798 822 736 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 8.1 8.1 7.2 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................ 1,120 1,149 1,026 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 30.6 31.3 28.0 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 831 901 780 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 22.8 24.6 21.3 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 289 248 247 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 25.8 21.6 24.0 – – – – – –

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

columns.

- Data not available.

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................. 10,995 10,627 10,763 10,867 10,861 10,451 10,221 10,659 10,641

Participation rate.................................. 45.0 44.8 44.8 44.5 44.2 43.3 44.4 45.0 44.3

Employed.......................................... 9,967 9,712 9,971 9,739 9,869 9,497 9,243 9,689 9,751

Employment-population ratio................. 40.8 41.0 41.5 39.9 40.2 39.4 40.2 40.9 40.6

Unemployed....................................... 1,027 914 791 1,128 993 954 978 970 890

Unemployment rate............................ 9.3 8.6 7.4 10.4 9.1 9.1 9.6 9.1 8.4

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................. 36,559 36,291 36,165 36,589 36,096 36,112 36,146 36,338 36,029

Participation rate.................................. 58.9 58.1 58.3 58.9 57.9 57.8 57.7 58.1 58.0

Employed.......................................... 33,891 34,100 34,304 33,834 33,750 34,001 33,931 34,094 34,112

Employment-population ratio................. 54.6 54.6 55.3 54.5 54.1 54.5 54.2 54.5 55.0

Unemployed....................................... 2,668 2,191 1,860 2,756 2,346 2,112 2,216 2,244 1,917

Unemployment rate............................ 7.3 6.0 5.1 7.5 6.5 5.8 6.1 6.2 5.3

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................. 37,658 37,865 37,753 37,277 37,178 37,476 37,727 37,567 37,368

Participation rate.................................. 67.8 67.4 67.2 67.1 67.2 67.6 67.0 66.9 66.5

Employed.......................................... 35,413 35,802 35,768 35,007 35,131 35,598 35,716 35,543 35,338

Employment-population ratio................. 63.8 63.7 63.7 63.1 63.5 64.2 63.5 63.3 62.9

Unemployed....................................... 2,245 2,063 1,985 2,270 2,047 1,878 2,011 2,024 2,030

Unemployment rate............................ 6.0 5.4 5.3 6.1 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.4

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................. 49,140 49,836 50,265 49,195 50,208 50,383 50,355 50,093 50,404

Participation rate.................................. 75.2 74.2 74.5 75.3 75.4 75.2 74.7 74.6 74.7

Employed.......................................... 47,336 48,062 48,793 47,395 48,611 48,728 48,771 48,474 48,918

Employment-population ratio................. 72.5 71.6 72.3 72.6 73.0 72.7 72.4 72.2 72.5

Unemployed....................................... 1,804 1,774 1,471 1,800 1,596 1,654 1,584 1,618 1,485

Unemployment rate............................ 3.7 3.6 2.9 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.2 2.9

1

Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2

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

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

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,331 21,099 19,102 18,842 2,229 2,257

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,933 10,839 9,500 9,355 1,432 1,483

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.3 51.4 49.7 49.7 64.3 65.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,225 10,327 8,900 8,960 1,325 1,367

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 48.9 46.6 47.6 59.4 60.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708 511 600 395 108 117

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 4.7 6.3 4.2 7.5 7.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,398 10,260 9,602 9,487 797 774

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,024 3,284 2,388 2,587 637 697

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,419 2,573 1,961 2,086 458 488

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.0 78.4 82.1 80.6 72.0 69.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,175 2,414 1,770 1,975 405 439

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.9 73.5 74.1 76.3 63.6 63.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 159 191 111 53 49

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 6.2 9.7 5.3 11.6 10.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 711 427 501 178 210

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,040 3,244 2,535 2,630 505 614

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,584 2,732 2,192 2,229 393 503

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.0 84.2 86.5 84.7 77.7 81.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,442 2,645 2,067 2,177 376 468

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.3 81.5 81.5 82.7 74.3 76.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 87 125 53 17 34

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 3.2 5.7 2.4 4.3 6.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 512 343 401 113 111

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,717 9,283 9,347 8,934 370 349

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,836 2,635 2,725 2,539 111 96

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 28.4 29.2 28.4 29.9 27.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,680 2,518 2,576 2,426 105 92

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 27.1 27.6 27.2 28.3 26.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 118 149 113 6 4

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 4.5 5.5 4.5 5.5 4.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,881 6,648 6,622 6,395 259 253

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,550 5,288 4,833 4,691 717 597

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,094 2,899 2,623 2,502 471 397

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 54.8 54.3 53.3 65.7 66.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,928 2,751 2,488 2,383 440 368

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.8 52.0 51.5 50.8 61.3 61.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 148 135 118 31 29

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 5.1 5.1 4.7 6.6 7.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,456 2,389 2,209 2,189 246 200

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215,886 218,339 95,202 96,601 120,685 121,738

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,644 143,186 72,266 72,708 70,378 70,477

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 65.6 75.9 75.3 58.3 57.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,907 135,071 67,109 68,686 65,798 66,386

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.6 61.9 70.5 71.1 54.5 54.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,738 8,114 5,157 4,023 4,581 4,092

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 5.7 7.1 5.5 6.5 5.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,242 75,154 22,936 23,893 50,306 51,261

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

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

1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service

periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the

selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Beginning with data for January 2014, estimates for veterans incorporate updated

weighting procedures.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population...................................................... 28,701 29,690 217,467 218,756

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 6,005 5,971 149,531 149,932

Participation rate..................................................................... 20.9 20.1 68.8 68.5

Employed............................................................................. 5,218 5,235 139,432 141,706

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 18.2 17.6 64.1 64.8

Unemployed.......................................................................... 786 736 10,098 8,226

Unemployment rate............................................................... 13.1 12.3 6.8 5.5

Not in labor force....................................................................... 22,696 23,719 67,936 68,824

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,720 2,638 75,531 75,762

Participation rate..................................................................... 35.3 33.1 82.3 82.4

Employed............................................................................. 2,330 2,264 70,135 71,705

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 30.2 28.4 76.4 78.0

Unemployed.......................................................................... 390 375 5,396 4,057

Unemployment rate............................................................... 14.4 14.2 7.1 5.4

Not in labor force....................................................................... 4,989 5,328 16,231 16,164

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,349 2,358 66,738 66,756

Participation rate..................................................................... 29.7 29.1 70.2 70.1

Employed............................................................................. 2,012 2,052 62,395 62,889

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 25.5 25.3 65.6 66.1

Unemployed.......................................................................... 337 306 4,343 3,867

Unemployment rate............................................................... 14.4 13.0 6.5 5.8

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,551 5,738 28,349 28,453

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 936 975 7,261 7,415

Participation rate..................................................................... 7.1 7.2 23.7 23.4

Employed............................................................................. 877 919 6,902 7,113

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 6.7 6.7 22.5 22.5

Unemployed.......................................................................... 59 55 359 302

Unemployment rate............................................................... 6.3 5.7 4.9 4.1

Not in labor force....................................................................... 12,156 12,653 23,357 24,207

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

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

emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as

visiting a doctor’s office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with

the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 38,854 39,860 18,816 19,471 20,039 20,389

Civilian labor force.................................................. 25,713 26,238 14,769 15,241 10,944 10,996

Participation rate.................................................. 66.2 65.8 78.5 78.3 54.6 53.9

Employed.......................................................... 24,041 25,019 13,897 14,672 10,144 10,348

Employment-population ratio................................. 61.9 62.8 73.9 75.4 50.6 50.8

Unemployed....................................................... 1,671 1,218 872 570 799 649

Unemployment rate............................................ 6.5 4.6 5.9 3.7 7.3 5.9

Not in labor force.................................................... 13,142 13,622 4,047 4,229 9,095 9,393

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 207,314 208,587 99,991 100,534 107,323 108,053

Civilian labor force.................................................. 129,823 129,666 67,990 67,764 61,833 61,901

Participation rate.................................................. 62.6 62.2 68.0 67.4 57.6 57.3

Employed.......................................................... 120,610 121,922 62,852 63,738 57,757 58,184

Employment-population ratio................................. 58.2 58.5 62.9 63.4 53.8 53.8

Unemployed....................................................... 9,213 7,744 5,138 4,027 4,076 3,717

Unemployment rate............................................ 7.1 6.0 7.6 5.9 6.6 6.0

Not in labor force.................................................... 77,491 78,921 32,001 32,769 45,490 46,152

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

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

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................. 2,271 2,472 2,482 2,208 2,045 2,138 2,133 2,224 2,379

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 1,477 1,699 1,677 1,399 1,273 1,379 1,413 1,522 1,545

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 762 756 782 774 738 734 709 727 785

Unpaid family workers........................... 32 18 23 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries.......................... 142,380 144,175 144,459 142,058 143,843 144,159 144,274 144,106 144,225

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 133,612 135,541 135,591 133,323 135,355 135,687 135,823 135,659 135,423

Government..................................... 20,309 19,410 19,795 20,172 20,051 20,357 20,453 20,120 19,717

Private industries............................... 113,303 116,131 115,796 113,138 115,257 115,294 115,297 115,576 115,697

Private households.......................... 694 789 747 – – – – – –

Other industries.............................. 112,610 115,342 115,050 112,454 114,460 114,487 114,456 114,791 114,945

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 8,723 8,576 8,810 8,614 8,375 8,370 8,424 8,454 8,685

Unpaid family workers........................... 44 58 58 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 7,522 7,083 6,711 7,914 7,269 7,544 7,511 7,277 7,103

Slack work or business conditions............. 4,763 4,055 3,966 4,955 4,453 4,525 4,609 4,261 4,162

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,532 2,548 2,524 2,548 2,537 2,648 2,519 2,587 2,562

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 19,151 17,872 19,771 18,919 19,040 19,880 19,662 19,526 19,561

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 7,437 7,021 6,618 7,850 7,199 7,436 7,400 7,203 6,990

Slack work or business conditions............. 4,715 4,020 3,909 4,895 4,407 4,474 4,548 4,232 4,088

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,517 2,538 2,509 2,548 2,530 2,637 2,507 2,585 2,537

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 18,848 17,523 19,396 18,627 18,727 19,533 19,250 19,098 19,167

1

Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

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

the entire week.

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

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

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

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

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

- Data not available.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment

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

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,651 146,647 146,941 144,270 145,814 146,221 146,352 146,368 146,600

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,376 4,896 4,321 4,580 4,550 4,457 4,501 4,457 4,502

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,519 1,655 1,543 1,476 1,494 1,451 1,494 1,475 1,499

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,857 3,241 2,778 3,102 3,052 3,010 3,030 2,998 3,003

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,275 141,751 142,620 139,690 141,264 141,763 141,851 141,912 142,099

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,667 14,076 13,784 13,689 13,952 13,933 13,976 13,893 13,821

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,608 127,675 128,837 126,013 127,277 127,810 127,827 128,022 128,242

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,997 95,548 96,117 94,492 95,041 95,507 95,365 95,617 95,607

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,440 31,951 32,204 31,287 31,699 31,923 31,885 31,986 32,058

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,906 30,908 31,183 30,761 30,840 30,940 30,843 30,945 31,033

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,651 32,689 32,730 32,443 32,503 32,643 32,637 32,685 32,516

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,611 32,128 32,720 31,521 32,236 32,303 32,462 32,405 32,635

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,750 78,576 78,409 76,464 77,310 77,653 77,866 77,843 78,102

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,223 2,456 2,124 2,313 2,183 2,143 2,212 2,179 2,192

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740 798 763 720 689 648 700 702 730

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,483 1,658 1,360 1,593 1,492 1,500 1,514 1,496 1,460

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,527 76,120 76,286 74,151 75,127 75,510 75,654 75,664 75,910

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,035 7,422 7,188 7,044 7,194 7,227 7,250 7,237 7,199

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,491 68,698 69,097 67,112 67,915 68,263 68,357 68,464 68,706

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,725 51,506 51,684 50,453 50,837 51,146 51,178 51,255 51,403

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,037 17,422 17,478 16,904 17,110 17,322 17,306 17,322 17,356

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,628 16,795 16,905 16,548 16,676 16,762 16,713 16,731 16,814

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,060 17,288 17,302 17,001 17,052 17,062 17,159 17,203 17,233

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,766 17,192 17,413 16,659 17,079 17,117 17,179 17,208 17,303

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,901 68,071 68,532 67,806 68,504 68,568 68,486 68,525 68,499

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,153 2,440 2,197 2,266 2,367 2,314 2,289 2,278 2,310

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779 857 779 756 805 803 795 773 769

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,374 1,583 1,418 1,509 1,560 1,510 1,517 1,502 1,543

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,748 65,631 66,335 65,539 66,137 66,254 66,197 66,247 66,189

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,632 6,654 6,595 6,646 6,758 6,706 6,726 6,656 6,622

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,116 58,978 59,740 58,901 59,362 59,547 59,469 59,558 59,536

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,272 44,042 44,433 44,038 44,205 44,361 44,186 44,361 44,204

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,403 14,529 14,726 14,383 14,589 14,601 14,578 14,664 14,701

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,278 14,113 14,278 14,214 14,164 14,178 14,130 14,214 14,219

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,591 15,401 15,428 15,442 15,451 15,582 15,478 15,483 15,284

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,845 14,936 15,307 14,862 15,157 15,186 15,283 15,197 15,332

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,130 44,374 44,600 43,720 44,608 44,508 44,331 44,273 44,261

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,638 34,282 34,977 34,523 34,716 34,728 34,598 34,720 34,805

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,337 9,337 9,351 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,308 120,110 119,791 116,883 118,727 118,204 118,489 118,616 119,287

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,343 26,537 27,150 27,421 27,219 28,018 28,070 27,743 27,359

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,952 6,819 7,100 7,007 7,113 7,031 6,939 7,070 7,140

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

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,310 5,294 5,400 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,486 9,332 9,592 9,388 9,113 9,104 9,133 9,181 9,470

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

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

- Data not available.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.

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

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Sept.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over........................... 11,203 9,591 9,262 7.2 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.9

16 to 19 years..................................... 1,239 1,085 1,124 21.3 19.2 21.0 20.2 19.6 20.0

16 to 17 years.................................. 503 458 395 25.4 23.0 23.3 23.1 23.7 20.9

18 to 19 years.................................. 756 649 741 19.6 17.1 19.3 18.8 17.8 19.8

20 years and over................................ 9,965 8,506 8,138 6.7 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.4

20 to 24 years.................................. 2,007 1,646 1,785 12.8 11.1 10.5 11.3 10.6 11.4

25 years and over.............................. 7,942 6,906 6,271 5.9 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.1 4.7

25 to 54 years............................... 6,191 5,382 4,913 6.1 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.3 4.9

25 to 34 years............................. 2,474 2,359 2,101 7.3 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.9 6.2

35 to 44 years............................. 1,822 1,552 1,410 5.6 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.3

45 to 54 years............................. 1,895 1,471 1,401 5.5 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.1

55 years and over........................... 1,757 1,549 1,332 5.3 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.6 3.9

Men, 16 years and over............................ 6,342 5,125 4,872 7.7 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.2 5.9

16 to 19 years..................................... 736 594 617 24.1 20.9 23.2 22.0 21.4 22.0

16 to 17 years.................................. 280 240 199 28.0 25.0 26.6 25.7 25.5 21.4

18 to 19 years.................................. 464 371 419 22.6 18.6 21.1 20.5 19.9 22.3

20 years and over................................ 5,605 4,531 4,255 7.0 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.3

20 to 24 years.................................. 1,210 938 1,034 14.7 11.9 11.7 12.5 11.5 12.6

25 years and over.............................. 4,416 3,636 3,179 6.2 5.3 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.4

25 to 54 years............................... 3,440 2,843 2,454 6.4 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.3 4.6

25 to 34 years............................. 1,411 1,220 1,055 7.7 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.6 5.7

35 to 44 years............................. 1,001 856 685 5.7 5.1 4.5 4.8 4.9 3.9

45 to 54 years............................. 1,029 767 715 5.7 4.4 4.1 3.8 4.3 4.0

55 years and over........................... 975 794 725 5.5 4.6 4.9 4.3 4.4 4.0

Women, 16 years and over........................ 4,862 4,466 4,390 6.7 6.2 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.0

16 to 19 years..................................... 502 492 507 18.1 17.5 18.7 18.3 17.8 18.0

16 to 17 years.................................. 224 218 196 22.8 21.2 20.5 20.6 22.0 20.3

18 to 19 years.................................. 292 278 322 16.2 15.7 17.5 17.1 15.6 17.3

20 years and over................................ 4,359 3,974 3,884 6.2 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.5

20 to 24 years.................................. 798 709 751 10.7 10.2 9.1 9.8 9.6 10.2

25 years and over.............................. 3,526 3,269 3,092 5.6 5.2 4.9 5.2 5.2 4.9

25 to 54 years............................... 2,750 2,540 2,458 5.9 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.3

25 to 34 years............................. 1,063 1,139 1,047 6.9 6.4 6.5 6.6 7.2 6.6

35 to 44 years............................. 821 696 725 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.9

45 to 54 years............................. 866 705 686 5.3 4.7 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.3

55 years and over........................... 779 756 620 5.0 4.6 4.1 4.6 4.7 3.9

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present...................... 1,986 1,502 1,302 4.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.9

Married women, spouse present.................. 1,595 1,350 1,325 4.4 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.7

Women who maintain families1

.................... 896 960 848 8.8 8.4 8.1 9.1 9.3 8.3

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2................................... 9,510 7,932 7,574 7.5 6.4 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.0

Part-time workers3.................................. 1,678 1,639 1,657 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.7

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

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

jobs.

3 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from

part-time jobs.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment

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

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 5,470 4,750 4,176 5,803 5,018 4,862 4,859 4,836 4,530

On temporary layoff.............................. 732 1,070 608 1,091 1,003 1,029 996 1,085 925

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 4,738 3,681 3,567 4,712 4,015 3,833 3,863 3,752 3,606

Permanent job losers.......................... 3,536 2,605 2,622 3,531 2,946 2,806 2,718 2,653 2,665

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . .. 1,201 1,076 946 1,181 1,069 1,027 1,145 1,098 940

Job leavers........................................... 1,068 922 892 984 875 854 862 860 829

Reentrants............................................ 3,206 2,943 2,851 3,165 2,857 2,707 2,848 2,845 2,809

New entrants......................................... 1,140 1,171 1,043 1,211 1,062 1,064 1,087 1,066 1,105

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 50.3 48.5 46.6 52.0 51.1 51.2 50.3 50.3 48.9

On temporary layoff.............................. 6.7 10.9 6.8 9.8 10.2 10.8 10.3 11.3 10.0

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 43.5 37.6 39.8 42.2 40.9 40.4 40.0 39.1 38.9

Job leavers........................................... 9.8 9.4 10.0 8.8 8.9 9.0 8.9 9.0 8.9

Reentrants............................................ 29.5 30.1 31.8 28.4 29.1 28.5 29.5 29.6 30.3

New entrants......................................... 10.5 12.0 11.6 10.9 10.8 11.2 11.3 11.1 11.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 3.5 3.0 2.7 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9

Job leavers........................................... 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5

Reentrants............................................ 2.1 1.9 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8

New entrants......................................... 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

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

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 2,588 2,664 2,341 2,571 2,559 2,410 2,587 2,609 2,383

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 2,527 2,802 2,379 2,685 2,390 2,416 2,431 2,449 2,508

15 weeks and over.................................. 5,770 4,321 4,242 5,927 4,814 4,553 4,566 4,450 4,371

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 1,683 1,354 1,332 1,802 1,441 1,472 1,412 1,486 1,416

27 weeks and over............................... 4,087 2,967 2,910 4,125 3,374 3,081 3,155 2,963 2,954

Average (mean) duration, in weeks............... 37.6 31.2 32.1 36.8 34.5 33.5 32.4 31.7 31.5

Median duration, in weeks......................... 16.6 12.0 13.5 16.4 14.6 13.1 13.3 13.2 13.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 23.8 27.2 26.1 23.0 26.2 25.7 27.0 27.4 25.7

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 23.2 28.6 26.5 24.0 24.5 25.8 25.4 25.8 27.1

15 weeks and over.................................. 53.0 44.1 47.3 53.0 49.3 48.5 47.6 46.8 47.2

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 15.5 13.8 14.9 16.1 14.8 15.7 14.7 15.6 15.3

27 weeks and over............................... 37.6 30.3 32.5 36.9 34.6 32.8 32.9 31.2 31.9

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Total, 16 years and over1............................................. 144,651 146,941 10,885 8,962 7.0 5.7

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 55,013 56,365 1,978 1,617 3.5 2.8

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 22,822 23,556 790 579 3.3 2.4

Professional and related occupations.......................... 32,192 32,809 1,188 1,037 3.6 3.1

Service occupations................................................ 26,116 25,617 2,281 2,041 8.0 7.4

Sales and office occupations...................................... 33,077 32,979 2,597 2,020 7.3 5.8

Sales and related occupations.................................. 15,521 15,358 1,261 872 7.5 5.4

Office and administrative support occupations............... 17,556 17,621 1,336 1,149 7.1 6.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations........................................................ 13,221 13,924 1,181 955 8.2 6.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................... 1,041 1,130 119 132 10.3 10.5

Construction and extraction occupations...................... 7,258 7,889 815 648 10.1 7.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........... 4,922 4,905 246 174 4.8 3.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations........................................................ 17,224 18,056 1,636 1,252 8.7 6.5

Production occupations.......................................... 8,346 8,616 868 563 9.4 6.1

Transportation and material moving occupations............ 8,878 9,440 768 689 8.0 6.8

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

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

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

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 10,885 8,962 7.0 5.7

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.................................. 8,216 6,766 6.8 5.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.................................... 52 70 4.7 6.1

Construction.......................................................................... 697 604 8.5 7.0

Manufacturing........................................................................ 1,093 700 6.9 4.5

Durable goods..................................................................... 630 447 6.3 4.6

Nondurable goods................................................................ 463 253 7.9 4.3

Wholesale and retail trade......................................................... 1,462 1,239 7.3 6.1

Transportation and utilities......................................................... 369 351 6.0 5.3

Information............................................................................ 189 128 6.6 4.4

Financial activities................................................................... 365 319 3.9 3.5

Professional and business services............................................... 1,167 1,006 7.5 6.4

Education and health services..................................................... 1,174 896 5.2 3.9

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 1,236 1,110 9.0 8.3

Other services........................................................................ 413 342 6.4 5.3

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers......................... 147 131 9.4 7.5

Government workers................................................................... 827 605 3.9 3.0

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............ 554 417 5.5 4.1

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

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

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

May

2014

June

2014

July

2014

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,

as a percent of the civilian labor force......... 3.7 2.8 2.7 3.8 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force......................................... 3.5 3.0 2.7 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate)................................................ 7.0 6.3 5.7 7.2 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.9

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged

workers, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus discouraged workers................. 7.5 6.7 6.2 7.7 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.4

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged

workers, plus all other persons marginally

attached to the labor force, as a percent of

the civilian labor force plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . .. 8.4 7.5 7.1 8.6 7.6 7.3 7.5 7.4 7.3

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic

reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus all persons marginally attached to

the labor force..................................... 13.1 12.0 11.3 13.6 12.2 12.1 12.2 12.0 11.8

NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and

are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have

given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are

available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of

January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

Sept.

2013

Sept.

2014

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force........................................... 90,632 92,543 36,048 36,999 54,585 55,545

Persons who currently want a job................................ 5,775 6,007 2,556 2,695 3,219 3,312

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,302 2,226 1,124 1,101 1,178 1,125

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 852 698 462 438 391 260

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. .. 1,450 1,527 663 663 787 864

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4

............................................. 6,952 7,100 3,559 3,499 3,393 3,600

Percent of total employed.......................................... 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.5 5.0 5.3

Primary job full time, secondary job part time................... 3,774 3,785 2,166 2,109 1,608 1,675

Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,889 1,926 671 646 1,218 1,280

Primary and secondary jobs both full time....................... 214 252 136 146 79 106

Hours vary on primary or secondary job......................... 1,035 1,103 558 582 477 521

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

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

2

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

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

3

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

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

4

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Change

from:

Aug.2014 -

Sept.2014p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,069 138,669 139,051 139,752 136,800 139,007 139,187 139,435 248

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,322 118,065 118,242 117,940 114,936 117,113 117,288 117,524 236

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,032 19,465 19,534 19,477 18,718 19,118 19,132 19,161 29

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886 931 935 939 876 917 919 928 9

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.0 56.9 58.0 58.5 52.9 55.1 55.5 55.4 -0.1

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.0 874.0 877.2 880.9 822.6 861.6 863.5 872.2 8.7

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.9 214.7 214.2 213.4 199.7 212.2 211.9 213.5 1.6

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.5 218.8 218.2 216.1 209.1 212.7 211.7 211.7 0.0

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.3 79.5 78.6 78.2 79.5 79.1 78.3 78.3 0.0

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.6 440.5 444.8 451.4 413.8 436.7 439.9 447.0 7.1

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,081 6,316 6,350 6,316 5,849 6,047 6,063 6,079 16

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,324.5 1,406.2 1,410.6 1,405.6 1,293.9 1,362.8 1,368.2 1,374.4 6.2

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.1 693.4 695.0 694.7 617.8 668.0 671.3 677.5 6.2

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690.4 712.8 715.6 710.9 676.1 694.8 696.9 696.9 0.0

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . 957.5 977.8 986.2 986.1 889.3 918.1 917.8 918.3 0.5

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,798.9 3,931.9 3,952.9 3,924.0 3,665.8 3,765.9 3,777.2 3,786.0 8.8

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . 1,623.0 1,697.8 1,709.4 1,694.1 1,560.1 1,616.2 1,624.2 1,629.8 5.6

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . 2,175.9 2,234.1 2,243.5 2,229.9 2,105.7 2,149.7 2,153.0 2,156.2 3.2

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,065 12,218 12,249 12,222 11,993 12,154 12,150 12,154 4

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,566 7,711 7,730 7,715 7,549 7,689 7,689 7,696 7

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.8 374.7 375.8 373.9 354.4 368.8 370.7 370.8 0.1

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381.8 396.0 398.2 396.4 375.1 385.8 388.3 389.1 0.8

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394.7 401.0 401.1 402.3 393.3 400.8 400.4 401.5 1.1

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,441.1 1,462.0 1,463.4 1,462.5 1,437.3 1,455.8 1,457.0 1,459.0 2.0

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,103.8 1,135.0 1,133.0 1,128.8 1,106.1 1,129.4 1,130.5 1,130.9 0.4

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,067.3 1,062.1 1,062.9 1,057.5 1,066.9 1,056.2 1,056.7 1,056.3 -0.4

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . 160.5 168.5 171.0 169.2 160.4 166.5 169.0 168.7 -0.3

Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.0 97.3 97.0 96.7 101.0 97.3 96.9 96.8 -0.1

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.2 367.8 368.4 366.2 374.4 366.3 366.2 365.6 -0.6

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.0 389.3 387.3 386.6 392.6 387.4 385.8 386.5 0.7

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . 373.4 375.5 375.3 373.3 373.4 373.8 374.5 373.4 -1.1

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,508.9 1,550.1 1,562.6 1,564.5 1,506.8 1,568.3 1,560.7 1,561.9 1.2

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.6 857.8 871.9 876.5 829.1 875.1 870.6 873.9 3.3

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.9 374.3 376.7 374.1 356.8 370.2 370.9 372.3 1.4

Miscellaneous durable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579.6 579.8 580.5 581.2 579.1 579.5 579.3 580.8 1.5

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,499 4,507 4,519 4,507 4,444 4,465 4,461 4,458 -3

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,505.1 1,493.4 1,507.2 1,505.8 1,466.9 1,472.1 1,471.4 1,471.8 0.4

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.8 116.9 117.0 117.0 116.5 116.6 116.7 116.6 -0.1

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.2 113.4 114.5 112.9 112.8 112.6 112.8 112.2 -0.6

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.0 130.4 130.8 132.5 140.2 131.7 131.4 131.5 0.1

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.0 375.4 374.1 371.3 376.8 372.9 372.9 371.5 -1.4

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . 443.1 441.6 440.4 439.5 442.9 440.5 439.4 439.7 0.3

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.0 116.6 116.7 115.5 110.8 113.9 114.0 113.6 -0.4

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790.2 808.5 808.6 804.3 789.9 803.5 804.7 803.8 -0.9

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.4 666.9 667.6 665.1 655.3 663.0 662.4 661.6 -0.8

Miscellaneous nondurable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.0 243.4 242.1 243.3 232.1 238.2 235.5 235.2 -0.3

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,290 98,600 98,708 98,463 96,218 97,995 98,156 98,363 207

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,908 26,444 26,432 26,411 25,973 26,442 26,451 26,488 37

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,777.6 5,914.5 5,902.3 5,883.1 5,770.8 5,875.4 5,877.9 5,879.7 1.8

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,888.1 2,965.8 2,962.0 2,947.2 2,885.5 2,945.2 2,947.3 2,945.5 -1.8

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,993.6 2,032.2 2,024.4 2,020.3 1,989.7 2,017.8 2,017.8 2,018.6 0.8

Electronic markets and agents and

brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895.9 916.5 915.9 915.6 895.6 912.4 912.8 915.6 2.8

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,042.6 15,387.0 15,376.4 15,307.7 15,145.5 15,379.3 15,374.6 15,409.9 35.3

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,818.1 1,878.8 1,883.2 1,879.5 1,803.7 1,859.0 1,865.9 1,865.1 -0.8

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,152.8 1,185.8 1,192.1 1,189.2 1,145.3 1,178.1 1,184.1 1,181.0 -3.1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Change

from:

Aug.2014 -

Sept.2014p

Retail trade - Continued

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . 436.4 444.5 450.6 451.3 444.0 452.9 456.5 458.8 2.3

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 492.4 491.8 490.9 495.6 503.7 504.1 503.8 506.5 2.7

Building material and garden supply

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,203.4 1,273.4 1,242.6 1,221.3 1,217.5 1,235.3 1,232.4 1,234.5 2.1

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,951.3 3,038.0 3,016.0 3,013.7 2,955.9 3,014.5 2,998.9 3,018.4 19.5

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,018.2 1,015.4 1,015.7 1,012.4 1,023.4 1,018.7 1,018.0 1,017.1 -0.9

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875.6 889.8 893.3 885.9 870.9 876.2 879.4 880.0 0.6

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . 1,364.9 1,387.6 1,399.4 1,357.1 1,388.9 1,398.1 1,390.2 1,387.3 -2.9

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594.3 573.4 583.6 591.9 596.1 589.5 587.0 592.3 5.3

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,025.8 3,097.7 3,099.6 3,090.8 3,078.4 3,131.1 3,138.8 3,144.2 5.4

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,304.7 1,317.2 1,315.6 1,312.0 1,341.2 1,345.0 1,345.8 1,348.8 3.0

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.8 814.2 816.0 817.9 797.4 807.9 811.0 811.5 0.5

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.4 482.4 485.5 490.3 465.6 492.0 492.7 494.2 1.5

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,536.9 4,584.3 4,595.4 4,667.8 4,504.9 4,634.2 4,642.7 4,644.6 1.9

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.5 462.0 459.2 456.3 447.4 457.2 456.4 456.1 -0.3

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.3 238.7 239.9 239.6 231.5 238.0 238.5 239.8 1.3

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.5 70.6 71.0 68.8 65.3 68.2 68.5 67.8 -0.7

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,403.0 1,429.2 1,435.1 1,435.0 1,381.8 1,409.3 1,410.0 1,413.8 3.8

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.8 394.4 398.4 466.3 451.2 458.2 465.0 455.7 -9.3

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 45.8 45.5 45.3 44.0 45.5 45.4 45.3 -0.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . 33.8 38.0 37.9 34.1 28.8 29.6 30.0 29.3 -0.7

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . 596.0 614.8 610.8 613.9 597.3 613.9 611.8 615.3 3.5

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.6 548.3 552.2 561.0 539.7 570.7 572.8 577.6 4.8

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722.3 742.5 745.4 747.5 717.9 743.6 744.3 743.9 -0.4

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550.8 558.3 558.3 552.8 551.8 553.4 555.6 553.5 -2.1

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,665 2,689 2,697 2,685 2,682 2,675 2,680 2,692 12

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . 733.1 730.4 731.1 725.7 731.8 726.9 727.2 724.8 -2.4

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.4 316.3 321.2 309.3 340.7 308.2 309.4 314.8 5.4

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.1 293.8 296.6 298.9 285.7 294.5 297.2 297.8 0.6

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854.0 861.6 857.4 860.7 857.2 861.4 858.4 863.0 4.6

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.1 273.1 274.4 275.3 269.5 272.9 274.0 275.7 1.7

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.2 213.3 216.5 215.5 197.1 211.4 213.9 215.9 2.0

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,897 8,031 8,031 7,993 7,896 7,961 7,973 7,985 12

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,874.0 5,927.0 5,931.1 5,923.0 5,884.8 5,905.3 5,916.7 5,927.8 11.1

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . 18.0 18.4 18.3 18.2 17.9 18.2 18.1 18.1 0.0

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,609.5 2,580.8 2,579.4 2,570.7 2,613.7 2,571.1 2,572.0 2,572.0 0.0

Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . . 1,720.7 1,705.7 1,703.0 1,689.7 1,725.8 1,697.6 1,696.8 1,694.0 -2.8

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,296.7 1,276.0 1,273.9 1,263.5 1,300.7 1,270.6 1,269.9 1,266.9 -3.0

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments, and funds and trusts. . . . . . . . 861.6 885.4 886.4 884.6 865.5 879.6 882.8 887.6 4.8

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . 2,384.9 2,442.4 2,447.0 2,449.5 2,387.7 2,436.4 2,443.8 2,450.1 6.3

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,023.3 2,104.2 2,100.2 2,070.1 2,010.9 2,055.4 2,056.2 2,057.2 1.0

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,471.3 1,513.0 1,511.8 1,493.1 1,465.3 1,484.8 1,485.2 1,486.7 1.5

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.8 568.8 566.1 555.0 522.5 548.5 549.0 548.6 -0.4

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . 23.2 22.4 22.3 22.0 23.1 22.1 22.0 21.9 -0.1

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,773 19,362 19,460 19,492 18,700 19,269 19,332 19,413 81

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 8,080.0 8,369.1 8,369.2 8,339.3 8,165.3 8,379.5 8,396.8 8,417.9 21.1

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,130.3 1,145.5 1,140.7 1,127.4 1,136.8 1,134.9 1,138.4 1,133.8 -4.6

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . 863.5 897.3 899.6 896.1 940.2 962.2 965.3 966.9 1.6

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . 1,364.6 1,429.5 1,430.4 1,425.3 1,358.7 1,410.7 1,413.3 1,419.3 6.0

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,699.8 1,771.9 1,774.0 1,767.6 1,704.8 1,764.2 1,768.4 1,773.3 4.9

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,187.4 1,243.2 1,243.7 1,251.2 1,189.3 1,237.4 1,239.5 1,251.0 11.5

Management of companies and enterprises. . . 2,097.6 2,148.3 2,149.8 2,139.4 2,099.5 2,135.3 2,141.9 2,141.9 0.0

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Change

from:

Aug.2014 -

Sept.2014p

Professional and business services - Continued

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,595.7 8,844.4 8,941.4 9,012.9 8,435.6 8,754.0 8,793.5 8,853.3 59.8

Administrative and support services1. . . . . . . . 8,215.9 8,452.1 8,551.8 8,626.5 8,059.1 8,372.3 8,411.7 8,470.6 58.9

Employment services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,466.0 3,576.0 3,671.3 3,745.6 3,381.2 3,604.0 3,632.3 3,665.9 33.6

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,781.1 2,858.6 2,941.8 3,006.8 2,701.0 2,889.2 2,913.8 2,933.5 19.7

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854.8 854.1 855.7 869.1 858.7 867.0 867.2 871.6 4.4

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . 1,963.4 2,062.4 2,052.7 2,019.1 1,898.4 1,944.8 1,950.7 1,953.4 2.7

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.8 392.3 389.6 386.4 376.5 381.7 381.8 382.7 0.9

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,086 21,163 21,229 21,497 21,181 21,506 21,548 21,580 32

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,293.6 3,108.6 3,102.9 3,350.6 3,355.5 3,400.3 3,401.9 3,410.8 8.9

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,792.1 18,054.1 18,126.2 18,146.3 17,825.3 18,105.6 18,146.3 18,169.0 22.7

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,534.9 14,760.0 14,808.9 14,798.8 14,550.0 14,745.9 14,783.6 14,806.2 22.6

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 6,517.1 6,686.9 6,719.8 6,724.0 6,523.5 6,688.5 6,712.4 6,726.6 14.2

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,440.7 2,497.0 2,507.0 2,501.2 2,445.0 2,497.7 2,506.0 2,505.6 -0.4

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689.0 719.2 722.0 722.0 691.1 719.0 721.7 724.1 2.4

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,254.2 1,283.0 1,290.9 1,302.4 1,252.2 1,287.3 1,292.1 1,298.9 6.8

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,791.2 4,808.5 4,817.6 4,819.1 4,795.9 4,802.5 4,813.2 4,819.4 6.2

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,226.6 3,264.6 3,271.5 3,255.7 3,230.6 3,254.9 3,258.0 3,260.2 2.2

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,649.1 1,657.8 1,660.0 1,652.6 1,650.1 1,653.2 1,654.2 1,653.2 -1.0

Social assistance1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,257.2 3,294.1 3,317.3 3,347.5 3,275.3 3,359.7 3,362.7 3,362.8 0.1

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851.3 796.7 820.5 863.7 847.6 863.4 864.4 861.9 -2.5

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,498 15,337 15,300 14,874 14,315 14,634 14,654 14,687 33

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,090.0 2,417.2 2,359.3 2,155.9 2,033.5 2,095.0 2,092.7 2,101.7 9.0

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . 430.4 463.6 469.7 467.1 417.5 442.2 444.0 451.2 7.2

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.4 155.2 151.9 143.1 139.3 141.6 141.6 141.6 0.0

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . 1,518.2 1,798.4 1,737.7 1,545.7 1,476.7 1,511.2 1,507.1 1,508.9 1.8

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . 12,407.6 12,919.8 12,940.8 12,718.3 12,281.1 12,538.5 12,561.5 12,584.8 23.3

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,904.3 2,021.4 2,010.6 1,918.3 1,862.0 1,872.6 1,873.2 1,876.1 2.9

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . 10,503.3 10,898.4 10,930.2 10,800.0 10,419.1 10,665.9 10,688.3 10,708.7 20.4

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,463 5,574 5,559 5,511 5,471 5,508 5,518 5,518 0

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,216.9 1,219.4 1,225.1 1,224.6 1,212.1 1,213.8 1,220.5 1,219.0 -1.5

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,349.2 1,376.8 1,377.8 1,368.3 1,349.6 1,367.1 1,369.8 1,367.6 -2.2

Membership associations and organizations. . . 2,897.0 2,977.8 2,955.7 2,917.9 2,909.6 2,926.6 2,927.6 2,931.4 3.8

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,747 20,604 20,809 21,812 21,864 21,894 21,899 21,911 12

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,751.0 2,727.0 2,728.0 2,717.0 2,744.0 2,713.0 2,713.0 2,711.0 -2.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,161.2 2,138.6 2,137.2 2,127.6 2,152.7 2,123.2 2,122.2 2,119.5 -2.7

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589.6 588.1 590.7 589.1 591.0 589.8 591.2 591.2 0.0

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,076.0 4,733.0 4,766.0 5,103.0 5,051.0 5,057.0 5,050.0 5,072.0 22.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,426.9 2,056.1 2,094.7 2,451.7 2,397.0 2,397.8 2,393.8 2,415.3 21.5

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 2,649.4 2,677.3 2,671.4 2,651.7 2,654.0 2,659.3 2,656.1 2,656.8 0.7

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,920.0 13,144.0 13,315.0 13,992.0 14,069.0 14,124.0 14,136.0 14,128.0 -8.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,651.4 6,598.1 6,820.3 7,702.9 7,798.0 7,818.4 7,825.1 7,831.8 6.7

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 6,268.2 6,546.0 6,494.2 6,288.8 6,270.5 6,305.2 6,310.9 6,296.5 -14.4

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2

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

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

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Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.6

Goods-producing.................................................................... 40.5 40.5 40.6 40.5

Mining and logging................................................................ 44.3 44.5 44.8 44.5

Construction....................................................................... 39.2 39.2 39.2 39.0

Manufacturing..................................................................... 40.9 40.9 40.9 40.9

Durable goods.................................................................. 41.3 41.4 41.4 41.4

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 40.2 40.0 40.1 40.0

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 34.6 34.5 34.5 34.5

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.8 38.9 38.9 39.0

Retail trade...................................................................... 31.4 31.3 31.3 31.3

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.8 38.5 38.5 38.6

Utilities........................................................................... 42.3 42.5 42.3 42.0

Information......................................................................... 36.8 36.8 36.8 36.8

Financial activities................................................................ 37.1 37.2 37.2 37.3

Professional and business services............................................ 36.1 36.2 36.2 36.2

Education and health services.................................................. 32.7 32.8 32.8 32.9

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 26.0 26.2 26.2 26.3

Other services..................................................................... 31.7 31.7 31.7 31.8

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5

Durable goods....................................................................... 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.6

Nondurable goods................................................................... 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3

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Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Total private............................................... $24.06 $24.46 $24.54 $24.53 $830.07 $843.87 $846.63 $848.74

Goods-producing....................................... 25.28 25.73 25.78 25.75 1,023.84 1,042.07 1,046.67 1,042.88

Mining and logging.................................. 30.02 30.93 31.04 31.07 1,329.89 1,376.39 1,390.59 1,382.62

Construction.......................................... 26.17 26.69 26.72 26.76 1,025.86 1,046.25 1,047.42 1,043.64

Manufacturing........................................ 24.49 24.84 24.90 24.82 1,001.64 1,015.96 1,018.41 1,015.14

Durable goods.................................... 25.86 26.19 26.23 26.13 1,068.02 1,084.27 1,085.92 1,081.78

Nondurable goods................................ 22.10 22.44 22.53 22.48 888.42 897.60 903.45 899.20

Private service-providing.............................. 23.77 24.15 24.24 24.25 791.54 804.20 807.19 809.95

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 21.08 21.40 21.47 21.44 729.37 738.30 740.72 739.68

Wholesale trade.................................. 27.83 28.02 28.21 28.07 1,079.80 1,089.98 1,097.37 1,094.73

Retail trade........................................ 16.67 17.03 17.05 17.06 523.44 533.04 533.67 533.98

Transportation and warehousing............... 22.53 22.86 22.89 22.92 874.16 880.11 881.27 884.71

Utilities............................................. 35.37 35.40 35.50 35.64 1,496.15 1,504.50 1,501.65 1,496.88

Information........................................... 33.13 34.18 34.32 34.77 1,219.18 1,257.82 1,262.98 1,279.54

Financial activities................................... 30.30 30.76 30.86 30.96 1,124.13 1,144.27 1,147.99 1,154.81

Professional and business services.............. 28.58 29.21 29.29 29.31 1,031.74 1,057.40 1,060.30 1,061.02

Education and health services..................... 24.53 24.67 24.78 24.71 802.13 809.18 812.78 812.96

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 13.55 13.90 13.96 13.98 352.30 364.18 365.75 367.67

Other services....................................... 21.54 21.92 21.98 22.00 682.82 694.86 696.77 699.60

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Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Aug.

2014 -

Sept.

2014p

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Aug.

2014 -

Sept.

2014p

Total private..................................... 99.1 101.0 101.2 101.7 0.5 113.8 117.9 118.5 119.0 0.4

Goods-producing............................. 86.4 88.2 88.5 88.4 -0.1 98.7 102.6 103.1 102.9 -0.2

Mining and logging........................ 121.9 128.2 129.4 129.8 0.3 147.0 159.2 161.2 161.9 0.4

Construction................................ 79.0 81.7 81.9 81.7 -0.2 89.9 94.8 95.1 95.0 -0.1

Manufacturing.............................. 88.2 89.4 89.4 89.4 0.0 100.5 103.3 103.5 103.2 -0.3

Durable goods........................... 87.8 89.6 89.6 89.7 0.1 100.8 104.2 104.4 104.1 -0.3

Nondurable goods...................... 89.2 89.1 89.3 89.0 -0.3 100.0 101.5 102.1 101.5 -0.6

Private service-providing.................... 102.5 104.4 104.6 105.1 0.5 118.2 122.3 122.9 123.6 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 97.7 99.2 99.2 99.4 0.2 110.9 114.3 114.7 114.7 0.0

Wholesale trade......................... 97.7 99.7 99.8 100.1 0.3 113.5 116.6 117.4 117.2 -0.2

Retail trade.............................. 96.6 97.8 97.8 98.0 0.2 106.5 110.1 110.2 110.5 0.3

Transportation and warehousing...... 100.0 102.1 102.3 102.6 0.3 114.4 118.5 118.8 119.3 0.4

Utilities.................................... 101.0 101.8 101.7 100.6 -1.1 118.0 119.0 119.3 118.4 -0.8

Information................................. 90.1 89.9 90.1 90.5 0.4 106.3 109.4 110.1 112.0 1.7

Financial activities......................... 95.9 97.0 97.1 97.5 0.4 113.4 116.4 116.9 117.8 0.8

Professional and business services..... 106.2 109.7 110.1 110.5 0.4 122.9 129.8 130.6 131.2 0.5

Education and health services........... 111.2 113.2 113.4 113.9 0.4 128.5 131.6 132.4 132.6 0.2

Leisure and hospitality.................... 106.2 109.4 109.5 110.2 0.6 116.1 122.7 123.4 124.3 0.7

Other services............................. 96.1 96.7 96.9 97.2 0.3 117.5 120.3 120.9 121.4 0.4

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

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Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Total nonfarm............................................. 67,718 68,619 68,707 68,808 49.5 49.4 49.4 49.3

Total private............................................ 55,227 56,121 56,201 56,289 48.1 47.9 47.9 47.9

Goods-producing.................................... 4,115 4,178 4,190 4,193 22.0 21.9 21.9 21.9

Mining and logging............................... 117 122 123 124 13.4 13.3 13.4 13.4

Construction....................................... 746 767 770 771 12.8 12.7 12.7 12.7

Manufacturing..................................... 3,252 3,289 3,297 3,298 27.1 27.1 27.1 27.1

Durable goods.................................. 1,740 1,767 1,770 1,777 23.0 23.0 23.0 23.1

Nondurable goods............................. 1,512 1,522 1,527 1,521 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.1

Private service-providing........................... 51,112 51,943 52,011 52,096 53.1 53.0 53.0 53.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............. 10,538 10,702 10,698 10,703 40.6 40.5 40.4 40.4

Wholesale trade................................ 1,713.8 1,732.4 1,732.4 1,724.8 29.7 29.5 29.5 29.3

Retail trade..................................... 7,623.1 7,735.4 7,734.7 7,751.3 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3

Transportation and warehousing............. 1,064.8 1,099.2 1,095.9 1,091.8 23.6 23.7 23.6 23.5

Utilities........................................... 136.5 134.7 134.8 134.8 24.7 24.3 24.3 24.4

Information......................................... 1,071 1,076 1,082 1,083 39.9 40.2 40.4 40.2

Financial activities................................ 4,545 4,554 4,558 4,562 57.6 57.2 57.2 57.1

Professional and business services............ 8,358 8,590 8,617 8,646 44.7 44.6 44.6 44.5

Education and health services.................. 16,285 16,522 16,550 16,574 76.9 76.8 76.8 76.8

Leisure and hospitality........................... 7,444 7,605 7,616 7,632 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0

Other services..................................... 2,871 2,894 2,890 2,896 52.5 52.5 52.4 52.5

Government............................................. 12,491 12,498 12,506 12,519 57.1 57.1 57.1 57.1

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Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Total private............................................................................... 94,932 96,790 96,912 97,103

Goods-producing....................................................................... 13,456 13,783 13,790 13,830

Mining and logging.................................................................. 644 668 669 679

Construction.......................................................................... 4,418 4,561 4,569 4,585

Manufacturing........................................................................ 8,394 8,554 8,552 8,566

Durable goods..................................................................... 5,185 5,303 5,304 5,316

Nondurable goods................................................................ 3,209 3,251 3,248 3,250

Private service-providing.............................................................. 81,476 83,007 83,122 83,273

Trade, transportation, and utilities................................................. 21,968 22,323 22,326 22,327

Wholesale trade................................................................... 4,653.9 4,749.2 4,754.2 4,752.7

Retail trade........................................................................ 12,976.3 13,119.7 13,109.5 13,119.5

Transportation and warehousing................................................ 3,891.3 4,006.9 4,013.1 4,008.4

Utilities.............................................................................. 446.0 447.5 449.6 446.3

Information............................................................................ 2,178 2,175 2,181 2,185

Financial activities................................................................... 6,078 6,154 6,161 6,173

Professional and business services............................................... 15,474 15,978 16,028 16,108

Education and health services..................................................... 18,591 18,883 18,916 18,949

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 12,626 12,906 12,916 12,941

Other services........................................................................ 4,561 4,588 4,594 4,590

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.7

Goods-producing.................................................................... 41.4 41.6 41.5 41.5

Mining and logging................................................................ 46.1 47.3 47.7 47.1

Construction....................................................................... 39.7 39.9 39.8 39.6

Manufacturing..................................................................... 41.9 42.0 42.0 42.1

Durable goods.................................................................. 42.3 42.5 42.4 42.5

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 41.2 41.2 41.3 41.5

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 33.6 33.5 33.6 33.6

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.6 38.6 38.6 38.6

Retail trade...................................................................... 30.1 29.9 30.0 30.1

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.5 38.4 38.4 38.4

Utilities........................................................................... 42.0 42.4 42.1 42.1

Information......................................................................... 36.0 36.0 36.2 36.2

Financial activities................................................................ 36.8 36.7 36.7 36.7

Professional and business services............................................ 35.3 35.5 35.6 35.5

Education and health services.................................................. 32.0 31.9 32.1 32.0

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 25.0 25.0 25.2 25.2

Other services..................................................................... 30.7 30.7 30.7 30.7

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.5

Durable goods....................................................................... 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.7

Nondurable goods................................................................... 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.3

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Total private............................................... $20.21 $20.61 $20.67 $20.67 $679.06 $694.56 $698.65 $696.58

Goods-producing....................................... 21.27 21.61 21.64 21.66 880.58 898.98 898.06 898.89

Mining and logging.................................. 27.02 27.00 27.07 27.13 1,245.62 1,277.10 1,291.24 1,277.82

Construction.......................................... 24.14 24.66 24.67 24.74 958.36 983.93 981.87 979.70

Manufacturing........................................ 19.35 19.60 19.63 19.62 810.77 823.20 824.46 826.00

Durable goods.................................... 20.41 20.68 20.70 20.70 863.34 878.90 877.68 879.75

Nondurable goods................................ 17.58 17.77 17.83 17.81 724.30 732.12 736.38 739.12

Private service-providing.............................. 19.99 20.40 20.46 20.46 647.68 660.96 664.95 662.90

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 17.86 18.28 18.36 18.33 600.10 612.38 616.90 615.89

Wholesale trade.................................. 22.73 23.20 23.37 23.28 877.38 895.52 902.08 898.61

Retail trade........................................ 14.10 14.43 14.45 14.46 424.41 431.46 433.50 435.25

Transportation and warehousing............... 20.00 20.45 20.58 20.59 770.00 785.28 790.27 790.66

Utilities............................................. 32.46 32.82 32.87 32.84 1,363.32 1,391.57 1,383.83 1,382.56

Information........................................... 28.05 28.99 28.82 28.61 1,009.80 1,043.64 1,043.28 1,035.68

Financial activities................................... 24.06 24.74 24.90 24.97 885.41 907.96 913.83 916.40

Professional and business services.............. 23.74 24.24 24.28 24.30 838.02 860.52 864.37 862.65

Education and health services..................... 21.38 21.58 21.65 21.66 684.16 688.40 694.97 693.12

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 11.83 12.09 12.13 12.16 295.75 302.25 305.68 306.43

Other services....................................... 18.12 18.46 18.51 18.51 556.28 566.72 568.26 568.26

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Aug.

2014 -

Sept.

2014p

Sept.

2013

July

2014

Aug.

2014p

Sept.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Aug.

2014 -

Sept.

2014p

Total private..................................... 106.3 108.7 109.2 109.1 -0.1 143.5 149.7 150.8 150.6 -0.1

Goods-producing............................. 85.1 87.6 87.5 87.7 0.2 110.9 115.9 115.9 116.3 0.3

Mining and logging........................ 157.8 167.9 169.6 169.9 0.2 247.9 263.7 267.0 268.2 0.4

Construction................................ 87.8 91.1 91.1 90.9 -0.2 114.5 121.3 121.3 121.4 0.1

Manufacturing.............................. 80.7 82.5 82.5 82.8 0.4 102.2 105.7 105.8 106.2 0.4

Durable goods........................... 82.4 84.7 84.5 84.9 0.5 105.0 109.3 109.2 109.7 0.5

Nondurable goods...................... 77.9 78.9 79.0 79.5 0.6 96.8 99.1 99.6 100.0 0.4

Private service-providing.................... 112.5 114.6 115.1 114.9 -0.2 154.1 160.3 161.5 161.2 -0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 102.9 104.3 104.6 104.6 0.0 131.1 135.9 137.0 136.7 -0.2

Wholesale trade......................... 105.8 108.0 108.1 108.0 -0.1 141.7 147.5 148.8 148.2 -0.4

Retail trade.............................. 98.9 99.3 99.6 100.0 0.4 119.5 122.8 123.3 123.9 0.5

Transportation and warehousing...... 112.8 115.8 116.0 115.9 -0.1 143.1 150.2 151.4 151.3 -0.1

Utilities.................................... 95.8 97.0 96.8 96.1 -0.7 129.8 132.9 132.8 131.7 -0.8

Information................................. 89.5 89.4 90.1 90.3 0.2 124.3 128.3 128.6 127.9 -0.5

Financial activities......................... 105.3 106.3 106.4 106.6 0.2 155.9 161.8 163.1 163.8 0.4

Professional and business services..... 122.4 127.1 127.9 128.2 0.2 172.9 183.4 184.8 185.3 0.3

Education and health services........... 127.0 128.6 129.6 129.4 -0.2 179.1 183.0 185.1 184.9 -0.1

Leisure and hospitality.................... 115.6 118.2 119.2 119.5 0.3 155.3 162.3 164.2 165.0 0.5

Other services............................. 98.2 98.8 98.9 98.8 -0.1 129.7 132.9 133.4 133.3 -0.1

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

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