Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-12-1332 

8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, July 6, 2012 

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 — JUNE 2012 

Nonfarm payroll employment continued to edge up in June (+80,000), and the unemployment rate

was unchanged at 8.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Professional and 

business services added jobs, and employment in other major industries changed little over the month. 

Household Survey Data 

The number of unemployed persons (12.7 million) was essentially unchanged in June, and the 

unemployment rate held at 8.2 percent. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for blacks (14.4 percent) edged up over the 

month, while the rates for adult men (7.8 percent), adult women (7.4 percent), teenagers (23.7 percent), 

whites (7.4 percent), and Hispanics (11.0 percent) showed little or no change. The jobless rate for Asians 

was 6.3 percent in June (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. (See tables A-1, A2, and A-3.) 

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Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month 

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

June 2010 – June 2012
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In June, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was essentially 

unchanged at 5.4 million. These individuals accounted for 41.9 percent of the unemployed. (See table 

A-12.) 

Both the civilian labor force participation rate and the employment-population ratio were 

unchanged in June at 63.8 and 58.6 percent, respectively. (See table A-1.) 

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

involuntary part-time workers) was essentially unchanged at 8.2 million. These individuals 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 June, 2.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, down from 2.7 million a year 

earlier. (These 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 821,000 discouraged workers in June, a decline of 161,000 

from a year earlier. (These 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 1.7 

million persons marginally attached to the labor force in June had not searched for work in the 4 weeks 

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

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment continued to edge up in June (+80,000). In the second quarter, 

employment growth averaged 75,000 per month, compared with an average monthly gain of 226,000 for 

the first quarter of the year. Slower job growth in the second quarter occurred in most major industries. 

(See table B-1.) 

Professional and business services added 47,000 jobs in June, with temporary help services accounting 

for 25,000 of the increase. Employment also rose in management and technical consulting services 

(+9,000) and in computer systems design and related services (+7,000). Employment in professional and 

business services has grown by 1.5 million since its most recent low point in September 2009. 

Employment in manufacturing continued to edge up in June (+11,000). Growth in the second quarter 

averaged 10,000 per month, compared with an average of 41,000 per month during the first quarter. In 

June, employment increased in motor vehicles and parts (+7,000) and in fabricated metal products 

(+5,000). 

Employment continued to trend up in health care (+13,000) and wholesale trade (+9,000) in June. 

Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, construction, retail trade, 

transportation and warehousing, financial activities, leisure and hospitality, and government, 

showed little or no change. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to 

34.5 hours in June. The manufacturing workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 40.7 hours, and factory 
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overtime was 3.3 hours for the fifth consecutive month. The average workweek for production and 

nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to 33.8 hours. (See 

tables B-2 and B-7.) 

In June, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 6 cents to 

$23.50. Over the year, average hourly earnings have increased by 2.0 percent. In June, average hourly 

earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees increased by 5 cents to $19.74. 

(See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for April was revised from +77,000 to +68,000, and 

the change for May was revised from +69,000 to +77,000. 

The Employment Situation for July is scheduled to be released on Friday, August 3, 2012, at 

8:30 a.m. (EDT). 

Corrections to Establishment Survey Data for Book Stores and News Dealers and for 

Electronics Stores 

BLS corrected some historical estimates from the Establishment Survey for book stores and 

news dealers and for electronics stores. Errors were made during the reconstruction of the data 

for these two industries to fit the NAICS 2012 industry definitions. The corrected series in 

these industries include women employees, nonsupervisory employees, hours and earnings for 

all employees, hours and earnings for nonsupervisory employees, and any series derived from 

them. Estimates of all employees were unaffected. The correction of the series also resulted in 

minor corrections at higher industry levels. 

For more information, see www.bls.gov/bls/cesbook_stores_correction.htm. 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

Change from:

May 2012-

June 2012

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population............................................ 239,489 242,784 242,966 243,155 189

Civilian labor force............................................................ 153,409 154,365 155,007 155,163 156

Participation rate........................................................... 64.1 63.6 63.8 63.8 0.0

Employed.................................................................... 139,385 141,865 142,287 142,415 128

Employment-population ratio........................................... 58.2 58.4 58.6 58.6 0.0

Unemployed................................................................. 14,024 12,500 12,720 12,749 29

Unemployment rate..................................................... 9.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 0.0

Not in labor force............................................................. 86,080 88,419 87,958 87,992 34

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over....................................................... 9.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 0.0

Adult men (20 years and over).............................................. 9.0 7.5 7.8 7.8 0.0

Adult women (20 years and over).......................................... 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.4 0.0

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................. 24.6 24.9 24.6 23.7 -0.9

White........................................................................... 8.1 7.4 7.4 7.4 0.0

Black or African American................................................... 16.2 13.0 13.6 14.4 0.8

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................. 6.8 5.2 5.2 6.3 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.................................................. 11.6 10.3 11.0 11.0 0.0

Total, 25 years and over....................................................... 7.9 6.8 6.9 6.9 0.0

Less than a high school diploma........................................... 14.2 12.5 13.0 12.6 -0.4

High school graduates, no college......................................... 10.0 7.9 8.1 8.4 0.3

Some college or associate degree......................................... 8.4 7.6 7.9 7.5 -0.4

Bachelor’s degree and higher............................................... 4.4 4.0 3.9 4.1 0.2

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs................... 8,233 6,852 6,989 7,207 218

Job leavers....................................................................... 971 997 891 936 45

Reentrants........................................................................ 3,431 3,341 3,439 3,227 -212

New entrants..................................................................... 1,227 1,384 1,367 1,331 -36

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks.............................................................. 3,068 2,543 2,580 2,810 230

5 to 14 weeks.................................................................... 2,976 2,814 3,002 2,826 -176

15 to 26 weeks.................................................................. 1,874 1,884 1,662 1,811 149

27 weeks and over.............................................................. 6,263 5,101 5,411 5,370 -41

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons............................................... 8,545 7,853 8,098 8,210 112

Slack work or business conditions.......................................... 5,807 5,187 5,147 5,446 299

Could only find part-time work.............................................. 2,474 2,367 2,649 2,514 -135

Part time for noneconomic reasons........................................... 18,461 18,832 19,393 18,829 -564

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force........................................ 2,680 2,363 2,423 2,483 –

Discouraged workers......................................................... 982 968 830 821 –

- 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 June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 68 77 80

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 85 105 84

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4 -21 13

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 5 0

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -3 -7 -35 2

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10 9 11

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 11 11 14

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 1.2 4.4 6.7

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5 -1 -2 -3

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 81 126 71

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 13.1 14.5 8.8

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.8 24.2 2.1 -5.4

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 -18.3 32.3 -2.2

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 1 4 -8

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -13 6 9 5

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 45 24 47

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -7.7 20.7 18.6 25.2

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 15 44 2

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.7 18.0 36.5 11.4

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 -4 -7 13

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 -1 3 9

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -18 -17 -28 -4

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

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

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 47.8 47.8 47.8

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 82.6 82.6 82.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 34.5 34.4 34.5

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23.05 $ 23.40 $ 23.44 $ 23.50

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $792.92 $807.30 $806.34 $810.75

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.1 95.9 95.7 96.1

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.4

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.5 107.0 107.0 107.7

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.7

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

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

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19.45 $ 19.71 $ 19.69 $ 19.74

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $655.47 $664.23 $663.55 $667.21

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.4 103.2 103.3 103.6

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

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.7 135.9 135.9 136.7

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.6

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (266 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.0 58.1 59.8 57.9

Manufacturing (81 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.4 55.6 53.7 51.2

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.

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NOTE: Data in this table have been corrected. For more information see http://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm.
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

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

and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller 

margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of 

its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of 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 the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural 

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

survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. 

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

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. 

Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

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

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

total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled 

to achieve that goal. 

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? 

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

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

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

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

establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not 

immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth 

of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new 

businesses to the survey twice a year. 

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

benefits? 

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

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

on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or 

question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 

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

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

those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In 

addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and 

other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment 

Situation news release. 

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. 

In order for severe weather conditions to reduce the estimate of payroll employment, employees have to 

be off work without pay for the entire pay period. About half of all employees in the payroll survey have 

a 2-week, semi-monthly, or monthly pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of the pay 

period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll employment figures. It is not possible to quantify the 

effect of extreme weather on estimates of employment from the establishment survey. 

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 usually work full time but had reduced hours, or had a job but were not at work the entire 

week, due to bad weather. Current and historical data are available on the household survey’s most 

requested statistics page at 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 141,000 businesses and government 

agencies, representing approximately 486,000 individual 

worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on 

employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm 

payrolls. The active sample includes approximately onethird 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 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/#technical. 

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

the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from 

the surveys. Among these are: 

 The household survey includes agricultural 

workers, the self-employed, unpaid family 

workers, and private household workers among the 

employed. These groups are excluded from the 

establishment survey. 

 The household survey includes people on unpaid 

leave among the employed. The establishment 

survey does not. 

 The household survey is limited to workers 16 

years of age and older. The establishment survey is 

not limited by age. 

 The household survey has no duplication of 

individuals, because individuals are counted only 

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

establishment survey, employees working at more 

than one job and thus appearing on more than one 

payroll 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 agesex 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 

exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the 

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured 

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

percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate 

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

errors from the "true" population value because of sampling 

error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-

percent level of confidence. 

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly 

change in total nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

100,000. 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 -50,000 to +150,000 (50,000 +/- 100,000). 

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 5.5 

percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly 

change in unemployment as measured by the household 

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

the unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.19 percentage point. 

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the 

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

small number of observations. The precision of estimates 

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

June

2011

May

2012

June

2012

June

2011

Feb.

2012

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239,489 242,966 243,155 239,489 242,435 242,604 242,784 242,966 243,155

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,538 154,998 156,385 153,409 154,871 154,707 154,365 155,007 155,163

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 63.8 64.3 64.1 63.9 63.8 63.6 63.8 63.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,129 142,727 143,202 139,385 142,065 142,034 141,865 142,287 142,415

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.5 58.7 58.9 58.2 58.6 58.5 58.4 58.6 58.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,409 12,271 13,184 14,024 12,806 12,673 12,500 12,720 12,749

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 7.9 8.4 9.1 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,951 87,968 86,770 86,080 87,564 87,897 88,419 87,958 87,992

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,124 6,835 7,157 6,531 6,378 6,299 6,366 6,291 6,520

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,250 117,177 117,277 116,250 116,896 116,986 117,081 117,177 117,277

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,757 82,409 83,369 81,992 82,165 82,179 81,983 82,350 82,450

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.2 70.3 71.1 70.5 70.3 70.2 70.0 70.3 70.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,848 75,712 76,338 74,068 75,318 75,369 75,256 75,401 75,486

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.4 64.6 65.1 63.7 64.4 64.4 64.3 64.3 64.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,910 6,697 7,030 7,923 6,846 6,810 6,727 6,949 6,964

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 8.1 8.4 9.7 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,493 34,768 33,909 34,259 34,732 34,807 35,098 34,827 34,827

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,668 108,503 108,613 107,668 108,188 108,289 108,396 108,503 108,613

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,324 79,511 79,733 79,116 79,317 79,337 79,050 79,382 79,425

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.7 73.3 73.4 73.5 73.3 73.3 72.9 73.2 73.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,427 73,567 73,735 71,981 73,240 73,286 73,119 73,229 73,259

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.3 67.8 67.9 66.9 67.7 67.7 67.5 67.5 67.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,897 5,945 5,998 7,135 6,077 6,051 5,930 6,153 6,166

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 7.5 7.5 9.0 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.8 7.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,344 28,991 28,879 28,553 28,870 28,952 29,346 29,121 29,188

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,239 125,788 125,878 123,239 125,539 125,619 125,703 125,788 125,878

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,781 72,589 73,017 71,417 72,706 72,529 72,382 72,657 72,713

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 57.7 58.0 58.0 57.9 57.7 57.6 57.8 57.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,282 67,015 66,863 65,316 66,747 66,665 66,609 66,886 66,929

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.0 53.3 53.1 53.0 53.2 53.1 53.0 53.2 53.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,499 5,574 6,153 6,101 5,960 5,863 5,773 5,771 5,785

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 7.7 8.4 8.5 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 8.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,458 53,200 52,862 51,822 52,833 53,090 53,321 53,131 53,165

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,045 117,448 117,546 115,045 117,170 117,260 117,353 117,448 117,546

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,459 69,775 69,610 68,570 69,815 69,589 69,562 69,807 69,803

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.5 59.4 59.2 59.6 59.6 59.3 59.3 59.4 59.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,811 64,840 64,288 63,088 64,454 64,413 64,425 64,671 64,628

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 55.2 54.7 54.8 55.0 54.9 54.9 55.1 55.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,648 4,936 5,322 5,482 5,361 5,176 5,137 5,136 5,175

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 7.1 7.6 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,586 47,672 47,936 46,475 47,355 47,671 47,791 47,641 47,743

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,776 17,015 16,997 16,776 17,078 17,056 17,034 17,015 16,997

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,755 5,711 7,042 5,724 5,739 5,781 5,753 5,819 5,936

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 33.6 41.4 34.1 33.6 33.9 33.8 34.2 34.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,891 4,320 5,178 4,316 4,371 4,335 4,321 4,388 4,528

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 25.4 30.5 25.7 25.6 25.4 25.4 25.8 26.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,864 1,391 1,864 1,408 1,367 1,447 1,432 1,431 1,408

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 24.4 26.5 24.6 23.8 25.0 24.9 24.6 23.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,021 11,304 9,955 11,052 11,339 11,274 11,282 11,197 11,061

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

June

2011

May

2012

June

2012

June

2011

Feb.

2012

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192,989 193,004 193,120 192,989 192,691 192,788 192,893 193,004 193,120

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,335 123,897 124,624 124,526 123,848 123,713 123,499 123,989 123,783

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.9 64.2 64.5 64.5 64.3 64.2 64.0 64.2 64.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,995 115,015 115,280 114,428 114,754 114,697 114,355 114,767 114,674

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.6 59.6 59.7 59.3 59.6 59.5 59.3 59.5 59.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,340 8,882 9,344 10,098 9,094 9,016 9,144 9,222 9,109

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 7.2 7.5 8.1 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,654 69,107 68,496 68,463 68,843 69,076 69,394 69,015 69,337

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,360 64,680 64,730 65,213 64,642 64,552 64,410 64,591 64,527

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.2 73.8 73.8 74.0 73.9 73.8 73.5 73.7 73.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,355 60,349 60,374 59,982 60,245 60,192 60,046 60,072 60,001

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.5 68.8 68.8 68.0 68.9 68.8 68.6 68.5 68.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,005 4,331 4,356 5,231 4,397 4,360 4,364 4,519 4,526

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 6.7 6.7 8.0 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,429 54,620 54,265 54,634 54,609 54,473 54,435 54,717 54,506

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.1 58.9 58.5 59.4 59.0 58.9 58.8 59.0 58.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,471 51,087 50,598 50,787 50,890 50,873 50,719 51,045 50,918

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

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,958 3,533 3,667 3,847 3,719 3,600 3,716 3,672 3,588

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 6.5 6.8 7.0 6.8 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,546 4,597 5,629 4,679 4,596 4,688 4,654 4,681 4,750

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 36.3 44.4 36.5 36.1 36.9 36.7 36.9 37.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,168 3,579 4,308 3,660 3,619 3,632 3,591 3,649 3,755

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.5 28.2 34.0 28.6 28.4 28.6 28.3 28.8 29.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,377 1,018 1,321 1,019 977 1,056 1,063 1,031 995

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 22.1 23.5 21.8 21.3 22.5 22.8 22.0 20.9

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,093 29,854 29,885 29,093 29,760 29,792 29,824 29,854 29,885

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,966 18,275 18,758 17,740 18,363 18,427 18,274 18,290 18,541

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.8 61.2 62.8 61.0 61.7 61.9 61.3 61.3 62.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,993 15,837 15,978 14,875 15,769 15,843 15,891 15,807 15,872

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.5 53.0 53.5 51.1 53.0 53.2 53.3 52.9 53.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,972 2,438 2,780 2,865 2,593 2,584 2,383 2,484 2,668

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.5 13.3 14.8 16.2 14.1 14.0 13.0 13.6 14.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,127 11,579 11,128 11,353 11,398 11,365 11,550 11,564 11,345

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,155 8,270 8,376 8,107 8,239 8,283 8,162 8,281 8,324

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.7 68.0 68.8 68.3 68.1 68.4 67.3 68.1 68.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,793 7,082 7,204 6,740 7,064 7,137 7,054 7,102 7,146

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.2 58.3 59.2 56.8 58.4 58.9 58.1 58.4 58.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,362 1,188 1,172 1,368 1,175 1,147 1,108 1,179 1,178

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.7 14.4 14.0 16.9 14.3 13.8 13.6 14.2 14.2

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,011 9,327 9,471 8,967 9,410 9,473 9,443 9,346 9,482

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.6 62.0 62.9 61.3 62.8 63.1 62.8 62.1 63.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,760 8,317 8,266 7,735 8,240 8,307 8,423 8,284 8,281

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1 55.3 54.9 52.9 55.0 55.4 56.1 55.1 55.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,251 1,011 1,205 1,232 1,171 1,166 1,019 1,062 1,202

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 10.8 12.7 13.7 12.4 12.3 10.8 11.4 12.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799 678 910 666 713 671 669 664 735

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.8 25.5 34.4 25.6 26.6 25.1 25.1 25.0 27.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 439 508 401 466 399 413 421 446

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.9 16.5 19.2 15.4 17.4 14.9 15.5 15.9 16.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 239 402 265 247 272 256 242 289

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.0 35.2 44.2 39.8 34.7 40.5 38.2 36.5 39.3

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,379 12,749 12,695 – – – – – –

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

June

2011

May

2012

June

2012

June

2011

Feb.

2012

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,384 8,080 8,202 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.9 63.4 64.6 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,881 7,656 7,682 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.5 60.0 60.5 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 424 519 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 5.2 6.3 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,995 4,669 4,493 – – – – – –

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

June

2011

May

2012

June

2012

June

2011

Feb.

2012

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population.................. 34,391 36,626 36,708 34,391 36,384 36,463 36,546 36,626 36,708

Civilian labor force................................. 22,884 24,534 24,679 22,832 24,206 24,128 24,253 24,567 24,588

Participation rate................................. 66.5 67.0 67.2 66.4 66.5 66.2 66.4 67.1 67.0

Employed......................................... 20,241 21,984 21,962 20,189 21,628 21,638 21,755 21,867 21,885

Employment-population ratio................ 58.9 60.0 59.8 58.7 59.4 59.3 59.5 59.7 59.6

Unemployed...................................... 2,643 2,550 2,718 2,643 2,579 2,491 2,498 2,700 2,703

Unemployment rate........................... 11.5 10.4 11.0 11.6 10.7 10.3 10.3 11.0 11.0

Not in labor force................................... 11,507 12,092 12,029 11,558 12,178 12,335 12,293 12,059 12,120

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 13,004 13,486 13,425 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 81.7 81.8 81.2 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 11,731 12,195 12,147 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 73.7 74.0 73.5 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,273 1,291 1,277 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 9.8 9.6 9.5 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 8,861 9,904 9,909 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 58.8 60.1 60.0 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 7,852 8,993 8,886 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 52.1 54.5 53.8 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,010 911 1,022 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 11.4 9.2 10.3 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................. 1,018 1,144 1,346 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 29.9 31.3 36.8 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 658 796 928 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 19.3 21.8 25.4 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 360 348 418 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 35.4 30.4 31.0 – – – – – –

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

June

2011

May

2012

June

2012

June

2011

Feb.

2012

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................... 11,672 11,670 11,623 11,445 11,488 11,493 11,366 11,451 11,384

Participation rate.................................... 46.1 45.8 45.9 45.2 46.6 46.3 45.2 44.9 45.0

Employed............................................ 10,141 10,242 10,291 9,817 10,006 10,044 9,947 9,960 9,952

Employment-population ratio................... 40.0 40.2 40.6 38.8 40.6 40.4 39.6 39.1 39.3

Unemployed......................................... 1,531 1,428 1,332 1,628 1,483 1,449 1,419 1,491 1,431

Unemployment rate.............................. 13.1 12.2 11.5 14.2 12.9 12.6 12.5 13.0 12.6

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................... 37,351 37,119 36,851 37,596 36,799 36,475 36,718 36,924 36,984

Participation rate.................................... 60.2 59.8 59.8 60.5 59.0 59.0 59.2 59.5 60.0

Employed............................................ 33,813 34,239 33,884 33,822 33,761 33,573 33,834 33,928 33,869

Employment-population ratio................... 54.5 55.2 55.0 54.5 54.1 54.3 54.5 54.7 55.0

Unemployed......................................... 3,538 2,880 2,967 3,774 3,039 2,902 2,884 2,996 3,116

Unemployment rate.............................. 9.5 7.8 8.1 10.0 8.3 8.0 7.9 8.1 8.4

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................... 36,454 36,899 37,194 36,849 37,282 37,405 37,168 37,079 37,451

Participation rate.................................... 69.2 68.5 68.4 69.9 69.1 69.3 69.0 68.8 68.9

Employed............................................ 33,406 34,157 34,446 33,745 34,571 34,613 34,344 34,155 34,639

Employment-population ratio................... 63.4 63.4 63.4 64.0 64.1 64.2 63.7 63.4 63.7

Unemployed......................................... 3,048 2,741 2,748 3,104 2,711 2,793 2,824 2,924 2,812

Unemployment rate.............................. 8.4 7.4 7.4 8.4 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.9 7.5

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................... 46,633 48,191 47,631 46,910 47,890 48,191 47,977 48,232 47,923

Participation rate.................................... 76.2 76.7 75.5 76.7 76.4 76.2 76.2 76.8 76.0

Employed............................................ 44,590 46,408 45,674 44,854 45,875 46,189 46,062 46,355 45,949

Employment-population ratio................... 72.9 73.9 72.4 73.3 73.1 73.1 73.2 73.8 72.9

Unemployed......................................... 2,044 1,783 1,957 2,055 2,015 2,002 1,915 1,877 1,973

Unemployment rate.............................. 4.4 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.9 4.1

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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

June

2011

June

2012

June

2011

June

2012

June

2011

June

2012

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,628 21,193 19,828 19,380 1,800 1,813

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,438 10,958 10,366 9,853 1,072 1,104

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.9 51.7 52.3 50.8 59.5 60.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,430 10,151 9,468 9,144 962 1,007

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.2 47.9 47.8 47.2 53.5 55.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007 806 898 709 109 97

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 7.4 8.7 7.2 10.2 8.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,190 10,235 9,462 9,527 728 709

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,387 2,597 1,980 2,168 407 429

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,955 2,061 1,683 1,767 272 294

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.9 79.4 85.0 81.5 66.7 68.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695 1,865 1,456 1,602 239 264

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.0 71.8 73.5 73.9 58.6 61.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 196 227 166 33 30

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.3 9.5 13.5 9.4 12.1 10.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 536 296 401 136 136

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,934 3,053 2,469 2,590 466 464

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,437 2,541 2,115 2,181 322 359

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.0 83.2 85.7 84.2 69.2 77.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,263 2,377 1,964 2,055 299 322

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.1 77.9 79.5 79.4 64.3 69.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 163 151 126 23 37

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 6.4 7.2 5.8 7.1 10.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 513 354 408 144 105

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,461 9,897 10,122 9,583 339 314

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,648 3,234 3,539 3,136 109 98

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 32.7 35.0 32.7 32.0 31.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,364 3,005 3,264 2,909 100 96

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.2 30.4 32.2 30.4 29.4 30.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 229 275 227 9 2

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 7.1 7.8 7.2 8.0 2.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,814 6,663 6,583 6,447 231 216

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,845 5,646 5,258 5,040 588 606

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,398 3,122 3,029 2,769 369 353

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.1 55.3 57.6 54.9 62.9 58.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,108 2,903 2,784 2,578 324 325

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 51.4 53.0 51.2 55.2 53.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 219 244 191 45 28

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 7.0 8.1 6.9 12.3 7.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,447 2,523 2,229 2,271 218 253

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,273 213,167 91,992 93,488 117,281 119,679

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,742 142,908 71,192 72,282 69,550 70,625

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.3 67.0 77.4 77.3 59.3 59.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,145 131,356 64,605 66,415 63,540 64,942

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 61.6 70.2 71.0 54.2 54.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,597 11,551 6,587 5,868 6,010 5,684

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 8.1 9.3 8.1 8.6 8.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,531 70,259 20,800 21,206 47,731 49,053

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

June

2011

June

2012

June

2011

June

2012

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population....................................................... 27,665 28,097 211,825 215,058

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 5,903 5,755 148,635 150,630

Participation rate...................................................................... 21.3 20.5 70.2 70.0

Employed.............................................................................. 4,903 4,987 135,226 138,214

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 17.7 17.7 63.8 64.3

Unemployed........................................................................... 1,000 768 13,409 12,416

Unemployment rate................................................................ 16.9 13.3 9.0 8.2

Not in labor force........................................................................ 21,762 22,342 63,189 64,428

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,758 2,546 75,997 76,457

Participation rate...................................................................... 36.2 34.2 83.3 83.6

Employed.............................................................................. 2,252 2,215 68,873 70,073

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 29.6 29.8 75.5 76.6

Unemployed........................................................................... 507 332 7,124 6,385

Unemployment rate................................................................ 18.4 13.0 9.4 8.4

Not in labor force........................................................................ 4,852 4,893 15,231 15,016

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,262 2,281 66,556 67,429

Participation rate...................................................................... 29.4 29.7 71.3 71.1

Employed.............................................................................. 1,838 1,929 60,647 61,863

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 23.9 25.1 64.9 65.2

Unemployed........................................................................... 425 352 5,909 5,566

Unemployment rate................................................................ 18.8 15.4 8.9 8.3

Not in labor force........................................................................ 5,436 5,391 26,822 27,390

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 882 927 6,083 6,744

Participation rate...................................................................... 7.1 7.1 22.3 23.4

Employed.............................................................................. 814 843 5,707 6,279

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 6.6 6.5 21.0 21.8

Unemployed........................................................................... 69 84 376 465

Unemployment rate................................................................ 7.8 9.1 6.2 6.9

Not in labor force........................................................................ 11,474 12,058 21,136 22,022

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

June

2011

June

2012

June

2011

June

2012

June

2011

June

2012

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 36,323 37,315 18,132 18,294 18,191 19,021

Civilian labor force................................................... 24,294 25,009 14,495 14,588 9,799 10,420

Participation rate................................................... 66.9 67.0 79.9 79.7 53.9 54.8

Employed........................................................... 22,260 22,985 13,345 13,502 8,916 9,483

Employment-population ratio.................................. 61.3 61.6 73.6 73.8 49.0 49.9

Unemployed........................................................ 2,034 2,024 1,150 1,086 884 938

Unemployment rate............................................. 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.4 9.0 9.0

Not in labor force..................................................... 12,029 12,306 3,637 3,705 8,392 8,601

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 203,166 205,840 98,119 98,984 105,048 106,857

Civilian labor force................................................... 130,244 131,377 68,262 68,781 61,982 62,596

Participation rate................................................... 64.1 63.8 69.6 69.5 59.0 58.6

Employed........................................................... 117,869 120,217 61,503 62,836 56,366 57,380

Employment-population ratio.................................. 58.0 58.4 62.7 63.5 53.7 53.7

Unemployed........................................................ 12,375 11,160 6,759 5,944 5,616 5,216

Unemployment rate............................................. 9.5 8.5 9.9 8.6 9.1 8.3

Not in labor force..................................................... 72,922 74,464 29,856 30,203 43,066 44,261

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

June

2011

May

2012

June

2012

June

2011

Feb.

2012

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................... 2,419 2,371 2,377 2,224 2,185 2,218 2,150 2,274 2,206

Wage and salary workers1....................... 1,507 1,482 1,514 1,390 1,353 1,394 1,342 1,423 1,399

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 875 843 826 832 814 811 793 815 786

Unpaid family workers............................. 36 46 37 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries............................ 137,711 140,356 140,824 137,125 139,945 139,984 139,749 140,037 140,205

Wage and salary workers1

....................... 128,883 131,493 131,694 128,529 131,365 131,370 131,136 131,322 131,308

Government...................................... 20,139 20,322 19,679 20,320 20,617 20,338 19,896 20,059 19,938

Private industries................................ 108,744 111,172 112,015 108,259 110,778 111,114 111,249 111,421 111,433

Private households............................ 766 834 832 – – – – – –

Other industries............................... 107,977 110,337 111,183 107,548 110,138 110,469 110,527 110,613 110,671

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 8,752 8,784 9,049 8,550 8,477 8,514 8,512 8,598 8,787

Unpaid family workers............................. 76 78 82 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3................... 8,738 7,837 8,394 8,545 8,119 7,672 7,853 8,098 8,210

Slack work or business conditions............... 5,660 4,961 5,378 5,807 5,446 5,081 5,187 5,147 5,446

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,570 2,620 2,599 2,474 2,404 2,341 2,367 2,649 2,514

Part time for noneconomic reasons4.............. 17,355 19,694 17,654 18,461 18,827 18,523 18,832 19,393 18,829

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

................... 8,600 7,736 8,268 8,400 7,988 7,584 7,737 7,982 8,075

Slack work or business conditions............... 5,570 4,901 5,294 5,704 5,356 5,000 5,086 5,078 5,355

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,537 2,588 2,587 2,308 2,365 2,295 2,324 2,616 2,493

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 16,983 19,319 17,285 18,093 18,399 18,100 18,418 18,930 18,438

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

June

2011

May

2012

June

2012

June

2011

Feb.

2012

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,129 142,727 143,202 139,385 142,065 142,034 141,865 142,287 142,415

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,891 4,320 5,178 4,316 4,371 4,335 4,321 4,388 4,528

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,554 1,347 1,694 1,366 1,337 1,395 1,421 1,418 1,471

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,337 2,974 3,484 2,946 3,050 2,955 2,875 2,968 3,069

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,238 138,407 138,024 135,069 137,694 137,699 137,544 137,899 137,887

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,289 13,360 13,729 12,922 13,395 13,371 13,329 13,429 13,361

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,949 125,046 124,295 122,224 124,243 124,407 124,166 124,472 124,506

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,441 94,520 94,005 93,542 94,056 94,267 94,128 94,205 94,069

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,463 30,748 30,656 30,442 30,483 30,568 30,724 30,714 30,650

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,170 30,656 30,431 30,206 30,638 30,672 30,539 30,519 30,450

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,808 33,116 32,917 32,893 32,935 33,027 32,866 32,971 32,969

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,509 30,527 30,290 28,682 30,187 30,140 30,038 30,268 30,437

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,848 75,712 76,338 74,068 75,318 75,369 75,256 75,401 75,486

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,421 2,145 2,603 2,088 2,079 2,083 2,136 2,173 2,227

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 628 779 649 650 656 685 655 654

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,646 1,518 1,823 1,452 1,424 1,424 1,461 1,513 1,598

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,427 73,567 73,735 71,981 73,240 73,286 73,119 73,229 73,259

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,051 6,909 7,130 6,762 6,851 6,927 6,863 6,898 6,849

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,376 66,658 66,606 65,225 66,376 66,327 66,156 66,308 66,420

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,269 50,525 50,538 50,111 50,382 50,393 50,329 50,304 50,357

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,666 16,648 16,664 16,626 16,498 16,538 16,624 16,654 16,633

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,386 16,500 16,431 16,363 16,564 16,470 16,425 16,421 16,401

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,217 17,377 17,442 17,122 17,319 17,385 17,280 17,229 17,323

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,108 16,133 16,068 15,114 15,994 15,934 15,827 16,004 16,064

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,282 67,015 66,863 65,316 66,747 66,665 66,609 66,886 66,929

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,471 2,175 2,575 2,228 2,293 2,252 2,184 2,215 2,301

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779 719 915 717 687 739 736 762 817

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,691 1,456 1,660 1,494 1,625 1,531 1,414 1,454 1,471

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,811 64,840 64,288 63,088 64,454 64,413 64,425 64,671 64,628

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,238 6,451 6,599 6,160 6,544 6,444 6,467 6,531 6,512

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,573 58,389 57,689 56,999 57,867 58,079 58,010 58,165 58,086

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,172 43,995 43,467 43,431 43,674 43,873 43,800 43,901 43,712

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,797 14,101 13,992 13,816 13,985 14,030 14,099 14,060 14,016

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,784 14,156 14,000 13,843 14,074 14,202 14,114 14,098 14,050

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,591 15,738 15,475 15,771 15,615 15,642 15,586 15,742 15,646

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,401 14,394 14,222 13,568 14,193 14,206 14,211 14,264 14,373

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,096 43,903 43,740 43,075 43,556 43,635 43,582 43,798 43,712

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,449 34,673 34,177 33,723 34,341 34,325 34,207 34,620 34,526

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,038 9,516 9,264 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,255 114,634 116,024 111,965 114,408 115,290 114,478 114,212 114,573

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,875 28,092 27,178 27,624 27,576 26,912 27,420 28,038 27,894

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,861 7,174 6,707 6,884 6,999 6,985 6,870 6,959 6,769

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.8

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,155 5,419 5,206 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,627 9,627 9,875 9,382 9,291 9,325 9,305 9,413 9,572

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

June

2011

May

2012

June

2012

June

2011

Feb.

2012

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over............................. 14,024 12,720 12,749 9.1 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.2

16 to 19 years...................................... 1,408 1,431 1,408 24.6 23.8 25.0 24.9 24.6 23.7

16 to 17 years.................................... 529 512 539 27.9 29.9 28.8 26.4 26.5 26.8

18 to 19 years.................................... 871 914 864 22.8 20.8 22.9 24.5 23.5 22.0

20 years and over.................................. 12,617 11,289 11,341 8.5 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.6 7.6

20 to 24 years.................................... 2,191 1,989 2,119 14.5 13.8 13.2 13.2 12.9 13.7

25 years and over............................... 10,497 9,297 9,268 7.9 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9

25 to 54 years................................. 8,360 7,196 7,245 8.2 7.3 7.1 6.9 7.1 7.2

25 to 34 years.............................. 3,233 2,727 2,739 9.6 8.7 8.6 8.1 8.2 8.2

35 to 44 years.............................. 2,537 2,231 2,289 7.7 6.8 6.4 6.5 6.8 7.0

45 to 54 years.............................. 2,590 2,238 2,217 7.3 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.3

55 years and over............................. 2,128 2,096 1,998 6.9 5.9 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.2

Men, 16 years and over.............................. 7,923 6,949 6,964 9.7 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.4

16 to 19 years...................................... 788 796 798 27.4 27.0 26.7 27.2 26.8 26.4

16 to 17 years.................................... 281 267 294 30.2 33.5 30.1 28.9 28.9 31.0

18 to 19 years.................................... 504 523 497 25.8 23.9 25.1 26.3 25.7 23.7

20 years and over.................................. 7,135 6,153 6,166 9.0 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.8 7.8

20 to 24 years.................................... 1,245 1,130 1,244 15.6 15.6 14.1 14.1 14.1 15.4

25 years and over............................... 5,964 5,006 4,963 8.4 6.7 6.8 6.7 7.0 7.0

25 to 54 years................................. 4,690 3,808 3,806 8.6 7.1 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.0

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,838 1,435 1,405 10.0 8.6 8.6 8.1 7.9 7.8

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,439 1,166 1,231 8.1 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.6 7.0

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,412 1,207 1,171 7.6 6.2 6.0 6.1 6.5 6.3

55 years and over............................. 1,274 1,197 1,157 7.8 5.7 6.3 6.3 7.0 6.7

Women, 16 years and over.......................... 6,101 5,771 5,785 8.5 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 8.0

16 to 19 years...................................... 619 635 610 21.7 20.7 23.4 22.5 22.3 21.0

16 to 17 years.................................... 249 246 245 25.8 26.1 27.6 23.8 24.4 23.1

18 to 19 years.................................... 367 390 367 19.7 17.8 20.7 22.7 21.2 20.0

20 years and over.................................. 5,482 5,136 5,175 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4

20 to 24 years.................................... 946 859 875 13.3 11.7 12.2 12.3 11.6 11.8

25 years and over............................... 4,533 4,291 4,304 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9

25 to 54 years................................. 3,670 3,388 3,439 7.8 7.6 7.2 7.0 7.2 7.3

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,394 1,292 1,334 9.2 8.8 8.6 8.2 8.4 8.7

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,098 1,065 1,059 7.3 7.3 6.4 6.7 7.0 7.0

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,178 1,031 1,046 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.2 6.1 6.3

55 years and over1

........................... 897 847 879 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.8

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present....................... 2,813 2,440 2,251 6.1 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 4.9

Married women, spouse present.................... 2,004 1,799 1,957 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.3 4.9 5.4

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,325 1,168 1,237 12.8 11.7 10.8 10.2 10.9 11.8

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2.................................... 12,085 10,858 10,890 9.7 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.7 8.7

Part-time workers3................................... 1,971 1,826 1,877 6.7 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.3

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

June

2011

May

2012

June

2012

June

2011

Feb.

2012

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 7,940 6,607 6,927 8,233 7,209 7,020 6,852 6,989 7,207

On temporary layoff................................ 1,097 909 1,188 1,253 1,135 1,120 1,083 1,106 1,331

Not on temporary layoff............................ 6,843 5,699 5,739 6,980 6,075 5,900 5,768 5,883 5,875

Permanent job losers............................ 5,500 4,458 4,490 5,573 4,755 4,632 4,529 4,553 4,560

Persons who completed temporary jobs...... 1,343 1,240 1,249 1,407 1,320 1,268 1,239 1,330 1,315

Job leavers............................................. 923 849 879 971 1,031 1,117 997 891 936

Reentrants............................................. 3,836 3,513 3,556 3,431 3,361 3,269 3,341 3,439 3,227

New entrants.......................................... 1,710 1,302 1,822 1,227 1,392 1,433 1,384 1,367 1,331

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 55.1 53.8 52.5 59.4 55.5 54.7 54.5 55.1 56.7

On temporary layoff................................ 7.6 7.4 9.0 9.0 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.7 10.5

Not on temporary layoff............................ 47.5 46.4 43.5 50.4 46.7 46.0 45.9 46.4 46.3

Job leavers............................................. 6.4 6.9 6.7 7.0 7.9 8.7 7.9 7.0 7.4

Reentrants............................................. 26.6 28.6 27.0 24.8 25.9 25.5 26.6 27.1 25.4

New entrants.......................................... 11.9 10.6 13.8 8.9 10.7 11.2 11.0 10.8 10.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 5.1 4.3 4.4 5.4 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.6

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

Reentrants............................................. 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1

New entrants.......................................... 1.1 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9

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

June

2011

May

2012

June

2012

June

2011

Feb.

2012

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 3,808 2,572 3,627 3,068 2,541 2,572 2,543 2,580 2,810

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 2,698 2,442 2,546 2,976 2,807 2,754 2,814 3,002 2,826

15 weeks and over.................................... 7,903 7,257 7,010 8,137 7,397 7,175 6,984 7,073 7,182

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 1,845 1,852 1,793 1,874 1,971 1,867 1,884 1,662 1,811

27 weeks and over................................. 6,058 5,405 5,217 6,263 5,426 5,308 5,101 5,411 5,370

Average (mean) duration, in weeks1

.............. 38.0 41.4 38.2 39.8 40.0 39.4 39.1 39.7 39.9

Median duration, in weeks........................... 19.3 22.0 17.4 22.1 20.3 19.9 19.4 20.1 19.8

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 26.4 21.0 27.5 21.6 19.9 20.6 20.6 20.4 21.9

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 18.7 19.9 19.3 21.0 22.0 22.0 22.8 23.7 22.0

15 weeks and over.................................... 54.8 59.1 53.2 57.4 58.0 57.4 56.6 55.9 56.0

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 12.8 15.1 13.6 13.2 15.5 14.9 15.3 13.1 14.1

27 weeks and over................................. 42.0 44.0 39.6 44.2 42.6 42.5 41.3 42.8 41.9

1 Beginning in January 2011, this series reflects a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see

www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.

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

June

2011

June

2012

June

2011

June

2012

June

2011

June

2012

Total, 16 years and over1

............................................. 140,129 143,202 14,409 13,184 9.3 8.4

Management, professional, and related occupations............ 52,120 53,846 2,598 2,472 4.7 4.4

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations...................................................... 21,605 23,068 1,037 921 4.6 3.8

Professional and related occupations........................... 30,515 30,778 1,561 1,551 4.9 4.8

Service occupations.................................................. 25,432 26,476 2,710 2,634 9.6 9.0

Sales and office occupations....................................... 32,874 32,642 3,340 2,887 9.2 8.1

Sales and related occupations................................... 15,322 15,322 1,639 1,397 9.7 8.4

Office and administrative support occupations................. 17,552 17,320 1,701 1,490 8.8 7.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations......................................................... 13,068 12,978 1,872 1,447 12.5 10.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 1,092 1,144 139 132 11.3 10.3

Construction and extraction occupations....................... 7,194 7,020 1,312 1,046 15.4 13.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations............. 4,782 4,815 422 269 8.1 5.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations......................................................... 16,635 17,259 2,136 1,883 11.4 9.8

Production occupations........................................... 8,023 8,419 1,096 871 12.0 9.4

Transportation and material moving occupations.............. 8,612 8,840 1,040 1,012 10.8 10.3

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

June

2011

June

2012

June

2011

June

2012

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 14,409 13,184 9.3 8.4

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers................................... 10,733 9,626 9.0 7.9

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction..................................... 46 52 5.2 4.8

Construction........................................................................... 1,317 1,039 15.6 12.8

Manufacturing......................................................................... 1,405 1,056 9.2 6.9

Durable goods...................................................................... 952 654 9.7 6.8

Nondurable goods................................................................. 453 402 8.3 7.0

Wholesale and retail trade.......................................................... 1,995 1,709 9.7 8.3

Transportation and utilities.......................................................... 504 437 8.2 7.2

Information............................................................................ 245 201 7.9 7.1

Financial activities.................................................................... 607 510 6.8 5.6

Professional and business services................................................ 1,349 1,356 9.1 8.9

Education and health services...................................................... 1,228 1,368 5.8 6.2

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 1,483 1,407 10.9 9.8

Other services........................................................................ 553 492 8.7 7.5

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......................... 144 133 9.0 8.4

Government workers.................................................................... 1,232 1,079 5.8 5.2

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............. 589 524 5.7 5.0

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

June

2011

May

2012

June

2012

June

2011

Feb.

2012

Mar.

2012

Apr.

2012

May

2012

June

2012

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as

a percent of the civilian labor force.............. 5.1 4.7 4.5 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force........................................... 5.1 4.3 4.4 5.4 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.6

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate).................................................. 9.3 7.9 8.4 9.1 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.2

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

discouraged workers............................... 9.9 8.4 8.9 9.7 8.9 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7

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................................... 10.9 9.3 9.9 10.7 9.8 9.6 9.5 9.6 9.7

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.................................................. 16.4 14.3 15.1 16.2 14.9 14.5 14.5 14.8 14.9

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

June

2011

June

2012

June

2011

June

2012

June

2011

June

2012

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force............................................. 84,951 86,770 33,493 33,909 51,458 52,862

Persons who currently want a job.................................. 7,124 7,157 3,333 3,212 3,791 3,945

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,680 2,483 1,391 1,226 1,289 1,256

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 982 821 549 511 432 310

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. . .. 1,698 1,662 841 716 857 946

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4............................................. 6,861 6,707 3,400 3,293 3,461 3,414

Percent of total employed........................................... 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.3 5.3 5.1

Primary job full time, secondary job part time.................... 3,584 3,489 1,976 1,898 1,608 1,590

Primary and secondary jobs both part time....................... 1,781 1,812 625 640 1,156 1,173

Primary and secondary jobs both full time........................ 291 259 160 163 131 96

Hours vary on primary or secondary job.......................... 1,154 1,114 619 579 534 535

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

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

Change

from:

May2012 -

June2012p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,340 132,945 133,725 134,116 131,311 132,931 133,008 133,088 80

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,231 110,540 111,365 112,180 109,199 110,956 111,061 111,145 84

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,304 18,089 18,322 18,607 18,019 18,322 18,301 18,314 13

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794 827 841 852 786 838 843 843 0

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.4 44.4 48.4 49.9 47.9 47.8 50.1 50.1 0.0

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.9 782.9 792.4 802.1 738.2 789.7 792.4 792.9 0.5

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.4 191.7 193.7 198.1 173.4 193.4 193.8 195.4 1.6

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.4 216.7 222.4 222.6 218.7 219.2 218.9 216.2 -2.7

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.8 85.0 85.3 84.1 87.5 85.1 85.1 83.9 -1.2

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.1 374.5 376.3 381.4 346.1 377.1 379.7 381.3 1.6

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,704 5,389 5,550 5,717 5,495 5,542 5,507 5,509 2

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,249.6 1,187.3 1,218.4 1,249.1 1,214.4 1,223.5 1,220.4 1,213.5 -6.9

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583.0 545.5 561.8 577.6 561.2 564.7 561.9 556.0 -5.9

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666.6 641.8 656.6 671.5 653.2 658.8 658.5 657.5 -1.0

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . 879.0 816.1 851.0 876.8 827.7 840.2 827.9 825.9 -2.0

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,574.9 3,385.1 3,481.0 3,591.0 3,453.2 3,477.9 3,459.1 3,469.1 10.0

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . 1,508.4 1,425.0 1,469.9 1,521.4 1,448.5 1,465.2 1,455.0 1,462.6 7.6

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . . 2,066.5 1,960.1 2,011.1 2,069.6 2,004.7 2,012.7 2,004.1 2,006.5 2.4

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,806 11,873 11,931 12,038 11,738 11,942 11,951 11,962 11

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,323 7,440 7,474 7,538 7,281 7,466 7,477 7,491 14

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340.5 329.0 331.9 335.8 333.3 331.5 329.9 328.8 -1.1

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.4 363.7 368.1 372.2 367.4 367.8 364.1 361.6 -2.5

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391.5 405.8 408.7 410.9 390.7 406.0 409.0 409.8 0.8

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,355.3 1,389.7 1,399.1 1,413.0 1,350.0 1,396.1 1,401.5 1,406.3 4.8

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,061.2 1,098.9 1,103.3 1,114.0 1,056.8 1,102.3 1,105.6 1,109.0 3.4

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,110.9 1,105.9 1,109.1 1,116.7 1,107.4 1,109.9 1,112.0 1,112.0 0.0

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . . 158.7 164.0 163.9 165.9 159.2 164.4 164.7 165.7 1.0

Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.8 109.0 109.1 109.7 115.9 109.6 109.4 108.8 -0.6

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.9 386.4 387.6 389.9 382.8 387.1 389.0 388.4 -0.6

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.9 401.8 403.1 406.2 404.4 403.4 403.6 404.4 0.8

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . 368.1 371.5 373.2 375.6 367.2 373.5 374.0 374.3 0.3

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,383.2 1,448.1 1,450.3 1,463.1 1,377.9 1,447.7 1,451.3 1,458.4 7.1

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717.4 765.8 769.0 779.3 712.5 763.5 767.9 774.6 6.7

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357.1 350.8 352.0 352.1 354.0 352.2 349.7 348.3 -1.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576.4 576.3 578.0 584.4 576.1 579.3 580.3 582.9 2.6

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,483 4,433 4,457 4,500 4,457 4,476 4,474 4,471 -3

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,459.3 1,428.0 1,441.1 1,464.6 1,455.9 1,457.7 1,458.6 1,459.0 0.4

Beverages and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . 193.5 192.6 197.2 201.6 189.1 196.8 197.8 196.9 -0.9

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 119.9 119.9 120.0 121.2 119.8 119.2 119.1 -0.1

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.7 114.1 114.6 115.6 118.3 114.3 114.1 114.0 -0.1

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.0 150.6 150.7 148.6 151.9 150.0 149.6 147.3 -2.3

Leather and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 30.2 29.7 29.6 29.2 30.2 29.8 29.6 -0.2

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.5 390.7 391.5 394.8 390.9 393.1 392.8 393.0 0.2

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . 471.7 455.7 457.6 458.8 469.4 457.5 457.4 456.2 -1.2

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.0 113.7 114.9 115.2 111.8 114.2 113.6 112.6 -1.0

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790.7 795.4 795.3 801.9 787.0 797.6 797.0 797.9 0.9

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636.2 642.4 644.5 649.0 632.3 644.7 643.8 644.9 1.1

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,927 92,451 93,043 93,573 91,180 92,634 92,760 92,831 71

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,098 25,060 25,271 25,383 25,027 25,262 25,311 25,314 3

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,567.7 5,592.9 5,633.0 5,668.6 5,531.0 5,608.7 5,623.2 5,632.0 8.8

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,772.8 2,772.3 2,790.7 2,811.8 2,757.4 2,783.4 2,790.9 2,796.6 5.7

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,953.8 1,966.9 1,985.0 1,993.0 1,936.8 1,969.4 1,975.6 1,976.1 0.5

Electronic markets and agents and brokers.. . 841.1 853.7 857.3 863.8 836.8 855.9 856.7 859.3 2.6

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,656.2 14,592.7 14,701.7 14,755.6 14,641.9 14,750.5 14,752.6 14,747.2 -5.4

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,702.6 1,717.3 1,723.5 1,732.8 1,685.3 1,716.7 1,716.5 1,716.8 0.3

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,060.6 1,079.4 1,083.6 1,088.7 1,055.5 1,080.3 1,082.8 1,083.7 0.9

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . 434.3 441.1 443.8 443.2 441.3 448.8 451.0 450.7 -0.3

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

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

Change

from:

May2012 -

June2012p

Retail trade - Continued

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 525.3 503.1 496.3 495.1 531.5 509.1 504.7 501.7 -3.0

Building material and garden supply stores.. . 1,199.6 1,205.0 1,224.9 1,212.1 1,142.1 1,159.4 1,153.2 1,153.0 -0.2

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,850.5 2,837.7 2,873.3 2,898.2 2,828.6 2,863.8 2,872.6 2,875.2 2.6

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 977.0 989.1 991.4 998.0 975.7 997.3 993.0 996.6 3.6

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840.6 824.8 833.1 839.4 831.9 830.5 830.0 830.3 0.3

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . 1,329.4 1,321.0 1,327.1 1,345.9 1,351.5 1,363.5 1,368.8 1,369.8 1.0

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558.5 551.6 559.7 565.8 577.1 572.1 576.2 579.6 3.4

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,046.3 3,021.4 3,023.9 3,019.4 3,075.7 3,081.0 3,072.3 3,060.8 -11.5

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,511.0 1,497.9 1,492.8 1,480.5 1,541.6 1,541.0 1,533.9 1,521.0 -12.9

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773.1 758.4 780.9 779.5 768.6 771.5 777.3 773.5 -3.8

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.0 422.2 423.8 426.2 432.6 436.8 437.0 439.2 2.2

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,316.1 4,313.2 4,373.8 4,392.2 4,298.5 4,341.0 4,373.3 4,371.1 -2.2

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.3 456.9 458.2 461.6 457.5 458.8 457.9 458.5 0.6

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.8 234.5 234.9 234.6 230.3 234.4 235.0 234.0 -1.0

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 65.2 66.1 68.3 61.6 66.3 66.0 66.6 0.6

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,319.5 1,316.1 1,337.0 1,360.7 1,302.4 1,334.2 1,340.7 1,342.7 2.0

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.8 429.4 451.2 423.4 439.5 416.2 433.6 426.2 -7.4

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.1 43.6 43.7 44.3 43.1 43.9 43.9 44.2 0.3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . . 36.4 29.2 32.7 39.0 29.6 32.4 30.6 31.7 1.1

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . . 565.4 581.7 583.5 586.3 563.5 581.6 584.3 583.9 -0.4

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.8 510.7 516.1 520.9 525.8 520.9 525.8 526.8 1.0

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.8 645.9 650.4 653.1 645.2 652.3 655.5 656.5 1.0

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558.4 561.1 562.0 566.8 555.6 561.8 561.6 563.5 1.9

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,684 2,626 2,644 2,645 2,669 2,632 2,636 2,628 -8

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . 750.4 737.9 735.6 739.5 749.2 740.0 739.1 738.2 -0.9

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.2 364.7 390.4 384.2 359.7 367.3 377.0 372.8 -4.2

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.8 281.8 281.3 281.5 281.8 282.0 282.7 281.2 -1.5

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875.9 833.5 826.6 827.5 876.3 834.6 829.2 827.1 -2.1

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.1 242.6 243.2 242.8 242.5 241.0 241.3 241.3 0.0

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.7 165.8 167.0 169.5 159.3 166.7 167.1 167.3 0.2

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,725 7,694 7,723 7,785 7,680 7,723 7,732 7,737 5

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,767.3 5,756.2 5,758.8 5,789.6 5,754.6 5,768.7 5,769.7 5,774.8 5.1

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . . 18.8 18.9 17.8 18.0 18.8 18.8 17.9 18.1 0.2

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,563.1 2,576.9 2,574.6 2,590.0 2,559.8 2,581.6 2,580.6 2,585.3 4.7

Depository credit intermediation1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,743.5 1,747.4 1,745.9 1,750.6 1,740.2 1,749.9 1,748.1 1,746.9 -1.2

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317.8 1,320.1 1,317.8 1,319.2 1,315.4 1,321.6 1,319.8 1,316.9 -2.9

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811.4 797.9 797.7 807.0 810.0 801.2 801.8 805.5 3.7

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . 2,288.8 2,278.2 2,284.2 2,289.7 2,281.0 2,282.2 2,284.7 2,281.2 -3.5

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. . . 85.2 84.3 84.5 84.9 85.0 84.9 84.7 84.7 0.0

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,958.0 1,937.4 1,964.3 1,995.8 1,925.7 1,954.2 1,962.0 1,961.8 -0.2

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,419.9 1,409.7 1,420.9 1,440.6 1,403.8 1,418.1 1,420.4 1,423.0 2.6

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.1 504.3 520.0 531.8 497.9 512.6 518.1 515.3 -2.8

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . . 24.0 23.4 23.4 23.4 24.0 23.5 23.5 23.5 0.0

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,437 17,794 17,840 18,031 17,303 17,824 17,848 17,895 47

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,674.5 7,988.2 7,850.2 7,916.0 7,698.1 7,914.9 7,922.2 7,940.4 18.2

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123.7 1,113.9 1,115.9 1,132.3 1,111.2 1,119.0 1,119.5 1,119.7 0.2

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . . 869.9 1,074.4 903.8 888.2 931.0 967.2 959.0 954.8 -4.2

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . 1,306.8 1,312.5 1,321.8 1,340.2 1,292.8 1,323.3 1,323.7 1,325.2 1.5

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,528.6 1,578.6 1,584.1 1,594.1 1,530.1 1,581.0 1,588.2 1,594.8 6.6

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070.4 1,119.3 1,124.2 1,140.0 1,070.2 1,125.7 1,129.4 1,138.3 8.9

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . 1,924.9 1,932.5 1,939.8 1,960.0 1,914.5 1,942.3 1,944.3 1,948.9 4.6

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,837.4 7,873.7 8,049.6 8,155.1 7,690.7 7,967.1 7,981.5 8,005.9 24.4

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

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

Change

from:

May2012 -

June2012p

Administrative and waste services - Continued

Administrative and support services1

. . . . . . . . 7,468.3 7,505.4 7,678.9 7,776.5 7,326.9 7,595.1 7,610.3 7,632.9 22.6

Employment services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,946.1 3,074.1 3,169.1 3,214.2 2,922.9 3,150.2 3,166.0 3,188.5 22.5

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,302.5 2,424.3 2,509.3 2,549.2 2,288.2 2,489.8 2,508.4 2,533.6 25.2

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802.5 809.2 809.2 809.7 812.2 813.7 817.8 819.2 1.4

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . 1,889.7 1,796.5 1,863.3 1,897.4 1,772.5 1,797.7 1,788.5 1,782.2 -6.3

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369.1 368.3 370.7 378.6 363.8 372.0 371.2 373.0 1.8

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,655 20,415 20,359 20,089 19,848 20,247 20,291 20,293 2

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,020.6 3,481.3 3,371.1 3,101.8 3,225.8 3,315.2 3,323.1 3,313.5 -9.6

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,634.0 16,934.0 16,987.8 16,987.3 16,622.4 16,931.4 16,967.9 16,979.3 11.4

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,051.1 14,285.9 14,326.0 14,376.3 14,029.8 14,308.0 14,341.3 14,354.3 13.0

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 6,137.9 6,300.0 6,331.1 6,342.2 6,134.7 6,308.1 6,333.7 6,338.5 4.8

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,348.9 2,407.0 2,423.2 2,425.5 2,348.4 2,415.3 2,428.5 2,425.1 -3.4

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621.3 653.2 656.5 661.1 621.2 652.1 656.3 660.3 4.0

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,136.3 1,181.6 1,189.2 1,191.1 1,136.7 1,181.0 1,186.9 1,190.5 3.6

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,730.6 4,799.4 4,803.0 4,825.3 4,720.4 4,809.4 4,812.1 4,815.8 3.7

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,182.6 3,186.5 3,191.9 3,208.8 3,174.7 3,190.5 3,195.5 3,200.0 4.5

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,678.3 1,658.4 1,659.3 1,666.4 1,674.3 1,661.3 1,661.0 1,662.3 1.3

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,582.9 2,648.1 2,661.8 2,611.0 2,592.6 2,623.4 2,626.6 2,625.0 -1.6

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823.8 860.0 866.2 811.6 840.8 836.7 839.5 831.7 -7.8

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,921 13,509 13,824 14,198 13,315 13,587 13,580 13,593 13

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,163.7 1,878.9 1,983.7 2,158.9 1,910.9 1,925.8 1,912.7 1,911.3 -1.4

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . . 413.5 413.7 425.0 419.3 391.8 406.2 403.2 399.1 -4.1

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.1 131.4 137.1 148.0 131.6 134.3 132.5 134.4 1.9

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . . 1,605.1 1,333.8 1,421.6 1,591.6 1,387.5 1,385.3 1,377.0 1,377.8 0.8

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,756.8 11,630.0 11,840.3 12,038.6 11,404.1 11,661.2 11,667.1 11,681.3 14.2

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,899.7 1,761.7 1,814.6 1,910.8 1,807.6 1,814.4 1,816.1 1,815.2 -0.9

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . 9,857.1 9,868.3 10,025.7 10,127.8 9,596.5 9,846.8 9,851.0 9,866.1 15.1

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,407 5,353 5,382 5,442 5,338 5,359 5,362 5,371 9

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,173.1 1,160.7 1,166.3 1,169.8 1,158.9 1,157.2 1,157.1 1,156.1 -1.0

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,301.5 1,295.7 1,302.7 1,312.3 1,285.4 1,292.3 1,289.2 1,295.4 6.2

Membership associations and organizations. . . . 2,932.3 2,896.6 2,912.9 2,960.0 2,894.0 2,909.8 2,915.7 2,919.2 3.5

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,109 22,405 22,360 21,936 22,112 21,975 21,947 21,943 -4

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,874.0 2,823.0 2,818.0 2,820.0 2,858.0 2,821.0 2,813.0 2,806.0 -7.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,244.5 2,201.3 2,205.4 2,209.0 2,224.9 2,202.9 2,197.4 2,191.2 -6.2

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629.0 622.1 612.2 610.8 633.0 618.2 615.2 614.3 -0.9

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,854.0 5,225.0 5,095.0 4,833.0 5,081.0 5,076.0 5,061.0 5,060.0 -1.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,129.5 2,570.4 2,437.3 2,159.4 2,377.1 2,418.9 2,408.2 2,408.2 0.0

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 2,724.0 2,654.9 2,657.7 2,673.1 2,704.2 2,657.0 2,652.8 2,652.0 -0.8

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,381.0 14,357.0 14,447.0 14,283.0 14,173.0 14,078.0 14,073.0 14,077.0 4.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,942.9 8,187.9 8,204.0 7,836.0 7,903.1 7,825.1 7,815.2 7,801.0 -14.2

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 6,437.6 6,168.9 6,242.5 6,447.4 6,270.2 6,252.9 6,257.8 6,275.9 18.1

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 June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 34.4 34.5 34.4 34.5

Goods-producing..................................................................... 39.9 40.3 40.1 40.2

Mining and logging................................................................ 44.6 44.0 43.7 44.0

Construction........................................................................ 38.1 38.8 38.5 38.5

Manufacturing...................................................................... 40.4 40.8 40.6 40.7

Durable goods................................................................... 40.7 41.2 41.0 41.1

Nondurable goods............................................................... 39.8 40.2 40.0 40.1

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 34.6 34.6 34.5 34.6

Wholesale trade................................................................. 38.7 38.7 38.7 38.8

Retail trade....................................................................... 31.6 31.7 31.6 31.7

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 38.7 38.2 38.2 38.2

Utilities............................................................................ 41.8 41.8 41.6 41.6

Information.......................................................................... 36.6 36.6 36.5 36.5

Financial activities................................................................. 37.2 37.2 37.2 37.1

Professional and business services............................................. 35.7 35.9 35.8 36.0

Education and health services................................................... 32.9 32.9 32.9 32.9

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 25.9 26.1 26.1 26.1

Other services...................................................................... 31.9 31.7 31.6 31.6

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3

Durable goods........................................................................ 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2

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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

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

Total private................................................. $23.05 $23.40 $23.44 $23.50 $ 792.92 $ 807.30 $ 806.34 $ 810.75

Goods-producing........................................ 24.39 24.68 24.65 24.71 973.16 994.60 988.47 993.34

Mining and logging................................... 27.80 28.75 28.73 28.76 1,239.88 1,265.00 1,255.50 1,265.44

Construction........................................... 25.39 25.67 25.72 25.75 967.36 996.00 990.22 991.38

Manufacturing......................................... 23.69 23.93 23.87 23.95 957.08 976.34 969.12 974.77

Durable goods...................................... 25.22 25.32 25.22 25.30 1,026.45 1,043.18 1,034.02 1,039.83

Nondurable goods................................. 21.13 21.56 21.55 21.62 840.97 866.71 862.00 866.96

Private service-providing............................... 22.73 23.10 23.15 23.21 756.91 769.23 770.90 772.89

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 20.04 20.35 20.40 20.48 693.38 704.11 703.80 708.61

Wholesale trade.................................... 26.39 26.67 26.75 26.86 1,021.29 1,032.13 1,035.23 1,042.17

Retail trade.......................................... 15.84 16.16 16.18 16.27 500.54 512.27 511.29 515.76

Transportation and warehousing................. 21.63 21.99 22.02 22.01 837.08 840.02 841.16 840.78

Utilities............................................... 33.83 33.85 33.84 33.94 1,414.09 1,414.93 1,407.74 1,411.90

Information............................................. 31.52 31.72 31.72 31.74 1,153.63 1,160.95 1,157.78 1,158.51

Financial activities.................................... 27.80 28.85 29.03 29.11 1,034.16 1,073.22 1,079.92 1,079.98

Professional and business services................ 27.75 28.00 28.07 28.08 990.68 1,005.20 1,004.91 1,010.88

Education and health services...................... 23.64 24.11 24.15 24.22 777.76 793.22 794.54 796.84

Leisure and hospitality............................... 13.23 13.35 13.32 13.37 342.66 348.44 347.65 348.96

Other services......................................... 20.47 20.54 20.60 20.64 652.99 651.12 650.96 652.22

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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

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

Percent

change

from:

May

2012 -

June

2012p

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

Percent

change

from:

May

2012 -

June

2012p

Total private....................................... 94.1 95.9 95.7 96.1 0.4 103.5 107.0 107.0 107.7 0.7

Goods-producing............................... 81.9 84.1 83.6 83.9 0.4 90.3 93.8 93.2 93.7 0.5

Mining and logging.......................... 110.2 115.9 115.8 116.6 0.7 123.0 133.7 133.5 134.6 0.8

Construction.................................. 72.2 74.1 73.1 73.1 0.0 79.6 82.7 81.7 81.8 0.1

Manufacturing................................ 85.3 87.7 87.3 87.6 0.3 94.0 97.5 96.9 97.6 0.7

Durable goods............................ 83.4 86.6 86.3 86.7 0.5 93.5 97.4 96.7 97.4 0.7

Nondurable goods........................ 88.5 89.8 89.3 89.5 0.2 94.9 98.3 97.7 98.2 0.5

Private service-providing...................... 97.5 99.1 99.2 99.3 0.1 107.4 110.9 111.3 111.6 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 94.2 95.1 95.0 95.3 0.3 101.6 104.1 104.3 105.0 0.7

Wholesale trade........................... 93.4 94.7 94.9 95.3 0.4 102.9 105.4 106.0 106.9 0.8

Retail trade................................ 94.0 95.0 94.7 95.0 0.3 98.4 101.5 101.3 102.1 0.8

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 95.2 94.9 95.6 95.6 0.0 104.5 105.9 106.8 106.7 -0.1

Utilities..................................... 100.5 101.6 101.1 101.4 0.3 112.3 113.6 113.0 113.7 0.6

Information................................... 89.2 88.0 87.9 87.6 -0.3 100.1 99.4 99.2 99.0 -0.2

Financial activities........................... 94.1 94.7 94.8 94.6 -0.2 102.2 106.6 107.4 107.5 0.1

Professional and business services....... 97.2 100.6 100.5 101.3 0.8 109.2 114.2 114.3 115.3 0.9

Education and health services............. 106.3 108.4 108.7 108.7 0.0 117.7 122.5 123.0 123.3 0.2

Leisure and hospitality...................... 98.4 101.2 101.1 101.2 0.1 105.0 109.0 108.7 109.2 0.5

Other services............................... 94.3 94.1 93.9 94.0 0.1 109.6 109.7 109.8 110.2 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

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

Total nonfarm............................................... 64,965 65,589 65,634 65,666 49.5 49.3 49.3 49.3

Total private.............................................. 52,340 53,033 53,104 53,153 47.9 47.8 47.8 47.8

Goods-producing...................................... 4,060 4,086 4,086 4,098 22.5 22.3 22.3 22.4

Mining and logging................................. 105 113 112 114 13.4 13.5 13.3 13.5

Construction........................................ 705 708 706 709 12.8 12.8 12.8 12.9

Manufacturing....................................... 3,250 3,265 3,268 3,275 27.7 27.3 27.3 27.4

Durable goods................................... 1,721 1,733 1,734 1,737 23.6 23.2 23.2 23.2

Nondurable goods............................... 1,529 1,532 1,534 1,538 34.3 34.2 34.3 34.4

Private service-providing............................. 48,280 48,947 49,018 49,055 53.0 52.8 52.8 52.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities............... 10,035 10,041 10,053 10,044 40.1 39.7 39.7 39.7

Wholesale trade................................. 1,661.3 1,687.9 1,690.9 1,696.9 30.0 30.1 30.1 30.1

Retail trade....................................... 7,226.2 7,205.7 7,206.9 7,195.0 49.4 48.9 48.9 48.8

Transportation and warehousing.............. 1,011.9 1,007.2 1,014.7 1,010.9 23.5 23.2 23.2 23.1

Utilities............................................ 135.8 140.0 140.1 141.0 24.4 24.9 24.9 25.0

Information.......................................... 1,083 1,066 1,065 1,068 40.6 40.5 40.4 40.6

Financial activities.................................. 4,489 4,478 4,479 4,482 58.5 58.0 57.9 57.9

Professional and business services............. 7,685 7,902 7,913 7,941 44.4 44.3 44.3 44.4

Education and health services................... 15,243 15,533 15,569 15,571 76.8 76.7 76.7 76.7

Leisure and hospitality............................. 6,933 7,101 7,107 7,117 52.1 52.3 52.3 52.4

Other services...................................... 2,812 2,826 2,832 2,832 52.7 52.7 52.8 52.7

Government.............................................. 12,625 12,556 12,530 12,513 57.1 57.1 57.1 57.0

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NOTE: Data in this table have been corrected. For more information see http://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

Total private................................................................................ 90,023 91,675 91,737 91,770

Goods-producing........................................................................ 12,975 13,231 13,194 13,180

Mining and logging................................................................... 591 636 637 636

Construction........................................................................... 4,154 4,181 4,138 4,124

Manufacturing......................................................................... 8,230 8,414 8,419 8,420

Durable goods...................................................................... 4,984 5,151 5,158 5,161

Nondurable goods................................................................. 3,246 3,263 3,261 3,259

Private service-providing............................................................... 77,048 78,444 78,543 78,590

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................................................. 21,206 21,449 21,492 21,479

Wholesale trade.................................................................... 4,432.3 4,511.7 4,525.0 4,523.2

Retail trade......................................................................... 12,631.3 12,735.7 12,738.6 12,730.5

Transportation and warehousing................................................. 3,697.8 3,753.4 3,782.6 3,777.5

Utilities............................................................................... 444.1 448.0 445.9 448.0

Information............................................................................ 2,144 2,122 2,125 2,125

Financial activities.................................................................... 5,882 5,931 5,942 5,953

Professional and business services................................................ 14,227 14,703 14,727 14,769

Education and health services...................................................... 17,380 17,757 17,793 17,794

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 11,742 11,998 11,981 11,979

Other services........................................................................ 4,467 4,484 4,483 4,491

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 June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.8

Goods-producing..................................................................... 40.8 41.2 41.0 41.1

Mining and logging................................................................ 47.2 47.3 46.5 46.7

Construction........................................................................ 38.9 39.3 39.0 39.0

Manufacturing...................................................................... 41.4 41.7 41.6 41.7

Durable goods................................................................... 41.8 42.2 42.0 42.1

Nondurable goods............................................................... 40.7 41.0 40.9 41.0

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.8

Wholesale trade................................................................. 38.6 38.6 38.6 38.7

Retail trade....................................................................... 30.5 30.6 30.7 30.6

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 37.9 37.8 37.9 38.0

Utilities............................................................................ 42.0 41.0 41.2 40.8

Information.......................................................................... 36.3 35.9 35.8 35.9

Financial activities................................................................. 36.4 36.6 36.6 36.8

Professional and business services............................................. 35.3 35.2 35.2 35.3

Education and health services................................................... 32.3 32.3 32.3 32.4

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 24.8 24.9 25.0 25.1

Other services...................................................................... 30.9 30.6 30.5 30.5

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.3

Durable goods........................................................................ 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.5

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9

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-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

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

Total private................................................. $19.45 $19.71 $19.69 $19.74 $ 655.47 $ 664.23 $ 663.55 $ 667.21

Goods-producing........................................ 20.63 20.94 20.90 20.94 841.70 862.73 856.90 860.63

Mining and logging................................... 24.43 25.90 25.76 25.85 1,153.10 1,225.07 1,197.84 1,207.20

Construction........................................... 23.58 23.89 23.94 23.94 917.26 938.88 933.66 933.66

Manufacturing......................................... 18.92 19.13 19.08 19.14 783.29 797.72 793.73 798.14

Durable goods...................................... 20.10 20.22 20.17 20.24 840.18 853.28 847.14 852.10

Nondurable goods................................. 17.06 17.37 17.32 17.36 694.34 712.17 708.39 711.76

Private service-providing............................... 19.20 19.45 19.44 19.49 622.08 630.18 631.80 633.43

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 17.13 17.39 17.39 17.47 577.28 587.78 587.78 590.49

Wholesale trade.................................... 22.00 22.16 22.15 22.24 849.20 855.38 854.99 860.69

Retail trade.......................................... 13.46 13.77 13.81 13.87 410.53 421.36 423.97 424.42

Transportation and warehousing................. 19.47 19.66 19.56 19.63 737.91 743.15 741.32 745.94

Utilities............................................... 30.87 31.53 31.48 31.60 1,296.54 1,292.73 1,296.98 1,289.28

Information............................................. 26.42 26.92 26.76 26.74 959.05 966.43 958.01 959.97

Financial activities.................................... 21.76 22.55 22.61 22.69 792.06 825.33 827.53 834.99

Professional and business services................ 23.17 23.24 23.22 23.25 817.90 818.05 817.34 820.73

Education and health services...................... 20.76 21.04 21.01 21.06 670.55 679.59 678.62 682.34

Leisure and hospitality............................... 11.47 11.62 11.60 11.61 284.46 289.34 290.00 291.41

Other services......................................... 17.34 17.38 17.40 17.42 535.81 531.83 530.70 531.31

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-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

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

Percent

change

from:

May

2012 -

June

2012p

June

2011

Apr.

2012

May

2012p

June

2012p

Percent

change

from:

May

2012 -

June

2012p

Total private....................................... 101.4 103.2 103.3 103.6 0.3 131.7 135.9 135.9 136.7 0.6

Goods-producing............................... 80.9 83.3 82.7 82.8 0.1 102.2 106.8 105.8 106.2 0.4

Mining and logging.......................... 148.2 159.9 157.4 157.8 0.3 210.6 240.8 235.8 237.3 0.6

Construction.................................. 80.9 82.3 80.8 80.5 -0.4 103.0 106.1 104.5 104.1 -0.4

Manufacturing................................ 78.2 80.5 80.4 80.6 0.2 96.8 100.8 100.3 100.9 0.6

Durable goods............................ 78.3 81.7 81.4 81.7 0.4 98.3 103.1 102.5 103.2 0.7

Nondurable goods........................ 77.8 78.8 78.6 78.7 0.1 93.8 96.8 96.2 96.6 0.4

Private service-providing...................... 106.7 108.7 109.1 109.2 0.1 140.5 144.9 145.5 145.9 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 99.6 101.1 101.3 101.2 -0.1 121.7 125.4 125.6 126.1 0.4

Wholesale trade........................... 100.8 102.6 102.9 103.1 0.2 130.6 133.9 134.2 135.1 0.7

Retail trade................................ 97.5 98.6 99.0 98.6 -0.4 112.5 116.4 117.2 117.2 0.0

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 105.5 106.8 107.9 108.1 0.2 130.3 133.2 133.9 134.6 0.5

Utilities..................................... 95.4 93.9 94.0 93.5 -0.5 122.9 123.6 123.4 123.3 -0.1

Information................................... 88.8 86.9 86.8 87.1 0.3 116.2 115.9 115.0 115.3 0.3

Financial activities........................... 102.5 103.9 104.1 104.8 0.7 137.8 144.8 145.5 147.1 1.1

Professional and business services....... 112.6 116.0 116.2 116.8 0.5 155.2 160.4 160.5 161.7 0.7

Education and health services............. 121.1 123.7 124.0 124.4 0.3 165.3 171.1 171.2 172.2 0.6

Leisure and hospitality...................... 106.7 109.4 109.7 110.1 0.4 138.9 144.4 144.5 145.2 0.5

Other services............................... 96.8 96.2 95.9 96.1 0.2 122.3 121.9 121.6 121.9 0.2

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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