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Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

September 2001 – August 2004

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

September 2001 – August 2004

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 2004

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 144,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was little changed

at 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the

month, job growth occurred in several service-providing industries.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons, 8.0 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.4 percent, were little

changed from July to August. The jobless rate is down from its recent high of 6.3 percent in June 2003;

 Hurricane Charley

Hurricane Charley struck Florida during the August survey reference period. BLS made

additional data collection efforts for the hurricane-affected counties to ensure that payroll survey response rates were at normal levels. Our examination of the survey data suggests that

there were no discernable weather-related effects on national payroll employment as measured

by the establishment survey. This was likely due to the fact that the storm hit late in the

reporting period for most of our survey respondents. For the storm to have affected payroll

employment, people would have had to have been off work for the entire pay period and not

paid for the time missed. (In the household survey, people who miss work for weatherrelated events are counted as employed whether or not they are paid for the time off.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data JulyCategory Aug.

I II June July Aug. change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force.................................... 146,661 146,998 147,279 147,856 147,704 -152

Employment....................................... 138,388 138,793 139,031 139,660 139,681 21 

Unemployment.................................... 8,273 8,205 8,248 8,196 8,022 -174

Not in labor force.................................... 75,695 75,975 75,916 75,565 75,973 408

All workers........................................... 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 -0.1

Adult men.......................................... 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.0 .1

Adult women....................................... 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.7 -.2

Teenagers.......................................... 16.6 17.0 16.8 17.6 17.0 -.6

White .............................................. 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.7 -.1

Black or African American ..................... 10.1 9.9 10.1 10.9 10.4 -.5

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity..................... 7.4 7.0 6.7 6.8 6.9 .1

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment................................. 130,367 131,125 131,258 p131,331 p131,475 p144

Goods-producing 1................................. 21,719 21,869 21,891 p21,906 p21,942 p36

Construction.................................... 6,819 6,897 6,911 p6,915 p6,930 p15

Manufacturing................................. 14,326 14,385 14,393 p14,399 p14,421 p22

Service-providing 1.............................. 108,648 109,256 109,367 p109,425 p109,533 p108

Retail trade 2

................................. 14,974 15,047 15,055 p15,041 p15,030 p-11

Professional and business services......... 16,202 16,417 16,457 p16,504 p16,536 p32

Education and health services............... 16,774 16,874 16,897 p16,913 p16,958 p45

Leisure and hospitality........................ 12,239 12,324 12,339 p12,340 p12,346 p6

Government.................................... 21,540 21,548 21,528 p21,541 p21,565 p24

Total private............................................. 33.8 33.7 33.6 p33.8 p33.8 p0.0

Manufacturing..................................... 41.0 40.9 40.8 p40.9 p40.9 p.0

Overtime....................................... 4.6 4.6 4.6 p4.6 p4.6 p.0

 

Total private............................................. 99.3 99.8 99.7 p100.4 p100.6 p0.2

Average hourly earnings, total private............ $15.52 $15.63 $15.66 p$15.72 p$15.77 p$0.05

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 524.58 526.62 526.18 p531.34 p533.03 p1.69

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated based on unrounded data.

 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

Unemployment rates 

Employment

2004

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

 p=preliminary.

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

2004
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most of this decline occurred in the second half of last year. In August, the unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.0 percent), adult women (4.7 percent), teenagers (17.0 percent), whites

(4.7 percent), blacks (10.4 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (6.9 percent)—showed little change over the

month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent in August, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables

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

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment held at 139.7 million in August, and the employment-population ratio—the proportion

of the population age 16 and over with jobs—was essentially unchanged at 62.4 percent. The civilian labor

force was about unchanged over the month at 147.7 million. After rising in July, the labor force participation

rate edged down to its June level of 66.0 percent. (See table A-1.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force was 1.6 million in August, about

the same as a year earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available

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

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

534,000 discouraged workers in August, also about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a

subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no

jobs were available for them. The other 1.1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for

reasons such as school or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 144,000 in August to 131.5 million, seasonally adjusted.

Over the year, payroll employment has risen by 1.7 million, with slightly more than half the gain (885,000)

occurring from March through May of this year. Since May, nonfarm employment has risen by 313,000, as

revised. In August, there were job gains in health care and social assistance, financial activities, and professional and technical services. (See table B-1.)

Within the service-providing sector, health care and social assistance continued to add jobs, with an increase of 42,000 in August. Over the year, employment in this industry has risen by 307,000. In August,

employment rose in ambulatory health care services (+11,000), which includes doctors’ offices and home

health care services, and in hospitals (+8,000). Social assistance added 20,000 jobs, following no net

change over the prior 3 months.

Employment in financial activities increased by 18,000 in August, more than offsetting an employment

decline in July. Rental and leasing services added 7,000 jobs over the month, and securities, commodity

contracts, and investments added 4,000. Over the year, securities employment has increased by 32,000.

Professional and technical services added 22,000 jobs over the month. Within this industry, employment

rose in computer systems design and related services (+9,000); over the year, computer systems design has

added 36,000 jobs. Employment in temporary help services was little changed in August for the third consecutive month.

Within the information industry, employment continued to trend down in telecommunications. Since its

most recent peak in March 2001, the telecommunications industry has lost 293,000 jobs, or 22 percent of

its employment.
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In the goods-producing sector, employment in manufacturing edged up (+22,000) in August. Employment in transportation equipment rebounded (+28,000) from a loss in the previous month, but this increase

mostly reflected auto workers returning to work from the larger-than-usual annual retooling shutdowns in July.

Since January, manufacturing has added 107,000 jobs, due to growth in its durable goods component.

Construction employment edged up in August, following 2 months of little change.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

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

unchanged in August at 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek (40.9 hours) and

manufacturing overtime (4.6 hours) also were unchanged over the month. (See table B-2.)

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 percent in August to 100.6 (2002=100). The manufacturing index rose by 0.3 percent

to 95.5. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 5 cents in August to $15.77, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings increased by 0.3 percent

over the month to $533.03. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.3 percent, and average

weekly earnings grew by 2.9 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for September 2004 is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 8, at

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

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

as well as Federal, State, and local government entities. Employees on

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

minus 350,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases

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

interval on the monthly change would range from -250,000 to 450,000

(100,000 +/- 350,000). These figures do not mean that the sample

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 320,000, and for the

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this

reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only

after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from

zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004

Aug.

2004

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 221,507 223,422 223,677 221,507 222,757 222,967 223,196 223,422 223,677

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 146,967 149,217 148,166 146,622 146,741 146,974 147,279 147,856 147,704

 Participation rate ............................................................... 66.3 66.8 66.2 66.2 65.9 65.9 66.0 66.2 66.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 138,137 140,700 140,226 137,693 138,576 138,772 139,031 139,660 139,681

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.4 63.0 62.7 62.2 62.2 62.2 62.3 62.5 62.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 8,830 8,518 7,940 8,929 8,164 8,203 8,248 8,196 8,022

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.0 5.7 5.4 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 74,540 74,204 75,511 74,884 76,016 75,993 75,916 75,565 75,973

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 5,030 4,767 5,145 4,826 4,744 4,656 4,635 4,630 4,844

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 106,604 107,746 107,881 106,604 107,392 107,504 107,625 107,746 107,881

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 78,640 80,344 79,832 78,251 78,501 78,600 78,918 79,193 79,283

 Participation rate ............................................................... 73.8 74.6 74.0 73.4 73.1 73.1 73.3 73.5 73.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 74,032 76,041 75,707 73,263 74,053 74,035 74,476 74,822 74,860

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 69.4 70.6 70.2 68.7 69.0 68.9 69.2 69.4 69.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,608 4,302 4,125 4,988 4,448 4,566 4,442 4,371 4,423

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.9 5.4 5.2 6.4 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 27,964 27,402 28,048 28,353 28,891 28,904 28,707 28,552 28,598

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 98,434 99,512 99,642 98,434 99,170 99,279 99,396 99,512 99,642

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 74,727 75,876 75,798 74,682 74,871 75,048 75,372 75,577 75,639

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.9 76.2 76.1 75.9 75.5 75.6 75.8 75.9 75.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 70,733 72,362 72,328 70,324 71,118 71,162 71,570 71,847 71,870

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.9 72.7 72.6 71.4 71.7 71.7 72.0 72.2 72.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,994 3,514 3,470 4,358 3,753 3,886 3,802 3,730 3,768

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.3 4.6 4.6 5.8 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 23,707 23,636 23,844 23,751 24,299 24,231 24,023 23,935 24,003

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 114,903 115,676 115,796 114,903 115,365 115,463 115,570 115,676 115,796

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 68,327 68,874 68,333 68,372 68,240 68,374 68,361 68,663 68,421

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 64,105 64,659 64,519 64,431 64,523 64,737 64,555 64,838 64,822

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 55.8 55.9 55.7 56.1 55.9 56.1 55.9 56.1 56.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,222 4,215 3,815 3,941 3,717 3,637 3,806 3,825 3,599

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 46,576 46,802 47,463 46,532 47,126 47,089 47,209 47,013 47,375

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 106,957 107,687 107,801 106,957 107,389 107,483 107,586 107,687 107,801

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,521 64,642 64,535 64,836 64,785 64,813 64,893 65,122 64,903

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.3 60.0 59.9 60.6 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.5 60.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 60,859 61,224 61,277 61,467 61,571 61,721 61,629 61,918 61,870

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.9 56.9 56.8 57.5 57.3 57.4 57.3 57.5 57.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,663 3,418 3,259 3,369 3,215 3,092 3,264 3,204 3,033

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 42,436 43,045 43,266 42,121 42,604 42,670 42,693 42,565 42,898

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,116 16,222 16,234 16,116 16,198 16,205 16,214 16,222 16,234

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,719 8,699 7,832 7,104 7,085 7,113 7,014 7,157 7,162

 Participation rate ............................................................... 47.9 53.6 48.2 44.1 43.7 43.9 43.3 44.1 44.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,546 7,114 6,621 5,902 5,888 5,888 5,832 5,896 5,941

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 40.6 43.9 40.8 36.6 36.3 36.3 36.0 36.3 36.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,173 1,585 1,211 1,202 1,197 1,225 1,181 1,262 1,220

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 15.2 18.2 15.5 16.9 16.9 17.2 16.8 17.6 17.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,397 7,523 8,402 9,012 9,113 9,092 9,200 9,065 9,072

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD 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 adjusted 1

Aug.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004

Aug.

2004

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 181,512 182,676 182,846 181,512 182,252 182,384 182,531 182,676 182,846

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,894 122,413 121,666 120,658 120,675 120,984 121,180 121,428 121,300

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.6 67.0 66.5 66.5 66.2 66.3 66.4 66.5 66.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 114,531 116,487 116,007 114,156 114,712 114,976 115,152 115,623 115,547

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.1 63.8 63.4 62.9 62.9 63.0 63.1 63.3 63.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 6,364 5,926 5,659 6,502 5,963 6,008 6,028 5,805 5,753

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.3 4.8 4.7 5.4 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 60,617 60,263 61,179 60,854 61,577 61,400 61,351 61,248 61,546

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,587 63,389 63,295 62,543 62,660 62,758 62,960 63,163 63,130

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.4 76.7 76.5 76.3 76.0 76.1 76.3 76.4 76.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,608 60,913 60,796 59,233 59,831 59,817 60,107 60,466 60,379

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 72.7 73.7 73.5 72.3 72.6 72.5 72.8 73.2 73.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,979 2,476 2,499 3,310 2,829 2,941 2,853 2,697 2,750

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.8 3.9 3.9 5.3 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.4

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 51,814 51,833 51,866 52,156 52,035 52,245 52,369 52,302 52,224

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.6 59.3 59.3 59.9 59.6 59.8 59.9 59.8 59.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 49,289 49,456 49,586 49,866 49,839 50,116 50,061 50,085 50,132

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 56.7 56.6 56.7 57.3 57.1 57.4 57.3 57.3 57.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,525 2,377 2,280 2,290 2,196 2,130 2,308 2,217 2,093

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,493 7,191 6,505 5,959 5,981 5,981 5,851 5,963 5,946

 Participation rate ................................................................. 51.8 57.1 51.6 47.5 47.5 47.5 46.5 47.3 47.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,633 6,118 5,626 5,057 5,042 5,043 4,984 5,073 5,036

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 44.9 48.6 44.6 40.3 40.0 40.0 39.6 40.3 40.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 860 1,074 880 903 939 938 867 891 909

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 13.2 14.9 13.5 15.1 15.7 15.7 14.8 14.9 15.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,742 26,078 26,120 25,742 25,967 26,002 26,040 26,078 26,120

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,626 17,011 16,789 16,585 16,485 16,442 16,506 16,755 16,724

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.6 65.2 64.3 64.4 63.5 63.2 63.4 64.3 64.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,794 14,964 15,023 14,771 14,878 14,818 14,833 14,926 14,983

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

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,832 2,047 1,766 1,813 1,607 1,624 1,673 1,829 1,741

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 11.0 12.0 10.5 10.9 9.7 9.9 10.1 10.9 10.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,116 9,067 9,331 9,157 9,482 9,560 9,534 9,323 9,396

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,339 7,424 7,422 7,362 7,302 7,356 7,394 7,384 7,432

 Participation rate ................................................................. 71.2 70.9 70.8 71.5 70.1 70.5 70.8 70.5 70.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,607 6,634 6,685 6,585 6,626 6,674 6,709 6,624 6,660

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.1 63.4 63.8 63.9 63.6 64.0 64.2 63.3 63.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 733 791 737 776 676 683 685 760 772

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.0 10.6 9.9 10.5 9.3 9.3 9.3 10.3 10.4

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,497 8,573 8,492 8,494 8,502 8,342 8,374 8,598 8,488

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.1 65.0 64.3 65.1 64.7 63.4 63.6 65.2 64.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,637 7,727 7,721 7,674 7,763 7,642 7,626 7,815 7,752

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.5 58.6 58.5 58.8 59.1 58.1 57.9 59.3 58.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 860 846 771 820 739 700 748 783 737

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.1 9.9 9.1 9.7 8.7 8.4 8.9 9.1 8.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 789 1,013 875 729 681 744 738 773 804

 Participation rate ................................................................. 33.0 41.8 36.0 30.5 28.2 30.8 30.5 31.9 33.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 550 603 617 512 489 502 497 487 572

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 23.0 24.9 25.4 21.4 20.3 20.8 20.6 20.1 23.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 239 411 258 217 193 242 241 286 232

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 30.3 40.5 29.5 29.8 28.3 32.5 32.6 37.0 28.9

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,351 9,559 9,598 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,195 6,275 6,245 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.2 65.6 65.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,828 6,008 6,018 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.3 62.9 62.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 367 267 226 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.9 4.3 3.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,156 3,284 3,353 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004

Aug.

2004

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 27,701 28,150 28,243 27,701 27,879 27,968 28,059 28,150 28,243

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 18,825 19,552 19,500 18,843 19,064 19,313 19,304 19,450 19,482

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.0 69.5 69.0 68.0 68.4 69.1 68.8 69.1 69.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 17,386 18,203 18,185 17,383 17,693 17,958 18,019 18,118 18,144

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.8 64.7 64.4 62.8 63.5 64.2 64.2 64.4 64.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,439 1,349 1,314 1,460 1,371 1,355 1,285 1,332 1,338

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.6 6.9 6.7 7.8 7.2 7.0 6.7 6.8 6.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,876 8,598 8,743 8,858 8,815 8,654 8,755 8,700 8,761

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,761 11,124 11,107 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 83.6 84.9 84.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,098 10,572 10,501 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 78.4 80.7 79.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 664 553 605 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.2 5.0 5.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,067 7,253 7,343 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 57.6 58.3 58.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,495 6,736 6,834 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 52.9 54.2 54.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 573 517 509 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.1 7.1 6.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 996 1,175 1,050 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 39.0 45.0 40.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 794 896 850 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 31.1 34.3 32.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 203 280 200 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 20.3 23.8 19.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,553 12,090 12,483 12,618 12,019 12,212 12,326 12,389 12,521

 Participation rate ................................................................... 45.2 44.8 45.4 45.5 44.2 44.5 44.9 45.9 45.5

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,484 11,161 11,552 11,449 10,977 11,140 11,242 11,358 11,503

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 41.4 41.3 42.0 41.3 40.4 40.6 40.9 42.1 41.8

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,069 929 931 1,169 1,042 1,072 1,083 1,031 1,018

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 8.5 7.7 7.5 9.3 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.1

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 37,741 37,810 37,987 37,916 37,724 37,870 38,088 38,233 38,050

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.5 63.0 63.2 63.8 62.8 63.0 63.3 63.7 63.3

 Employed ................................................................................ 35,775 35,940 36,184 35,872 35,745 35,964 36,137 36,297 36,170

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 60.2 59.9 60.2 60.4 59.5 59.9 60.1 60.5 60.2

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,966 1,871 1,803 2,044 1,979 1,906 1,951 1,936 1,880

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.2 4.9 4.7 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.9

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 33,972 34,999 34,547 33,979 34,580 34,575 34,516 34,629 34,499

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.7 72.4 72.2 72.7 73.0 73.1 72.6 71.6 72.1

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,326 33,468 33,141 32,365 33,152 33,183 33,083 33,176 33,105

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.1 69.2 69.2 69.2 70.0 70.2 69.6 68.6 69.2

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,646 1,531 1,406 1,613 1,428 1,392 1,433 1,453 1,394

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.8 4.4 4.1 4.7 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.0

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 39,795 39,853 39,903 39,997 40,185 40,104 40,175 40,127 40,192

 Participation rate ................................................................... 77.1 77.2 77.2 77.5 77.6 77.5 77.8 77.8 77.7

 Employed ................................................................................ 38,371 38,684 38,689 38,752 39,006 38,927 39,088 39,039 39,114

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 74.3 75.0 74.8 75.1 75.3 75.2 75.7 75.7 75.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,425 1,169 1,214 1,245 1,179 1,177 1,086 1,087 1,078

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.6 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.7

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004

Aug.

2004

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,546 2,454 2,561 2,327 2,245 2,298 2,289 2,271 2,318

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,541 1,358 1,462 1,410 1,268 1,277 1,242 1,200 1,274

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 972 1,063 1,056 942 934 976 1,018 1,016 1,020

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 32 33 42 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 135,591 138,246 137,665 135,282 136,384 136,488 136,675 137,274 137,307

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 125,861 128,458 127,731 125,746 127,094 126,999 127,248 127,655 127,595

 Government .......................................................................... 19,148 19,263 19,638 19,662 19,917 19,759 19,984 19,816 20,089

 Private industries .................................................................. 106,713 109,195 108,093 106,047 107,142 107,256 107,234 107,850 107,479

 Private households ............................................................. 865 818 864 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 105,848 108,377 107,229 105,184 106,377 106,514 106,457 107,098 106,643

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,621 9,717 9,836 9,526 9,228 9,365 9,338 9,513 9,641

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 110 70 98 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,377 4,648 4,395 4,498 4,574 4,665 4,513 4,490 4,504

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,835 2,629 2,636 3,063 2,819 2,853 2,803 2,660 2,812

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,149 1,659 1,316 1,201 1,439 1,467 1,404 1,500 1,461

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 17,186 17,645 17,451 19,482 19,000 19,621 19,531 19,741 19,680

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,279 4,564 4,256 4,404 4,471 4,605 4,442 4,400 4,391

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,772 2,583 2,523 2,989 2,756 2,812 2,762 2,605 2,714

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,131 1,639 1,308 1,191 1,431 1,476 1,387 1,496 1,442

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 16,821 17,281 17,079 19,016 18,664 19,220 19,072 19,290 19,213

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

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

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

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

bad weather.

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

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

Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 138,137 140,700 140,226 137,693 138,576 138,772 139,031 139,660 139,681

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 6,546 7,114 6,621 5,902 5,888 5,888 5,832 5,896 5,941

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,710 2,735 2,421 2,346 2,256 2,152 2,080 2,144 2,100

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,836 4,379 4,200 3,580 3,634 3,713 3,748 3,769 3,891

 20 years and over ................................................................... 131,591 133,586 133,604 131,791 132,689 132,883 133,199 133,765 133,740

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,636 14,333 14,039 13,398 13,767 13,669 13,676 13,783 13,776

 25 years and over ................................................................. 117,956 119,253 119,566 118,483 118,886 119,198 119,554 119,925 119,979

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 96,882 97,381 97,400 97,212 97,124 97,343 97,550 97,749 97,626

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,239 30,499 30,455 30,318 30,316 30,396 30,542 30,490 30,491

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,747 34,472 34,452 34,839 34,421 34,611 34,653 34,678 34,525

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 31,896 32,411 32,494 32,055 32,388 32,336 32,355 32,581 32,611

 55 years and over ............................................................... 21,073 21,871 22,165 21,271 21,762 21,856 22,003 22,177 22,353

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 74,032 76,041 75,707 73,263 74,053 74,035 74,476 74,822 74,860

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 3,299 3,679 3,380 2,939 2,935 2,873 2,906 2,975 2,989

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,345 1,330 1,181 1,147 1,044 967 956 991 997

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,954 2,349 2,199 1,813 1,886 1,897 1,957 2,000 2,018

 20 years and over ................................................................... 70,733 72,362 72,328 70,324 71,118 71,162 71,570 71,847 71,870

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,161 7,693 7,472 6,973 7,235 7,165 7,244 7,340 7,287

 25 years and over ................................................................. 63,572 64,668 64,856 63,372 63,839 63,969 64,306 64,477 64,578

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 52,218 52,897 52,835 52,016 52,283 52,377 52,543 52,637 52,576

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,661 17,018 17,057 16,623 16,685 16,758 16,856 16,879 16,968

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,864 18,802 18,726 18,761 18,656 18,728 18,787 18,761 18,624

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,693 17,077 17,052 16,632 16,942 16,890 16,900 16,997 16,984

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,354 11,772 12,021 11,357 11,556 11,593 11,763 11,840 12,002

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 64,105 64,659 64,519 64,431 64,523 64,737 64,555 64,838 64,822

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 3,247 3,435 3,242 2,963 2,952 3,016 2,926 2,921 2,952

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,365 1,405 1,241 1,199 1,212 1,185 1,124 1,153 1,103

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,882 2,030 2,001 1,767 1,747 1,816 1,791 1,769 1,873

 20 years and over ................................................................... 60,859 61,224 61,277 61,467 61,571 61,721 61,629 61,918 61,870

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,475 6,640 6,567 6,425 6,532 6,504 6,432 6,442 6,489

 25 years and over ................................................................. 54,384 54,584 54,709 55,111 55,047 55,229 55,248 55,449 55,401

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 44,665 44,485 44,565 45,197 44,841 44,966 45,007 45,112 45,050

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,579 13,481 13,398 13,695 13,631 13,637 13,686 13,611 13,523

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,883 15,670 15,726 16,078 15,765 15,883 15,866 15,918 15,901

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,202 15,334 15,442 15,424 15,446 15,446 15,455 15,583 15,627

 55 years and over ............................................................... 9,719 10,099 10,144 9,914 10,205 10,263 10,240 10,337 10,351

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 44,753 44,986 45,206 44,659 44,735 44,723 44,938 44,935 45,106

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,168 33,841 33,933 34,684 34,339 34,522 34,461 34,599 34,448

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,483 8,700 8,718 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 114,894 116,349 116,656 113,121 114,094 113,894 114,269 114,297 114,737

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 23,243 24,351 23,570 24,853 24,397 24,820 24,878 25,455 25,110

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

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

week.

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

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

Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

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

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Aug.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,929 8,196 8,022 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,202 1,262 1,220 16.9 16.9 17.2 16.8 17.6 17.0

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 542 544 550 18.8 20.2 21.6 20.6 20.2 20.8

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 666 724 681 15.7 14.7 14.7 14.3 16.1 14.9

 20 years and over ................................................................... 7,727 6,935 6,802 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,522 1,411 1,364 10.2 9.2 9.7 9.8 9.3 9.0

 25 years and over ................................................................. 6,187 5,540 5,428 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 5,231 4,681 4,549 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 2,028 1,821 1,724 6.3 5.5 5.6 5.1 5.6 5.4

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,839 1,581 1,595 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.4 4.4

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,364 1,279 1,230 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.6

 55 years and over ............................................................... 916 848 856 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.7

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,988 4,371 4,423 6.4 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.6

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 630 641 655 17.6 19.1 19.1 18.1 17.7 18.0

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 297 267 280 20.6 23.4 23.3 22.8 21.2 21.9

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 334 373 385 15.6 16.5 16.6 15.8 15.7 16.0

 20 years and over ................................................................... 4,358 3,730 3,768 5.8 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.0

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 833 789 799 10.7 10.0 10.3 10.4 9.7 9.9

 25 years and over ................................................................. 3,493 2,948 2,953 5.2 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,970 2,477 2,456 5.4 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.5

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,196 958 933 6.7 5.5 6.0 4.8 5.4 5.2

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,018 828 843 5.1 4.2 4.1 4.5 4.2 4.3

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 756 691 680 4.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

 55 years and over ............................................................... 523 471 497 4.4 3.9 4.1 4.3 3.8 4.0

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,941 3,825 3,599 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.3

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 572 621 566 16.2 14.5 15.3 15.6 17.5 16.1

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 245 277 270 17.0 17.3 20.1 18.7 19.4 19.7

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 331 350 295 15.8 12.6 12.7 12.6 16.5 13.6

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,369 3,204 3,033 5.2 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.7

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 689 622 565 9.7 8.3 9.0 9.0 8.8 8.0

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,694 2,592 2,476 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.3

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,261 2,204 2,093 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.4

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 832 863 791 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.5 6.0 5.5

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 821 753 753 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.7 4.5 4.5

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 608 588 549 3.8 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.4

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 453 398 411 4.5 3.3 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.9

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,798 1,489 1,420 3.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,391 1,256 1,239 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.5

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 778 863 792 8.4 7.5 7.4 8.2 9.0 8.3

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 7,524 6,803 6,646 6.2 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,396 1,398 1,378 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.5 5.2 5.2

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

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

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

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

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2004, data

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004

Aug.

2004

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,789 4,233 3,809 4,939 4,399 4,211 4,099 4,181 3,936

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 1,030 1,152 914 1,092 994 926 1,011 1,065 982

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,760 3,081 2,895 3,847 3,405 3,286 3,088 3,116 2,955

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,928 2,265 2,009 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 832 817 886 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 869 922 972 790 822 846 902 895 884

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,465 2,375 2,395 2,530 2,314 2,438 2,435 2,330 2,447

New entrants ............................................................................ 706 988 764 650 645 713 636 680 694

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 54.2 49.7 48.0 55.4 53.8 51.3 50.8 51.7 49.4

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 11.7 13.5 11.5 12.3 12.1 11.3 12.5 13.2 12.3

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 42.6 36.2 36.5 43.2 41.6 40.0 38.3 38.5 37.1

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 9.8 10.8 12.2 8.9 10.1 10.3 11.2 11.1 11.1

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 27.9 27.9 30.2 28.4 28.3 29.7 30.2 28.8 30.7

 New entrants ........................................................................... 8.0 11.6 9.6 7.3 7.9 8.7 7.9 8.4 8.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 3.3 2.8 2.6 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7

 Job leavers .............................................................................. .6 .6 .7 .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6

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

 New entrants ........................................................................... .5 .7 .5 .4 .4 .5 .4 .5 .5

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004

Aug.

2004

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,740 3,087 2,571 2,735 2,792 2,707 2,688 2,805 2,604

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,780 2,684 2,694 2,630 2,369 2,376 2,405 2,476 2,521

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,310 2,747 2,675 3,561 2,969 3,077 3,065 2,878 2,903

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,307 1,100 1,032 1,561 1,170 1,288 1,306 1,211 1,239

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 2,003 1,647 1,643 2,001 1,800 1,789 1,759 1,667 1,664

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 19.1 17.5 18.7 19.2 19.7 20.0 19.9 18.6 19.0

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 10.0 8.0 9.2 10.0 9.5 10.0 10.8 8.9 9.4

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 31.0 36.2 32.4 30.6 34.3 33.2 33.0 34.4 32.4

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 31.5 31.5 33.9 29.5 29.1 29.1 29.5 30.3 31.4

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 37.5 32.2 33.7 39.9 36.5 37.7 37.6 35.3 36.2

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 14.8 12.9 13.0 17.5 14.4 15.8 16.0 14.8 15.4

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 22.7 19.3 20.7 22.4 22.1 21.9 21.6 20.4 20.7

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2004

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 138,137 140,226 8,830 7,940 6.0 5.4

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 47,192 47,856 1,780 1,405 3.6 2.9

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 19,837 20,420 653 478 3.2 2.3

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 27,355 27,436 1,127 927 4.0 3.3

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 22,611 23,212 1,666 1,660 6.9 6.7

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,374 35,939 2,112 1,874 5.6 5.0

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 15,917 16,114 977 894 5.8 5.3

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,457 19,826 1,135 980 5.5 4.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 14,926 15,178 1,084 906 6.8 5.6

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 1,229 1,172 154 88 11.1 7.0

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 8,648 8,986 687 600 7.4 6.3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,048 5,020 243 219 4.6 4.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,034 18,041 1,461 1,312 7.5 6.8

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,781 9,580 797 675 7.5 6.6

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,253 8,461 664 637 7.4 7.0

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted

Industry

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2004

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 8,830 7,940 6.0 5.4

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 6,903 6,074 6.1 5.3

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 20 10 3.8 1.9

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 650 563 7.1 6.0

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,186 840 6.7 4.9

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 752 541 6.9 5.0

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 434 300 6.4 4.8

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,161 1,079 5.6 5.1

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 255 236 4.8 4.4

 Information ........................................................................................................ 224 191 6.1 5.7

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 342 312 3.7 3.4

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 881 845 7.2 6.7

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 760 647 4.3 3.7

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 1,050 1,010 9.0 8.4

 Other services .................................................................................................. 373 341 6.1 5.6

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 173 103 10.7 7.0

Government workers ......................................................................................... 745 676 3.7 3.3

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 302 324 2.7 2.9

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

July

2004

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004

Aug.

2004

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.3 1.8 1.8 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.0

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.3 2.8 2.6 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 6.0 5.7 5.4 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 6.3 6.0 5.7 6.4 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 7.1 6.7 6.4 7.1 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.4

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

 part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

 all marginally attached workers ........................................................................................... 10.0 9.8 9.3 10.2 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Labor Review. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2004

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2004

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 74,540 75,511 27,964 28,048 46,576 47,463

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 5,030 5,145 2,191 2,168 2,838 2,977

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,665 1,587 867 823 798 763

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 503 534 320 313 183 222

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,162 1,052 547 511 615 542

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,221 7,368 3,737 3,889 3,484 3,479

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.4

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,749 3,875 2,133 2,260 1,615 1,615

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,528 1,580 484 546 1,043 1,034

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 293 289 225 198 69 91

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,609 1,594 876 870 733 724

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Change

from:

July 2004-

Aug. 2004p

Total nonfarm ............................. 129,512 132,325 131,190 131,202 129,789 130,954 131,162 131,258 131,331 131,475 144

Total private ........................................ 109,120 110,812 110,760 110,805 108,209 109,382 109,618 109,730 109,790 109,910 120

Goods-producing ............................................ 22,115 22,230 22,265 22,357 21,712 21,822 21,894 21,891 21,906 21,942 36

Natural resources and mining .................................. 582 596 602 604 569 585 589 587 592 591 -1

Logging ............................................................ 71.0 65.2 66.9 67.8 67.5 66.7 65.6 64.5 64.5 64.7 .2

Mining .................................................................... 511.4 530.9 535.0 536.2 501.8 518.5 523.2 522.7 527.2 526.7 -.5

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 124.5 134.3 134.0 133.9 123.2 131.0 132.3 132.0 132.0 132.6 .6

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 208.7 213.1 216.3 214.6 203.6 205.2 207.8 207.9 210.9 208.5 -2.4

Coal mining ...................................................... 70.7 73.9 75.2 75.4 70.7 71.8 72.9 73.5 75.0 74.5 -.5

Support activities for mining .............................. 178.2 183.5 184.7 187.7 175.0 182.3 183.1 182.8 184.3 185.6 1.3

Construction ............................................................. 7,045 7,141 7,232 7,246 6,739 6,872 6,909 6,911 6,915 6,930 15

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,622.6 1,668.4 1,690.0 1,692.4 1,570.0 1,609.8 1,622.9 1,625.9 1,630.3 1,637.6 7.3

Heavy and civil engineering construction ......... 987.9 975.4 987.8 995.7 913.9 924.7 924.3 920.9 921.6 922.4 .8

Specialty trade contractors ................................ 4,434.5 4,496.8 4,554.3 4,557.5 4,255.5 4,337.3 4,362.2 4,364.6 4,363.0 4,369.8 6.8

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,488 14,493 14,431 14,507 14,404 14,365 14,396 14,393 14,399 14,421 22

Production workers ....................................... 10,166 10,203 10,154 10,234 10,104 10,085 10,123 10,128 10,143 10,169 26

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,917 9,019 8,957 9,024 8,886 8,924 8,946 8,955 8,959 8,995 36

Production workers ....................................... 6,117 6,213 6,157 6,219 6,099 6,126 6,152 6,164 6,171 6,202 31

Wood products ................................................... 539.8 551.8 552.4 554.0 528.9 540.0 543.0 543.8 544.2 545.1 .9

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 501.5 513.1 512.0 513.3 490.2 497.8 501.4 501.7 502.4 502.1 -.3

Primary metals .................................................... 472.5 467.3 464.6 465.6 470.6 462.5 464.0 465.4 466.4 465.3 -1.1

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,467.4 1,505.4 1,503.7 1,508.9 1,465.6 1,486.7 1,494.5 1,497.6 1,503.1 1,507.8 4.7

Machinery ........................................................... 1,138.0 1,162.9 1,159.6 1,162.3 1,140.8 1,152.0 1,153.3 1,156.7 1,161.9 1,165.4 3.5

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,344.2 1,350.8 1,355.7 1,356.8 1,343.8 1,339.7 1,345.8 1,346.2 1,352.4 1,355.7 3.3

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 221.7 219.1 218.4 220.0 222.5 218.1 218.8 217.7 218.4 220.4 2.0

Communications equipment ........................... 153.9 157.2 158.8 159.5 155.0 155.1 155.9 157.1 158.6 159.3 .7

Semiconductors and electronic components . 456.8 460.0 461.6 461.4 456.2 453.4 455.8 458.0 460.2 461.0 .8

Electronic instruments ..................................... 427.0 431.6 433.7 432.6 425.2 427.5 430.1 429.8 431.8 431.5 -.3

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 454.4 450.3 451.3 449.6 453.8 446.5 447.3 448.6 449.9 450.3 .4

Transportation equipment .................................. 1,770.0 1,776.4 1,718.9 1,779.9 1,766.5 1,768.8 1,764.4 1,765.1 1,747.6 1,775.5 27.9

Furniture and related products .......................... 570.6 581.0 581.3 578.5 568.1 576.5 577.6 575.0 576.2 572.9 -3.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 658.4 659.6 657.3 654.6 657.9 653.0 654.4 654.6 655.2 654.4 -.8

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,571 5,474 5,474 5,483 5,518 5,441 5,450 5,438 5,440 5,426 -14

Production workers ....................................... 4,049 3,990 3,997 4,015 4,005 3,959 3,971 3,964 3,972 3,967 -5

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,558.4 1,499.3 1,525.9 1,537.2 1,523.8 1,502.7 1,507.0 1,502.8 1,506.0 1,499.8 -6.2

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 206.1 201.4 203.4 201.7 201.0 197.8 197.5 197.6 197.3 196.1 -1.2

Textile mills ......................................................... 252.5 238.0 235.0 236.2 251.8 235.8 236.1 235.0 236.0 235.7 -.3

Textile product mills ........................................... 173.5 183.4 181.1 179.8 170.7 180.1 181.4 179.7 179.0 178.4 -.6

Apparel ................................................................ 303.7 294.0 281.4 282.3 304.0 292.7 290.8 286.8 284.3 282.4 -1.9

Leather and allied products ............................... 44.5 45.7 45.3 44.2 44.3 44.6 45.1 44.7 45.0 44.1 -.9

Paper and paper products ................................. 516.7 509.0 511.0 512.7 515.1 507.0 508.1 506.7 509.8 511.3 1.5

Printing and related support activities ............... 680.1 671.7 666.7 664.8 678.8 663.6 665.9 667.0 664.0 662.3 -1.7

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 116.3 116.3 116.8 117.2 113.8 112.6 113.1 113.8 113.5 114.1 .6

Chemicals ........................................................... 907.0 901.2 899.2 896.0 905.4 896.4 895.0 895.2 894.4 893.4 -1.0

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 812.6 814.3 808.5 810.7 808.8 807.5 810.2 808.6 811.1 808.7 -2.4

Service-providing ............................................ 107,397 110,095 108,925 108,845 108,077 109,132 109,268 109,367 109,425 109,533 108

Private service-providing ............................ 87,005 88,582 88,495 88,448 86,497 87,560 87,724 87,839 87,884 87,968 84

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,205 25,559 25,498 25,464 25,225 25,448 25,477 25,497 25,499 25,487 -12

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,609.3 5,668.8 5,679.9 5,675.0 5,586.0 5,632.5 5,636.7 5,639.5 5,649.3 5,651.9 2.6

Durable goods .................................................... 2,949.0 2,989.0 3,002.5 3,002.7 2,936.2 2,967.5 2,969.7 2,975.6 2,988.1 2,991.7 3.6

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,007.0 2,008.0 2,003.9 1,999.7 1,997.9 1,996.3 1,997.2 1,994.3 1,990.2 1,989.2 -1.0

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 653.3 671.8 673.5 672.6 651.9 668.7 669.8 669.6 671.0 671.0 .0

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Change

from:

July 2004-

Aug. 2004p

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,886.1 15,058.4 15,023.8 14,998.3 14,911.6 15,037.1 15,047.6 15,054.9 15,040.8 15,029.5 -11.3

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,898.8 1,924.0 1,927.3 1,916.5 1,883.5 1,910.9 1,911.4 1,908.5 1,907.8 1,901.7 -6.1

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,262.5 1,266.4 1,267.4 1,261.4 1,257.0 1,264.7 1,263.6 1,262.3 1,260.3 1,256.5 -3.8

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 533.0 541.6 541.0 545.2 538.0 544.5 545.7 546.3 547.8 549.4 1.6

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 500.7 504.5 502.3 498.1 507.4 514.1 512.6 511.5 509.6 506.8 -2.8

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,214.0 1,299.4 1,279.4 1,266.9 1,194.7 1,247.3 1,248.7 1,245.8 1,245.7 1,248.3 2.6

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,844.2 2,855.5 2,848.8 2,841.0 2,833.6 2,839.9 2,845.3 2,839.7 2,834.8 2,831.7 -3.1

Health and personal care stores ....................... 941.8 960.0 955.4 954.8 941.0 957.9 957.1 957.2 956.7 957.0 .3

Gasoline stations ................................................ 892.8 879.8 881.8 879.7 881.4 872.4 871.6 870.3 868.2 868.0 -.2

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,296.8 1,333.5 1,348.8 1,353.1 1,294.8 1,328.0 1,335.5 1,346.5 1,349.4 1,350.2 .8

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 632.5 618.6 614.0 619.4 642.5 635.8 636.1 635.7 634.6 633.9 -.7

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,783.3 2,792.2 2,776.0 2,776.4 2,834.9 2,831.0 2,830.5 2,837.4 2,831.2 2,828.9 -2.3

Department stores .......................................... 1,581.2 1,573.8 1,568.7 1,573.1 1,622.3 1,607.3 1,610.9 1,614.9 1,613.5 1,610.3 -3.2

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 929.4 932.7 931.3 928.1 931.9 927.9 925.7 928.4 927.5 926.9 -.6

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 418.8 416.6 417.7 419.1 427.9 427.4 427.4 427.6 427.5 426.7 -.8

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,127.7 4,245.2 4,206.3 4,207.1 4,148.4 4,196.5 4,209.9 4,220.9 4,226.8 4,225.4 -1.4

Air transportation ................................................ 518.3 516.1 516.5 514.6 512.4 513.3 514.7 513.8 512.3 510.2 -2.1

Rail transportation .............................................. 214.8 218.3 219.1 217.6 213.8 216.3 216.4 217.3 217.7 217.3 -.4

Water transportation ........................................... 55.7 53.7 54.7 53.6 52.9 50.6 51.1 51.7 51.8 50.8 -1.0

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,352.8 1,377.3 1,380.0 1,386.1 1,329.6 1,352.2 1,353.9 1,359.5 1,360.2 1,359.5 -.7

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 313.0 374.0 314.9 316.7 371.2 372.3 381.5 374.6 373.7 375.5 1.8

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 39.6 38.7 39.2 38.9 39.5 38.1 38.3 38.4 38.5 38.5 .0

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 36.4 39.4 40.8 42.0 28.9 31.1 30.6 32.6 33.0 33.3 .3

Support activities for transportation ................... 515.6 524.1 528.4 525.5 512.2 519.1 519.5 520.8 522.6 521.3 -1.3

Couriers and messengers .................................. 560.8 576.0 577.4 574.7 566.7 570.9 572.8 578.2 579.7 580.9 1.2

Warehousing and storage .................................. 520.7 527.6 535.3 537.4 521.2 532.6 531.1 534.0 537.3 538.1 .8

Utilities ................................................................... 581.8 586.3 587.6 583.4 578.8 582.1 582.3 581.7 581.9 580.2 -1.7

Information ................................................................ 3,189 3,203 3,202 3,179 3,174 3,173 3,177 3,182 3,176 3,166 -10

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 922.4 918.3 917.6 914.7 922.0 916.3 916.2 916.6 914.3 913.0 -1.3

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 382.3 408.0 411.2 398.1 369.9 385.7 390.8 394.9 393.5 389.3 -4.2

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 325.9 336.3 335.6 335.6 325.5 333.3 335.4 335.5 336.0 336.0 .0

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.3 34.3 34.2 34.5 30.0 32.5 32.9 33.6 33.6 34.0 .4

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,073.9 1,047.5 1,045.5 1,040.2 1,071.3 1,051.9 1,047.3 1,044.8 1,042.6 1,038.1 -4.5

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 406.8 408.1 408.0 405.8 407.6 404.0 405.1 406.5 405.7 405.1 -.6

Other information services ................................. 47.8 50.4 49.8 50.4 47.8 49.6 49.6 50.0 49.8 50.3 .5

Financial activities .................................................... 8,059 8,121 8,111 8,128 7,996 8,015 8,029 8,049 8,039 8,057 18

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,953.7 5,991.1 5,981.2 5,983.1 5,936.8 5,943.7 5,946.0 5,960.4 5,948.8 5,957.3 8.5

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.7 21.9 21.9 21.9 22.6 22.3 21.8 21.9 21.7 21.8 .1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,816.1 2,827.1 2,820.5 2,820.5 2,806.0 2,802.1 2,800.8 2,809.9 2,802.3 2,803.6 1.3

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,766.1 1,778.9 1,780.2 1,776.4 1,756.0 1,765.0 1,765.2 1,768.8 1,766.3 1,766.0 -.3

Commercial banking .................................... 1,292.4 1,293.5 1,294.0 1,290.5 1,283.9 1,285.0 1,284.2 1,285.9 1,283.4 1,281.7 -1.7

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 763.9 791.4 794.4 795.4 758.7 781.0 782.8 787.2 787.2 791.1 3.9

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,270.0 2,273.2 2,265.7 2,266.9 2,268.7 2,259.5 2,262.7 2,263.8 2,259.5 2,262.6 3.1

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 81.0 77.5 78.7 78.4 80.8 78.8 77.9 77.6 78.1 78.2 .1

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,104.8 2,129.8 2,130.1 2,145.0 2,058.8 2,071.6 2,083.1 2,088.1 2,090.6 2,100.1 9.5

Real estate .......................................................... 1,416.6 1,444.6 1,448.6 1,450.5 1,386.6 1,409.2 1,418.7 1,418.8 1,420.9 1,423.5 2.6

Rental and leasing services ............................... 659.1 655.6 652.8 666.2 643.4 633.2 635.4 640.5 641.3 648.6 7.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 29.1 29.6 28.7 28.3 28.8 29.2 29.0 28.8 28.4 28.0 -.4

Professional and business services ........................ 16,187 16,615 16,648 16,738 15,998 16,363 16,432 16,457 16,504 16,536 32

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,564.5 6,731.5 6,742.7 6,745.2 6,578.1 6,701.4 6,708.1 6,732.6 6,742.3 6,764.1 21.8

Legal services .................................................. 1,137.8 1,162.3 1,164.3 1,151.6 1,133.8 1,141.9 1,143.3 1,146.3 1,147.8 1,147.1 -.7

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 744.7 760.2 755.3 755.4 800.7 818.5 806.3 811.6 813.7 817.0 3.3

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,242.2 1,280.2 1,286.8 1,289.5 1,222.0 1,254.1 1,258.3 1,261.9 1,263.7 1,267.2 3.5

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,093.9 1,119.8 1,119.9 1,132.6 1,094.5 1,103.5 1,110.1 1,117.7 1,121.5 1,130.9 9.4

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 750.1 794.5 798.7 801.2 744.2 780.9 785.9 791.4 792.3 796.1 3.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Change

from:

July 2004-

Aug. 2004p

Professional and business services--Continued

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,680.3 1,692.3 1,700.5 1,684.5 1,671.4 1,679.7 1,683.3 1,684.5 1,686.3 1,678.6 -7.7

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,942.3 8,190.9 8,204.8 8,308.1 7,748.1 7,982.3 8,040.1 8,040.0 8,075.0 8,093.7 18.7

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,615.9 7,859.1 7,871.6 7,974.7 7,427.0 7,657.0 7,715.6 7,713.0 7,747.9 7,766.0 18.1

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,482.4 3,606.9 3,628.8 3,738.0 3,366.2 3,553.7 3,591.5 3,573.4 3,607.4 3,616.4 9.0

Temporary help services ............................. 2,351.1 2,477.8 2,479.3 2,561.8 2,262.3 2,423.8 2,451.7 2,449.4 2,453.9 2,463.7 9.8

Business support services .............................. 741.0 752.5 747.6 742.7 748.7 748.6 751.2 754.0 751.1 750.2 -.9

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,724.0 1,796.0 1,796.5 1,785.3 1,648.4 1,674.5 1,686.0 1,694.1 1,694.3 1,696.6 2.3

Waste management and remediation services 326.4 331.8 333.2 333.4 321.1 325.3 324.5 327.0 327.1 327.7 .6

Education and health services ................................ 16,232 16,715 16,620 16,595 16,591 16,854 16,871 16,897 16,913 16,958 45

Educational services ............................................. 2,344.5 2,516.0 2,430.9 2,395.7 2,673.9 2,740.8 2,731.1 2,727.4 2,731.8 2,734.4 2.6

Health care and social assistance ........................13,887.9 14,199.3 14,189.4 14,199.5 13,916.8 14,113.1 14,140.1 14,169.8 14,181.0 14,223.4 42.4

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,800.2 4,926.2 4,932.1 4,940.4 4,791.9 4,883.6 4,896.8 4,909.6 4,922.8 4,934.2 11.4

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,012.6 2,057.0 2,060.1 2,064.1 2,007.1 2,046.1 2,049.6 2,053.9 2,056.4 2,059.1 2.7

Outpatient care centers ................................... 423.5 436.3 439.0 439.3 423.5 432.2 435.1 436.0 438.2 439.2 1.0

Home health care services ............................. 732.1 759.7 758.4 759.6 733.7 748.4 751.7 754.2 757.9 760.0 2.1

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,264.3 4,324.9 4,337.5 4,338.5 4,260.2 4,305.1 4,315.4 4,318.3 4,323.4 4,331.4 8.0

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,792.1 2,816.0 2,819.7 2,821.5 2,784.7 2,802.8 2,806.3 2,809.0 2,812.8 2,816.2 3.4

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,583.0 1,589.1 1,590.5 1,591.9 1,580.6 1,584.0 1,585.3 1,586.5 1,587.6 1,588.8 1.2

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,031.3 2,132.2 2,100.1 2,099.1 2,080.0 2,121.6 2,121.6 2,132.9 2,122.0 2,141.6 19.6

Child day care services ................................... 721.5 776.5 742.1 748.2 764.5 777.6 777.1 786.0 790.3 794.9 4.6

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,705 12,892 12,944 12,893 12,117 12,303 12,331 12,339 12,340 12,346 6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 2,053.7 2,031.3 2,073.1 2,032.6 1,795.0 1,791.1 1,793.1 1,792.0 1,786.1 1,787.3 1.2

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 394.3 380.5 378.2 378.3 366.7 361.4 358.8 359.3 353.8 353.6 -.2

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 122.4 124.6 128.2 127.0 114.5 114.6 115.6 116.1 117.0 117.6 .6

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,537.0 1,526.2 1,566.7 1,527.3 1,313.8 1,315.1 1,318.7 1,316.6 1,315.3 1,316.1 .8

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,651.4 10,860.6 10,871.1 10,860.5 10,321.8 10,511.8 10,537.9 10,546.7 10,554.3 10,558.8 4.5

Accommodations ................................................ 1,897.5 1,854.2 1,905.3 1,897.0 1,755.0 1,758.5 1,758.5 1,764.7 1,762.3 1,763.4 1.1

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,753.9 9,006.4 8,965.8 8,963.5 8,566.8 8,753.3 8,779.4 8,782.0 8,792.0 8,795.4 3.4

Other services .......................................................... 5,428 5,477 5,472 5,451 5,396 5,404 5,407 5,418 5,413 5,418 5

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,246.7 1,243.7 1,242.6 1,236.7 1,242.4 1,238.2 1,237.7 1,235.1 1,234.8 1,232.7 -2.1

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,261.4 1,283.6 1,269.8 1,272.0 1,257.3 1,260.5 1,265.5 1,268.4 1,264.5 1,267.0 2.5

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,919.8 2,949.6 2,959.2 2,942.4 2,895.9 2,904.8 2,903.7 2,914.9 2,913.6 2,918.0 4.4

Government .............................................................. 20,392 21,513 20,430 20,397 21,580 21,572 21,544 21,528 21,541 21,565 24

Federal ................................................................... 2,762 2,726 2,735 2,733 2,750 2,727 2,712 2,716 2,712 2,718 6

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,958.0 1,943.9 1,951.5 1,950.6 1,942.2 1,939.5 1,925.7 1,930.5 1,925.6 1,933.6 8.0

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 804.0 781.8 783.2 782.0 808.0 787.3 786.5 785.4 786.8 784.0 -2.8

State government .................................................. 4,740 4,817 4,756 4,762 4,997 5,019 5,004 5,004 5,021 5,030 9

State government education .............................. 1,980.4 2,048.3 1,973.4 1,986.7 2,258.7 2,278.3 2,261.4 2,257.8 2,271.2 2,275.3 4.1

State government, excluding education ............ 2,759.7 2,768.7 2,782.7 2,775.1 2,738.2 2,740.6 2,742.8 2,746.1 2,749.5 2,754.2 4.7

Local government .................................................. 12,890 13,970 12,939 12,902 13,833 13,826 13,828 13,808 13,808 13,817 9

Local government education ............................. 6,647.8 7,698.1 6,602.3 6,626.8 7,742.4 7,710.9 7,710.2 7,695.1 7,693.0 7,697.1 4.1

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,241.7 6,271.8 6,336.4 6,275.3 6,090.1 6,115.4 6,117.9 6,113.3 6,115.1 6,119.4 4.3

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately. p= preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Change

from:

July 2004-

Aug. 2004p

Total private ....................................... 33.9 33.7 33.9 34.2 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.6 33.8 33.8 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.1 40.2 40.0 40.4 39.7 40.0 40.3 40.0 40.2 40.1 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 44.1 44.5 44.4 44.6 43.6 44.3 44.2 43.9 44.1 44.2 .1

Construction ............................................................ 39.5 38.6 39.2 39.1 38.5 38.2 38.3 38.1 38.4 38.1 -.3

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.2 41.0 40.3 40.8 40.2 40.7 41.1 40.8 40.9 40.9 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.2 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 .0

Durable goods ..................................................... 40.6 41.5 40.6 41.3 40.5 41.2 41.6 41.2 41.4 41.4 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.3 4.8 4.4 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 .0

Wood products .................................................. 40.7 41.1 40.8 41.3 40.4 41.0 41.4 40.5 40.8 40.9 .1

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.7 42.5 42.5 42.8 42.1 42.3 42.0 41.8 42.1 42.2 .1

Primary metals .................................................. 41.6 43.7 42.5 43.3 41.9 43.1 43.4 43.5 43.5 43.6 .1

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.5 41.2 40.7 41.0 40.5 41.0 41.3 41.0 41.2 41.1 -.1

Machinery .......................................................... 40.5 42.2 41.5 41.5 40.7 41.6 42.3 42.0 42.2 42.0 -.2

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.8 40.6 40.3 40.8 41.0 40.5 40.8 40.5 40.9 40.9 .0

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.3 41.1 40.3 40.6 40.6 40.8 41.6 40.8 40.9 40.8 -.1

Transportation equipment ............................... 40.9 42.7 40.4 42.1 40.7 42.4 42.8 42.3 42.4 42.4 .0

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.4 39.8 39.3 40.0 39.1 39.5 40.0 39.7 39.5 39.7 .2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.1 38.4 38.1 38.4 38.1 38.3 38.9 38.4 38.7 38.5 -.2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 39.7 40.2 39.8 40.2 39.6 40.0 40.3 40.1 40.1 40.2 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.5 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 39.6 39.4 39.3 39.5 39.2 39.1 39.6 39.4 39.3 39.2 -.1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.8 38.8 39.6 39.2 38.7 39.1 39.5 .4

Textile mills ........................................................ 38.7 40.4 39.9 40.5 38.7 39.5 40.3 40.3 40.6 40.6 .0

Textile product mills ......................................... 40.1 39.4 38.0 39.0 40.0 38.3 38.8 38.9 38.6 38.9 .3

Apparel ............................................................... 34.8 36.3 35.8 36.4 34.8 35.9 36.1 35.9 36.1 36.4 .3

Leather and allied products ............................ 38.7 38.2 36.1 37.5 38.9 39.1 38.4 38.0 37.2 37.6 .4

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.0 41.9 41.9 42.7 41.2 41.9 42.6 42.0 42.5 43.0 .5

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.5 38.0 38.4 38.6 38.5 38.7 38.5 -.2

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 43.9 45.2 46.0 46.5 44.4 43.9 45.0 45.0 45.0 47.1 2.1

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.2 42.7 42.2 42.7 42.3 43.0 42.9 42.6 42.8 42.9 .1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.1 41.1 39.7 40.1 40.3 40.7 40.9 40.8 40.5 40.4 -.1

Private service-providing ............................. 32.6 32.3 32.5 32.9 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.9 33.5 33.8 34.1 33.5 33.5 33.5 33.3 33.4 33.5 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.0 37.6 37.7 38.1 37.9 38.0 37.8 37.6 37.8 37.7 -.1

Retail trade ........................................................... 31.4 30.8 31.2 31.4 30.9 30.7 30.7 30.5 30.6 30.7 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.0 37.0 37.1 37.7 36.9 36.9 37.3 36.9 37.0 37.0 .0

Utilities ................................................................... 41.0 41.3 40.4 40.6 41.0 41.2 41.3 41.1 40.8 40.9 .1

Information ............................................................... 36.4 36.6 36.3 36.8 36.2 36.3 36.4 36.5 36.3 36.5 .2

Financial activities .................................................. 35.4 35.3 35.4 36.1 35.5 35.6 35.8 35.5 35.6 35.5 -.1

Professional and business services .................... 34.1 34.0 34.1 34.7 33.9 34.1 34.2 33.9 34.2 34.2 .0

Education and health services ............................. 32.4 32.4 32.6 33.0 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.5 32.6 32.7 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 26.3 25.9 26.3 26.5 25.5 25.7 25.7 25.7 25.6 25.5 -.1

Other services ......................................................... 31.5 31.0 31.2 31.3 31.3 31.1 31.2 31.0 31.1 31.1 .0

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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

workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and 

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Aug.

2003

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Aug.

2003

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Total private ....................................... $15.31 $15.57 $15.60 $15.70 $519.01 $524.71 $528.84 $536.94

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.41 15.66 15.72 15.77 517.78 526.18 531.34 533.03

Goods-producing .......................................... 16.92 17.14 17.18 17.27 678.49 689.03 687.20 697.71

Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.52 18.18 18.08 18.09 772.63 809.01 802.75 806.81

Construction ............................................................ 19.08 19.12 19.26 19.32 753.66 738.03 754.99 755.41

Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.76 16.09 16.04 16.16 633.55 659.69 646.41 659.33

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.48 16.75 16.61 16.83 669.09 695.13 674.37 695.08

Wood products .................................................. 12.77 12.98 13.03 13.00 519.74 533.48 531.62 536.90

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 15.81 16.24 16.36 16.19 675.09 690.20 695.30 692.93

Primary metals .................................................. 18.13 18.51 18.63 18.52 754.21 808.89 791.78 801.92

Fabricated metal products .............................. 15.04 15.23 15.26 15.25 609.12 627.48 621.08 625.25

Machinery .......................................................... 16.32 16.56 16.68 16.72 660.96 698.83 692.22 693.88

Computer and electronic products ................ 16.81 17.21 17.35 17.44 685.85 698.73 699.21 711.55

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.45 14.88 14.88 15.03 582.34 611.57 599.66 610.22

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.29 21.36 20.76 21.44 870.76 912.07 838.70 902.62

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.04 13.10 13.11 13.25 513.78 521.38 515.22 530.00

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.27 13.81 13.89 13.87 505.59 530.30 529.21 532.61

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.65 15.03 15.14 15.10 581.61 604.21 602.57 607.02

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.80 13.00 13.04 12.95 506.88 512.20 512.47 511.53

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 17.75 19.39 19.30 19.05 694.03 760.09 758.49 758.19

Textile mills ........................................................ 11.95 12.15 12.06 12.09 462.47 490.86 481.19 489.65

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.46 11.29 11.49 11.44 459.55 444.83 436.62 446.16

Apparel ............................................................... 9.75 9.60 9.76 9.71 339.30 348.48 349.41 353.44

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.67 11.59 11.68 11.71 451.63 442.74 421.65 439.13

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.33 17.86 17.91 17.79 710.53 748.33 750.43 759.63

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.36 15.54 15.68 15.85 585.22 593.63 600.54 610.23

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 22.96 24.24 24.35 24.42 1,007.94 1,095.65 1,120.10 1,135.53

Chemicals .......................................................... 18.60 19.20 19.37 19.31 784.92 819.84 817.41 824.54

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.27 14.59 14.69 14.70 572.23 599.65 583.19 589.47

Private service-providing ............................. 14.88 15.14 15.18 15.27 485.09 489.02 493.35 502.38

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.32 14.61 14.64 14.68 485.45 489.44 494.83 500.59

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.35 17.58 17.67 17.70 659.30 661.01 666.16 674.37

Retail trade ........................................................... 11.89 12.09 12.08 12.10 373.35 372.37 376.90 379.94

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.33 16.80 16.88 17.02 604.21 621.60 626.25 641.65

Utilities ................................................................... 24.81 25.33 25.61 25.28 1,017.21 1,046.13 1,034.64 1,026.37

Information ............................................................... 21.11 21.18 21.29 21.44 768.40 775.19 772.83 788.99

Financial activities .................................................. 17.34 17.38 17.46 17.65 613.84 613.51 618.08 637.17

Professional and business services .................... 17.00 17.28 17.33 17.51 579.70 587.52 590.95 607.60

Education and health services ............................. 15.68 16.06 16.19 16.18 508.03 520.34 527.79 533.94

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.68 8.78 8.79 8.82 228.28 227.40 231.18 233.73

Other services ......................................................... 13.75 13.82 13.80 13.88 433.13 428.42 430.56 434.44

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p= preliminary.
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Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Percent

change from:

July 2004-

Aug. 2004p

Current dollars .............................................. $15.41 $15.59 $15.63 $15.66 $15.72 $15.77 0.3

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.28 8.25 8.21 8.20 8.24 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.86 17.13 17.13 17.16 17.19 17.24 .3

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.62 18.08 18.10 18.24 18.16 18.18 .1

Construction ............................................................................ 19.01 19.20 19.20 19.19 19.22 19.24 .1

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 15.79 16.08 16.08 16.13 16.15 16.22 .4

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 15.02 15.24 15.23 15.27 15.29 15.36 .5

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.50 16.75 16.75 16.78 16.80 16.88 .5

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.68 15.00 15.02 15.08 15.11 15.17 .4

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.02 15.17 15.23 15.26 15.32 15.38 .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.40 14.57 14.61 14.65 14.71 14.74 .2

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.43 17.60 17.63 17.67 17.73 17.71 -.1

Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.95 12.01 12.06 12.10 12.14 12.17 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.33 16.71 16.75 16.82 16.90 17.03 .8

Utilities ................................................................................... 24.99 25.67 25.46 25.44 25.66 25.48 -.7

Information ............................................................................... 21.22 21.29 21.42 21.30 21.43 21.54 .5

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.39 17.46 17.49 17.50 17.58 17.62 .2

Professional and business services .................................... 17.20 17.29 17.36 17.42 17.46 17.60 .8

Education and health services ............................................. 15.69 15.99 16.06 16.12 16.19 16.21 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.77 8.86 8.86 8.85 8.88 8.90 .2

Other services ......................................................................... 13.82 13.84 13.85 13.88 13.90 13.92 .1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the 

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and rate of time and one-half.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. N.A. = not available.

3 Change was 0.5 percent from June 2004 to July 2004, the p = preliminary.

latest month available.
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Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Percent

change from:

July 2004-

Aug. 2004p

Total private ....................................... 100.0 101.2 101.8 102.8 98.2 99.5 100.2 99.7 100.4 100.6 0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 98.0 99.0 98.8 100.4 94.9 96.2 97.4 96.7 97.4 97.4 .0

Natural resources and mining .............................. 100.1 104.3 105.9 107.1 96.6 102.2 102.9 101.7 102.9 103.6 .7

Construction ............................................................ 106.9 105.6 109.1 109.2 98.6 99.8 100.6 100.2 101.3 100.7 -.6

Manufacturing ......................................................... 93.8 96.0 93.9 95.8 93.2 94.2 95.5 94.8 95.2 95.5 .3

Durable goods ..................................................... 93.3 96.9 93.9 96.5 92.8 94.8 96.2 95.4 96.0 96.5 .5

Wood products .................................................. 98.9 102.7 102.1 103.6 96.3 99.7 101.5 99.7 100.4 100.7 .3

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 97.4 100.1 100.2 101.2 93.3 96.3 96.5 96.1 97.0 97.2 .2

Primary metals .................................................. 90.7 94.9 91.4 93.4 90.9 92.4 93.4 94.1 94.0 94.0 .0

Fabricated metal products .............................. 94.0 98.7 97.2 98.1 93.9 96.9 98.3 97.5 98.4 98.3 -.1

Machinery .......................................................... 91.7 98.6 96.6 96.7 92.8 95.8 97.9 97.5 99.0 98.7 -.3

Computer and electronic products ................ 91.9 92.2 92.2 93.6 92.7 90.0 91.7 91.4 93.3 93.6 .3

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 89.9 90.2 89.1 89.4 90.5 88.5 90.7 89.4 90.4 90.2 -.2

Transportation equipment ............................... 93.2 97.9 88.7 97.2 92.6 96.8 97.5 96.5 95.5 97.6 2.2

Furniture and related products ....................... 93.6 96.3 95.2 96.2 92.5 95.0 96.2 95.2 94.8 95.1 .3

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 91.8 92.3 91.2 91.3 91.7 90.9 92.6 91.4 92.3 91.6 -.8

Nondurable goods ............................................... 94.7 94.5 93.7 95.1 93.4 93.3 94.2 93.6 93.8 93.9 .1

Food manufacturing ......................................... 102.0 97.6 99.5 101.2 98.4 97.1 98.7 98.1 98.2 97.8 -.4

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 90.7 92.1 94.8 95.3 87.1 89.1 89.3 89.4 90.4 90.1 -.3

Textile mills ........................................................ 81.9 80.1 77.7 79.3 81.6 77.7 79.2 78.9 79.7 79.6 -.1

Textile product mills ......................................... 90.2 95.8 91.5 93.2 88.5 92.3 94.3 92.9 92.1 92.5 .4

Apparel ............................................................... 77.2 78.0 73.2 75.5 77.3 76.7 76.5 74.9 74.7 75.3 .8

Leather and allied products ............................ 89.9 91.2 85.3 85.1 90.6 90.3 90.2 87.8 86.9 85.0 -2.2

Paper and paper products .............................. 91.5 91.2 91.5 93.6 91.3 91.2 92.8 90.9 92.6 93.8 1.3

Printing and related support activities ........... 94.9 94.2 94.0 94.2 94.4 93.4 94.1 94.2 94.2 93.6 -.6

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 99.2 108.5 111.6 113.8 97.8 99.6 103.7 105.3 106.0 111.6 5.3

Chemicals .......................................................... 98.5 100.0 98.7 99.6 98.9 99.6 99.6 99.0 99.7 100.1 .4

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 94.1 97.0 92.8 94.1 94.2 94.7 95.6 95.4 95.0 94.5 -.5

Private service-providing ............................. 100.8 101.8 102.5 103.7 99.3 100.4 101.0 100.9 101.3 101.4 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 99.2 99.6 100.3 101.0 98.2 99.0 99.2 98.8 99.1 99.3 .2

Wholesale trade ................................................... 98.3 98.4 99.1 100.2 97.7 98.4 98.3 97.9 98.7 98.5 -.2

Retail trade ........................................................... 100.4 99.6 100.7 101.2 99.0 99.0 99.1 98.7 98.8 99.1 .3

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 97.7 101.2 100.3 101.9 98.1 99.7 101.1 100.4 100.7 100.8 .1

Utilities ................................................................... 98.3 99.0 97.0 96.5 97.6 98.3 98.5 97.7 96.9 96.5 -.4

Information ............................................................... 97.9 101.6 101.3 102.5 97.0 98.7 99.9 100.6 100.3 101.2 .9

Financial activities .................................................. 102.3 102.4 102.7 105.0 101.6 101.6 102.3 101.9 102.0 102.1 .1

Professional and business services .................... 100.0 102.7 103.4 106.0 98.2 101.1 102.1 101.4 102.7 103.0 .3

Education and health services ............................. 99.3 101.9 102.1 103.1 101.6 102.7 103.2 103.3 103.8 104.3 .5

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 107.8 107.7 110.0 110.2 99.4 101.6 101.8 101.9 101.5 101.1 -.4

Other services ......................................................... 98.2 97.7 98.3 98.3 97.0 96.4 96.8 96.6 96.6 96.9 .3

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by nonsupervisory worker employment.

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the
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Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2003

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Aug.

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

2004

July

2004p

Aug.

2004p

Percent

change from:

July 2004-

Aug. 2004p

Total private ....................................... 102.5 105.4 106.3 108.0 101.3 103.8 104.7 104.5 105.6 106.2 0.6

Goods-producing .......................................... 101.6 103.9 103.9 106.2 97.9 100.9 102.1 101.6 102.5 102.8 .3

Natural resources and mining .............................. 102.0 110.3 111.4 112.7 99.0 107.4 108.3 107.9 108.7 109.5 .7

Construction ............................................................ 110.2 109.1 113.5 113.9 101.2 103.5 104.3 103.9 105.1 104.7 -.4

Manufacturing ......................................................... 96.7 101.0 98.5 101.3 96.3 99.1 100.4 100.0 100.6 101.3 .7

Durable goods ..................................................... 96.0 101.3 97.4 101.4 95.6 99.2 100.6 100.0 100.7 101.7 1.0

Nondurable goods ............................................... 98.0 100.3 100.2 101.4 96.9 98.9 100.0 99.8 100.2 100.7 .5

Private service-providing ............................. 103.0 105.9 106.8 108.8 102.4 104.6 105.6 105.7 106.6 107.1 .5

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 101.4 103.8 104.7 105.8 100.9 102.9 103.4 103.2 104.0 104.5 .5

Wholesale trade ................................................... 100.5 101.9 103.2 104.4 100.3 102.0 102.1 101.9 103.1 102.8 -.3

Retail trade ........................................................... 102.3 103.2 104.3 104.9 101.4 101.9 102.5 102.3 102.9 103.4 .5

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 101.2 107.9 107.5 110.0 101.7 105.6 107.4 107.1 108.0 108.9 .8

Utilities ................................................................... 101.8 104.6 103.7 101.9 101.8 105.4 104.7 103.7 103.8 102.7 -1.1

Information ............................................................... 102.3 106.5 106.7 108.8 101.9 104.0 105.9 106.1 106.4 107.9 1.4

Financial activities .................................................. 109.7 110.0 110.8 114.6 109.3 109.6 110.6 110.3 110.9 111.3 .4

Professional and business services .................... 101.2 105.6 106.6 110.4 100.5 104.0 105.4 105.1 106.7 107.9 1.1

Education and health services ............................. 102.4 107.6 108.6 109.6 104.8 108.0 109.0 109.5 110.5 111.2 .6

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 109.1 110.3 112.7 113.3 101.7 105.0 105.1 105.1 105.1 104.9 -.2

Other services ......................................................... 98.4 98.4 98.9 99.5 97.6 97.2 97.7 97.7 97.9 98.3 .4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly 

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. 

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by 
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Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

Time Span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1

Over 1-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 61.9 62.9 63.3 59.5 46.9 61.7 63.1 52.5 51.1 53.4 56.8 53.8

2001 ........................................................ 52.2 47.8 50.4 34.4 41.4 39.2 37.1 38.8 38.3 32.4 36.7 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 40.1 35.1 41.0 41.5 41.7 47.8 44.1 44.1 42.8 39.0 38.7 34.5

2003 ........................................................ 41.2 35.1 38.1 41.4 42.8 40.1 40.5 39.7 49.3 46.0 51.1 49.1

2004 ........................................................ 52.3 56.1 68.7 67.6 63.8 60.6 54.9 p 54.5 p

Over 3-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 69.2 66.2 67.8 68.3 60.1 58.1 56.3 61.5 56.5 53.2 52.9 56.8

2001 ........................................................ 52.7 50.4 50.4 43.5 38.8 34.9 36.2 37.9 34.7 35.3 30.8 32.0

2002 ........................................................ 34.0 37.4 35.1 36.2 36.7 39.4 39.9 40.8 38.7 37.1 34.4 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 36.5 32.6 36.3 35.1 40.5 42.6 37.4 35.4 40.1 45.5 50.5 51.1

2004 ........................................................ 54.0 55.2 62.8 70.0 74.5 68.7 64.4 p 57.9 p

Over 6-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 67.3 69.1 72.5 72.5 67.4 67.8 66.7 60.8 59.0 55.0 59.7 54.0

2001 ........................................................ 51.8 50.0 51.8 47.3 43.5 41.5 38.1 35.4 32.2 33.1 31.5 31.1

2002 ........................................................ 29.5 30.0 31.1 31.1 31.7 37.1 37.2 39.0 34.7 36.5 35.3 33.3

2003 ........................................................ 33.6 31.1 31.7 31.7 33.5 37.8 36.2 36.5 40.5 39.4 42.6 41.7

2004 ........................................................ 48.9 54.1 59.5 64.7 67.8 71.2 68.2 p 71.9 p

Over 12-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 70.9 69.2 73.2 71.0 69.8 71.0 70.0 70.3 70.3 65.6 63.8 62.1

2001 ........................................................ 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 36.2 34.4 34.7 33.1 37.6 37.4 33.1 35.4

2004 ........................................................ 37.8 43.2 47.3 50.7 54.9 60.3 64.4 p 62.2 p

Over 1-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 48.2 58.3 50.0 50.0 41.1 57.1 60.7 28.6 25.0 35.1 39.9 41.1

2001 ........................................................ 22.6 22.0 21.4 16.1 15.5 23.2 13.7 14.3 19.0 17.9 14.9 10.1

2002 ........................................................ 21.4 18.5 23.8 35.1 29.8 32.7 40.5 28.0 31.0 11.9 15.5 17.9

2003 ........................................................ 26.2 15.5 22.6 13.7 26.2 25.0 28.0 26.2 27.4 28.6 51.2 45.8

2004 ........................................................ 42.9 55.4 60.1 66.1 64.9 52.4 60.1 p 51.8 p

Over 3-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 53.6 53.6 56.0 54.8 44.0 44.0 51.2 47.6 32.7 25.0 23.2 38.7

2001 ........................................................ 35.7 21.4 16.1 14.3 13.1 13.7 11.9 8.9 8.3 13.1 8.9 10.1

2002 ........................................................ 9.5 10.1 11.3 17.9 17.3 19.0 28.0 22.0 23.8 15.5 6.5 4.8

2003 ........................................................ 13.7 13.1 16.7 10.1 13.1 14.9 16.1 16.1 16.1 24.4 27.4 41.7

2004 ........................................................ 48.8 51.8 59.5 66.1 71.4 65.5 67.3 p 57.1 p

Over 6-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 44.0 52.4 55.4 57.7 47.6 51.8 56.0 45.2 39.3 34.5 32.1 27.4

2001 ........................................................ 22.0 23.8 22.0 20.8 14.3 13.7 14.3 10.1 10.7 5.4 7.1 4.8

2002 ........................................................ 6.5 8.9 7.7 8.3 7.7 14.3 14.9 10.7 12.5 10.1 8.9 8.9

2003 ........................................................ 11.3 9.5 6.0 7.1 8.9 13.1 8.9 13.1 13.1 16.7 19.0 19.6

2004 ........................................................ 28.6 36.9 46.4 56.5 61.3 64.9 67.3 p 68.5 p

Over 12-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 41.7 39.3 47.0 50.0 46.4 52.4 51.8 49.4 46.4 40.5 35.1 33.3

2001 ........................................................ 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ........................................................ 10.7 6.0 6.5 5.4 8.3 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.7 11.9 9.5 11.3

2004 ........................................................ 9.5 19.0 16.7 26.2 29.8 40.5 49.4 p 50.0 p

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1

1Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment,

spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with

p= preliminary. increasing and decreasing employment. 

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment