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HOUSEHOLD DATA Labor force status

Civilian labor force............................. 142,605 142,761 142,616 143,277 143,123 -154

Employment................................... 134,149 134,568 134,474 135,185 134,914 -271

Unemployment.............................. 8,456 8,193 8,142 8,092 8,209 117

Not in labor force................................ 71,059 71,465 71,609 71,152 71,519 367

All workers......................................... 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.7 0.1

Adult men...................................... 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 .0

Adult women................................. 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.9 5.2 .3

Teenagers...................................... 17.1 16.9 17.2 15.7 14.6 -1.1

White.............................................. 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 .0

Black............................................... 10.7 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.8 .2

Hispanic origin............................... 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.8 .4

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Nonfarm employment......................... 130,706 p130,868 130,913 p130,900 p130,895 p-5

Goods-producing1........................... 23,879 p23,794 23,801 p23,770 p23,695 p-75

Construction............................ 6,544 p6,547 6,556 p6,567 p6,540 p-27

Manufacturing......................... 16,776 p16,694 16,690 p16,651 p16,602 p-49

Service-producing1...................... 106,827 p107,073 107,112 p107,130 p107,200 p70

Retail trade............................... 23,327 p23,306 23,295 p23,284 p23,298 p14

Services.................................... 41,090 p41,316 41,347 p41,386 p41,404 p18

Government.............................. 21,201 p21,270 21,289 p21,293 p21,317 p24

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Total private........................................ 34.2 p34.1 34.1 p34.2 p34.1 p-0.1

Manufacturing................................... 41.0 p40.8 40.9 p40.9 p40.7 p-.2

Overtime......................................... 4.2 p4.1 4.2 p4.1 p4.1 p.0

Total private........................................ 148.3 p148.0 148.1 p148.4 p147.8 p-0.6

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Average hourly earnings,

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Average weekly earnings,

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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. In June 2002, the sample included over 300,000

establishments employing about 37 million people.

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-producing sector.

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 month-to-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.

In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major industry divisions, 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.

The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are

recalculated twice a year. For the household survey, the factors are

calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

period. For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal

adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced

along with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.

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 290,000. 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 -190,000 to 390,000

(100,000 +/- 290,000). 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 4 percent,

the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in

unemployment is about +/- 270,000, and for the monthly change in the

unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

recent 2 months are based on 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 (and other sources of error), a process known as

bias adjustment is included in the survey’s estimating procedures,

whereby a specified number of jobs is added to the monthly samplebased change. The size of the monthly bias adjustment is based largely

on past relationships between the sample-based estimates

of employment and the total counts of employment described

below.

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

issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check

or money order payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by

charging to Mastercard or Visa.

Employment and Earnings also provides measures of

sampling error for the household 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.”

Measures of the reliability of the data drawn from the

establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-H of that

publication.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired

individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message

referral phone: 1-800-877-8339.
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 adjusted1

Oct.

2001

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 212,581 214,429 214,643 212,581 213,842 214,023 214,225 214,429 214,643

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 142,004 142,745 142,878 142,280 142,476 142,390 142,616 143,277 143,123

 Participation rate ............................................................... 66.8 66.6 66.6 66.9 66.6 66.5 66.6 66.8 66.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 134,898 135,063 135,237 134,615 134,053 134,045 134,474 135,185 134,914

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 63.5 63.0 63.0 63.3 62.7 62.6 62.8 63.0 62.9

 Agriculture .......................................................................... 3,265 3,501 3,611 3,203 3,110 3,282 3,188 3,298 3,525

 Nonagricultural industries ................................................... 131,633 131,562 131,627 131,412 130,942 130,763 131,286 131,887 131,389

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 7,106 7,683 7,640 7,665 8,424 8,345 8,142 8,092 8,209

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 70,577 71,684 71,765 70,301 71,366 71,633 71,609 71,152 71,519

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,338 4,449 4,133 4,673 4,689 4,895 4,503 4,674 4,444

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 102,229 103,148 103,259 102,229 102,856 102,945 103,046 103,148 103,259

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 75,811 76,201 76,111 76,027 76,189 76,041 76,088 76,480 76,262

 Participation rate ............................................................... 74.2 73.9 73.7 74.4 74.1 73.9 73.8 74.1 73.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 72,017 72,154 72,065 71,871 71,524 71,509 71,552 72,004 71,854

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 70.4 70.0 69.8 70.3 69.5 69.5 69.4 69.8 69.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,794 4,047 4,045 4,156 4,665 4,532 4,536 4,476 4,408

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.5 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 94,015 94,906 95,020 94,015 94,622 94,694 94,756 94,906 95,020

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 71,901 72,416 72,368 71,940 72,288 72,172 72,203 72,473 72,342

 Participation rate ............................................................... 76.5 76.3 76.2 76.5 76.4 76.2 76.2 76.4 76.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 68,748 69,026 68,875 68,486 68,390 68,405 68,447 68,711 68,545

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 73.1 72.7 72.5 72.8 72.3 72.2 72.2 72.4 72.1

 Agriculture .......................................................................... 2,184 2,408 2,497 2,132 2,138 2,256 2,221 2,226 2,432

 Nonagricultural industries ................................................... 66,564 66,618 66,378 66,354 66,251 66,149 66,226 66,485 66,114

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,152 3,390 3,493 3,454 3,899 3,767 3,757 3,762 3,796

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.8 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 110,353 111,281 111,383 110,353 110,985 111,078 111,179 111,281 111,383

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 66,194 66,545 66,767 66,253 66,287 66,349 66,527 66,797 66,862

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.0 59.8 59.9 60.0 59.7 59.7 59.8 60.0 60.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 62,881 62,909 63,172 62,744 62,528 62,536 62,922 63,181 63,061

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.0 56.5 56.7 56.9 56.3 56.3 56.6 56.8 56.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,312 3,636 3,595 3,509 3,759 3,813 3,605 3,616 3,801

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.7

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 102,371 103,335 103,416 102,371 103,038 103,127 103,256 103,335 103,416

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,358 62,919 63,095 62,269 62,481 62,590 62,783 62,929 63,045

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.9 60.9 61.0 60.8 60.6 60.7 60.8 60.9 61.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,587 59,791 60,014 59,302 59,316 59,364 59,710 59,835 59,764

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 58.2 57.9 58.0 57.9 57.6 57.6 57.8 57.9 57.8

 Agriculture .......................................................................... 853 859 880 842 749 814 772 845 865

 Nonagricultural industries ................................................... 58,734 58,932 59,134 58,460 58,567 58,550 58,938 58,991 58,899

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,771 3,128 3,081 2,967 3,165 3,226 3,073 3,094 3,281

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.4 5.0 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.2 4.9 4.9 5.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population .......................................... 16,195 16,189 16,206 16,195 16,182 16,202 16,212 16,189 16,206

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,745 7,411 7,414 8,071 7,707 7,629 7,630 7,874 7,737

 Participation rate ............................................................... 47.8 45.8 45.8 49.8 47.6 47.1 47.1 48.6 47.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,563 6,246 6,348 6,827 6,347 6,276 6,318 6,639 6,605

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 40.5 38.6 39.2 42.2 39.2 38.7 39.0 41.0 40.8

 Agriculture .......................................................................... 227 234 234 229 223 213 196 227 229

 Nonagricultural industries ................................................... 6,335 6,012 6,114 6,598 6,124 6,064 6,122 6,411 6,376

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,182 1,165 1,066 1,244 1,360 1,352 1,312 1,236 1,131

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 15.3 15.7 14.4 15.4 17.6 17.7 17.2 15.7 14.6

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, age, and

Hispanic origin

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Oct.

2001

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 176,372 177,628 177,777 176,372 177,217 177,345 177,486 177,628 177,777

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 118,251 118,576 118,706 118,506 118,530 118,678 118,919 119,021 118,969

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.0 66.8 66.8 67.2 66.9 66.9 67.0 67.0 66.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 113,104 112,906 113,120 112,878 112,382 112,446 112,844 113,010 112,882

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.1 63.6 63.6 64.0 63.4 63.4 63.6 63.6 63.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,147 5,670 5,586 5,628 6,148 6,233 6,075 6,011 6,087

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.4 4.8 4.7 4.7 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 60,875 61,129 61,042 60,957 61,007 61,068 61,240 61,212 61,101

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.9 76.6 76.5 77.0 76.7 76.7 76.9 76.7 76.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 58,495 58,564 58,452 58,287 58,112 58,164 58,332 58,331 58,219

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 73.9 73.4 73.2 73.7 73.1 73.1 73.2 73.1 72.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,380 2,564 2,591 2,670 2,895 2,904 2,908 2,881 2,882

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 50,839 51,223 51,413 50,762 51,060 51,125 51,297 51,212 51,370

 Participation rate ................................................................. 60.2 60.2 60.4 60.1 60.2 60.2 60.4 60.2 60.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 48,911 48,994 49,249 48,695 48,812 48,856 49,076 48,994 49,053

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.9 57.6 57.9 57.7 57.5 57.6 57.8 57.6 57.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,928 2,229 2,165 2,067 2,248 2,268 2,221 2,218 2,318

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.8 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,537 6,225 6,251 6,787 6,464 6,485 6,382 6,597 6,499

 Participation rate ................................................................. 50.9 48.4 48.6 52.9 50.3 50.5 49.7 51.3 50.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,698 5,348 5,419 5,896 5,458 5,425 5,437 5,685 5,610

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 44.4 41.6 42.2 45.9 42.5 42.2 42.3 44.2 43.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 839 876 831 891 1,006 1,060 945 911 888

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 12.8 14.1 13.3 13.1 15.6 16.4 14.8 13.8 13.7

 Men ................................................................................... 13.9 15.0 13.4 14.7 17.7 19.1 17.5 15.3 14.4

 Women ............................................................................. 11.8 13.1 13.2 11.5 13.4 13.6 12.1 12.3 13.0

BLACK

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,686 26,039 26,081 25,686 25,930 25,961 26,000 26,039 26,081

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,733 16,922 16,925 16,748 16,822 16,618 16,753 17,053 16,940

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.1 65.0 64.9 65.2 64.9 64.0 64.4 65.5 65.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 15,202 15,347 15,340 15,144 15,027 14,976 15,142 15,420 15,275

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 59.2 58.9 58.8 59.0 58.0 57.7 58.2 59.2 58.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,531 1,575 1,585 1,604 1,794 1,642 1,611 1,633 1,665

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.1 9.3 9.4 9.6 10.7 9.9 9.6 9.6 9.8

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,393 7,572 7,600 7,354 7,543 7,472 7,492 7,652 7,566

 Participation rate ................................................................. 71.7 72.4 72.5 71.4 72.4 71.6 71.7 73.1 72.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,817 6,923 6,897 6,751 6,760 6,800 6,834 6,944 6,829

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 66.2 66.2 65.8 65.5 64.9 65.2 65.4 66.4 65.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 576 649 703 603 783 673 658 708 738

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.8 8.6 9.3 8.2 10.4 9.0 8.8 9.3 9.7

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,441 8,477 8,454 8,450 8,363 8,348 8,414 8,465 8,460

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.5 64.8 64.6 65.6 64.3 64.1 64.5 64.8 64.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,752 7,792 7,767 7,734 7,628 7,602 7,719 7,799 7,744

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 60.1 59.6 59.3 60.0 58.6 58.3 59.1 59.7 59.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 689 685 688 716 735 746 695 665 716

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.5 8.8 8.9 8.3 7.9 8.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 898 873 871 944 916 798 847 936 914

 Participation rate ................................................................. 36.1 34.9 34.8 37.9 36.6 31.9 33.9 37.4 36.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 632 633 676 659 639 575 589 677 702

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 25.4 25.3 27.0 26.5 25.6 23.0 23.5 27.0 28.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 266 240 194 285 276 223 258 259 211

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 29.7 27.5 22.3 30.2 30.2 28.0 30.5 27.7 23.1

 Men ................................................................................... 30.0 33.7 22.6 31.2 30.0 20.5 30.5 34.7 24.8

 Women ............................................................................. 29.4 21.4 22.1 29.1 30.4 34.8 30.4 20.8 21.3

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, age, and

Hispanic origin

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Oct.

2001

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

HISPANIC ORIGIN

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 23,351 24,065 24,129 23,351 23,867 23,935 23,999 24,065 24,129

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,007 16,290 16,274 15,956 16,146 16,304 16,240 16,294 16,216

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.5 67.7 67.4 68.3 67.6 68.1 67.7 67.7 67.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,903 15,141 15,042 14,824 14,959 15,066 15,014 15,095 14,952

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.8 62.9 62.3 63.5 62.7 62.9 62.6 62.7 62.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,104 1,149 1,232 1,132 1,187 1,238 1,225 1,198 1,264

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.9 7.1 7.6 7.1 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.8

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

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

 NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals

because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in

both the white and black population groups.

Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Oct.

2001

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 27,325 26,847 26,865 27,325 28,105 27,112 26,900 26,847 26,865

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 12,037 11,946 11,781 12,076 12,254 11,770 11,752 11,808 11,813

 Percent of population .......................................................... 44.1 44.5 43.9 44.2 43.6 43.4 43.7 44.0 44.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 11,183 11,090 10,832 11,139 11,288 10,743 10,762 10,883 10,778

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 40.9 41.3 40.3 40.8 40.2 39.6 40.0 40.5 40.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 854 856 948 937 966 1,028 991 925 1,034

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.1 7.2 8.1 7.8 7.9 8.7 8.4 7.8 8.8

High school graduates, no college2

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 57,221 58,097 57,949 57,221 57,070 57,012 57,778 58,097 57,949

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 36,782 37,333 37,255 36,912 36,737 37,149 37,203 37,533 37,380

 Percent of population .......................................................... 64.3 64.3 64.3 64.5 64.4 65.2 64.4 64.6 64.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 35,208 35,632 35,606 35,199 34,676 35,250 35,323 35,668 35,571

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 61.5 61.3 61.4 61.5 60.8 61.8 61.1 61.4 61.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,575 1,701 1,649 1,713 2,061 1,898 1,880 1,865 1,810

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.6 5.6 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.8

Less than a bachelor's degree3

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 45,471 45,386 45,898 45,471 44,897 45,695 45,494 45,386 45,898

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 33,583 33,407 33,774 33,373 32,962 33,162 33,184 33,599 33,510

 Percent of population .......................................................... 73.9 73.6 73.6 73.4 73.4 72.6 72.9 74.0 73.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 32,295 31,917 32,309 32,057 31,413 31,693 31,742 32,013 32,021

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 71.0 70.3 70.4 70.5 70.0 69.4 69.8 70.5 69.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,288 1,491 1,465 1,316 1,550 1,469 1,443 1,586 1,489

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.8 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.4

College graduates

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 47,371 48,557 48,334 47,371 48,435 48,755 48,583 48,557 48,334

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 37,354 38,061 38,026 37,157 38,084 37,850 37,996 37,997 37,896

 Percent of population .......................................................... 78.9 78.4 78.7 78.4 78.6 77.6 78.2 78.3 78.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 36,404 36,933 36,914 36,153 36,971 36,750 36,974 36,896 36,731

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 76.8 76.1 76.4 76.3 76.3 75.4 76.1 76.0 76.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 950 1,128 1,111 1,004 1,113 1,100 1,021 1,101 1,165

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 2.5 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.9 3.1

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

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent. 3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
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Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Oct.

2001

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

CHARACTERISTIC

Total employed, 16 years and over .......................................... 134,898 135,063 135,237 134,615 134,053 134,045 134,474 135,185 134,914

 Married men, spouse present ................................................. 43,319 43,528 43,680 42,983 43,140 43,273 43,371 43,225 43,376

 Married women, spouse present ............................................ 33,492 33,963 34,010 33,227 33,362 33,361 33,723 33,997 33,773

 Women who maintain families ................................................ 8,264 8,474 8,394 8,256 8,465 8,521 8,419 8,357 8,377

OCCUPATION

 Managerial and professional specialty ................................... 42,148 42,444 42,546 41,940 41,675 41,978 42,152 42,385 42,351

 Technical, sales, and administrative support .......................... 38,489 38,391 38,127 38,626 38,740 38,458 38,892 38,623 38,241

 Service occupations ............................................................... 18,071 18,657 19,025 18,406 18,889 18,752 18,771 18,884 19,393

 Precision production, craft, and repair .................................... 14,914 14,532 14,418 14,802 14,375 14,073 14,242 14,503 14,275

 Operators, fabricators, and laborers ....................................... 17,951 17,436 17,437 17,596 17,152 17,327 17,142 17,345 17,093

 Farming, forestry, and fishing ................................................. 3,326 3,603 3,684 3,264 3,285 3,501 3,340 3,361 3,630

CLASS OF WORKER

 Agriculture:

 Wage and salary workers ..................................................... 1,945 2,183 2,248 1,898 1,909 2,031 1,927 2,054 2,186

 Self-employed workers ......................................................... 1,292 1,292 1,328 1,290 1,158 1,227 1,231 1,221 1,322

 Unpaid family workers .......................................................... 27 26 35 26 29 27 24 25 34

 Nonagricultural industries:

 Wage and salary workers ..................................................... 122,943 122,927 122,840 122,710 122,627 122,196 122,885 123,327 122,653

 Government ........................................................................ 19,235 19,403 19,442 19,223 19,630 19,709 19,596 19,442 19,423

 Private industries ................................................................ 103,708 103,524 103,397 103,487 102,997 102,486 103,289 103,885 103,230

 Private households ........................................................... 848 902 885 867 810 855 887 934 902

 Other industries ................................................................ 102,860 102,622 102,513 102,620 102,187 101,631 102,402 102,951 102,328

 Self-employed workers ......................................................... 8,598 8,549 8,694 8,505 8,208 8,268 8,368 8,439 8,582

 Unpaid family workers .......................................................... 93 86 93 95 95 99 87 91 94

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME

 All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons ............................................ 3,954 3,854 3,891 4,329 3,899 4,177 4,325 4,217 4,262

 Slack work or business conditions ...................................... 2,706 2,483 2,652 2,983 2,588 2,723 2,880 2,687 2,908

 Could only find part-time work ............................................ 1,032 1,139 1,069 1,108 1,031 1,096 1,159 1,202 1,130

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ...................................... 19,451 19,041 19,297 18,644 19,170 19,138 19,120 18,833 18,484

 Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons ............................................ 3,825 3,726 3,770 4,222 3,758 3,949 4,060 4,068 4,148

 Slack work or business conditions ...................................... 2,623 2,398 2,571 2,898 2,472 2,609 2,715 2,596 2,834

 Could only find part-time work ............................................ 1,017 1,113 1,045 1,082 1,022 1,074 1,131 1,174 1,097

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ...................................... 18,878 18,483 18,707 18,065 18,739 18,572 18,609 18,300 17,884

 NOTE: 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.
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Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Category

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates1

Oct.

2001

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

CHARACTERISTIC

 Total, 16 years and over .......................................................... 7,665 8,092 8,209 5.4 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7

 Men, 20 years and over ......................................................... 3,454 3,762 3,796 4.8 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2

 Women, 20 years and over ................................................... 2,967 3,094 3,281 4.8 5.1 5.2 4.9 4.9 5.2

 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years .................................................... 1,244 1,236 1,131 15.4 17.6 17.7 17.2 15.7 14.6

 Married men, spouse present ................................................ 1,382 1,602 1,546 3.1 4.1 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.4

 Married women, spouse present ........................................... 1,229 1,258 1,328 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.8

 Women who maintain families ............................................... 607 646 733 6.8 8.2 8.4 7.3 7.2 8.0

 Full-time workers ................................................................... 6,291 6,775 6,915 5.4 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.8

 Part-time workers .................................................................. 1,366 1,326 1,293 5.5 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.3

OCCUPATION2

 Managerial and professional specialty .................................. 1,161 1,373 1,311 2.7 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0

 Technical, sales, and administrative support ......................... 1,898 2,141 2,158 4.7 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3

 Precision production, craft, and repair ................................... 883 885 965 5.6 5.9 6.4 6.2 5.8 6.3

 Operators, fabricators, and laborers ...................................... 1,642 1,609 1,591 8.5 9.3 8.6 8.3 8.5 8.5

 Farming, forestry, and fishing ................................................ 224 299 268 6.4 6.1 8.8 9.3 8.2 6.9

INDUSTRY

 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................. 6,369 6,598 6,818 5.8 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.2

 Goods-producing industries ................................................. 1,874 2,024 2,032 6.7 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.4 7.4

 Mining ................................................................................ 32 44 29 5.8 7.9 3.8 6.0 8.0 5.2

 Construction ...................................................................... 694 769 814 8.3 9.1 10.3 9.5 9.3 9.9

 Manufacturing .................................................................... 1,148 1,211 1,189 6.0 6.8 6.3 6.3 6.5 6.4

 Durable goods ................................................................. 764 782 743 6.5 7.3 6.8 6.5 6.9 6.5

 Nondurable goods ........................................................... 384 429 446 5.3 6.1 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.2

 Service-producing industries ............................................... 4,495 4,575 4,786 5.5 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.8

 Transportation and public utilities ...................................... 488 386 410 6.0 5.9 5.3 4.8 5.0 5.2

 Wholesale and retail trade ................................................. 1,688 1,944 2,030 6.1 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.3

 Finance, insurance, and real estate .................................. 226 266 254 2.8 4.1 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.0

 Services ............................................................................. 2,093 1,978 2,092 5.5 5.9 5.8 5.4 5.1 5.4

 Government workers ............................................................. 460 546 550 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.8

 Agricultural wage and salary workers .................................... 187 198 157 9.0 8.3 9.7 9.8 8.8 6.7

1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available

because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Oct.

2001

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

 Less than 5 weeks ................................................................... 2,896 2,713 2,573 3,084 2,729 2,896 2,880 2,708 2,715

 5 to 14 weeks .......................................................................... 2,267 2,272 2,254 2,522 2,784 2,464 2,431 2,511 2,471

 15 weeks and over .................................................................. 1,943 2,697 2,813 2,042 3,103 2,883 2,783 2,900 2,980

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 1,081 1,177 1,237 1,136 1,434 1,349 1,309 1,315 1,324

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 862 1,520 1,577 906 1,669 1,533 1,474 1,585 1,656

 Average (mean) duration, in weeks ......................................... 13.5 17.4 18.1 13.0 17.3 16.4 16.2 17.8 17.5

 Median duration, in weeks ....................................................... 7.3 9.4 9.6 7.4 11.7 8.6 8.4 9.5 9.6

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 ................................................................. 40.8 35.3 33.7 40.3 31.7 35.1 35.6 33.4 33.2

 5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................ 31.9 29.6 29.5 33.0 32.3 29.9 30.0 30.9 30.3

 15 weeks and over ................................................................ 27.3 35.1 36.8 26.7 36.0 35.0 34.4 35.7 36.5

 15 to 26 weeks .................................................................... 15.2 15.3 16.2 14.9 16.6 16.4 16.2 16.2 16.2

 27 weeks and over .............................................................. 12.1 19.8 20.6 11.8 19.4 18.6 18.2 19.5 20.3
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Oct.

2001

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 3,701 4,046 4,064 4,297 4,579 4,580 4,560 4,535 4,737

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 864 704 713 1,288 1,061 1,224 1,151 999 1,054

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 2,838 3,341 3,351 3,009 3,518 3,356 3,410 3,536 3,682

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,062 2,557 2,610 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 775 784 741 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 923 847 884 880 836 818 824 781 838

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,051 2,297 2,265 2,113 2,360 2,375 2,270 2,263 2,344

New entrants ............................................................................ 430 493 427 466 584 571 619 526 469

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 52.1 52.7 53.2 55.4 54.8 54.9 55.1 56.0 56.5

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 12.2 9.2 9.3 16.6 12.7 14.7 13.9 12.3 12.6

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 39.9 43.5 43.9 38.8 42.1 40.2 41.2 43.6 43.9

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 13.0 11.0 11.6 11.3 10.0 9.8 10.0 9.6 10.0

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 28.9 29.9 29.6 27.2 28.2 28.5 27.4 27.9 27.9

 New entrants ........................................................................... 6.1 6.4 5.6 6.0 7.0 6.8 7.5 6.5 5.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3

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

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6

 New entrants ........................................................................... .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .4 .4 .3

1 Not available.

Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Oct.

2001

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian 

labor force ............................................................................................................... 1.4 1.9 2.0 1.4 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1

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

civilian labor force ................................................................................................... 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3

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

(official unemployment rate) ............................................................................... 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7

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

 labor force plus discouraged workers .................................................................... 5.2 5.6 5.6 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

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 ................................................................................................... 5.9 6.4 6.3 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

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 ............................................................................. 8.7 9.0 9.0 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

1 Not available.

 NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range

published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. 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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

Age and sex

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates1

Oct.

2001

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Oct.

2002

Total, 16 years and over ....................................... 7,665 8,092 8,209 5.4 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7

 16 to 24 years ..................................................... 2,600 2,673 2,642 11.5 12.2 12.3 12.2 11.8 11.8

 16 to 19 years ................................................... 1,244 1,236 1,131 15.4 17.6 17.7 17.2 15.7 14.6

 16 to 17 years ................................................. 541 575 461 17.4 20.8 20.9 19.7 19.3 16.1

 18 to 19 years ................................................. 703 663 669 14.2 15.6 16.1 16.0 13.6 13.8

 20 to 24 years ................................................... 1,356 1,437 1,510 9.3 9.3 9.5 9.6 9.7 10.3

 25 years and over ............................................... 5,032 5,421 5,554 4.2 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6

 25 to 54 years ................................................... 4,385 4,630 4,792 4.4 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.8

 55 years and over ............................................. 659 772 791 3.4 4.2 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.8

 Men, 16 years and over ...................................... 4,156 4,476 4,408 5.5 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8

 16 to 24 years ................................................... 1,450 1,561 1,414 12.4 12.9 13.0 13.7 13.2 12.2

 16 to 19 years ................................................. 702 714 612 17.2 19.6 19.8 20.1 17.8 15.6

 16 to 17 years ............................................... 318 316 248 20.3 23.2 23.9 24.5 21.5 17.5

 18 to 19 years ............................................... 378 401 360 15.1 17.4 17.4 17.8 15.9 14.5

 20 to 24 years ................................................. 748 847 802 9.8 9.5 9.6 10.5 10.8 10.4

 25 years and over ............................................. 2,686 2,923 2,988 4.2 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.6

 25 to 54 years ................................................. 2,311 2,494 2,580 4.3 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.8

 55 years and over ........................................... 383 435 430 3.7 4.6 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.8

 Women, 16 years and over ................................ 3,509 3,616 3,801 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.7

 16 to 24 years ................................................... 1,150 1,112 1,228 10.5 11.4 11.6 10.6 10.3 11.3

 16 to 19 years ................................................. 542 522 520 13.6 15.6 15.6 14.2 13.5 13.6

 16 to 17 years ............................................... 223 259 213 14.5 18.3 17.9 15.1 17.2 14.7

 18 to 19 years ............................................... 325 262 309 13.3 13.7 14.8 14.1 11.1 13.2

 20 to 24 years ................................................. 608 590 708 8.7 9.1 9.4 8.7 8.5 10.1

 25 years and over ............................................. 2,346 2,497 2,566 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6

 25 to 54 years ................................................. 2,074 2,137 2,212 4.4 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.8

 55 years and over ........................................... 276 337 361 3.2 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.5 3.8

1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.

Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Oct.

2001

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

Oct.

2002

Oct.

2001

Oct.

2002

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force .................................................................. 70,577 71,765 26,418 27,148 44,159 44,617

Persons who currently want a job ................................................... 4,338 4,133 1,867 1,871 2,471 2,262

 Searched for work and available to work now1 .......................... 1,395 1,400 647 700 748 700

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects2 ................................ 330 355 172 205 157 150

 Reasons other than discouragement3 ............................... 1,065 1,045 475 494 591 550

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4 ................................................................... 7,112 7,236 3,697 3,676 3,415 3,560

 Percent of total employed ............................................................... 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.6

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ................................. 3,710 3,843 2,135 2,250 1,575 1,592

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .................................... 1,646 1,726 569 505 1,078 1,222

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ...................................... 235 259 145 157 90 102

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ......................................... 1,483 1,356 829 736 655 620

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 child-care 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.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Oct.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002p Oct.2002p Oct.2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002p Oct.2002p

Total .................................................. 132,288 130,685 131,196 131,763 131,414 130,736 130,790 130,913 130,900 130,895

Total private ............................................ 110,915 110,569 110,096 110,135 110,349 109,525 109,562 109,624 109,607 109,578

Goods-producing .................................................. 24,776 24,223 24,079 23,955 24,511 23,861 23,812 23,801 23,770 23,695

Mining ............................................................... 574 565 560 560 566 555 551 555 552 553

Metal mining ................................................. 34.6 32.4 32.1 32.2 34 32 33 32 32 32

Coal mining ................................................... 81.9 78.6 78.6 78.1 82 80 79 79 79 78

Oil and gas extraction ................................... 343.9 337.7 333.4 334.9 340 333 329 333 330 332

Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels ............... 113.9 115.8 115.6 114.6 110 110 110 111 111 111

Construction ..................................................... 6,860 6,867 6,802 6,752 6,643 6,549 6,519 6,556 6,567 6,540

General building contractors ......................... 1,484.6 1,521.5 1,504.4 1,505.3 1,456 1,454 1,445 1,460 1,468 1,476

Heavy construction, except building ............. 991.8 971.4 969.1 960.7 922 910 899 898 899 894

Special trade contractors .............................. 4,384.0 4,374.5 4,328.0 4,286.2 4,265 4,185 4,175 4,198 4,200 4,170

Manufacturing ................................................... 17,342 16,791 16,717 16,643 17,302 16,757 16,742 16,690 16,651 16,602

Production workers ................................... 11,665 11,289 11,246 11,183 11,620 11,236 11,247 11,212 11,177 11,141

Durable goods ................................................ 10,346 9,922 9,856 9,805 10,343 9,944 9,922 9,889 9,841 9,801

Production workers ................................... 6,895 6,611 6,565 6,527 6,889 6,603 6,609 6,591 6,548 6,522

Lumber and wood products .......................... 785.0 784.2 776.8 769.8 777 767 766 768 765 762

Furniture and fixtures .................................... 498.2 494.9 488.3 484.2 500 495 495 495 489 487

Stone, clay, and glass products .................... 569.5 566.9 566.9 564.5 564 552 554 557 559 559

Primary metal industries ............................... 637.0 589.9 589.0 583.9 637 593 589 589 588 583

Blast furnaces and basic steel products ... 205.2 188.5 188.2 187.6 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

Fabricated metal products ............................ 1,457.7 1,420.0 1,417.9 1,411.9 1,455 1,425 1,428 1,418 1,415 1,409

Industrial machinery and equipment ............. 1,927.4 1,806.6 1,793.8 1,787.9 1,935 1,829 1,826 1,810 1,800 1,795

Computer and office equipment ............... 327.6 296.9 294.5 293.7 328 304 301 296 295 295

Electronic and other electrical equipment ..... 1,539.7 1,405.3 1,391.6 1,380.4 1,542 1,428 1,426 1,408 1,394 1,382

Electronic components and accessories .. 611.7 552.4 546.3 541.3 616 566 563 555 553 545

Transportation equipment ............................. 1,724.0 1,679.1 1,663.0 1,653.3 1,729 1,679 1,661 1,675 1,662 1,658

Motor vehicles and equipment .................. 917.7 921.0 915.1 906.9 921 920 905 918 914 910

Aircraft and parts ...................................... 460.1 406.7 401.6 398.2 458 411 409 407 401 396

Instruments and related products ................. 828.4 802.4 796.5 794.0 829 805 803 799 797 795

Miscellaneous manufacturing ....................... 379.2 372.5 372.5 375.1 375 371 374 370 372 371

Nondurable goods .......................................... 6,996 6,869 6,861 6,838 6,959 6,813 6,820 6,801 6,810 6,801

Production workers ................................... 4,770 4,678 4,681 4,656 4,731 4,633 4,638 4,621 4,629 4,619

Food and kindred products ........................... 1,719.3 1,737.1 1,739.5 1,729.9 1,690 1,691 1,687 1,683 1,694 1,700

Tobacco products ......................................... 35.2 37.1 37.9 37.6 34 34 35 38 37 37

Textile mill products ...................................... 459.8 430.7 429.4 425.5 459 432 429 427 426 425

Apparel and other textile products ................ 548.5 522.8 517.1 510.6 546 522 525 524 515 508

Paper and allied products ............................. 626.8 613.5 614.8 613.0 627 612 612 613 613 613

Printing and publishing ................................. 1,464.7 1,401.8 1,401.3 1,403.6 1,463 1,405 1,406 1,401 1,404 1,402

Chemicals and allied products ...................... 1,017.8 1,009.6 1,007.6 1,006.2 1,018 1,008 1,008 1,006 1,011 1,006

Petroleum and coal products ........................ 128.6 128.1 128.2 127.8 127 125 126 125 126 126

Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 939.6 932.4 928.9 927.5 939 929 936 929 927 927

Leather and leather products ........................ 56.1 55.8 56.5 56.7 56 55 56 55 57 57

Service-producing ................................................. 107,512 106,462 107,117 107,808 106,903 106,875 106,978 107,112 107,130 107,200

Transportation and public utilities ..................... 7,019 6,755 6,779 6,768 6,974 6,790 6,780 6,765 6,730 6,726

Transportation .............................................. 4,470 4,301 4,341 4,342 4,427 4,334 4,328 4,323 4,297 4,301

Railroad transportation ............................. 232.4 228.8 229.9 229.8 232 229 227 228 230 229

Local and interurban passenger transit .... 492.8 407.1 476.6 481.6 478 472 471 466 468 468

Trucking and warehousing ....................... 1,854.1 1,857.5 1,841.2 1,839.4 1,831 1,829 1,834 1,827 1,812 1,817

Water transportation ................................. 196.9 204.3 195.0 192.8 193 193 192 190 189 189

Transportation by air ................................. 1,234.8 1,164.4 1,161.9 1,164.3 1,236 1,172 1,167 1,176 1,163 1,165

Pipelines, except natural gas .................... 15.1 14.8 14.9 14.9 15 15 15 15 15 15

Transportation services ............................ 443.5 423.7 421.0 419.6 442 424 422 421 420 418

Communications and public utilities ............. 2,549 2,454 2,438 2,426 2,547 2,456 2,452 2,442 2,433 2,425

Communications ....................................... 1,696.2 1,605.3 1,593.9 1,584.0 1,696 1,615 1,608 1,597 1,588 1,584

Electric, gas, and sanitary services .......... 852.3 848.5 844.5 842.3 851 841 844 845 845 841

Wholesale trade ................................................ 6,743 6,698 6,673 6,667 6,728 6,681 6,679 6,671 6,668 6,652

Durable goods .............................................. 3,986 3,922 3,898 3,895 3,985 3,915 3,914 3,905 3,901 3,894

Nondurable goods ........................................ 2,757 2,776 2,775 2,772 2,743 2,766 2,765 2,766 2,767 2,758

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry-Continued

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Oct.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002p Oct.2002p Oct.2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002p Oct.2002p

Retail trade ....................................................... 23,503 23,461 23,321 23,334 23,470 23,308 23,339 23,295 23,284 23,298

Building materials and garden supplies ........ 1,049.2 1,087.2 1,068.3 1,068.5 1,052 1,066 1,067 1,066 1,066 1,071

General merchandise stores ........................ 2,916.0 2,808.4 2,813.8 2,873.4 2,888 2,884 2,885 2,850 2,850 2,846

Department stores .................................... 2,580.2 2,473.8 2,478.9 2,528.9 2,552 2,542 2,544 2,513 2,508 2,502

Food stores ................................................... 3,448.5 3,398.7 3,388.4 3,403.1 3,442 3,394 3,388 3,392 3,398 3,395

Automotive dealers and service stations ...... 2,433.7 2,465.2 2,450.7 2,445.7 2,426 2,432 2,437 2,443 2,439 2,438

New and used car dealers ........................ 1,125.6 1,136.1 1,134.1 1,135.1 1,123 1,128 1,127 1,130 1,130 1,133

Apparel and accessory stores ...................... 1,172.8 1,183.8 1,156.1 1,164.4 1,177 1,173 1,178 1,177 1,169 1,169

Furniture and home furnishings stores ......... 1,138.6 1,138.3 1,139.9 1,152.5 1,136 1,148 1,153 1,154 1,156 1,149

Eating and drinking places ........................... 8,212.1 8,321.3 8,233.5 8,120.2 8,239 8,121 8,144 8,125 8,119 8,146

Miscellaneous retail establishments ............. 3,132.4 3,057.7 3,070.5 3,106.6 3,110 3,090 3,087 3,088 3,087 3,084

Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 7,720 7,810 7,765 7,782 7,743 7,733 7,737 7,745 7,769 7,803

Finance ......................................................... 3,796 3,840 3,823 3,837 3,812 3,819 3,819 3,822 3,832 3,852

Depository institutions .............................. 2,050.9 2,087.9 2,070.0 2,071.1 2,061 2,071 2,073 2,075 2,075 2,081

Commercial banks ................................ 1,432.2 1,458.0 1,443.5 1,443.7 1,439 1,444 1,445 1,448 1,448 1,451

Savings institutions ............................... 255.1 263.8 262.1 260.7 257 264 263 263 264 262

Nondepository institutions ........................ 735.7 773.5 778.0 793.3 740 762 767 773 782 797

Mortgage bankers and brokers ............. 338.8 375.9 379.7 394.7 341 366 372 374 381 398

Security and commodity brokers .............. 748.7 720.0 714.4 711.0 750 723 718 714 713 712

Holding and other investment offices ....... 260.5 259.0 261.0 262.0 261 263 261 260 262 262

Insurance ...................................................... 2,376 2,371 2,364 2,368 2,379 2,366 2,365 2,366 2,367 2,370

Insurance carriers ..................................... 1,596.1 1,579.5 1,574.9 1,573.8 1,600 1,579 1,576 1,574 1,579 1,577

Insurance agents, brokers, and service .... 779.8 791.6 788.9 793.8 779 787 789 792 788 793

Real estate ................................................... 1,548 1,599 1,578 1,577 1,552 1,548 1,553 1,557 1,570 1,581

Services2 .......................................................... 41,154 41,622 41,479 41,629 40,923 41,152 41,215 41,347 41,386 41,404

Agricultural services ..................................... 889.0 934.7 917.8 905.9 859 857 862 863 876 876

Hotels and other lodging places ................... 1,809.6 1,942.6 1,835.0 1,789.5 1,814 1,801 1,795 1,788 1,779 1,795

Personal services ......................................... 1,237.7 1,239.9 1,250.2 1,252.9 1,272 1,285 1,282 1,285 1,286 1,288

Business services ......................................... 9,559.3 9,468.5 9,488.9 9,506.4 9,393 9,332 9,325 9,395 9,394 9,350

Services to buildings ................................. 1,023.3 1,047.8 1,047.5 1,045.8 1,022 1,023 1,034 1,041 1,043 1,045

Personnel supply services ........................ 3,399.6 3,321.5 3,341.5 3,342.8 3,249 3,205 3,196 3,257 3,235 3,194

Help supply services ............................. 3,044.9 2,999.1 3,018.1 3,007.4 2,906 2,902 2,875 2,925 2,926 2,870

Computer and data processing services .. 2,222.2 2,191.9 2,183.5 2,182.2 2,232 2,191 2,193 2,191 2,194 2,192

Auto repair, services, and parking ................ 1,252.5 1,272.4 1,265.8 1,259.8 1,253 1,265 1,266 1,266 1,265 1,261

Miscellaneous repair services ...................... 377.4 379.9 378.8 380.7 375 378 379 377 378 379

Motion pictures ............................................. 559.7 604.5 580.8 576.6 575 581 584 588 591 593

Amusement and recreation services ............ 1,650.3 1,935.2 1,705.8 1,591.7 1,702 1,631 1,649 1,662 1,638 1,640

Health services ............................................. 10,475.5 10,734.8 10,717.5 10,747.2 10,476 10,660 10,687 10,711 10,727 10,747

Offices and clinics of medical doctors ...... 2,016.0 2,082.0 2,077.2 2,080.5 2,018 2,061 2,067 2,075 2,080 2,083

Nursing and personal care facilities .......... 1,863.3 1,899.1 1,894.7 1,899.1 1,862 1,887 1,888 1,893 1,895 1,898

Hospitals ................................................... 4,141.2 4,248.6 4,247.4 4,257.2 4,140 4,221 4,233 4,244 4,251 4,257

Home health care services ....................... 640.0 646.1 649.2 654.4 639 643 646 646 649 653

Legal services ............................................... 1,043.8 1,072.7 1,064.1 1,075.2 1,047 1,065 1,065 1,065 1,071 1,078

Educational services ..................................... 2,609.9 2,206.2 2,498.0 2,715.5 2,454 2,511 2,529 2,538 2,542 2,555

Social services .............................................. 3,122.1 3,153.9 3,178.3 3,215.5 3,110 3,165 3,181 3,203 3,201 3,203

Child day care services ............................ 735.1 681.3 730.5 745.9 721 726 726 736 731 732

Residential care ........................................ 883.2 913.0 902.0 906.2 884 904 904 906 904 906

Museums and botanical and zoological

gardens ..................................................... 111.5 116.4 108.9 106.7 110 109 109 108 108 106

Membership organizations ........................... 2,458.9 2,508.0 2,458.0 2,465.5 2,474 2,484 2,476 2,472 2,480 2,480

Engineering and management services ....... 3,603.8 3,660.0 3,640.3 3,649.2 3,616 3,636 3,634 3,634 3,659 3,662

Engineering and architectural services ..... 1,057.2 1,047.8 1,032.6 1,028.4 1,056 1,034 1,032 1,030 1,029 1,027

Management and public relations ............. 1,178.6 1,218.2 1,221.3 1,224.4 1,178 1,204 1,214 1,211 1,225 1,224

Services, nec ................................................ 48.9 48.0 46.8 46.4 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

Government ...................................................... 21,373 20,116 21,100 21,628 21,065 21,211 21,228 21,289 21,293 21,317

Federal ......................................................... 2,612 2,620 2,621 2,624 2,622 2,601 2,607 2,611 2,621 2,634

Federal, except Postal Service ................. 1,769.8 1,807.1 1,813.5 1,820.0 1,778 1,783 1,790 1,792 1,810 1,828

State ............................................................. 5,056 4,699 4,938 5,081 4,925 4,935 4,950 4,948 4,964 4,947

Education .................................................. 2,255.3 1,864.0 2,131.6 2,293.2 2,118 2,135 2,155 2,145 2,170 2,153

Other State government ........................... 2,800.5 2,835.3 2,806.6 2,787.4 2,807 2,800 2,795 2,803 2,794 2,794

Local ............................................................. 13,705 12,797 13,541 13,923 13,518 13,675 13,671 13,730 13,708 13,736

Education .................................................. 7,946.7 6,676.5 7,649.4 8,075.4 7,693 7,755 7,788 7,837 7,805 7,820

Other local government ............................ 5,757.9 6,120.9 5,892.0 5,847.5 5,825 5,920 5,883 5,893 5,903 5,916

1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the

seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and

irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

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

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Oct.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002p

Oct.

2002p

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002p

Oct.

2002p

Total private ............................................ 34.0 34.4 34.5 34.1 34.0 34.3 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.1

Goods-producing .................................................. 40.4 40.7 40.8 40.3 40.1 40.5 40.0 40.3 40.3 40.0

Mining ............................................................... 43.6 43.4 43.2 42.7 43.0 43.3 42.7 43.3 42.7 42.1

Construction ..................................................... 39.7 39.5 39.5 38.9 39.0 39.0 38.2 38.6 38.9 38.2

Manufacturing ................................................... 40.6 41.1 41.3 40.9 40.5 41.1 40.7 40.9 40.9 40.7

Overtime hours ......................................... 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.1

Durable goods ................................................ 40.9 41.4 41.7 41.3 40.7 41.5 41.0 41.2 41.4 41.1

Overtime hours ......................................... 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.7 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.1

Lumber and wood products .......................... 41.0 41.3 41.7 41.4 40.7 41.0 41.2 41.0 41.3 41.1

Furniture and fixtures .................................... 38.8 40.6 40.8 39.7 38.6 40.2 40.1 40.3 40.2 39.5

Stone, clay, and glass products .................... 44.2 44.1 44.7 44.0 43.6 43.7 43.2 43.3 43.5 43.5

Primary metal industries ............................... 43.3 44.3 44.5 44.5 43.4 44.6 44.1 44.3 43.8 44.6

Blast furnaces and basic steel products ... 44.2 45.8 46.3 46.0 44.5 46.1 45.5 45.8 45.7 46.3

Fabricated metal products ............................ 41.3 41.8 41.9 41.6 41.1 42.0 41.7 41.7 41.6 41.4

Industrial machinery and equipment ............. 40.2 40.6 40.8 40.3 40.2 40.9 40.3 40.8 40.7 40.3

Electronic and other electrical equipment ..... 39.3 38.8 39.3 38.6 39.0 39.4 38.7 38.7 39.0 38.3

Transportation equipment ............................. 41.7 42.7 43.3 42.6 41.5 42.5 41.7 42.2 43.0 42.4

Motor vehicles and equipment .................. 42.6 44.5 45.2 44.3 42.4 44.1 42.9 43.8 44.6 44.1

Instruments and related products ................. 40.6 40.6 40.9 40.9 40.7 40.9 40.4 40.7 40.9 40.9

Miscellaneous manufacturing ....................... 37.4 38.7 38.6 38.7 37.3 39.6 38.4 38.5 38.5 38.6

Nondurable goods .......................................... 40.3 40.6 40.7 40.3 40.1 40.6 40.2 40.5 40.2 40.1

Overtime hours ......................................... 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0

Food and kindred products ........................... 41.8 41.8 41.8 41.4 41.2 41.6 41.0 41.3 40.7 40.8

Tobacco products ......................................... 40.3 40.3 40.1 40.7 40.0 41.1 42.1 40.3 39.4 40.4

Textile mill products ...................................... 39.3 42.1 41.5 40.9 39.4 41.5 41.6 41.8 41.1 41.0

Apparel and other textile products ................ 36.5 36.8 36.8 36.5 36.6 37.0 36.8 36.8 37.0 36.6

Paper and allied products ............................. 41.7 41.6 42.1 41.6 41.4 41.6 41.2 41.7 41.5 41.3

Printing and publishing ................................. 38.1 37.8 37.9 37.5 37.9 37.7 37.3 37.7 37.4 37.3

Chemicals and allied products ...................... 42.0 42.5 42.7 42.0 42.0 42.5 42.1 42.6 42.5 42.0

Petroleum and coal products ........................ 41.7 40.9 43.2 42.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)

Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 40.6 41.1 41.2 40.8 40.5 41.5 41.0 41.2 40.8 40.7

Leather and leather products ........................ 36.4 36.0 35.7 36.0 36.2 36.8 36.7 35.7 35.4 35.9

Service-producing ................................................. 32.5 33.0 33.0 32.6 32.6 32.8 32.6 32.7 32.8 32.7

Transportation and public utilities ..................... 38.0 38.7 38.9 38.0 38.0 38.3 38.3 38.4 38.6 38.1

Wholesale trade ................................................ 38.0 38.5 38.8 38.1 38.0 38.6 38.4 38.5 38.5 38.1

Retail trade ....................................................... 28.6 29.5 29.1 28.8 28.8 29.1 28.8 28.9 29.0 29.0

Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 35.8 36.1 36.7 35.8 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.2 36.1 36.0

Services ............................................................ 32.5 32.8 32.8 32.6 32.6 32.7 32.5 32.6 32.7 32.7

1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;

construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in

transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,

insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for

approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm

payrolls. 2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the

seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and

irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Oct.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002p

Oct.

2002p

Oct.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002p

Oct.

2002p

Total private ............................................ $14.49 $14.70 $14.93 $14.91 $492.66 $505.68 $515.09 $508.43

Seasonally adjusted ............................. 14.46 14.83 14.86 14.89 491.64 505.70 508.21 507.75

Goods-producing .................................................. 16.13 16.49 16.59 16.58 651.65 671.14 676.87 668.17

Mining ............................................................... 17.72 17.71 17.69 17.63 772.59 768.61 764.21 752.80

Construction ..................................................... 18.57 18.97 19.09 19.13 737.23 749.32 754.06 744.16

Manufacturing ................................................... 14.97 15.32 15.42 15.41 607.78 629.65 636.85 630.27

Durable goods ................................................ 15.46 15.81 15.91 15.94 632.31 654.53 663.45 658.32

Lumber and wood products .......................... 12.37 12.57 12.62 12.61 507.17 519.14 526.25 522.05

Furniture and fixtures .................................... 12.42 12.71 12.73 12.66 481.90 516.03 519.38 502.60

Stone, clay, and glass products .................... 15.09 15.52 15.69 15.71 666.98 684.43 701.34 691.24

Primary metal industries ............................... 17.08 17.49 17.56 17.59 739.56 774.81 781.42 782.76

Blast furnaces and basic steel products ... 20.52 20.90 21.01 20.97 906.98 957.22 972.76 964.62

Fabricated metal products ............................ 14.33 14.69 14.80 14.81 591.83 614.04 620.12 616.10

Industrial machinery and equipment ............. 16.07 16.55 16.58 16.56 646.01 671.93 676.46 667.37

Electronic and other electrical equipment ..... 14.78 15.06 15.13 15.15 580.85 584.33 594.61 584.79

Transportation equipment ............................. 19.41 19.86 20.08 20.25 809.40 848.02 869.46 862.65

Motor vehicles and equipment .................. 19.83 20.56 20.76 21.03 844.76 914.92 938.35 931.63

Instruments and related products ................. 14.97 15.28 15.41 15.42 607.78 620.37 630.27 630.68

Miscellaneous manufacturing ....................... 12.24 12.39 12.44 12.49 457.78 479.49 480.18 483.36

Nondurable goods .......................................... 14.26 14.60 14.71 14.65 574.68 592.76 598.70 590.40

Food and kindred products ........................... 12.89 13.24 13.28 13.24 538.80 553.43 555.10 548.14

Tobacco products ......................................... 20.71 20.83 20.65 20.31 834.61 839.45 828.07 826.62

Textile mill products ...................................... 11.34 11.75 11.80 11.72 445.66 494.68 489.70 479.35

Apparel and other textile products ................ 9.44 9.95 10.01 10.00 344.56 366.16 368.37 365.00

Paper and allied products ............................. 17.14 17.55 17.68 17.51 714.74 730.08 744.33 728.42

Printing and publishing ................................. 14.93 15.18 15.35 15.31 568.83 573.80 581.77 574.13

Chemicals and allied products ...................... 18.74 19.28 19.52 19.33 787.08 819.40 833.50 811.86

Petroleum and coal products ........................ 22.23 22.11 22.50 22.68 926.99 904.30 972.00 952.56

Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 13.53 13.71 13.73 13.76 549.32 563.48 565.68 561.41

Leather and leather products ........................ 10.24 10.27 10.03 9.97 372.74 369.72 358.07 358.92

Service-producing ................................................. 14.01 14.19 14.46 14.44 455.33 468.27 477.18 470.74

Transportation and public utilities ..................... 16.98 17.31 17.47 17.40 645.24 669.90 679.58 661.20

Wholesale trade ................................................ 15.95 16.19 16.37 16.27 606.10 623.32 635.16 619.89

Retail trade ....................................................... 9.87 10.01 10.15 10.13 282.28 295.30 295.37 291.74

Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 15.91 16.31 16.57 16.58 569.58 588.79 608.12 593.56

Services ............................................................ 14.87 15.05 15.36 15.37 483.28 493.64 503.81 501.06

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry, seasonally adjusted

Industry Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002p

Oct.

2002p

Percent

change

from:

Sept. 2002-

Oct. 2002

Total private:

Current dollars ................................ $14.46 $14.75 $14.78 $14.83 $14.86 $14.89 0.2

Constant (1982) dollars2 ................ 8.06 8.14 8.14 8.14 8.14 N.A. (3)

Goods-producing .............................. 16.05 16.39 16.38 16.44 16.48 16.51 .2

Mining ........................................... 17.70 17.70 17.78 17.87 17.71 17.61 -.6

Construction ................................. 18.40 18.81 18.87 18.90 18.97 18.97 .0

Manufacturing ............................... 14.99 15.31 15.28 15.34 15.36 15.43 .5

Excluding overtime4 ................. 14.31 14.56 14.57 14.59 14.64 14.69 .3

Service-producing ............................. 14.00 14.29 14.33 14.38 14.41 14.44 .2

Transportation and public utilities 16.96 17.37 17.33 17.35 17.43 17.38 -.3

Wholesale trade ............................ 15.97 16.15 16.14 16.28 16.28 16.29 .1

Retail trade ................................... 9.84 10.06 10.05 10.09 10.10 10.11 .1

Finance, insurance, and real

estate ...................................... 15.97 16.27 16.38 16.43 16.54 16.64 .6

Services ........................................ 14.88 15.19 15.26 15.30 15.34 15.38 .3

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners

and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this

series. 

3 Change was .0 percent from August 2002 to

September 2002, the latest month available. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at

the rate of time and one-half.

 N.A. = not available.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

(1982=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Oct.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002p

Oct.

2002p

Oct.

2001

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002p

Oct.

2002p

Total private ............................................ 149.4 151.1 150.5 148.7 148.7 148.6 147.5 148.1 148.4 147.8

Goods-producing .................................................. 110.0 108.2 107.9 105.8 107.5 105.7 104.1 104.8 104.7 103.4

Mining ............................................................... 55.9 55.2 54.2 53.1 54.3 53.7 52.5 53.7 52.7 51.5

Construction ..................................................... 192.3 190.9 188.8 184.0 181.7 178.4 173.8 176.4 178.0 173.9

Manufacturing ................................................... 95.6 93.5 93.7 92.1 94.8 93.2 92.3 92.5 92.1 91.3

Durable goods ................................................ 98.3 95.5 95.6 93.9 97.9 95.6 94.5 94.8 94.5 93.5

Lumber and wood products .......................... 137.1 138.7 138.8 136.1 134.7 134.0 134.8 134.2 135.2 133.6

Furniture and fixtures .................................... 119.2 124.2 123.1 118.9 119.2 122.9 123.2 123.5 121.6 118.9

Stone, clay, and glass products .................... 118.9 118.2 119.7 117.2 116.0 113.3 112.3 114.1 114.4 114.7

Primary metal industries ............................... 80.5 75.9 76.1 75.6 80.6 76.6 75.4 75.9 74.7 75.7

Blast furnaces and basic steel products ... 62.8 59.5 60.0 59.9 63.1 59.2 58.4 59.6 59.1 60.3

Fabricated metal products ............................ 110.7 109.4 109.6 108.5 109.8 110.2 109.9 108.9 108.4 107.6

Industrial machinery and equipment ............. 86.4 81.6 81.4 80.1 87.0 83.1 81.9 82.3 81.7 80.6

Electronic and other electrical equipment ..... 89.0 78.8 79.2 77.1 88.4 81.7 80.4 79.1 78.7 76.6

Transportation equipment ............................. 107.5 107.7 107.4 105.0 107.2 106.4 103.7 106.4 106.4 104.8

Motor vehicles and equipment .................. 139.9 147.9 147.8 143.3 139.8 144.7 139.6 145.7 145.5 143.2

Instruments and related products ................. 70.3 67.5 67.4 67.2 70.8 68.2 67.9 67.3 67.7 67.5

Miscellaneous manufacturing ....................... 90.0 91.1 91.3 92.1 88.5 92.1 90.4 89.9 90.6 90.5

Nondurable goods .......................................... 91.9 90.9 91.1 89.6 90.6 89.9 89.1 89.4 88.9 88.4

Food and kindred products ........................... 120.2 121.6 121.6 119.7 115.9 117.1 114.9 115.8 114.7 115.2

Tobacco products ......................................... 52.3 55.9 57.2 57.7 49.5 52.9 54.2 57.9 52.7 56.0

Textile mill products ...................................... 63.0 62.4 61.3 59.8 62.7 61.6 61.4 61.3 60.1 59.6

Apparel and other textile products ................ 45.1 43.1 43.3 42.2 45.0 43.5 43.5 43.4 43.3 42.1

Paper and allied products ............................. 96.9 94.5 95.9 94.0 96.1 94.5 93.4 94.5 94.1 93.2

Printing and publishing ................................. 112.9 106.8 107.1 106.2 112.2 106.8 105.7 106.2 105.7 105.4

Chemicals and allied products ...................... 95.4 95.4 95.8 94.0 95.4 95.7 94.8 95.6 95.7 94.0

Petroleum and coal products ........................ 72.4 71.8 75.6 73.0 70.9 70.7 71.6 69.4 73.6 72.2

Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 133.7 134.6 134.2 133.0 133.2 135.2 135.0 134.4 132.7 132.4

Leather and leather products ........................ 23.5 22.4 24.0 24.5 23.4 22.6 23.7 21.9 23.9 24.8

Service-producing ................................................. 167.1 170.3 169.6 167.9 167.2 167.8 167.0 167.5 168.0 167.8

Transportation and public utilities ..................... 137.7 134.5 136.0 132.6 136.5 133.9 133.7 133.6 133.6 131.6

Wholesale trade ................................................ 125.1 126.9 127.4 125.1 124.8 126.7 125.9 126.2 126.2 124.6

Retail trade ....................................................... 145.7 150.1 147.3 145.8 146.4 147.1 145.7 146.0 146.5 146.5

Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 138.5 142.0 143.4 140.5 139.9 140.0 139.9 141.0 141.4 141.7

Services ............................................................ 211.7 216.2 215.4 214.7 211.3 212.7 211.8 212.7 213.5 214.0

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. 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, 347 industries1

Over 1-month span:

1998 .......................... 62.4 57.5 59.1 60.2 57.5 56.8 54.6 59.1 57.2 53.0 57.9 56.8

1999 .......................... 55.3 58.6 53.6 58.4 55.5 57.8 57.1 54.8 57.1 57.2 60.4 58.1

2000 .......................... 55.9 57.5 57.9 51.2 50.1 55.8 57.8 51.4 52.4 52.4 53.2 52.7

2001 .......................... 49.4 45.7 50.3 42.4 47.3 43.2 44.5 42.5 42.4 40.5 39.3 44.1

2002 .......................... 47.3 41.4 49.7 47.8 50.9 49.4 48.6 48.8 p50.7 p47.3 

Over 3-month span:

1998 .......................... 65.3 66.3 65.3 65.9 62.7 58.2 58.9 59.1 59.8 57.9 57.1 58.8

1999 .......................... 59.2 57.6 59.5 55.2 60.2 57.2 59.4 59.2 59.7 58.9 61.2 60.7

2000 .......................... 60.4 61.4 58.4 53.2 52.4 55.5 56.6 56.2 51.2 51.0 53.2 51.6

2001 .......................... 45.5 46.1 40.8 43.4 37.8 43.2 39.3 38.0 35.3 33.7 36.3 38.9

2002 .......................... 40.1 43.2 42.5 46.5 48.0 50.1 47.1 p47.3 p48.7 

Over 6-month span:

1998 .......................... 70.2 67.4 64.7 61.5 64.1 62.1 59.1 58.8 57.5 60.2 59.2 58.4

1999 .......................... 60.2 58.9 58.5 59.7 57.2 60.8 61.2 62.5 62.7 61.8 61.2 62.8

2000 .......................... 61.1 59.4 58.1 57.9 54.2 52.4 52.9 54.2 52.4 48.7 45.7 46.5

2001 .......................... 44.7 42.7 39.5 40.1 40.8 35.6 37.0 32.4 34.3 33.1 34.1 35.6

2002 .......................... 37.0 41.6 43.4 44.4 46.5 p47.3 p48.6 

Over 12-month span:

1998 .......................... 69.9 67.9 67.6 65.6 64.1 62.7 61.7 62.2 60.8 59.4 60.8 58.9

1999 .......................... 61.2 60.1 58.2 61.0 60.7 61.5 62.2 61.1 63.8 62.2 59.7 60.5

2000 .......................... 61.4 59.9 58.8 56.2 55.3 53.6 53.0 51.0 47.7 45.2 44.5 42.9

2001 .......................... 41.5 41.5 38.9 37.5 37.3 36.2 34.1 33.6 34.4 33.9 33.3 34.0

2002 .......................... 35.2 36.0 p37.5 p37.8 

Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1

Over 1-month span:

1998 .......................... 57.0 52.6 52.2 52.9 44.9 47.4 38.2 52.9 44.9 38.6 42.3 41.5

1999 .......................... 47.4 41.2 42.6 46.0 46.3 43.4 50.0 42.6 46.0 45.6 51.5 49.3

2000 .......................... 44.9 52.2 49.3 46.0 49.3 50.7 57.4 36.8 39.0 42.3 47.1 40.8

2001 .......................... 34.9 26.8 38.2 29.0 28.3 30.5 34.9 25.7 31.6 31.3 25.0 30.9

2002 .......................... 35.3 37.9 40.4 47.4 47.1 40.4 48.9 41.9 p42.6 p40.4 

Over 3-month span:

1998 .......................... 59.2 57.0 54.8 51.8 48.2 38.2 41.9 43.0 43.0 38.2 32.7 40.4

1999 .......................... 39.3 39.3 39.7 40.1 41.2 43.8 44.1 46.3 42.3 44.1 47.8 45.2

2000 .......................... 48.2 48.9 48.9 44.5 46.7 52.2 46.0 38.6 29.0 34.2 39.0 36.0

2001 .......................... 21.3 21.3 18.4 23.5 19.9 23.2 17.3 19.1 16.2 18.0 18.4 18.0

2002 .......................... 24.6 30.1 37.1 38.6 40.1 41.2 38.6 p37.9 p34.6 

Over 6-month span:

1998 .......................... 60.7 54.4 49.3 40.1 45.2 42.6 39.0 38.2 34.6 41.2 35.7 33.1

1999 .......................... 36.4 36.0 37.5 40.4 37.5 42.3 43.0 44.5 48.2 43.0 44.5 47.4

2000 .......................... 47.8 45.2 44.5 50.0 41.9 37.9 36.0 35.3 32.4 26.1 21.3 21.7

2001 .......................... 20.2 16.9 14.0 16.2 16.5 13.2 14.7 11.8 14.0 13.2 17.6 16.5

2002 .......................... 19.9 26.8 29.8 38.2 36.4 p37.1 p32.0 

Over 12-month span:

1998 .......................... 54.8 52.2 51.8 46.7 40.4 40.1 38.2 37.5 36.4 34.6 35.7 34.2

1999 .......................... 38.6 34.6 32.4 36.0 37.9 39.0 40.1 40.4 44.5 44.5 43.4 44.5

2000 .......................... 49.3 44.1 39.3 36.8 35.3 34.2 33.8 28.7 22.1 19.1 17.6 14.0

2001 .......................... 13.6 13.6 13.6 15.4 12.1 11.0 11.0 11.0 12.9 12.9 14.0 13.6

2002 .......................... 18.0 18.0 p19.9 p19.9 

1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans

and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within

the span. 

p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment

increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment,

where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with

increasing and decreasing employment.