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 Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted,

 September 2000 - August 2003

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 2003

Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 93,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was

essentially unchanged at 6.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor

reported today. Job losses continued in manufacturing, information, and other sectors, while health care

and construction added jobs.

The widespread electrical power failure in the Northeast and Midwest occurred late in the afternoon of

Thursday, August 14, forcing many businesses to shut down for a period of time during the survey reference

periods. Because of the way employment is defined in the two surveys, however, it is likely that the blackout

had little effect on the August employment counts.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons (8.9 million) and the unemployment rate (6.1 percent) were

essentially unchanged over the month. Unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.8

percent), adult women (5.2 percent), teenagers (16.6 percent), whites (5.4 percent), blacks (10.9 percent),

and Hispanics or Latinos (7.8 percent)—showed little or no change in August. The unemployment rate for

Asians was 5.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

In August, 1.9 million persons had been unemployed for 27 weeks or more. They represented 21.8

percent of all unemployed persons, about the same as in July. (See table A-9.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data JulyCategory 2003 Aug.

I II June July Aug. change 

HOUSEHOLD DATA Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................................. 145,829 146,685 147,096 146,540 146,530 -10

Employment................................................................... 137,430 137,638 137,738 137,478 137,625 147

Unemployment................................................................... 8,399 9,047 9,358 9,062 8,905 -157

Not in labor force................................................................... 74,280 74,090 73,918 74,712 74,977 265

All workers............................................................... 5.8 6.2 6.4 6.2 6.1 -0.1

Adult men........................................................... 5.4 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.8 -.1

Adult women........................................................ 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 .0

Teenagers........................................................ 17.2 18.6 19.3 18.4 16.6 -1.8

White .................................................................. 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.4 -.1

Black or African American .................................... 10.3 11.2 11.8 11.1 10.9 -.2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 7.7 8.0 8.4 8.2 7.8 -.4

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 130,225 129,984 129,903 p129,854 p129,761 p-93

Goods-producing 1........................................................ 22,213 22,093 22,061 p22,003 p21,977 p-26

Construction............................................................. 6,719 6,782 6,800 p6,803 p6,822 p19

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,926 14,744 14,692 p14,633 p14,589 p-44

Service-providing 1............................................................... 108,012 107,891 107,842 p107,851 p107,784 p-67

Retail trade........................................................ 14,997 14,981 14,964 p14,963 p14,959 p-4

Professional and business services......... 16,013 15,999 16,006 p16,052 p16,024 p-28

Education and health services.............................. 16,429 16,498 16,503 p16,501 p16,525 p24

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 12,089 12,036 12,039 p12,047 p12,052 p5

Government........................................................ 21,570 21,495 21,476 p21,483 p21,457 p-26

Hours of work 2

Total private.............................................................. 33.8 33.7 33.7 p33.6 p33.6 p0.0

Manufacturing............................................................ 40.4 40.2 40.3 p40.1 p40.1 p.0

Overtime........................................................ 4.3 4.0 4.0 p4.0 p4.1 p.1

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 2

Total private..........................................................99.1 98.7 98.7 p98.3 p98.2 p-0.1

Earnings 2

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $15.27 $15.34 $15.38 p$15.43 p$15.45 p$0.02

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 515.50 517.07 518.31 p518.45 p519.12 p.67

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 2 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

 p=preliminary.

Unemployment rates

Employment

2003
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Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

The number of employed persons (137.6 million) was little changed over the month. Both the

employment-population ratio (62.1 percent) and the labor force participation rate (66.2 percent) were

unchanged. (See table A-1.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

In August, nearly 1.7 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor

force, 209,000 higher than a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available to work and had

looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however,

because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Of the 1.7 million,

503,000 were discouraged workers—persons who were not currently looking for work specifically because

they believed no jobs were available for them. The number of discouraged workers has risen by 125,000

over the year. The other 1.2 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as

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

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment declined (-93,000) in August to 129.8 million. Over the month, job

losses continued in the manufacturing and information sectors. Health care and construction added jobs.

(See table B-1.)

The number of factory jobs decreased by 44,000 in August. Since July 2000, manufacturing employment has declined continuously, shedding nearly 16 percent of its jobs. In August, wood products, machinery, apparel, and electrical equipment and appliances each lost 5,000 jobs. Employment declined by

12,000 in the textile industries.

Employment in the information sector fell by 16,000 over the month. Since its recent peak in March

2001, the number of jobs in this sector has declined by 459,000, or about 12 percent. Telecommunications employment has declined continuously since March 2001 and fell by 7,000 over the month.

Professional and business services employment edged down in August. Within this sector, management

of companies and enterprises lost 10,000 jobs. Computer systems design lost 8,000 workers over the

month. Since peaking in March 2001, employment in this industry has declined by 232,000. Temporary

help employment continued to trend up, although the increases in July and August were notably smaller than

the gains in May and June.

Employment continued to decline in wholesale trade. Since its most recent peak in March 2000,

wholesale trade employment has decreased by 423,000. Retail trade employment was little changed in

August. Employment in transportation and warehousing also showed little change over the month.

Government employment peaked in February and has decreased by 131,000 since then.

A gain of 25,000 jobs in health care and social assistance in August was about in line with its average

monthly employment increase over the prior 12 months. Ambulatory services (such as doctors’ offices and

outpatient clinics) and hospitals each added 11,000 jobs in August.

Construction employment edged up over the month. Since February, the industry has added an average

of 20,000 jobs per month. In August, gains occurred in heavy construction and in specialty trades, both of

which have increased employment recently.
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in August at 33.6 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek also was unchanged

at 40.1 hours. Manufacturing overtime ticked up by 0.1 hour to 4.1 hours. (See table B-2.)

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm

payrolls edged down in August to 98.2 (2002=100). The manufacturing index decreased by 0.2 percent

over the month to 93.8. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 2 cents in August to $15.45, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings were up by 0.1 percent over

the month to $519.12. Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 2.9 percent and average weekly

earnings increased by 2.0 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for September 2003 is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 3, at

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

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments for the

household survey are recalculated twice a year; the factors are calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

period. For the establishment survey, a concurrent seasonal adjustment

methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each

month for the three most recent monthly estimates, using all relevant

data, up to and including the data for the current month. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

minus 290,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases

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

interval on the monthly change would range from -190,000 to 390,000

(100,000 +/- 290,000). These figures do not mean that the sample

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the

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

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

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

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

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

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from

zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 217,866 221,252 221,507 217,866 220,540 220,768 221,014 221,252 221,507

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 145,565 147,822 146,967 145,123 146,473 146,485 147,096 146,540 146,530

 Participation rate ............................................................... 66.8 66.8 66.3 66.6 66.4 66.4 66.6 66.2 66.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 137,295 138,503 138,137 136,757 137,687 137,487 137,738 137,478 137,625

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 63.0 62.6 62.4 62.8 62.4 62.3 62.3 62.1 62.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 8,271 9,319 8,830 8,366 8,786 8,998 9,358 9,062 8,905

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.7 6.3 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 72,300 73,430 74,540 72,743 74,067 74,283 73,918 74,712 74,977

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,811 4,955 5,030 4,628 4,417 4,744 4,668 4,921 4,840

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 104,738 106,475 106,604 104,738 106,123 106,238 106,362 106,475 106,604

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 78,169 79,290 78,640 77,677 78,122 78,088 78,372 78,182 78,160

 Participation rate ............................................................... 74.6 74.5 73.8 74.2 73.6 73.5 73.7 73.4 73.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,870 74,269 74,032 73,023 73,182 72,981 73,071 73,043 73,195

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 70.5 69.8 69.4 69.7 69.0 68.7 68.7 68.6 68.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,299 5,021 4,608 4,654 4,940 5,107 5,301 5,139 4,965

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.5 6.3 5.9 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 26,569 27,184 27,964 27,062 28,001 28,150 27,990 28,293 28,443

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 96,552 98,304 98,434 96,552 97,979 98,083 98,196 98,304 98,434

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 73,968 74,852 74,727 73,802 74,571 74,506 74,692 74,581 74,561

 Participation rate ............................................................... 76.6 76.1 75.9 76.4 76.1 76.0 76.1 75.9 75.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 70,418 70,733 70,733 69,895 70,364 70,144 70,130 70,193 70,203

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 72.9 72.0 71.9 72.4 71.8 71.5 71.4 71.4 71.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,550 4,119 3,994 3,906 4,207 4,362 4,562 4,388 4,357

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.8 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 22,584 23,453 23,707 22,750 23,408 23,577 23,504 23,724 23,873

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 113,127 114,778 114,903 113,127 114,417 114,531 114,653 114,778 114,903

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 67,396 68,532 68,327 67,446 68,351 68,397 68,724 68,359 68,370

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.6 59.7 59.5 59.6 59.7 59.7 59.9 59.6 59.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 63,425 64,234 64,105 63,734 64,505 64,506 64,667 64,435 64,430

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.1 56.0 55.8 56.3 56.4 56.3 56.4 56.1 56.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,971 4,298 4,222 3,712 3,846 3,891 4,057 3,923 3,940

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.9 6.3 6.2 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 45,731 46,246 46,576 45,681 46,066 46,134 45,928 46,419 46,533

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 105,334 106,839 106,957 105,334 106,510 106,613 106,724 106,839 106,957

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 63,419 64,316 64,521 63,760 64,677 64,733 65,148 64,819 64,831

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.2 60.2 60.3 60.5 60.7 60.7 61.0 60.7 60.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,962 60,731 60,859 60,581 61,401 61,436 61,753 61,462 61,470

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.9 56.8 56.9 57.5 57.6 57.6 57.9 57.5 57.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,457 3,584 3,663 3,180 3,276 3,297 3,395 3,357 3,361

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 41,916 42,523 42,436 41,574 41,834 41,880 41,576 42,020 42,126

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 15,980 16,109 16,116 15,980 16,051 16,072 16,095 16,109 16,116

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,179 8,655 7,719 7,561 7,226 7,246 7,256 7,140 7,139

 Participation rate ............................................................... 51.2 53.7 47.9 47.3 45.0 45.1 45.1 44.3 44.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,914 7,039 6,546 6,280 5,923 5,907 5,855 5,823 5,952

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 43.3 43.7 40.6 39.3 36.9 36.8 36.4 36.1 36.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,264 1,615 1,173 1,280 1,303 1,339 1,401 1,317 1,187

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 15.5 18.7 15.2 16.9 18.0 18.5 19.3 18.4 16.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 7,801 7,454 8,397 8,419 8,825 8,826 8,839 8,969 8,977

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

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

WHITE 2

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 179,979 181,341 181,512 179,979 180,873 181,021 181,184 181,341 181,512

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,726 121,519 120,894 120,449 120,575 120,420 120,881 120,623 120,669

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.1 67.0 66.6 66.9 66.7 66.5 66.7 66.5 66.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 114,689 114,884 114,531 114,250 114,286 113,882 114,203 114,044 114,141

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.7 63.4 63.1 63.5 63.2 62.9 63.0 62.9 62.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 6,036 6,635 6,364 6,199 6,289 6,539 6,678 6,580 6,528

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.0 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 59,253 59,822 60,617 59,530 60,298 60,601 60,303 60,717 60,843

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,362 62,676 62,587 62,272 62,500 62,305 62,447 62,526 62,532

 Participation rate ................................................................. 77.0 76.5 76.4 76.9 76.5 76.2 76.3 76.4 76.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,716 59,617 59,608 59,273 59,353 59,064 59,064 59,167 59,190

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 73.7 72.8 72.7 73.1 72.7 72.3 72.2 72.3 72.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,646 3,059 2,979 2,999 3,147 3,241 3,384 3,359 3,342

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.2 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.3

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 51,507 51,693 51,814 51,837 52,107 52,155 52,400 52,146 52,138

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.6 59.5 59.6 60.0 60.1 60.1 60.3 60.0 59.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 49,008 49,232 49,289 49,576 49,885 49,770 50,104 49,867 49,853

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 56.8 56.6 56.7 57.4 57.5 57.3 57.7 57.4 57.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,499 2,461 2,525 2,261 2,223 2,385 2,297 2,279 2,285

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,857 7,150 6,493 6,340 5,968 5,961 6,034 5,952 5,998

 Participation rate ................................................................. 54.5 57.0 51.8 50.4 47.7 47.6 48.2 47.5 47.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,966 6,035 5,633 5,401 5,049 5,048 5,036 5,010 5,098

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 47.4 48.1 44.9 42.9 40.4 40.3 40.2 40.0 40.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 891 1,115 860 939 919 913 998 942 901

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 13.0 15.6 13.2 14.8 15.4 15.3 16.5 15.8 15.0

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 2

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,633 25,702 25,742 25,633 25,587 25,624 25,664 25,702 25,742

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,573 16,792 16,626 16,541 16,521 16,618 16,717 16,540 16,579

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.7 65.3 64.6 64.5 64.6 64.9 65.1 64.4 64.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,919 14,784 14,794 14,907 14,723 14,819 14,746 14,697 14,769

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.2 57.5 57.5 58.2 57.5 57.8 57.5 57.2 57.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,654 2,008 1,832 1,634 1,797 1,799 1,971 1,842 1,810

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.0 12.0 11.0 9.9 10.9 10.8 11.8 11.1 10.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,060 8,910 9,116 9,092 9,066 9,007 8,947 9,162 9,163

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,331 7,392 7,339 7,344 7,295 7,346 7,447 7,336 7,344

 Participation rate ................................................................. 71.7 71.9 71.2 71.8 71.3 71.7 72.5 71.3 71.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,694 6,619 6,607 6,672 6,537 6,524 6,604 6,590 6,578

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 65.5 64.4 64.1 65.3 63.9 63.6 64.3 64.1 63.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 637 774 733 671 758 821 843 746 766

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.7 10.5 10.0 9.1 10.4 11.2 11.3 10.2 10.4

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,317 8,402 8,497 8,348 8,443 8,461 8,500 8,432 8,510

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.0 64.5 65.1 64.3 65.0 65.1 65.3 64.7 65.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,582 7,540 7,637 7,641 7,663 7,784 7,675 7,614 7,684

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.4 57.9 58.5 58.8 59.0 59.9 59.0 58.4 58.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 736 862 860 707 780 677 826 819 826

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.8 10.3 10.1 8.5 9.2 8.0 9.7 9.7 9.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 925 997 789 849 782 811 770 771 725

 Participation rate ................................................................. 38.2 41.8 33.0 35.1 33.0 34.1 32.3 32.3 30.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 643 624 550 593 523 511 467 493 507

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 26.6 26.2 23.0 24.5 22.1 21.5 19.6 20.7 21.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 282 372 239 256 259 300 302 278 218

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 30.5 37.4 30.3 30.1 33.1 37.0 39.3 36.0 30.0

ASIAN 2

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,948 9,291 9,351 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,756 6,184 6,195 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.9 66.6 66.2 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,316 5,800 5,828 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.5 62.4 62.3 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 439 384 367 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.5 6.2 5.9 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,192 3,107 3,156 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

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

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected

more than one race group are not included. Prior to 2003, persons who reported more

than one race were included in the group they identified as the main race.

3 Data not available.

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

because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Aug.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 26,096 27,597 27,701 26,096 27,291 27,391 27,494 27,597 27,701

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 18,055 18,838 18,825 18,030 18,836 18,811 18,856 18,750 18,829

 Participation rate ................................................................. 69.2 68.3 68.0 69.1 69.0 68.7 68.6 67.9 68.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 16,711 17,300 17,386 16,664 17,428 17,264 17,271 17,206 17,370

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.0 62.7 62.8 63.9 63.9 63.0 62.8 62.3 62.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,344 1,537 1,439 1,366 1,408 1,548 1,586 1,544 1,460

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.4 8.2 7.6 7.6 7.5 8.2 8.4 8.2 7.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,041 8,760 8,876 8,066 8,455 8,580 8,638 8,847 8,872

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,079 10,707 10,761 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.0 83.5 83.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 9,431 9,996 10,098 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 78.6 78.0 78.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 648 711 664 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.4 6.6 6.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,852 7,027 7,067 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.1 57.5 57.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,399 6,447 6,495 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 55.2 52.7 52.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 453 580 573 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.6 8.3 8.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 1,125 1,104 996 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 44.8 43.3 39.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 882 858 794 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 35.2 33.7 31.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 243 246 203 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 21.6 22.3 20.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,375 12,224 12,553 12,392 12,710 12,703 12,498 12,537 12,639

 Participation rate ................................................................... 44.5 44.3 45.2 44.6 44.4 44.7 44.8 45.5 45.5

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,428 11,222 11,484 11,335 11,664 11,536 11,286 11,446 11,453

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 41.1 40.7 41.4 40.8 40.8 40.6 40.4 41.5 41.3

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 947 1,002 1,069 1,057 1,046 1,167 1,211 1,091 1,185

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 7.6 8.2 8.5 8.5 8.2 9.2 9.7 8.7 9.4

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 37,725 37,359 37,741 37,949 37,950 37,823 37,977 37,847 37,914

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.8 63.2 63.5 64.2 64.1 63.9 64.1 64.0 63.8

 Employed ................................................................................ 35,833 35,355 35,775 35,987 35,774 35,729 35,778 35,786 35,883

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 60.6 59.8 60.2 60.9 60.4 60.4 60.3 60.5 60.4

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,892 2,004 1,966 1,962 2,176 2,094 2,199 2,061 2,031

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.0 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.4 5.4

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 33,687 34,482 33,972 33,594 34,375 34,191 34,329 34,310 33,856

 Participation rate ................................................................... 73.1 72.6 72.7 72.9 74.1 73.6 73.2 72.2 72.4

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,176 32,704 32,326 32,135 32,760 32,542 32,648 32,594 32,271

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.8 68.8 69.1 69.7 70.6 70.1 69.6 68.6 69.0

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,510 1,778 1,646 1,459 1,615 1,649 1,681 1,717 1,585

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.5 5.2 4.8 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.0 4.7

Bachelor's degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,437 39,606 39,795 38,664 39,465 39,576 39,966 39,614 40,012

 Participation rate ................................................................... 77.7 77.5 77.1 78.1 78.1 77.8 78.3 77.5 77.5

 Employed ................................................................................ 37,204 38,272 38,371 37,578 38,233 38,351 38,743 38,387 38,752

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 75.2 74.9 74.3 75.9 75.6 75.4 75.9 75.1 75.1

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,233 1,334 1,425 1,086 1,232 1,224 1,224 1,226 1,260

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.2 3.4 3.6 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,349 2,407 2,546 2,169 2,128 2,157 2,213 2,193 2,348

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,328 1,378 1,541 1,201 1,192 1,198 1,226 1,216 1,384

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 997 982 972 959 912 948 1,005 946 937

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 24 47 32 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 134,945 136,096 135,591 134,552 135,682 135,424 135,357 135,204 135,215

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 125,799 126,496 125,861 125,521 126,425 126,202 126,034 125,727 125,661

 Government .......................................................................... 19,275 19,106 19,148 19,778 19,556 19,552 19,701 19,631 19,651

 Private industries .................................................................. 106,524 107,390 106,713 105,690 106,838 106,683 106,275 106,135 105,940

 Private households ............................................................. 761 912 865 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 105,763 106,478 105,848 104,910 106,104 105,907 105,441 105,240 105,060

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,063 9,493 9,621 8,980 9,139 9,065 9,250 9,306 9,538

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 84 107 110 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,249 4,870 4,377 4,308 4,840 4,592 4,499 4,649 4,449

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,708 3,119 2,835 2,881 3,221 3,058 3,153 3,112 3,017

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,113 1,411 1,149 1,153 1,266 1,265 1,257 1,304 1,188

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 16,660 16,893 17,186 19,047 18,886 19,083 19,548 19,027 19,564

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,124 4,792 4,279 4,185 4,728 4,478 4,390 4,566 4,360

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,626 3,086 2,772 2,806 3,140 3,003 3,074 3,079 2,963

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,100 1,382 1,131 1,143 1,258 1,234 1,237 1,276 1,179

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 16,364 16,535 16,821 18,668 18,503 18,664 19,184 18,610 19,142

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

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

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

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

bad weather.

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

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

Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system

derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into the Current

Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls

used in the household survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 137,295 138,503 138,137 136,757 137,687 137,487 137,738 137,478 137,625

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 6,914 7,039 6,546 6,280 5,923 5,907 5,855 5,823 5,952

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,659 2,931 2,710 2,321 2,311 2,333 2,291 2,289 2,362

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 4,255 4,108 3,836 3,959 3,616 3,547 3,568 3,538 3,562

 20 years and over ................................................................... 130,380 131,464 131,591 130,476 131,765 131,580 131,883 131,655 131,673

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,739 13,911 13,636 13,484 13,420 13,455 13,473 13,379 13,393

 25 years and over ................................................................. 116,641 117,553 117,956 117,099 118,332 118,139 118,414 118,288 118,434

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 96,647 96,729 96,882 96,959 97,341 97,111 97,357 97,213 97,185

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,292 30,380 30,239 30,365 30,554 30,392 30,410 30,437 30,311

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 35,071 34,541 34,747 35,168 34,986 34,849 34,858 34,742 34,843

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 31,283 31,808 31,896 31,425 31,800 31,871 32,089 32,034 32,031

 55 years and over ............................................................... 19,995 20,825 21,073 20,140 20,992 21,028 21,057 21,074 21,249

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 73,870 74,269 74,032 73,023 73,182 72,981 73,071 73,043 73,195

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 3,452 3,537 3,299 3,127 2,818 2,837 2,941 2,850 2,992

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,279 1,467 1,345 1,101 1,052 1,073 1,089 1,089 1,162

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 2,172 2,069 1,954 2,025 1,770 1,760 1,850 1,757 1,812

 20 years and over ................................................................... 70,418 70,733 70,733 69,895 70,364 70,144 70,130 70,193 70,203

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,218 7,302 7,161 6,987 7,116 7,076 7,012 6,962 6,947

 25 years and over ................................................................. 63,200 63,431 63,572 62,957 63,266 63,077 63,118 63,253 63,328

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 52,255 52,229 52,218 52,019 52,057 51,911 51,961 51,994 51,977

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,709 16,805 16,661 16,641 16,750 16,660 16,668 16,711 16,587

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 19,008 18,779 18,864 18,892 18,735 18,685 18,670 18,724 18,757

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,538 16,646 16,693 16,486 16,572 16,566 16,623 16,559 16,632

 55 years and over ............................................................... 10,945 11,202 11,354 10,937 11,209 11,166 11,157 11,259 11,351

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 63,425 64,234 64,105 63,734 64,505 64,506 64,667 64,435 64,430

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 3,463 3,503 3,247 3,153 3,104 3,070 2,914 2,973 2,960

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,380 1,464 1,365 1,220 1,259 1,259 1,203 1,200 1,199

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 2,083 2,039 1,882 1,933 1,845 1,787 1,718 1,781 1,750

 20 years and over ................................................................... 59,962 60,731 60,859 60,581 61,401 61,436 61,753 61,462 61,470

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,521 6,609 6,475 6,497 6,304 6,378 6,461 6,416 6,445

 25 years and over ................................................................. 53,442 54,123 54,384 54,142 55,066 55,062 55,295 55,035 55,106

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 44,392 44,499 44,665 44,940 45,283 45,200 45,396 45,220 45,208

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,583 13,575 13,579 13,725 13,804 13,731 13,742 13,726 13,724

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 16,063 15,762 15,883 16,276 16,251 16,164 16,188 16,019 16,086

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 14,746 15,163 15,202 14,939 15,228 15,305 15,466 15,475 15,399

 55 years and over ............................................................... 9,050 9,623 9,719 9,202 9,783 9,862 9,900 9,816 9,898

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 44,401 44,770 44,753 44,235 44,552 44,542 44,371 44,739 44,620

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 33,799 33,889 34,168 34,278 34,685 34,443 34,600 34,612 34,655

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,595 8,498 8,483 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 114,886 115,288 114,894 112,740 113,241 112,821 112,904 113,316 112,954

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 22,409 23,215 23,243 24,133 24,355 24,676 24,990 24,458 24,981

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

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

week.

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

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

Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

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

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Aug.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,366 9,062 8,905 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.1

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,280 1,317 1,187 16.9 18.0 18.5 19.3 18.4 16.6

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 555 602 544 19.3 18.7 18.5 21.6 20.8 18.7

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 764 726 676 16.2 17.8 19.0 17.9 17.0 15.9

 20 years and over ................................................................... 7,086 7,745 7,718 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.5

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,428 1,544 1,537 9.6 10.1 10.5 10.7 10.3 10.3

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,676 6,177 6,210 4.6 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.0

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,803 5,236 5,252 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.1

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,908 1,986 2,040 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.5 6.1 6.3

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,612 1,901 1,836 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.2 5.0

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,283 1,349 1,375 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1

 55 years and over ............................................................... 828 938 915 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.1

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,654 5,139 4,965 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.4

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 748 751 608 19.3 20.6 20.8 20.1 20.9 16.9

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 331 322 303 23.1 21.4 21.5 23.8 22.8 20.7

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 446 425 328 18.1 20.1 20.9 17.7 19.5 15.3

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,906 4,388 4,357 5.3 5.6 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.8

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 802 919 838 10.3 10.7 11.4 11.7 11.7 10.8

 25 years and over ................................................................. 3,097 3,452 3,530 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.2 5.3

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,628 2,910 3,010 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.5

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,019 1,138 1,224 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.7 6.4 6.9

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 878 1,017 1,023 4.4 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.2 5.2

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 730 755 762 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.4

 55 years and over ............................................................... 469 541 520 4.1 4.6 4.8 5.5 4.6 4.4

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,712 3,923 3,940 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.8

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 532 566 579 14.4 15.5 16.2 18.5 16.0 16.4

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 223 280 241 15.5 16.2 15.8 19.5 18.9 16.7

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 318 301 348 14.1 15.5 17.1 18.0 14.5 16.6

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,180 3,357 3,361 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 626 625 699 8.8 9.3 9.4 9.5 8.9 9.8

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,579 2,726 2,680 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,175 2,325 2,242 4.6 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.7

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 889 848 816 6.1 5.8 5.9 6.2 5.8 5.6

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 734 883 813 4.3 4.4 4.7 5.2 5.2 4.8

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 552 594 613 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 404 422 453 4.3 3.4 3.6 3.7 4.2 4.5

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,618 1,833 1,785 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.4 3.9 3.8

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,291 1,392 1,383 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.8

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 710 843 778 7.6 8.5 8.3 8.7 9.0 8.4

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,986 7,655 7,530 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.2

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,389 1,417 1,395 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.5 5.3

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

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

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

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

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2003, data

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,427 4,958 4,789 4,607 4,765 5,074 5,010 4,951 4,942

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 1,101 1,216 1,030 1,158 1,101 1,226 1,199 1,198 1,080

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,326 3,743 3,760 3,449 3,664 3,848 3,811 3,753 3,862

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,514 2,891 2,928 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 812 852 832 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 932 814 869 844 829 772 893 792 782

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,253 2,599 2,465 2,326 2,558 2,499 2,687 2,529 2,540

New entrants ............................................................................ 658 948 706 587 642 634 648 670 628

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 53.5 53.2 54.2 55.1 54.2 56.5 54.2 55.4 55.6

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 13.3 13.0 11.7 13.8 12.5 13.7 13.0 13.4 12.1

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 40.2 40.2 42.6 41.2 41.7 42.9 41.3 42.0 43.4

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 11.3 8.7 9.8 10.1 9.4 8.6 9.7 8.9 8.8

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 27.2 27.9 27.9 27.8 29.1 27.8 29.1 28.3 28.6

 New entrants ........................................................................... 8.0 10.2 8.0 7.0 7.3 7.1 7.0 7.5 7.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4

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

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7

 New entrants ........................................................................... .5 .6 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,897 2,984 2,740 2,895 2,814 3,056 3,009 2,730 2,727

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,700 2,899 2,780 2,505 2,630 2,605 2,936 2,699 2,595

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 2,673 3,436 3,310 2,891 3,294 3,250 3,572 3,592 3,572

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,095 1,480 1,307 1,361 1,392 1,321 1,536 1,633 1,637

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,578 1,956 2,003 1,530 1,903 1,930 2,036 1,959 1,935

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 16.3 18.4 19.1 16.3 19.6 19.2 19.8 19.3 19.0

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 8.9 9.2 10.0 8.7 10.2 10.1 12.3 10.0 9.6

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 35.0 32.0 31.0 34.9 32.2 34.3 31.6 30.3 30.7

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 32.6 31.1 31.5 30.2 30.1 29.2 30.9 29.9 29.2

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 32.3 36.9 37.5 34.9 37.7 36.5 37.5 39.8 40.2

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 13.2 15.9 14.8 16.4 15.9 14.8 16.1 18.1 18.4

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 19.1 21.0 22.7 18.5 21.8 21.7 21.4 21.7 21.8

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2002

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Aug.

2003

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 137,295 138,137 8,271 8,830 5.7 6.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 47,178 47,192 1,673 1,780 3.4 3.6

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,077 19,837 659 653 3.2 3.2

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 27,101 27,355 1,014 1,127 3.6 4.0

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 22,032 22,611 1,399 1,666 6.0 6.9

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,570 35,374 2,124 2,112 5.6 5.6

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 16,032 15,917 1,007 977 5.9 5.8

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,538 19,457 1,118 1,135 5.4 5.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 13,846 14,926 1,009 1,084 6.8 6.8

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 1,077 1,229 130 154 10.8 11.1

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 8,096 8,648 647 687 7.4 7.4

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 4,673 5,048 231 243 4.7 4.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,668 18,034 1,387 1,461 6.9 7.5

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 10,192 9,781 773 797 7.0 7.5

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,476 8,253 614 664 6.8 7.4

1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed

Forces are included in the unemployed total.

 NOTE: Occupations reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational classification

system derived from the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system into the Current

Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used

in the household survey.

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

Industry

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2002

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Aug.

2003

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 8,271 8,830 5.7 6.0

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 6,620 6,903 5.9 6.1

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 32 20 6.3 3.8

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 654 650 7.4 7.1

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,108 1,186 6.2 6.7

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 722 752 6.5 6.9

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 386 434 5.8 6.4

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,170 1,161 5.8 5.6

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 221 255 3.9 4.8

 Information ........................................................................................................ 270 224 7.1 6.1

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 343 342 3.8 3.7

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 926 881 7.2 7.2

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 660 760 3.9 4.3

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 884 1,050 7.5 9.0

 Other services .................................................................................................. 353 373 6.0 6.1

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 125 173 9.0 10.7

Government workers ......................................................................................... 596 745 3.0 3.7

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 271 302 2.6 2.7

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

 NOTE: Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system

derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into the Current

Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used

in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 1.8 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 5.7 6.3 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.1

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 5.9 6.6 6.3 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 6.6 7.3 7.1 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

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

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

 all marginally attached workers ........................................................................................... 9.5 10.5 10.0 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

1 Data not available.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Labor Review. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Aug.

2002

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Aug.

2003

Aug.

2002

Aug.

2003

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 72,300 74,540 26,569 27,964 45,731 46,576

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,811 5,030 2,021 2,191 2,790 2,838

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,456 1,665 692 867 764 798

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 378 503 214 320 164 183

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,078 1,162 478 547 601 615

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 6,879 7,221 3,533 3,737 3,346 3,484

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.0 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.3 5.4

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,733 3,749 2,111 2,133 1,622 1,615

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,398 1,528 413 484 984 1,043

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 319 293 204 225 115 69

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,386 1,609 784 876 602 733

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

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

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

reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Change

from:

July 2003-

Aug. 2003

Total nonfarm ............................. 130,091 130,944 129,607 129,531 130,224 130,062 129,986 129,903 129,854 129,761 -93

Total private ........................................ 109,728 109,436 109,239 109,249 108,745 108,536 108,502 108,427 108,371 108,304 -67

Goods-producing ............................................ 22,948 22,384 22,320 22,398 22,527 22,119 22,098 22,061 22,003 21,977 -26

Natural resources and mining .................................. 589 576 577 579 575 564 566 569 567 566 -1

Logging ............................................................ 71.4 66.8 67.1 67.9 67.3 64.3 64.8 65.7 64.6 64.2 -.4

Mining .................................................................... 517.2 509.2 510.1 511.4 508.1 499.8 501.4 502.8 502.4 501.5 -.9

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 123.4 127.6 126.7 126.8 122.0 124.4 125.2 125.7 125.2 125.1 -.1

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 215.0 212.6 214.5 214.7 210.6 207.5 208.2 208.9 210.1 209.7 -.4

Coal mining ...................................................... 74.0 73.0 74.0 73.5 74.4 72.7 72.6 73.2 74.1 73.6 -.5

Support activities for mining .............................. 178.8 169.0 168.9 169.9 175.5 167.9 168.0 168.2 167.1 166.7 -.4

Construction ............................................................. 7,023 7,021 7,103 7,133 6,719 6,760 6,786 6,800 6,803 6,822 19

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,642.4 1,654.8 1,660.1 1,661.3 1,585.3 1,615.8 1,615.0 1,609.7 1,605.4 1,605.3 -.1

Heavy and civil engineering construction ......... 993.1 963.2 975.8 988.3 921.0 898.4 902.8 905.8 909.7 914.2 4.5

Specialty trade contractors ................................ 4,387.2 4,403.4 4,466.7 4,483.6 4,212.9 4,245.5 4,267.8 4,284.1 4,287.6 4,302.4 14.8

Manufacturing ........................................................... 15,336 14,787 14,640 14,686 15,233 14,795 14,746 14,692 14,633 14,589 -44

Production workers ....................................... 10,816 10,373 10,233 10,290 10,740 10,379 10,342 10,299 10,251 10,219 -32

Durable goods ....................................................... 9,516 9,141 9,024 9,054 9,472 9,147 9,114 9,081 9,033 9,014 -19

Production workers ....................................... 6,543 6,267 6,158 6,202 6,517 6,267 6,244 6,221 6,183 6,176 -7

Wood products ................................................... 568.7 549.8 549.2 548.1 556.0 546.0 544.9 541.0 540.3 535.3 -5.0

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 528.2 513.7 510.3 513.7 518.1 504.8 505.1 505.0 500.9 502.7 1.8

Primary metals .................................................... 511.1 482.3 474.3 478.1 509.1 491.1 486.4 482.0 478.1 476.9 -1.2

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,545.6 1,483.5 1,468.9 1,471.3 1,542.3 1,489.4 1,482.3 1,476.4 1,470.5 1,468.7 -1.8

Machinery ........................................................... 1,228.1 1,183.1 1,169.2 1,165.1 1,228.7 1,187.4 1,181.2 1,175.8 1,170.9 1,166.2 -4.7

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,503.5 1,411.3 1,400.3 1,397.3 1,503.5 1,423.6 1,413.0 1,407.7 1,398.8 1,398.0 -.8

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 243.8 228.2 224.5 222.6 243.9 230.5 226.7 226.5 223.5 222.6 -.9

Communications equipment ........................... 186.2 173.4 171.9 171.1 187.1 175.5 174.4 173.3 172.3 172.2 -.1

Semiconductors and electronic components . 525.5 486.3 482.0 481.5 525.5 492.0 487.7 485.1 481.9 481.9 .0

Electronic instruments ..................................... 449.6 431.2 429.6 431.1 447.2 433.5 431.5 429.9 428.6 428.8 .2

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 496.9 470.1 466.6 463.0 494.9 474.8 469.3 467.7 466.3 461.3 -5.0

Transportation equipment .................................. 1,833.2 1,785.8 1,737.7 1,771.4 1,824.0 1,771.9 1,777.6 1,774.3 1,759.9 1,763.5 3.6

Furniture and related products .......................... 607.5 579.4 575.6 574.7 604.3 576.4 576.4 574.1 574.3 571.0 -3.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 693.2 681.9 671.7 671.5 691.4 682.0 677.8 676.6 672.6 670.5 -2.1

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,820 5,646 5,616 5,632 5,761 5,648 5,632 5,611 5,600 5,575 -25

Production workers ....................................... 4,273 4,106 4,075 4,088 4,223 4,112 4,098 4,078 4,068 4,043 -25

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,548.8 1,513.5 1,533.4 1,561.4 1,514.5 1,512.3 1,512.4 1,517.5 1,522.1 1,523.6 1.5

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 210.4 197.7 198.4 199.7 205.0 194.6 195.4 194.5 194.6 194.8 .2

Textile mills ......................................................... 293.4 273.7 263.4 260.9 291.3 277.8 272.7 270.1 264.3 259.6 -4.7

Textile product mills ........................................... 198.7 189.4 185.7 179.2 195.6 190.6 188.7 186.4 184.0 177.0 -7.0

Apparel ................................................................ 356.1 316.5 298.0 295.5 354.2 318.4 313.2 307.8 299.5 294.3 -5.2

Leather and allied products ............................... 49.2 43.8 42.8 43.2 48.9 44.8 44.4 43.3 43.4 43.0 -.4

Paper and paper products ................................. 551.7 534.3 529.4 529.9 548.9 534.1 531.9 530.6 527.9 527.5 -.4

Printing and related support activities ............... 704.7 696.9 694.2 692.4 704.2 694.8 695.3 694.1 693.1 691.7 -1.4

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 121.3 120.9 120.7 118.7 118.6 119.2 119.3 118.4 117.9 116.4 -1.5

Chemicals ........................................................... 927.6 921.2 920.7 914.3 926.7 921.7 920.6 916.5 917.8 914.1 -3.7

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 858.4 838.2 829.6 836.6 853.3 839.2 837.7 831.7 835.1 832.6 -2.5

Service-providing ............................................ 107,143 108,560 107,287 107,133 107,697 107,943 107,888 107,842 107,851 107,784 -67

Private service-providing ............................ 86,780 87,052 86,919 86,851 86,218 86,417 86,404 86,366 86,368 86,327 -41

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,460 25,277 25,185 25,179 25,458 25,321 25,282 25,238 25,204 25,183 -21

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,651.2 5,598.9 5,587.0 5,572.3 5,624.4 5,590.8 5,582.0 5,570.6 5,558.5 5,548.2 -10.3

Durable goods .................................................... 3,006.4 2,960.0 2,956.3 2,952.3 2,991.1 2,957.7 2,952.2 2,947.5 2,941.8 2,937.3 -4.5

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,025.8 2,017.1 2,011.8 2,003.1 2,015.7 2,013.3 2,009.9 2,004.1 1,999.6 1,995.1 -4.5

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 619.0 621.8 618.9 616.9 617.6 619.8 619.9 619.0 617.1 615.8 -1.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Change

from:

July 2003-

Aug. 2003

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,007.3 14,944.4 14,931.5 14,939.1 15,033.3 14,999.6 14,979.0 14,964.2 14,962.5 14,958.7 -3.8

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,898.8 1,891.8 1,898.5 1,893.2 1,883.2 1,875.4 1,879.2 1,877.9 1,880.2 1,875.2 -5.0

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,257.0 1,248.9 1,253.0 1,252.9 1,252.4 1,242.0 1,244.3 1,246.0 1,248.0 1,247.1 -.9

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 538.9 543.6 539.1 538.2 541.8 549.2 545.4 546.5 543.7 542.7 -1.0

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 519.2 514.9 513.2 514.4 525.0 525.2 523.8 522.9 520.4 520.4 .0

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,203.7 1,245.2 1,231.4 1,222.7 1,185.2 1,189.0 1,188.5 1,194.2 1,195.9 1,202.2 6.3

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,867.5 2,825.2 2,815.4 2,810.2 2,857.1 2,822.0 2,822.5 2,812.8 2,801.1 2,799.4 -1.7

Health and personal care stores ....................... 949.9 970.6 967.0 967.7 947.7 966.2 965.7 967.9 966.5 966.1 -.4

Gasoline stations ................................................ 912.9 917.5 914.8 917.7 902.2 910.9 908.8 908.6 904.1 907.2 3.1

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,315.1 1,262.2 1,276.7 1,278.9 1,311.7 1,288.3 1,280.7 1,277.5 1,282.0 1,275.8 -6.2

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 652.0 623.6 626.2 630.4 662.7 646.3 645.2 642.0 641.9 639.4 -2.5

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,753.2 2,779.0 2,777.8 2,793.6 2,809.0 2,835.8 2,833.1 2,831.5 2,839.5 2,847.1 7.6

Department stores .......................................... 1,650.3 1,647.8 1,639.1 1,651.2 1,695.0 1,695.5 1,690.3 1,689.9 1,690.7 1,693.9 3.2

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 960.5 943.8 942.0 940.3 961.0 948.6 944.1 941.8 942.3 940.6 -1.7

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 435.6 427.0 429.4 431.8 446.7 442.7 442.0 440.6 444.9 442.6 -2.3

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,197.6 4,140.0 4,071.5 4,075.4 4,200.4 4,136.3 4,128.5 4,113.9 4,093.3 4,086.3 -7.0

Air transportation ................................................ 569.0 511.5 503.0 506.5 561.1 525.6 516.4 510.0 501.5 503.4 1.9

Rail transportation .............................................. 217.3 217.6 217.7 215.8 216.3 216.5 216.1 217.2 216.8 214.9 -1.9

Water transportation ........................................... 53.1 51.7 52.1 52.4 50.8 49.9 50.3 50.1 50.2 50.0 -.2

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,353.2 1,343.6 1,338.0 1,347.4 1,332.9 1,324.4 1,324.4 1,326.9 1,323.8 1,326.8 3.0

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 327.8 351.3 296.8 292.4 372.7 353.0 350.4 345.4 342.1 338.6 -3.5

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 41.0 40.0 39.8 39.0 40.7 40.3 40.3 39.7 39.4 38.8 -.6

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 33.5 35.5 37.9 37.5 26.9 28.5 29.1 29.9 29.8 29.6 -.2

Support activities for transportation ................... 533.0 526.0 522.0 521.6 527.6 522.7 527.8 523.2 519.1 517.5 -1.6

Couriers and messengers .................................. 551.4 556.8 555.8 552.1 556.8 561.6 560.8 560.9 560.6 558.4 -2.2

Warehousing and storage .................................. 518.3 506.0 508.4 510.7 514.6 513.8 512.9 510.6 510.0 508.3 -1.7

Utilities ................................................................... 603.6 594.1 595.0 592.6 600.0 594.6 592.3 589.5 589.5 589.5 0.0

Information ................................................................ 3,420 3,302 3,294 3,275 3,401 3,303 3,294 3,285 3,275 3,259 -16

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 967.6 945.6 943.9 941.4 966.9 950.8 947.2 945.1 941.6 941.0 -.6

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 401.9 382.7 385.0 377.1 387.1 371.1 373.4 371.7 372.2 364.9 -7.3

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 332.6 324.6 323.4 323.7 332.0 325.0 324.4 324.2 323.5 322.9 -.6

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 35.2 34.2 35.2 34.7 34.9 33.8 33.5 34.0 34.7 34.3 -.4

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,192.5 1,136.4 1,130.2 1,124.0 1,188.8 1,145.0 1,138.1 1,132.5 1,126.7 1,119.8 -6.9

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 442.4 432.8 431.1 429.2 444.5 431.3 431.4 432.1 431.7 430.8 -.9

Other information services ................................. 47.3 45.4 45.2 45.2 47.2 46.0 45.5 45.1 45.0 45.1 .1

Financial activities .................................................... 7,892 8,033 8,046 8,036 7,830 7,956 7,971 7,972 7,975 7,974 -1

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,824.6 5,947.8 5,952.8 5,940.3 5,804.0 5,912.0 5,923.2 5,923.3 5,924.1 5,921.5 -2.6

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 23.2 22.2 22.2 22.1 23.1 22.2 22.2 22.1 22.1 22.0 -.1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,693.4 2,796.3 2,799.7 2,796.9 2,682.3 2,765.8 2,781.8 2,783.5 2,786.4 2,786.6 .2

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,750.5 1,777.9 1,784.0 1,781.6 1,739.6 1,764.4 1,767.9 1,768.5 1,771.1 1,771.6 .5

Commercial banking .................................... 1,294.1 1,308.9 1,314.1 1,312.8 1,285.3 1,300.6 1,302.4 1,302.3 1,304.4 1,305.1 .7

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 802.2 800.4 802.6 800.6 795.7 798.8 796.9 796.7 795.8 794.1 -1.7

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,221.1 2,246.5 2,245.9 2,239.4 2,218.5 2,241.8 2,239.4 2,238.9 2,237.8 2,237.6 -.2

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 84.7 82.4 82.4 81.3 84.4 83.4 82.9 82.1 82.0 81.2 -.8

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,067.6 2,085.1 2,093.2 2,095.3 2,026.0 2,044.2 2,047.8 2,048.6 2,050.9 2,052.5 1.6

Real estate .......................................................... 1,370.3 1,385.9 1,394.5 1,398.1 1,342.3 1,366.4 1,367.3 1,365.2 1,368.8 1,370.7 1.9

Rental and leasing services ............................... 669.1 669.3 669.1 667.4 655.7 649.4 651.4 654.2 653.0 652.6 -.4

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 28.2 29.9 29.6 29.8 28.0 28.4 29.1 29.2 29.1 29.2 .1

Professional and business services ........................ 16,206 16,151 16,159 16,215 16,008 15,989 16,002 16,006 16,052 16,024 -28

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,716.0 6,678.9 6,649.1 6,637.6 6,704.8 6,742.2 6,698.1 6,674.9 6,652.9 6,643.0 -9.9

Legal services .................................................. 1,117.7 1,141.0 1,136.9 1,127.2 1,111.0 1,127.5 1,125.6 1,125.2 1,122.3 1,121.9 -.4

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 822.5 798.5 786.6 788.5 873.1 899.3 866.0 848.9 849.3 852.6 3.3

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,272.0 1,252.9 1,263.2 1,261.5 1,248.5 1,242.9 1,241.4 1,236.0 1,240.0 1,238.9 -1.1

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,158.5 1,145.8 1,129.4 1,123.4 1,154.5 1,151.9 1,146.6 1,142.0 1,127.6 1,119.6 -8.0

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 743.4 734.6 739.2 742.3 735.8 732.9 734.0 731.8 733.9 734.0 .1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Change

from:

July 2003-

Aug. 2003

Professional and business services-Continued

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,713.7 1,697.8 1,704.3 1,696.2 1,704.6 1,697.0 1,696.0 1,690.8 1,697.4 1,687.7 -9.7

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,776.1 7,773.9 7,805.7 7,881.4 7,598.2 7,549.4 7,608.3 7,639.8 7,701.8 7,693.5 -8.3

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,454.1 7,453.1 7,478.0 7,559.1 7,281.6 7,230.5 7,288.6 7,323.0 7,379.9 7,375.7 -4.2

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,377.8 3,358.8 3,390.1 3,471.8 3,268.8 3,242.2 3,291.7 3,318.3 3,371.8 3,353.5 -18.3

Temporary help services ............................. 2,300.5 2,232.5 2,255.1 2,313.6 2,219.1 2,131.2 2,177.6 2,207.9 2,219.7 2,226.5 6.8

Business support services .............................. 736.9 743.2 738.8 740.6 743.0 748.1 747.9 747.8 745.1 747.9 2.8

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,673.4 1,687.7 1,692.6 1,690.0 1,604.6 1,587.4 1,596.3 1,601.8 1,610.1 1,616.3 6.2

Waste management and remediation services 322.0 320.8 327.7 322.3 316.6 318.9 319.7 316.8 321.9 317.8 -4.1

Education and health services ................................ 15,912 16,339 16,209 16,179 16,241 16,483 16,509 16,503 16,501 16,525 24

Educational services ............................................. 2,354.8 2,495.9 2,398.3 2,361.4 2,665.5 2,708.8 2,718.1 2,689.7 2,687.1 2,685.6 -1.5

Health care and social assistance ........................13,557.6 13,842.6 13,810.3 13,817.5 13,575.4 13,774.2 13,790.7 13,813.2 13,814.3 13,839.7 25.4

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,656.2 4,790.3 4,790.0 4,802.0 4,649.4 4,753.7 4,764.8 4,777.4 4,784.6 4,795.2 10.6

Offices of physicians ....................................... 1,999.3 2,052.6 2,058.6 2,063.5 1,993.0 2,041.7 2,045.9 2,050.2 2,054.9 2,058.2 3.3

Outpatient care centers ................................... 409.4 415.2 413.9 415.5 409.5 412.8 413.1 414.7 413.7 415.5 1.8

Home health care services ............................. 671.9 712.2 709.4 711.0 674.5 702.9 705.3 709.0 711.4 713.2 1.8

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,171.1 4,232.2 4,240.9 4,244.5 4,165.4 4,214.0 4,218.1 4,227.0 4,228.1 4,238.9 10.8

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,756.1 2,799.3 2,794.2 2,797.7 2,746.1 2,784.4 2,787.9 2,790.7 2,787.1 2,789.6 2.5

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,580.2 1,593.1 1,587.6 1,587.0 1,575.0 1,586.2 1,587.0 1,589.6 1,586.0 1,583.8 -2.2

1 Social assistance ................................................ 1,974.2 2,020.8 1,985.2 1,973.3 2,014.5 2,022.1 2,019.9 2,018.1 2,014.5 2,016.0 1.5

Child day care services ................................... 703.9 717.5 681.1 683.6 740.8 724.9 724.9 722.7 726.1 722.4 -3.7

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,516 12,574 12,652 12,627 11,940 12,043 12,026 12,039 12,047 12,052 5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,999.4 1,986.4 2,044.7 2,006.2 1,751.2 1,764.8 1,759.2 1,758.4 1,761.0 1,762.9 1.9

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 373.4 366.9 373.8 372.6 342.9 356.7 348.8 346.5 343.7 343.3 -.4

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 118.6 117.8 120.2 117.8 110.7 108.4 109.8 109.8 110.2 110.2 .0

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,507.4 1,501.7 1,550.7 1,515.8 1,297.6 1,299.7 1,300.6 1,302.1 1,307.1 1,309.4 2.3

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,516.5 10,587.2 10,607.2 10,621.2 10,189.2 10,278.6 10,266.7 10,280.4 10,286.2 10,288.8 2.6

Accommodations ................................................ 1,902.4 1,860.0 1,923.0 1,910.5 1,762.4 1,769.0 1,763.6 1,769.1 1,776.4 1,771.5 -4.9

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,614.1 8,727.2 8,684.2 8,710.7 8,426.8 8,509.6 8,503.1 8,511.3 8,509.8 8,517.3 7.5

Other services .......................................................... 5,374 5,376 5,374 5,340 5,340 5,322 5,320 5,323 5,314 5,310 -4

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,239.7 1,226.3 1,225.4 1,224.8 1,237.5 1,215.6 1,215.1 1,218.6 1,219.3 1,221.3 2.0

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,250.9 1,237.5 1,228.2 1,228.2 1,247.5 1,227.0 1,226.3 1,225.0 1,224.7 1,224.8 .1

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,883.7 2,912.6 2,920.1 2,887.4 2,854.8 2,879.1 2,878.7 2,879.5 2,870.1 2,863.6 -6.5

Government .............................................................. 20,363 21,508 20,368 20,282 21,479 21,526 21,484 21,476 21,483 21,457 -26

Federal ................................................................... 2,777 2,770 2,768 2,751 2,765 2,769 2,761 2,749 2,745 2,740 -5

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,944.1 1,953.0 1,954.7 1,939.4 1,926.9 1,946.0 1,937.0 1,928.2 1,926.8 1,924.2 -2.6

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 833.2 816.5 813.7 811.7 838.4 823.0 823.6 821.1 818.2 816.2 -2.0

State government .................................................. 4,787 4,768 4,681 4,688 5,013 4,952 4,941 4,925 4,925 4,924 -1

State government education .............................. 1,976.7 1,990.7 1,906.0 1,913.0 2,232.5 2,186.5 2,180.8 2,174.3 2,175.8 2,174.6 -1.2

State government, excluding education ............ 2,810.5 2,777.3 2,775.3 2,774.5 2,780.3 2,765.3 2,759.9 2,751.1 2,749.4 2,749.6 .2

Local government .................................................. 12,799 13,970 12,919 12,843 13,701 13,805 13,782 13,802 13,813 13,793 -20

Local government education ............................. 6,587.8 7,719.6 6,607.8 6,614.9 7,673.7 7,703.5 7,689.1 7,718.7 7,743.4 7,735.4 -8.0

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,211.3 6,250.1 6,310.9 6,227.6 6,027.3 6,101.1 6,092.6 6,083.5 6,069.1 6,057.8 -11.3

1

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

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Change

from:

July 2003-

Aug. 2003

Total private ....................................... 34.2 34.1 33.8 33.9 33.9 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.6 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.2 40.1 39.5 40.1 39.9 39.5 39.7 39.8 39.6 39.7 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 43.7 44.3 43.3 44.0 43.3 43.4 43.8 43.7 43.2 43.6 .4

Construction ............................................................ 39.3 39.0 39.0 39.5 38.5 37.9 38.5 38.4 38.2 38.5 .3

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.6 40.5 39.6 40.2 40.5 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.1 40.1 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.4 4.1 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 .1

Durable goods ..................................................... 40.7 41.0 39.9 40.6 40.7 40.3 40.5 40.7 40.5 40.5 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.4 4.3 3.8 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 .0

Wood products .................................................. 40.2 41.0 40.7 41.2 39.8 40.0 39.9 40.3 40.8 40.7 -.1

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.6 42.9 42.1 42.8 42.1 42.0 42.4 42.2 41.7 42.2 .5

Primary metals .................................................. 42.2 42.2 41.0 41.4 42.3 42.2 42.2 42.0 41.6 41.6 .0

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.7 40.8 40.0 40.4 40.7 40.3 40.6 40.5 40.5 40.4 -.1

Machinery .......................................................... 40.5 41.1 39.8 40.4 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.9 40.3 40.5 .2

Computer and electronic products ................ 39.4 40.6 40.0 40.8 39.6 40.1 40.5 40.5 40.6 40.9 .3

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 39.9 41.2 39.7 40.0 40.2 40.0 40.3 41.0 40.4 40.3 -.1

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.5 41.9 39.7 40.9 42.4 41.2 41.2 41.4 41.3 40.7 -.6

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.1 39.0 39.0 39.4 38.8 37.9 38.4 38.9 38.9 39.1 .2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.4 38.6 37.8 38.0 38.4 38.0 38.1 38.6 38.4 38.1 -.3

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.3 39.8 39.2 39.7 40.1 39.8 39.7 39.7 39.5 39.6 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.5 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0 .1

Food manufacturing ......................................... 40.0 39.4 38.9 39.4 39.6 39.4 39.3 39.4 39.0 39.1 .1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.7 39.6 39.5 40.3 39.4 39.6 39.0 39.0 39.1 39.8 .7

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.7 38.9 37.0 38.7 40.5 39.1 38.4 38.6 37.9 38.6 .7

Textile product mills ......................................... 39.3 39.5 39.9 40.7 39.2 38.5 39.0 39.1 39.9 40.4 .5

Apparel ............................................................... 37.1 35.6 34.3 34.8 36.9 35.6 35.4 35.0 34.6 34.7 .1

Leather and allied products ............................ 37.5 39.2 37.9 37.9 37.3 39.3 39.3 38.8 38.8 38.1 -.7

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.8 41.4 40.9 40.9 41.9 41.6 41.4 41.4 41.2 41.1 -.1

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.7 37.9 37.7 38.0 38.5 38.0 37.9 38.1 38.0 37.9 -.1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 42.3 44.5 44.3 43.8 42.7 44.3 44.1 44.1 43.9 44.2 .3

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.4 42.4 41.6 41.8 42.5 42.4 42.2 42.2 42.0 42.0 .0

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.6 40.4 39.3 40.3 40.7 40.0 40.3 40.1 40.0 40.3 .3

Private service-providing ............................. 32.8 32.8 32.5 32.6 32.5 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.3 32.3 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 34.0 34.0 33.8 33.9 33.5 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.3 33.5 .2

Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.1 38.3 37.6 37.9 38.0 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.7 37.8 .1

Retail trade ........................................................... 31.4 31.4 31.3 31.4 30.8 30.8 30.8 30.8 30.6 30.8 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.9 37.1 36.9 37.1 36.6 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.9 36.8 -.1

Utilities ................................................................... 40.9 41.1 40.8 41.0 40.9 41.0 40.9 41.0 40.9 41.0 .1

Information ............................................................... 36.5 36.8 36.4 36.5 36.4 36.2 36.4 36.4 36.4 36.4 .0

Financial activities .................................................. 35.5 36.2 35.3 35.4 35.6 35.5 35.6 35.5 35.5 35.5 .0

Professional and business services .................... 34.4 34.7 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.0 34.1 34.1 34.1 33.9 -.2

Education and health services ............................. 32.6 32.7 32.5 32.5 32.6 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 26.6 26.1 26.1 26.2 25.7 25.6 25.6 25.5 25.3 25.3 .0

Other services ......................................................... 32.2 32.0 31.8 31.9 32.0 31.8 31.8 31.8 31.7 31.7 .0

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

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

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

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Aug.

2002

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Aug.

2002

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Total private ....................................... $14.92 $15.34 $15.32 $15.34 $510.26 $523.09 $517.82 $520.03

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.02 15.38 15.43 15.45 509.18 518.31 518.45 519.12

Goods-producing .......................................... 16.42 16.78 16.84 16.90 660.08 672.88 665.18 677.69

Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.18 17.52 17.63 17.64 750.77 776.14 763.38 776.16

Construction ............................................................ 18.64 18.90 18.98 19.05 732.55 737.10 740.22 752.48

Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.30 15.69 15.68 15.75 621.18 635.45 620.93 633.15

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.04 16.40 16.30 16.45 652.83 672.40 650.37 667.87

Wood products .................................................. 12.42 12.70 12.81 12.65 499.28 520.70 521.37 521.18

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 15.44 15.70 15.82 15.80 657.74 673.53 666.02 676.24

Primary metals .................................................. 17.69 18.02 18.25 18.09 746.52 760.44 748.25 748.93

Fabricated metal products .............................. 14.70 14.92 14.99 15.05 598.29 608.74 599.60 608.02

Machinery .......................................................... 15.92 16.33 16.39 16.32 644.76 671.16 652.32 659.33

Computer and electronic products ................ 16.31 16.75 16.77 16.76 642.61 680.05 670.80 683.81

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 13.96 14.28 14.29 14.46 557.00 588.34 567.31 578.40

Transportation equipment ............................... 20.61 21.20 20.74 21.30 875.93 888.28 823.38 871.17

Furniture and related products ....................... 12.75 12.96 12.96 12.96 498.53 505.44 505.44 510.62

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 12.99 13.13 13.27 13.31 498.82 506.82 501.61 505.78

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.15 14.58 14.72 14.65 570.25 580.28 577.02 581.61

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.58 12.70 12.82 12.82 503.20 500.38 498.70 505.11

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 17.40 17.56 17.74 17.61 690.78 695.38 700.73 709.68

Textile mills ........................................................ 11.80 11.92 11.96 11.97 480.26 463.69 442.52 463.24

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.09 11.18 11.29 11.57 435.84 441.61 450.47 470.90

Apparel ............................................................... 9.13 9.47 9.67 9.72 338.72 337.13 331.68 338.26

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.00 11.59 11.42 11.58 412.50 454.33 432.82 438.88

Paper and paper products .............................. 16.92 17.33 17.59 17.43 707.26 717.46 719.43 712.89

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.01 15.26 15.41 15.44 580.89 578.35 580.96 586.72

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 22.97 23.53 23.20 23.02 971.63 1,047.09 1,027.76 1,008.28

Chemicals .......................................................... 17.94 18.55 18.47 18.37 760.66 786.52 768.35 767.87

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 13.52 14.18 14.36 14.23 548.91 572.87 564.35 573.47

Private service-providing ............................. 14.49 14.94 14.90 14.90 475.27 490.03 484.25 485.74

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 13.98 14.33 14.31 14.29 475.32 487.22 483.68 484.43

Wholesale trade ................................................... 16.94 17.33 17.31 17.31 645.41 663.74 650.86 656.05

Retail trade ........................................................... 11.64 11.91 11.88 11.88 365.50 373.97 371.84 373.03

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 15.79 16.29 16.37 16.31 582.65 604.36 604.05 605.10

Utilities ................................................................... 23.84 24.58 24.61 24.59 975.06 1,010.24 1,004.09 1,008.19

Information ............................................................... 20.00 21.03 21.09 21.20 730.00 773.90 767.68 773.80

Financial activities .................................................. 16.25 17.16 17.23 17.33 576.88 621.19 608.22 613.48

Professional and business services .................... 16.68 17.25 17.10 17.05 573.79 598.58 581.40 581.41

Education and health services ............................. 15.31 15.61 15.69 15.68 499.11 510.45 509.93 509.60

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.52 8.69 8.66 8.67 226.63 226.81 226.03 227.15

Other services ......................................................... 13.74 13.97 13.91 13.91 442.43 447.04 442.34 443.73

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
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Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Percent

change from:

July 2003-

Aug. 2003

Current dollars .............................................. $15.02 $15.30 $15.35 $15.38 $15.43 $15.45 0.1

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.24 8.27 8.31 8.30 8.32 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.38 16.71 16.76 16.79 16.80 16.86 .4

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.27 17.67 17.55 17.60 17.65 17.72 .4

Construction ............................................................................ 18.57 18.90 18.95 18.96 18.96 18.99 .2

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 15.34 15.63 15.68 15.72 15.73 15.78 .3

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 14.58 14.89 14.92 14.98 14.98 15.01 .2

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.08 16.33 16.37 16.42 16.41 16.48 .4

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.19 14.56 14.61 14.63 14.66 14.69 .2

Private service-providing ............................................. 14.63 14.91 14.97 15.00 15.06 15.06 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.06 14.24 14.31 14.34 14.39 14.38 -.1

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.02 17.25 17.29 17.34 17.38 17.40 .1

Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.71 11.83 11.90 11.92 11.95 11.96 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 15.80 16.18 16.25 16.30 16.39 16.33 -.4

Utilities ................................................................................... 24.08 24.33 24.48 24.62 24.73 24.78 .2

Information ............................................................................... 20.13 20.97 21.09 21.13 21.28 21.34 .3

Financial activities .................................................................. 16.34 16.93 17.02 17.17 17.35 17.39 .2

Professional and business services .................................... 16.86 17.23 17.24 17.22 17.24 17.26 .1

Education and health services ............................................. 15.33 15.57 15.64 15.67 15.70 15.72 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.60 8.71 8.73 8.75 8.76 8.76 .0

Other services ......................................................................... 13.80 13.98 13.97 13.98 14.00 14.00 .0

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and time and one-half.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. N.A. = not available.

3 Change was .2 percent from June 2003 to July 2003, the p = preliminary.

latest month available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Percent

change from:

July 2003-

Aug. 2003

Total private ....................................... 101.7 100.9 99.8 100.1 99.9 98.8 98.7 98.7 98.3 98.2 -0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 102.4 98.8 96.9 98.9 99.4 96.0 96.3 96.3 95.5 95.6 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 102.0 99.2 97.9 99.5 98.6 95.8 96.9 96.7 95.6 96.0 .4

Construction ............................................................ 107.3 104.8 106.0 107.9 99.7 97.5 99.2 99.1 98.5 99.4 .9

Manufacturing ......................................................... 100.5 96.1 92.7 94.6 99.5 95.2 95.1 95.0 94.0 93.8 -.2

Durable goods ..................................................... 99.7 96.2 92.0 94.3 99.3 94.6 94.7 94.8 93.8 93.7 -.1

Wood products .................................................. 102.7 100.9 100.0 101.1 99.3 97.9 97.3 97.5 98.4 97.5 -.9

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 103.5 99.2 97.0 99.6 99.9 95.5 96.2 95.7 93.9 95.6 1.8

Primary metals .................................................. 99.7 93.9 89.2 91.0 99.6 95.6 94.6 93.4 91.5 91.3 -.2

Fabricated metal products .............................. 99.9 95.9 92.8 94.1 99.8 95.1 95.3 94.7 94.3 93.9 -.4

Machinery .......................................................... 98.4 96.2 91.7 92.8 99.1 95.4 94.8 95.0 93.4 93.6 .2

Computer and electronic products ................ 98.0 95.8 93.2 95.3 98.8 95.4 95.8 95.3 94.9 95.8 .9

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 98.7 94.7 90.0 90.1 99.3 93.5 92.6 93.7 91.9 90.7 -1.3

Transportation equipment ............................... 99.9 96.2 88.0 93.2 99.4 93.4 94.0 94.4 93.4 92.5 -1.0

Furniture and related products ....................... 100.2 94.0 93.2 94.2 98.9 90.7 92.1 92.9 92.7 92.8 .1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 99.5 96.5 92.0 92.5 99.1 95.2 94.6 95.6 94.0 92.6 -1.5

Nondurable goods ............................................... 101.2 96.0 93.8 95.3 99.5 96.1 95.6 95.1 94.4 94.1 -.3

Food manufacturing ......................................... 102.9 98.2 98.3 101.4 99.2 98.4 98.1 98.6 97.9 98.1 .2

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 105.3 88.3 89.7 90.8 100.5 88.4 87.4 85.7 86.6 85.8 -.9

Textile mills ........................................................ 100.4 89.3 81.0 84.2 99.1 91.2 87.7 87.4 83.5 83.4 -.1

Textile product mills ......................................... 101.9 96.5 95.5 93.4 100.2 94.5 95.0 93.5 94.6 92.2 -2.5

Apparel ............................................................... 101.0 84.0 75.1 74.8 99.8 84.1 82.3 79.2 76.6 74.3 -3.0

Leather and allied products ............................ 97.1 90.1 84.6 85.9 96.0 92.0 91.2 87.1 88.7 85.8 -3.3

Paper and paper products .............................. 100.3 94.6 92.5 93.0 99.9 95.3 94.4 94.0 93.0 92.9 -.1

Printing and related support activities ........... 99.9 96.5 95.4 96.0 99.2 96.3 96.3 96.5 96.0 95.7 -.3

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 99.8 102.7 102.6 100.2 97.8 99.8 100.2 99.6 98.8 98.9 .1

Chemicals .......................................................... 99.1 99.8 98.2 97.8 99.9 100.1 99.3 99.0 99.1 98.8 -.3

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 100.5 97.6 93.4 96.7 100.2 96.7 97.2 96.1 95.7 96.3 .6

Private service-providing ............................. 101.5 101.6 100.5 100.6 99.9 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.1 99.1 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 100.9 99.8 98.9 99.1 99.5 98.3 98.1 97.9 97.5 98.0 .5

Wholesale trade ................................................... 100.4 99.2 97.2 97.5 99.7 97.9 97.7 97.3 96.8 96.8 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 101.3 100.7 100.3 100.5 99.6 99.1 99.0 98.9 98.2 98.9 .7

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 100.1 98.7 96.4 97.0 99.5 97.1 97.1 96.8 97.0 96.5 -.5

Utilities ................................................................... 100.9 99.7 99.3 99.7 100.1 99.1 98.7 98.6 98.5 98.9 .4

Information ............................................................... 99.5 101.3 100.1 99.9 98.7 98.8 99.4 99.6 99.5 99.3 -.2

Financial activities .................................................. 100.4 104.2 101.8 101.9 99.9 101.0 101.5 101.3 101.3 101.4 .1

Professional and business services .................... 101.8 101.4 99.3 99.9 99.8 98.3 98.6 98.6 98.8 98.0 -.8

Education and health services ............................. 98.8 101.3 99.9 99.6 101.0 101.7 101.8 101.8 101.8 101.9 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 107.8 105.9 106.6 106.8 99.1 99.1 98.9 98.8 98.1 98.2 .1

Other services ......................................................... 100.9 100.0 99.5 98.9 99.6 98.2 98.1 98.3 97.9 97.7 -.2

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

Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2002

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Aug.

2002

Apr.

2003

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003p

Aug.

2003p

Percent

change from:

July 2003-

Aug. 2003

Total private ....................................... 101.5 103.5 102.2 102.7 100.3 101.1 101.3 101.5 101.5 101.5 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 103.0 101.6 100.0 102.4 99.7 98.2 98.8 99.0 98.3 98.7 .4

Natural resources and mining .............................. 101.8 100.9 100.2 101.9 98.9 98.3 98.8 98.8 98.0 98.8 .8

Construction ............................................................ 108.0 106.9 108.7 111.0 100.0 99.5 101.6 101.5 100.9 102.0 1.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 100.5 98.6 95.1 97.5 99.8 97.3 97.5 97.6 96.7 96.8 .1

Durable goods ..................................................... 99.9 98.5 93.7 96.9 99.7 96.4 96.8 97.2 96.1 96.4 .3

Nondurable goods ............................................... 101.1 98.9 97.6 98.7 99.7 98.9 98.6 98.3 97.8 97.6 -.2

Private service-providing ............................. 101.0 104.2 102.8 103.0 100.3 101.8 102.2 102.4 102.5 102.5 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 100.7 102.1 101.0 101.0 99.8 99.9 100.2 100.2 100.1 100.5 .4

Wholesale trade ................................................... 100.2 101.3 99.2 99.5 100.0 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.2 99.3 .1

Retail trade ........................................................... 101.0 102.7 102.1 102.3 99.9 100.5 100.9 101.0 100.6 101.3 .7

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 100.2 101.9 100.0 100.3 99.7 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.8 99.9 -.9

Utilities ................................................................... 100.5 102.4 102.1 102.4 100.7 100.7 100.9 101.4 101.7 102.4 .7

Information ............................................................... 98.3 105.3 104.3 104.7 98.2 102.5 103.6 104.0 104.7 104.7 .0

Financial activities .................................................. 100.9 110.6 108.5 109.2 100.9 105.8 106.8 107.5 108.7 109.0 .3

Professional and business services .................... 101.0 104.0 101.0 101.3 100.1 100.7 101.1 101.0 101.3 100.7 -.6

Education and health services ............................. 99.4 104.0 103.0 102.7 101.7 104.0 104.6 104.8 105.0 105.3 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 107.2 107.4 107.7 108.0 99.4 100.7 100.8 100.9 100.3 100.3 .0

Other services ......................................................... 101.0 101.8 100.8 100.2 100.1 100.1 99.9 100.1 99.9 99.6 -.3

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
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Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

Time Span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1

Over 1-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 56.3 64.7 56.7 65.8 64.2 61.9 63.3 59.9 57.6 64.4 69.1 64.4

2000 ........................................................ 65.5 60.3 65.5 58.8 47.7 61.7 65.5 52.9 52.3 54.1 57.7 53.2

2001 ........................................................ 52.3 49.6 48.6 36.5 41.4 38.1 35.6 38.5 39.0 35.6 37.8 36.0

2002 ........................................................ 40.5 37.4 37.6 41.0 41.7 43.7 39.0 41.7 43.3 43.9 42.4 37.2

2003 ........................................................ 44.2 36.7 44.1 46.9 43.3 37.2 41.5 38.5 p p

Over 3-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 61.5 64.9 61.0 65.8 66.4 69.1 66.9 64.4 62.2 62.9 66.7 69.6

2000 ........................................................ 70.1 66.0 68.3 68.3 58.5 56.3 58.1 62.2 55.9 53.1 54.0 58.3

2001 ........................................................ 54.9 50.7 50.5 43.5 37.2 36.0 36.2 35.8 34.5 32.2 31.7 30.9

2002 ........................................................ 34.4 38.3 36.5 35.4 36.7 38.8 39.7 41.4 38.1 39.0 37.8 34.9

2003 ........................................................ 36.0 35.6 36.0 41.2 43.0 40.6 37.6 33.5 p p

Over 6-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 66.9 64.9 63.7 64.0 65.6 65.8 66.7 66.2 69.4 68.7 66.4 66.5

2000 ........................................................ 67.6 68.7 71.4 71.9 68.5 66.2 67.3 60.4 58.3 55.0 61.0 55.2

2001 ........................................................ 53.2 51.4 50.7 47.1 42.8 38.8 37.6 34.5 31.1 32.9 31.3 31.7

2002 ........................................................ 30.6 29.9 31.1 31.3 33.3 35.8 36.9 37.4 37.8 39.9 38.3 35.8

2003 ........................................................ 37.4 36.5 35.1 34.7 37.4 36.5 37.9 35.1 p p

Over 12-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 70.5 68.7 68.2 68.0 68.3 68.3 68.0 68.0 67.8 69.1 68.3 69.1

2000 ........................................................ 70.9 69.2 73.2 71.0 69.8 71.0 70.0 70.3 70.3 65.6 63.8 62.1

2001 ........................................................ 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.2 30.4 30.6 30.8 31.8 31.5 30.0 33.5 33.3

2003 ........................................................ 33.8 33.3 34.5 35.4 36.5 35.4 34.9 33.5 p p

Over 1-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 42.3 38.7 33.3 39.3 52.4 34.5 50.0 40.5 41.7 50.6 56.0 51.8

2000 ........................................................ 50.6 53.6 54.8 42.9 39.9 53.6 62.5 28.6 24.4 35.1 41.1 38.7

2001 ........................................................ 24.4 22.0 24.4 14.3 14.3 19.6 14.3 13.7 17.9 16.7 16.7 9.5

2002 ........................................................ 19.0 22.6 20.8 33.9 30.4 32.1 34.5 25.0 31.0 19.6 21.4 25.0

2003 ........................................................ 36.3 19.0 27.4 20.2 30.4 25.6 30.4 24.4 p p

Over 3-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 33.9 40.5 37.5 35.7 41.7 43.5 42.3 38.1 41.1 44.6 49.4 56.5

2000 ........................................................ 54.2 54.8 58.3 51.8 41.7 41.1 54.8 48.2 29.2 25.6 25.0 42.3

2001 ........................................................ 34.5 24.4 17.9 14.3 11.9 14.3 10.7 7.7 8.3 9.5 8.9 8.3

2002 ........................................................ 11.9 11.9 16.7 20.2 21.4 20.2 28.6 25.6 25.6 17.9 14.9 10.7

2003 ........................................................ 14.9 15.5 19.6 16.7 17.9 14.3 20.2 23.8 p p

Over 6-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 37.5 32.7 30.4 33.3 36.9 38.1 38.1 34.5 40.5 46.4 41.1 48.2

2000 ........................................................ 47.0 51.2 56.5 57.1 49.4 47.6 56.0 44.0 36.9 35.1 34.5 31.0

2001 ........................................................ 23.8 24.4 20.8 17.9 14.9 11.9 13.7 9.5 8.3 6.5 6.5 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.7 8.9 7.7 8.9 12.5 16.7 19.6 19.6 23.8 17.9 16.7 13.7

2003 ........................................................ 13.7 14.3 12.5 11.9 12.5 15.5 14.3 14.9 p p

Over 12-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 35.7 32.1 29.8 32.1 32.7 32.1 34.5 32.1 33.3 39.3 41.1 42.9

2000 ........................................................ 41.7 39.3 47.0 50.0 46.4 52.4 51.8 49.4 46.4 40.5 35.1 33.3

2001 ........................................................ 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 7.1 7.7 5.4 6.0 8.9 7.7 9.5 13.1 13.1

2003 ........................................................ 13.7 15.5 16.7 13.1 15.5 16.1 11.3 13.1 p p

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1

1Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment,

spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with

p= preliminary. increasing and decreasing employment.

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment