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Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

March 2005 – February 2008

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

March 2005 – February 2008

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Technical information:

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: FEBRUARY 2008

Nonfarm payroll employment edged down in February (-63,000), and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported

today. Employment fell in manufacturing, construction, and retail trade. Job growth continued in health care

and in food services. Average hourly earnings rose by 5 cents, or 0.3 percent, over the month.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

The number of unemployed persons (7.4 million) and the unemployment rate (4.8 percent) were essentially unchanged in February. Over the month, the unemployment rates for adult men (4.3 percent), adult

women (4.2 percent), teenagers (16.6 percent), whites (4.3 percent), and Hispanics (6.2 percent) showed

little or no change. The jobless rate for blacks fell to 8.3 percent, in line with the average rate for 2007.

The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.0 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2,

and A-3.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Both the civilian labor force, at 153.4 million, and the labor force participation rate, at 65.9 percent, declined in February. Total employment (146.0 million) and the employment-population ratio (62.7 percent)

were little changed over the month. (See table A-1.)

The number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons, at 4.9 million in February, was little

changed over the month but was up by 637,000 over the past 12 months. This category includes persons
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Civilian labor force ............................... 153,191 153,667 153,866 153,824 153,374 -450

Employment ..................................... 146,019 146,291 146,211 146,248 145,993 -255

Unemployment .................................. 7,172 7,375 7,655 7,576 7,381 -195

Not in labor force .................................. 79,019 79,270 79,290 78,792 79,436 644

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

Adult men ........................................ 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.3 -.1

Adult women .................................. 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.2 .0

Teenagers ........................................ 15.8 16.4 17.1 18.0 16.6 -1.4

White ............................................... 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.3 -.1

Black or African American 

................... 8.0 8.6 9.0 9.2 8.3 -.9

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ................. 5.7 5.9 6.3 6.3 6.2 -.1

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment ............................ 137,758 138,031 138,078 p 138,056 p 137,993 p -63

Goods-producing 1.............................. 22,185 22,042 21,976 p 21,922 p 21,833 p -89

Construction .................................... 7,609 7,521 7,465 p 7,440 p 7,401 p -39

Manufacturing ............................... 13,850 13,788 13,772 p 13,741 p 13,689 p -52

Service-providing 1 ............................. 115,573 115,989 116,102 p 116,134 p 116,160 p 26

 Retail trade 2 ................................. 15,493 15,490 15,488 p 15,488 p 15,454 p -34

Professional and business service ........... 17,979 18,093 18,131 p 18,122 p 18,102 p -20

Education and health services ............... 18,411 18,527 18,568 p 18,617 p 18,647 p 30

Leisure and hospitality ...................... 13,507 13,622 13,635 p 13,646 p 13,667 p 21

Government .................................... 22,203 22,291 22,333 p 22,337 p 22,375 p 38

Total private ....................................... 33.8 33.8 33.8 p 33.7 p 33.7 p 0.0

Manufacturing .................................. 41.4 41.2 41.1 p 41.1 p 41.1 p .0

 Overtime ....................................... 4.2 4.1 4.0 p 4.0 p 4.0 p .0

Total private ........................................ 107.5 107.7 107.8 p 107.4 p 107.3 p -0.1

Average hourly earnings, total private ......... $17.52 $17.64 $17.70 p $17.75 p $17.80 p $0.05

Average weekly earnings, total private ....... 592.07 596.34 598.26 p 598.18 p 599.86 p 1.68

III 2007 IV 2007 Dec. 2007 Jan. 2008 Feb. 2008

p = preliminary.

Jan.-Feb. 

change

Hours of work 3

1

 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2

 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data.

3

 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.

Category

Quarterly averages Monthly data

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

Earnings 3

 Employment

Labor force status

Unemployment rates 
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who indicated that they would like to work full time but were working part time because their hours had been

cut back or they were unable to find full-time jobs. (See table A-5.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

About 1.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in February. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior

12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks

preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 396,000 discouraged workers in February,

about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.2 million persons marginally attached to the

labor force in February had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as

school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment edged down (-63,000) in February, with private-sector employment

declining by 101,000. Nonfarm payroll employment was little changed in December (41,000) and January

(-22,000). Over the month, job losses occurred in manufacturing, construction, and retail trade. Health care

and food services continued to add jobs. (See table B-1.)

Manufacturing employment continued to decline in February (-52,000), bringing losses over the past

12 months to 299,000. Most of the February decline was concentrated in durable goods manufacturing,

as motor vehicles and parts (-13,000), furniture and related products (-6,000), and wood products (-5,000)

lost jobs. Within nondurable goods, employment fell in printing and related support activities (-5,000).

Employment in construction decreased by 39,000 in February, and has fallen by 331,000 since its most

recent peak in September 2006. During this period, residential specialty trades lost 209,000 jobs, while residential building lost 137,000 jobs.

In February, employment in retail trade declined by 34,000. Job losses occurred in department stores

(-11,000), building material and garden supply stores (-7,000), and automobile dealers (-6,000). Wholesale trade employment edged down in February, with the durable goods component declining by 9,000.

Professional and business services employment was little changed for the second month in a row; job

gains had averaged 26,000 per month in 2007. In February, temporary help services lost 28,000 jobs;

employment in the industry has declined by 117,000 since the most recent peak in December 2006.

In financial activities, credit intermediation employment continued to decline and has fallen by 116,000

since a peak in October 2006. In February, real estate employment also continued to trend down; since

June 2006, the industry has lost 34,000 jobs.

Health care employment continued to grow in February (36,000). Within health care, over-the-month

job gains occurred in hospitals (17,000) and in ambulatory health care services (15,000), which includes

offices of physicians. Over the past 12 months, health care has added 360,000 jobs.

Food services employment continued to trend upward in February. From November through February,

food services added an average of 12,000 jobs per month, compared with an average gain of 28,000 jobs

for the 12-month period ending in October.
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

In February, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm

payrolls held at 33.7 hours, seasonally adjusted. Both the manufacturing workweek, at 41.1 hours, and

factory overtime, at 4.0 hours, were unchanged over the month. (See table B-2.)

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls

declined by 0.1 percent in February to 107.3 (2002=100). The manufacturing index fell by 0.5 percent

to 93.1. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

In February, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm

payrolls rose by 5 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $17.80, seasonally adjusted. This followed gains of 6 cents in

December and 5 cents in January. Average weekly earnings rose by 0.3 percent in February to $599.86.

Over the past 12 months, both average hourly earnings and weekly earnings rose by 3.7 percent. (See

table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for March 2008 is scheduled to be released on Friday,

April 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
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Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates

Why are there two monthly measures of employment?

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

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

error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its much larger

sample size. An over-the-month employment change of 104,000 is statistically significant in the establishment

survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000.

However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes

the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups.

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?

Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Thus,

while it is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The household survey does include questions about whether

respondents were born outside the United States. Data from these questions show that foreign-born workers

accounted for about 15 percent of the labor force in 2006 and about 47 percent of the net increase in the

labor force from 2000 to 2006.

Why does the establishment survey have revisions?

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

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

survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate

additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey. For more information on the monthly revisions,

please visit http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm.

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

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

helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual

benchmark revision, please visit http://www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm.

Has the establishment survey understated employment growth because it excludes the selfemployed?

While the establishment survey excludes the self-employed, the household survey provides monthly estimates of unincorporated self-employment. These estimates have shown no substantial growth in recent years.
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Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?

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

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

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

that goal.

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?

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

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

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

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

establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new

firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the

survey twice a year.

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

benefits?

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

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

on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey.

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

Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In

addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially

counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news release.
Technical Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2007 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major agesex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate

that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or

by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

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

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

successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from

less than 0.1 percent to 0.6 percent.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Feb.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 230,834 232,616 232,809 230,834 232,715 232,939 233,156 232,616 232,809

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 151,879 152,828 152,503 152,725 153,306 153,828 153,866 153,824 153,374

 Participation rate ..................................................... 65.8 65.7 65.5 66.2 65.9 66.0 66.0 66.1 65.9

 Employed .................................................................... 144,479 144,607 144,550 145,888 146,016 146,647 146,211 146,248 145,993

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 62.6 62.2 62.1 63.2 62.7 63.0 62.7 62.9 62.7

 Unemployed ............................................................... 7,400 8,221 7,953 6,837 7,291 7,181 7,655 7,576 7,381

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.9 5.4 5.2 4.5 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.8

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 78,955 79,788 80,306 78,110 79,409 79,111 79,290 78,792 79,436

 Persons who currently want a job ............................... 4,635 4,977 4,689 4,740 4,266 4,655 4,697 4,857 4,772

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 111,627 112,493 112,596 111,627 112,619 112,737 112,852 112,493 112,596

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 81,344 81,656 81,515 81,999 82,210 82,515 82,448 82,355 82,132

 Participation rate ..................................................... 72.9 72.6 72.4 73.5 73.0 73.2 73.1 73.2 72.9

 Employed .................................................................... 76,923 76,860 76,853 78,184 78,177 78,604 78,260 78,157 78,113

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 68.9 68.3 68.3 70.0 69.4 69.7 69.3 69.5 69.4

 Unemployed ............................................................... 4,421 4,796 4,661 3,815 4,032 3,910 4,188 4,197 4,019

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 5.4 5.9 5.7 4.7 4.9 4.7 5.1 5.1 4.9

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 30,283 30,837 31,081 29,628 30,409 30,223 30,404 30,139 30,464

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 103,046 103,866 103,961 103,046 103,973 104,087 104,197 103,866 103,961

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 77,986 78,463 78,378 78,358 78,664 79,075 79,004 78,864 78,748

 Participation rate ..................................................... 75.7 75.5 75.4 76.0 75.7 76.0 75.8 75.9 75.7

 Employed .................................................................... 74,184 74,387 74,365 75,148 75,274 75,834 75,499 75,427 75,362

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 72.0 71.6 71.5 72.9 72.4 72.9 72.5 72.6 72.5

 Unemployed ............................................................... 3,802 4,075 4,013 3,210 3,389 3,240 3,505 3,437 3,386

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.9 5.2 5.1 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.3

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 25,060 25,403 25,583 24,688 25,309 25,012 25,193 25,002 25,213

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 119,207 120,123 120,213 119,207 120,096 120,202 120,304 120,123 120,213

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 70,535 71,172 70,988 70,725 71,096 71,313 71,418 71,469 71,241

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

 Employed .................................................................... 67,556 67,747 67,696 67,704 67,838 68,043 67,951 68,091 67,880

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 56.7 56.4 56.3 56.8 56.5 56.6 56.5 56.7 56.5

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,979 3,425 3,292 3,021 3,258 3,271 3,467 3,378 3,361

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.2 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.7

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 48,672 48,951 49,225 48,482 49,000 48,889 48,886 48,654 48,972

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 110,880 111,739 111,822 110,880 111,703 111,805 111,903 111,739 111,822

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 67,270 67,913 67,793 67,247 67,623 67,776 67,866 67,982 67,816

 Participation rate ..................................................... 60.7 60.8 60.6 60.6 60.5 60.6 60.6 60.8 60.6

 Employed .................................................................... 64,703 64,943 64,943 64,686 64,827 64,980 64,912 65,098 64,950

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 58.4 58.1 58.1 58.3 58.0 58.1 58.0 58.3 58.1

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,567 2,970 2,851 2,561 2,796 2,796 2,954 2,885 2,865

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 3.8 4.4 4.2 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.2

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 43,610 43,826 44,028 43,633 44,080 44,029 44,037 43,756 44,006

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 16,908 17,012 17,027 16,908 17,040 17,048 17,056 17,012 17,027

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 6,623 6,452 6,331 7,120 7,020 6,977 6,996 6,978 6,810

 Participation rate ..................................................... 39.2 37.9 37.2 42.1 41.2 40.9 41.0 41.0 40.0

 Employed .................................................................... 5,592 5,277 5,242 6,055 5,914 5,832 5,801 5,724 5,681

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 33.1 31.0 30.8 35.8 34.7 34.2 34.0 33.6 33.4

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,031 1,175 1,089 1,066 1,105 1,145 1,196 1,254 1,130

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 15.6 18.2 17.2 15.0 15.7 16.4 17.1 18.0 16.6

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 10,286 10,560 10,695 9,788 10,020 10,071 10,059 10,034 10,216

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

 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Feb.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 187,582 188,787 188,906 187,582 188,813 188,956 189,093 188,787 188,906

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 124,092 124,577 124,361 124,636 125,151 125,430 125,460 125,340 124,940

 Participation rate ....................................................... 66.2 66.0 65.8 66.4 66.3 66.4 66.3 66.4 66.1

 Employed .................................................................... 118,573 118,505 118,395 119,651 119,883 120,194 119,889 119,858 119,534

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 63.2 62.8 62.7 63.8 63.5 63.6 63.4 63.5 63.3

 Unemployed ............................................................... 5,519 6,072 5,966 4,986 5,268 5,235 5,571 5,482 5,406

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 4.4 4.9 4.8 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.3

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 63,490 64,210 64,545 62,945 63,662 63,526 63,633 63,447 63,966

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 64,844 65,098 65,023 65,089 65,255 65,521 65,506 65,470 65,270

 Participation rate ....................................................... 76.2 76.0 75.9 76.5 76.1 76.4 76.3 76.4 76.1

 Employed .................................................................... 61,934 62,020 61,947 62,692 62,762 63,111 62,929 62,924 62,745

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 72.8 72.4 72.3 73.7 73.2 73.6 73.3 73.5 73.2

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,910 3,078 3,075 2,397 2,493 2,409 2,577 2,546 2,524

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 4.5 4.7 4.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 53,779 54,211 54,149 53,658 54,102 54,206 54,286 54,192 54,078

 Participation rate ....................................................... 60.1 60.2 60.1 59.9 60.1 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.0

 Employed .................................................................... 51,939 52,081 52,055 51,841 52,136 52,220 52,107 52,143 52,004

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 58.0 57.8 57.8 57.9 57.9 58.0 57.8 57.9 57.7

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,840 2,130 2,094 1,817 1,966 1,986 2,179 2,049 2,075

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 3.4 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 5,469 5,268 5,189 5,890 5,795 5,703 5,668 5,678 5,592

 Participation rate ....................................................... 42.1 40.4 39.7 45.3 44.3 43.6 43.3 43.5 42.8

 Employed .................................................................... 4,700 4,403 4,393 5,118 4,985 4,863 4,853 4,791 4,785

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 36.1 33.7 33.6 39.4 38.1 37.2 37.1 36.7 36.6

 Unemployed ............................................................... 769 864 796 772 810 840 815 887 807

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 14.1 16.4 15.3 13.1 14.0 14.7 14.4 15.6 14.4

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 27,310 27,640 27,675 27,310 27,627 27,666 27,704 27,640 27,675

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 17,300 17,501 17,412 17,535 17,430 17,453 17,538 17,713 17,632

 Participation rate ....................................................... 63.3 63.3 62.9 64.2 63.1 63.1 63.3 64.1 63.7

 Employed .................................................................... 15,888 15,856 15,947 16,141 15,946 15,980 15,961 16,090 16,169

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 58.2 57.4 57.6 59.1 57.7 57.8 57.6 58.2 58.4

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,412 1,645 1,465 1,394 1,483 1,473 1,577 1,623 1,463

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 8.2 9.4 8.4 8.0 8.5 8.4 9.0 9.2 8.3

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 10,010 10,139 10,263 9,775 10,197 10,212 10,165 9,927 10,043

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 7,752 7,850 7,854 7,851 7,833 7,889 7,883 7,916 7,947

 Participation rate ....................................................... 70.6 70.7 70.6 71.5 70.4 70.8 70.7 71.3 71.5

 Employed .................................................................... 7,110 7,129 7,178 7,262 7,194 7,268 7,218 7,259 7,320

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 64.8 64.2 64.6 66.1 64.7 65.3 64.7 65.4 65.8

 Unemployed ............................................................... 643 721 676 589 640 621 665 656 627

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 8.3 9.2 8.6 7.5 8.2 7.9 8.4 8.3 7.9

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 8,780 8,882 8,805 8,844 8,823 8,777 8,803 8,921 8,866

 Participation rate ....................................................... 64.0 64.0 63.4 64.5 63.7 63.3 63.4 64.3 63.8

 Employed .................................................................... 8,220 8,220 8,238 8,279 8,195 8,159 8,187 8,266 8,289

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 60.0 59.2 59.3 60.4 59.2 58.8 59.0 59.6 59.6

 Unemployed ............................................................... 560 662 566 565 628 618 617 654 577

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 6.4 7.4 6.4 6.4 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.3 6.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 768 769 753 840 773 787 851 876 819

 Participation rate ....................................................... 29.3 29.0 28.3 32.1 29.1 29.6 32.0 33.0 30.8

 Employed .................................................................... 558 507 531 599 558 553 556 564 560

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 21.3 19.1 19.9 22.9 21.0 20.8 20.9 21.2 21.0

 Unemployed ............................................................... 209 262 222 241 215 234 295 313 259

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 27.2 34.0 29.5 28.7 27.9 29.7 34.7 35.7 31.7

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Feb.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 10,566 10,660 10,712 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 6,951 7,167 7,159 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 65.8 67.2 66.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 6,760 6,935 6,942 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 64.0 65.1 64.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 190 231 217 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 2.7 3.2 3.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 3,616 3,493 3,553 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

 NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in

table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population

controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Feb.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 30,965 31,643 31,732 30,965 31,714 31,809 31,903 31,643 31,732

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 21,167 21,561 21,628 21,301 21,778 21,872 21,888 21,698 21,755

 Participation rate ....................................................... 68.4 68.1 68.2 68.8 68.7 68.8 68.6 68.6 68.6

 Employed .................................................................... 19,946 20,011 20,146 20,183 20,554 20,623 20,517 20,320 20,401

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 64.4 63.2 63.5 65.2 64.8 64.8 64.3 64.2 64.3

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,221 1,550 1,482 1,118 1,224 1,249 1,371 1,378 1,354

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 5.8 7.2 6.9 5.2 5.6 5.7 6.3 6.3 6.2

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 9,798 10,083 10,105 9,664 9,936 9,938 10,016 9,946 9,977

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 12,183 12,376 12,428 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 84.3 84.0 84.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 11,526 11,606 11,625 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 79.8 78.7 78.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 657 770 804 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 5.4 6.2 6.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 7,967 8,107 8,093 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 58.5 58.2 58.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 7,582 7,531 7,620 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 55.7 54.1 54.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 385 575 472 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 4.8 7.1 5.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 1,016 1,078 1,107 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 35.1 36.1 37.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 837 874 901 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 28.9 29.3 30.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 179 205 205 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 17.6 19.0 18.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 12,868 12,340 11,898 13,102 12,133 12,228 12,291 12,305 12,127

 Participation rate ......................................................... 46.8 46.2 45.5 47.7 47.3 46.8 46.5 46.0 46.4

 Employed ...................................................................... 11,778 11,228 10,878 12,163 11,238 11,296 11,358 11,362 11,236

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 42.9 42.0 41.6 44.3 43.8 43.3 42.9 42.5 43.0

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,090 1,112 1,020 939 895 932 933 943 891

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 8.5 9.0 8.6 7.2 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.3

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 38,717 38,390 38,002 38,568 38,625 38,710 38,841 38,364 38,078

 Participation rate ......................................................... 62.8 62.9 62.5 62.5 62.8 62.6 62.9 62.9 62.6

 Employed ...................................................................... 36,813 36,324 35,954 36,914 36,838 36,980 37,034 36,587 36,303

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 59.7 59.5 59.1 59.9 59.9 59.8 60.0 59.9 59.7

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,904 2,066 2,048 1,654 1,787 1,730 1,807 1,778 1,775

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 4.9 5.4 5.4 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.7

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 34,924 36,108 36,237 34,690 36,218 36,353 36,279 36,492 36,437

 Participation rate ......................................................... 71.7 71.7 71.6 71.2 71.2 71.9 72.0 72.5 72.0

 Employed ...................................................................... 33,579 34,679 34,766 33,444 34,939 35,156 34,924 35,187 35,086

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 68.9 68.9 68.7 68.6 68.7 69.6 69.3 69.9 69.4

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,345 1,428 1,471 1,247 1,279 1,197 1,355 1,305 1,351

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.7

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 43,724 44,633 45,339 43,757 44,200 44,263 44,448 44,604 45,226

 Participation rate ......................................................... 78.6 78.1 78.3 78.6 77.2 77.7 77.9 78.0 78.1

 Employed ...................................................................... 42,894 43,651 44,405 42,918 43,261 43,296 43,476 43,651 44,283

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 77.1 76.4 76.7 77.1 75.6 76.0 76.2 76.4 76.5

 Unemployed ................................................................. 831 982 934 839 939 968 972 953 944

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 1.9 2.2 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1

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

degrees. 

 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of

January data. See box note in the BLS news release USDL 07-0486, "The

Employment Situation: March 2007," issued on April 6, 2007, for a discussion of

technical issues regarding educational attainment data.
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Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ................................... 2,074 2,032 1,999 2,327 2,089 2,148 2,248 2,213 2,213

 Wage and salary workers ............................................. 1,237 1,128 1,173 1,419 1,195 1,237 1,368 1,259 1,324

 Self-employed workers ................................................. 823 886 808 889 878 895 874 936 873

 Unpaid family workers .................................................. 15 18 18 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ............................................... 142,405 142,575 142,551 143,535 143,933 144,503 143,933 144,052 143,820

 Wage and salary workers ............................................. 132,821 133,509 133,159 133,804 134,533 135,109 134,605 134,755 134,259

 Government ................................................................ 20,869 20,905 21,209 20,904 20,907 20,943 20,780 20,907 21,252

 Private industries ........................................................ 111,951 112,604 111,950 112,887 113,641 114,179 113,872 113,846 112,972

 Private households ................................................... 856 787 763 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries ........................................................ 111,095 111,817 111,187 112,037 112,850 113,377 113,035 113,042 112,212

 Self-employed workers ................................................. 9,468 8,990 9,292 9,639 9,274 9,276 9,242 9,161 9,410

 Unpaid family workers .................................................. 117 76 100 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

Part time for economic reasons .................................. 4,417 5,340 5,114 4,247 4,401 4,513 4,665 4,769 4,884

 Slack work or business conditions ........................... 2,913 3,857 3,534 2,737 2,788 3,008 3,174 3,247 3,291

 Could only find part-time work ................................. 1,240 1,088 1,260 1,209 1,215 1,223 1,236 1,163 1,222

Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 20,549 19,804 19,847 19,927 19,337 19,539 19,526 19,613 19,348

Nonagricultural industries:

Part time for economic reasons .................................. 4,282 5,235 5,007 4,130 4,302 4,453 4,577 4,677 4,790

 Slack work or business conditions ........................... 2,831 3,789 3,459 2,666 2,745 2,981 3,120 3,174 3,231

 Could only find part-time work ................................. 1,223 1,084 1,255 1,194 1,207 1,205 1,219 1,149 1,216

Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 20,236 19,490 19,524 19,552 19,157 19,224 19,225 19,296 19,019

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

jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or

industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who

usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for

reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.

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

necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the

various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the 

release of January data.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 144,479 144,607 144,550 145,888 146,016 146,647 146,211 146,248 145,993

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 5,592 5,277 5,242 6,055 5,914 5,832 5,801 5,724 5,681

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 2,066 1,908 1,884 2,287 2,324 2,192 2,183 2,121 2,109

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 3,526 3,369 3,358 3,755 3,600 3,625 3,626 3,603 3,579

 20 years and over ......................................................... 138,887 139,330 139,308 139,833 140,101 140,814 140,410 140,524 140,312

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 13,823 13,448 13,304 14,132 13,821 13,965 13,702 13,794 13,632

 25 years and over ....................................................... 125,064 125,882 126,003 125,636 126,293 126,779 126,675 126,640 126,644

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 99,849 99,592 99,503 100,324 100,332 100,605 100,496 100,174 100,057

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 31,135 31,221 31,307 31,420 31,612 31,638 31,633 31,530 31,599

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 34,473 33,748 33,741 34,585 34,116 34,173 34,086 33,931 33,863

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 34,241 34,623 34,456 34,319 34,605 34,794 34,777 34,713 34,595

 55 years and over ..................................................... 25,215 26,291 26,500 25,312 25,960 26,174 26,179 26,466 26,587

Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 76,923 76,860 76,853 78,184 78,177 78,604 78,260 78,157 78,113

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 2,739 2,473 2,488 3,036 2,903 2,770 2,761 2,731 2,751

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 973 819 827 1,128 1,118 959 986 950 966

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 1,766 1,654 1,662 1,906 1,788 1,791 1,766 1,780 1,782

 20 years and over ......................................................... 74,184 74,387 74,365 75,148 75,274 75,834 75,499 75,427 75,362

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 7,219 7,049 6,996 7,433 7,306 7,466 7,244 7,312 7,219

 25 years and over ....................................................... 66,965 67,338 67,369 67,707 67,985 68,328 68,264 68,060 68,129

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 53,730 53,459 53,417 54,302 54,258 54,422 54,383 54,041 54,016

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 17,071 17,086 17,042 17,363 17,442 17,466 17,451 17,348 17,346

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 18,668 18,162 18,255 18,821 18,536 18,559 18,507 18,335 18,400

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 17,991 18,211 18,120 18,117 18,280 18,397 18,425 18,357 18,270

 55 years and over ..................................................... 13,236 13,879 13,952 13,405 13,727 13,906 13,882 14,020 14,113

Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 67,556 67,747 67,696 67,704 67,838 68,043 67,951 68,091 67,880

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 2,853 2,804 2,754 3,018 3,011 3,063 3,040 2,993 2,929

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 1,093 1,089 1,058 1,158 1,206 1,233 1,197 1,171 1,143

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 1,761 1,714 1,696 1,850 1,813 1,834 1,860 1,823 1,797

 20 years and over ......................................................... 64,703 64,943 64,943 64,686 64,827 64,980 64,912 65,098 64,950

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 6,604 6,398 6,308 6,700 6,515 6,500 6,458 6,482 6,414

 25 years and over ....................................................... 58,099 58,544 58,634 57,929 58,307 58,451 58,411 58,580 58,515

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 46,119 46,132 46,086 46,023 46,074 46,183 46,113 46,133 46,041

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 14,063 14,135 14,265 14,057 14,169 14,172 14,182 14,182 14,254

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 15,805 15,586 15,486 15,763 15,581 15,615 15,579 15,596 15,463

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 16,250 16,412 16,336 16,202 16,324 16,396 16,352 16,355 16,325

 55 years and over ..................................................... 11,980 12,412 12,548 11,907 12,233 12,268 12,297 12,447 12,474

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ......................................... 46,085 45,831 45,949 46,273 46,189 46,339 46,213 46,063 46,136

Married women, spouse present .................................... 35,863 35,662 35,727 35,788 35,449 35,689 35,565 35,536 35,648

Women who maintain families ........................................ 9,338 9,032 9,051 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ......................................................... 119,041 119,332 119,452 120,830 121,561 122,020 121,428 121,202 121,275

Part-time workers 3 ......................................................... 25,439 25,275 25,098 24,994 24,472 24,631 24,740 25,043 24,697

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ................................................. 7,753 7,398 7,610 7,733 7,579 7,640 7,416 7,557 7,582

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

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

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

hours per week.

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

necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the

various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the 

release of January data.
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Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Feb.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 6,837 7,576 7,381 4.5 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.8

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 1,066 1,254 1,130 15.0 15.7 16.4 17.1 18.0 16.6

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 450 543 471 16.4 17.5 19.0 19.6 20.4 18.3

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 605 682 656 13.9 14.3 14.4 15.4 15.9 15.5

 20 years and over ......................................................... 5,771 6,322 6,251 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.3

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 1,131 1,321 1,325 7.4 8.6 8.0 9.4 8.7 8.9

 25 years and over ....................................................... 4,659 4,995 4,948 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.8

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 3,864 4,105 4,058 3.7 3.8 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.9

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 1,567 1,640 1,584 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.8

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 1,165 1,252 1,260 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.6

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 1,132 1,213 1,214 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.4 3.4

 55 years and over ..................................................... 800 872 888 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2

Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 3,815 4,197 4,019 4.7 4.9 4.7 5.1 5.1 4.9

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 605 760 633 16.6 18.1 19.5 19.8 21.8 18.7

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 266 299 250 19.1 19.0 21.4 22.1 24.0 20.5

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 339 431 392 15.1 16.8 17.8 18.4 19.5 18.0

 20 years and over ......................................................... 3,210 3,437 3,386 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.3

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 666 756 791 8.2 9.3 8.6 9.8 9.4 9.9

 25 years and over ....................................................... 2,576 2,701 2,632 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.7

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 2,140 2,236 2,163 3.8 3.8 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.8

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 892 926 878 4.9 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.1 4.8

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 642 675 639 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.4

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 606 634 646 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.4

 55 years and over ..................................................... 436 465 469 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2

Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 3,021 3,378 3,361 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.7

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 461 494 496 13.2 13.3 13.4 14.4 14.2 14.5

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 183 244 222 13.6 16.1 17.1 17.3 17.2 16.2

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 266 250 264 12.6 11.6 10.7 12.3 12.1 12.8

 20 years and over ......................................................... 2,561 2,885 2,865 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.2

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 465 565 535 6.5 7.7 7.4 8.8 8.0 7.7

 25 years and over ....................................................... 2,083 2,293 2,317 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.8

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 1,724 1,869 1,895 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.9 4.0

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 675 714 706 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.7

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 523 577 621 3.2 3.6 3.9 4.0 3.6 3.9

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 526 579 568 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.4

 55 years and over 2 .................................................. 372 432 432 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.4 3.3

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ......................................... 1,258 1,276 1,271 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7

Married women, spouse present .................................... 994 1,124 1,132 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1

Women who maintain families 2 ..................................... 652 681 655 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.9 7.0 6.7

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ......................................................... 5,559 6,100 6,092 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.8

Part-time workers 4 ......................................................... 1,276 1,423 1,288 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.6 5.4 5.0

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

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

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

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

necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the 

various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary

jobs ............................................................................... 3,942 4,608 4,471 3,449 3,731 3,609 3,857 3,796 3,854

On temporary layoff .................................................... 1,421 1,614 1,351 1,016 1,064 979 975 1,040 971

Not on temporary layoff .............................................. 2,521 2,994 3,120 2,433 2,668 2,630 2,882 2,756 2,883

Permanent job losers .............................................. 1,739 2,110 2,204 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 782 884 916 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ..................................................................... 845 838 802 810 790 783 798 830 769

Reentrants ...................................................................... 2,119 2,195 2,139 2,029 2,103 2,160 2,343 2,201 2,112

New entrants .................................................................. 494 580 542 580 709 669 697 667 648

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 ............................................................................. 53.3 56.1 56.2 50.2 50.9 50.0 50.1 50.7 52.2

On temporary layoff .................................................. 19.2 19.6 17.0 14.8 14.5 13.6 12.7 13.9 13.2

Not on temporary layoff ............................................ 34.1 36.4 39.2 35.4 36.4 36.4 37.5 36.8 39.0

Job leavers ................................................................... 11.4 10.2 10.1 11.8 10.8 10.8 10.4 11.1 10.4

Reentrants .................................................................... 28.6 26.7 26.9 29.5 28.7 29.9 30.4 29.4 28.6

New entrants ................................................................ 6.7 7.1 6.8 8.4 9.7 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary

jobs ............................................................................. 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5

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

Reentrants .................................................................... 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4

New entrants ................................................................ .3 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .5 .4 .4

1 Data not available.

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

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .............................................................................. 2,465 2,957 2,530 2,567 2,508 2,633 2,793 2,634 2,639

5 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 2,587 2,681 2,854 2,181 2,454 2,157 2,330 2,396 2,396

15 weeks and over ............................................................................. 2,347 2,583 2,570 2,151 2,367 2,398 2,520 2,503 2,377

 15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................ 1,068 1,172 1,212 935 1,052 1,014 1,182 1,124 1,079

 27 weeks and over .......................................................................... 1,279 1,411 1,358 1,216 1,315 1,384 1,338 1,380 1,299

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .................................................... 16.7 16.6 16.8 16.6 17.0 17.2 16.6 17.5 16.8

Median duration, in weeks .................................................................. 8.8 8.5 8.9 8.2 8.7 8.7 8.4 8.8 8.4

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks ............................................................................ 33.3 36.0 31.8 37.2 34.2 36.6 36.5 35.0 35.6

 5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 35.0 32.6 35.9 31.6 33.5 30.0 30.5 31.8 32.3

 15 weeks and over ........................................................................... 31.7 31.4 32.3 31.2 32.3 33.4 33.0 33.2 32.1

 15 to 26 weeks ............................................................................... 14.4 14.3 15.2 13.5 14.4 14.1 15.5 14.9 14.6

 27 weeks and over ......................................................................... 17.3 17.2 17.1 17.6 17.9 19.3 17.5 18.3 17.5

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Feb.

2007

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Feb.

2008

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................... 144,479 144,550 7,400 7,953 4.9 5.2

Management, professional, and related occupations ............. 51,864 52,498 981 1,159 1.9 2.2

 Management, business, and financial operations

occupations .................................................................................... 21,586 21,732 472 503 2.1 2.3

 Professional and related occupations ...................................... 30,278 30,766 509 656 1.7 2.1

Service occupations ....................................................................... 23,239 23,493 1,526 1,694 6.2 6.7

Sales and office occupations ....................................................... 36,177 35,849 1,691 1,790 4.5 4.8

 Sales and related occupations .................................................. 16,768 16,439 830 896 4.7 5.2

 Office and administrative support occupations ...................... 19,408 19,410 861 894 4.2 4.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations .................................................................................... 15,542 14,653 1,466 1,473 8.6 9.1

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................. 930 931 139 128 13.0 12.1

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................ 9,486 8,674 1,103 1,150 10.4 11.7

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................ 5,126 5,049 223 196 4.2 3.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations .................................................................................... 17,658 18,057 1,228 1,280 6.5 6.6

 Production occupations .............................................................. 9,027 9,209 604 595 6.3 6.1

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................. 8,631 8,848 624 685 6.7 7.2

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

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

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

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Feb.

2007

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Feb.

2008

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .................................................... 7,400 7,953 4.9 5.2

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................... 6,074 6,564 5.1 5.5

 Mining ............................................................................................. 33 16 4.5 2.2

 Construction .................................................................................. 1,086 1,118 10.5 11.4

 Manufacturing ............................................................................... 774 820 4.7 5.0

 Durable goods ............................................................................ 491 481 4.6 4.6

 Nondurable goods ..................................................................... 283 339 4.8 5.7

 Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................... 1,045 1,007 5.1 4.9

 Transportation and utilities ......................................................... 251 289 4.2 4.6

 Information ..................................................................................... 139 193 4.0 5.8

 Financial activities ........................................................................ 295 323 3.1 3.4

 Professional and business services ......................................... 825 866 6.0 6.2

 Education and health services .................................................. 489 562 2.5 2.9

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................ 879 1,056 7.4 8.5

 Other services ............................................................................... 257 313 4.3 5.1

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ...... 127 135 9.6 10.9

Government workers ..................................................................... 405 372 1.9 1.7

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................. 300 340 2.8 3.2

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

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

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Feb.

2008

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

civilian labor force ..................................................................... 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

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

percent of the civilian labor force .............................................. 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5

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

(official unemployment rate) ................................................. 4.9 5.4 5.2 4.5 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.8

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

civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................... 5.1 5.7 5.5 4.7 5.0 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.1

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 ................................ 5.8 6.4 6.2 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.8 6.0 5.8

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 9.9 9.5 8.1 8.4 8.4 8.8 9.0 8.9

 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither

working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job

and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a

subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not

looking currently 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 more information, see "BLS introduces new range of

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

Labor Review. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the 

release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Feb.

2007

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Feb.

2008

Feb.

2007

Feb.

2008

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force .................................................................. 78,955 80,306 30,283 31,081 48,672 49,225

 Persons who currently want a job ...................................................... 4,635 4,689 2,202 2,073 2,433 2,616

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ........................... 1,451 1,585 792 775 659 810

Reason not currently looking:

Discouragement over job prospects 2 .................................. 375 396 223 248 152 148

Reasons other than discouragement 3 ................................. 1,076 1,189 569 527 508 662

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 .................................................................. 7,753 7,610 3,885 3,682 3,868 3,928

 Percent of total employed ............................................................... 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.8 5.7 5.8

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ................................. 4,139 4,157 2,307 2,256 1,832 1,901

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .................................... 1,867 1,792 588 529 1,278 1,263

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ...................................... 261 255 177 166 84 89

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ......................................... 1,434 1,371 784 713 650 658

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. These persons are referred to

as "marginally attached to the labor force." 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. These persons are

referred to as "discouraged workers." 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of

January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007

 Nov. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

Change

from:

Jan. 2008-

Feb. 2008p

Total nonfarm ............................. 135,641 138,934 135,926 136,451 137,133 137,977 138,037 138,078 138,056 137,993 -63

Total private ........................................ 113,196 116,232 113,724 113,748 115,006 115,715 115,759 115,745 115,719 115,618 -101

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,753 21,875 21,378 21,252 22,322 22,101 22,049 21,976 21,922 21,833 -89

Natural resources and mining .................................. 694 735 724 726 711 727 735 739 741 743 2

Logging ........................................................... 60.2 61.2 59.4 58.7 62.2 59.1 59.9 60.6 60.6 60.3 -.3

Mining .................................................................... 633.5 674.0 664.9 666.8 649.0 667.8 675.0 677.9 680.5 682.4 1.9

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 140.6 152.6 153.3 152.1 141.9 148.9 152.3 153.1 154.2 153.5 -.7

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 210.2 221.4 216.2 215.0 220.3 226.9 226.0 225.2 226.6 225.8 -.8

Coal mining ...................................................... 76.5 78.5 78.4 78.5 77.1 78.1 78.7 78.3 78.6 79.0 .4

Support activities for mining .............................. 282.7 300.0 295.4 299.7 286.8 292.0 296.7 299.6 299.7 303.1 3.4

Construction ............................................................. 7,173 7,353 7,016 6,939 7,623 7,577 7,520 7,465 7,440 7,401 -39

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,720.4 1,691.9 1,630.7 1,596.2 1,790.3 1,736.6 1,716.4 1,702.4 1,688.0 1,669.9 -18.1

Residential building ......................................... 938.7 899.5 858.4 835.7 976.6 929.2 913.3 902.0 889.8 875.4 -14.4

Nonresidential building .................................... 781.7 792.4 772.3 760.5 813.7 807.4 803.1 800.4 798.2 794.5 -3.7

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 887.4 960.6 884.5 878.2 990.8 999.5 999.0 993.8 988.5 983.7 -4.8

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,565.1 4,700.4 4,500.9 4,464.6 4,841.5 4,841.3 4,804.8 4,768.4 4,763.2 4,746.9 -16.3

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,172.2 2,163.0 2,058.2 2,032.0 2,309.4 2,263.2 2,226.7 2,201.1 2,183.6 2,172.4 -11.2

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,392.9 2,537.4 2,442.7 2,432.6 2,532.1 2,578.1 2,578.1 2,567.3 2,579.6 2,574.5 -5.1

Manufacturing ........................................................... 13,886 13,787 13,638 13,587 13,988 13,797 13,794 13,772 13,741 13,689 -52

Production workers ....................................... 9,940 9,952 9,839 9,780 10,025 9,934 9,944 9,933 9,924 9,865 -59

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,834 8,755 8,668 8,630 8,883 8,761 8,763 8,739 8,720 8,680 -40

Production workers ....................................... 6,245 6,240 6,171 6,122 6,286 6,232 6,242 6,220 6,215 6,165 -50

Wood products ................................................... 517.1 505.3 495.5 486.8 528.4 511.8 509.0 507.2 504.1 498.9 -5.2

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 488.8 490.9 479.5 475.4 506.8 500.9 499.5 496.4 495.7 493.8 -1.9

Primary metals .................................................... 460.2 451.8 451.8 450.9 459.6 451.5 452.6 452.2 451.8 449.9 -1.9

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,556.2 1,565.6 1,553.6 1,548.5 1,563.4 1,568.0 1,565.6 1,562.7 1,559.8 1,555.7 -4.1

Machinery ........................................................... 1,186.3 1,191.2 1,191.3 1,191.4 1,187.4 1,189.0 1,189.9 1,191.0 1,193.3 1,192.4 -.9

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,288.8 1,260.3 1,254.5 1,251.0 1,291.5 1,256.5 1,260.5 1,257.6 1,255.3 1,251.4 -3.9

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 188.7 186.0 184.4 185.4 189.3 185.1 185.5 185.4 184.3 185.6 1.3

Communications equipment ........................... 130.4 129.7 129.4 129.0 130.2 128.1 129.5 129.0 129.5 128.8 -.7

Semiconductors and electronic components . 452.4 435.1 433.1 428.8 454.4 435.8 437.0 434.9 433.4 429.4 -4.0

Electronic instruments ..................................... 447.1 444.2 443.2 443.6 447.0 441.9 443.0 443.7 443.7 443.0 -.7

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 427.0 424.3 421.0 420.6 427.3 427.2 426.6 423.8 421.9 421.2 -.7

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,730.7 1,698.0 1,671.1 1,663.1 1,732.4 1,689.3 1,693.5 1,684.7 1,681.3 1,668.0 -13.3

Motor vehicles and parts2................................. 1,020.9 974.1 947.3 942.2 1,022.2 974.1 972.7 962.6 959.6 946.7 -12.9

Furniture and related products .......................... 536.2 524.1 516.4 510.5 541.6 528.3 527.0 523.8 520.3 514.8 -5.5

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 643.1 643.5 633.2 631.9 644.6 638.2 638.8 639.9 636.6 633.5 -3.1

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,052 5,032 4,970 4,957 5,105 5,036 5,031 5,033 5,021 5,009 -12

Production workers ....................................... 3,695 3,712 3,668 3,658 3,739 3,702 3,702 3,713 3,709 3,700 -9

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,449.4 1,488.8 1,461.6 1,454.7 1,479.0 1,478.6 1,477.9 1,486.3 1,483.4 1,483.2 -.2

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 191.7 189.2 186.6 186.0 196.1 195.2 194.3 192.0 190.9 190.7 -.2

Textile mills ......................................................... 176.0 162.4 160.7 159.8 177.9 164.9 164.9 163.0 162.2 161.2 -1.0

Textile product mills ........................................... 160.5 155.8 153.1 152.1 160.9 155.9 157.2 155.7 153.8 152.8 -1.0

Apparel ................................................................ 218.2 203.6 196.2 200.4 220.3 206.8 206.4 204.8 202.0 202.2 .2

Leather and allied products ............................... 34.4 33.9 34.3 33.3 34.6 33.7 34.1 33.7 34.5 33.4 -1.1

Paper and paper products ................................. 462.4 460.2 460.1 458.8 463.5 459.2 458.6 460.3 460.0 459.6 -.4

Printing and related support activities ............... 625.9 622.8 615.7 610.6 629.7 622.2 622.0 619.5 619.9 614.6 -5.3

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 110.8 109.2 108.2 108.9 114.2 112.6 112.1 111.7 112.3 112.3 .0

Chemicals ........................................................... 862.4 862.7 857.9 856.7 864.5 860.7 860.5 862.0 860.6 859.1 -1.5

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 760.0 743.3 735.7 736.1 764.0 745.9 743.0 744.2 740.9 739.6 -1.3

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

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007

 Nov. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

Change

from:

Jan. 2008-

Feb. 2008p

Service-providing .............................................. 113,888 117,059 114,548 115,199 114,811 115,876 115,988 116,102 116,134 116,160 26

Private service-providing ............................... 91,443 94,357 92,346 92,496 92,684 93,614 93,710 93,769 93,797 93,785 -12

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,132 27,328 26,472 26,204 26,516 26,644 26,693 26,658 26,646 26,607 -39

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,930.8 6,085.1 6,019.9 6,010.7 5,980.6 6,069.8 6,075.0 6,072.9 6,068.3 6,061.4 -6.9

Durable goods .................................................... 3,089.5 3,150.6 3,123.1 3,112.0 3,107.4 3,147.4 3,152.4 3,145.0 3,139.3 3,130.4 -8.9

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,027.2 2,094.3 2,062.7 2,060.1 2,052.9 2,086.5 2,086.6 2,089.3 2,089.4 2,087.0 -2.4

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 814.1 840.2 834.1 838.6 820.3 835.9 836.0 838.6 839.6 844.0 4.4

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,176.5 16,085.9 15,395.7 15,155.7 15,460.0 15,469.1 15,513.1 15,487.8 15,487.6 15,453.5 -34.1

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,890.0 1,898.9 1,885.0 1,884.9 1,913.4 1,911.9 1,911.0 1,909.3 1,912.0 1,908.3 -3.7

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,234.0 1,240.8 1,233.9 1,229.9 1,243.3 1,247.4 1,244.9 1,244.6 1,245.3 1,239.6 -5.7

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 577.1 612.0 586.6 573.2 582.7 577.3 584.9 584.5 581.8 579.2 -2.6

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 545.5 564.8 542.5 538.6 546.4 537.1 542.6 540.4 539.3 539.1 -.2

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,267.6 1,237.3 1,206.0 1,205.8 1,325.7 1,285.4 1,279.9 1,271.6 1,268.2 1,261.4 -6.8

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,802.7 2,907.7 2,868.4 2,856.4 2,831.6 2,859.6 2,871.9 2,871.9 2,881.6 2,884.8 3.2

Health and personal care stores ....................... 977.8 1,016.2 1,001.5 995.9 981.7 991.0 998.6 999.9 1,000.8 999.6 -1.2

Gasoline stations ................................................ 850.0 848.1 841.0 839.0 861.5 862.0 859.1 850.5 851.9 851.3 -.6

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,426.7 1,674.4 1,499.5 1,432.7 1,479.5 1,500.9 1,524.5 1,508.6 1,498.0 1,495.0 -3.0

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 641.2 721.4 688.7 653.8 651.0 664.0 664.0 661.6 669.3 664.4 -4.9

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,911.4 3,223.4 2,975.5 2,883.3 2,982.2 2,975.8 2,968.2 2,976.7 2,972.0 2,959.9 -12.1

Department stores .......................................... 1,536.6 1,756.0 1,579.8 1,504.1 1,583.2 1,568.5 1,560.6 1,568.4 1,563.5 1,552.4 -11.1

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 857.3 895.7 857.1 854.3 869.2 869.0 868.3 866.3 870.6 866.3 -4.3

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 429.2 486.0 443.9 437.8 435.1 435.1 440.1 446.5 442.1 444.2 2.1

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,478.8 4,600.9 4,501.9 4,485.1 4,526.3 4,548.7 4,549.0 4,539.9 4,534.0 4,536.0 2.0

Air transportation ................................................ 480.1 500.8 501.5 502.7 485.2 495.2 503.0 502.1 504.9 507.3 2.4

Rail transportation .............................................. 233.3 232.4 231.6 232.4 235.3 234.0 233.8 232.5 233.9 234.1 .2

Water transportation ........................................... 61.4 63.4 61.7 61.1 64.2 64.9 65.0 64.4 64.0 64.2 .2

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,417.2 1,424.6 1,397.0 1,386.1 1,450.5 1,433.6 1,428.7 1,423.1 1,422.3 1,419.5 -2.8

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 421.8 427.9 423.8 426.4 407.5 417.4 411.5 411.8 412.2 412.5 .3

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 39.9 40.9 40.7 41.0 39.9 40.3 40.6 40.8 40.6 41.0 .4

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 21.9 27.0 24.2 24.5 29.3 30.3 30.9 31.3 31.6 32.3 .7

Support activities for transportation ................... 577.1 589.2 580.6 584.7 578.6 589.9 589.2 587.1 584.8 586.9 2.1

Couriers and messengers .................................. 575.5 625.1 587.6 576.8 582.0 577.9 584.4 588.1 584.3 583.6 -.7

Warehousing and storage .................................. 650.6 669.6 653.2 649.4 653.8 665.2 661.9 658.7 655.4 654.6 -.8

Utilities ................................................................... 545.9 556.3 554.1 552.7 548.7 556.1 555.5 557.1 556.3 556.0 -.3

Information ................................................................ 3,025 3,032 2,991 3,005 3,036 3,027 3,022 3,018 3,014 3,015 1

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 903.4 893.8 883.4 883.2 904.1 894.6 892.2 889.7 886.9 884.1 -2.8

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 370.5 381.7 361.5 371.6 379.4 380.5 376.3 376.3 373.9 379.8 5.9

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 327.9 324.3 322.0 322.6 328.5 324.8 325.0 321.9 323.3 323.2 -.1

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,039.1 1,029.6 1,024.4 1,022.7 1,037.5 1,023.6 1,026.4 1,026.8 1,025.3 1,020.5 -4.8

Data processing, hosting and related services . 264.0 273.7 270.4 274.3 265.2 273.2 272.6 273.5 273.9 275.6 1.7

Other information services ................................. 120.2 128.8 129.5 130.6 121.0 130.0 129.5 129.3 130.5 131.5 1.0

Financial activities .................................................... 8,303 8,249 8,185 8,184 8,347 8,283 8,260 8,252 8,244 8,232 -12

Finance and insurance .......................................... 6,170.6 6,113.4 6,085.7 6,096.2 6,174.5 6,124.5 6,115.5 6,111.2 6,105.6 6,100.8 -4.8

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 21.2 20.6 20.4 20.7 21.4 20.8 20.7 20.7 20.6 20.7 .1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,928.3 2,827.8 2,816.8 2,821.0 2,928.1 2,844.8 2,834.3 2,829.2 2,825.0 2,820.1 -4.9

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,819.5 1,824.7 1,818.4 1,821.2 1,820.4 1,829.3 1,823.4 1,824.6 1,821.3 1,823.2 1.9

Commercial banking .................................... 1,345.4 1,345.2 1,340.7 1,344.0 1,347.0 1,350.1 1,344.7 1,345.9 1,342.3 1,346.2 3.9

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 837.8 855.7 855.6 860.3 838.7 855.0 856.9 856.7 859.0 861.4 2.4

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,295.3 2,320.9 2,306.0 2,306.9 2,298.5 2,315.3 2,315.6 2,316.8 2,313.6 2,311.3 -2.3

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 88.0 88.4 86.9 87.3 87.8 88.6 88.0 87.8 87.4 87.3 -.1

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,131.9 2,135.6 2,099.6 2,087.8 2,172.1 2,158.6 2,144.7 2,140.6 2,138.3 2,131.2 -7.1

Real estate .......................................................... 1,471.7 1,476.3 1,445.4 1,440.3 1,497.0 1,489.1 1,477.1 1,476.4 1,472.6 1,468.9 -3.7

Rental and leasing services ............................... 632.0 628.5 623.4 616.3 646.2 639.7 637.4 633.6 634.4 630.7 -3.7

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 28.2 30.8 30.8 31.2 28.9 29.8 30.2 30.6 31.3 31.6 .3

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

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007

 Nov. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

Change

from:

Jan. 2008-

Feb. 2008p

Professional and business services ........................ 17,549 18,163 17,733 17,770 17,873 18,070 18,079 18,131 18,122 18,102 -20

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 7,629.5 7,845.9 7,858.8 7,913.8 7,554.5 7,759.3 7,784.8 7,820.5 7,831.6 7,838.6 7.0

Legal services .................................................. 1,168.7 1,176.0 1,161.7 1,163.0 1,177.5 1,179.7 1,175.2 1,173.9 1,172.7 1,172.9 .2

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 1,067.6 1,003.3 1,094.4 1,133.4 928.1 971.3 979.4 993.3 993.2 993.1 -.1

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,396.5 1,456.1 1,441.3 1,442.6 1,420.5 1,451.1 1,453.9 1,460.4 1,463.3 1,466.8 3.5

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,326.0 1,397.4 1,387.9 1,390.2 1,329.5 1,380.0 1,387.5 1,391.4 1,393.6 1,393.4 -.2

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 915.2 1,004.3 982.2 986.1 922.9 974.8 985.1 994.3 993.1 994.6 1.5

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,825.6 1,860.8 1,832.2 1,825.5 1,835.3 1,860.9 1,850.0 1,847.8 1,845.1 1,842.8 -2.3

Administrative and waste services ....................... 8,093.5 8,456.3 8,041.6 8,030.5 8,483.0 8,449.6 8,444.1 8,462.8 8,444.9 8,420.7 -24.2

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,746.9 8,094.1 7,681.6 7,673.3 8,129.4 8,092.2 8,081.4 8,099.3 8,078.9 8,056.5 -22.4

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,453.3 3,634.1 3,364.7 3,337.5 3,664.3 3,567.7 3,563.9 3,566.9 3,562.9 3,540.3 -22.6

Temporary help services ............................. 2,482.3 2,640.3 2,410.9 2,380.6 2,643.6 2,592.0 2,583.7 2,578.5 2,567.5 2,539.9 -27.6

Business support services .............................. 812.3 817.7 792.9 797.9 810.5 798.5 798.9 803.7 797.0 796.6 -.4

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,673.2 1,788.9 1,688.4 1,699.1 1,837.2 1,866.3 1,861.1 1,872.0 1,865.8 1,868.5 2.7

Waste management and remediation services 346.6 362.2 360.0 357.2 353.6 357.4 362.7 363.5 366.0 364.2 -1.8

Education and health services ................................ 18,218 18,741 18,501 18,754 18,111 18,490 18,522 18,568 18,617 18,647 30

Educational services ............................................. 3,056.0 3,124.9 2,929.8 3,147.5 2,909.9 2,974.9 2,975.5 2,984.5 3,004.8 2,998.0 -6.8

Health care and social assistance ........................15,161.6 15,616.5 15,571.5 15,606.4 15,201.0 15,515.1 15,546.7 15,583.2 15,611.8 15,648.8 37.0

3 Health care ......................................................... 12,767.0 13,133.9 13,099.6 13,127.5 12,812.1 13,060.1 13,081.1 13,109.6 13,136.3 13,172.3 36.0

1 Ambulatory health care services .................... 5,384.4 5,583.3 5,562.0 5,577.6 5,403.4 5,547.3 5,554.8 5,566.0 5,581.8 5,596.6 14.8

Offices of physicians .................................... 2,172.3 2,246.2 2,238.3 2,248.7 2,179.0 2,226.1 2,232.2 2,235.6 2,244.7 2,253.9 9.2

Outpatient care centers ................................ 505.5 513.9 510.3 512.0 506.3 511.4 511.0 513.0 511.6 512.8 1.2

Home health care services .......................... 891.0 933.2 930.4 928.9 896.1 930.3 929.1 930.9 933.6 934.6 1.0

Hospitals .......................................................... 4,462.3 4,574.5 4,570.8 4,583.1 4,474.4 4,549.7 4,558.8 4,572.4 4,578.5 4,595.0 16.5

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............ 2,920.3 2,976.1 2,966.8 2,966.8 2,934.3 2,963.1 2,967.5 2,971.2 2,976.0 2,980.7 4.7

Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,589.2 1,611.3 1,604.6 1,604.5 1,599.2 1,603.1 1,605.9 1,608.2 1,609.7 1,613.4 3.7

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,394.6 2,482.6 2,471.9 2,478.9 2,388.9 2,455.0 2,465.6 2,473.6 2,475.5 2,476.5 1.0

Child day care services ................................... 846.2 867.7 860.8 862.6 837.2 853.3 856.7 857.1 857.3 855.2 -2.1

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,790 13,358 13,028 13,109 13,331 13,604 13,628 13,635 13,646 13,667 21

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,760.6 1,860.7 1,789.5 1,814.1 1,968.8 1,996.4 2,001.4 2,010.3 2,017.5 2,022.8 5.3

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 375.6 416.7 387.1 401.1 405.0 419.0 426.4 429.9 430.2 431.5 1.3

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 116.5 125.3 120.7 119.0 127.8 131.9 131.6 131.5 131.8 131.4 -.4

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,268.5 1,318.7 1,281.7 1,294.0 1,436.0 1,445.5 1,443.4 1,448.9 1,455.5 1,459.9 4.4

Accommodation and food services ...................... 11,029.7 11,496.9 11,238.1 11,295.2 11,362.6 11,607.5 11,626.8 11,624.7 11,628.1 11,643.7 15.6

Accommodation .................................................. 1,775.0 1,803.0 1,770.4 1,771.0 1,853.5 1,863.6 1,870.3 1,858.1 1,856.0 1,851.7 -4.3

Food services and drinking places .................... 9,254.7 9,693.9 9,467.7 9,524.2 9,509.1 9,743.9 9,756.5 9,766.6 9,772.1 9,792.0 19.9

Other services .......................................................... 5,426 5,486 5,436 5,470 5,470 5,496 5,506 5,507 5,508 5,515 7

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,240.9 1,246.5 1,236.8 1,244.4 1,249.1 1,260.1 1,258.0 1,255.5 1,253.8 1,255.0 1.2

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,286.0 1,304.3 1,286.2 1,290.2 1,301.9 1,303.4 1,309.7 1,306.9 1,305.7 1,305.9 .2

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,899.2 2,935.2 2,912.5 2,934.9 2,918.6 2,932.8 2,938.0 2,944.4 2,948.5 2,953.7 5.2

Government .............................................................. 22,445 22,702 22,202 22,703 22,127 22,262 22,278 22,333 22,337 22,375 38

Federal ................................................................... 2,709 2,740 2,694 2,706 2,729 2,722 2,728 2,735 2,718 2,726 8

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,947.6 1,960.8 1,958.2 1,971.3 1,963.5 1,963.5 1,966.7 1,972.3 1,976.8 1,984.9 8.1

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 761.1 779.1 735.5 734.5 765.6 758.3 761.7 763.1 741.3 741.5 .2

State government .................................................. 5,233 5,250 5,055 5,297 5,114 5,138 5,131 5,153 5,164 5,174 10

State government education .............................. 2,444.0 2,447.5 2,247.5 2,479.0 2,312.6 2,325.9 2,314.3 2,332.5 2,339.1 2,344.5 5.4

State government, excluding education ............ 2,788.7 2,802.6 2,807.6 2,818.1 2,801.3 2,812.4 2,816.5 2,820.9 2,824.8 2,829.2 4.4

Local government .................................................. 14,503 14,712 14,453 14,700 14,284 14,402 14,419 14,445 14,455 14,475 20

Local government education ............................. 8,278.0 8,360.4 8,128.5 8,358.7 7,953.7 7,994.6 7,999.6 8,016.5 8,016.9 8,027.9 11.0

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,225.1 6,351.9 6,324.3 6,341.4 6,330.2 6,406.9 6,419.2 6,428.2 6,437.8 6,446.9 9.1

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

vehicle parts.

3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing

and residential care facilities.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for

the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing

NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more

details.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007

 Nov. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

Change

from:

Jan. 2008-

Feb. 2008p

Total private ....................................... 33.4 34.1 33.3 33.4 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.7 33.7 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 39.6 40.7 40.0 39.7 40.2 40.6 40.7 40.5 40.4 40.4 .0

Natural resources and mining .............................. 45.4 45.8 44.9 45.0 45.9 46.0 46.2 45.8 45.6 45.6 .0

Construction ............................................................ 37.4 38.6 37.8 37.4 38.4 39.0 39.1 39.0 38.7 38.6 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.5 41.6 40.9 40.7 40.9 41.2 41.3 41.1 41.1 41.1 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 4.3 3.9 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 .0

Durable goods ..................................................... 40.7 41.8 41.1 41.0 41.1 41.5 41.5 41.3 41.4 41.4 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.1 .0

Wood products .................................................. 38.1 39.4 38.2 37.7 39.2 39.5 39.0 39.2 39.1 38.9 -.2

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 40.5 41.1 41.0 40.9 41.7 42.6 42.9 41.5 42.1 42.1 .0

Primary metals .................................................. 42.9 42.8 42.4 42.4 43.0 42.6 42.7 42.2 42.3 42.5 .2

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.7 42.1 41.5 41.3 41.1 41.7 41.7 41.6 41.6 41.7 .1

Machinery .......................................................... 42.0 43.5 43.0 43.0 42.2 42.9 42.9 42.9 43.1 43.2 .1

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.1 41.4 40.1 40.1 40.5 40.6 40.9 40.5 40.4 40.4 .0

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.5 42.7 41.6 41.1 41.0 40.7 41.2 41.6 41.6 41.6 .0

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.3 42.9 42.6 42.8 42.5 42.7 42.6 42.1 42.7 43.0 .3

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 41.3 42.3 41.9 42.5 41.6 42.2 42.1 41.6 42.2 42.7 .5

Furniture and related products ....................... 38.5 39.9 37.8 37.3 38.9 39.1 38.9 39.1 38.2 37.8 -.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 37.8 39.3 38.7 38.2 37.9 39.0 38.8 38.8 38.8 38.5 -.3

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.1 41.3 40.4 40.2 40.6 40.8 40.9 40.8 40.5 40.6 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 4.2 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 39.7 41.0 40.1 39.7 40.5 40.8 40.6 40.4 40.4 40.5 .1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.7 40.3 40.2 40.4 40.6 40.6 40.5 40.8 40.9 41.1 .2

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.5 41.1 38.8 38.8 40.7 40.2 39.9 40.2 38.8 39.1 .3

Textile product mills ......................................... 39.1 40.7 38.4 38.7 39.2 39.2 39.1 39.9 38.5 39.0 .5

Apparel ............................................................... 37.0 37.5 36.4 36.5 37.1 36.6 36.9 37.5 36.7 36.6 -.1

Leather and allied products ............................ 37.8 40.0 37.7 37.6 38.1 37.7 38.1 39.1 38.0 37.9 -.1

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.7 44.6 44.1 43.5 42.4 43.3 43.7 44.0 44.1 44.1 .0

Printing and related support activities ........... 39.5 39.3 38.1 38.1 39.4 38.8 39.0 38.8 38.2 38.1 -.1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 44.1 43.1 43.6 44.3 45.0 42.9 43.8 44.0 44.1 44.9 .8

Chemicals .......................................................... 41.8 41.8 41.5 41.2 41.8 41.7 42.1 41.5 41.4 41.3 -.1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.1 42.0 41.2 41.0 40.4 41.7 42.1 41.4 41.2 41.4 .2

Private service-providing ............................. 32.1 32.7 31.9 32.1 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.3 32.3 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 32.9 33.7 32.8 32.9 33.3 33.2 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.8 38.8 37.9 37.9 38.1 38.1 38.1 38.3 38.3 38.2 -.1

Retail trade ........................................................... 29.7 30.5 29.6 29.6 30.2 30.1 30.2 30.1 30.1 30.1 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.6 37.6 36.0 36.4 37.1 36.7 36.8 36.8 36.6 36.9 .3

Utilities ................................................................... 42.1 42.7 42.6 42.5 42.4 42.2 42.5 42.8 42.9 42.7 -.2

Information ............................................................... 36.4 36.7 35.9 36.1 36.5 36.2 36.2 36.3 36.2 36.3 .1

Financial activities .................................................. 35.8 36.4 35.4 35.8 36.0 35.7 35.8 35.8 35.7 35.9 .2

Professional and business services .................... 34.4 35.2 34.0 34.4 34.6 34.8 34.7 34.8 34.6 34.6 .0

Education and health services ............................. 32.3 32.8 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.5 32.5 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.1 25.3 24.5 24.9 25.5 25.4 25.3 25.3 25.3 25.3 .0

Other services ......................................................... 30.7 31.0 30.5 30.6 30.8 30.8 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.7 -.1

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining

and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory

workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account

for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private

nonfarm payrolls.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor

vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for

the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing

NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more

details.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and 

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

 Feb. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

Total private ....................................... $17.20 $17.75 $17.80 $17.84 $574.48 $605.28 $592.74 $595.86

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 17.17 17.70 17.75 17.80 578.63 598.26 598.18 599.86

Goods-producing .......................................... 18.29 18.96 18.90 18.94 724.28 771.67 756.00 751.92

Natural resources and mining .............................. 20.82 21.68 21.89 21.76 945.23 992.94 982.86 979.20

Construction ............................................................ 20.47 21.38 21.23 21.34 765.58 825.27 802.49 798.12

Manufacturing ......................................................... 17.05 17.51 17.55 17.57 690.53 728.42 717.80 715.10

Durable goods ..................................................... 17.96 18.46 18.44 18.51 730.97 771.63 757.88 758.91

Wood products .................................................. 13.54 13.88 13.92 13.99 515.87 546.87 531.74 527.42

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.79 16.94 16.94 16.78 680.00 696.23 694.54 686.30

Primary metals .................................................. 19.37 19.73 20.03 19.95 830.97 844.44 849.27 845.88

Fabricated metal products .............................. 16.32 16.82 16.77 16.81 664.22 708.12 695.96 694.25

Machinery .......................................................... 17.64 17.95 17.74 17.75 740.88 780.83 762.82 763.25

Computer and electronic products ................ 19.52 20.33 20.54 20.66 782.75 841.66 823.65 828.47

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.91 15.73 15.70 15.80 644.36 671.67 653.12 649.38

Transportation equipment ............................... 22.56 23.46 23.34 23.50 954.29 1,006.43 994.28 1,005.80

Furniture and related products ....................... 14.06 14.50 14.39 14.29 541.31 578.55 543.94 533.02

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 14.49 15.00 14.91 14.87 547.72 589.50 577.02 568.03

Nondurable goods ............................................... 15.47 15.90 16.02 15.96 620.35 656.67 647.21 641.59

Food manufacturing ......................................... 13.34 13.70 13.86 13.71 529.60 561.70 555.79 544.29

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 17.88 19.69 19.78 19.78 709.84 793.51 795.16 799.11

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.87 13.13 13.31 13.34 521.24 539.64 516.43 517.59

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.86 11.75 11.66 11.68 463.73 478.23 447.74 452.02

Apparel ............................................................... 10.93 11.28 11.44 11.46 404.41 423.00 416.42 418.29

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.82 12.12 12.79 12.86 446.80 484.80 482.18 483.54

Paper and paper products .............................. 18.11 18.71 18.85 18.61 755.19 834.47 831.29 809.54

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.87 16.65 16.54 16.49 626.87 654.35 630.17 628.27

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.82 25.52 26.59 26.64 1,094.56 1,099.91 1,159.32 1,180.15

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.56 19.57 19.49 19.48 817.61 818.03 808.84 802.58

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 15.25 15.65 15.60 15.64 611.53 657.30 642.72 641.24

Private service-providing ............................. 16.93 17.45 17.51 17.57 543.45 570.62 558.57 564.00

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.62 15.89 16.01 16.09 513.90 535.49 525.13 529.36

Wholesale trade ................................................... 19.26 20.10 19.99 20.05 728.03 779.88 757.62 759.90

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.70 12.64 12.80 12.83 377.19 385.52 378.88 379.77

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 17.41 18.04 18.05 18.11 637.21 678.30 649.80 659.20

Utilities ................................................................... 27.46 28.61 28.48 28.41 1,156.07 1,221.65 1,213.25 1,207.43

Information ............................................................... 23.80 24.34 24.44 24.47 866.32 893.28 877.40 883.37

Financial activities .................................................. 19.42 19.97 19.96 20.04 695.24 726.91 706.58 717.43

Professional and business services .................... 19.95 20.67 20.66 20.76 686.28 727.58 702.44 714.14

Education and health services ............................. 17.76 18.51 18.58 18.51 573.65 607.13 601.99 599.72

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 10.25 10.77 10.73 10.81 257.28 272.48 262.89 269.17

Other services ......................................................... 15.10 15.75 15.75 15.81 463.57 488.25 480.38 483.79

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for

the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing

NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more

details.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total Private:

 Feb. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007

 Nov. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2008-

Feb. 2008 p

Current dollars ................................................ $17.17 $17.59 $17.64 $17.70 $17.75 $17.80 0.3

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.35 8.34 8.27 8.27 8.26 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 18.39 18.77 18.84 18.90 18.97 19.03 .3

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 20.75 21.05 21.02 21.54 21.66 21.64 -.1

Construction ............................................................................ 20.59 21.07 21.20 21.30 21.36 21.45 .4

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 17.06 17.34 17.40 17.41 17.51 17.56 .3

.....................................................

4 Excluding overtime 16.25 16.52 16.58 16.60 16.70 16.75 .3

Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.98 18.28 18.31 18.33 18.42 18.50 .4

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.49 15.73 15.85 15.86 15.94 15.96 .1

Private service-providing ............................................. 16.85 17.28 17.33 17.39 17.44 17.49 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.60 15.94 15.93 16.00 16.02 16.07 .3

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 19.24 19.77 19.86 19.93 19.97 20.03 .3

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.68 12.86 12.81 12.81 12.82 12.83 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 17.52 17.86 17.93 18.07 18.09 18.20 .6

Utilities ................................................................................... 27.46 28.32 28.18 28.52 28.47 28.44 -.1

Information ............................................................................... 23.78 24.10 24.11 24.18 24.34 24.43 .4

Financial activities .................................................................. 19.40 19.78 19.87 19.91 19.99 20.03 .2

Professional and business services .................................... 19.81 20.31 20.42 20.46 20.53 20.61 .4

Education and health services ............................................. 17.78 18.34 18.43 18.48 18.53 18.55 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 10.17 10.60 10.61 10.65 10.68 10.73 .5

Other services ......................................................................... 15.13 15.59 15.66 15.71 15.78 15.84 .4

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 -0.1 percent from Dec. 2007 to Jan. 2008, 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.

NOTE: Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for

the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing

NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more

details.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007

 Nov. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2008-

Feb. 2008p

Total private ....................................... 103.4 109.2 104.1 104.4 106.2 107.7 107.7 107.8 107.4 107.3 -0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 96.0 100.6 96.2 94.8 100.5 101.4 101.5 100.6 100.1 99.5 -.6

Natural resources and mining .............................. 126.2 135.1 129.6 130.3 131.7 133.5 136.0 135.6 135.2 135.7 .4

Construction ............................................................ 101.3 109.4 101.5 99.2 111.6 114.5 113.9 112.7 111.2 110.1 -1.0

Manufacturing ......................................................... 92.4 95.0 92.4 91.4 94.1 93.9 94.3 93.7 93.6 93.1 -.5

Durable goods ..................................................... 95.5 98.0 95.3 94.3 97.1 97.2 97.3 96.5 96.7 95.9 -.8

Wood products .................................................. 86.4 86.9 82.3 79.8 91.3 88.2 86.6 86.9 86.0 84.8 -1.4

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 89.4 92.4 90.8 89.4 96.0 98.4 98.4 94.4 96.9 96.1 -.8

Primary metals .................................................. 92.3 90.9 90.0 90.1 91.9 90.3 90.7 89.6 89.7 89.8 .1

Fabricated metal products .............................. 101.8 106.3 104.1 103.0 103.3 105.2 105.2 104.8 104.9 104.5 -.4

Machinery .......................................................... 101.6 106.7 105.6 105.2 102.2 104.6 104.9 105.0 105.8 105.8 .0

Computer and electronic products ................ 101.8 104.3 100.7 100.1 103.2 101.3 102.7 101.7 101.5 101.0 -.5

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 86.7 92.0 88.8 87.6 87.9 87.9 89.1 89.2 89.0 88.9 -.1

Transportation equipment ............................... 97.1 98.0 95.2 94.9 97.6 96.9 97.2 95.2 96.1 95.6 -.5

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 85.8 84.1 80.4 81.1 86.5 83.9 83.8 81.6 82.3 81.9 -.5

Furniture and related products ....................... 85.4 86.2 80.2 77.2 87.2 85.4 84.8 84.2 81.7 79.1 -3.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 88.6 92.7 89.8 88.1 89.1 90.6 90.7 91.0 90.7 88.9 -2.0

Nondurable goods ............................................... 87.3 90.3 87.3 86.6 89.4 89.0 89.2 89.3 88.5 88.5 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 96.1 102.7 98.6 97.0 100.2 100.9 100.4 101.0 100.9 101.0 .1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 97.3 89.1 85.5 85.1 101.6 98.3 96.3 92.3 90.3 89.7 -.7

Textile mills ........................................................ 58.8 54.8 51.4 51.2 59.5 54.6 53.8 53.8 51.8 52.0 .4

Textile product mills ......................................... 78.5 77.7 71.6 72.0 78.8 74.5 75.3 76.4 72.3 72.8 .7

Apparel ............................................................... 61.6 59.7 56.0 56.8 62.5 58.5 59.2 60.3 58.2 57.6 -1.0

Leather and allied products ............................ 68.1 74.0 70.7 67.5 69.2 69.5 70.5 71.5 71.3 68.6 -3.8

Paper and paper products .............................. 83.4 89.0 88.0 87.0 85.1 86.3 86.9 87.9 88.2 88.3 .1

Printing and related support activities ........... 93.0 92.4 88.8 87.8 93.5 91.0 91.6 90.6 89.6 88.5 -1.2

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 87.7 90.3 92.4 95.2 93.1 95.6 96.4 95.1 97.4 100.3 3.0

Chemicals .......................................................... 92.7 96.2 95.4 94.9 93.1 93.8 95.9 95.6 95.4 95.3 -.1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 88.4 91.2 88.7 88.4 89.6 91.0 91.2 90.1 89.4 89.7 .3

Private service-providing ............................. 105.4 111.4 106.2 107.0 108.0 109.5 109.5 109.7 109.4 109.3 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 101.1 109.4 102.8 101.8 104.0 104.6 105.1 105.1 105.0 104.8 -.2

Wholesale trade ................................................... 105.8 112.8 108.9 108.7 107.7 110.5 110.4 111.1 111.1 110.7 -.4

Retail trade ........................................................... 97.5 107.2 99.1 97.2 101.3 101.3 101.9 101.4 101.4 101.0 -.4

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 106.9 113.6 106.3 107.1 109.7 108.9 109.4 109.5 108.9 110.0 1.0

Utilities ................................................................... 94.5 97.1 96.9 96.3 95.6 96.2 96.7 97.5 97.9 97.3 -.6

Information ............................................................... 99.2 101.3 98.0 98.9 99.8 99.4 99.4 99.7 99.6 99.8 .2

Financial activities .................................................. 107.8 110.0 106.1 107.3 109.1 108.1 108.2 108.2 107.9 108.4 .5

Professional and business services .................... 111.2 118.1 111.2 112.7 114.1 116.3 115.9 116.7 115.9 115.6 -.3

Education and health services ............................. 110.6 115.8 113.0 114.5 110.4 113.6 113.8 114.1 114.1 114.3 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 103.6 109.2 102.9 105.2 110.0 111.9 111.6 111.6 111.6 111.8 .2

Other services ......................................................... 97.1 99.3 96.8 97.9 98.3 99.2 99.5 99.2 99.3 99.2 -.1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and

motor vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by

dividing the current months estimates of aggregate hours by

the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours

estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours

and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.

Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis

for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry,

replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm

for more details.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Feb. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2007

 Oct. 

2007

 Nov. 

2007

 Dec. 

2007

 Jan. 

2008p

 Feb. 

2008p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2008-

Feb. 2008p

Total private ....................................... 118.8 129.6 123.9 124.5 121.9 126.6 127.0 127.5 127.4 127.6 0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 107.6 116.8 111.4 109.9 113.2 116.6 117.1 116.5 116.3 116.0 -.3

Natural resources and mining .............................. 152.8 170.3 164.9 164.9 159.0 163.4 166.3 169.8 170.3 170.8 .3

Construction ............................................................ 112.0 126.3 116.4 114.3 124.0 130.3 130.4 129.6 128.2 127.5 -.5

Manufacturing ......................................................... 103.0 108.8 106.0 105.0 105.0 106.5 107.3 106.7 107.2 106.9 -.3

Durable goods ..................................................... 107.1 112.9 109.7 109.0 109.0 110.9 111.2 110.4 111.2 110.7 -.4

Nondurable goods ............................................... 95.4 101.5 98.8 97.7 97.9 98.9 99.9 100.0 99.7 99.8 .1

Private service-providing ............................. 122.3 133.3 127.5 128.9 124.8 129.7 130.2 130.8 130.8 131.1 .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 112.6 124.0 117.3 116.8 115.8 119.0 119.4 119.9 120.0 120.2 .2

Wholesale trade ................................................... 120.0 133.6 128.2 128.3 122.0 128.6 129.2 130.4 130.7 130.6 -.1

Retail trade ........................................................... 106.1 116.2 108.7 106.9 110.0 111.6 111.9 111.3 111.4 111.1 -.3

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 118.0 130.0 121.7 123.1 121.9 123.4 124.4 125.5 125.0 127.0 1.6

Utilities ................................................................... 108.3 115.9 115.1 114.2 109.6 113.7 113.7 116.1 116.3 115.5 -.7

Information ............................................................... 116.9 122.1 118.6 119.8 117.5 118.6 118.7 119.4 120.0 120.7 .6

Financial activities .................................................. 129.5 135.8 130.9 133.0 130.9 132.3 133.0 133.2 133.3 134.2 .7

Professional and business services .................... 132.0 145.3 136.7 139.2 134.5 140.5 140.9 142.1 141.5 141.8 .2

Education and health services ............................. 129.1 141.0 138.0 139.3 129.0 137.0 137.8 138.6 139.0 139.3 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 120.6 133.6 125.3 129.2 127.0 134.7 134.4 135.0 135.4 136.2 .6

Other services ......................................................... 106.8 114.0 111.1 112.8 108.4 112.7 113.5 113.6 114.1 114.5 .4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated

by dividing the current months estimates of aggregate payrolls

by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate

payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory

worker employment.

Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis

for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry,

replacing NAICS 2002. See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm

for more details.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 274 industries

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries

1

1

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Time span

2004 ......................................................... 50.5 50.5 64.1 62.6 61.7 58.9 56.0 50.0 56.9 56.9 51.3 51.8

2005 ......................................................... 52.2 60.6 54.2 58.2 55.8 58.2 58.0 61.3 54.7 53.6 62.4 54.7

2006 ......................................................... 65.1 60.9 64.4 59.3 53.3 52.7 60.4 58.9 53.5 55.8 57.1 56.0

2007 ......................................................... 51.6 51.8 52.7 51.1 56.6 50.4 52.2 51.6 56.4 54.6 48.2 48.5

2008 .........................................................

p 46.2 p 45.6

2004 ......................................................... 54.4 52.9 57.3 63.5 68.8 66.6 61.3 56.4 57.7 59.5 61.9 54.6

2005 ......................................................... 52.2 55.5 57.5 60.8 58.9 61.9 60.4 63.9 61.1 54.4 54.9 61.3

2006 ......................................................... 67.2 66.2 66.6 65.5 60.6 58.2 56.0 58.9 55.7 56.4 57.1 58.4

2007 ......................................................... 58.4 54.7 55.3 54.7 56.2 53.3 53.1 54.7 58.4 56.8 54.7 52.4

2008 .........................................................

p 48.0 p 46.9

2004 ......................................................... 50.0 51.6 55.3 60.9 63.7 65.1 65.1 63.9 60.4 61.7 58.2 56.0

2005 ......................................................... 54.6 57.3 56.8 57.5 57.5 58.2 64.4 62.8 62.0 59.3 61.5 62.0

2006 ......................................................... 63.1 64.4 67.2 67.0 64.4 66.4 61.5 61.7 60.4 59.7 60.8 56.0

2007 ......................................................... 59.1 56.4 57.5 56.8 58.8 58.2 56.2 58.0 58.2 57.1 54.6 53.8

2008 .........................................................

p 52.6 p 50.4

2004 ......................................................... 40.5 42.3 45.1 48.9 51.3 58.2 57.5 55.7 57.3 58.8 60.6 60.8

2005 ......................................................... 60.6 60.8 59.7 58.9 58.0 60.0 60.9 63.3 60.4 58.9 59.5 61.7

2006 ......................................................... 67.2 65.1 65.5 62.6 64.8 66.4 64.4 64.4 66.2 65.1 64.4 65.5

2007 ......................................................... 62.6 59.1 60.4 58.9 59.5 58.4 57.5 58.8 61.7 60.4 59.9 57.7

2008 .........................................................

p 55.5 p 54.9

2004 ......................................................... 43.5 47.6 47.0 63.7 50.6 51.2 58.3 42.9 42.9 48.2 42.3 39.9

2005 ......................................................... 36.3 48.8 42.9 44.6 42.3 35.1 38.1 47.0 45.8 46.4 47.0 47.0

2006 ......................................................... 57.7 45.8 54.8 48.8 38.1 53.0 50.6 44.0 36.3 40.5 38.1 39.3

2007 ......................................................... 47.6 35.7 30.4 29.8 37.5 39.3 41.7 33.3 40.5 45.2 44.6 36.3

2008 .........................................................

p 39.9 p 31.0

2004 ......................................................... 41.1 40.5 43.5 56.5 58.9 61.3 57.7 47.0 46.4 41.7 44.6 38.7

2005 ......................................................... 38.1 39.3 42.3 44.6 36.3 37.5 33.3 39.9 45.8 41.7 38.7 49.4

2006 ......................................................... 54.8 52.4 47.6 48.8 44.6 50.6 42.9 47.6 36.3 37.5 32.1 34.5

2007 ......................................................... 33.9 28.6 32.1 27.4 29.8 32.7 31.0 34.5 32.1 39.3 44.0 41.7

2008 .........................................................

p 35.7 p 29.8

2004 ......................................................... 29.2 31.5 32.7 44.6 49.4 54.8 59.5 56.0 51.2 51.8 44.0 38.7

2005 ......................................................... 33.9 38.1 35.1 36.9 32.1 32.1 41.7 35.7 36.3 36.9 37.5 42.3

2006 ......................................................... 42.9 45.2 50.6 47.6 48.2 47.6 46.4 48.8 43.5 41.7 38.7 29.8

2007 ......................................................... 34.5 27.4 23.8 27.4 31.5 34.5 33.3 31.0 29.2 35.1 34.5 32.7

2008 .........................................................

p 33.3 p 32.1

2004 ......................................................... 13.1 14.3 13.1 20.2 23.2 35.7 36.9 38.1 36.9 44.0 44.6 44.6

2005 ......................................................... 44.6 43.5 41.7 40.5 36.3 35.1 32.1 33.9 32.7 33.3 33.3 38.1

2006 ......................................................... 44.6 40.5 40.5 39.3 39.3 44.6 41.7 42.3 46.4 48.2 45.2 44.0

2007 ......................................................... 39.3 36.3 36.9 28.6 29.8 26.2 26.8 29.2 30.4 29.8 33.3 33.9

2008 .........................................................

p 29.8 p 29.2

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

unadjusted data for the 12-month span.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing

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

50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing

and decreasing employment.

Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment

and tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002.

See http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm for more details.