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Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

March 2003 – February 2006

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

March 2003 – February 2006

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: FEBRUARY 2006

Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 243,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was little

changed at 4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.

Job gains occurred in construction, financial activities, health care, and several other industries.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.2 million, and the unemployment rate, 4.8 percent, were little

changed in February. A year earlier, the number of unemployed was 8.0 million, and the jobless rate was

5.4 percent.

Following a decline in January, the unemployment rate for adult men edged up to 4.2 percent in February.

The jobless rates for the other major worker groups—adult women (4.3 percent), teenagers (15.4 percent),

whites (4.1 percent), blacks (9.3 percent), and Hispanics (5.5 percent)—showed little or no change over the

month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2,

and A-3.)

After declining in January, the number of unemployed persons who had been without a job for 27 weeks

or longer returned to its December level of 1.4 million. These long-term unemployed accounted for 19.0 percent of total unemployment in February, down slightly from a year earlier. (See table A-9.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Jan.-

Category 2005 Feb.

III IV Dec. Jan. Feb. change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................. 149,827 150,126 150,153 150,114 150,449 335

Employment....................................... 142,324 142,671 142,779 143,074 143,257 183

Unemployment.................................... 7,503 7,455 7,375 7,040 7,193 153 

Not in labor force.................................... 76,595 77,070 77,271 77,439 77,314 -125 

All workers........................................... 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.8 0.1

Adult men.......................................... 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.2 .2

Adult women.................................... 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.3 .0

Teenagers.......................................... 16.1 16.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 .1

White .............................................. 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.1 .0 

Black or African American ..................... 9.5 9.7 9.3 8.9 9.3 .4

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity..................... 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.5 -.3 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment.............................. 133,750 134,161 134,376 p134,546 p134,789 p243

Goods-producing 1.............................. 22,140 22,242 22,282 p22,347 p22,392 p45

Construction................................. 7,305 7,391 7,416 p7,471 p7,512 p41

Manufacturing................................. 14,208 14,211 14,222 p14,229 p14,228 p-1

Service-providing 1 .............................. 111,610 111,920 112,094 p112,199 p112,397 p198

Retail trade 2

 ................................. 15,297 15,284 15,300 p15,287 p15,294 p7 

Professional and business services......... 16,942 17,058 17,121 p17,138 p17,177 p39 

Education and health services............... 17,411 17,476 17,507 p17,557 p17,604 p47 

Leisure and hospitality..................... 12,840 12,873 12,898 p12,923 p12,948 p25 

Government................................. 21,843 21,870 21,878 p21,847 p21,885 p38 

Total private.......................................... 33.8 33.8 33.8 p33.8 p33.7 p-0.1

Manufacturing..................................... 40.6 40.9 40.8 p40.9 p41.0 p.1

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

 

Total private............................................ 102.9 103.4 103.7 p103.9 p103.8 p-0.1 

Average hourly earnings, total private............ $16.16 $16.30 $16.35 p$16.42 p$16.47 p$0.05 

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 545.78 551.05 552.63 p555.00 p555.04 p.04 

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data. 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

Unemployment rates 

 Employment

2005 2006

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

 p = preliminary.
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Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

The civilian labor force and total employment continued to trend up in February. The labor force participation rate was essentially unchanged at 66.1 percent, and the employment-population ratio held at 62.9 percent. (See table A-1.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Nearly 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in February,

down from about 1.7 million a year earlier. These individuals 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. Among the marginally attached, there were

386,000 discouraged workers in February, down from 485,000 a year earlier. Discouraged workers were

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

1.1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family

responsibilities. (See table A-13.)

Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data)

Beginning in October, questions were added to the household survey to identify persons who evacuated

from their homes, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina. Data collected through these questions do

not account for all evacuees; persons living outside of the scope of the survey—such as those living in hotels or shelters—are not included. The questions were asked of persons in the household survey sample

throughout the country, since some evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected areas. An additional

question determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes and were living there at the time of the

survey. The total number of evacuees estimated from the household survey may change from month to

month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey. In addition, because the estimates are obtained from a sample survey, they may vary from month to month due to sampling error.

Information gathered in February showed that about 1.0 million persons age 16 and over had evacuated from where they were living in August due to Hurricane Katrina. These evacuees either had returned

to their homes or were living in other residential units covered in the survey in February. About one-half of

the evacuees were living in their August 2005 residences. Of all evacuees identified, 58.1 percent were in

the labor force in February. The unemployment rate for persons identified as evacuees was 12.6 percent.

The rate was much higher for evacuees who were not living in their former homes (22.6 percent) than for

those who were at home (4.8 percent). (See table B.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in February to 134.8 million, seasonally adjusted.

Over the year, payroll employment grew by 2.1 million. Construction, mining, and several service-providing

industries added jobs. (See table B-1.)

In the goods-producing sector, construction employment increased by 41,000 in February, following a

gain of 55,000 in the prior month. Over the year, construction employment has risen by 346,000. Specialty

trade contractors added 32,000 jobs over the month. Mining continued its upward trend in February, adding

5,000 jobs. Support activities for mining, particularly those related to oil and gas, accounted for nearly all of

the over-the-month gain.
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Civilian noninstitutional population ............... 1,017 540 478

Civilian labor force .................................. 591 333 258

Participation rate ............................. 58.1 61.7 53.9

Employed ............................................ 516 317 200

Employment-population ratio ........... 50.8 58.7 41.8

Unemployed ........................................ 74 16 58

Unemployment rate ......................... 12.6 4.8 22.6

Not in labor force.................................... 427 207 220

Total

Residence in February

Employment status in February 2006 Same as

 in August

Different than

 in August

Table B. Employment status in February 2006 of persons 16 years and over who

evacuated from their August residence, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina

(Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)

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 Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who resided

in households that were eligible to be selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS). These

data are not representative of the total evacuee population because they do not include children

or people residing in shelters, hotels, places of worship, or other units outside the scope of

the CPS. The total number of evacuees estimated from the CPS may change from month to

month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey and because of sampling variability.

NOTE: These data use population controls that have been adjusted to account for interstate moves by evacuees.

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Manufacturing employment was about unchanged in February; it has decreased by 48,000 over the year.

Over the month, employment gains in machinery, petroleum products, and computer and electronic products

were offset by declines in motor vehicles and parts and primary metals.

In the service-providing sector, employment in education and health services rose by 47,000 in February.

Health care employment continued to grow, up by 18,000. Job growth occurred in ambulatory health care

services (11,000), which includes doctors’ offices and home health care, and in hospitals (6,000). Employment in private educational services increased by 23,000.

Financial activities employment grew by 22,000 over the month, following a similar-sized gain in January.

Employment in depository institutions and in insurance carriers rose in February, increasing by 4,000 and

6,000, respectively. Over the year, financial activities employment has risen by 169,000.

Employment in food services and drinking places increased by 21,000 in February. Over the year, this

industry has added 203,000 jobs. Employment was flat in both wholesale and retail trade in February.

Professional and business services employment continued to trend up in February (39,000). The industry

has added 466,000 jobs over the year. Over the month, employment rose by 13,000 in services to buildings

and dwellings. Temporary help services employment was little changed over the month.
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 0.1 hour to 33.7 hours in February, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.1

hour to 41.0 hours in February, and factory overtime was up by 0.1 hour to 4.6 hours. (See table B-2.)

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 percent in February to 103.8 (2002=100). The manufacturing index increased by

0.2 percent over the month to 95.5. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 5 cents in February to $16.47, seasonally adjusted. This followed increases of 7 cents in both December

and January. Average weekly earnings were little changed over the month at $555.04. Over the year, both

average hourly and weekly earnings increased by 3.5 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for March 2006 is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 7,

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

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

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

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

successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from

less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Feb.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 225,041 227,553 227,763 225,041 226,959 227,204 227,425 227,553 227,763

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 147,649 149,090 149,686 148,271 150,043 150,183 150,153 150,114 150,449

 Participation rate ............................................................... 65.6 65.5 65.7 65.9 66.1 66.1 66.0 66.0 66.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 139,100 141,481 141,994 140,285 142,625 142,611 142,779 143,074 143,257

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 61.8 62.2 62.3 62.3 62.8 62.8 62.8 62.9 62.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 8,549 7,608 7,692 7,986 7,418 7,572 7,375 7,040 7,193

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.8 5.1 5.1 5.4 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 77,392 78,463 78,077 76,770 76,916 77,021 77,271 77,439 77,314

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,844 5,095 4,800 4,985 4,994 4,887 5,167 4,962 4,949

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 108,598 109,936 110,048 108,598 109,616 109,745 109,863 109,936 110,048

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 78,950 79,814 80,148 79,490 80,249 80,394 80,431 80,525 80,771

 Participation rate ............................................................... 72.7 72.6 72.8 73.2 73.2 73.3 73.2 73.2 73.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,990 75,605 75,749 75,075 76,396 76,410 76,529 76,857 76,888

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 68.1 68.8 68.8 69.1 69.7 69.6 69.7 69.9 69.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,959 4,209 4,400 4,415 3,853 3,984 3,902 3,668 3,883

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.3 5.3 5.5 5.6 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 29,648 30,122 29,900 29,108 29,367 29,351 29,432 29,411 29,278

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 100,321 101,560 101,657 100,321 101,265 101,383 101,489 101,560 101,657

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 75,640 76,513 76,753 75,929 76,780 76,722 76,786 76,928 77,115

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.4 75.3 75.5 75.7 75.8 75.7 75.7 75.7 75.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 71,413 72,864 72,988 72,246 73,500 73,441 73,468 73,844 73,857

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.2 71.7 71.8 72.0 72.6 72.4 72.4 72.7 72.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,228 3,648 3,765 3,683 3,281 3,282 3,318 3,084 3,258

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.6 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 24,680 25,047 24,904 24,392 24,485 24,660 24,703 24,631 24,542

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 116,443 117,617 117,715 116,443 117,343 117,459 117,562 117,617 117,715

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 68,699 69,276 69,538 68,781 69,794 69,789 69,722 69,589 69,679

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.0 58.9 59.1 59.1 59.5 59.4 59.3 59.2 59.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 65,109 65,876 66,246 65,209 66,229 66,200 66,250 66,217 66,369

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 55.9 56.0 56.3 56.0 56.4 56.4 56.4 56.3 56.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,590 3,399 3,292 3,572 3,565 3,588 3,473 3,372 3,309

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.2 4.9 4.7 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 47,744 48,341 48,177 47,662 47,549 47,670 47,840 48,028 48,037

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 108,403 109,478 109,562 108,403 109,228 109,332 109,425 109,478 109,562

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 65,411 65,929 66,151 65,284 66,175 66,223 66,215 66,022 66,081

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.3 60.2 60.4 60.2 60.6 60.6 60.5 60.3 60.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 62,292 62,997 63,306 62,220 63,162 63,170 63,249 63,163 63,262

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.5 57.5 57.8 57.4 57.8 57.8 57.8 57.7 57.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,119 2,933 2,845 3,064 3,013 3,053 2,966 2,859 2,819

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 42,992 43,548 43,410 43,119 43,053 43,109 43,209 43,456 43,481

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,317 16,515 16,545 16,317 16,465 16,489 16,511 16,515 16,545

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,598 6,648 6,782 7,058 7,088 7,238 7,152 7,164 7,253

 Participation rate ............................................................... 40.4 40.3 41.0 43.3 43.0 43.9 43.3 43.4 43.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,395 5,620 5,700 5,818 5,964 6,000 6,061 6,067 6,138

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 33.1 34.0 34.5 35.7 36.2 36.4 36.7 36.7 37.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,203 1,028 1,082 1,240 1,124 1,238 1,091 1,097 1,115

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 18.2 15.5 15.9 17.6 15.9 17.1 15.2 15.3 15.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,719 9,867 9,764 9,259 9,377 9,251 9,359 9,352 9,292

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Feb.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 183,767 185,436 185,570 183,767 185,028 185,187 185,327 185,436 185,570

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 121,293 122,351 122,539 121,669 122,810 122,813 122,994 123,168 123,022

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.0 66.0 66.0 66.2 66.4 66.3 66.4 66.4 66.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 115,188 116,745 116,967 116,081 117,396 117,598 117,729 118,071 117,926

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.7 63.0 63.0 63.2 63.4 63.5 63.5 63.7 63.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 6,105 5,605 5,572 5,588 5,415 5,215 5,264 5,097 5,096

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 62,474 63,085 63,031 62,098 62,218 62,374 62,333 62,268 62,548

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 63,192 63,890 63,921 63,406 63,901 63,827 64,028 64,250 64,181

 Participation rate ................................................................. 75.9 76.0 76.0 76.2 76.2 76.0 76.2 76.4 76.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 60,116 61,100 61,129 60,808 61,465 61,498 61,586 61,924 61,836

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 72.3 72.7 72.7 73.1 73.3 73.3 73.3 73.7 73.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,076 2,790 2,791 2,598 2,436 2,328 2,441 2,326 2,345

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.7

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,543 52,900 53,056 52,331 52,998 53,037 53,067 52,913 52,890

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.8 59.7 59.8 59.5 59.9 59.9 59.9 59.7 59.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 50,448 50,847 51,046 50,258 50,856 50,976 51,034 50,938 50,895

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.4 57.4 57.6 57.2 57.5 57.6 57.6 57.5 57.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,094 2,052 2,010 2,073 2,141 2,061 2,034 1,974 1,994

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.0 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,559 5,561 5,562 5,931 5,912 5,949 5,899 6,005 5,951

 Participation rate ................................................................. 44.0 43.6 43.6 46.9 46.5 46.7 46.3 47.1 46.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,624 4,798 4,792 5,014 5,074 5,123 5,110 5,209 5,195

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 36.6 37.6 37.5 39.6 39.9 40.2 40.1 40.8 40.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 934 763 770 917 838 826 789 797 756

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 16.8 13.7 13.9 15.5 14.2 13.9 13.4 13.3 12.7

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 26,342 26,788 26,826 26,342 26,663 26,705 26,744 26,788 26,826

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,538 16,764 17,049 16,748 17,150 17,118 16,979 16,982 17,273

 Participation rate ................................................................. 62.8 62.6 63.6 63.6 64.3 64.1 63.5 63.4 64.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,688 15,231 15,405 14,941 15,591 15,299 15,397 15,476 15,660

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 55.8 56.9 57.4 56.7 58.5 57.3 57.6 57.8 58.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,850 1,532 1,644 1,807 1,559 1,819 1,582 1,506 1,614

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 11.2 9.1 9.6 10.8 9.1 10.6 9.3 8.9 9.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,804 10,024 9,778 9,595 9,513 9,587 9,766 9,806 9,553

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,394 7,473 7,605 7,464 7,659 7,556 7,553 7,520 7,682

 Participation rate ................................................................. 69.9 69.4 70.5 70.5 71.4 70.4 70.2 69.8 71.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,523 6,840 6,877 6,672 7,006 6,849 6,903 6,959 7,030

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 61.6 63.5 63.7 63.0 65.3 63.8 64.2 64.6 65.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 872 633 728 792 653 707 651 561 652

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 11.8 8.5 9.6 10.6 8.5 9.4 8.6 7.5 8.5

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,476 8,587 8,602 8,532 8,726 8,714 8,633 8,681 8,668

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.7 63.7 63.7 64.1 64.9 64.8 64.1 64.4 64.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,700 7,892 7,925 7,759 8,069 7,927 7,896 7,981 7,990

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.9 58.5 58.7 58.3 60.0 58.9 58.6 59.2 59.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 776 695 676 773 658 787 738 700 678

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.2 8.1 7.9 9.1 7.5 9.0 8.5 8.1 7.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 668 703 842 752 765 848 792 781 924

 Participation rate ................................................................. 27.2 27.9 33.3 30.6 30.6 33.8 31.5 30.9 36.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 465 499 603 510 517 523 598 536 640

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 19.0 19.8 23.8 20.8 20.7 20.8 23.8 21.2 25.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 202 204 239 242 248 326 194 245 284

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 30.3 29.0 28.4 32.1 32.4 38.4 24.4 31.4 30.8

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,659 9,990 10,032 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,378 6,565 6,647 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.0 65.7 66.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,092 6,357 6,437 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.1 63.6 64.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 286 208 210 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.5 3.2 3.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,281 3,425 3,385 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

 NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1

because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Feb.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 28,729 29,622 29,707 28,729 29,456 29,552 29,645 29,622 29,707

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 19,385 20,272 20,342 19,478 20,047 20,214 20,292 20,528 20,485

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.5 68.4 68.5 67.8 68.1 68.4 68.4 69.3 69.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 18,031 18,969 19,116 18,243 18,871 18,991 19,066 19,344 19,356

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.8 64.0 64.3 63.5 64.1 64.3 64.3 65.3 65.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,354 1,303 1,226 1,235 1,176 1,223 1,226 1,184 1,129

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.0 6.4 6.0 6.3 5.9 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,344 9,349 9,365 9,251 9,409 9,338 9,353 9,094 9,222

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 11,143 11,647 11,731 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 83.2 84.3 84.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,508 11,002 11,076 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 78.5 79.6 79.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 635 645 655 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.7 5.5 5.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,266 7,605 7,625 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 57.3 58.2 58.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,754 7,142 7,191 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 53.2 54.7 54.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 512 464 433 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.1 6.1 5.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 976 1,020 987 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 36.8 37.3 36.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 769 825 849 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 29.0 30.2 30.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 207 195 138 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 21.2 19.1 14.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,269 12,621 12,415 12,618 12,502 12,529 12,388 12,628 12,739

 Participation rate ................................................................... 44.3 45.9 45.8 45.6 45.4 45.4 45.3 46.0 47.0

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,142 11,580 11,375 11,626 11,611 11,602 11,465 11,742 11,823

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 40.2 42.1 41.9 42.0 42.1 42.1 41.9 42.7 43.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,126 1,041 1,040 992 891 927 923 886 915

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 9.2 8.2 8.4 7.9 7.1 7.4 7.5 7.0 7.2

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,230 38,018 37,894 38,166 38,467 38,372 38,173 38,001 37,913

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.0 62.5 62.5 62.9 63.8 63.4 63.1 62.5 62.6

 Employed ................................................................................ 36,101 36,075 35,989 36,317 36,627 36,547 36,417 36,324 36,240

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 59.5 59.3 59.4 59.8 60.8 60.4 60.2 59.7 59.8

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 2,129 1,943 1,905 1,849 1,840 1,825 1,756 1,678 1,673

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.4

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 35,071 35,265 36,075 34,769 35,310 35,411 35,498 35,535 35,745

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.8 71.9 72.2 72.2 72.3 72.3 72.4 72.5 71.6

 Employed ................................................................................ 33,529 33,917 34,675 33,331 33,967 34,059 34,115 34,290 34,442

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.6 69.2 69.4 69.2 69.6 69.5 69.6 69.9 69.0

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,543 1,348 1,400 1,439 1,343 1,352 1,383 1,246 1,302

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.4 3.8 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.6

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 40,621 41,818 41,686 40,502 41,616 41,600 42,097 41,837 41,731

 Participation rate ................................................................... 78.2 78.2 78.2 78.0 77.7 78.1 78.4 78.3 78.3

 Employed ................................................................................ 39,657 40,907 40,773 39,528 40,670 40,665 41,187 40,955 40,808

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 76.4 76.5 76.5 76.1 75.9 76.3 76.7 76.6 76.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 964 911 913 974 946 936 910 882 923

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 1,889 1,970 1,946 2,161 2,126 2,154 2,130 2,198 2,224

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,023 1,118 1,084 1,215 1,161 1,187 1,187 1,266 1,281

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 845 834 843 915 936 928 921 897 919

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 22 17 19 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 137,211 139,512 140,048 138,111 140,577 140,427 140,638 140,862 141,000

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 127,615 129,918 130,404 128,312 131,123 131,001 131,170 131,185 131,189

 Government .......................................................................... 20,321 19,970 20,013 20,097 20,330 20,224 20,192 19,952 19,966

 Private industries .................................................................. 107,294 109,948 110,392 108,061 110,799 110,787 111,021 111,266 111,229

 Private households ............................................................. 777 839 812 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 106,517 109,109 109,580 107,249 109,986 110,039 110,261 110,440 110,394

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,468 9,534 9,576 9,707 9,356 9,274 9,370 9,550 9,730

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 127 59 68 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 4,487 4,597 4,403 4,291 4,240 4,175 4,138 4,133 4,204

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,820 3,108 2,843 2,628 2,643 2,595 2,541 2,649 2,655

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,315 1,182 1,247 1,290 1,299 1,246 1,246 1,226 1,238

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 20,145 19,908 20,134 19,531 19,696 19,612 19,582 19,708 19,564

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 4,380 4,513 4,296 4,170 4,161 4,105 4,051 4,064 4,107

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,761 3,063 2,763 2,573 2,592 2,567 2,508 2,606 2,590

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,306 1,170 1,246 1,273 1,284 1,230 1,230 1,198 1,225

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,865 19,545 19,822 19,198 19,255 19,235 19,214 19,368 19,199

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

the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part

time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked

only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and

bad weather.

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

add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 139,100 141,481 141,994 140,285 142,625 142,611 142,779 143,074 143,257

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,395 5,620 5,700 5,818 5,964 6,000 6,061 6,067 6,138

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,098 2,099 2,177 2,286 2,290 2,285 2,334 2,280 2,348

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,297 3,522 3,523 3,535 3,673 3,694 3,713 3,788 3,791

 20 years and over ................................................................... 133,704 135,861 136,294 134,466 136,661 136,610 136,717 137,007 137,119

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,275 13,382 13,482 13,569 13,945 13,931 13,840 13,713 13,801

 25 years and over ................................................................. 120,429 122,479 122,812 120,828 122,719 122,731 122,906 123,302 123,261

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 97,598 98,514 98,701 98,002 98,834 98,849 98,934 99,216 99,146

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,359 30,541 30,571 30,547 30,864 30,920 30,866 30,860 30,789

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,404 34,388 34,459 34,569 34,601 34,513 34,581 34,632 34,630

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 32,835 33,585 33,672 32,886 33,369 33,416 33,486 33,724 33,727

 55 years and over ............................................................... 22,832 23,965 24,111 22,826 23,885 23,883 23,972 24,086 24,114

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 73,990 75,605 75,749 75,075 76,396 76,410 76,529 76,857 76,888

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,578 2,741 2,760 2,829 2,896 2,970 3,061 3,013 3,031

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 950 942 968 1,060 1,043 1,062 1,090 1,064 1,078

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,628 1,799 1,792 1,783 1,848 1,890 1,951 1,943 1,968

 20 years and over ................................................................... 71,413 72,864 72,988 72,246 73,500 73,441 73,468 73,844 73,857

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,957 7,057 7,185 7,147 7,310 7,330 7,356 7,297 7,373

 25 years and over ................................................................. 64,455 65,807 65,803 65,075 66,192 66,142 66,157 66,534 66,460

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 52,346 52,985 52,950 52,858 53,429 53,419 53,375 53,621 53,504

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,681 16,855 16,766 16,893 17,107 17,103 17,080 17,106 17,012

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,565 18,616 18,614 18,745 18,800 18,745 18,739 18,818 18,796

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 17,100 17,514 17,570 17,220 17,522 17,571 17,556 17,697 17,696

 55 years and over ............................................................... 12,109 12,822 12,853 12,217 12,763 12,723 12,782 12,913 12,956

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 65,109 65,876 66,246 65,209 66,229 66,200 66,250 66,217 66,369

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,818 2,879 2,940 2,989 3,068 3,031 3,000 3,054 3,107

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,149 1,157 1,208 1,226 1,247 1,223 1,245 1,216 1,270

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,669 1,723 1,731 1,753 1,825 1,804 1,762 1,845 1,824

 20 years and over ................................................................... 62,292 62,997 63,306 62,220 63,162 63,170 63,249 63,163 63,262

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,318 6,325 6,297 6,422 6,635 6,601 6,484 6,415 6,428

 25 years and over ................................................................. 55,974 56,672 57,009 55,753 56,527 56,589 56,749 56,769 56,801

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,252 45,529 45,751 45,144 45,405 45,430 45,559 45,596 45,643

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,678 13,685 13,805 13,654 13,757 13,817 13,786 13,754 13,777

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,838 15,772 15,845 15,824 15,801 15,768 15,843 15,814 15,834

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,735 16,071 16,101 15,666 15,847 15,845 15,930 16,027 16,031

 55 years and over ............................................................... 10,722 11,143 11,258 10,609 11,122 11,159 11,190 11,173 11,158

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 45,160 45,530 45,486 45,356 45,634 45,480 45,469 45,790 45,679

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,754 35,388 35,176 34,602 34,868 34,910 34,948 35,167 35,039

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,969 8,711 8,930 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 114,022 116,395 116,823 115,470 117,783 117,860 118,135 118,166 118,402

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 25,078 25,086 25,171 24,623 24,898 24,814 24,743 24,931 24,794

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ........................................................... 7,667 7,428 7,437 7,539 7,564 7,545 7,473 7,603 7,408

 Percent of total employed ..................................................... 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.2

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

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

week.

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

add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Feb.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 7,986 7,040 7,193 5.4 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.8

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,240 1,097 1,115 17.6 15.9 17.1 15.2 15.3 15.4

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 587 451 512 20.4 18.7 21.4 17.8 16.5 17.9

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 661 635 612 15.8 14.2 14.2 13.5 14.4 13.9

 20 years and over ................................................................... 6,746 5,943 6,077 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,497 1,224 1,275 9.9 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.2 8.5

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,262 4,737 4,843 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.8

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,405 3,924 4,111 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.8 4.0

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,680 1,482 1,697 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.6 5.2

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,513 1,317 1,275 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,212 1,125 1,140 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.3

 55 years and over ............................................................... 847 791 731 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.2 2.9

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,415 3,668 3,883 5.6 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.8

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 732 584 625 20.6 16.5 19.1 16.0 16.2 17.1

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 348 218 292 24.7 18.1 23.6 19.8 17.0 21.3

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 386 355 337 17.8 15.5 15.6 13.8 15.4 14.6

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,683 3,084 3,258 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.2

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 898 711 738 11.2 9.4 9.1 9.2 8.9 9.1

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,791 2,386 2,554 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.7

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,322 1,960 2,174 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.9

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 897 748 932 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.2 5.2

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 788 625 613 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.2 3.2

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 638 588 629 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.4

 55 years and over ............................................................... 469 426 380 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.2 2.8

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,572 3,372 3,309 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.7

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 508 513 490 14.5 15.2 15.0 14.4 14.4 13.6

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 238 233 220 16.3 19.1 19.5 16.1 16.1 14.7

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 275 281 274 13.6 12.8 12.7 13.2 13.2 13.1

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,064 2,859 2,819 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 599 514 537 8.5 7.5 7.5 7.7 7.4 7.7

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,471 2,351 2,288 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,083 1,963 1,937 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.1

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 783 734 764 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.1 5.3

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 725 692 662 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.0

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 574 537 510 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.1

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 386 381 358 3.5 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.1

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,375 1,136 1,136 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,145 1,102 1,053 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 783 778 728 8.0 7.3 7.2 6.9 8.2 7.5

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,539 5,782 5,807 5.4 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.7

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,425 1,261 1,354 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.5 4.8 5.2

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

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

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

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

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,461 3,990 3,846 3,886 3,508 3,455 3,486 3,336 3,361

On temporary layoff .............................................................. 1,330 1,319 1,228 960 944 899 935 873 885

Not on temporary layoff ........................................................ 3,130 2,671 2,618 2,927 2,564 2,556 2,552 2,462 2,477

Permanent job losers ........................................................ 2,201 1,861 1,834 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs .......................... 929 810 784 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 976 831 878 950 889 900 841 839 849

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,488 2,252 2,381 2,406 2,349 2,538 2,430 2,314 2,313

New entrants ............................................................................ 624 535 588 741 654 679 644 622 680

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ 52.2 52.4 50.0 48.7 47.4 45.6 47.1 46.9 46.7

On temporary layoff ............................................................ 15.6 17.3 16.0 12.0 12.8 11.9 12.6 12.3 12.3

Not on temporary layoff ...................................................... 36.6 35.1 34.0 36.7 34.7 33.8 34.5 34.6 34.4

Job leavers ............................................................................. 11.4 10.9 11.4 11.9 12.0 11.9 11.4 11.8 11.8

Reentrants .............................................................................. 29.1 29.6 30.9 30.1 31.7 33.5 32.8 32.5 32.1

New entrants .......................................................................... 7.3 7.0 7.6 9.3 8.8 9.0 8.7 8.7 9.4

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2

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

Reentrants .............................................................................. 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5

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

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,629 2,833 2,473 2,743 2,708 2,779 2,764 2,556 2,595

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,789 2,433 2,485 2,320 2,263 2,268 2,240 2,263 2,074

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,132 2,343 2,735 2,862 2,477 2,492 2,417 2,241 2,482

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,445 1,143 1,338 1,236 1,045 1,108 1,068 1,090 1,126

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,687 1,200 1,396 1,626 1,432 1,383 1,350 1,151 1,356

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 19.2 16.0 17.9 19.1 18.0 17.6 17.3 16.8 17.6

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 9.8 8.3 9.6 9.2 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.9

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 30.7 37.2 32.1 34.6 36.4 36.9 37.2 36.2 36.3

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 32.6 32.0 32.3 29.3 30.4 30.1 30.2 32.1 29.0

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 36.6 30.8 35.6 36.1 33.3 33.0 32.6 31.7 34.7

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 16.9 15.0 17.4 15.6 14.0 14.7 14.4 15.4 15.7

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 19.7 15.8 18.2 20.5 19.2 18.3 18.2 16.3 19.0

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2006

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 139,100 141,994 8,549 7,692 5.8 5.1

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 48,495 50,205 1,231 1,064 2.5 2.1

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 19,876 21,216 527 445 2.6 2.1

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,618 28,989 704 619 2.4 2.1

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 22,179 22,921 1,678 1,755 7.0 7.1

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,687 35,734 1,992 1,705 5.3 4.6

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 16,316 16,364 945 850 5.5 4.9

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,371 19,369 1,048 855 5.1 4.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 14,542 15,279 1,544 1,186 9.6 7.2

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 838 876 102 138 10.8 13.6

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 8,570 9,162 1,195 829 12.2 8.3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,134 5,241 248 220 4.6 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,198 17,855 1,444 1,367 7.4 7.1

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,446 9,248 770 684 7.5 6.9

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,752 8,607 674 683 7.2 7.4

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised populationcontrols used in the household survey.

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2006

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 8,549 7,692 5.8 5.1

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 6,984 6,161 6.1 5.3

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 25 25 4.0 3.8

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 1,150 836 12.3 8.6

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 889 821 5.3 4.9

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 532 477 5.1 4.4

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 357 344 5.8 5.7

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,301 1,141 6.2 5.4

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 245 260 4.4 4.6

 Information ........................................................................................................ 204 119 6.5 3.7

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 301 268 3.2 2.8

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 916 841 7.2 6.5

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 619 528 3.4 2.8

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 1,008 1,040 8.8 9.1

 Other services .................................................................................................. 325 281 5.3 4.4

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 107 139 9.9 11.8

Government workers ......................................................................................... 472 472 2.3 2.3

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 363 332 3.4 3.1

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised populationcontrols used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.1 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6

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

force .................................................................................................................................. 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2

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

rate) .................................................................................................................................. 5.8 5.1 5.1 5.4 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.8

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

discouraged workers ........................................................................................................ 6.1 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.2 5.3 5.2 4.9 5.0

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

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers .................... 6.8 6.1 6.1 6.4 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.7

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

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

workers ............................................................................................................................. 9.9 9.2 9.0 9.3 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.5

 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor

looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for

work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached,

have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed

part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but

have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new

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

Labor Review. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2006

Feb.

2005

Feb.

2006

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 77,392 78,077 29,648 29,900 47,744 48,177

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,844 4,800 2,128 2,071 2,716 2,729

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,673 1,471 838 784 835 687

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ..................................... 485 386 268 237 218 149

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,187 1,085 571 546 617 538

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,667 7,437 3,867 3,731 3,800 3,706

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

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,882 3,899 2,207 2,171 1,675 1,728

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,746 1,700 586 505 1,160 1,195

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 274 302 158 202 116 100

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,703 1,503 889 839 815 664

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2005

 Oct. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

Change

from:

Jan. 2006-

Feb. 2006p

Total nonfarm ............................. 131,195 135,041 132,361 133,265 132,736 133,877 134,231 134,376 134,546 134,789 243

Total private ........................................ 109,146 112,819 110,632 111,057 110,995 112,025 112,351 112,498 112,699 112,904 205

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,462 22,160 21,764 21,812 22,052 22,179 22,264 22,282 22,347 22,392 45

Natural resources and mining .................................. 595 643 631 637 610 636 641 644 647 652 5

Logging ........................................................... 65.0 62.5 60.2 59.6 66.7 62.1 62.1 62.0 61.8 61.7 -.1

Mining .................................................................... 529.7 580.8 571.1 577.3 543.1 573.8 579.3 582.1 585.0 590.1 5.1

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 122.6 128.6 127.6 128.5 123.3 127.4 128.9 128.7 128.9 129.5 .6

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 200.2 211.7 204.7 205.5 209.4 214.5 215.0 214.3 214.4 214.8 .4

Coal mining ...................................................... 72.0 76.0 75.6 76.0 72.5 75.1 75.1 75.4 75.9 76.5 .6

Support activities for mining .............................. 206.9 240.5 238.8 243.3 210.4 231.9 235.4 239.1 241.7 245.8 4.1

Construction ............................................................. 6,699 7,282 7,024 7,048 7,166 7,347 7,409 7,416 7,471 7,512 41

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,616.2 1,721.4 1,685.6 1,681.5 1,683.3 1,702.4 1,722.4 1,727.2 1,741.3 1,743.7 2.4

Residential building ......................................... 899.3 963.7 945.3 938.8 938.7 952.8 963.6 966.8 975.4 975.5 .1

Nonresidential building .................................... 716.9 757.7 740.3 742.7 744.6 749.6 758.8 760.4 765.9 768.2 2.3

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 810.6 931.2 876.2 880.8 928.8 965.3 977.1 974.8 988.9 996.1 7.2

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,272.2 4,629.2 4,461.9 4,485.5 4,554.3 4,679.2 4,709.4 4,714.3 4,741.0 4,772.6 31.6

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,091.2 2,314.4 2,228.7 2,237.2 2,218.6 2,326.0 2,339.4 2,347.3 2,366.4 2,386.2 19.8

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,181.0 2,314.8 2,233.2 2,248.3 2,335.7 2,353.2 2,370.0 2,367.0 2,374.6 2,386.4 11.8

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,168 14,235 14,109 14,127 14,276 14,196 14,214 14,222 14,229 14,228 -1

Production workers ....................................... 9,969 10,138 10,056 10,074 10,054 10,069 10,103 10,123 10,151 10,154 3

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,914 8,987 8,920 8,935 8,963 8,952 8,960 8,970 8,979 8,980 1

Production workers ....................................... 6,145 6,319 6,277 6,291 6,181 6,249 6,274 6,299 6,321 6,323 2

Wood products ................................................... 547.3 556.5 549.6 547.3 556.9 550.7 556.7 558.9 559.8 557.1 -2.7

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 485.0 497.1 487.1 484.8 505.6 500.8 502.0 500.7 504.6 504.6 .0

Primary metals .................................................... 468.2 471.4 473.1 470.5 468.7 470.5 471.5 469.4 473.1 469.6 -3.5

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,506.6 1,528.3 1,521.4 1,525.5 1,512.4 1,520.8 1,524.1 1,526.7 1,528.3 1,532.3 4.0

Machinery ........................................................... 1,151.2 1,171.5 1,162.4 1,168.6 1,152.1 1,174.5 1,164.4 1,166.9 1,163.7 1,168.3 4.6

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,314.6 1,323.1 1,312.7 1,320.0 1,317.3 1,323.5 1,322.0 1,322.2 1,317.5 1,322.5 5.0

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 204.4 206.0 201.7 202.5 205.0 207.9 206.3 205.7 201.4 202.5 1.1

Communications equipment ........................... 148.9 149.0 147.5 148.5 148.3 148.2 148.0 149.2 147.3 148.4 1.1

Semiconductors and electronic components . 449.3 450.9 448.2 452.1 451.2 450.7 450.6 451.0 451.5 453.5 2.0

Electronic instruments ..................................... 434.5 442.2 441.4 443.9 435.1 441.6 442.0 441.7 443.1 444.8 1.7

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 438.5 435.4 435.5 436.3 439.5 431.1 434.3 434.4 435.3 435.3 .0

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,783.6 1,787.0 1,774.7 1,773.1 1,785.7 1,765.5 1,771.8 1,776.7 1,784.3 1,775.0 -9.3

Motor vehicles and parts2................................. 1,118.3 1,100.9 1,091.5 1,089.3 1,115.8 1,088.4 1,092.4 1,092.1 1,098.8 1,088.2 -10.6

Furniture and related products .......................... 567.4 558.6 553.7 552.4 570.2 560.5 558.4 558.0 557.2 556.6 -.6

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 651.3 658.0 650.0 656.5 654.9 653.6 654.7 655.8 655.4 659.0 3.6

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,254 5,248 5,189 5,192 5,313 5,244 5,254 5,252 5,250 5,248 -2

Production workers ....................................... 3,824 3,819 3,779 3,783 3,873 3,820 3,829 3,824 3,830 3,831 1

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,454.0 1,471.0 1,441.7 1,436.6 1,482.6 1,458.5 1,465.0 1,466.0 1,464.3 1,463.0 -1.3

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 188.2 191.6 190.2 190.0 192.9 192.4 193.4 192.3 194.5 194.3 -.2

Textile mills ......................................................... 223.4 207.1 206.5 205.8 225.5 213.2 210.9 209.0 209.3 207.9 -1.4

Textile product mills ........................................... 169.3 172.0 172.8 171.6 172.0 173.8 174.5 173.9 175.1 174.1 -1.0

Apparel ................................................................ 266.4 251.4 246.0 250.1 269.3 251.8 253.7 253.5 252.6 251.7 -.9

Leather and allied products ............................... 39.4 39.7 38.5 38.3 39.8 39.6 39.5 39.7 39.1 38.7 -.4

Paper and paper products ................................. 487.4 477.6 475.7 476.7 490.1 478.5 478.5 478.1 478.0 479.3 1.3

Printing and related support activities ............... 646.3 646.5 637.7 639.0 651.6 645.1 644.8 644.0 643.2 643.9 .7

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 108.8 109.5 107.4 109.9 112.0 113.1 112.3 112.3 111.4 112.9 1.5

Chemicals ........................................................... 873.9 883.1 881.7 883.6 876.4 879.3 881.5 884.0 885.1 884.9 -.2

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 796.6 798.0 790.3 790.7 800.7 799.1 799.4 798.9 797.1 796.8 -.3

See footnotes at the end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2005

 Oct. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

Change

from:

Jan. 2006-

Feb. 2006p

Service-providing .............................................. 109,733 112,881 110,597 111,453 110,684 111,698 111,967 112,094 112,199 112,397 198

Private service-providing ............................... 87,684 90,659 88,868 89,245 88,943 89,846 90,087 90,216 90,352 90,512 160

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,405 26,631 25,829 25,638 25,787 25,945 26,006 26,015 26,028 26,043 15

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,666.6 5,794.6 5,752.9 5,756.6 5,712.6 5,767.8 5,782.7 5,783.8 5,799.1 5,802.1 3.0

Durable goods .................................................... 2,955.4 3,024.2 3,010.9 3,012.3 2,972.6 3,002.3 3,010.5 3,017.6 3,026.2 3,027.7 1.5

Nondurable goods .............................................. 1,991.2 2,025.2 1,998.9 2,004.0 2,016.2 2,021.7 2,028.9 2,023.9 2,025.3 2,028.1 2.8

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 720.0 745.2 743.1 740.3 723.8 743.8 743.3 742.3 747.6 746.3 -1.3

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,907.5 15,873.9 15,168.5 14,985.0 15,198.1 15,259.6 15,292.9 15,300.3 15,286.8 15,293.5 6.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,891.1 1,904.7 1,882.8 1,890.4 1,913.5 1,921.5 1,914.3 1,914.7 1,911.8 1,915.9 4.1

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,250.4 1,248.7 1,236.2 1,239.7 1,257.2 1,260.5 1,254.5 1,252.4 1,249.0 1,250.0 1.0

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 567.3 606.0 593.3 585.4 571.7 581.5 583.3 583.0 589.8 590.8 1.0

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 519.0 569.5 538.6 532.3 520.3 540.5 541.2 540.5 534.2 538.8 4.6

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,207.7 1,261.5 1,236.2 1,247.7 1,269.3 1,273.1 1,281.6 1,290.9 1,299.3 1,307.9 8.6

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,787.6 2,843.1 2,791.0 2,769.5 2,815.4 2,809.5 2,806.6 2,805.9 2,804.7 2,801.4 -3.3

Health and personal care stores ....................... 944.4 981.8 957.9 950.2 948.3 959.3 964.7 966.1 958.2 953.2 -5.0

Gasoline stations ................................................ 858.2 865.5 857.0 856.0 870.7 874.6 869.1 869.6 867.9 868.9 1.0

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,345.4 1,574.2 1,436.4 1,388.2 1,390.1 1,413.5 1,434.5 1,448.1 1,435.2 1,439.1 3.9

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 628.3 705.3 648.7 624.2 643.2 638.7 641.5 640.0 641.0 640.3 -.7

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,835.7 3,162.0 2,907.9 2,829.3 2,918.7 2,910.6 2,920.4 2,906.9 2,912.9 2,911.3 -1.6

Department stores .......................................... 1,550.3 1,789.6 1,604.9 1,542.5 1,604.7 1,590.6 1,595.2 1,595.6 1,594.4 1,594.2 -.2

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 894.9 927.7 884.0 888.1 905.9 899.1 897.3 899.0 899.2 898.1 -1.1

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 427.9 472.6 434.7 423.7 431.0 437.7 438.4 435.6 432.6 427.8 -4.8

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,276.3 4,406.1 4,348.9 4,338.3 4,319.3 4,358.4 4,370.2 4,371.6 4,382.3 4,386.8 4.5

Air transportation ................................................ 503.4 487.3 485.0 478.3 508.4 493.7 488.9 486.9 488.4 483.1 -5.3

Rail transportation .............................................. 226.3 227.7 225.1 224.9 228.6 228.1 227.8 227.3 227.3 227.2 -.1

Water transportation ........................................... 55.1 62.7 61.3 59.6 58.0 62.6 63.6 63.7 63.4 62.9 -.5

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,348.8 1,403.4 1,379.8 1,374.9 1,380.3 1,402.0 1,403.7 1,404.0 1,406.5 1,407.1 .6

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 400.5 409.5 404.0 410.0 388.5 388.5 394.9 392.2 393.0 396.2 3.2

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 37.7 37.0 37.5 37.4 38.0 37.2 37.2 37.0 37.5 37.5 .0

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 20.3 25.6 22.6 22.9 26.1 31.5 31.4 31.1 31.1 31.7 .6

Support activities for transportation ................... 547.8 558.9 557.3 558.3 549.7 549.8 553.9 556.2 560.4 562.7 2.3

Couriers and messengers .................................. 561.7 591.9 581.8 576.3 564.4 576.3 576.8 579.7 578.9 580.9 2.0

Warehousing and storage .................................. 574.7 602.1 594.5 595.7 577.3 588.7 592.0 593.5 595.8 597.5 1.7

Utilities ................................................................... 555.0 556.7 558.3 558.5 557.3 559.4 560.1 559.7 560.1 560.6 .5

Information ................................................................ 3,046 3,077 3,049 3,056 3,063 3,058 3,064 3,066 3,067 3,074 7

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 901.7 905.9 896.8 901.6 903.5 903.7 902.8 902.5 901.2 904.0 2.8

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 355.9 392.3 382.1 378.3 366.2 379.3 383.5 387.7 390.5 390.9 .4

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 324.3 327.3 323.4 324.2 325.9 327.6 325.7 325.1 324.4 325.2 .8

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.1 30.2 29.4 30.7 30.4 30.1 30.1 30.4 29.7 30.8 1.1

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,006.4 993.3 991.2 994.2 1,007.3 991.2 995.1 993.3 993.9 995.4 1.5

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 377.6 378.3 375.6 378.1 379.2 376.9 376.7 377.8 377.3 378.4 1.1

Other information services ................................. 50.3 49.3 50.3 49.2 50.9 49.4 49.9 49.6 50.3 49.6 -.7

Financial activities .................................................... 8,054 8,213 8,184 8,216 8,097 8,201 8,217 8,223 8,244 8,266 22

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,978.7 6,068.3 6,061.9 6,091.5 5,984.9 6,053.3 6,066.7 6,068.2 6,081.8 6,098.0 16.2

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 20.7 21.0 21.1 21.2 20.7 20.7 20.9 21.0 21.2 21.3 .1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,840.3 2,890.3 2,888.7 2,901.4 2,846.2 2,892.9 2,895.8 2,894.2 2,899.0 2,905.1 6.1

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,759.7 1,790.0 1,791.1 1,795.4 1,761.7 1,790.8 1,793.3 1,793.2 1,792.5 1,796.7 4.2

Commercial banking .................................... 1,290.4 1,303.4 1,301.4 1,303.4 1,292.2 1,306.9 1,309.0 1,306.0 1,302.7 1,305.0 2.3

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 781.9 790.6 789.6 795.7 780.4 790.5 790.7 790.4 792.7 796.2 3.5

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,248.0 2,278.7 2,275.3 2,284.9 2,250.4 2,262.1 2,271.8 2,274.8 2,281.3 2,287.6 6.3

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 87.8 87.7 87.2 88.3 87.2 87.1 87.5 87.8 87.6 87.8 .2

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,075.0 2,144.9 2,122.2 2,124.9 2,112.2 2,147.5 2,150.2 2,154.5 2,161.8 2,167.5 5.7

Real estate .......................................................... 1,414.3 1,476.8 1,464.5 1,466.3 1,437.6 1,474.7 1,478.4 1,481.6 1,490.1 1,493.4 3.3

Rental and leasing services ............................... 634.8 640.1 630.5 631.2 648.5 645.1 643.9 645.0 643.9 646.2 2.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 25.9 28.0 27.2 27.4 26.1 27.7 27.9 27.9 27.8 27.9 .1

See footnotes at the end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2005

 Oct. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

Change

from:

Jan. 2006-

Feb. 2006p

Professional and business services ........................ 16,392 17,128 16,733 16,859 16,711 16,991 17,061 17,121 17,138 17,177 39

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 7,011.2 7,122.1 7,149.6 7,225.7 6,936.6 7,074.8 7,087.2 7,118.9 7,133.9 7,152.2 18.3

Legal services .................................................. 1,155.7 1,164.4 1,154.4 1,153.9 1,164.8 1,159.2 1,160.0 1,160.8 1,162.6 1,162.7 .1

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 966.9 841.9 936.9 985.5 829.3 851.0 847.5 859.0 848.8 850.9 2.1

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,259.5 1,333.0 1,318.9 1,318.5 1,284.0 1,326.1 1,335.3 1,335.6 1,340.4 1,344.3 3.9

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,174.8 1,218.4 1,219.4 1,224.6 1,176.7 1,204.4 1,204.9 1,212.1 1,222.9 1,226.4 3.5

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 816.4 871.8 857.8 866.4 825.3 855.5 861.4 865.4 869.0 873.8 4.8

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,731.8 1,758.9 1,758.9 1,760.3 1,748.7 1,749.9 1,743.2 1,756.7 1,771.5 1,775.6 4.1

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,649.1 8,247.3 7,824.4 7,873.2 8,026.1 8,165.8 8,230.5 8,245.1 8,232.3 8,248.9 16.6

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,319.7 7,915.5 7,494.4 7,543.3 7,689.6 7,835.6 7,897.8 7,911.0 7,894.8 7,912.9 18.1

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,310.2 3,754.2 3,443.5 3,448.6 3,507.1 3,617.2 3,663.7 3,671.0 3,655.1 3,645.5 -9.6

Temporary help services ............................. 2,331.1 2,687.3 2,454.5 2,457.3 2,491.0 2,576.2 2,616.2 2,628.1 2,621.7 2,614.4 -7.3

Business support services .............................. 765.1 760.0 746.7 755.8 765.2 752.7 754.7 751.8 755.3 756.0 .7

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,553.2 1,670.1 1,587.3 1,597.2 1,710.5 1,741.1 1,755.4 1,751.1 1,747.3 1,759.8 12.5

Waste management and remediation services 329.4 331.8 330.0 329.9 336.5 330.2 332.7 334.1 337.5 336.0 -1.5

Education and health services ................................ 17,287 17,665 17,437 17,726 17,188 17,440 17,481 17,507 17,557 17,604 47

Educational services ............................................. 2,939.3 2,962.8 2,756.6 3,016.2 2,801.8 2,815.9 2,820.2 2,827.5 2,836.8 2,859.9 23.1

Health care and social assistance ........................14,347.6 14,702.0 14,680.0 14,709.5 14,385.8 14,624.5 14,661.2 14,679.6 14,719.7 14,743.6 23.9

3 Health care ............................................................ 12,160.8 12,453.7 12,433.4 12,441.9 12,205.6 12,392.7 12,423.8 12,435.8 12,466.7 12,484.9 18.2

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 5,030.8 5,192.0 5,182.8 5,192.3 5,053.3 5,152.9 5,172.7 5,181.4 5,202.1 5,213.3 11.2

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,068.7 2,146.3 2,139.7 2,141.0 2,074.3 2,119.8 2,128.4 2,135.8 2,142.5 2,146.3 3.8

Outpatient care centers ................................... 463.1 484.3 485.2 485.5 464.3 480.6 482.4 484.1 486.2 487.3 1.1

Home health care services ............................. 797.4 825.0 822.6 823.5 806.5 820.8 824.3 822.1 827.8 830.2 2.4

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,302.7 4,384.6 4,379.8 4,383.7 4,311.7 4,371.7 4,379.2 4,382.5 4,385.9 4,391.5 5.6

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,827.3 2,877.1 2,870.8 2,865.9 2,840.6 2,868.1 2,871.9 2,871.9 2,878.7 2,880.1 1.4

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,568.4 1,586.6 1,579.0 1,571.3 1,576.3 1,578.9 1,582.5 1,582.5 1,583.3 1,580.8 -2.5

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,186.8 2,248.3 2,246.6 2,267.6 2,180.2 2,231.8 2,237.4 2,243.8 2,253.0 2,258.7 5.7

Child day care services ................................... 785.4 801.6 800.3 808.5 775.2 793.2 792.9 793.3 797.6 797.9 .3

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,151 12,577 12,306 12,392 12,703 12,840 12,881 12,898 12,923 12,948 25

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,659.6 1,746.0 1,674.6 1,693.7 1,861.0 1,897.8 1,907.5 1,905.9 1,901.8 1,908.3 6.5

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 341.0 348.4 320.5 336.1 365.7 365.0 362.8 362.1 357.3 363.1 5.8

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 106.9 115.4 110.8 111.4 117.5 121.6 121.0 121.6 121.8 122.4 .6

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,211.7 1,282.2 1,243.3 1,246.2 1,377.8 1,411.2 1,423.7 1,422.2 1,422.7 1,422.8 .1

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,491.2 10,831.1 10,631.2 10,698.1 10,841.8 10,942.4 10,973.9 10,992.3 11,020.8 11,040.0 19.2

Accommodations ................................................ 1,731.4 1,741.8 1,717.2 1,722.6 1,809.9 1,812.9 1,811.1 1,809.2 1,806.7 1,805.1 -1.6

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,759.8 9,089.3 8,914.0 8,975.5 9,031.9 9,129.5 9,162.8 9,183.1 9,214.1 9,234.9 20.8

Other services .......................................................... 5,349 5,368 5,330 5,358 5,394 5,371 5,377 5,386 5,395 5,400 5

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,230.8 1,236.1 1,228.4 1,235.9 1,237.4 1,227.1 1,232.0 1,241.4 1,240.5 1,240.9 .4

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,256.5 1,265.4 1,260.5 1,261.1 1,276.3 1,270.3 1,271.1 1,270.3 1,277.9 1,279.0 1.1

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,861.2 2,866.1 2,840.6 2,860.8 2,880.0 2,873.2 2,873.6 2,874.5 2,877.0 2,879.6 2.6

Government .............................................................. 22,049 22,222 21,729 22,208 21,741 21,852 21,880 21,878 21,847 21,885 38

Federal ................................................................... 2,710 2,714 2,685 2,690 2,727 2,724 2,728 2,713 2,705 2,707 2

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,938.4 1,929.3 1,918.1 1,924.2 1,952.3 1,949.5 1,953.1 1,941.2 1,935.8 1,939.2 3.4

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 771.3 784.7 767.1 765.5 774.6 774.1 774.9 772.1 768.7 768.1 -.6

State government .................................................. 5,125 5,134 4,908 5,140 5,016 5,022 5,032 5,036 5,011 5,030 19

State government education .............................. 2,371.7 2,374.1 2,151.0 2,373.5 2,249.1 2,248.1 2,256.6 2,258.1 2,233.0 2,249.6 16.6

State government, excluding education ............ 2,752.8 2,760.2 2,756.8 2,766.3 2,767.2 2,773.5 2,775.8 2,777.4 2,777.6 2,780.1 2.5

Local government .................................................. 14,214 14,374 14,136 14,378 13,998 14,106 14,120 14,129 14,131 14,148 17

Local government education ............................. 8,144.9 8,222.6 8,012.3 8,242.5 7,830.2 7,894.9 7,899.3 7,906.9 7,903.0 7,915.2 12.2

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,068.8 6,151.1 6,123.3 6,135.0 6,167.9 6,211.5 6,220.6 6,222.2 6,228.0 6,232.5 4.5

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

vehicle parts.

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing

and residential care facilities.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2005

 Oct. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

Change

from:

Jan. 2006-

Feb. 2006p

Total private ....................................... 33.5 33.7 33.8 33.5 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.7 -0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 39.4 40.4 40.1 39.9 39.9 40.3 40.4 40.2 40.4 40.3 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 44.6 45.6 45.6 44.2 45.1 46.0 45.0 45.6 46.1 44.8 -1.3

Construction ............................................................ 37.0 38.1 38.2 38.0 38.3 38.5 39.2 38.7 39.1 38.8 -.3

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.4 41.4 40.9 40.7 40.6 41.0 40.8 40.8 40.9 41.0 .1

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

Durable goods ..................................................... 40.9 41.8 41.2 41.1 41.0 41.6 41.3 41.2 41.3 41.3 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.5 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.7 .2

Wood products .................................................. 39.2 40.3 39.7 39.7 39.9 40.8 40.5 40.1 40.3 40.6 .3

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 41.2 42.3 42.3 42.4 42.0 42.6 43.5 42.7 43.1 43.0 -.1

Primary metals .................................................. 43.0 44.0 44.0 44.1 43.1 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.7 43.9 .2

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.7 41.7 41.4 41.1 40.8 41.6 41.2 41.1 41.3 41.3 .0

Machinery .......................................................... 42.1 42.7 41.9 41.9 41.9 42.2 42.0 41.9 41.8 42.0 .2

Computer and electronic products ................ 39.5 40.8 40.3 40.3 39.8 40.5 40.3 40.3 40.5 40.4 -.1

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 39.7 41.5 40.9 40.4 40.0 41.4 41.0 40.9 40.9 40.9 .0

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.5 43.6 42.5 42.3 42.3 43.0 42.7 42.6 42.5 42.4 -.1

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 42.4 43.4 42.0 41.9 42.4 42.9 42.4 42.2 42.0 42.0 .0

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.2 39.2 37.9 38.4 39.4 39.2 38.5 38.3 38.1 38.6 .5

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.7 38.9 38.6 38.5 38.6 39.0 38.6 38.5 38.6 38.5 -.1

Nondurable goods ............................................... 39.6 40.7 40.4 40.1 39.9 40.1 40.0 40.2 40.3 40.4 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.2 4.8 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.5 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 38.7 39.8 39.6 39.2 39.3 38.9 39.0 39.3 39.7 39.7 .0

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.5 39.7 39.0 38.9 39.8 40.8 40.1 40.0 39.7 39.5 -.2

Textile mills ........................................................ 39.6 41.4 40.7 40.1 39.8 40.2 40.6 41.0 40.5 40.5 .0

Textile product mills ......................................... 39.2 40.7 40.4 39.8 39.4 38.8 39.6 40.0 40.2 40.2 .0

Apparel ............................................................... 35.7 36.0 35.8 36.0 35.8 36.1 35.9 35.6 35.9 35.9 .0

Leather and allied products ............................ 37.3 39.7 39.3 39.3 37.4 38.7 39.5 39.4 39.5 39.5 .0

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.7 43.5 42.8 42.3 42.1 42.9 42.5 42.6 42.6 42.7 .1

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.3 38.8 38.7 39.1 38.5 38.5 38.3 38.4 38.7 39.0 .3

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 44.5 44.5 44.5 43.3 44.7 47.3 45.8 44.5 45.0 44.2 -.8

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.4 43.0 43.0 42.7 42.3 42.9 42.3 42.5 42.7 42.7 .0

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.0 41.2 40.5 40.3 40.1 40.0 40.1 40.5 40.4 40.4 .0

Private service-providing ............................. 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.2 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.3 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.2 33.4 33.0 32.9 33.5 33.3 33.4 33.4 33.3 33.2 -.1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.5 37.8 38.0 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.9 37.9 38.0 .1

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.3 30.7 30.0 29.9 30.7 30.4 30.6 30.5 30.4 30.3 -.1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.7 37.0 36.3 36.0 37.3 36.7 36.8 36.7 36.5 36.6 .1

Utilities ................................................................... 40.5 41.3 40.7 40.9 40.6 41.3 41.2 41.4 41.0 41.1 .1

Information ............................................................... 36.2 36.6 36.8 36.2 36.4 36.7 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.4 -.2

Financial activities .................................................. 35.7 35.7 36.5 35.5 35.8 36.1 35.9 35.9 36.0 35.7 -.3

Professional and business services .................... 33.9 34.3 34.6 34.3 34.0 34.3 34.3 34.3 34.6 34.4 -.2

Education and health services ............................. 32.5 32.5 32.8 32.4 32.6 32.7 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.5 25.2 25.3 25.3 25.7 25.7 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.6 -.1

Other services ......................................................... 30.8 30.8 31.0 30.8 30.9 30.9 30.9 30.9 30.9 30.9 .0

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining

and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and

nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.

These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the

total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor

vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

 Feb. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

Total private ....................................... $15.95 $16.37 $16.52 $16.52 $534.33 $551.67 $558.38 $553.42

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.91 16.35 16.42 16.47 536.17 552.63 555.00 555.04

Goods-producing .......................................... 17.34 17.82 17.75 17.72 683.20 719.93 711.78 707.03

Natural resources and mining .............................. 18.44 19.23 19.47 19.31 822.42 876.89 887.83 853.50

Construction ............................................................ 19.18 19.68 19.51 19.58 709.66 749.81 745.28 744.04

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.44 16.81 16.78 16.71 664.18 695.93 686.30 680.10

Durable goods ..................................................... 17.20 17.67 17.58 17.56 703.48 738.61 724.30 721.72

Wood products .................................................. 13.06 13.23 13.14 13.14 511.95 533.17 521.66 521.66

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.22 16.53 16.51 16.54 668.26 699.22 698.37 701.30

Primary metals .................................................. 18.78 19.16 19.37 19.19 807.54 843.04 852.28 846.28

Fabricated metal products .............................. 15.67 16.18 16.14 16.04 637.77 674.71 668.20 659.24

Machinery .......................................................... 17.03 17.07 17.12 17.11 716.96 728.89 717.33 716.91

Computer and electronic products ................ 18.01 18.72 18.70 18.77 711.40 763.78 753.61 756.43

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.16 15.56 15.48 15.57 601.85 645.74 633.13 629.03

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.95 22.71 22.36 22.37 932.88 990.16 950.30 946.25

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.33 13.52 13.55 13.48 522.54 529.98 513.55 517.63

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 14.03 14.20 14.11 14.16 542.96 552.38 544.65 545.16

Nondurable goods ............................................... 15.18 15.35 15.42 15.28 601.13 624.75 622.97 612.73

Food manufacturing ......................................... 13.06 13.13 13.12 13.03 505.42 522.57 519.55 510.78

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 18.69 18.59 18.50 18.12 738.26 738.02 721.50 704.87

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.25 12.45 12.52 12.40 485.10 515.43 509.56 497.24

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.49 11.89 11.83 11.91 450.41 483.92 477.93 474.02

Apparel ............................................................... 10.21 10.47 10.65 10.59 364.50 376.92 381.27 381.24

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.43 11.33 11.49 11.29 426.34 449.80 451.56 443.70

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.88 17.91 17.95 17.76 745.60 779.09 768.26 751.25

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.77 15.92 15.90 15.64 603.99 617.70 615.33 611.52

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.76 24.62 24.74 24.74 1,101.82 1,095.59 1,100.93 1,071.24

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.33 19.85 19.98 19.79 819.59 853.55 859.14 845.03

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.66 14.84 15.00 14.84 586.40 611.41 607.50 598.05

Private service-providing ............................. 15.59 15.98 16.20 16.20 502.00 516.15 524.88 521.64

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.84 14.96 15.20 15.25 492.69 499.66 501.60 501.73

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.96 18.58 18.64 18.66 673.50 702.32 708.32 705.35

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.35 12.25 12.46 12.48 374.21 376.08 373.80 373.15

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.56 16.86 16.96 17.03 607.75 623.82 615.65 613.08

Utilities ................................................................... 25.97 27.44 27.57 27.47 1,051.79 1,133.27 1,122.10 1,123.52

Information ............................................................... 21.60 22.61 23.05 22.83 781.92 827.53 848.24 826.45

Financial activities .................................................. 17.72 18.23 18.45 18.44 632.60 650.81 673.43 654.62

Professional and business services .................... 17.96 18.44 18.88 18.84 608.84 632.49 653.25 646.21

Education and health services ............................. 16.46 17.04 17.10 17.13 534.95 553.80 560.88 555.01

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.10 9.39 9.32 9.39 232.05 236.63 235.80 237.57

Other services ......................................................... 14.23 14.52 14.56 14.52 438.28 447.22 451.36 447.22

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total Private:

 Feb. 

2005

 Oct. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2006-

Feb. 2006 p

Current dollars ................................................ $15.91 $16.28 $16.28 $16.35 $16.42 $16.47 0.3

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.21 8.09 8.15 8.20 8.18 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.43 17.74 17.74 17.77 17.82 17.81 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 18.40 19.04 18.95 19.12 19.34 19.29 -.3

Construction ............................................................................ 19.28 19.58 19.59 19.65 19.66 19.70 .2

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.42 16.71 16.68 16.70 16.74 16.72 -.1

.....................................................

4 Excluding overtime 15.54 15.82 15.79 15.83 15.87 15.83 -.3

Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.17 17.51 17.50 17.52 17.55 17.56 .1

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.20 15.35 15.29 15.31 15.37 15.31 -.4

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.51 15.89 15.89 15.97 16.04 16.11 .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.77 15.05 15.04 15.10 15.14 15.20 .4

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.93 18.32 18.45 18.56 18.53 18.61 .4

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.29 12.43 12.35 12.39 12.43 12.45 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.51 16.82 16.85 16.87 16.96 17.04 .5

Utilities ................................................................................... 26.09 27.17 27.15 27.34 27.52 27.48 -.1

Information ............................................................................... 21.57 22.65 22.40 22.60 22.95 22.81 -.6

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.74 18.09 18.20 18.27 18.33 18.43 .5

Professional and business services .................................... 17.85 18.30 18.29 18.42 18.56 18.70 .8

Education and health services ............................................. 16.47 16.90 16.95 17.00 17.07 17.14 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.05 9.22 9.24 9.27 9.26 9.32 .6

Other services ......................................................................... 14.20 14.46 14.46 14.47 14.50 14.50 .0

3( )

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical

Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.

3 Change was -0.2 percent from Dec. 2005 to Jan. 2006, the latest

month available.

4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate

of time and one-half.

N.A. = not available.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2005

 Oct. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2006-

Feb. 2006p

Total private ....................................... 99.1 103.8 101.8 101.3 101.6 103.1 103.5 103.7 103.9 103.8 -0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 93.0 100.0 97.3 97.0 97.5 99.6 100.5 100.1 101.1 101.0 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 105.0 118.0 115.6 112.3 109.5 117.6 116.0 118.0 119.8 116.9 -2.4

Construction ............................................................ 93.4 106.2 102.2 101.8 105.0 108.5 111.7 110.0 112.2 111.9 -.3

Manufacturing ......................................................... 92.4 96.3 94.4 94.1 93.7 94.7 94.6 94.8 95.3 95.5 .2

Durable goods ..................................................... 94.4 99.2 97.2 97.1 95.2 97.7 97.4 97.5 98.1 98.1 .0

Wood products .................................................. 96.9 102.1 99.4 98.8 100.4 102.4 102.4 102.0 102.8 103.0 .2

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 90.9 95.6 93.7 93.8 97.2 97.2 99.5 97.5 99.7 99.5 -.2

Primary metals .................................................. 93.3 96.8 96.7 96.6 93.7 95.0 95.2 95.1 96.1 95.9 -.2

Fabricated metal products .............................. 97.5 101.8 100.8 100.4 98.1 100.5 100.3 100.4 101.2 101.4 .2

Machinery .......................................................... 97.4 101.6 99.2 99.5 96.8 100.3 99.0 99.3 98.9 99.7 .8

Computer and electronic products ................ 89.7 102.8 101.2 101.3 90.5 99.8 100.3 101.1 101.7 101.6 -.1

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 85.5 89.5 88.5 87.6 86.2 88.1 87.7 87.7 88.2 88.5 .3

Transportation equipment ............................... 97.4 102.4 99.2 99.0 96.9 98.8 98.8 99.2 99.6 98.9 -.7

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 97.3 98.9 94.7 94.3 97.1 96.4 95.4 95.2 95.2 94.2 -1.1

Furniture and related products ....................... 91.8 91.1 87.3 88.7 92.9 91.0 89.2 88.9 88.5 90.0 1.7

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 90.9 91.9 89.9 90.9 91.3 91.5 90.7 90.5 90.9 91.4 .6

Nondurable goods ............................................... 89.2 91.5 89.9 89.3 91.0 90.2 90.2 90.5 90.9 91.2 .3

Food manufacturing ......................................... 93.2 97.3 94.9 93.4 96.8 94.5 95.2 95.8 96.8 96.7 -.1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 86.3 96.9 95.3 95.5 90.9 100.3 98.9 98.0 99.6 99.8 .2

Textile mills ........................................................ 72.5 69.1 68.3 67.3 73.6 69.3 69.2 69.2 69.0 68.6 -.6

Textile product mills ......................................... 88.4 95.1 96.3 93.2 89.9 92.2 94.2 94.3 96.6 95.8 -.8

Apparel ............................................................... 68.8 63.8 62.7 64.0 69.6 64.0 64.5 63.9 64.8 64.1 -1.1

Leather and allied products ............................ 75.9 82.2 78.7 77.9 77.1 79.6 81.0 81.2 80.4 79.1 -1.6

Paper and paper products .............................. 86.7 89.0 87.1 86.5 88.0 87.9 87.1 87.2 87.2 87.9 .8

Printing and related support activities ........... 90.4 92.2 90.4 92.0 91.7 90.8 90.5 90.9 91.3 92.6 1.4

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 99.1 94.5 92.8 93.0 103.2 105.3 100.6 97.6 98.1 98.2 .1

Chemicals .......................................................... 96.8 98.8 98.6 98.0 96.9 97.9 96.9 97.6 98.2 98.0 -.2

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 92.0 94.2 91.9 91.7 92.6 91.9 92.1 92.9 92.6 92.7 .1

Private service-providing ............................. 100.6 104.9 102.9 102.7 102.9 104.1 104.5 104.6 104.8 104.7 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 98.5 104.9 100.1 98.8 101.0 101.3 102.0 102.0 101.8 101.5 -.3

Wholesale trade ................................................... 98.9 103.1 102.7 102.1 100.7 102.3 102.8 103.1 103.4 103.7 .3

Retail trade ........................................................... 97.1 105.9 98.3 96.4 100.5 100.0 101.1 100.7 100.4 99.9 -.5

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 101.9 106.7 103.1 101.9 104.8 104.3 105.0 104.8 104.6 104.9 .3

Utilities ................................................................... 91.3 94.5 93.5 94.4 91.9 94.9 95.1 95.2 94.6 95.2 .6

Information ............................................................... 97.5 101.0 100.7 99.2 98.4 100.5 100.3 100.6 100.7 100.2 -.5

Financial activities .................................................. 102.8 105.1 107.1 104.6 103.7 105.8 105.6 105.8 106.4 105.8 -.6

Professional and business services .................... 101.2 108.1 106.1 106.2 103.7 106.9 107.6 108.0 109.1 108.8 -.3

Education and health services ............................. 105.6 107.7 107.3 107.8 105.3 107.0 106.6 106.7 107.1 107.4 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 99.4 102.0 100.1 100.8 105.2 106.2 106.7 106.5 107.2 107.0 -.2

Other services ......................................................... 95.1 95.3 95.1 95.1 96.2 95.8 95.8 96.0 96.1 96.2 .1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and

motor vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by

dividing the current months estimates of aggregate hours by

the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours

estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours

and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2005

 Oct. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006p

 Feb. 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2006-

Feb. 2006p

Total private ....................................... 105.7 113.7 112.6 112.0 108.2 112.3 112.8 113.4 114.2 114.4 0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 98.8 109.1 105.8 105.2 104.0 108.2 109.2 108.9 110.3 110.2 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 112.6 132.0 130.9 126.1 117.2 130.2 127.8 131.2 134.7 131.1 -2.7

Construction ............................................................ 96.7 112.9 107.7 107.7 109.3 114.7 118.1 116.7 119.1 119.0 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 99.4 105.9 103.6 102.8 100.6 103.5 103.2 103.5 104.3 104.5 .2

Durable goods ..................................................... 101.4 109.5 106.6 106.5 102.1 106.8 106.4 106.7 107.5 107.6 .1

Nondurable goods ............................................... 95.7 99.3 98.0 96.5 97.8 97.9 97.5 98.0 98.7 98.6 -.1

Private service-providing ............................. 107.7 115.2 114.6 114.3 109.6 113.6 114.0 114.8 115.5 115.9 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 104.2 112.0 108.5 107.5 106.5 108.8 109.4 109.9 110.0 110.0 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 104.7 112.8 112.8 112.2 106.4 110.4 111.7 112.8 112.8 113.7 .8

Retail trade ........................................................... 102.8 111.2 104.9 103.1 105.9 106.6 107.0 106.9 106.9 106.7 -.2

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 107.1 114.1 110.9 110.1 109.8 111.3 112.3 112.1 112.5 113.4 .8

Utilities ................................................................... 98.9 108.2 107.6 108.2 100.1 107.6 107.7 108.6 108.7 109.2 .5

Information ............................................................... 104.2 113.0 114.9 112.1 105.1 112.7 111.2 112.5 114.4 113.2 -1.0

Financial activities .................................................. 112.6 118.5 122.2 119.3 113.7 118.4 118.9 119.5 120.6 120.6 .0

Professional and business services .................... 108.1 118.6 119.2 119.1 110.1 116.4 117.1 118.3 120.5 121.1 .5

Education and health services ............................. 114.2 120.6 120.7 121.4 114.0 118.8 118.8 119.3 120.1 121.0 .7

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 105.5 111.7 108.8 110.4 111.0 114.2 114.9 115.1 115.7 116.3 .5

Other services ......................................................... 98.6 100.9 100.9 100.6 99.5 100.9 100.9 101.2 101.5 101.6 .1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls

by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate

payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory

worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries

1

1

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Time span

2002 ......................................................... 40.8 36.5 38.3 38.7 40.1 46.0 43.7 43.3 41.7 41.9 41.5 36.0

2003 ......................................................... 44.1 37.9 34.9 38.3 42.8 38.8 37.6 39.7 50.7 49.8 52.0 51.3

2004 ......................................................... 51.6 49.5 62.4 65.5 62.4 57.7 52.7 52.0 57.0 54.3 55.0 54.1

2005 ......................................................... 50.7 57.7 56.7 54.7 54.5 56.7 59.2 54.1 51.4 53.4 61.7 58.6

2006 .........................................................

p 60.8 p 60.3

2002 ......................................................... 34.5 36.2 35.6 35.8 34.9 38.8 38.5 44.8 37.6 39.7 37.2 39.6

2003 ......................................................... 40.6 34.2 34.7 32.7 35.3 41.7 38.5 33.8 42.6 47.8 49.8 50.5

2004 ......................................................... 54.3 53.4 57.6 63.1 69.4 68.3 58.8 55.6 57.4 56.5 59.9 55.2

2005 ......................................................... 52.9 56.7 59.2 60.4 56.8 60.8 60.4 59.7 57.9 52.2 57.0 63.7

2006 .........................................................

p 66.0 p 64.4

2002 ......................................................... 30.2 30.6 31.5 30.9 32.0 36.3 35.8 37.6 34.5 36.0 36.7 35.3

2003 ......................................................... 34.4 31.8 31.8 34.0 32.7 36.2 33.3 32.4 40.5 45.3 46.4 47.7

2004 ......................................................... 49.8 52.3 54.7 60.8 63.3 63.8 63.1 63.5 59.0 61.3 55.9 55.6

2005 ......................................................... 55.4 57.7 57.4 58.8 55.2 58.6 60.8 59.5 60.6 57.7 58.5 60.6

2006 .........................................................

p 60.6 p 60.8

2002 ......................................................... 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ......................................................... 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2

2004 ......................................................... 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.4 50.7 57.7 57.0 55.2 56.7 58.3 60.1 60.3

2005 ......................................................... 60.1 61.0 59.5 58.6 58.6 59.4 60.8 61.0 60.8 58.3 58.8 62.1

2006 .........................................................

p 60.8 p 62.6

2002 ......................................................... 19.6 21.4 18.5 29.2 25.0 30.4 36.9 25.6 28.6 17.9 17.9 19.6

2003 ......................................................... 32.7 19.6 19.6 10.7 23.2 19.0 19.6 29.2 28.6 36.3 42.3 40.5

2004 ......................................................... 44.0 47.6 44.6 64.9 53.6 45.8 56.5 52.4 41.7 42.3 39.9 39.3

2005 ......................................................... 39.3 38.7 38.7 42.3 44.6 34.5 47.6 35.7 45.2 43.5 50.0 52.4

2006 .........................................................

p 58.9 p 46.4

2002 ......................................................... 9.5 9.5 11.3 17.9 14.9 17.9 22.6 25.6 22.6 17.3 9.5 11.9

2003 ......................................................... 18.5 11.3 12.5 8.3 7.7 11.3 14.9 15.5 16.7 27.4 32.1 35.7

2004 ......................................................... 43.5 42.3 43.5 53.6 57.7 58.9 53.6 48.8 48.2 40.5 38.1 31.0

2005 ......................................................... 35.7 39.9 42.9 39.9 37.5 41.1 39.3 35.7 39.9 36.3 36.9 50.0

2006 .........................................................

p 58.9 p 56.0

2002 ......................................................... 7.1 8.3 7.7 8.3 8.3 11.9 12.5 11.9 13.7 8.9 7.1 7.7

2003 ......................................................... 11.3 11.3 8.3 9.5 10.7 9.5 6.0 8.9 13.7 18.5 24.4 23.8

2004 ......................................................... 28.6 33.3 33.3 45.8 47.6 51.2 56.0 51.8 48.2 49.4 39.3 35.7

2005 ......................................................... 36.9 36.9 35.1 33.3 33.3 32.7 36.9 36.9 41.1 41.7 39.3 42.3

2006 .........................................................

p 37.5 p 48.2

2002 ......................................................... 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ......................................................... 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7

2004 ......................................................... 13.1 14.3 13.1 20.2 23.2 35.7 36.9 38.1 36.3 44.0 44.6 44.6

2005 ......................................................... 44.6 44.6 41.7 40.5 39.9 33.3 32.7 31.0 32.1 39.3 35.7 40.5

2006 .........................................................

p 39.3 p 42.9

1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and

unadjusted data for the 12-month span.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing

plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where

50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing

and decreasing employment.