Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-14-0530 

8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, April 4, 2014 

Technical information: 

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

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

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

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — MARCH 2014 

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 192,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was 

unchanged at 6.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment grew in 

professional and business services, in health care, and in mining and logging. 

Household Survey Data 

In March, the number of unemployed persons was essentially unchanged at 10.5 million, and the 

unemployment rate held at 6.7 percent. Both measures have shown little movement since December 

2013. Over the year, the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate were down by 1.2 

million and 0.8 percentage point, respectively. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for adult women increased to 6.2 percent in 

March, and the rate for adult men decreased to 6.2 percent. The rates for teenagers (20.9 percent), whites 

(5.8 percent), blacks (12.4 percent), and Hispanics (7.9 percent) showed little or no change. The jobless 

rate for Asians was 5.4 percent (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. (See tables 

A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 

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Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month 

change, seasonally adjusted, March 2012 – March 2014

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

March 2012 – March 2014
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The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more), at 3.7 million, changed 

little in March; these individuals accounted for 35.8 percent of the unemployed. The number of longterm unemployed was down by 837,000 over the year. (See table A-12.) 

Both the civilian labor force and total employment increased in March. The labor force participation 

rate (63.2 percent) and the employment-population ratio (58.9 percent) changed little over the month. 

(See table A-1.) 

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

involuntary part-time workers) was little changed at 7.4 million in March. These individuals were 

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

work. (See table A-8.) 

In March, 2.2 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, little changed from a year 

earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and 

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

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

(See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 698,000 discouraged workers in March, down slightly 

from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not 

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

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

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

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 192,000 in March. Job growth averaged 183,000 per 

month over the prior 12 months. In March, employment grew in professional and business services, in 

health care, and in mining and logging. (See table B-1.) 

Professional and business services added 57,000 jobs in March, in line with its average monthly gain 

of 56,000 over the prior 12 months. Within the industry, employment increased in March in temporary 

help services (+29,000), in computer systems design and related services (+6,000), and in architectural 

and engineering services (+5,000). 

In March, health care added 19,000 jobs. Employment in ambulatory health care services rose by 

20,000, with a gain of 9,000 jobs in home health care services. Nursing care facilities lost 5,000 jobs 

over the month. Job growth in health care averaged 17,000 per month over the prior 12 months. 

Employment in mining and logging rose in March (+7,000), with the bulk of the increase occurring in 

support activities for mining (+5,000). Over the prior 12 months, the mining and logging industry added 

an average of 3,000 jobs per month. 

Employment continued to trend up in March in food services and drinking places (+30,000). Over the 

past year, food services and drinking places has added 323,000 jobs. 

Construction employment continued to trend up in March (+19,000). Over the past year, construction 

employment has risen by 151,000. 
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Employment in government was unchanged in March. A decline of 9,000 jobs in federal government 

was mostly offset by an increase of 8,000 jobs in local government, excluding education. Over the past 

year, employment in federal government has fallen by 85,000. 

Employment in other major industries, including manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, 

transportation and warehousing, information, and financial activities, changed little over the month. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 hour in March 

to 34.5 hours, offsetting a net decline over the prior 3 months. The manufacturing workweek rose by 0.3 

hour in March to 41.1 hours, and factory overtime rose by 0.1 hour to 3.5 hours. The average workweek 

for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.3 hour to 

33.7 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

In March, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 

1 cent to $24.30, following a 9 cent increase in February. Over the year, average hourly earnings have 

risen by 49 cents, or 2.1 percent. In March, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and 

nonsupervisory employees edged down by 2 cents to $20.47. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for January was revised from +129,000 to +144,000, 

and the change for February was revised from +175,000 to +197,000. With these revisions, employment 

gains in January and February were 37,000 higher than previously reported. 

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The Employment Situation for April is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 2, 2014, at 8:30 

a.m. (EDT). 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Change from:

Feb. 2014-

Mar. 2014

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population........................................... 244,995 246,915 247,085 247,258 173

Civilian labor force........................................................... 155,099 155,460 155,724 156,227 503

Participation rate.......................................................... 63.3 63.0 63.0 63.2 0.2

Employed................................................................... 143,393 145,224 145,266 145,742 476

Employment-population ratio.......................................... 58.5 58.8 58.8 58.9 0.1

Unemployed............................................................... 11,706 10,236 10,459 10,486 27

Unemployment rate.................................................... 7.5 6.6 6.7 6.7 0.0

Not in labor force............................................................ 89,896 91,455 91,361 91,030 -331

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over...................................................... 7.5 6.6 6.7 6.7 0.0

Adult men (20 years and over)............................................ 6.9 6.2 6.4 6.2 -0.2

Adult women (20 years and over)......................................... 6.9 5.9 5.9 6.2 0.3

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................ 23.9 20.7 21.4 20.9 -0.5

White.......................................................................... 6.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 0.0

Black or African American.................................................. 13.2 12.1 12.0 12.4 0.4

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................ 5.0 4.8 6.0 5.4 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................................. 9.2 8.4 8.1 7.9 -0.2

Total, 25 years and over...................................................... 6.1 5.4 5.5 5.4 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma.......................................... 11.1 9.6 9.8 9.6 -0.2

High school graduates, no college........................................ 7.6 6.5 6.4 6.3 -0.1

Some college or associate degree........................................ 6.4 6.0 6.2 6.1 -0.1

Bachelor’s degree and higher.............................................. 3.8 3.2 3.4 3.4 0.0

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.................. 6,321 5,407 5,448 5,489 41

Job leavers...................................................................... 978 818 823 815 -8

Reentrants....................................................................... 3,182 2,937 2,997 3,037 40

New entrants.................................................................... 1,304 1,184 1,229 1,169 -60

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks............................................................. 2,497 2,434 2,373 2,461 88

5 to 14 weeks................................................................... 2,843 2,429 2,568 2,581 13

15 to 26 weeks................................................................. 1,779 1,689 1,615 1,677 62

27 weeks and over............................................................. 4,576 3,646 3,849 3,739 -110

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons.............................................. 7,663 7,257 7,186 7,411 225

Slack work or business conditions........................................ 4,921 4,405 4,251 4,512 261

Could only find part-time work............................................. 2,585 2,571 2,692 2,731 39

Part time for noneconomic reasons.......................................... 18,784 19,165 19,027 19,216 189

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force....................................... 2,326 2,592 2,303 2,168 –

Discouraged workers........................................................ 803 837 755 698 –

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

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

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

annually with the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 144 197 192

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 166 188 192

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 65 40 25

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 3 7

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 51 18 19

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 19 -1

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 16 8

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 -6.5 11.6 0.0

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -3 7 3 -9

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 101 148 167

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 18.3 14.5 7.1

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -8.7 -21.5 -1.9 21.3

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.1 15.5 -5.4 7.9

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -3 -8 2

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 -1 9 1

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 49 81 57

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.5 7.6 27.6 28.5

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 16 31 34

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.4 11.4 24.9 27.0

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 25 29 29

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -7 4 -1 6

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -23 -22 9 0

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 48.0 48.0 48.0

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.6 82.6 82.7 82.7

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 34.4 34.3 34.5

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23.81 $24.22 $24.31 $24.30

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $821.45 $833.17 $833.83 $838.35

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.2 99.5 99.4 100.1

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.4 -0.1 0.7

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.5 115.0 115.3 116.1

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.7

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 33.6 33.4 33.7

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.02 $20.39 $20.49 $20.47

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $676.68 $685.10 $684.37 $689.84

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.9 107.0 106.6 107.8

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.4 -0.4 1.1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.7 145.8 146.0 147.4

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.6 0.1 1.0

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (264 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 62.7 59.1 58.5

Manufacturing (81 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.5 55.6 51.9 50.0

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

service-providing industries.

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

hours.

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

aggregate weekly payrolls.

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

balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.

p Preliminary
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

1. Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Employment Situation news release. 

3. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax 

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

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

4. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

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

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

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

industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

insurance benefits? 

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

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

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

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

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

looking for work? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

but not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some employees may be 

off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, while some workers, such 

as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. 

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

to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. Slightly more than 20 percent of all employees 

in the payroll survey sample have a weekly pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of 

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

quantify the effect of extreme weather on estimates of over-the-month change in employment. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household 

survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey 

(CES; establishment survey). The household survey 

provides information on the labor force, employment, and 

unemployment that appears in the "A" tables, marked 

HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 

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

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

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm 

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

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of 

nonagricultural business establishments. Each month 

the CES program surveys about 144,000 businesses 

and government agencies, representing approximately 

554,000 individual worksites, in order to provide 

detailed industry data on employment, hours, and 

earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. The 

active sample includes approximately one-third of 

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

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

reference period is generally the calendar week that 

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

survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 

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

calendar week. 

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys 

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force. 

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked 

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

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

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: they had no employment during the 

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

and they made specific efforts to find employment 

sometime during the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting 

recall need not be looking for work to be counted as 

unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the 

household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for 

or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. 

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those persons not classified as 

employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The 

unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent 

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

labor force as a percent of the population, and 

the employment-population ratio is the employed as a 

percent of the population. Additional information 

about the household survey can be found at 

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

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

government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are 

those who received pay for any part of the reference pay 

period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are 

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

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

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

industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an 

establishment’s principal activity in accordance with the 

2012 version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

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

Differences in employment estimates. The numerous 

conceptual and methodological differences between the 

household and establishment surveys result in important 

distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the 

surveys. Among these are: 

 The household survey includes agricultural

workers, self-employed workers whose businesses

are unicorporated, unpaid family workers, and

private household workers among the employed.

These groups are excluded from the establishment

survey.

 The household survey includes people on unpaid

leave among the employed. The establishment

survey does not.

 The household survey is limited to workers 16

years of age and older. The establishment survey is

not limited by age.

 The household survey has no duplication of

individuals, because individuals are counted only

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

establishment survey, employees working at more

than one job and thus appearing on more than one

payroll are counted separately for each appearance.
Seasonal adjustment 

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

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

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

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

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

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

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

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

example, in the household survey, the large number of 

youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure 

any other changes that have taken place relative to May, 

making it difficult to determine if the level of economic 

activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

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

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

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more 

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

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, 

such as total payroll employment, employment in most 

major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are 

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

by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex 

components; this differs from the unemployment estimate 

that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by 

combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age 

categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current 

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

used to adjust only the current month's data. In the 

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

revisions to historical data are made once a year. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling 

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

surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may 

differ from the true population values they represent. The 

component of this difference that occurs because samples 

differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. 

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

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

than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value 

because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally 

conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. 

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly 

change in total nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

90,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment 

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

percent confidence interval on the monthly change would 

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

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

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

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

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

we could not say with confidence that nonfarm employment 

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

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

values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be 

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

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

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

the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change 

in unemployment as measured by the household survey is 

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

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

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the 

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

small number of observations. The precision of estimates 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all 

respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely 

basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in 

the collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates 

for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete 

returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled 

preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive 

revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample 

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered 

final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

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

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

gains from business births. This is incorporated into the 

sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting 

sample units going out of business, but imputing to them 

the same employment trend as the other firms in the 

sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net 

birth/death employment. 

The second component is an ARIMA time series 

model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death 

employment not accounted for by the imputation. The 

historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA 

model was derived from the unemployment insurance 

universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual 

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment 

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

universe counts of payroll employment obtained from 

administrative records of the unemployment insurance 

program. The difference between the March sample-based 

employment estimates and the March universe counts is 

known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough 

proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also 

incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over 

the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total 

nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a 

range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244,995 247,085 247,258 244,995 246,567 246,745 246,915 247,085 247,258

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,512 155,027 155,627 155,099 155,284 154,937 155,460 155,724 156,227

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 62.7 62.9 63.3 63.0 62.8 63.0 63.0 63.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,698 144,134 145,090 143,393 144,443 144,586 145,224 145,266 145,742

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 58.3 58.7 58.5 58.6 58.6 58.8 58.8 58.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,815 10,893 10,537 11,706 10,841 10,351 10,236 10,459 10,486

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 7.0 6.8 7.5 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,483 92,058 91,630 89,896 91,283 91,808 91,455 91,361 91,030

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,399 6,091 5,891 6,675 5,779 6,111 6,348 6,060 6,146

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,204 119,306 119,395 118,204 119,011 119,103 119,218 119,306 119,395

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,133 81,954 82,586 82,575 82,554 82,323 82,662 82,597 83,052

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.5 68.7 69.2 69.9 69.4 69.1 69.3 69.2 69.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,521 75,687 76,718 76,300 76,560 76,723 77,060 76,808 77,416

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 63.4 64.3 64.5 64.3 64.4 64.6 64.4 64.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,611 6,267 5,868 6,275 5,993 5,599 5,602 5,789 5,636

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 7.6 7.1 7.6 7.3 6.8 6.8 7.0 6.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,071 37,352 36,809 35,629 36,458 36,780 36,556 36,709 36,343

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,635 110,838 110,930 109,635 110,515 110,613 110,746 110,838 110,930

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,529 79,528 79,949 79,731 79,700 79,464 79,892 79,917 80,171

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.5 71.8 72.1 72.7 72.1 71.8 72.1 72.1 72.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,588 73,882 74,711 74,190 74,373 74,467 74,916 74,780 75,230

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.1 66.7 67.3 67.7 67.3 67.3 67.6 67.5 67.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,941 5,645 5,238 5,541 5,328 4,997 4,975 5,137 4,941

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 7.1 6.6 6.9 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,107 31,310 30,981 29,904 30,815 31,149 30,855 30,921 30,760

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,791 127,779 127,863 126,791 127,555 127,642 127,696 127,779 127,863

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,379 73,073 73,041 72,524 72,730 72,614 72,797 73,128 73,175

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.1 57.2 57.1 57.2 57.0 56.9 57.0 57.2 57.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,176 68,446 68,373 67,093 67,882 67,862 68,163 68,458 68,325

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.0 53.6 53.5 52.9 53.2 53.2 53.4 53.6 53.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,203 4,626 4,669 5,431 4,848 4,752 4,634 4,670 4,850

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 6.3 6.4 7.5 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,412 54,707 54,822 54,267 54,825 55,028 54,899 54,652 54,688

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,520 119,583 119,669 118,520 119,341 119,433 119,497 119,583 119,669

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,675 70,493 70,402 69,629 69,871 69,831 70,023 70,331 70,361

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 58.9 58.8 58.7 58.5 58.5 58.6 58.8 58.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,038 66,319 66,170 64,838 65,547 65,617 65,909 66,183 66,008

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 55.5 55.3 54.7 54.9 54.9 55.2 55.3 55.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,637 4,175 4,232 4,791 4,323 4,214 4,114 4,148 4,352

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 5.9 6.0 6.9 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,845 49,089 49,267 48,891 49,470 49,602 49,475 49,252 49,309

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,840 16,664 16,658 16,840 16,710 16,700 16,671 16,664 16,658

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,309 5,006 5,276 5,739 5,713 5,642 5,545 5,476 5,696

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5 30.0 31.7 34.1 34.2 33.8 33.3 32.9 34.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,072 3,933 4,209 4,365 4,523 4,502 4,399 4,303 4,503

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 23.6 25.3 25.9 27.1 27.0 26.4 25.8 27.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,237 1,073 1,066 1,374 1,190 1,140 1,147 1,173 1,193

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.3 21.4 20.2 23.9 20.8 20.2 20.7 21.4 20.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,531 11,658 11,382 11,101 10,997 11,058 11,125 11,188 10,962

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,946 195,029 195,117 193,946 194,833 194,927 194,944 195,029 195,117

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,809 122,928 123,157 123,426 123,050 122,879 123,500 123,641 123,763

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.3 63.0 63.1 63.6 63.2 63.0 63.4 63.4 63.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,354 115,312 115,851 115,137 115,514 115,623 116,409 116,447 116,581

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 59.1 59.4 59.4 59.3 59.3 59.7 59.7 59.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,454 7,616 7,306 8,289 7,536 7,256 7,091 7,193 7,183

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 6.2 5.9 6.7 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,138 72,101 71,959 70,520 71,783 72,048 71,444 71,388 71,353

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,253 64,185 64,407 64,548 64,287 64,221 64,551 64,594 64,724

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.8 72.2 72.4 73.1 72.4 72.3 72.6 72.6 72.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,974 60,178 60,730 60,584 60,480 60,637 61,048 61,020 61,282

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.0 67.7 68.3 68.7 68.1 68.3 68.7 68.6 68.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,280 4,008 3,677 3,965 3,806 3,584 3,503 3,574 3,441

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 6.2 5.7 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.3

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,291 54,709 54,537 54,292 54,181 54,173 54,505 54,635 54,509

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 58.4 58.2 58.3 57.9 57.8 58.2 58.3 58.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,077 51,866 51,674 51,004 51,307 51,308 51,695 51,822 51,597

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.8 55.4 55.1 54.7 54.8 54.8 55.2 55.3 55.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,214 2,843 2,864 3,288 2,874 2,866 2,810 2,813 2,911

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 5.2 5.3 6.1 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,264 4,033 4,213 4,586 4,582 4,485 4,444 4,412 4,531

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 32.5 34.0 36.6 36.8 36.1 35.8 35.6 36.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,304 3,268 3,448 3,550 3,727 3,678 3,666 3,606 3,701

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4 26.3 27.8 28.3 30.0 29.6 29.5 29.1 29.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960 765 765 1,036 855 806 777 807 830

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5 19.0 18.2 22.6 18.7 18.0 17.5 18.3 18.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,255 30,685 30,719 30,255 30,535 30,569 30,651 30,685 30,719

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,461 18,591 18,763 18,496 18,482 18,401 18,558 18,654 18,756

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.0 60.6 61.1 61.1 60.5 60.2 60.5 60.8 61.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,090 16,351 16,501 16,051 16,188 16,215 16,310 16,416 16,437

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 53.3 53.7 53.1 53.0 53.0 53.2 53.5 53.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,371 2,240 2,262 2,445 2,295 2,186 2,249 2,237 2,319

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8 12.0 12.1 13.2 12.4 11.9 12.1 12.0 12.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,794 12,094 11,956 11,759 12,053 12,168 12,093 12,031 11,963

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,447 8,417 8,531 8,441 8,334 8,255 8,367 8,430 8,496

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.1 66.5 67.3 68.1 66.3 65.6 66.2 66.6 67.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,322 7,279 7,471 7,358 7,327 7,302 7,359 7,345 7,470

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.1 57.5 58.9 59.3 58.3 58.0 58.2 58.0 58.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125 1,138 1,059 1,083 1,007 953 1,008 1,085 1,026

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.3 13.5 12.4 12.8 12.1 11.5 12.0 12.9 12.1

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,344 9,611 9,635 9,339 9,475 9,451 9,525 9,594 9,614

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 62.0 62.1 61.2 61.4 61.2 61.5 61.9 62.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,305 8,687 8,628 8,219 8,428 8,466 8,537 8,646 8,554

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.4 56.0 55.6 53.8 54.6 54.8 55.1 55.8 55.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039 925 1,006 1,120 1,047 986 988 948 1,060

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 9.6 10.4 12.0 11.1 10.4 10.4 9.9 11.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 562 598 715 673 694 666 630 646

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.9 22.3 23.7 27.7 26.5 27.4 26.4 24.9 25.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 385 401 474 433 448 413 425 413

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.9 15.3 15.9 18.3 17.1 17.7 16.4 16.9 16.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 177 197 241 240 246 253 204 233

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 31.5 32.9 33.7 35.7 35.5 38.0 32.4 36.1

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,223 13,738 13,769 – – – – – –

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,524 8,797 8,889 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 64.0 64.6 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,101 8,270 8,409 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3 60.2 61.1 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 528 480 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 6.0 5.4 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,699 4,941 4,880 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population................ 37,242 38,053 38,126 37,242 37,876 37,955 37,976 38,053 38,126

Civilian labor force................................ 24,282 25,019 25,158 24,396 25,124 24,863 25,053 25,061 25,266

Participation rate............................... 65.2 65.7 66.0 65.5 66.3 65.5 66.0 65.9 66.3

Employed....................................... 21,986 22,836 23,126 22,163 22,949 22,805 22,961 23,021 23,264

Employment-population ratio............... 59.0 60.0 60.7 59.5 60.6 60.1 60.5 60.5 61.0

Unemployed.................................... 2,295 2,183 2,031 2,233 2,175 2,058 2,092 2,040 2,002

Unemployment rate......................... 9.5 8.7 8.1 9.2 8.7 8.3 8.4 8.1 7.9

Not in labor force................................. 12,960 13,033 12,968 12,846 12,753 13,092 12,923 12,992 12,859

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 13,518 13,821 13,922 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 80.5 80.4 80.8 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 12,407 12,806 12,968 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 73.9 74.5 75.2 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 1,111 1,015 954 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 8.2 7.3 6.9 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 9,805 10,196 10,200 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 58.3 59.3 59.2 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 8,890 9,301 9,342 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 52.9 54.1 54.2 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 915 895 857 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 9.3 8.8 8.4 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................ 959 1,002 1,036 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 26.3 27.5 28.4 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 690 729 816 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 18.9 20.0 22.3 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 269 274 220 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 28.1 27.3 21.3 – – – – – –

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

columns.

- Data not available.

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................. 11,137 10,804 11,150 11,240 10,898 10,748 11,004 11,154 11,199

Participation rate.................................. 45.5 44.8 45.7 45.9 44.5 43.7 44.5 46.2 45.9

Employed.......................................... 9,803 9,602 10,011 9,989 9,741 9,699 9,953 10,056 10,128

Employment-population ratio................. 40.0 39.8 41.0 40.8 39.7 39.4 40.2 41.7 41.5

Unemployed....................................... 1,334 1,203 1,139 1,251 1,157 1,049 1,051 1,098 1,071

Unemployment rate............................ 12.0 11.1 10.2 11.1 10.6 9.8 9.6 9.8 9.6

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................. 36,090 36,050 36,214 36,182 35,895 36,242 35,924 36,108 36,392

Participation rate.................................. 58.5 58.4 58.5 58.7 58.2 58.0 58.1 58.5 58.8

Employed.......................................... 33,088 33,482 33,759 33,417 33,277 33,677 33,593 33,792 34,106

Employment-population ratio................. 53.7 54.2 54.5 54.2 53.9 53.9 54.3 54.7 55.1

Unemployed....................................... 3,003 2,568 2,455 2,765 2,618 2,565 2,331 2,316 2,286

Unemployment rate............................ 8.3 7.1 6.8 7.6 7.3 7.1 6.5 6.4 6.3

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................. 37,193 37,261 37,065 37,270 37,244 37,021 36,992 37,169 37,158

Participation rate.................................. 68.1 67.1 67.0 68.2 67.5 67.6 67.3 66.9 67.1

Employed.......................................... 34,813 34,898 34,812 34,900 34,872 34,750 34,758 34,876 34,904

Employment-population ratio................. 63.7 62.8 62.9 63.9 63.2 63.4 63.3 62.8 63.0

Unemployed....................................... 2,380 2,363 2,253 2,370 2,372 2,272 2,234 2,293 2,254

Unemployment rate............................ 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.4 6.1 6.0 6.2 6.1

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................. 49,560 50,522 50,257 49,218 49,929 49,759 50,427 50,240 49,908

Participation rate.................................. 75.8 75.6 75.2 75.3 75.2 75.3 75.7 75.2 74.7

Employed.......................................... 47,723 48,796 48,570 47,353 48,246 48,134 48,797 48,543 48,198

Employment-population ratio................. 73.0 73.0 72.7 72.5 72.7 72.8 73.2 72.6 72.2

Unemployed....................................... 1,837 1,726 1,687 1,865 1,683 1,625 1,629 1,697 1,711

Unemployment rate............................ 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.4

1

Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2

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

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

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,492 21,266 19,274 19,021 2,218 2,245

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,011 10,872 9,628 9,457 1,383 1,415

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.2 51.1 50.0 49.7 62.4 63.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,228 10,221 8,956 8,863 1,272 1,359

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.6 48.1 46.5 46.6 57.4 60.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783 650 672 594 111 56

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 6.0 7.0 6.3 8.0 4.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,481 10,394 9,646 9,564 835 830

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,846 3,069 2,271 2,491 575 578

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,252 2,510 1,882 2,125 370 385

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.1 81.8 82.9 85.3 64.4 66.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,044 2,338 1,718 1,973 326 365

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.8 76.2 75.7 79.2 56.8 63.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 172 164 152 44 20

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 6.9 8.7 7.2 11.8 5.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 559 389 365 205 193

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,347 3,354 2,684 2,643 663 711

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,809 2,752 2,311 2,227 498 525

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.9 82.1 86.1 84.2 75.1 73.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,627 2,611 2,161 2,115 466 496

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.5 77.8 80.5 80.0 70.3 69.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 141 150 112 31 30

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 5.1 6.5 5.0 6.3 5.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 602 373 416 165 185

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,936 9,514 9,560 9,157 376 357

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,082 2,826 2,959 2,732 123 94

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.0 29.7 31.0 29.8 32.7 26.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,856 2,666 2,744 2,572 111 94

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7 28.0 28.7 28.1 29.6 26.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 160 215 160 11 0

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 5.7 7.3 5.8 9.3 0.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,854 6,688 6,601 6,425 253 263

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,363 5,329 4,759 4,730 604 599

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,868 2,783 2,476 2,373 392 410

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 52.2 52.0 50.2 65.0 68.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,700 2,607 2,332 2,202 368 404

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.4 48.9 49.0 46.6 60.9 67.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 177 143 170 25 6

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 6.3 5.8 7.2 6.3 1.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,494 2,546 2,283 2,357 212 189

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214,393 217,078 94,268 95,852 120,125 121,226

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,710 142,994 71,679 72,298 70,030 70,696

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 65.9 76.0 75.4 58.3 58.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,172 133,460 65,992 67,234 65,180 66,226

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 61.5 70.0 70.1 54.3 54.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,538 9,534 5,687 5,064 4,850 4,470

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 6.7 7.9 7.0 6.9 6.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,683 74,085 22,589 23,554 50,094 50,531

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

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

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

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

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

weighting procedures.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population...................................................... 28,936 28,863 216,059 218,395

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 5,979 5,634 148,533 149,994

Participation rate..................................................................... 20.7 19.5 68.7 68.7

Employed............................................................................. 5,203 4,819 137,495 140,271

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 18.0 16.7 63.6 64.2

Unemployed.......................................................................... 776 815 11,038 9,722

Unemployment rate............................................................... 13.0 14.5 7.4 6.5

Not in labor force....................................................................... 22,957 23,229 67,526 68,401

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,677 2,502 74,948 75,591

Participation rate..................................................................... 34.9 33.1 81.9 82.1

Employed............................................................................. 2,290 2,095 69,024 70,336

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 29.8 27.7 75.4 76.4

Unemployed.......................................................................... 386 407 5,924 5,254

Unemployment rate............................................................... 14.4 16.3 7.9 7.0

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,002 5,058 16,585 16,475

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,289 2,170 66,534 67,103

Participation rate..................................................................... 28.9 27.7 70.1 70.5

Employed............................................................................. 1,974 1,827 61,833 62,928

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 24.9 23.3 65.2 66.1

Unemployed.......................................................................... 315 343 4,701 4,175

Unemployment rate............................................................... 13.7 15.8 7.1 6.2

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,631 5,661 28,343 28,137

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 1,013 962 7,051 7,300

Participation rate..................................................................... 7.6 7.1 23.8 23.5

Employed............................................................................. 938 897 6,638 7,007

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 7.0 6.7 22.4 22.5

Unemployed.......................................................................... 75 65 413 293

Unemployment rate............................................................... 7.4 6.8 5.9 4.0

Not in labor force....................................................................... 12,324 12,510 22,598 23,789

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

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

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

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

the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 38,106 38,557 18,618 18,640 19,487 19,917

Civilian labor force.................................................. 25,061 25,474 14,590 14,792 10,472 10,682

Participation rate.................................................. 65.8 66.1 78.4 79.4 53.7 53.6

Employed.......................................................... 23,197 23,811 13,581 13,964 9,616 9,848

Employment-population ratio................................. 60.9 61.8 72.9 74.9 49.3 49.4

Unemployed....................................................... 1,865 1,662 1,008 828 856 834

Unemployment rate............................................ 7.4 6.5 6.9 5.6 8.2 7.8

Not in labor force.................................................... 13,044 13,083 4,029 3,848 9,015 9,235

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 206,889 208,701 99,585 100,754 107,304 107,947

Civilian labor force.................................................. 129,451 130,154 67,543 67,794 61,908 62,360

Participation rate.................................................. 62.6 62.4 67.8 67.3 57.7 57.8

Employed.......................................................... 119,501 121,279 61,940 62,754 57,561 58,525

Employment-population ratio................................. 57.8 58.1 62.2 62.3 53.6 54.2

Unemployed....................................................... 9,950 8,875 5,603 5,040 4,347 3,835

Unemployment rate............................................ 7.7 6.8 8.3 7.4 7.0 6.1

Not in labor force.................................................... 77,438 78,547 32,042 32,960 45,396 45,587

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

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

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................. 1,904 1,973 2,008 2,020 2,139 2,229 2,183 2,150 2,148

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 1,162 1,225 1,265 1,257 1,310 1,377 1,391 1,373 1,375

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 700 732 727 710 780 812 760 768 743

Unpaid family workers........................... 42 16 16 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries.......................... 140,793 142,160 143,082 141,350 142,317 142,337 142,970 143,132 143,543

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 132,417 133,551 134,512 132,744 133,694 133,858 134,384 134,428 134,745

Government..................................... 20,965 20,517 20,862 20,585 20,086 20,063 20,383 20,192 20,401

Private industries............................... 111,452 113,033 113,650 112,177 113,610 113,818 114,001 114,177 114,327

Private households.......................... 659 822 861 – – – – – –

Other industries.............................. 110,792 112,211 112,788 111,494 112,760 112,918 113,164 113,317 113,444

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 8,264 8,529 8,521 8,412 8,547 8,506 8,569 8,697 8,674

Unpaid family workers........................... 113 81 49 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 7,734 7,397 7,455 7,663 7,723 7,771 7,257 7,186 7,411

Slack work or business conditions............. 4,857 4,506 4,397 4,921 4,869 4,884 4,405 4,251 4,512

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,578 2,598 2,741 2,585 2,499 2,592 2,571 2,692 2,731

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 19,262 19,651 19,732 18,784 18,858 18,731 19,165 19,027 19,216

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 7,598 7,269 7,321 7,563 7,619 7,650 7,130 7,071 7,324

Slack work or business conditions............. 4,771 4,449 4,325 4,844 4,807 4,801 4,327 4,208 4,454

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,563 2,565 2,713 2,531 2,484 2,586 2,550 2,653 2,697

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 18,949 19,290 19,424 18,488 18,593 18,436 18,856 18,672 18,903

1

Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

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

the entire week.

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

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

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

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,698 144,134 145,090 143,393 144,443 144,586 145,224 145,266 145,742

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,072 3,933 4,209 4,365 4,523 4,502 4,399 4,303 4,503

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,298 1,309 1,409 1,476 1,555 1,530 1,608 1,512 1,591

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,774 2,624 2,800 2,891 2,917 2,943 2,776 2,830 2,922

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,626 140,201 140,881 139,028 139,920 140,083 140,825 140,963 141,238

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,199 13,424 13,729 13,375 13,733 13,875 13,761 13,704 13,905

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,426 126,777 127,152 125,618 126,232 126,289 126,992 127,260 127,246

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,044 94,666 95,100 94,402 94,562 94,660 95,212 95,241 95,360

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,983 31,673 31,697 31,177 31,430 31,546 31,776 31,883 31,849

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,577 30,840 30,940 30,614 30,682 30,741 31,059 31,007 30,960

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,484 32,154 32,463 32,611 32,450 32,372 32,377 32,351 32,552

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,383 32,111 32,052 31,216 31,670 31,629 31,780 32,019 31,886

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,521 75,687 76,718 76,300 76,560 76,723 77,060 76,808 77,416

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,933 1,805 2,007 2,110 2,188 2,257 2,144 2,028 2,186

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 568 621 647 752 743 762 673 706

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,359 1,237 1,385 1,459 1,421 1,489 1,369 1,375 1,481

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,588 73,882 74,711 74,190 74,373 74,467 74,916 74,780 75,230

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,851 6,791 7,099 6,998 7,045 7,097 7,032 7,005 7,223

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,737 67,092 67,612 67,168 67,345 67,400 67,769 67,731 67,961

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,176 50,232 50,730 50,632 50,591 50,626 50,926 50,810 51,101

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,719 17,004 17,144 16,965 16,953 17,007 17,123 17,218 17,340

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,532 16,455 16,619 16,638 16,563 16,610 16,760 16,613 16,706

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,925 16,773 16,967 17,030 17,075 17,009 17,043 16,980 17,055

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,560 16,860 16,882 16,536 16,755 16,774 16,843 16,921 16,860

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,176 68,446 68,373 67,093 67,882 67,862 68,163 68,458 68,325

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,139 2,128 2,203 2,255 2,335 2,246 2,255 2,275 2,317

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724 740 788 828 803 787 845 839 885

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,415 1,388 1,415 1,432 1,497 1,454 1,407 1,455 1,441

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,038 66,319 66,170 64,838 65,547 65,617 65,909 66,183 66,008

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,348 6,633 6,630 6,377 6,688 6,778 6,729 6,700 6,683

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,690 59,685 59,540 58,450 58,887 58,888 59,223 59,529 59,285

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,867 44,435 44,370 43,769 43,971 44,034 44,286 44,431 44,259

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,264 14,669 14,553 14,212 14,477 14,539 14,653 14,665 14,509

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,045 14,385 14,321 13,976 14,118 14,131 14,299 14,395 14,254

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,559 15,381 15,496 15,581 15,376 15,363 15,334 15,371 15,497

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,822 15,251 15,170 14,681 14,916 14,855 14,937 15,098 15,026

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,656 43,889 44,183 44,006 44,162 43,939 44,187 44,292 44,483

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,409 34,874 34,838 34,368 34,366 34,404 34,448 34,619 34,779

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,309 9,333 9,344 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,796 116,323 116,985 115,901 116,951 117,278 117,656 117,819 118,003

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,902 27,810 28,106 27,504 27,461 27,372 27,540 27,330 27,695

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,192 7,163 7,143 7,085 6,880 6,877 6,849 6,960 6,998

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

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,419 5,385 5,462 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,964 9,261 9,249 9,122 9,327 9,317 9,329 9,465 9,417

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over........................... 11,706 10,459 10,486 7.5 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.7

16 to 19 years..................................... 1,374 1,173 1,193 23.9 20.8 20.2 20.7 21.4 20.9

16 to 17 years.................................. 554 422 399 27.3 23.6 23.8 21.9 21.8 20.1

18 to 19 years.................................. 810 751 765 21.9 19.4 18.3 19.8 21.0 20.7

20 years and over................................ 10,332 9,285 9,293 6.9 6.5 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.2

20 to 24 years.................................. 2,048 1,856 1,938 13.3 11.6 11.1 11.9 11.9 12.2

25 years and over.............................. 8,192 7,380 7,313 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.4

25 to 54 years............................... 6,365 5,821 5,712 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.7

25 to 34 years............................. 2,471 2,413 2,334 7.3 7.4 6.9 6.8 7.0 6.8

35 to 44 years............................. 1,951 1,666 1,674 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.1

45 to 54 years............................. 1,944 1,742 1,704 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0

55 years and over........................... 1,823 1,553 1,585 5.5 4.9 5.1 4.5 4.6 4.7

Men, 16 years and over............................ 6,275 5,789 5,636 7.6 7.3 6.8 6.8 7.0 6.8

16 to 19 years..................................... 734 652 695 25.8 23.3 21.1 22.6 24.3 24.1

16 to 17 years.................................. 286 224 238 30.7 24.7 24.6 23.0 25.0 25.2

18 to 19 years.................................. 445 440 442 23.4 22.7 18.9 22.0 24.2 23.0

20 years and over................................ 5,541 5,137 4,941 6.9 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.2

20 to 24 years.................................. 1,189 1,087 1,103 14.5 12.3 11.8 12.9 13.4 13.2

25 years and over.............................. 4,283 3,984 3,815 6.0 6.1 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.3

25 to 54 years............................... 3,286 3,151 2,967 6.1 6.3 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.5

25 to 34 years............................. 1,301 1,286 1,194 7.1 7.5 7.0 6.9 7.0 6.4

35 to 44 years............................. 984 906 871 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.0 5.2 5.0

45 to 54 years............................. 1,001 958 902 5.6 5.6 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.0

55 years and over........................... 997 833 848 5.7 5.2 5.3 4.6 4.7 4.8

Women, 16 years and over........................ 5,431 4,670 4,850 7.5 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.6

16 to 19 years..................................... 640 522 498 22.1 18.3 19.3 18.7 18.7 17.7

16 to 17 years.................................. 267 198 162 24.4 22.5 23.0 20.9 19.1 15.4

18 to 19 years.................................. 365 311 323 20.3 16.0 17.6 17.6 17.6 18.3

20 years and over................................ 4,791 4,148 4,352 6.9 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.2

20 to 24 years.................................. 859 769 835 11.9 10.9 10.4 10.9 10.3 11.1

25 years and over.............................. 3,909 3,396 3,498 6.3 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.6

25 to 54 years............................... 3,079 2,670 2,745 6.6 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.8

25 to 34 years............................. 1,170 1,126 1,140 7.6 7.3 6.7 6.6 7.1 7.3

35 to 44 years............................. 967 760 803 6.5 5.4 5.4 5.1 5.0 5.3

45 to 54 years............................. 943 784 802 5.7 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.9

55 years and over........................... 821 705 734 5.3 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.7

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present...................... 1,979 1,772 1,744 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

Married women, spouse present.................. 1,694 1,519 1,538 4.7 4.5 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.2

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,120 935 923 10.7 9.7 8.7 9.1 9.1 9.0

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2................................... 9,966 8,866 8,881 7.9 7.3 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.0

Part-time workers3.................................. 1,709 1,610 1,581 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.1 5.6 5.4

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

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

jobs.

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

part-time jobs.

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

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

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 6,638 6,024 5,779 6,321 5,731 5,366 5,407 5,448 5,489

On temporary layoff.............................. 1,312 1,341 1,236 1,118 1,128 997 986 1,036 1,051

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 5,325 4,682 4,543 5,204 4,603 4,369 4,421 4,412 4,438

Permanent job losers.......................... 4,029 3,366 3,370 3,948 3,428 3,219 3,341 3,230 3,295

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . .. 1,296 1,316 1,174 1,255 1,174 1,150 1,080 1,182 1,143

Job leavers........................................... 947 813 780 978 890 862 818 823 815

Reentrants............................................ 3,061 2,974 2,929 3,182 3,065 3,036 2,937 2,997 3,037

New entrants......................................... 1,169 1,083 1,049 1,304 1,169 1,201 1,184 1,229 1,169

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 56.2 55.3 54.8 53.6 52.8 51.3 52.3 51.9 52.2

On temporary layoff.............................. 11.1 12.3 11.7 9.5 10.4 9.5 9.5 9.9 10.0

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 45.1 43.0 43.1 44.2 42.4 41.8 42.7 42.0 42.2

Job leavers........................................... 8.0 7.5 7.4 8.3 8.2 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.8

Reentrants............................................ 25.9 27.3 27.8 27.0 28.2 29.0 28.4 28.5 28.9

New entrants......................................... 9.9 9.9 10.0 11.1 10.8 11.5 11.4 11.7 11.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 4.3 3.9 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5

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

Reentrants............................................ 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9

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

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

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 2,067 2,145 2,064 2,497 2,439 2,255 2,434 2,373 2,461

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 3,040 3,091 2,766 2,843 2,585 2,506 2,429 2,568 2,581

15 weeks and over.................................. 6,708 5,657 5,708 6,355 5,786 5,530 5,336 5,464 5,417

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 2,051 1,771 1,913 1,779 1,742 1,651 1,689 1,615 1,677

27 weeks and over............................... 4,657 3,886 3,795 4,576 4,044 3,878 3,646 3,849 3,739

Average (mean) duration, in weeks............... 37.9 36.3 36.2 37.0 37.1 37.1 35.4 37.1 35.6

Median duration, in weeks......................... 19.0 16.0 17.3 18.1 17.0 17.1 16.0 16.4 16.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 17.5 19.7 19.6 21.4 22.6 21.9 23.9 22.8 23.5

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 25.7 28.4 26.2 24.3 23.9 24.4 23.8 24.7 24.7

15 weeks and over.................................. 56.8 51.9 54.2 54.3 53.5 53.7 52.3 52.5 51.8

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 17.4 16.3 18.2 15.2 16.1 16.0 16.6 15.5 16.0

27 weeks and over............................... 39.4 35.7 36.0 39.1 37.4 37.7 35.8 37.0 35.8

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Total, 16 years and over1............................................. 142,698 145,090 11,815 10,537 7.6 6.8

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 54,721 56,036 2,020 1,890 3.6 3.3

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 22,734 23,020 836 827 3.5 3.5

Professional and related occupations.......................... 31,986 33,016 1,184 1,063 3.6 3.1

Service occupations................................................ 25,628 25,294 2,480 2,190 8.8 8.0

Sales and office occupations...................................... 33,042 33,745 2,701 2,343 7.6 6.5

Sales and related occupations.................................. 14,902 15,901 1,246 1,163 7.7 6.8

Office and administrative support occupations............... 18,140 17,844 1,455 1,180 7.4 6.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations........................................................ 12,482 13,005 1,666 1,438 11.8 10.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................... 840 910 151 210 15.3 18.7

Construction and extraction occupations...................... 6,761 7,370 1,266 981 15.8 11.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........... 4,880 4,726 249 247 4.8 5.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations........................................................ 16,825 17,010 1,747 1,601 9.4 8.6

Production occupations.......................................... 8,238 8,135 734 698 8.2 7.9

Transportation and material moving occupations............ 8,587 8,874 1,013 903 10.5 9.2

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

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

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

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 11,815 10,537 7.6 6.8

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.................................. 9,148 8,110 7.6 6.7

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.................................... 72 60 6.1 5.3

Construction.......................................................................... 1,195 950 14.7 11.3

Manufacturing........................................................................ 968 826 6.4 5.4

Durable goods..................................................................... 582 471 6.1 4.9

Nondurable goods................................................................ 386 355 6.8 6.2

Wholesale and retail trade......................................................... 1,500 1,414 7.5 6.8

Transportation and utilities......................................................... 463 424 7.6 6.8

Information............................................................................ 145 161 5.2 5.1

Financial activities................................................................... 414 403 4.3 4.2

Professional and business services............................................... 1,378 1,273 8.9 8.1

Education and health services..................................................... 1,111 900 5.0 4.0

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 1,467 1,312 10.8 10.2

Other services........................................................................ 435 386 6.8 6.2

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers......................... 175 213 13.5 14.9

Government workers................................................................... 786 681 3.6 3.2

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............ 537 485 5.6 4.9

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

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

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,

as a percent of the civilian labor force......... 4.3 3.6 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.5

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force......................................... 4.3 3.9 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate)................................................ 7.6 7.0 6.8 7.5 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.7

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged

workers, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus discouraged workers................. 8.1 7.5 7.2 8.0 7.4 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.1

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged

workers, plus all other persons marginally

attached to the labor force, as a percent of

the civilian labor force plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . .. 9.0 8.4 8.1 8.9 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.0

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic

reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus all persons marginally attached to

the labor force..................................... 13.9 13.1 12.8 13.8 13.1 13.1 12.7 12.6 12.7

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

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

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

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

January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

Mar.

2013

Mar.

2014

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force........................................... 90,483 91,630 36,071 36,809 54,412 54,822

Persons who currently want a job................................ 6,399 5,891 3,044 2,841 3,354 3,050

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,326 2,168 1,255 1,145 1,072 1,024

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 803 698 512 430 291 269

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. .. 1,523 1,470 742 715 781 755

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4

............................................. 7,192 7,143 3,541 3,445 3,651 3,698

Percent of total employed.......................................... 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.5 5.4 5.4

Primary job full time, secondary job part time................... 3,950 3,717 2,207 2,012 1,742 1,705

Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,835 1,977 589 646 1,246 1,330

Primary and secondary jobs both full time....................... 286 281 164 173 122 107

Hours vary on primary or secondary job......................... 1,092 1,118 564 591 528 527

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

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

2

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

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

3

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

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

4

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Change

from:

Feb.2014 -

Mar.2014p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,917 135,451 136,194 137,135 135,682 137,539 137,736 137,928 192

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,644 113,740 114,055 114,886 113,822 115,707 115,895 116,087 192

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,283 18,355 18,382 18,557 18,680 18,876 18,916 18,941 25

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 873 874 886 860 888 891 898 7

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.0 53.8 52.5 53.4 51.9 54.3 54.4 56.0 1.6

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798.4 818.9 821.3 832.6 807.7 833.9 836.4 841.8 5.4

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.0 205.0 206.7 207.2 194.2 205.3 207.7 208.1 0.4

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.6 202.6 203.5 205.9 213.8 212.1 212.2 211.8 -0.4

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.7 79.0 78.5 77.7 79.3 79.4 78.4 77.6 -0.8

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.8 411.3 411.1 419.5 399.7 416.5 416.5 421.9 5.4

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,501 5,533 5,527 5,658 5,813 5,927 5,945 5,964 19

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,226.1 1,274.6 1,268.7 1,286.4 1,275.9 1,332.7 1,332.4 1,337.7 5.3

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574.7 612.3 613.7 620.7 601.9 644.1 646.6 649.7 3.1

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651.4 662.3 655.0 665.7 674.0 688.6 685.8 688.0 2.2

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . 801.7 786.6 792.9 825.2 882.1 890.0 901.0 904.2 3.2

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,473.1 3,472.1 3,465.2 3,546.3 3,654.5 3,703.8 3,711.9 3,722.4 10.5

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . 1,451.9 1,477.1 1,470.8 1,508.1 1,537.0 1,583.7 1,586.2 1,592.2 6.0

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . 2,021.2 1,995.0 1,994.4 2,038.2 2,117.5 2,120.1 2,125.7 2,130.2 4.5

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,935 11,949 11,981 12,013 12,007 12,061 12,080 12,079 -1

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,507 7,526 7,552 7,582 7,533 7,582 7,598 7,606 8

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.2 354.2 356.0 356.6 349.6 361.7 361.8 361.8 0.0

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.1 365.6 364.3 372.4 372.9 380.2 379.5 381.6 2.1

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.7 395.2 395.7 397.1 398.9 396.1 397.3 397.6 0.3

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,419.8 1,435.0 1,438.4 1,438.1 1,425.8 1,446.1 1,446.4 1,443.8 -2.6

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105.0 1,107.1 1,110.6 1,114.6 1,105.4 1,111.1 1,112.4 1,114.9 2.5

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,067.1 1,054.5 1,052.7 1,054.5 1,069.7 1,057.8 1,057.3 1,056.9 -0.4

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . 155.5 160.7 161.5 162.3 156.6 160.5 162.2 163.0 0.8

Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.8 99.8 99.0 99.5 104.0 99.7 99.4 99.7 0.3

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.2 370.0 369.5 367.5 375.8 371.7 370.5 368.4 -2.1

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394.1 386.2 384.6 387.4 394.5 387.8 386.7 387.8 1.1

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . 373.1 375.0 375.4 374.4 374.5 375.4 376.0 375.7 -0.3

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,506.0 1,506.3 1,524.2 1,532.1 1,500.0 1,511.1 1,523.9 1,525.7 1.8

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816.6 828.1 845.2 850.6 809.3 832.0 843.6 843.6 0.0

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354.9 358.3 357.9 362.8 357.0 364.1 363.1 365.1 2.0

Miscellaneous durable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575.8 575.0 577.2 579.5 579.4 578.4 579.8 582.8 3.0

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,428 4,423 4,429 4,431 4,474 4,479 4,482 4,473 -9

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,445.1 1,458.2 1,462.0 1,459.4 1,474.4 1,490.2 1,491.9 1,487.3 -4.6

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.8 115.5 116.4 116.7 117.0 116.1 117.3 116.9 -0.4

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.2 109.6 109.5 110.3 115.0 111.0 110.8 110.9 0.1

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.3 137.3 136.5 135.9 145.2 137.6 136.7 136.0 -0.7

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.7 376.7 375.0 374.3 379.8 377.5 376.6 376.1 -0.5

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . 453.3 440.7 440.4 440.8 454.7 442.7 442.4 441.9 -0.5

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.1 108.9 109.2 111.1 112.0 113.4 113.2 113.5 0.3

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792.1 794.0 794.0 795.8 792.6 796.0 795.6 795.8 0.2

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654.1 656.9 659.9 658.9 655.9 661.9 663.5 659.8 -3.7

Miscellaneous nondurable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.1 225.5 226.3 228.0 227.0 232.1 233.9 234.9 1.0

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,361 95,385 95,673 96,329 95,142 96,831 96,979 97,146 167

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,366 26,014 25,783 25,881 25,683 26,167 26,174 26,212 38

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,684.5 5,767.0 5,780.2 5,802.2 5,718.3 5,815.1 5,829.6 5,836.7 7.1

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,849.3 2,892.5 2,902.1 2,916.6 2,862.9 2,908.2 2,919.4 2,929.4 10.0

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,958.7 1,978.9 1,983.2 1,989.0 1,975.0 2,004.2 2,007.8 2,005.9 -1.9

Electronic markets and agents and

brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876.5 895.6 894.9 896.6 880.4 902.7 902.4 901.4 -1.0

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,705.4 15,159.9 14,949.1 15,006.2 14,944.4 15,240.2 15,238.3 15,259.6 21.3

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,763.6 1,800.9 1,808.3 1,821.7 1,777.1 1,828.9 1,832.1 1,834.1 2.0

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,119.5 1,149.3 1,153.7 1,157.7 1,124.7 1,160.2 1,162.0 1,162.1 0.1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Change

from:

Feb.2014 -

Mar.2014p

Retail trade - Continued

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . 436.4 451.1 443.6 442.4 442.7 447.5 448.5 448.6 0.1

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 485.3 532.3 502.8 496.0 490.2 516.9 505.9 504.6 -1.3

Building material and garden supply

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,181.2 1,159.8 1,172.5 1,206.1 1,189.5 1,220.1 1,221.4 1,217.3 -4.1

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,870.8 2,962.1 2,952.8 2,958.4 2,903.6 2,973.6 2,984.2 2,993.2 9.0

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003.9 1,022.2 1,014.4 1,015.3 1,010.3 1,020.9 1,019.9 1,022.0 2.1

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845.3 861.4 855.7 859.4 858.5 873.1 872.0 873.1 1.1

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . 1,338.4 1,407.0 1,342.9 1,343.1 1,393.2 1,394.3 1,396.0 1,397.3 1.3

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570.8 598.6 572.6 574.0 588.7 595.6 589.0 594.1 5.1

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,987.7 3,115.9 3,034.6 3,052.2 3,036.3 3,103.6 3,101.6 3,105.2 3.6

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,303.4 1,367.5 1,307.8 1,300.9 1,341.3 1,345.2 1,340.5 1,339.7 -0.8

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773.6 774.4 781.3 773.3 795.7 793.3 794.1 795.4 1.3

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.4 474.2 467.6 464.3 458.6 472.4 473.6 474.7 1.1

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,426.3 4,538.8 4,506.5 4,523.9 4,469.8 4,562.1 4,556.7 4,564.6 7.9

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.1 450.9 451.2 453.5 448.8 453.9 454.0 454.8 0.8

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.8 231.8 231.8 233.4 232.4 232.6 233.3 233.9 0.6

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.2 64.9 65.7 65.3 65.5 66.3 67.5 66.5 -1.0

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,342.9 1,357.8 1,355.7 1,367.9 1,368.9 1,390.0 1,390.1 1,393.4 3.3

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.3 463.7 465.2 468.1 447.0 450.4 451.7 454.2 2.5

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.4 45.0 45.1 45.1 43.5 45.0 45.1 45.2 0.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . 23.6 22.2 22.5 23.8 29.0 29.6 29.2 29.1 -0.1

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . 589.1 600.7 599.2 600.0 592.1 601.4 600.5 601.9 1.4

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526.2 582.7 547.2 540.9 538.1 568.4 555.1 552.9 -2.2

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697.7 719.1 722.9 725.9 704.5 724.5 730.2 732.7 2.5

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549.3 548.2 547.1 548.9 550.7 549.7 549.7 550.6 0.9

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,694 2,634 2,646 2,659 2,694 2,671 2,663 2,665 2

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . 733.1 727.9 725.8 725.6 735.6 730.7 729.1 728.0 -1.1

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369.5 299.1 310.7 320.6 367.3 330.2 321.7 322.8 1.1

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.1 285.7 286.5 287.4 285.1 286.6 286.9 287.3 0.4

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851.9 851.5 853.7 855.3 851.3 851.3 852.9 855.1 2.2

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.0 267.6 267.0 267.5 264.7 269.5 268.6 267.7 -0.9

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.9 202.3 202.0 202.6 190.3 203.1 203.3 204.2 0.9

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,813 7,846 7,862 7,871 7,853 7,900 7,909 7,910 1

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,856.8 5,863.4 5,873.3 5,871.4 5,863.8 5,875.1 5,881.4 5,878.0 -3.4

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . 17.6 18.0 18.1 18.0 17.8 18.1 18.3 18.2 -0.1

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,615.8 2,582.7 2,578.9 2,570.9 2,618.6 2,586.1 2,582.3 2,575.0 -7.3

Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . . 1,737.1 1,712.0 1,708.8 1,705.9 1,739.5 1,711.8 1,710.9 1,708.3 -2.6

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,316.6 1,288.1 1,283.8 1,281.8 1,317.3 1,287.0 1,284.4 1,282.5 -1.9

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments, and funds and trusts. . . . . . . . 859.2 866.1 868.7 871.2 859.8 869.2 870.4 871.4 1.0

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . 2,364.2 2,396.6 2,407.6 2,411.3 2,367.6 2,401.7 2,410.4 2,413.4 3.0

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956.5 1,982.9 1,988.3 1,999.9 1,989.0 2,025.2 2,027.8 2,032.4 4.6

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,427.8 1,448.7 1,449.5 1,456.1 1,448.7 1,473.7 1,472.9 1,477.2 4.3

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.2 512.3 516.8 521.7 516.6 529.2 532.7 533.0 0.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . 23.5 21.9 22.0 22.1 23.7 22.3 22.2 22.2 0.0

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,173 18,560 18,696 18,838 18,362 18,891 18,972 19,029 57

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 8,126.1 8,232.1 8,317.8 8,327.3 8,060.8 8,218.5 8,251.7 8,262.1 10.4

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,129.0 1,129.2 1,129.3 1,133.0 1,133.4 1,136.7 1,136.7 1,137.4 0.7

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . 1,041.4 998.8 1,064.2 1,052.2 923.8 917.5 934.5 934.4 -0.1

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . 1,323.0 1,362.3 1,363.0 1,370.0 1,340.4 1,379.1 1,382.6 1,387.7 5.1

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,670.8 1,726.6 1,729.9 1,732.7 1,680.5 1,731.6 1,735.6 1,741.7 6.1

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,150.5 1,185.9 1,195.5 1,199.9 1,159.1 1,199.9 1,205.7 1,209.2 3.5

Management of companies and enterprises. . . 2,072.5 2,108.9 2,106.1 2,113.8 2,079.5 2,114.6 2,117.7 2,120.8 3.1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Change

from:

Feb.2014 -

Mar.2014p

Professional and business services - Continued

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,973.9 8,218.9 8,271.6 8,397.3 8,222.0 8,557.5 8,602.8 8,645.6 42.8

Administrative and support services1. . . . . . . . 7,606.0 7,850.8 7,903.8 8,026.8 7,846.1 8,182.9 8,226.6 8,267.4 40.8

Employment services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,139.5 3,326.6 3,359.9 3,436.0 3,246.2 3,475.5 3,499.7 3,541.7 42.0

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,495.2 2,652.2 2,686.4 2,745.7 2,590.1 2,781.4 2,809.0 2,837.5 28.5

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836.3 861.6 861.9 858.4 837.9 860.1 861.0 861.5 0.5

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . 1,745.1 1,750.4 1,764.6 1,797.8 1,867.5 1,913.0 1,926.4 1,920.8 -5.6

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.9 368.1 367.8 370.5 375.9 374.6 376.2 378.2 2.0

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,153 21,132 21,388 21,485 20,989 21,258 21,289 21,323 34

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,497.6 3,283.3 3,513.7 3,544.4 3,338.3 3,370.2 3,376.2 3,382.9 6.7

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,655.3 17,848.8 17,874.7 17,940.4 17,651.0 17,888.1 17,913.0 17,940.0 27.0

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,420.4 14,565.7 14,579.8 14,624.9 14,440.3 14,609.9 14,628.8 14,648.2 19.4

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 6,417.7 6,560.1 6,570.7 6,597.7 6,429.8 6,580.1 6,591.9 6,611.4 19.5

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,416.0 2,459.0 2,465.6 2,472.8 2,420.2 2,462.6 2,471.8 2,476.2 4.4

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670.1 701.1 703.7 707.7 670.3 702.7 703.9 707.8 3.9

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,213.0 1,259.3 1,256.7 1,268.9 1,215.7 1,265.7 1,264.0 1,272.5 8.5

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,792.2 4,779.2 4,782.6 4,795.4 4,792.4 4,788.8 4,792.1 4,796.1 4.0

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,210.5 3,226.4 3,226.5 3,231.8 3,218.1 3,241.0 3,244.8 3,240.7 -4.1

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,652.9 1,641.0 1,640.3 1,640.8 1,656.8 1,647.4 1,650.6 1,645.4 -5.2

Social assistance1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,234.9 3,283.1 3,294.9 3,315.5 3,210.7 3,278.2 3,284.2 3,291.8 7.6

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866.6 860.6 868.0 877.2 845.9 852.1 852.6 854.3 1.7

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,740 13,783 13,868 14,133 14,112 14,460 14,489 14,518 29

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,875.1 1,858.6 1,883.6 1,937.7 2,022.4 2,086.5 2,091.9 2,087.8 -4.1

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . 402.1 389.2 406.5 421.9 419.0 433.0 437.2 437.9 0.7

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.3 129.3 130.9 134.8 140.9 141.7 142.3 142.2 -0.1

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . 1,339.7 1,340.1 1,346.2 1,381.0 1,462.5 1,511.8 1,512.4 1,507.7 -4.7

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . 11,864.9 11,924.2 11,984.1 12,195.3 12,090.0 12,373.0 12,397.2 12,430.3 33.1

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,788.3 1,767.2 1,780.0 1,805.8 1,854.7 1,869.4 1,869.1 1,871.8 2.7

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . 10,076.6 10,157.0 10,204.1 10,389.5 10,235.3 10,503.6 10,528.1 10,558.5 30.4

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,422 5,416 5,430 5,462 5,449 5,484 5,483 5,489 6

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,205.3 1,193.0 1,195.8 1,207.1 1,208.7 1,207.5 1,207.5 1,210.3 2.8

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,325.0 1,336.2 1,337.8 1,350.4 1,331.7 1,355.1 1,354.4 1,357.9 3.5

Membership associations and organizations. . . 2,891.8 2,887.2 2,896.8 2,904.2 2,908.5 2,921.3 2,921.2 2,921.0 -0.2

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,273 21,711 22,139 22,249 21,860 21,832 21,841 21,841 0

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,781.0 2,710.0 2,701.0 2,699.0 2,789.0 2,721.0 2,713.0 2,704.0 -9.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,191.9 2,119.5 2,114.5 2,112.2 2,199.5 2,135.7 2,125.8 2,117.3 -8.5

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588.7 590.2 586.6 587.1 589.7 585.7 587.5 586.3 -1.2

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,205.0 4,961.0 5,188.0 5,216.0 5,056.0 5,057.0 5,067.0 5,065.0 -2.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,555.7 2,315.2 2,539.8 2,563.5 2,400.1 2,401.3 2,408.5 2,406.8 -1.7

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 2,649.6 2,645.3 2,647.8 2,652.7 2,655.6 2,656.1 2,658.3 2,658.6 0.3

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,287.0 14,040.0 14,250.0 14,334.0 14,015.0 14,054.0 14,061.0 14,072.0 11.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,137.9 7,885.4 8,083.8 8,142.4 7,764.2 7,771.9 7,771.4 7,775.0 3.6

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 6,148.9 6,154.5 6,166.2 6,191.6 6,250.5 6,281.7 6,289.2 6,297.3 8.1

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2

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

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

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Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 34.5 34.4 34.3 34.5

Goods-producing.................................................................... 40.4 40.2 40.2 40.7

Mining and logging................................................................ 43.3 44.2 45.2 45.3

Construction....................................................................... 39.1 38.6 38.1 39.1

Manufacturing..................................................................... 40.8 40.7 40.8 41.1

Durable goods.................................................................. 41.1 41.2 41.3 41.5

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 40.3 40.0 40.1 40.5

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.4 33.2 33.1 33.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 34.7 34.3 34.3 34.4

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.8 38.7 38.6 38.7

Retail trade...................................................................... 31.7 31.1 31.0 31.2

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.7 38.7 38.6 38.5

Utilities........................................................................... 42.5 42.2 42.2 42.5

Information......................................................................... 36.5 36.8 37.0 37.1

Financial activities................................................................ 37.2 37.2 37.2 37.3

Professional and business services............................................ 36.1 36.1 36.1 36.3

Education and health services.................................................. 32.8 32.7 32.5 32.6

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 26.2 26.0 25.7 26.1

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

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5

Durable goods....................................................................... 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6

Nondurable goods................................................................... 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.4

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Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Total private............................................... $23.81 $24.22 $24.31 $24.30 $821.45 $833.17 $833.83 $838.35

Goods-producing....................................... 24.95 25.49 25.59 25.60 1,007.98 1,024.70 1,028.72 1,041.92

Mining and logging.................................. 29.09 30.63 30.80 30.89 1,259.60 1,353.85 1,392.16 1,399.32

Construction.......................................... 25.99 26.40 26.57 26.53 1,016.21 1,019.04 1,012.32 1,037.32

Manufacturing........................................ 24.15 24.65 24.71 24.73 985.32 1,003.26 1,008.17 1,016.40

Durable goods.................................... 25.53 26.05 26.11 26.12 1,049.28 1,073.26 1,078.34 1,083.98

Nondurable goods................................ 21.77 22.20 22.27 22.30 877.33 888.00 893.03 903.15

Private service-providing.............................. 23.54 23.92 24.00 23.99 786.24 794.14 794.40 798.87

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 20.86 21.22 21.29 21.30 723.84 727.85 730.25 732.72

Wholesale trade.................................. 27.51 27.95 27.94 28.01 1,067.39 1,081.67 1,078.48 1,083.99

Retail trade........................................ 16.59 16.76 16.84 16.86 525.90 521.24 522.04 526.03

Transportation and warehousing............... 22.13 22.72 22.80 22.83 856.43 879.26 880.08 878.96

Utilities............................................. 34.98 35.48 35.94 35.53 1,486.65 1,497.26 1,516.67 1,510.03

Information........................................... 32.62 33.40 33.37 33.67 1,190.63 1,229.12 1,234.69 1,249.16

Financial activities................................... 29.92 30.43 30.53 30.64 1,113.02 1,132.00 1,135.72 1,142.87

Professional and business services.............. 28.46 28.86 28.95 28.98 1,027.41 1,041.85 1,045.10 1,051.97

Education and health services..................... 24.31 24.57 24.58 24.53 797.37 803.44 798.85 799.68

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 13.43 13.68 13.75 13.71 351.87 355.68 353.38 357.83

Other services....................................... 21.19 21.74 21.82 21.61 675.96 689.16 689.51 685.04

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Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Feb.

2014 -

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Feb.

2014 -

Mar.

2014p

Total private..................................... 98.2 99.5 99.4 100.1 0.7 111.5 115.0 115.3 116.1 0.7

Goods-producing............................. 86.0 86.5 86.6 87.8 1.4 97.0 99.6 100.2 101.6 1.4

Mining and logging........................ 117.0 123.3 126.5 127.8 1.0 136.7 151.7 156.5 158.5 1.3

Construction................................ 78.3 78.9 78.1 80.4 2.9 88.5 90.5 90.1 92.7 2.9

Manufacturing.............................. 88.1 88.3 88.7 89.3 0.7 99.0 101.2 101.9 102.7 0.8

Durable goods........................... 87.2 87.9 88.3 88.9 0.7 98.8 101.8 102.4 103.1 0.7

Nondurable goods...................... 90.0 89.4 89.7 90.4 0.8 99.4 100.7 101.4 102.3 0.9

Private service-providing.................... 101.7 102.9 102.7 103.5 0.8 116.1 119.3 119.5 120.4 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 96.9 97.6 97.6 98.1 0.5 108.8 111.5 111.9 112.4 0.4

Wholesale trade......................... 96.8 98.2 98.2 98.6 0.4 111.1 114.5 114.5 115.2 0.6

Retail trade.............................. 96.2 96.3 96.0 96.7 0.7 105.5 106.7 106.8 107.8 0.9

Transportation and warehousing...... 99.0 101.0 100.7 100.6 -0.1 111.2 116.5 116.5 116.5 0.0

Utilities.................................... 101.3 100.4 100.4 101.2 0.8 117.0 117.7 119.2 118.9 -0.3

Information................................. 89.8 89.8 90.0 90.3 0.3 104.3 106.8 106.9 108.3 1.3

Financial activities......................... 95.7 96.2 96.4 96.6 0.2 111.7 114.2 114.7 115.5 0.7

Professional and business services..... 104.3 107.3 107.7 108.6 0.8 120.2 125.4 126.3 127.6 1.0

Education and health services........... 110.5 111.6 111.0 111.6 0.5 126.5 129.1 128.6 128.9 0.2

Leisure and hospitality.................... 105.5 107.3 106.2 108.1 1.8 114.3 118.4 117.9 119.6 1.4

Other services............................. 96.3 96.3 96.0 96.4 0.4 115.8 118.8 118.9 118.2 -0.6

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

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Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Total nonfarm............................................. 67,035 67,949 68,049 68,148 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4

Total private............................................ 54,565 55,485 55,580 55,678 47.9 48.0 48.0 48.0

Goods-producing.................................... 4,110 4,141 4,151 4,154 22.0 21.9 21.9 21.9

Mining and logging............................... 116 118 119 120 13.5 13.3 13.4 13.4

Construction....................................... 740 752 754 758 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7

Manufacturing..................................... 3,254 3,271 3,278 3,276 27.1 27.1 27.1 27.1

Durable goods.................................. 1,737 1,747 1,751 1,750 23.1 23.0 23.0 23.0

Nondurable goods............................. 1,517 1,524 1,527 1,526 33.9 34.0 34.1 34.1

Private service-providing........................... 50,455 51,344 51,429 51,524 53.0 53.0 53.0 53.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............. 10,355 10,617 10,604 10,629 40.3 40.6 40.5 40.6

Wholesale trade................................ 1,691.7 1,725.2 1,722.9 1,718.9 29.6 29.7 29.6 29.4

Retail trade..................................... 7,482.2 7,683.4 7,674.7 7,700.2 50.1 50.4 50.4 50.5

Transportation and warehousing............. 1,045.5 1,073.8 1,072.9 1,076.4 23.4 23.5 23.5 23.6

Utilities........................................... 135.7 134.3 133.8 133.8 24.6 24.4 24.3 24.3

Information......................................... 1,071 1,071 1,068 1,071 39.8 40.1 40.1 40.2

Financial activities................................ 4,541 4,532 4,544 4,537 57.8 57.4 57.5 57.4

Professional and business services............ 8,148 8,405 8,462 8,491 44.4 44.5 44.6 44.6

Education and health services.................. 16,137 16,325 16,347 16,371 76.9 76.8 76.8 76.8

Leisure and hospitality........................... 7,342 7,519 7,533 7,548 52.0 52.0 52.0 52.0

Other services..................................... 2,861 2,875 2,871 2,877 52.5 52.4 52.4 52.4

Government............................................. 12,470 12,464 12,469 12,470 57.0 57.1 57.1 57.1

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Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Total private............................................................................... 94,016 95,601 95,797 95,966

Goods-producing....................................................................... 13,447 13,597 13,634 13,664

Mining and logging.................................................................. 635 653 654 657

Construction.......................................................................... 4,392 4,486 4,499 4,516

Manufacturing........................................................................ 8,420 8,458 8,481 8,491

Durable goods..................................................................... 5,176 5,207 5,229 5,236

Nondurable goods................................................................ 3,244 3,251 3,252 3,255

Private service-providing.............................................................. 80,569 82,004 82,163 82,302

Trade, transportation, and utilities................................................. 21,740 22,117 22,127 22,155

Wholesale trade................................................................... 4,607.3 4,691.3 4,704.4 4,709.8

Retail trade........................................................................ 12,823.0 13,029.9 13,034.7 13,049.2

Transportation and warehousing................................................ 3,866.6 3,950.1 3,942.1 3,949.6

Utilities.............................................................................. 443.5 445.4 446.1 446.8

Information............................................................................ 2,180 2,166 2,155 2,156

Financial activities................................................................... 6,033 6,082 6,099 6,098

Professional and business services............................................... 15,178 15,636 15,731 15,784

Education and health services..................................................... 18,421 18,664 18,696 18,728

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 12,468 12,772 12,790 12,812

Other services........................................................................ 4,549 4,567 4,565 4,569

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

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

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

Goods-producing.................................................................... 41.3 41.0 40.8 41.5

Mining and logging................................................................ 45.7 46.6 47.5 48.0

Construction....................................................................... 39.7 38.9 38.4 39.5

Manufacturing..................................................................... 41.9 41.7 41.6 42.0

Durable goods.................................................................. 42.3 42.0 42.0 42.3

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 41.2 41.1 40.9 41.6

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

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 33.9 33.5 33.2 33.5

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.8 38.5 38.4 38.7

Retail trade...................................................................... 30.4 29.8 29.6 29.9

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.8 38.6 37.9 38.2

Utilities........................................................................... 41.9 42.0 42.0 42.0

Information......................................................................... 35.9 35.9 36.3 36.1

Financial activities................................................................ 36.7 36.7 36.8 37.0

Professional and business services............................................ 35.4 35.4 35.3 35.5

Education and health services.................................................. 32.3 32.0 31.8 32.0

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 25.0 25.0 24.7 25.2

Other services..................................................................... 30.8 30.7 30.6 30.8

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.6

Durable goods....................................................................... 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.7

Nondurable goods................................................................... 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.4

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

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Total private............................................... $20.02 $20.39 $20.49 $20.47 $676.68 $685.10 $684.37 $689.84

Goods-producing....................................... 21.15 21.40 21.46 21.49 873.50 877.40 875.57 891.84

Mining and logging.................................. 26.40 26.81 26.75 26.58 1,206.48 1,249.35 1,270.63 1,275.84

Construction.......................................... 24.20 24.41 24.56 24.55 960.74 949.55 943.10 969.73

Manufacturing........................................ 19.22 19.44 19.48 19.51 805.32 810.65 810.37 819.42

Durable goods.................................... 20.24 20.51 20.55 20.62 856.15 861.42 863.10 872.23

Nondurable goods................................ 17.53 17.70 17.72 17.71 722.24 727.47 724.75 736.74

Private service-providing.............................. 19.78 20.18 20.29 20.25 642.85 651.81 653.34 656.10

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 17.62 18.03 18.15 18.13 597.32 604.01 602.58 607.36

Wholesale trade.................................. 22.45 23.01 23.22 23.09 871.06 885.89 891.65 893.58

Retail trade........................................ 13.98 14.18 14.23 14.26 424.99 422.56 421.21 426.37

Transportation and warehousing............... 19.54 20.11 20.24 20.31 758.15 776.25 767.10 775.84

Utilities............................................. 32.06 32.83 33.26 33.06 1,343.31 1,378.86 1,396.92 1,388.52

Information........................................... 27.84 28.46 28.73 28.72 999.46 1,021.71 1,042.90 1,036.79

Financial activities................................... 23.62 24.29 24.41 24.46 866.85 891.44 898.29 905.02

Professional and business services.............. 23.62 24.03 24.16 24.15 836.15 850.66 852.85 857.33

Education and health services..................... 21.16 21.54 21.53 21.48 683.47 689.28 684.65 687.36

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 11.74 11.89 11.96 11.96 293.50 297.25 295.41 301.39

Other services....................................... 17.83 18.30 18.37 18.27 549.16 561.81 562.12 562.72

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

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Feb.

2014 -

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014p

Mar.

2014p

Percent

change

from:

Feb.

2014 -

Mar.

2014p

Total private..................................... 105.9 107.0 106.6 107.8 1.1 141.7 145.8 146.0 147.4 1.0

Goods-producing............................. 84.9 85.2 85.0 86.7 2.0 109.9 111.6 111.7 114.0 2.1

Mining and logging........................ 154.2 161.7 165.1 167.6 1.5 236.8 252.1 256.8 259.1 0.9

Construction................................ 87.3 87.4 86.5 89.3 3.2 114.1 115.2 114.7 118.4 3.2

Manufacturing.............................. 81.0 81.0 81.0 81.9 1.1 101.8 102.9 103.2 104.5 1.3

Durable goods........................... 82.3 82.2 82.5 83.2 0.8 104.0 105.2 105.9 107.1 1.1

Nondurable goods...................... 78.7 78.7 78.4 79.8 1.8 97.6 98.5 98.1 99.8 1.7

Private service-providing.................... 111.5 112.8 112.7 113.6 0.8 151.3 156.1 156.8 157.7 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 102.7 103.3 102.4 103.5 1.1 129.1 132.8 132.6 133.8 0.9

Wholesale trade......................... 105.3 106.4 106.4 107.3 0.8 139.2 144.2 145.5 146.0 0.3

Retail trade.............................. 98.7 98.3 97.7 98.8 1.1 118.2 119.5 119.1 120.7 1.3

Transportation and warehousing...... 112.9 114.8 112.5 113.6 1.0 140.0 146.4 144.4 146.3 1.3

Utilities.................................... 95.0 95.7 95.8 96.0 0.2 127.2 131.1 133.0 132.4 -0.5

Information................................. 89.3 88.8 89.3 88.8 -0.6 123.1 125.0 127.0 126.3 -0.6

Financial activities......................... 104.2 105.1 105.7 106.2 0.5 151.5 157.0 158.7 159.8 0.7

Professional and business services..... 120.4 124.1 124.5 125.6 0.9 169.3 177.4 178.9 180.5 0.9

Education and health services........... 127.0 127.5 126.9 127.9 0.8 177.3 181.2 180.2 181.3 0.6

Leisure and hospitality.................... 114.2 117.0 115.7 118.3 2.2 152.2 157.9 157.2 160.6 2.2

Other services............................. 98.3 98.3 98.0 98.7 0.7 127.7 131.1 131.1 131.4 0.2

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

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

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