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Technical information: 

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

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

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

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — JULY 2015

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 215,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was 

unchanged at 5.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in retail 

trade, health care, professional and technical services, and financial activities.

Household Survey Data

In July, both the unemployment rate (5.3 percent) and the number of unemployed persons (8.3 

million) were unchanged. Over the year, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons 

were down by 0.9 percentage point and 1.4 million, respectively. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for teenagers declined to 16.2 percent in 

July. The rates for adult men (4.8 percent), adult women (4.9 percent), whites (4.6 percent), blacks (9.1 

percent), Asians (4.0 percent), and Hispanics (6.8 percent) showed little or no change. (See tables A-1, 

A-2, and A-3.) 

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month 

change, seasonally adjusted, July 2013 – July 2015

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

July 2013 – July 2015
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Among the unemployed, the number of new entrants decreased by 107,000 in July. New entrants are 

unemployed persons who never previously worked. (See table A-11.) 

In July, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed 

at 2.2 million. These individuals accounted for 26.9 percent of the unemployed. Over the past 12 

months, the number of long-term unemployed is down by 986,000. (See table A-12.) 

The civilian labor force participation rate was unchanged at 62.6 percent in July, after declining by 

0.3 percentage point in June. The employment-population ratio, at 59.3 percent, was also unchanged 

in July and has shown little movement thus far this year. (See table A-1.) 

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

involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in July at 6.3 million. These individuals, who would 

have preferred full-time employment, were working part time because their hours had been cut back or 

because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) 

In July, 1.9 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, down by 251,000 from a year 

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

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

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

(See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 668,000 discouraged workers in July, little changed from a 

year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently 

looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.3 million persons 

marginally attached to the labor force in July had not searched for work for reasons such as school 

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

Establishment Survey Data

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 215,000 in July, compared with an average monthly gain 

of 246,000 over the prior 12 months. In July, job gains occurred in retail trade, health care, professional 

and technical services, and financial activities.

Employment in retail trade increased by 36,000 in July and has risen by 322,000 over the year. In July, 

motor vehicle and parts dealers added 13,000 jobs, and employment continued to trend up in general 

merchandise stores (+6,000). 

Health care added 28,000 jobs in July and has added 436,000 jobs over the year. In July, employment 

rose in hospitals (+16,000). 

Professional and technical services added 27,000 jobs in July, with gains in computer systems design 

and related services (+9,000) and architectural and engineering services (+6,000). Over the past 12 

months, professional and technical services has added 301,000 jobs. Management of companies and 

enterprises added 14,000 jobs over the month. 

Employment in financial activities rose by 17,000 in July and has risen by 156,000 over the past 12 

months. Insurance carriers and related activities accounted for more than half of the gain in July 

(+10,000) and over the year (+85,000). 
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In July, manufacturing employment edged up (+15,000). Employment in nondurable goods rose by 

23,000 over the month, including gains in food manufacturing (+9,000) and in plastics and rubber 

products (+6,000). 

Employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in July (+29,000) and has 

increased by 376,000 over the year.

Employment in transportation and warehousing also continued to trend up in July (+14,000) and has 

risen by 146,000 over the year. Employment in couriers and messengers rose by 3,000 over the month. 

Mining employment continued to trend down in July (-5,000). Since a recent high in December 2014, 

employment in the industry has declined by 78,000, with losses concentrated in support activities for 

mining.

Employment in other major industries, including construction, wholesale trade, information, and 

government, showed little change over the month. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to 34.6 

hours in July. The manufacturing workweek for all employees also edged up by 0.1 hour to 40.7 hours, 

and factory overtime was unchanged at 3.4 hours. The average workweek for production and 

nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.7 hours. (See tables B-2 

and B-7.) 

In July, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 5 cents to 

$24.99. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 2.1 percent. Average hourly earnings of 

private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees increased by 3 cents to $21.01 in July. (See 

tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for May was revised from +254,000 to +260,000, and 

the change for June was revised from +223,000 to +231,000. With these revisions, employment gains in 

May and June combined were 14,000 higher than previously reported. Over the past 3 months, job gains 

have averaged 235,000 per month. 

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The Employment Situation for August is scheduled to be released on Friday, September 4, 2015, at 

8:30 a.m. (EDT). 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category July

2014

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Change from:

June 2015-

July 2015

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population........................................... 248,023 250,455 250,663 250,876 213

Civilian labor force........................................................... 156,048 157,469 157,037 157,106 69

Participation rate.......................................................... 62.9 62.9 62.6 62.6 0.0

Employed................................................................... 146,401 148,795 148,739 148,840 101

Employment-population ratio.......................................... 59.0 59.4 59.3 59.3 0.0

Unemployed............................................................... 9,648 8,674 8,299 8,266 -33

Unemployment rate.................................................... 6.2 5.5 5.3 5.3 0.0

Not in labor force............................................................ 91,975 92,986 93,626 93,770 144

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over...................................................... 6.2 5.5 5.3 5.3 0.0

Adult men (20 years and over)............................................ 5.7 5.0 4.8 4.8 0.0

Adult women (20 years and over)......................................... 5.7 5.0 4.8 4.9 0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................ 20.0 17.9 18.1 16.2 -1.9

White.......................................................................... 5.3 4.7 4.6 4.6 0.0

Black or African American.................................................. 11.4 10.2 9.5 9.1 -0.4

Asian.......................................................................... 4.2 4.1 3.8 4.0 0.2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................................. 7.6 6.7 6.6 6.8 0.2

Total, 25 years and over...................................................... 5.0 4.5 4.2 4.3 0.1

Less than a high school diploma.......................................... 9.6 8.6 8.2 8.3 0.1

High school graduates, no college........................................ 6.1 5.8 5.4 5.5 0.1

Some college or associate degree........................................ 5.4 4.4 4.2 4.4 0.2

Bachelor’s degree and higher.............................................. 3.1 2.7 2.5 2.6 0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.................. 4,830 4,267 4,088 4,143 55

Job leavers...................................................................... 857 829 773 843 70

Reentrants....................................................................... 2,860 2,615 2,516 2,447 -69

New entrants.................................................................... 1,080 971 933 826 -107

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks............................................................. 2,583 2,418 2,355 2,488 133

5 to 14 weeks................................................................... 2,435 2,532 2,364 2,257 -107

15 to 26 weeks................................................................. 1,423 1,293 1,393 1,188 -205

27 weeks and over............................................................. 3,166 2,502 2,121 2,180 59

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons.............................................. 7,433 6,652 6,505 6,325 -180

Slack work or business conditions........................................ 4,612 3,891 3,915 3,828 -87

Could only find part-time work............................................. 2,505 2,390 2,216 2,213 -3

Part time for noneconomic reasons.......................................... 19,650 19,961 20,480 19,891 -589

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force....................................... 2,178 1,862 1,914 1,927 –

Discouraged workers........................................................ 741 563 653 668 –

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

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

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

annually with the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 260 231 215

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 252 227 210

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 -2 -2 17

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 -20 -4 -4

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 12 0 6

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6 2 15

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 -3 -2 -8

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 6.8 -2.2 -1.4

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1 9 4 23

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 254 229 193

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 9.6 3.2 6.3

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 33.0 36.5 35.9

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.3 13.2 13.8 14.4

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 1.5 -0.1 2.6

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 -1 4 2

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 9 17 17

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 68 69 40

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 8.6 16.5 -8.9

Education and health services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 57 58 37

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.4 58.6 55.2 30.1

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 56 24 30

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 4 7

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8 4 5

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 189 226 235

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 186 223 230

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

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

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

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.7 82.5 82.5 82.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.6

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24.47 $24.95 $24.94 $24.99

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $844.22 $860.78 $860.43 $864.65

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.2 103.2 103.4 103.9

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.1 122.9 123.1 123.9

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (263 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.9 58.4 60.6 64.4

Manufacturing (80 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.8 46.3 52.5 57.5

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

service-providing industries.

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

hours.

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

aggregate weekly payrolls.

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

balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

1. Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Employment Situation news release. 

3. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax 

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

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

4. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

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

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

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

industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

insurance benefits? 

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

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

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

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

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

looking for work? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

typically, but not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some 

employees may be off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, 

while some workers, such as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. 

Typically, it is not possible to precisely quantify the effect of extreme weather on payroll 

employment estimates. In order for severe weather conditions to reduce employment estimates, 

employees have to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. Employees 

who receive pay for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll 

employment figures. For more information on how often employees are paid, please visit 

www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-3/how-frequently-do-private-businesses-pay-workers.htm. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household 

survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (CES; 

establishment survey). The household survey provides 

information on the labor force, employment, and 

unemployment that appears in the "A" tables, marked 

HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 

eligible households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for 

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

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm 

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

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of 

nonagricultural business establishments. Each month the 

CES program surveys about 143,000 businesses and 

government agencies, representing approximately 588,000 

individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry 

data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on 

nonfarm payrolls. The active sample includes approximately 

one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. 

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

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

reference period is generally the calendar week that contains 

the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the 

reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which 

may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. 

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys 

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force. 

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked 

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

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

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: they had no employment during the 

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

and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime 

during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. 

Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be 

looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The 

unemployment data derived from the household survey in no 

way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of 

unemployment insurance benefits. 

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those persons not classified as 

employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The 

unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent 

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

labor force as a percent of the population, and 

the employment-population ratio is the employed as a 

percent of the population. Additional information 

about the household survey can be found at 

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

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

government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are 

those who received pay for any part of the reference pay 

period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted 

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

for the private sector for all employees and for production 

and nonsupervisory employees. Production and

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and logging, 

construction workers in construction, and non-supervisory 

employees in private service-providing industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an 

establishment’s principal activity in accordance with the 

2012 version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

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

Differences in employment estimates. The numerous 

conceptual and methodological differences between the 

household and establishment surveys result in important 

distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the 

surveys. Among these are: 

 The household survey includes agricultural 

workers, self-employed workers whose businesses 

are unincorporated, unpaid family workers, and 

private household workers among the employed. 

These groups are excluded from the establishment 

survey. 

 The household survey includes people on unpaid 

leave among the employed. The establishment 

survey does not. 

 The household survey is limited to workers 16 years 

of age and older. The establishment survey is not 

limited by age. 

 The household survey has no duplication of 

individuals, because individuals are counted only 

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

establishment survey, employees working at more 

than one job and thus appearing on more than one 

payroll are counted separately for each appearance. 
Seasonal adjustment 

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

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, and 

the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such 

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

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

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal 

developments, such as declines in employment or increases 

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

spot. For example, in the household survey, the large number 

of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to 

obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to 

May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic 

activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the establishment 

survey, payroll employment in education declines by about 

20 percent at the end of the spring term and later rises with 

the start of the fall term, obscuring the underlying 

employment trends in the industry. Because seasonal 

employment changes at the end and beginning of the school 

year can be estimated, the statistics can be adjusted to make 

underlying employment patterns more discernable. The 

seasonally adjusted figures provide a more useful tool with 

which to analyze changes in month-to-month economic 

activity. 

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such 

as total payroll employment, employment in most major 

sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed 

by aggregating independently adjusted component series. 

For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the 

adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this 

differs from the unemployment estimate that would be 

obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the 

duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

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

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

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

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

revisions to historical data are made once a year. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. 

When a sample, rather than the entire population, is 

surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may 

differ from the true population values they represent. The 

component of this difference that occurs because samples 

differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. 

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

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

than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value 

because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally 

conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. 

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly 

change in total nonfarm employment from the establishment 

survey is on the order of plus or minus 105,000. Suppose the 

estimate of nonfarm employment increases by 50,000 from 

one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on 

the monthly change would range from -55,000 to +155,000 

(50,000 +/- 105,000). 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-themonth change lies within this interval. Since this range 

includes values of less than zero, we could not say with 

confidence that nonfarm employment had, in fact, increased 

that month. If, however, the reported nonfarm employment 

rise was 250,000, then all of the values within the 90-percent 

confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, 

it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that nonfarm 

employment had, in fact, risen that month. At an 

unemployment rate of around 6.0 percent, the 90-percent 

confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment 

as measured by the household survey is about +/- 300,000, 

and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is 

about +/- 0.2 percentage point. 

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the 

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

small number of observations. The precision of estimates 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, such 

as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all respondents 

in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to 

provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made 

by respondents, and errors made in the collection or 

processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for 

the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; 

for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the 

tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly 

estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, 

that the estimate is considered final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

estimation procedure with two components is used to 

account for business births. The first component excludes 

employment losses from business deaths from sample-based 
estimation in order to offset the missing employment gains 

from business births. This is incorporated into the samplebased estimation procedure by simply not reflecting sample 

units going out of business, but imputing to them the same 

employment trend as the other firms in the sample. This 

procedure accounts for most of the net birth/death 

employment. 

The second component is an ARIMA time series model 

designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment 

not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time 

series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived 

from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level 

database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and 

deaths over the past 5 years. 

The sample-based estimates from the establishment 

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

universe counts of payroll employment obtained from 

administrative records of the unemployment insurance 

program. The difference between the March sample-based 

employment estimates and the March universe counts is 

known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy 

for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate 

changes in the classification of industries. Over the past 

decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total nonfarm 

employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a range from 

-0.7 percent to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

July

2014

June

2015

July

2015

July

2014

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248,023 250,663 250,876 248,023 250,080 250,266 250,455 250,663 250,876

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,573 158,283 158,527 156,048 156,906 157,072 157,469 157,037 157,106

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5 63.1 63.2 62.9 62.7 62.8 62.9 62.6 62.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,265 149,645 149,722 146,401 148,331 148,523 148,795 148,739 148,840

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

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,307 8,638 8,805 9,648 8,575 8,549 8,674 8,299 8,266

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 5.5 5.6 6.2 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,451 92,380 92,349 91,975 93,175 93,194 92,986 93,626 93,770

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,624 6,561 6,446 6,305 6,369 6,258 6,058 6,076 6,135

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,788 121,032 121,139 119,788 120,738 120,831 120,927 121,032 121,139

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,284 84,461 84,831 83,017 83,694 83,805 83,892 83,490 83,578

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.4 69.8 70.0 69.3 69.3 69.4 69.4 69.0 69.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,064 79,902 80,436 77,854 79,014 79,203 79,201 79,020 79,202

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.0 66.0 66.4 65.0 65.4 65.5 65.5 65.3 65.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,220 4,560 4,394 5,163 4,680 4,602 4,691 4,471 4,376

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 5.4 5.2 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,503 36,571 36,309 36,771 37,044 37,026 37,035 37,541 37,562

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,342 112,605 112,714 111,342 112,304 112,400 112,498 112,605 112,714

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,684 81,074 81,320 80,174 80,752 80,884 80,915 80,680 80,790

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.5 72.0 72.1 72.0 71.9 72.0 71.9 71.6 71.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,245 77,315 77,541 75,631 76,653 76,805 76,833 76,783 76,903

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.5 68.7 68.8 67.9 68.3 68.3 68.3 68.2 68.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,439 3,759 3,779 4,543 4,099 4,079 4,082 3,897 3,887

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 4.6 4.6 5.7 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,658 31,532 31,395 31,168 31,552 31,516 31,583 31,925 31,924

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,236 129,631 129,737 128,236 129,342 129,434 129,528 129,631 129,737

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,288 73,822 73,696 73,031 73,211 73,267 73,577 73,547 73,528

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.2 56.9 56.8 57.0 56.6 56.6 56.8 56.7 56.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,201 69,744 69,286 68,547 69,317 69,320 69,594 69,719 69,638

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 53.8 53.4 53.5 53.6 53.6 53.7 53.8 53.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,087 4,078 4,410 4,485 3,894 3,947 3,983 3,828 3,891

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 5.5 6.0 6.1 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,947 55,809 56,041 55,204 56,131 56,167 55,951 56,085 56,209

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,052 121,445 121,551 120,052 121,152 121,246 121,342 121,445 121,551

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,853 70,436 70,339 70,222 70,330 70,419 70,731 70,665 70,745

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 58.0 57.9 58.5 58.1 58.1 58.3 58.2 58.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,468 67,003 66,485 66,250 66,874 66,935 67,178 67,294 67,271

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.5 55.2 54.7 55.2 55.2 55.2 55.4 55.4 55.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,386 3,433 3,854 3,972 3,455 3,483 3,553 3,372 3,474

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 4.9 5.5 5.7 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,199 51,009 51,212 49,830 50,823 50,828 50,611 50,780 50,806

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,629 16,613 16,611 16,629 16,624 16,619 16,615 16,613 16,611

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,035 6,773 6,868 5,652 5,824 5,769 5,823 5,691 5,570

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.3 40.8 41.3 34.0 35.0 34.7 35.0 34.3 33.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,553 5,327 5,696 4,520 4,804 4,784 4,784 4,662 4,666

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 32.1 34.3 27.2 28.9 28.8 28.8 28.1 28.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,483 1,446 1,172 1,132 1,021 986 1,039 1,029 904

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.1 21.4 17.1 20.0 17.5 17.1 17.9 18.1 16.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,594 9,840 9,743 10,977 10,800 10,849 10,792 10,922 11,040

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

July

2014

June

2015

July

2015

July

2014

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195,537 196,786 196,904 195,537 196,482 196,574 196,673 196,786 196,904

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,477 124,526 124,667 123,296 123,739 123,510 123,875 123,649 123,607

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.7 63.3 63.3 63.1 63.0 62.8 63.0 62.8 62.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,509 118,598 118,603 116,752 117,886 117,719 118,048 117,942 117,880

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.1 60.3 60.2 59.7 60.0 59.9 60.0 59.9 59.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,968 5,928 6,064 6,543 5,853 5,791 5,827 5,707 5,727

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 4.8 4.9 5.3 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,060 72,260 72,237 72,241 72,743 73,064 72,798 73,137 73,297

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,794 65,013 65,207 64,413 64,899 64,764 64,790 64,727 64,819

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.6 72.4 72.5 72.2 72.4 72.2 72.2 72.1 72.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,833 62,419 62,550 61,344 62,023 61,919 62,037 62,031 62,057

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.3 69.5 69.6 68.8 69.2 69.0 69.1 69.1 69.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,961 2,594 2,657 3,069 2,876 2,845 2,753 2,696 2,762

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 4.0 4.1 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.3

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,077 54,162 54,032 54,350 54,256 54,198 54,481 54,400 54,369

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.6 57.2 57.1 57.9 57.4 57.3 57.6 57.5 57.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,129 51,801 51,403 51,702 51,998 51,912 52,121 52,097 52,027

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.4 54.7 54.3 55.0 55.0 54.9 55.1 55.0 54.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,948 2,361 2,628 2,648 2,258 2,286 2,359 2,303 2,342

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 4.4 4.9 4.9 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,606 5,350 5,428 4,532 4,584 4,548 4,604 4,522 4,418

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.3 43.4 44.1 36.6 37.2 36.9 37.4 36.7 35.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,547 4,378 4,649 3,706 3,865 3,888 3,890 3,814 3,796

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 35.5 37.8 30.0 31.3 31.5 31.6 31.0 30.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,059 972 779 826 719 660 714 708 622

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.9 18.2 14.4 18.2 15.7 14.5 15.5 15.7 14.1

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,856 31,362 31,399 30,856 31,257 31,293 31,326 31,362 31,399

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,249 19,541 19,537 19,017 19,055 19,397 19,428 19,346 19,298

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.4 62.3 62.2 61.6 61.0 62.0 62.0 61.7 61.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,895 17,630 17,649 16,845 17,129 17,529 17,441 17,501 17,534

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.8 56.2 56.2 54.6 54.8 56.0 55.7 55.8 55.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,355 1,911 1,887 2,172 1,926 1,868 1,988 1,845 1,764

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 9.8 9.7 11.4 10.1 9.6 10.2 9.5 9.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,607 11,821 11,862 11,840 12,202 11,896 11,898 12,016 12,101

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,753 8,870 8,791 8,681 8,711 8,926 8,905 8,808 8,738

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.6 68.1 67.4 68.0 67.2 68.7 68.5 67.6 67.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,749 8,058 8,023 7,710 7,841 8,109 7,995 7,970 7,966

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.7 61.9 61.5 60.4 60.5 62.5 61.5 61.2 61.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003 812 769 971 870 817 911 838 773

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 9.2 8.7 11.2 10.0 9.2 10.2 9.5 8.8

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,696 9,829 9,866 9,702 9,703 9,792 9,808 9,827 9,861

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 62.0 62.2 62.2 61.4 61.9 61.9 62.0 62.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,639 9,054 9,020 8,720 8,807 8,928 8,946 9,046 9,070

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.4 57.1 56.8 55.9 55.8 56.4 56.5 57.1 57.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,056 775 846 981 895 864 862 781 791

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 7.9 8.6 10.1 9.2 8.8 8.8 7.9 8.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 842 879 634 642 678 715 712 698

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.0 33.8 35.3 25.3 25.7 27.2 28.7 28.6 28.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506 518 607 415 481 491 500 486 498

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.2 20.8 24.4 16.5 19.3 19.7 20.1 19.5 20.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 324 273 220 161 187 215 226 200

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.8 38.5 31.0 34.6 25.0 27.5 30.1 31.8 28.7

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,765 14,430 14,540 13,765 14,296 14,290 14,403 14,430 14,540

See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

July

2014

June

2015

July

2015

July

2014

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,717 9,128 9,181 8,649 8,934 9,038 9,169 9,076 9,113

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.3 63.3 63.1 62.8 62.5 63.3 63.7 62.9 62.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,329 8,754 8,795 8,285 8,646 8,644 8,794 8,730 8,751

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.5 60.7 60.5 60.2 60.5 60.5 61.1 60.5 60.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 374 387 365 288 394 375 346 362

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.2 3.2 4.4 4.1 3.8 4.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,047 5,303 5,359 5,115 5,363 5,251 5,234 5,354 5,427

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

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.
HOUSEHOLD 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 adjusted1

July

2014

June

2015

July

2015

July

2014

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population................ 38,430 39,566 39,648 38,430 39,323 39,405 39,483 39,566 39,648

Civilian labor force................................ 25,536 26,309 26,334 25,345 26,087 26,167 26,149 26,132 26,158

Participation rate............................... 66.4 66.5 66.4 66.0 66.3 66.4 66.2 66.0 66.0

Employed....................................... 23,529 24,520 24,478 23,411 24,319 24,354 24,385 24,401 24,374

Employment-population ratio............... 61.2 62.0 61.7 60.9 61.8 61.8 61.8 61.7 61.5

Unemployed.................................... 2,007 1,789 1,856 1,933 1,768 1,813 1,764 1,730 1,784

Unemployment rate......................... 7.9 6.8 7.0 7.6 6.8 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.8

Not in labor force................................. 12,895 13,257 13,314 13,085 13,236 13,237 13,334 13,434 13,491

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 14,086 14,438 14,511 14,042 14,465 14,484 14,479 14,402 14,468

Participation rate............................... 81.0 80.9 81.2 80.8 81.6 81.6 81.4 80.7 80.9

Employed....................................... 13,240 13,600 13,694 13,138 13,627 13,614 13,615 13,549 13,596

Employment-population ratio............... 76.1 76.3 76.6 75.6 76.9 76.7 76.5 76.0 76.1

Unemployed.................................... 847 838 817 905 837 870 863 853 872

Unemployment rate......................... 6.0 5.8 5.6 6.4 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.9 6.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 10,123 10,565 10,518 10,181 10,435 10,526 10,537 10,552 10,574

Participation rate............................... 58.2 58.6 58.2 58.6 58.3 58.6 58.6 58.5 58.5

Employed....................................... 9,348 9,933 9,751 9,439 9,755 9,802 9,854 9,919 9,850

Employment-population ratio............... 53.8 55.1 54.0 54.3 54.5 54.6 54.8 55.0 54.5

Unemployed.................................... 775 632 766 742 680 725 684 633 724

Unemployment rate......................... 7.7 6.0 7.3 7.3 6.5 6.9 6.5 6.0 6.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................ 1,326 1,306 1,305 1,121 1,187 1,157 1,133 1,178 1,116

Participation rate............................... 36.2 35.3 35.2 30.6 32.2 31.3 30.6 31.8 30.1

Employed....................................... 941 987 1,033 835 937 938 916 933 928

Employment-population ratio............... 25.7 26.7 27.9 22.8 25.4 25.4 24.8 25.2 25.0

Unemployed.................................... 385 319 272 286 250 218 217 245 188

Unemployment rate......................... 29.0 24.4 20.9 25.5 21.1 18.9 19.2 20.8 16.9

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

columns.

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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

July

2014

June

2015

July

2015

July

2014

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................. 10,168 11,209 10,622 10,287 11,089 11,338 11,153 11,065 10,843

Participation rate.................................. 44.2 45.2 45.3 44.7 45.1 45.7 44.6 44.6 46.2

Employed.......................................... 9,210 10,388 9,750 9,303 10,134 10,367 10,192 10,161 9,942

Employment-population ratio................. 40.0 41.9 41.6 40.4 41.2 41.8 40.7 41.0 42.4

Unemployed....................................... 958 821 872 984 955 971 961 904 901

Unemployment rate............................ 9.4 7.3 8.2 9.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.2 8.3

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................. 36,239 34,925 35,088 36,202 35,656 35,577 35,341 34,996 35,130

Participation rate.................................. 57.9 56.9 57.0 57.8 57.3 57.2 57.2 57.1 57.1

Employed.......................................... 34,050 33,136 33,149 34,000 33,752 33,639 33,304 33,110 33,194

Employment-population ratio................. 54.4 54.0 53.9 54.3 54.2 54.1 53.9 54.0 53.9

Unemployed....................................... 2,189 1,789 1,939 2,202 1,904 1,938 2,037 1,886 1,936

Unemployment rate............................ 6.0 5.1 5.5 6.1 5.3 5.4 5.8 5.4 5.5

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................. 37,837 37,719 37,731 37,608 37,558 37,755 37,594 37,674 37,547

Participation rate.................................. 67.2 66.9 66.2 66.8 67.6 67.4 67.4 66.8 65.9

Employed.......................................... 35,767 36,162 36,044 35,595 35,755 35,996 35,934 36,084 35,900

Employment-population ratio................. 63.6 64.1 63.2 63.2 64.4 64.2 64.4 64.0 63.0

Unemployed....................................... 2,070 1,556 1,688 2,013 1,803 1,759 1,660 1,590 1,646

Unemployment rate............................ 5.5 4.1 4.5 5.4 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.4

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................. 49,891 51,505 51,924 50,340 51,272 51,156 51,938 51,855 52,361

Participation rate.................................. 74.0 74.1 73.9 74.7 74.3 74.6 75.0 74.6 74.5

Employed.......................................... 48,154 50,171 50,446 48,768 50,007 49,758 50,518 50,548 51,021

Employment-population ratio................. 71.5 72.2 71.8 72.4 72.5 72.5 73.0 72.7 72.6

Unemployed....................................... 1,738 1,333 1,477 1,572 1,265 1,399 1,419 1,307 1,339

Unemployment rate............................ 3.5 2.6 2.8 3.1 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.6

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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service,

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

July

2014

July

2015

July

2014

July

2015

July

2014

July

2015

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,155 21,199 18,901 19,201 2,254 1,998

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,595 10,670 9,211 9,494 1,384 1,176

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.1 50.3 48.7 49.4 61.4 58.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,956 10,169 8,670 9,052 1,286 1,117

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.1 48.0 45.9 47.1 57.1 55.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 501 541 442 97 59

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 4.7 5.9 4.7 7.0 5.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,560 10,529 9,690 9,707 870 822

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,107 3,590 2,446 2,970 661 620

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,481 2,839 2,015 2,432 465 407

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.9 79.1 82.4 81.9 70.4 65.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,253 2,649 1,838 2,271 416 378

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.5 73.8 75.2 76.5 62.8 61.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 190 178 161 50 29

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 6.7 8.8 6.6 10.7 7.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626 751 430 538 196 213

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,387 3,454 2,744 2,908 643 546

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,793 2,771 2,332 2,366 461 405

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.5 80.2 85.0 81.4 71.8 74.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,661 2,672 2,227 2,287 434 385

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.6 77.4 81.2 78.6 67.5 70.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 99 105 80 28 20

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 3.6 4.5 3.4 6.0 4.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 682 412 542 181 141

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,359 8,886 9,007 8,570 352 316

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,577 2,381 2,485 2,296 92 84

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.5 26.8 27.6 26.8 26.1 26.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,447 2,276 2,356 2,197 91 79

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.1 25.6 26.2 25.6 25.8 25.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 105 129 99 1 5

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 4.4 5.2 4.3 1.3 6.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,782 6,505 6,522 6,274 260 232

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,302 5,269 4,704 4,753 598 516

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,744 2,679 2,378 2,400 365 280

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 50.9 50.6 50.5 61.1 54.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,595 2,572 2,248 2,297 347 274

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.9 48.8 47.8 48.3 57.9 53.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 108 130 102 19 5

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 4.0 5.5 4.3 5.1 1.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,558 2,590 2,326 2,353 233 236

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218,179 220,867 96,506 97,413 121,673 123,454

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,380 145,268 73,773 74,010 70,607 71,257

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.2 65.8 76.4 76.0 58.0 57.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,385 137,481 69,436 70,321 65,949 67,160

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.1 62.2 71.9 72.2 54.2 54.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,995 7,787 4,337 3,690 4,658 4,098

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 5.4 5.9 5.0 6.6 5.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,799 75,599 22,733 23,402 51,065 52,197

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

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

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

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

selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

July

2014

July

2015

July

2014

July

2015

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population...................................................... 29,116 29,773 218,908 221,103

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 5,648 5,890 151,924 152,637

Participation rate..................................................................... 19.4 19.8 69.4 69.0

Employed............................................................................. 4,962 5,277 142,303 144,445

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 17.0 17.7 65.0 65.3

Unemployed.......................................................................... 686 613 9,622 8,192

Unemployment rate............................................................... 12.1 10.4 6.3 5.4

Not in labor force....................................................................... 23,467 23,884 66,983 68,466

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,557 2,521 77,252 77,404

Participation rate..................................................................... 32.9 33.4 83.9 83.4

Employed............................................................................. 2,222 2,265 72,573 73,405

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 28.6 30.0 78.8 79.0

Unemployed.......................................................................... 335 256 4,679 4,000

Unemployment rate............................................................... 13.1 10.2 6.1 5.2

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,207 5,020 14,788 15,456

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,133 2,255 67,415 67,621

Participation rate..................................................................... 27.5 28.0 70.6 70.5

Employed............................................................................. 1,844 1,970 62,831 63,700

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 23.7 24.5 65.8 66.4

Unemployed.......................................................................... 290 285 4,584 3,921

Unemployment rate............................................................... 13.6 12.7 6.8 5.8

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,637 5,790 28,033 28,281

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 958 1,114 7,258 7,612

Participation rate..................................................................... 7.1 7.8 23.1 23.5

Employed............................................................................. 896 1,043 6,900 7,340

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 6.6 7.4 22.0 22.7

Unemployed.......................................................................... 61 71 359 272

Unemployment rate............................................................... 6.4 6.4 4.9 3.6

Not in labor force....................................................................... 12,624 13,074 24,162 24,729

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

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

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

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

the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

July

2014

July

2015

July

2014

July

2015

July

2014

July

2015

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 38,475 40,135 18,723 19,501 19,752 20,634

Civilian labor force.................................................. 25,411 26,079 14,809 15,345 10,602 10,734

Participation rate.................................................. 66.0 65.0 79.1 78.7 53.7 52.0

Employed.......................................................... 24,082 24,710 14,152 14,682 9,930 10,028

Employment-population ratio................................. 62.6 61.6 75.6 75.3 50.3 48.6

Unemployed....................................................... 1,329 1,369 657 663 672 706

Unemployment rate............................................ 5.2 5.2 4.4 4.3 6.3 6.6

Not in labor force.................................................... 13,064 14,056 3,914 4,156 9,150 9,900

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 209,549 210,742 101,065 101,638 108,484 109,103

Civilian labor force.................................................. 132,162 132,448 69,475 69,486 62,686 62,962

Participation rate.................................................. 63.1 62.8 68.7 68.4 57.8 57.7

Employed.......................................................... 123,183 125,012 64,913 65,754 58,271 59,258

Employment-population ratio................................. 58.8 59.3 64.2 64.7 53.7 54.3

Unemployed....................................................... 8,978 7,436 4,563 3,732 4,416 3,704

Unemployment rate............................................ 6.8 5.6 6.6 5.4 7.0 5.9

Not in labor force.................................................... 77,387 78,293 31,589 32,152 45,798 46,141

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

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

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2014

June

2015

July

2015

July

2014

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................. 2,403 2,703 2,601 2,161 2,559 2,435 2,405 2,544 2,375

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 1,620 1,687 1,654 1,438 1,628 1,610 1,536 1,590 1,490

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 755 952 912 708 893 794 828 905 853

Unpaid family workers........................... 28 65 34 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries.......................... 144,862 146,942 147,121 144,192 145,699 146,111 146,417 146,192 146,439

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 136,203 138,083 138,143 135,725 136,830 137,148 137,175 137,458 137,628

Government..................................... 19,525 20,416 19,720 20,350 20,246 20,455 20,613 20,744 20,547

Private industries............................... 116,679 117,667 118,423 115,328 116,654 116,707 116,572 116,678 117,059

Private households.......................... 889 854 792 – – – – – –

Other industries.............................. 115,790 116,813 117,632 114,481 115,839 115,899 115,821 115,857 116,257

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 8,582 8,780 8,879 8,456 8,685 8,826 9,142 8,645 8,741

Unpaid family workers........................... 76 80 99 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 7,665 6,776 6,511 7,433 6,705 6,580 6,652 6,505 6,325

Slack work or business conditions............. 4,670 4,011 3,883 4,612 4,069 3,885 3,891 3,915 3,828

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,608 2,308 2,263 2,505 2,337 2,374 2,390 2,216 2,213

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 18,134 19,649 18,273 19,650 19,733 20,056 19,961 20,480 19,891

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 7,568 6,650 6,414 7,331 6,620 6,501 6,541 6,384 6,223

Slack work or business conditions............. 4,607 3,932 3,813 4,543 4,028 3,835 3,830 3,828 3,752

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,585 2,284 2,249 2,495 2,302 2,352 2,419 2,195 2,199

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 17,809 19,232 17,895 19,266 19,374 19,705 19,603 19,996 19,504

1

Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

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

the entire week.

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

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

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

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2014

June

2015

July

2015

July

2014

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,265 149,645 149,722 146,401 148,331 148,523 148,795 148,739 148,840

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,553 5,327 5,696 4,520 4,804 4,784 4,784 4,662 4,666

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,924 1,862 2,073 1,515 1,615 1,630 1,678 1,654 1,637

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,629 3,466 3,624 3,028 3,189 3,147 3,128 3,014 3,034

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,713 144,318 144,026 141,881 143,527 143,740 144,011 144,077 144,174

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,532 14,462 14,637 13,952 13,823 13,851 14,060 14,055 14,043

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,180 129,857 129,389 127,869 129,614 129,861 129,890 130,043 130,123

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,098 96,611 96,107 95,414 96,501 96,482 96,507 96,618 96,487

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,826 32,747 32,518 31,916 32,693 32,734 32,786 32,756 32,652

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,689 31,236 31,089 30,861 31,095 31,072 31,095 31,277 31,261

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,583 32,629 32,499 32,637 32,713 32,676 32,625 32,584 32,574

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,082 33,245 33,282 32,455 33,113 33,379 33,383 33,425 33,636

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,064 79,902 80,436 77,854 79,014 79,203 79,201 79,020 79,202

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,819 2,586 2,896 2,223 2,361 2,399 2,368 2,237 2,299

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 959 942 1,063 715 762 830 845 824 799

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,861 1,644 1,832 1,516 1,584 1,557 1,528 1,415 1,498

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,245 77,315 77,541 75,631 76,653 76,805 76,833 76,783 76,903

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,651 7,418 7,592 7,237 7,088 7,158 7,259 7,181 7,177

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,594 69,897 69,949 68,376 69,506 69,633 69,531 69,633 69,730

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,507 52,084 52,020 51,196 51,948 51,863 51,716 51,828 51,740

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,423 17,901 17,778 17,314 17,804 17,798 17,755 17,799 17,689

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,793 16,935 16,904 16,718 16,824 16,818 16,766 16,903 16,838

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,291 17,248 17,338 17,164 17,321 17,247 17,195 17,125 17,213

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,087 17,813 17,929 17,180 17,557 17,770 17,816 17,806 17,990

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,201 69,744 69,286 68,547 69,317 69,320 69,594 69,719 69,638

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,733 2,741 2,801 2,297 2,442 2,385 2,416 2,425 2,367

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965 919 1,009 800 853 800 833 830 838

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,768 1,821 1,792 1,512 1,605 1,590 1,600 1,599 1,536

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,468 67,003 66,485 66,250 66,874 66,935 67,178 67,294 67,271

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,881 7,043 7,045 6,716 6,735 6,693 6,801 6,874 6,865

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,587 59,960 59,440 59,493 60,108 60,228 60,358 60,409 60,392

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,591 44,528 44,087 44,218 44,552 44,619 44,791 44,790 44,746

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,403 14,846 14,741 14,602 14,889 14,936 15,032 14,957 14,962

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,895 14,301 14,185 14,143 14,271 14,255 14,329 14,374 14,423

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,292 15,381 15,162 15,473 15,392 15,429 15,431 15,459 15,361

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,996 15,432 15,353 15,276 15,556 15,609 15,567 15,619 15,646

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,248 44,894 44,762 44,320 45,304 45,023 44,792 44,878 44,855

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,946 34,620 34,098 34,619 35,106 34,974 34,879 34,940 34,815

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,477 9,600 9,799 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,900 122,268 123,142 118,448 121,024 120,772 121,402 121,053 121,589

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,365 27,378 26,580 27,990 27,301 27,738 27,506 27,667 27,265

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,787 7,025 6,997 6,938 7,158 6,986 6,946 7,119 7,124

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,324 5,555 5,453 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,337 9,731 9,791 9,164 9,579 9,620 9,970 9,550 9,593

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

July

2014

June

2015

July

2015

July

2014

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over........................... 9,648 8,299 8,266 6.2 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.3

16 to 19 years..................................... 1,132 1,029 904 20.0 17.5 17.1 17.9 18.1 16.2

16 to 17 years.................................. 445 371 346 22.7 18.1 20.0 19.3 18.3 17.4

18 to 19 years.................................. 697 672 576 18.7 17.1 15.1 16.7 18.2 15.9

20 years and over................................ 8,515 7,269 7,362 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.9

20 to 24 years.................................. 1,787 1,544 1,577 11.4 10.4 9.6 10.1 9.9 10.1

25 years and over.............................. 6,760 5,715 5,809 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.3

25 to 54 years............................... 5,224 4,414 4,526 5.2 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.5

25 to 34 years............................. 2,233 1,948 1,895 6.5 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.5

35 to 44 years............................. 1,553 1,280 1,340 4.8 4.1 4.3 4.4 3.9 4.1

45 to 54 years............................. 1,438 1,187 1,291 4.2 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.8

55 years and over........................... 1,534 1,276 1,282 4.5 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.7

Men, 16 years and over............................ 5,163 4,471 4,376 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.2

16 to 19 years..................................... 620 573 488 21.8 19.8 17.9 20.5 20.4 17.5

16 to 17 years.................................. 237 199 184 24.9 20.5 21.0 22.0 19.5 18.7

18 to 19 years.................................. 386 386 315 20.3 19.6 15.2 19.1 21.4 17.4

20 years and over................................ 4,543 3,897 3,887 5.7 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.8

20 to 24 years.................................. 1,054 881 883 12.7 11.2 10.5 11.0 10.9 11.0

25 years and over.............................. 3,495 3,011 3,009 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.1

25 to 54 years............................... 2,716 2,311 2,340 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.3

25 to 34 years............................. 1,196 995 1,017 6.5 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.4

35 to 44 years............................. 834 709 668 4.8 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.8

45 to 54 years............................. 686 606 656 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.7

55 years and over........................... 779 701 668 4.3 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.6

Women, 16 years and over........................ 4,485 3,828 3,891 6.1 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.3

16 to 19 years..................................... 512 456 416 18.2 15.2 16.3 15.1 15.8 15.0

16 to 17 years.................................. 208 172 161 20.6 15.8 18.9 16.4 17.2 16.1

18 to 19 years.................................. 311 286 260 17.1 14.5 15.0 14.4 15.2 14.5

20 years and over................................ 3,972 3,372 3,474 5.7 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.9

20 to 24 years.................................. 733 663 694 9.8 9.5 8.5 9.1 8.8 9.2

25 years and over.............................. 3,265 2,704 2,801 5.2 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.4

25 to 54 years............................... 2,508 2,103 2,186 5.4 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.7

25 to 34 years............................. 1,037 953 879 6.6 5.7 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.5

35 to 44 years............................. 719 570 672 4.8 4.2 4.6 4.5 3.8 4.4

45 to 54 years............................. 752 580 635 4.6 3.7 3.7 4.1 3.6 4.0

55 years and over........................... 750 590 591 4.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present...................... 1,533 1,310 1,294 3.3 2.8 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8

Married women, spouse present.................. 1,407 1,138 1,179 3.9 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3

Women who maintain families1

.................... 949 812 855 9.1 8.1 7.0 6.8 7.8 8.0

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2................................... 8,089 6,771 6,838 6.4 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.3

Part-time workers3.................................. 1,638 1,513 1,457 5.5 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.1

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

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

jobs.

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

part-time jobs.

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

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

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2014

June

2015

July

2015

July

2014

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 4,867 3,951 4,204 4,830 4,189 4,136 4,267 4,088 4,143

On temporary layoff.............................. 1,131 1,044 1,140 992 999 950 1,041 1,052 999

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 3,737 2,907 3,063 3,838 3,190 3,185 3,226 3,035 3,145

Permanent job losers.......................... 2,622 2,060 2,182 2,683 2,223 2,238 2,217 2,126 2,224

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . .. 1,115 847 881 1,155 967 948 1,009 909 921

Job leavers........................................... 887 736 875 857 875 828 829 773 843

Reentrants............................................ 3,074 2,662 2,604 2,860 2,689 2,685 2,615 2,516 2,447

New entrants......................................... 1,479 1,289 1,122 1,080 815 868 971 933 826

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 47.2 45.7 47.7 50.2 48.9 48.6 49.1 49.2 50.2

On temporary layoff.............................. 11.0 12.1 13.0 10.3 11.7 11.2 12.0 12.7 12.1

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 36.3 33.7 34.8 39.9 37.2 37.4 37.2 36.5 38.1

Job leavers........................................... 8.6 8.5 9.9 8.9 10.2 9.7 9.5 9.3 10.2

Reentrants............................................ 29.8 30.8 29.6 29.7 31.4 31.5 30.1 30.3 29.6

New entrants......................................... 14.3 14.9 12.7 11.2 9.5 10.2 11.2 11.2 10.0

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 3.1 2.5 2.7 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6

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

Reentrants............................................ 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6

New entrants......................................... 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5

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

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2014

June

2015

July

2015

July

2014

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 2,933 3,102 2,870 2,583 2,488 2,729 2,418 2,355 2,488

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 2,923 2,167 2,690 2,435 2,312 2,307 2,532 2,364 2,257

15 weeks and over.................................. 4,452 3,369 3,245 4,589 3,816 3,663 3,795 3,514 3,368

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 1,244 1,316 1,049 1,423 1,253 1,139 1,293 1,393 1,188

27 weeks and over............................... 3,207 2,052 2,196 3,166 2,563 2,525 2,502 2,121 2,180

Average (mean) duration, in weeks............... 30.8 26.2 26.5 32.5 30.7 30.8 30.7 28.1 28.3

Median duration, in weeks......................... 11.3 9.4 9.4 13.5 12.2 11.7 11.6 11.3 11.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 28.5 35.9 32.6 26.9 28.9 31.4 27.6 28.6 30.7

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 28.4 25.1 30.5 25.3 26.8 26.5 29.0 28.7 27.8

15 weeks and over.................................. 43.2 39.0 36.9 47.8 44.3 42.1 43.4 42.7 41.5

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 12.1 15.2 11.9 14.8 14.5 13.1 14.8 16.9 14.6

27 weeks and over............................... 31.1 23.8 24.9 33.0 29.8 29.0 28.6 25.8 26.9

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

July

2014

July

2015

July

2014

July

2015

July

2014

July

2015

Total, 16 years and over1

............................................. 147,265 149,722 10,307 8,805 6.5 5.6

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 55,381 57,392 2,011 1,807 3.5 3.1

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 23,490 24,522 656 566 2.7 2.3

Professional and related occupations.......................... 31,891 32,870 1,355 1,240 4.1 3.6

Service occupations................................................ 26,369 26,843 2,076 1,932 7.3 6.7

Sales and office occupations...................................... 33,616 33,366 2,168 1,848 6.1 5.2

Sales and related occupations.................................. 15,616 15,677 1,034 966 6.2 5.8

Office and administrative support occupations............... 18,000 17,689 1,135 882 5.9 4.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations........................................................ 14,150 14,294 1,048 816 6.9 5.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................... 1,179 1,155 94 76 7.4 6.2

Construction and extraction occupations...................... 7,973 7,970 691 536 8.0 6.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........... 4,999 5,169 263 204 5.0 3.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations........................................................ 17,749 17,827 1,489 1,248 7.7 6.5

Production occupations.......................................... 8,505 8,647 714 567 7.7 6.2

Transportation and material moving occupations............ 9,244 9,180 774 681 7.7 6.9

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

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

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

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

July

2014

July

2015

July

2014

July

2015

Total, 16 years and over1

................................................................ 10,307 8,805 6.5 5.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.................................. 7,366 6,382 5.9 5.1

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.................................... 34 79 3.0 8.1

Construction.......................................................................... 666 474 7.5 5.5

Manufacturing........................................................................ 825 690 5.2 4.3

Durable goods..................................................................... 510 408 5.2 4.0

Nondurable goods................................................................ 315 282 5.4 4.8

Wholesale and retail trade......................................................... 1,283 1,183 6.2 5.8

Transportation and utilities......................................................... 372 317 6.0 5.1

Information............................................................................ 128 115 4.5 4.1

Financial activities................................................................... 341 221 3.6 2.3

Professional and business services............................................... 1,066 860 6.7 5.4

Education and health services..................................................... 1,051 978 4.8 4.3

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 1,171 1,140 8.1 7.7

Other services........................................................................ 430 327 6.3 4.9

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers......................... 93 85 5.7 5.0

Government workers................................................................... 937 872 4.6 4.2

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............ 432 343 4.4 3.3

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

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

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2014

June

2015

July

2015

July

2014

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,

as a percent of the civilian labor force......... 2.8 2.1 2.0 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.1

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force......................................... 3.1 2.5 2.7 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate)................................................ 6.5 5.5 5.6 6.2 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.3

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged

workers, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus discouraged workers................. 7.0 5.8 6.0 6.6 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.7

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged

workers, plus all other persons marginally

attached to the labor force, as a percent of

the civilian labor force plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . .. 7.8 6.6 6.7 7.5 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.4

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic

reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus all persons marginally attached to

the labor force..................................... 12.6 10.8 10.7 12.2 10.9 10.8 10.8 10.5 10.4

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

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

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

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

January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

July

2014

July

2015

July

2014

July

2015

July

2014

July

2015

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force........................................... 90,451 92,349 35,503 36,309 54,947 56,041

Persons who currently want a job................................ 6,624 6,446 2,851 2,860 3,773 3,586

Marginally attached to the labor force1

........................ 2,178 1,927 1,069 1,017 1,108 911

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 741 668 444 377 297 291

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. .. 1,437 1,259 626 639 811 620

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4

............................................. 6,787 6,997 3,440 3,602 3,347 3,395

Percent of total employed.......................................... 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.9 4.9

Primary job full time, secondary job part time................... 3,606 3,798 2,028 2,198 1,578 1,600

Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,743 1,902 628 665 1,115 1,237

Primary and secondary jobs both full time....................... 288 247 204 167 84 80

Hours vary on primary or secondary job......................... 1,099 982 566 537 533 446

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

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

2

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

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

3

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

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

4

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

Change

from:

June2015

-

July2015p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,841 142,365 142,839 141,794 139,156 141,625 141,856 142,071 215

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,271 120,073 120,970 121,139 117,295 119,711 119,938 120,148 210

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,603 19,592 19,826 19,908 19,243 19,554 19,552 19,569 17

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915 838 842 845 900 844 840 836 -4

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.0 52.3 53.9 55.3 52.2 54.0 53.9 54.1 0.2

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861.0 785.8 788.4 789.7 848.1 790.4 786.4 781.5 -4.9

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.9 193.3 194.0 194.5 198.6 194.2 193.3 193.8 0.5

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.9 203.9 204.5 205.2 207.9 201.2 199.4 199.1 -0.3

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 69.1 69.1 68.4 74.8 69.3 68.7 68.6 -0.1

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.2 388.6 389.9 390.0 441.6 395.0 393.7 388.6 -5.1

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,425 6,437 6,572 6,650 6,152 6,377 6,377 6,383 6

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,407.3 1,407.1 1,436.8 1,457.9 1,362.5 1,409.0 1,408.4 1,413.5 5.1

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690.3 694.1 706.8 717.2 663.7 693.6 688.6 694.6 6.0

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717.0 713.0 730.0 740.7 698.8 715.4 719.8 718.9 -0.9

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . 974.3 963.8 991.6 1,002.8 915.7 940.8 944.4 947.3 2.9

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,043.0 4,065.6 4,143.3 4,189.2 3,873.9 4,026.9 4,023.7 4,022.2 -1.5

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . 1,749.2 1,776.7 1,818.1 1,835.7 1,667.3 1,751.4 1,753.4 1,755.6 2.2

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . 2,293.8 2,288.9 2,325.2 2,353.5 2,206.6 2,275.5 2,270.3 2,266.6 -3.7

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,263 12,317 12,412 12,413 12,191 12,333 12,335 12,350 15

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,725 7,805 7,852 7,822 7,693 7,800 7,798 7,790 -8

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.7 378.1 380.1 380.7 373.3 376.4 376.3 375.6 -0.7

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394.1 406.4 409.2 410.8 384.5 401.1 401.0 401.6 0.6

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401.0 400.6 400.9 399.0 400.9 401.0 400.4 399.3 -1.1

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,459.9 1,468.2 1,475.0 1,471.7 1,454.9 1,470.6 1,467.4 1,468.8 1.4

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,136.6 1,130.7 1,135.2 1,130.2 1,131.5 1,131.9 1,131.2 1,129.6 -1.6

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,055.0 1,055.6 1,060.0 1,059.0 1,049.5 1,056.9 1,055.2 1,052.1 -3.1

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . 164.9 170.0 170.7 169.7 162.9 170.2 169.2 167.6 -1.6

Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.1 89.5 89.9 89.1 93.0 89.6 89.4 88.9 -0.5

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.5 369.2 370.6 369.4 366.3 370.3 369.6 368.8 -0.8

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391.4 390.4 392.6 395.1 389.5 390.3 391.0 391.6 0.6

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . 376.0 372.9 375.5 376.9 374.1 373.3 374.6 374.1 -0.5

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,564.0 1,610.5 1,620.7 1,599.0 1,568.4 1,607.2 1,604.3 1,602.5 -1.8

Motor vehicles and parts2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872.6 925.8 932.1 911.0 881.1 924.2 922.0 920.6 -1.4

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.7 387.4 393.3 395.1 373.8 386.9 388.7 389.2 0.5

Miscellaneous durable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582.4 594.6 602.0 599.4 582.1 595.1 598.4 597.4 -1.0

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,538 4,512 4,560 4,591 4,498 4,533 4,537 4,560 23

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,495.9 1,472.1 1,504.3 1,527.8 1,474.5 1,493.9 1,500.3 1,509.4 9.1

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.5 119.9 119.1 117.4 117.2 119.3 118.3 118.0 -0.3

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.2 114.8 115.0 116.3 115.7 115.3 114.7 115.5 0.8

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.6 136.2 137.3 135.2 139.4 136.5 137.2 137.4 0.2

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372.9 366.4 367.4 370.2 370.6 366.6 364.7 367.2 2.5

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . 454.1 445.8 445.2 444.7 452.6 445.6 444.0 445.4 1.4

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.9 110.7 113.3 114.7 111.1 109.7 110.5 111.9 1.4

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809.0 811.3 816.4 817.5 804.9 812.5 812.5 813.2 0.7

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676.5 689.1 691.7 693.8 672.9 688.1 688.0 693.8 5.8

Miscellaneous nondurable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.1 245.3 250.0 253.1 239.1 245.9 246.3 248.6 2.3

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,668 100,481 101,144 101,231 98,052 100,157 100,386 100,579 193

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,419 26,794 26,950 26,956 26,413 26,864 26,917 26,977 60

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,871.9 5,921.8 5,951.9 5,956.1 5,834.4 5,909.3 5,912.5 5,918.8 6.3

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,933.9 2,950.5 2,962.7 2,968.2 2,914.5 2,947.2 2,946.3 2,949.4 3.1

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,036.7 2,059.1 2,072.8 2,072.4 2,022.3 2,050.0 2,054.3 2,055.5 1.2

Electronic markets and agents and

brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.3 912.2 916.4 915.5 897.6 912.1 911.9 913.9 2.0

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,390.7 15,567.8 15,661.4 15,695.4 15,381.9 15,631.2 15,667.7 15,703.6 35.9

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,884.5 1,929.8 1,941.6 1,954.5 1,863.8 1,923.5 1,926.6 1,939.1 12.5

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

Change

from:

June2015

-

July2015p

Motor vehicle and parts dealers - Continued

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193.6 1,225.6 1,232.3 1,238.7 1,185.5 1,225.5 1,226.7 1,234.6 7.9

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . 446.6 460.0 461.9 461.9 454.7 466.9 468.6 468.9 0.3

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 477.4 488.4 490.8 493.1 489.8 503.3 505.5 507.2 1.7

Building material and garden supply

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,277.8 1,332.1 1,315.8 1,293.0 1,238.5 1,258.3 1,254.9 1,257.9 3.0

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,024.1 3,028.0 3,063.4 3,069.5 3,001.3 3,033.5 3,042.3 3,049.1 6.8

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,017.9 1,022.0 1,028.1 1,025.0 1,021.8 1,027.0 1,029.1 1,027.2 -1.9

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893.6 903.7 916.8 919.2 880.0 899.2 904.3 903.9 -0.4

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . 1,369.6 1,341.5 1,359.8 1,380.1 1,379.7 1,387.0 1,390.5 1,392.1 1.6

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590.1 588.5 585.1 587.0 606.7 607.8 604.9 607.9 3.0

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,086.8 3,122.8 3,138.9 3,146.2 3,118.9 3,165.0 3,177.3 3,182.9 5.6

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,328.7 1,294.3 1,296.4 1,300.4 1,354.0 1,329.0 1,331.7 1,331.8 0.1

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825.2 828.5 830.4 838.9 819.7 824.2 826.4 828.7 2.3

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497.1 522.5 528.8 527.0 507.0 535.5 537.3 538.7 1.4

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,598.3 4,741.5 4,771.3 4,735.4 4,644.1 4,761.4 4,775.2 4,789.6 14.4

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.6 447.6 450.8 452.2 442.3 446.5 447.1 448.3 1.2

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.2 244.3 243.4 244.0 235.7 243.7 242.6 242.3 -0.3

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.1 65.4 66.6 66.3 67.5 65.3 65.2 64.6 -0.6

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,437.9 1,447.9 1,472.6 1,478.3 1,418.6 1,450.1 1,455.9 1,458.7 2.8

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.1 488.9 465.3 415.8 465.6 473.2 473.1 476.3 3.2

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.4 49.5 49.6 49.7 47.1 49.6 49.4 49.6 0.2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . 39.6 34.3 39.4 41.6 31.1 31.7 32.0 32.2 0.2

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . 629.3 645.7 648.6 651.7 628.2 645.8 647.3 650.0 2.7

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.7 562.6 570.3 566.5 566.9 591.3 594.5 597.1 2.6

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740.4 755.3 764.7 769.3 741.1 764.2 768.1 770.5 2.4

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557.9 562.4 565.7 568.8 552.9 562.0 561.9 564.5 2.6

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,754 2,791 2,796 2,806 2,740 2,787 2,791 2,793 2

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . 727.9 714.5 719.5 721.8 724.6 718.6 720.1 719.2 -0.9

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.3 392.6 392.9 397.1 373.7 382.0 387.7 386.4 -1.3

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.8 288.2 288.5 288.2 287.7 289.3 288.0 288.6 0.6

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855.2 866.9 860.1 860.4 855.8 868.0 861.0 862.6 1.6

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.0 296.7 296.9 298.1 279.7 295.6 297.1 298.4 1.3

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.9 232.3 237.8 240.3 218.2 233.8 237.3 237.9 0.6

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,056 8,092 8,176 8,217 7,984 8,106 8,123 8,140 17

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,955.5 6,012.4 6,053.5 6,078.4 5,933.2 6,028.1 6,041.5 6,052.2 10.7

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . 18.6 18.2 18.5 18.7 18.4 18.4 18.4 18.4 0.0

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,573.1 2,571.7 2,580.9 2,589.2 2,562.6 2,578.4 2,576.0 2,574.5 -1.5

Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . . 1,712.8 1,698.2 1,701.1 1,706.0 1,704.9 1,701.2 1,697.6 1,697.6 0.0

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,296.1 1,278.7 1,277.1 1,279.8 1,291.0 1,280.6 1,275.9 1,274.4 -1.5

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments, and funds and trusts. . . . . . . . 888.9 892.6 904.7 912.0 882.6 896.3 901.7 904.3 2.6

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . 2,474.9 2,529.9 2,549.4 2,558.5 2,469.6 2,535.0 2,545.4 2,555.0 9.6

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,100.0 2,080.0 2,122.5 2,138.2 2,050.9 2,078.0 2,081.7 2,087.7 6.0

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,516.6 1,510.3 1,533.6 1,544.3 1,487.4 1,510.3 1,511.3 1,515.9 4.6

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559.6 546.2 565.0 569.8 539.9 544.2 546.6 547.9 1.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . 23.8 23.5 23.9 24.1 23.6 23.5 23.8 23.9 0.1

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,227 19,700 19,882 19,913 19,124 19,681 19,750 19,790 40

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 8,360.4 8,555.9 8,617.4 8,663.7 8,367.6 8,612.5 8,642.3 8,668.9 26.6

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,129.6 1,119.6 1,131.7 1,132.4 1,118.7 1,122.5 1,122.0 1,122.2 0.2

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . 900.8 944.2 939.6 938.1 966.0 990.9 999.8 1,001.7 1.9

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . 1,404.5 1,424.7 1,440.9 1,452.0 1,384.3 1,424.6 1,427.6 1,434.0 6.4

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,788.7 1,855.4 1,863.3 1,882.5 1,779.8 1,856.1 1,863.3 1,872.0 8.7

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

Change

from:

June2015

-

July2015p

Professional and technical services -

Continued

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,255.3 1,304.3 1,313.6 1,322.8 1,249.1 1,309.7 1,310.9 1,314.2 3.3

Management of companies and enterprises. . . 2,184.3 2,208.1 2,230.2 2,241.7 2,169.6 2,209.8 2,216.4 2,230.1 13.7

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,682.7 8,935.5 9,034.5 9,007.2 8,586.4 8,858.6 8,891.4 8,891.1 -0.3

Administrative and support services1. . . . . . . . 8,284.2 8,539.2 8,629.9 8,600.6 8,198.8 8,462.9 8,495.1 8,496.8 1.7

Employment services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,397.7 3,570.7 3,609.0 3,580.7 3,422.5 3,565.0 3,588.1 3,581.5 -6.6

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,740.7 2,893.3 2,920.9 2,888.3 2,768.6 2,886.3 2,902.8 2,893.9 -8.9

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871.3 906.1 897.3 897.8 884.3 913.3 910.6 910.4 -0.2

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . 2,066.6 2,059.6 2,103.4 2,110.8 1,947.6 1,983.9 1,986.7 1,993.8 7.1

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.5 396.3 404.6 406.6 387.6 395.7 396.3 394.3 -2.0

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,151 22,045 21,841 21,738 21,497 21,974 22,032 22,069 37

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,123.5 3,497.6 3,261.2 3,170.7 3,418.0 3,453.5 3,456.1 3,462.7 6.6

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,027.4 18,547.8 18,580.0 18,567.4 18,079.2 18,520.5 18,575.7 18,605.8 30.1

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,700.7 15,049.0 15,113.7 15,150.8 14,688.9 15,056.8 15,097.0 15,124.9 27.9

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 6,647.9 6,885.4 6,921.2 6,930.1 6,650.8 6,883.5 6,912.8 6,921.7 8.9

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,472.6 2,543.5 2,550.1 2,557.8 2,473.3 2,545.0 2,551.4 2,555.9 4.5

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712.3 743.2 745.5 746.7 712.1 742.9 745.1 746.8 1.7

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,257.8 1,313.9 1,322.8 1,322.4 1,262.4 1,311.9 1,319.9 1,323.3 3.4

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,782.5 4,869.1 4,884.3 4,908.4 4,777.0 4,877.3 4,884.1 4,899.8 15.7

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,270.3 3,294.5 3,308.2 3,312.3 3,261.1 3,296.0 3,300.1 3,303.4 3.3

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,658.3 1,651.6 1,658.2 1,657.8 1,653.0 1,652.9 1,653.7 1,654.3 0.6

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,326.7 3,498.8 3,466.3 3,416.6 3,390.3 3,463.7 3,478.7 3,480.9 2.2

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788.1 895.4 855.9 813.3 854.8 873.4 876.3 880.2 3.9

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,422 15,390 15,786 15,879 14,721 15,103 15,127 15,157 30

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,428.9 2,258.6 2,441.9 2,495.1 2,105.1 2,164.9 2,157.6 2,154.0 -3.6

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . 469.7 502.0 494.1 496.6 447.9 472.2 468.3 465.6 -2.7

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.7 151.0 158.7 161.4 145.6 146.4 146.7 147.1 0.4

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . 1,800.5 1,605.6 1,789.1 1,837.1 1,511.6 1,546.3 1,542.6 1,541.3 -1.3

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . 12,992.9 13,131.7 13,344.5 13,383.8 12,616.2 12,938.1 12,969.6 13,003.2 33.6

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,041.5 1,907.1 1,994.2 2,047.8 1,890.4 1,901.7 1,896.9 1,901.2 4.3

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . 10,951.4 11,224.6 11,350.3 11,336.0 10,725.8 11,036.4 11,072.7 11,102.0 29.3

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,639 5,669 5,713 5,722 5,573 5,642 5,646 5,653 7

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,244.1 1,278.3 1,281.7 1,280.0 1,238.7 1,267.7 1,272.4 1,273.5 1.1

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,379.9 1,403.9 1,409.1 1,405.8 1,370.7 1,390.6 1,393.1 1,395.2 2.1

Membership associations and organizations. . . 3,014.9 2,986.9 3,021.7 3,036.4 2,963.4 2,983.3 2,980.7 2,984.6 3.9

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,570 22,292 21,869 20,655 21,861 21,914 21,918 21,923 5

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,738.0 2,734.0 2,748.0 2,755.0 2,724.0 2,735.0 2,735.0 2,735.0 0.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,148.6 2,141.5 2,155.4 2,161.2 2,134.4 2,140.1 2,139.4 2,139.6 0.2

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589.2 592.3 592.5 593.4 589.7 595.1 595.5 594.9 -0.6

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,727.0 5,109.0 4,835.0 4,750.0 5,051.0 5,079.0 5,078.0 5,075.0 -3.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,056.1 2,456.0 2,173.6 2,098.3 2,397.4 2,435.9 2,437.8 2,436.6 -1.2

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 2,671.0 2,652.8 2,661.5 2,651.8 2,653.1 2,643.5 2,640.3 2,638.4 -1.9

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,105.0 14,449.0 14,286.0 13,150.0 14,086.0 14,100.0 14,105.0 14,113.0 8.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,582.7 8,139.9 7,790.9 6,597.2 7,799.2 7,789.2 7,791.6 7,795.1 3.5

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 6,522.3 6,309.0 6,495.0 6,552.8 6,286.6 6,310.7 6,313.4 6,317.7 4.3

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 have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.6

Goods-producing.................................................................... 40.5 40.3 40.3 40.3

Mining and logging................................................................ 44.5 43.6 43.3 43.9

Construction....................................................................... 39.2 38.9 39.2 38.9

Manufacturing..................................................................... 40.9 40.7 40.6 40.7

Durable goods.................................................................. 41.4 41.1 41.0 41.1

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 40.0 40.1 39.9 40.2

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.3 33.4 33.4 33.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 34.5 34.6 34.5 34.6

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.9 38.9 38.8 38.9

Retail trade...................................................................... 31.3 31.4 31.4 31.4

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.5 38.9 38.7 38.9

Utilities........................................................................... 42.5 42.3 42.2 42.4

Information......................................................................... 36.7 36.4 36.3 36.4

Financial activities................................................................ 37.2 37.7 37.7 37.8

Professional and business services............................................ 36.2 36.2 36.1 36.2

Education and health services.................................................. 32.7 32.8 32.8 32.9

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 26.2 26.3 26.3 26.3

Other services..................................................................... 31.7 31.8 31.8 31.8

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.4

Durable goods....................................................................... 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.3

Nondurable goods................................................................... 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

Total private............................................... $24.47 $24.95 $24.94 $24.99 $844.22 $860.78 $860.43 $864.65

Goods-producing....................................... 25.71 26.10 26.08 26.16 1,041.26 1,051.83 1,051.02 1,054.25

Mining and logging.................................. 30.80 30.96 30.85 31.13 1,370.60 1,349.86 1,335.81 1,366.61

Construction.......................................... 26.69 27.33 27.36 27.39 1,046.25 1,063.14 1,072.51 1,065.47

Manufacturing........................................ 24.83 25.14 25.09 25.19 1,015.55 1,023.20 1,018.65 1,025.23

Durable goods.................................... 26.21 26.49 26.46 26.52 1,085.09 1,088.74 1,084.86 1,089.97

Nondurable goods................................ 22.40 22.76 22.66 22.86 896.00 912.68 904.13 918.97

Private service-providing.............................. 24.17 24.68 24.67 24.72 804.86 824.31 823.98 825.65

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 21.38 21.78 21.74 21.81 737.61 753.59 750.03 754.63

Wholesale trade.................................. 28.00 28.73 28.69 28.70 1,089.20 1,117.60 1,113.17 1,116.43

Retail trade........................................ 17.03 17.40 17.40 17.48 533.04 546.36 546.36 548.87

Transportation and warehousing............... 22.87 22.79 22.72 22.80 880.50 886.53 879.26 886.92

Utilities............................................. 35.40 36.98 36.83 37.18 1,504.50 1,564.25 1,554.23 1,576.43

Information........................................... 34.10 34.64 34.67 34.63 1,251.47 1,260.90 1,258.52 1,260.53

Financial activities................................... 30.75 31.49 31.51 31.52 1,143.90 1,187.17 1,187.93 1,191.46

Professional and business services.............. 29.30 29.99 29.98 30.06 1,060.66 1,085.64 1,082.28 1,088.17

Education and health services..................... 24.70 25.17 25.17 25.20 807.69 825.58 825.58 829.08

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 13.93 14.31 14.30 14.34 364.97 376.35 376.09 377.14

Other services....................................... 21.99 22.31 22.38 22.34 697.08 709.46 711.68 710.41

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

Percent

change

from:

June

2015 -

July

2015p

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

Percent

change

from:

June

2015 -

July

2015p

Total private..................................... 101.2 103.2 103.4 103.9 0.5 118.1 122.9 123.1 123.9 0.6

Goods-producing............................. 88.8 89.8 89.8 89.8 0.0 103.2 105.9 105.8 106.2 0.4

Mining and logging........................ 125.8 115.6 114.3 115.3 0.9 155.6 143.7 141.6 144.1 1.8

Construction................................ 83.1 85.5 86.2 85.6 -0.7 96.4 101.5 102.4 101.9 -0.5

Manufacturing.............................. 89.7 90.3 90.1 90.4 0.3 103.6 105.6 105.1 105.9 0.8

Durable goods........................... 89.7 90.3 90.0 90.1 0.1 104.4 106.2 105.8 106.2 0.4

Nondurable goods...................... 89.8 90.7 90.3 91.5 1.3 102.1 104.8 103.9 106.1 2.1

Private service-providing.................... 104.5 107.1 107.3 107.5 0.2 122.5 128.1 128.3 128.9 0.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 99.1 101.1 101.0 101.5 0.5 114.0 118.5 118.2 119.2 0.8

Wholesale trade......................... 99.0 100.3 100.1 100.5 0.4 115.7 120.3 119.8 120.3 0.4

Retail trade.............................. 97.8 99.7 99.9 100.2 0.3 110.1 114.7 115.0 115.7 0.6

Transportation and warehousing...... 102.3 106.0 105.8 106.6 0.8 118.8 122.6 121.9 123.4 1.2

Utilities.................................... 101.7 102.9 102.6 103.6 1.0 118.9 125.7 124.8 127.2 1.9

Information................................. 91.8 92.6 92.5 92.8 0.3 111.5 114.3 114.2 114.5 0.3

Financial activities......................... 97.3 100.1 100.3 100.8 0.5 116.7 122.9 123.3 123.9 0.5

Professional and business services..... 108.9 112.1 112.1 112.7 0.5 129.2 136.1 136.2 137.2 0.7

Education and health services........... 112.8 115.7 116.0 116.5 0.4 131.3 137.2 137.5 138.3 0.6

Leisure and hospitality.................... 110.0 113.3 113.5 113.7 0.2 123.7 130.8 131.0 131.6 0.5

Other services............................. 97.9 99.4 99.5 99.6 0.1 122.2 125.9 126.3 126.3 0.0

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

Total nonfarm............................................. 68,685 69,931 70,103 70,218 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4

Total private............................................ 56,199 57,387 57,554 57,660 47.9 47.9 48.0 48.0

Goods-producing.................................... 4,207 4,276 4,291 4,302 21.9 21.9 21.9 22.0

Mining and logging............................... 120 116 116 116 13.3 13.7 13.8 13.9

Construction....................................... 779 805 807 812 12.7 12.6 12.7 12.7

Manufacturing..................................... 3,308 3,355 3,368 3,374 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.3

Durable goods.................................. 1,771 1,813 1,820 1,816 23.0 23.2 23.3 23.3

Nondurable goods............................. 1,537 1,542 1,548 1,558 34.2 34.0 34.1 34.2

Private service-providing........................... 51,992 53,111 53,263 53,358 53.0 53.0 53.1 53.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............. 10,704 10,887 10,912 10,928 40.5 40.5 40.5 40.5

Wholesale trade................................ 1,723.1 1,740.0 1,741.4 1,740.6 29.5 29.4 29.5 29.4

Retail trade..................................... 7,742.5 7,891.9 7,914.9 7,929.9 50.3 50.5 50.5 50.5

Transportation and warehousing............. 1,103.5 1,120.5 1,120.9 1,122.9 23.8 23.5 23.5 23.4

Utilities........................................... 134.8 134.6 134.7 134.8 24.4 24.0 24.0 23.9

Information......................................... 1,100 1,116 1,117 1,120 40.1 40.0 40.0 40.1

Financial activities................................ 4,575 4,635 4,643 4,649 57.3 57.2 57.2 57.1

Professional and business services............ 8,530 8,773 8,814 8,829 44.6 44.6 44.6 44.6

Education and health services.................. 16,513 16,902 16,961 16,988 76.8 76.9 77.0 77.0

Leisure and hospitality........................... 7,650 7,845 7,863 7,890 52.0 51.9 52.0 52.1

Other services..................................... 2,920 2,953 2,953 2,954 52.4 52.3 52.3 52.3

Government............................................. 12,486 12,544 12,549 12,558 57.1 57.2 57.3 57.3

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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

Total private............................................................................... 96,953 98,720 98,929 99,052

Goods-producing....................................................................... 13,878 14,112 14,113 14,118

Mining and logging.................................................................. 658 619 616 610

Construction.......................................................................... 4,647 4,805 4,806 4,807

Manufacturing........................................................................ 8,573 8,688 8,691 8,701

Durable goods..................................................................... 5,300 5,385 5,382 5,375

Nondurable goods................................................................ 3,273 3,303 3,309 3,326

Private service-providing.............................................................. 83,075 84,608 84,816 84,934

Trade, transportation, and utilities................................................. 22,316 22,609 22,643 22,675

Wholesale trade................................................................... 4,715.5 4,740.9 4,743.3 4,745.0

Retail trade........................................................................ 13,132.0 13,297.2 13,317.3 13,336.2

Transportation and warehousing................................................ 4,021.2 4,118.8 4,131.6 4,140.8

Utilities.............................................................................. 447.2 452.3 450.7 453.1

Information............................................................................ 2,222 2,257 2,260 2,261

Financial activities................................................................... 6,171 6,256 6,284 6,296

Professional and business services............................................... 15,832 16,191 16,224 16,243

Education and health services..................................................... 18,888 19,277 19,352 19,377

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 13,004 13,323 13,355 13,389

Other services........................................................................ 4,642 4,695 4,698 4,693

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

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 33.7 33.6 33.7 33.7

Goods-producing.................................................................... 41.5 41.2 41.2 41.1

Mining and logging................................................................ 47.4 45.6 45.0 45.9

Construction....................................................................... 39.9 39.4 39.8 39.4

Manufacturing..................................................................... 42.0 41.8 41.8 41.8

Durable goods.................................................................. 42.5 42.1 42.1 42.1

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 41.1 41.3 41.2 41.3

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 33.5 33.6 33.6 33.6

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.6 38.5 38.6 38.6

Retail trade...................................................................... 29.9 30.0 30.0 30.0

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.4 38.7 38.5 38.5

Utilities........................................................................... 42.5 42.4 41.9 42.3

Information......................................................................... 35.8 35.9 35.7 35.9

Financial activities................................................................ 36.7 37.2 37.0 37.1

Professional and business services............................................ 35.6 35.3 35.4 35.5

Education and health services.................................................. 31.9 32.1 32.1 32.1

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 25.0 25.0 25.1 25.1

Other services..................................................................... 30.7 30.6 30.6 30.7

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.3

Durable goods....................................................................... 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.3

Nondurable goods................................................................... 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.4

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

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

Total private............................................... $20.63 $20.97 $20.98 $21.01 $695.23 $704.59 $707.03 $708.04

Goods-producing....................................... 21.62 21.91 21.96 21.95 897.23 902.69 904.75 902.15

Mining and logging.................................. 26.98 26.40 26.36 26.42 1,278.85 1,203.84 1,186.20 1,212.68

Construction.......................................... 24.67 25.17 25.26 25.14 984.33 991.70 1,005.35 990.52

Manufacturing........................................ 19.59 19.85 19.88 19.95 822.78 829.73 830.98 833.91

Durable goods.................................... 20.70 20.94 20.96 21.01 879.75 881.57 882.42 884.52

Nondurable goods................................ 17.73 18.05 18.09 18.19 728.70 745.47 745.31 751.25

Private service-providing.............................. 20.42 20.77 20.77 20.82 661.61 672.95 672.95 674.57

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 18.28 18.61 18.59 18.66 612.38 625.30 624.62 626.98

Wholesale trade.................................. 23.19 23.67 23.55 23.59 895.13 911.30 909.03 910.57

Retail trade........................................ 14.44 14.72 14.77 14.82 431.76 441.60 443.10 444.60

Transportation and warehousing............... 20.49 20.69 20.66 20.77 786.82 800.70 795.41 799.65

Utilities............................................. 32.78 34.01 33.90 34.07 1,393.15 1,442.02 1,420.41 1,441.16

Information........................................... 28.96 28.86 28.74 28.61 1,036.77 1,036.07 1,026.02 1,027.10

Financial activities................................... 24.71 25.26 25.31 25.40 906.86 939.67 936.47 942.34

Professional and business services.............. 24.30 24.70 24.70 24.76 865.08 871.91 874.38 878.98

Education and health services..................... 21.61 22.02 22.05 22.06 689.36 706.84 707.81 708.13

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 12.11 12.38 12.36 12.38 302.75 309.50 310.24 310.74

Other services....................................... 18.54 18.86 18.90 18.91 569.18 577.12 578.34 580.54

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

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

Percent

change

from:

June

2015 -

July

2015p

July

2014

May

2015

June

2015p

July

2015p

Percent

change

from:

June

2015 -

July

2015p

Total private..................................... 108.9 110.5 111.1 111.2 0.1 150.1 154.9 155.8 156.2 0.3

Goods-producing............................. 88.0 88.8 88.9 88.7 -0.2 116.5 119.2 119.5 119.2 -0.3

Mining and logging........................ 165.7 150.0 147.3 148.8 1.0 260.1 230.3 225.8 228.6 1.2

Construction................................ 92.8 94.8 95.8 94.8 -1.0 123.7 128.8 130.6 128.7 -1.5

Manufacturing.............................. 82.7 83.4 83.4 83.5 0.1 105.9 108.2 108.4 108.9 0.5

Durable goods........................... 84.6 85.2 85.1 85.0 -0.1 109.4 111.4 111.4 111.5 0.1

Nondurable goods...................... 79.3 80.4 80.3 80.9 0.7 99.3 102.5 102.7 104.0 1.3

Private service-providing.................... 114.7 116.8 117.1 117.2 0.1 160.5 166.3 166.7 167.4 0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 104.2 105.9 106.1 106.2 0.1 135.9 140.6 140.7 141.4 0.5

Wholesale trade......................... 107.2 107.5 107.8 107.9 0.1 146.4 149.9 149.6 149.9 0.2

Retail trade.............................. 99.4 101.0 101.1 101.3 0.2 123.0 127.4 128.0 128.6 0.5

Transportation and warehousing...... 116.2 120.0 119.7 120.0 0.3 151.1 157.5 156.9 158.1 0.8

Utilities.................................... 97.2 98.1 96.6 98.0 1.4 133.0 139.2 136.7 139.4 2.0

Information................................. 90.8 92.5 92.1 92.6 0.5 130.2 132.1 131.0 131.2 0.2

Financial activities......................... 106.6 109.6 109.5 110.0 0.5 162.1 170.3 170.4 171.8 0.8

Professional and business services..... 126.3 128.1 128.7 129.2 0.4 182.7 188.3 189.2 190.4 0.6

Education and health services........... 128.6 132.1 132.6 132.8 0.2 183.3 191.9 192.9 193.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality.................... 119.1 122.0 122.8 123.1 0.2 163.8 171.5 172.3 173.1 0.5

Other services............................. 99.9 100.8 100.8 101.0 0.2 135.0 138.5 138.8 139.2 0.3

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

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.