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Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

June 2003 – May 2006

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

June 2003 – May 2006

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MAY 2006

Nonfarm employment edged up in May (+75,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at

4.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment

continued to trend up in some service-providing industries and in mining, while retail trade and manufacturing

lost jobs. Average hourly earnings were up by 1 cent in May following a gain of 10 cents in April.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons (7.0 million) and the unemployment rate (4.6 percent) were

essentially unchanged in May. A year earlier, the unemployment rate was 5.1 percent.

In May, the jobless rates for the major worker groups—adult men (4.2 percent), adult women (4.1 percent), teenagers (14.0 percent), whites (4.1 percent), blacks (8.9 percent), and Hispanics (5.0 percent)—

showed little or no change over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.0 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment (144.0 million) continued to trend up in May; over the year it has increased by 2.4

million. Both the employment-population ratio (63.0 percent) and labor force participation rate (66.1 percent) held steady over the month. (See table A-1.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Apr.-

Category 2005 2006 May

IV I Mar. Apr. May change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................................. 150,126 150,405 150,652 150,811 150,991 180

Employment................................................................... 142,671 143,324 143,641 143,688 143,976 288

Unemployment................................................................... 7,455 7,081 7,011 7,123 7,015 -108

Not in labor force................................................................... 77,070 77,359 77,323 77,388 77,437 49

All workers............................................................... 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 -0.1

Adult men........................................................... 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.2 .0

Adult women........................................................ 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.1 -.2

Teenagers........................................................ 16.1 15.5 15.7 14.6 14.0 -.6

White .................................................................. 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.1 .0

Black or African American.................................... 9.7 9.2 9.3 9.4 8.9 -.5

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.0 -.4

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 134,161 134,722 134,905 p135,031 p135,106 p75

Goods-producing 1........................................................ 22,242 22,363 22,381 p22,426 p22,416 p-10

Construction............................................................. 7,391 7,483 7,495 p7,511 p7,512 p1

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,211 14,226 14,225 p14,244 p14,230 p-14

Service-providing 1 ............................................................... 111,920 112,359 112,524 p112,605 p112,690 p85

Retail trade 2 ........................................................ 15,284 15,299 15,307 p15,263 p15,236 p-27

Professional and business services......... 17,058 17,161 17,199 p17,216 p17,243 p27

Education and health services.............................. 17,476 17,584 17,622 p17,658 p17,699 p41

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 12,873 12,954 12,976 p12,991 p12,995 p4

Government........................................................ 21,870 21,873 21,899 p21,908 p21,916 p8

Total private.............................................................. 33.8 33.8 33.8 p33.9 p33.8 p-0.1

Manufacturing............................................................ 40.9 41.0 41.1 p41.2 p41.1 p-.1

Overtime........................................................ 4.6 4.5 4.5 p4.6 p4.6 p.0

 

Total private.......................................................... 103.4 104.2 104.4 p104.8 p104.6 p-0.2

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $16.30 $16.46 $16.51 p$16.61 p$16.62 p$0.01

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 551.05 556.35 558.04 p563.08 p561.76 p-1.32

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

2006

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

 p = preliminary.

Unemployment rates 

 Employment
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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in May,

the same as a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job

sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for

work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 323,000 discouraged

workers in May, down from 392,000 a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for

work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.1 million marginally

attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See

table A-13.)

Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data)

Beginning in October 2005, questions were added to the household survey to identify persons who

evacuated from their homes, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina. Data collected through these

questions do not account for all evacuees; persons living outside the scope of the survey—such as those

living in hotels or shelters—are not included. The questions were asked of persons in the household survey

sample throughout the country, since some evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected areas. An

additional question determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes and were living there at the

time of the survey. The total number of evacuees estimated from the household survey may change from

month to month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey. In addition, because the estimates

are obtained from a sample survey, they may vary from month to month due to sampling error.

Information gathered in May represented about 1.2 million persons age 16 and over who had evacuated

from where they were living in August 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina. These evacuees either had moved

back to their homes or were living in other residential units covered in the survey. Over half of the evacuees

were living in their August 2005 residences. Of all evacuees identified, 61.8 percent were in the labor force

in May. The unemployment rate for persons identified as evacuees was 14.3 percent. The rate was much

higher for evacuees who were not living in their former homes (24.9 percent) than for those who were again

living at their pre-Katrina residences (6.5 percent). (See table B.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up in May (+75,000) to 135.1 million. Over the month, job

gains continued in education and health services, wholesale trade, professional and business services, and

mining. Retail trade employment was down in May. (See table B-1.)

Education and health services continued to add jobs in May, with a gain of 41,000. Over the past 12

months, employment in the industry has increased by 408,000, with health care accounting for about twothirds of the growth. In May, health care added 19,000 jobs, with about half of the gain in hospitals.

Elsewhere in the service-providing sector, wholesale trade added 14,000 jobs over the month;

employment in this industry has risen by 108,000 over the past year. Employment in professional and

business services continued to trend upward in May (+27,000). Within that industry, computer systems

design added 11,000 jobs. Temporary help employment has been flat since January.

Retail trade employment fell by 27,000 in May, following a larger decline in April. However, employment in the industry was little changed over the year. Over the month, general merchandise stores and

clothing stores each lost 9,000 jobs. Employment in the information industry fell by 13,000, largely due to

a decline in motion picture and sound recording employment.
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Civilian noninstitutional population............... 1,179 675 504

Civilian labor force .................................. 728 419 309

Participation rate ............................. 61.8 62.1 61.3

Employed............................................ 624 392 232

Employment-population ratio ........... 52.9 58.0 46.0

Unemployed........................................ 104 27 77

Unemployment rate ......................... 14.3 6.5 24.9

Not in labor force.................................... 451 256 195

Total

Residence in May 2006

Employment status in May 2006 Same as in

 August 2005

Different than in

 August 2005

Table B. Employment status in May 2006 of persons 16 years and over who

evacuated from their August residence, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina

(Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)

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 Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who resided

in households that were eligible to be selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS). These

data are not representative of the total evacuee population because they do not include children

or people residing in shelters, hotels, places of worship, or other units outside the scope of

the CPS. The total number of evacuees estimated from the CPS may change from month to

month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey and because of sampling variability.

NOTE: These data use population controls that have been adjusted to account for interstate moves by evacuees.

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In the goods-producing sector, mining employment rose by 4,000 in May. Mining has added 113,000

jobs since its most recent low in April 2003, largely reflecting gains in support activities for oil and gas. In

May, construction employment was essentially unchanged in all its component industries. Total construction

employment has not increased significantly since February.

Manufacturing employment edged down in May (-14,000), following a small gain in April. Over the

month, employment declined in motor vehicles and parts and in computer and electronic products; both of

these industries had added jobs in April.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 0.1 hour to 33.8 hours in May, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek also fell by 0.1 hour

to 41.1 hours, while factory overtime was unchanged at 4.6 hours. (See table B-2.)

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.2 percent in May to 104.6 (2002=100). The manufacturing index fell by 0.3 percent

to 96.0. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 1 cent in May to $16.62, seasonally adjusted. This followed an increase of 10 cents in April. Average
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weekly earnings decreased by 0.2 percent in May to $561.76. Over the year, average hourly earnings

increased by 3.7 percent and average weekly earnings increased by 4.0 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for June is scheduled to be released on Friday, July 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

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

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

successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from

less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

May

2005

Apr.

2006

May

2006

May

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 225,670 228,199 228,428 225,670 227,553 227,763 227,975 228,199 228,428

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 148,878 150,209 150,696 149,201 150,114 150,449 150,652 150,811 150,991

 Participation rate ............................................................... 66.0 65.8 66.0 66.1 66.0 66.1 66.1 66.1 66.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 141,591 143,405 144,041 141,571 143,074 143,257 143,641 143,688 143,976

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.7 62.8 63.1 62.7 62.9 62.9 63.0 63.0 63.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 7,287 6,804 6,655 7,629 7,040 7,193 7,011 7,123 7,015

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.9 4.5 4.4 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 76,792 77,990 77,732 76,469 77,439 77,314 77,323 77,388 77,437

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 5,386 4,648 5,201 4,717 4,962 4,949 4,865 4,767 4,655

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 108,934 110,280 110,401 108,934 109,936 110,048 110,161 110,280 110,401

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 79,827 80,669 80,995 80,046 80,525 80,771 81,031 81,075 81,189

 Participation rate ............................................................... 73.3 73.1 73.4 73.5 73.2 73.4 73.6 73.5 73.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 75,997 76,929 77,322 75,998 76,857 76,888 77,273 77,237 77,313

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 69.8 69.8 70.0 69.8 69.9 69.9 70.1 70.0 70.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,830 3,740 3,672 4,047 3,668 3,883 3,758 3,838 3,876

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.8 4.6 4.5 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 29,107 29,611 29,407 28,888 29,411 29,278 29,129 29,205 29,212

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 100,634 101,857 101,963 100,634 101,560 101,657 101,754 101,857 101,963

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 76,391 77,275 77,446 76,445 76,928 77,115 77,335 77,415 77,477

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.9 75.9 76.0 76.0 75.7 75.9 76.0 76.0 76.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,242 74,098 74,356 73,108 73,844 73,857 74,197 74,169 74,202

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 72.8 72.7 72.9 72.6 72.7 72.7 72.9 72.8 72.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,149 3,177 3,090 3,337 3,084 3,258 3,137 3,246 3,275

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 24,244 24,582 24,517 24,190 24,631 24,542 24,419 24,442 24,486

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 116,736 117,919 118,027 116,736 117,617 117,715 117,814 117,919 118,027

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 69,051 69,540 69,701 69,155 69,589 69,679 69,621 69,736 69,802

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.2 59.0 59.1 59.2 59.2 59.2 59.1 59.1 59.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 65,594 66,476 66,719 65,573 66,217 66,369 66,368 66,451 66,663

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.2 56.4 56.5 56.2 56.3 56.4 56.3 56.4 56.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,457 3,064 2,983 3,582 3,372 3,309 3,252 3,285 3,139

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.0 4.4 4.3 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 47,685 48,379 48,326 47,581 48,028 48,037 48,193 48,183 48,225

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 108,672 109,736 109,829 108,672 109,478 109,562 109,646 109,736 109,829

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 65,505 66,215 66,251 65,528 66,022 66,081 66,038 66,187 66,280

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.2 60.3 60.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 62,642 63,547 63,695 62,515 63,163 63,262 63,305 63,362 63,555

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.6 57.9 58.0 57.5 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,863 2,668 2,556 3,013 2,859 2,819 2,733 2,825 2,725

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.4 4.0 3.9 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 43,167 43,521 43,578 43,144 43,456 43,481 43,608 43,550 43,549

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,364 16,606 16,637 16,364 16,515 16,545 16,575 16,606 16,637

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,983 6,720 6,999 7,228 7,164 7,253 7,279 7,210 7,234

 Participation rate ............................................................... 42.7 40.5 42.1 44.2 43.4 43.8 43.9 43.4 43.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,707 5,760 5,990 5,948 6,067 6,138 6,139 6,157 6,220

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 34.9 34.7 36.0 36.4 36.7 37.1 37.0 37.1 37.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,276 960 1,010 1,280 1,097 1,115 1,140 1,053 1,015

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 18.3 14.3 14.4 17.7 15.3 15.4 15.7 14.6 14.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,381 9,886 9,637 9,136 9,352 9,292 9,296 9,396 9,402

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 2006, 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

May

2005

Apr.

2006

May

2006

May

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 184,167 185,849 186,002 184,167 185,436 185,570 185,704 185,849 186,002

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 122,028 122,944 123,283 122,213 123,168 123,022 123,103 123,357 123,449

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.3 66.2 66.3 66.4 66.4 66.3 66.3 66.4 66.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 116,916 118,141 118,509 116,845 118,071 117,926 118,193 118,357 118,429

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.5 63.6 63.7 63.4 63.7 63.5 63.6 63.7 63.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,112 4,803 4,774 5,368 5,097 5,096 4,910 5,001 5,020

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 62,139 62,904 62,718 61,954 62,268 62,548 62,601 62,492 62,552

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 63,740 64,347 64,469 63,736 64,250 64,181 64,382 64,421 64,463

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.4 76.4 76.4 76.4 76.4 76.3 76.5 76.5 76.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,475 62,074 62,246 61,325 61,924 61,836 62,128 62,109 62,107

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 73.7 73.7 73.8 73.5 73.7 73.5 73.8 73.7 73.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,265 2,273 2,223 2,412 2,326 2,345 2,254 2,312 2,356

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.7

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,509 53,015 53,016 52,489 52,913 52,890 52,749 52,974 52,985

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 50,562 51,159 51,223 50,441 50,938 50,895 50,853 51,022 51,083

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.4 57.6 57.7 57.3 57.5 57.4 57.3 57.5 57.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,947 1,856 1,794 2,049 1,974 1,994 1,895 1,952 1,902

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,778 5,582 5,798 5,987 6,005 5,951 5,973 5,962 6,001

 Participation rate ................................................................. 45.6 43.6 45.2 47.3 47.1 46.6 46.7 46.5 46.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,879 4,909 5,040 5,080 5,209 5,195 5,212 5,226 5,239

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 38.5 38.3 39.3 40.1 40.8 40.7 40.7 40.8 40.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 899 674 757 907 797 756 761 736 762

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 15.6 12.1 13.1 15.2 13.3 12.7 12.7 12.3 12.7

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 26,450 26,905 26,943 26,450 26,788 26,826 26,865 26,905 26,943

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,977 17,155 17,247 17,060 16,982 17,273 17,334 17,326 17,312

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.2 63.8 64.0 64.5 63.4 64.4 64.5 64.4 64.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 15,338 15,638 15,796 15,347 15,476 15,660 15,726 15,698 15,767

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.0 58.1 58.6 58.0 57.8 58.4 58.5 58.3 58.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,639 1,517 1,452 1,713 1,506 1,614 1,608 1,628 1,545

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.7 8.8 8.4 10.0 8.9 9.3 9.3 9.4 8.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,473 9,751 9,696 9,389 9,806 9,553 9,531 9,580 9,631

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,586 7,690 7,732 7,625 7,520 7,682 7,703 7,760 7,757

 Participation rate ................................................................. 71.4 71.1 71.3 71.7 69.8 71.2 71.3 71.7 71.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,935 7,032 7,072 6,930 6,959 7,030 7,062 7,067 7,057

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 65.2 65.0 65.3 65.2 64.6 65.2 65.4 65.3 65.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 651 658 661 694 561 652 641 694 700

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.6 8.6 8.5 9.1 7.5 8.5 8.3 8.9 9.0

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,571 8,670 8,676 8,590 8,681 8,668 8,725 8,677 8,693

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.2 64.1 64.0 64.4 64.4 64.2 64.5 64.1 64.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,883 8,036 8,091 7,874 7,981 7,990 8,058 8,004 8,063

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 59.1 59.4 59.7 59.0 59.2 59.2 59.6 59.1 59.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 688 635 585 716 700 678 667 673 630

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.0 7.3 6.7 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 820 794 839 846 781 924 905 889 862

 Participation rate ................................................................. 33.2 31.2 32.8 34.2 30.9 36.5 35.6 34.9 33.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 520 570 633 542 536 640 606 627 647

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 21.1 22.4 24.8 21.9 21.2 25.3 23.9 24.6 25.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 300 224 206 304 245 284 299 262 216

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 36.6 28.2 24.5 35.9 31.4 30.8 33.1 29.5 25.0

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,770 10,095 10,148 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,407 6,690 6,652 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.6 66.3 65.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,158 6,447 6,454 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.0 63.9 63.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 249 243 198 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.9 3.6 3.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,362 3,405 3,496 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2006, 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

May

2005

Apr.

2006

May

2006

May

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 28,989 29,880 29,966 28,989 29,622 29,707 29,793 29,880 29,966

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 19,753 20,564 20,601 19,749 20,528 20,485 20,489 20,583 20,574

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.1 68.8 68.7 68.1 69.3 69.0 68.8 68.9 68.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 18,693 19,528 19,685 18,581 19,344 19,356 19,385 19,476 19,541

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.5 65.4 65.7 64.1 65.3 65.2 65.1 65.2 65.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,060 1,035 916 1,168 1,184 1,129 1,104 1,107 1,033

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.4 5.0 4.4 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,236 9,316 9,364 9,240 9,094 9,222 9,304 9,297 9,392

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 11,378 11,833 11,833 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.2 84.9 84.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,948 11,371 11,448 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 81.0 81.6 81.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 430 462 385 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.8 3.9 3.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,368 7,734 7,735 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 57.6 58.7 58.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,938 7,284 7,347 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 54.2 55.3 55.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 430 450 389 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.8 5.8 5.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 1,007 996 1,033 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 37.7 36.0 37.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 807 873 890 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 30.2 31.5 32.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 200 123 142 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 19.9 12.4 13.8 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 2006, 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

May

2005

Apr.

2006

May

2006

May

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 13,077 12,959 13,231 12,823 12,628 12,739 12,682 12,829 12,937

 Participation rate ................................................................... 46.3 46.3 46.8 45.4 46.0 47.0 46.3 45.8 45.8

 Employed ................................................................................ 12,174 12,099 12,415 11,833 11,742 11,823 11,795 11,933 12,040

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 43.1 43.2 43.9 41.9 42.7 43.6 43.0 42.6 42.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 904 860 816 990 886 915 887 897 897

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 6.9 6.6 6.2 7.7 7.0 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.9

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,299 38,347 38,431 38,253 38,001 37,913 38,310 38,179 38,250

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.3 63.3 63.3 63.2 62.5 62.6 62.9 63.0 63.0

 Employed ................................................................................ 36,718 36,674 36,903 36,522 36,324 36,240 36,716 36,515 36,576

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 60.7 60.5 60.8 60.4 59.7 59.8 60.2 60.3 60.3

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,582 1,673 1,528 1,731 1,678 1,673 1,594 1,664 1,674

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

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 34,439 35,284 34,716 34,744 35,535 35,745 35,508 35,354 35,115

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.6 72.4 72.0 73.2 72.5 71.6 72.3 72.6 72.9

 Employed ................................................................................ 33,192 33,983 33,496 33,410 34,290 34,442 34,178 34,013 33,792

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 70.0 69.8 69.5 70.4 69.9 69.0 69.6 69.8 70.1

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,247 1,300 1,220 1,335 1,246 1,302 1,329 1,341 1,323

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.8

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 41,087 42,122 42,295 40,967 41,837 41,731 41,810 41,959 42,156

 Participation rate ................................................................... 77.7 77.9 77.7 77.5 78.3 78.3 77.9 77.6 77.5

 Employed ................................................................................ 40,152 41,243 41,457 39,978 40,955 40,808 40,876 41,032 41,273

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 76.0 76.3 76.2 75.6 76.6 76.6 76.1 75.9 75.9

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 935 879 838 988 882 923 935 927 883

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, 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

May

2005

Apr.

2006

May

2006

May

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,258 2,219 2,233 2,216 2,198 2,224 2,194 2,232 2,184

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,238 1,277 1,307 1,229 1,266 1,281 1,255 1,307 1,286

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 992 930 911 961 897 919 931 937 890

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 28 12 15 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 139,333 141,186 141,808 139,322 140,862 141,000 141,464 141,425 141,786

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 129,633 131,547 132,044 129,564 131,185 131,189 131,638 131,728 131,965

 Government .......................................................................... 20,919 20,406 20,395 20,772 19,952 19,966 20,200 20,149 20,196

 Private industries .................................................................. 108,714 111,142 111,649 108,850 111,266 111,229 111,431 111,546 111,799

 Private households ............................................................. 722 819 800 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 107,992 110,322 110,848 108,059 110,440 110,394 110,625 110,699 110,933

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,643 9,560 9,677 9,689 9,550 9,730 9,706 9,659 9,696

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 57 79 87 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 4,171 3,787 3,968 4,375 4,133 4,204 3,989 3,978 4,137

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,582 2,352 2,587 2,740 2,649 2,655 2,494 2,474 2,703

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,319 1,156 1,115 1,352 1,226 1,238 1,191 1,179 1,152

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,886 19,808 20,228 19,407 19,708 19,564 19,373 19,460 19,701

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 4,104 3,710 3,878 4,296 4,064 4,107 3,884 3,900 4,037

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,560 2,299 2,516 2,703 2,606 2,590 2,382 2,422 2,612

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,296 1,153 1,110 1,333 1,198 1,225 1,177 1,169 1,150

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,596 19,438 19,872 19,057 19,368 19,199 19,044 19,112 19,292

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

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

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

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

bad weather.

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

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

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2005

Apr.

2006

May

2006

May

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 141,591 143,405 144,041 141,571 143,074 143,257 143,641 143,688 143,976

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,707 5,760 5,990 5,948 6,067 6,138 6,139 6,157 6,220

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,086 2,210 2,335 2,257 2,280 2,348 2,321 2,384 2,502

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,621 3,550 3,654 3,685 3,788 3,791 3,848 3,756 3,731

 20 years and over ................................................................... 135,884 137,645 138,051 135,623 137,007 137,119 137,502 137,531 137,757

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,649 13,646 13,780 13,751 13,713 13,801 13,820 13,777 13,871

 25 years and over ................................................................. 122,235 123,999 124,271 121,826 123,302 123,261 123,575 123,661 123,799

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 98,805 99,333 99,640 98,490 99,216 99,146 99,315 99,167 99,280

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,774 30,826 30,990 30,695 30,860 30,789 30,973 30,816 30,884

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,772 34,596 34,641 34,615 34,632 34,630 34,553 34,508 34,486

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 33,260 33,911 34,009 33,180 33,724 33,727 33,790 33,842 33,910

 55 years and over ............................................................... 23,429 24,666 24,631 23,335 24,086 24,114 24,260 24,494 24,519

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 75,997 76,929 77,322 75,998 76,857 76,888 77,273 77,237 77,313

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,755 2,831 2,966 2,890 3,013 3,031 3,076 3,068 3,111

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 974 1,036 1,137 1,065 1,064 1,078 1,132 1,131 1,226

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,781 1,795 1,829 1,822 1,943 1,968 1,965 1,936 1,887

 20 years and over ................................................................... 73,242 74,098 74,356 73,108 73,844 73,857 74,197 74,169 74,202

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,260 7,262 7,358 7,292 7,297 7,373 7,389 7,361 7,384

 25 years and over ................................................................. 65,982 66,836 66,998 65,763 66,534 66,460 66,753 66,758 66,757

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 53,344 53,634 53,810 53,177 53,621 53,504 53,676 53,634 53,632

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 17,039 17,014 17,131 16,988 17,106 17,012 17,200 17,068 17,077

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,807 18,820 18,848 18,768 18,818 18,796 18,782 18,818 18,805

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 17,499 17,800 17,831 17,421 17,697 17,696 17,694 17,747 17,750

 55 years and over ............................................................... 12,638 13,202 13,187 12,586 12,913 12,956 13,077 13,125 13,125

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 65,594 66,476 66,719 65,573 66,217 66,369 66,368 66,451 66,663

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,952 2,929 3,024 3,058 3,054 3,107 3,063 3,089 3,109

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,112 1,174 1,198 1,192 1,216 1,270 1,188 1,253 1,276

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,840 1,755 1,825 1,864 1,845 1,824 1,883 1,820 1,843

 20 years and over ................................................................... 62,642 63,547 63,695 62,515 63,163 63,262 63,305 63,362 63,555

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,390 6,384 6,421 6,459 6,415 6,428 6,431 6,416 6,487

 25 years and over ................................................................. 56,252 57,163 57,274 56,063 56,769 56,801 56,822 56,903 57,042

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,461 45,699 45,830 45,313 45,596 45,643 45,639 45,533 45,648

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,735 13,812 13,859 13,707 13,754 13,777 13,773 13,748 13,807

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,966 15,776 15,793 15,847 15,814 15,834 15,770 15,690 15,681

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,761 16,111 16,178 15,759 16,027 16,031 16,096 16,095 16,160

 55 years and over ............................................................... 10,791 11,464 11,444 10,750 11,173 11,158 11,183 11,370 11,394

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 45,725 45,731 45,841 45,723 45,790 45,679 45,806 45,837 45,843

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,723 35,326 35,123 34,771 35,167 35,039 35,074 35,300 35,171

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,965 8,747 9,249 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 116,830 118,559 118,925 116,845 118,166 118,402 119,053 119,251 118,959

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 24,761 24,846 25,115 24,665 24,931 24,794 24,559 24,469 24,955

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ........................................................... 7,348 7,360 7,641 7,457 7,603 7,408 7,521 7,489 7,718

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

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 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

May

2005

Apr.

2006

May

2006

May

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 7,629 7,123 7,015 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,280 1,053 1,015 17.7 15.3 15.4 15.7 14.6 14.0

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 555 451 445 19.7 16.5 17.9 18.6 15.9 15.1

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 707 618 576 16.1 14.4 13.9 13.7 14.1 13.4

 20 years and over ................................................................... 6,350 6,071 6,000 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.2

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,319 1,228 1,225 8.8 8.2 8.5 7.6 8.2 8.1

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,027 4,817 4,763 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,264 4,061 4,030 4.1 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,654 1,601 1,591 5.1 4.6 5.2 4.8 4.9 4.9

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,405 1,351 1,276 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.6

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,205 1,109 1,163 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3

 55 years and over ............................................................... 779 753 757 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.7 3.0 3.0

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,047 3,838 3,876 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.8

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 711 592 601 19.7 16.2 17.1 16.8 16.2 16.2

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 305 247 262 22.3 17.0 21.3 20.5 17.9 17.6

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 402 363 341 18.1 15.4 14.6 14.4 15.8 15.3

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,337 3,246 3,275 4.4 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.2

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 735 705 739 9.2 8.9 9.1 8.3 8.7 9.1

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,606 2,514 2,531 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,219 2,091 2,121 4.0 3.5 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 863 833 846 4.8 4.2 5.2 4.5 4.7 4.7

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 737 678 630 3.8 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.5 3.2

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 619 579 645 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.5

 55 years and over ............................................................... 386 423 411 3.0 3.2 2.8 2.7 3.1 3.0

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,582 3,285 3,139 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.5

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 569 460 414 15.7 14.4 13.6 14.5 13.0 11.7

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 250 205 183 17.3 16.1 14.7 16.7 14.0 12.5

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 305 255 236 14.1 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.3 11.3

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,013 2,825 2,725 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.1

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 584 523 486 8.3 7.4 7.7 6.7 7.5 7.0

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,421 2,303 2,232 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,045 1,970 1,910 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 791 768 745 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.1

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 669 672 647 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 585 530 518 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.1

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 357 302 310 3.2 3.3 3.1 2.5 2.6 2.6

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,260 1,200 1,191 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.5

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,144 1,037 1,072 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.9 3.0

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 768 708 619 7.9 8.2 7.5 7.5 7.5 6.3

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,175 5,834 5,644 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.5

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,469 1,326 1,344 5.6 4.8 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1

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 2006, 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

May

2005

Apr.

2006

May

2006

May

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 3,265 3,426 3,152 3,664 3,336 3,361 3,412 3,531 3,524

On temporary layoff .............................................................. 662 841 708 898 873 885 918 907 949

Not on temporary layoff ........................................................ 2,603 2,585 2,444 2,766 2,462 2,477 2,494 2,624 2,575

Permanent job losers ........................................................ 1,862 1,840 1,780 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs .......................... 740 745 664 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 863 817 810 952 839 849 817 846 878

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,455 2,041 2,174 2,365 2,314 2,313 2,158 2,180 2,119

New entrants ............................................................................ 705 520 519 699 622 680 634 579 525

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 ........ 44.8 50.4 47.4 47.7 46.9 46.7 48.6 49.5 50.0

On temporary layoff ............................................................ 9.1 12.4 10.6 11.7 12.3 12.3 13.1 12.7 13.5

Not on temporary layoff ...................................................... 35.7 38.0 36.7 36.0 34.6 34.4 35.5 36.8 36.5

Job leavers ............................................................................. 11.8 12.0 12.2 12.4 11.8 11.8 11.6 11.9 12.5

Reentrants .............................................................................. 33.7 30.0 32.7 30.8 32.5 32.1 30.7 30.5 30.1

New entrants .......................................................................... 9.7 7.6 7.8 9.1 8.7 9.4 9.0 8.1 7.4

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3

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

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

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

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, 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

May

2005

Apr.

2006

May

2006

May

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,743 2,339 2,526 2,694 2,556 2,595 2,676 2,635 2,516

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 1,838 1,900 1,804 2,270 2,263 2,074 2,011 2,115 2,242

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 2,706 2,566 2,325 2,650 2,241 2,482 2,333 2,373 2,297

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,190 1,169 1,008 1,122 1,090 1,126 1,044 1,046 968

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,516 1,396 1,317 1,528 1,151 1,356 1,288 1,327 1,329

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 19.1 18.0 17.5 18.6 16.8 17.6 16.9 16.8 17.1

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 9.1 9.8 8.6 9.1 8.4 8.9 8.5 8.5 8.5

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 .................................................................. 37.6 34.4 38.0 35.4 36.2 36.3 38.1 37.0 35.7

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 25.2 27.9 27.1 29.8 32.1 29.0 28.6 29.7 31.8

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 37.1 37.7 34.9 34.8 31.7 34.7 33.2 33.3 32.6

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 16.3 17.2 15.1 14.7 15.4 15.7 14.9 14.7 13.7

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 20.8 20.5 19.8 20.1 16.3 19.0 18.4 18.6 18.8

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, 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

May

2005

May

2006

May

2005

May

2006

May

2005

May

2006

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 141,591 144,041 7,287 6,655 4.9 4.4

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 49,249 50,160 1,189 1,040 2.4 2.0

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,082 20,865 477 437 2.3 2.1

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 29,167 29,294 712 603 2.4 2.0

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 23,056 24,041 1,606 1,384 6.5 5.4

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,875 36,002 1,857 1,650 4.9 4.4

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 16,612 16,950 886 760 5.1 4.3

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,263 19,052 971 890 4.8 4.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 15,339 15,722 861 940 5.3 5.6

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 959 1,003 66 79 6.4 7.3

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 9,161 9,385 612 645 6.3 6.4

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,218 5,334 183 216 3.4 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,071 18,117 1,059 1,086 5.5 5.7

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,545 9,341 578 466 5.7 4.8

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,527 8,775 481 620 5.3 6.6

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

May

2005

May

2006

May

2005

May

2006

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 7,287 6,655 4.9 4.4

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 5,765 5,377 5.0 4.6

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 16 20 2.4 2.8

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 567 647 6.1 6.6

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 743 680 4.5 4.1

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 422 372 4.1 3.5

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 322 308 5.2 5.2

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,145 1,025 5.4 4.8

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 223 226 4.1 4.0

 Information ........................................................................................................ 145 158 4.7 4.8

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 288 289 3.1 3.0

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 730 695 5.9 5.3

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 648 543 3.6 2.9

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 944 830 7.7 7.0

 Other services .................................................................................................. 314 265 5.0 4.2

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 66 79 5.3 6.0

Government workers ......................................................................................... 453 429 2.1 2.1

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 299 251 2.7 2.3

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, 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

May

2005

Apr.

2006

May

2006

May

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Apr.

2006

May

2006

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5

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

force .................................................................................................................................. 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3

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

rate) .................................................................................................................................. 4.9 4.5 4.4 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6

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

discouraged workers ........................................................................................................ 5.1 4.8 4.6 5.4 4.9 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.8

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

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers .................... 5.8 5.4 5.3 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.5

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

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

workers ............................................................................................................................. 8.6 7.9 7.9 8.9 8.4 8.5 8.2 8.2 8.2

 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 2006, 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

May

2005

May

2006

May

2005

May

2006

May

2005

May

2006

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 76,792 77,732 29,107 29,407 47,685 48,326

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 5,386 5,201 2,531 2,354 2,855 2,848

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,428 1,388 783 691 645 697

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ..................................... 392 323 233 204 159 119

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,036 1,066 550 487 486 578

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,348 7,641 3,741 3,863 3,607 3,778

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.0 5.5 5.7

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,763 3,881 2,111 2,164 1,652 1,718

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,744 1,794 547 550 1,197 1,245

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 312 334 217 244 95 90

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,504 1,594 851 885 653 710

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, 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

 May 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

 May 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

Change

from:

Apr. 2006-

May 2006p

Total nonfarm ............................. 133,924 134,116 135,041 135,810 133,210 134,530 134,730 134,905 135,031 135,106 75

Total private ........................................ 111,760 111,812 112,726 113,510 111,437 112,686 112,854 113,006 113,123 113,190 67

Goods-producing ............................................ 22,194 21,956 22,229 22,484 22,126 22,335 22,373 22,381 22,426 22,416 -10

Natural resources and mining .................................. 620 646 661 675 620 648 653 661 671 674 3

Logging ........................................................... 61.5 58.8 57.7 60.4 64.0 62.1 62.3 63.0 63.7 63.0 -.7

Mining .................................................................... 558.5 587.5 603.3 614.5 556.1 585.6 590.8 597.7 607.3 611.4 4.1

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 125.3 131.0 133.2 133.0 125.2 129.9 130.9 131.9 133.4 132.6 -.8

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 214.6 210.9 216.2 221.4 211.9 214.4 216.0 217.6 218.2 218.5 .3

Coal mining ...................................................... 72.6 77.9 78.6 78.6 72.7 76.0 77.2 78.3 78.7 78.6 -.1

Support activities for mining .............................. 218.6 245.6 253.9 260.1 219.0 241.3 243.9 248.2 255.7 260.3 4.6

Construction ............................................................. 7,327 7,148 7,363 7,578 7,255 7,460 7,494 7,495 7,511 7,512 1

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,684.7 1,695.8 1,730.8 1,757.6 1,686.7 1,742.5 1,745.1 1,749.2 1,759.0 1,757.5 -1.5

Residential building ......................................... 946.7 950.3 967.7 983.1 946.2 976.4 978.8 979.6 983.5 982.2 -1.3

Nonresidential building .................................... 738.0 745.5 763.1 774.5 740.5 766.1 766.3 769.6 775.5 775.3 -.2

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 973.8 904.3 957.2 1,015.0 947.1 987.0 992.4 990.5 989.7 990.2 .5

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,668.8 4,547.9 4,675.1 4,805.3 4,621.5 4,730.8 4,756.3 4,755.7 4,762.0 4,764.5 2.5

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,291.6 2,250.0 2,303.9 2,358.7 2,271.4 2,358.8 2,368.6 2,350.9 2,350.9 2,349.7 -1.2

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,377.2 2,297.9 2,371.2 2,446.6 2,350.1 2,372.0 2,387.7 2,404.8 2,411.1 2,414.8 3.7

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,247 14,162 14,205 14,231 14,251 14,227 14,226 14,225 14,244 14,230 -14

Production workers ....................................... 10,052 10,121 10,165 10,184 10,059 10,155 10,164 10,170 10,189 10,182 -7

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,972 8,967 9,013 9,020 8,964 8,977 8,981 8,992 9,017 9,008 -9

Production workers ....................................... 6,212 6,332 6,373 6,386 6,205 6,323 6,331 6,347 6,368 6,371 3

Wood products ................................................... 552.4 549.9 551.0 556.9 551.8 560.7 557.5 558.3 555.8 557.8 2.0

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 507.2 496.0 504.7 509.2 504.0 505.1 506.5 507.2 506.9 505.1 -1.8

Primary metals .................................................... 468.8 472.8 472.9 473.7 469.1 472.9 470.9 473.1 473.0 474.0 1.0

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,518.3 1,530.7 1,536.7 1,537.9 1,519.1 1,527.7 1,531.8 1,534.1 1,538.3 1,538.1 -.2

Machinery ........................................................... 1,163.4 1,172.1 1,176.9 1,181.8 1,161.1 1,163.4 1,168.7 1,171.5 1,174.2 1,177.5 3.3

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,316.8 1,318.9 1,324.8 1,321.4 1,317.6 1,317.3 1,321.9 1,322.0 1,326.7 1,322.1 -4.6

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 206.5 202.5 202.0 201.4 205.8 201.7 201.8 202.7 202.4 200.7 -1.7

Communications equipment ........................... 147.3 148.9 149.3 150.2 147.5 147.3 148.8 149.3 149.7 150.4 .7

Semiconductors and electronic components . 450.1 451.8 457.0 455.4 450.5 451.2 453.1 453.1 457.1 455.2 -1.9

Electronic instruments ..................................... 435.2 443.5 444.6 443.3 436.0 443.1 445.0 444.3 445.6 444.5 -1.1

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 437.2 439.7 439.8 441.2 438.2 436.5 437.6 439.3 440.4 441.2 .8

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,791.9 1,776.0 1,792.9 1,785.0 1,786.8 1,781.6 1,771.7 1,772.6 1,787.5 1,780.1 -7.4

Motor vehicles and parts2................................. 1,114.9 1,091.1 1,104.2 1,096.0 1,109.5 1,095.8 1,082.8 1,086.8 1,099.9 1,090.2 -9.7

Furniture and related products .......................... 565.0 557.0 559.0 558.3 563.7 557.4 557.5 557.6 558.7 557.0 -1.7

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 651.4 654.1 654.1 654.3 652.1 654.1 656.5 656.7 655.9 655.5 -.4

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,275 5,195 5,192 5,211 5,287 5,250 5,245 5,233 5,227 5,222 -5

Production workers ....................................... 3,840 3,789 3,792 3,798 3,854 3,832 3,833 3,823 3,821 3,811 -10

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,455.7 1,434.0 1,434.5 1,444.1 1,475.2 1,463.4 1,462.6 1,460.7 1,462.8 1,461.9 -.9

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 191.0 189.4 190.6 193.2 191.9 194.4 194.3 194.4 194.8 194.2 -.6

Textile mills ......................................................... 221.4 203.8 202.0 201.1 220.2 208.6 206.3 203.7 201.7 200.3 -1.4

Textile product mills ........................................... 175.3 171.2 169.8 169.4 172.2 175.4 173.9 170.5 168.5 167.5 -1.0

Apparel ................................................................ 262.9 253.3 252.3 251.5 261.4 253.7 253.1 252.8 251.6 249.9 -1.7

Leather and allied products ............................... 39.4 37.4 37.6 38.0 39.0 38.9 38.4 37.5 37.7 37.7 .0

Paper and paper products ................................. 485.1 473.6 469.3 472.1 486.8 477.7 477.3 475.2 472.4 473.2 .8

Printing and related support activities ............... 649.6 642.3 641.6 642.8 649.1 643.4 644.1 644.1 643.2 642.1 -1.1

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 114.2 111.1 113.7 115.4 113.7 111.5 112.9 113.3 114.0 114.5 .5

Chemicals ........................................................... 878.8 887.2 887.8 889.4 877.9 886.4 885.8 887.0 887.0 887.8 .8

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 801.8 791.7 792.5 794.2 800.0 796.2 796.4 793.6 793.4 792.9 -.5

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

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 May 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

 May 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

Change

from:

Apr. 2006-

May 2006p

Service-providing .............................................. 111,730 112,160 112,812 113,326 111,084 112,195 112,357 112,524 112,605 112,690 85

Private service-providing ............................... 89,566 89,856 90,497 91,026 89,311 90,351 90,481 90,625 90,697 90,774 77

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,845 25,770 25,841 25,984 25,897 26,042 26,048 26,075 26,053 26,047 -6

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,755.4 5,796.5 5,825.2 5,865.8 5,742.5 5,801.8 5,810.6 5,824.0 5,836.0 5,850.4 14.4

Durable goods .................................................... 2,988.8 3,029.7 3,040.7 3,055.1 2,986.7 3,028.5 3,032.2 3,039.7 3,045.7 3,052.4 6.7

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,031.0 2,019.0 2,030.9 2,049.9 2,022.7 2,025.6 2,030.4 2,032.9 2,034.7 2,040.1 5.4

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 735.6 747.8 753.6 760.8 733.1 747.7 748.0 751.4 755.6 757.9 2.3

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,175.9 15,067.0 15,077.8 15,147.4 15,249.4 15,300.4 15,289.4 15,306.6 15,263.1 15,236.0 -27.1

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,922.9 1,898.5 1,908.6 1,917.4 1,919.9 1,910.2 1,911.6 1,911.8 1,913.1 1,914.9 1.8

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,263.2 1,239.8 1,243.8 1,248.2 1,264.1 1,248.0 1,247.6 1,244.6 1,247.2 1,249.4 2.2

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 573.3 585.6 590.3 590.7 579.1 589.6 590.7 591.3 596.2 596.1 -.1

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 518.0 531.6 524.0 517.6 527.8 534.2 536.5 535.1 532.7 529.9 -2.8

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,323.1 1,290.3 1,346.0 1,375.8 1,269.1 1,300.1 1,309.1 1,312.4 1,315.5 1,318.4 2.9

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,817.7 2,775.9 2,788.3 2,804.9 2,820.2 2,805.9 2,807.4 2,809.6 2,809.6 2,805.0 -4.6

Health and personal care stores ....................... 952.9 955.2 948.7 954.1 955.7 959.4 955.9 960.3 956.6 957.8 1.2

Gasoline stations ................................................ 875.0 855.1 860.5 864.8 872.1 869.4 870.2 866.0 866.0 862.7 -3.3

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,370.8 1,382.8 1,376.5 1,371.3 1,401.1 1,434.3 1,432.2 1,423.1 1,416.7 1,408.0 -8.7

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 628.1 620.3 612.3 608.8 644.2 641.3 637.8 634.5 630.8 627.3 -3.5

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,869.3 2,866.4 2,820.3 2,824.1 2,924.4 2,919.1 2,907.0 2,929.4 2,894.1 2,885.3 -8.8

Department stores .......................................... 1,554.1 1,555.3 1,534.8 1,538.0 1,603.4 1,597.5 1,596.7 1,607.4 1,593.3 1,588.7 -4.6

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 906.6 883.0 885.5 901.4 904.2 901.5 900.7 902.5 901.6 899.2 -2.4

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 418.2 422.3 416.8 416.5 431.6 435.4 430.3 430.6 430.2 431.4 1.2

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,357.7 4,348.8 4,378.0 4,409.3 4,348.4 4,380.0 4,387.4 4,384.4 4,393.5 4,399.2 5.7

Air transportation ................................................ 508.1 485.0 487.0 486.9 506.8 489.0 489.1 487.6 488.7 485.0 -3.7

Rail transportation .............................................. 229.6 225.5 227.2 228.1 229.4 227.4 227.4 227.5 227.5 227.9 .4

Water transportation ........................................... 61.1 60.3 62.8 62.6 59.7 63.4 63.0 62.5 62.7 61.8 -.9

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,388.9 1,382.9 1,400.3 1,410.8 1,392.2 1,406.0 1,407.5 1,409.2 1,416.0 1,414.5 -1.5

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 407.6 409.2 406.9 417.2 387.5 394.1 394.6 394.5 389.9 396.2 6.3

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 37.4 37.5 37.7 37.7 37.6 37.4 37.5 37.7 37.8 37.8 .0

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 30.2 24.9 28.1 33.5 29.7 30.3 31.5 32.4 32.8 33.2 .4

Support activities for transportation ................... 548.7 559.6 563.7 562.7 551.8 560.7 564.7 562.2 563.7 565.1 1.4

Couriers and messengers .................................. 571.2 571.9 572.5 577.4 571.2 576.8 576.5 575.2 576.3 577.2 .9

Warehousing and storage .................................. 574.9 592.0 591.8 592.4 582.5 594.9 595.6 595.6 598.1 600.5 2.4

Utilities ................................................................... 556.0 557.4 559.6 561.6 556.2 559.3 560.4 559.5 560.5 561.4 .9

Information ................................................................ 3,069 3,063 3,059 3,058 3,065 3,065 3,073 3,072 3,068 3,055 -13

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 897.8 902.0 902.4 899.7 901.5 901.5 903.9 903.5 904.9 903.5 -1.4

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 386.4 382.6 375.0 376.9 379.8 391.2 389.7 389.5 383.1 372.0 -11.1

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 323.5 324.1 326.4 326.4 325.2 323.4 325.3 325.5 327.3 327.6 .3

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.6 30.2 30.5 30.4 30.5 29.6 30.7 30.3 30.4 30.3 -.1

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,002.0 992.8 994.1 994.0 1,000.2 991.3 994.6 993.2 993.6 992.1 -1.5

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 378.9 382.2 381.1 380.6 377.8 377.4 378.7 380.7 379.0 379.3 .3

Other information services ................................. 50.0 49.2 49.5 50.1 49.9 50.4 49.6 49.4 49.6 49.9 .3

Financial activities .................................................... 8,094 8,247 8,289 8,316 8,101 8,244 8,268 8,282 8,310 8,322 12

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,978.0 6,118.8 6,133.9 6,141.1 5,983.8 6,081.8 6,103.8 6,120.1 6,137.3 6,146.1 8.8

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 20.7 21.2 21.3 21.3 20.8 21.2 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.4 .0

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,849.5 2,910.8 2,919.7 2,925.8 2,851.8 2,896.7 2,906.7 2,914.7 2,922.6 2,928.2 5.6

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,764.6 1,808.3 1,813.5 1,817.0 1,765.9 1,793.0 1,803.3 1,810.6 1,814.9 1,817.8 2.9

Commercial banking .................................... 1,292.1 1,317.1 1,320.0 1,321.8 1,292.8 1,303.3 1,311.4 1,318.3 1,320.3 1,321.8 1.5

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 777.4 799.5 801.2 799.3 780.7 792.9 795.9 798.8 801.6 802.7 1.1

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,245.0 2,298.5 2,303.0 2,305.3 2,245.1 2,283.5 2,292.2 2,297.1 2,303.1 2,304.6 1.5

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 85.4 88.8 88.7 89.4 85.4 87.5 87.8 88.2 88.6 89.2 .6

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,116.1 2,128.2 2,155.1 2,174.8 2,116.7 2,161.7 2,164.2 2,162.3 2,172.4 2,176.1 3.7

Real estate .......................................................... 1,441.9 1,467.3 1,488.2 1,495.4 1,444.9 1,490.5 1,492.3 1,489.2 1,498.5 1,499.4 .9

Rental and leasing services ............................... 646.6 633.2 638.7 650.9 644.5 643.3 643.9 644.9 645.7 648.5 2.8

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 27.6 27.7 28.2 28.5 27.3 27.9 28.0 28.2 28.2 28.2 .0

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

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 May 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

 May 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

Change

from:

Apr. 2006-

May 2006p

Professional and business services ........................ 16,784 16,995 17,176 17,234 16,794 17,127 17,156 17,199 17,216 17,243 27

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,913.3 7,240.8 7,257.3 7,149.7 6,977.0 7,133.8 7,147.1 7,170.3 7,195.4 7,215.1 19.7

Legal services .................................................. 1,160.8 1,155.1 1,155.4 1,152.9 1,166.2 1,161.8 1,161.0 1,162.5 1,163.0 1,159.1 -3.9

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 783.6 966.9 950.3 817.2 829.8 847.0 846.2 849.9 854.0 862.6 8.6

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,293.7 1,336.9 1,351.4 1,363.7 1,295.6 1,340.5 1,348.3 1,356.5 1,361.8 1,366.0 4.2

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,177.3 1,233.4 1,242.5 1,251.1 1,182.0 1,226.0 1,230.5 1,235.2 1,244.6 1,255.8 11.2

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 834.2 870.5 876.2 877.6 836.2 867.8 871.7 875.4 879.8 879.6 -.2

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,751.8 1,764.0 1,771.7 1,782.1 1,753.3 1,772.6 1,771.0 1,774.9 1,777.5 1,780.9 3.4

Administrative and waste services ....................... 8,119.3 7,990.3 8,147.1 8,302.0 8,063.2 8,220.1 8,237.5 8,253.7 8,242.6 8,247.4 4.8

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,788.4 7,660.0 7,813.1 7,967.7 7,732.9 7,884.9 7,903.1 7,917.9 7,907.2 7,913.0 5.8

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,514.5 3,505.3 3,544.9 3,605.3 3,534.9 3,638.3 3,636.8 3,644.0 3,633.4 3,629.2 -4.2

Temporary help services ............................. 2,492.1 2,485.4 2,526.7 2,579.5 2,503.0 2,605.6 2,602.0 2,604.6 2,599.4 2,596.6 -2.8

Business support services .............................. 763.7 764.5 762.5 762.8 764.5 760.7 760.6 761.3 760.3 762.3 2.0

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,787.6 1,649.0 1,764.2 1,845.4 1,718.8 1,750.0 1,761.6 1,765.8 1,768.9 1,774.0 5.1

Waste management and remediation services 330.9 330.3 334.0 334.3 330.3 335.2 334.4 335.8 335.4 334.4 -1.0

Education and health services ................................ 17,370 17,766 17,813 17,783 17,291 17,544 17,585 17,622 17,658 17,699 41

Educational services ............................................. 2,872.3 2,998.0 3,008.2 2,943.4 2,812.6 2,828.5 2,840.1 2,845.4 2,857.2 2,876.1 18.9

Health care and social assistance ........................14,497.4 14,768.1 14,804.4 14,839.6 14,478.2 14,715.6 14,744.9 14,776.5 14,800.8 14,822.7 21.9

3 Health care ............................................................ 12,262.7 12,491.1 12,514.1 12,541.7 12,276.4 12,465.9 12,490.3 12,516.3 12,537.5 12,556.1 18.6

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 5,088.0 5,223.7 5,233.4 5,246.4 5,089.9 5,202.1 5,216.1 5,232.5 5,240.9 5,249.3 8.4

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,090.8 2,150.9 2,154.7 2,161.9 2,095.2 2,143.3 2,148.2 2,154.8 2,160.8 2,165.7 4.9

Outpatient care centers ................................... 470.1 489.4 488.3 490.7 469.5 485.9 486.9 488.6 488.6 490.3 1.7

Home health care services ............................. 810.4 834.0 835.6 839.9 809.6 829.1 831.9 835.8 836.0 839.0 3.0

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,325.2 4,395.0 4,398.7 4,409.2 4,333.8 4,387.3 4,393.0 4,402.5 4,408.7 4,417.4 8.7

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,849.5 2,872.4 2,882.0 2,886.1 2,852.7 2,876.5 2,881.2 2,881.3 2,887.9 2,889.4 1.5

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,574.8 1,577.4 1,581.1 1,585.6 1,577.5 1,583.5 1,583.4 1,582.6 1,585.7 1,588.0 2.3

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,234.7 2,277.0 2,290.3 2,297.9 2,201.8 2,249.7 2,254.6 2,260.2 2,263.3 2,266.6 3.3

Child day care services ................................... 800.6 809.0 814.8 817.8 780.4 795.1 795.8 795.6 798.6 798.2 -.4

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 13,002 12,632 12,921 13,218 12,778 12,932 12,955 12,976 12,991 12,995 4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,963.4 1,742.2 1,862.6 1,984.5 1,884.3 1,903.5 1,906.5 1,903.1 1,909.6 1,906.8 -2.8

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 381.7 343.1 380.9 390.4 369.7 356.3 364.9 364.4 372.0 375.3 3.3

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 124.6 113.2 121.0 127.7 121.1 121.4 121.9 121.5 123.0 123.7 .7

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,457.1 1,285.9 1,360.7 1,466.4 1,393.5 1,425.8 1,419.7 1,417.2 1,414.6 1,407.8 -6.8

Accommodations and food services .................... 11,038.7 10,889.3 11,058.7 11,233.6 10,893.4 11,028.0 11,048.9 11,072.8 11,081.8 11,088.5 6.7

Accommodations ................................................ 1,815.6 1,745.7 1,752.1 1,792.8 1,812.1 1,808.0 1,804.2 1,803.1 1,795.8 1,792.8 -3.0

Food services and drinking places .................... 9,223.1 9,143.6 9,306.6 9,440.8 9,081.3 9,220.0 9,244.7 9,269.7 9,286.0 9,295.7 9.7

Other services .......................................................... 5,402 5,383 5,398 5,433 5,385 5,397 5,396 5,399 5,401 5,413 12

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,241.5 1,246.7 1,254.4 1,261.7 1,237.1 1,240.7 1,242.8 1,245.8 1,250.2 1,255.8 5.6

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,292.3 1,264.7 1,274.8 1,285.8 1,274.9 1,278.4 1,275.5 1,270.7 1,270.0 1,268.6 -1.4

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,868.2 2,871.5 2,869.2 2,885.5 2,873.3 2,877.7 2,877.6 2,882.4 2,881.1 2,888.7 7.6

Government .............................................................. 22,164 22,304 22,315 22,300 21,773 21,844 21,876 21,899 21,908 21,916 8

Federal ................................................................... 2,727 2,692 2,697 2,704 2,725 2,705 2,707 2,706 2,704 2,702 -2

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,954.6 1,926.7 1,933.0 1,939.8 1,950.6 1,935.6 1,938.8 1,937.0 1,937.6 1,935.6 -2.0

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 772.4 765.0 763.9 764.0 774.7 769.1 767.9 769.3 765.9 766.8 .9

State government .................................................. 5,063 5,168 5,173 5,070 5,017 5,007 5,024 5,024 5,025 5,026 1

State government education .............................. 2,289.3 2,398.8 2,400.2 2,290.2 2,247.0 2,232.4 2,248.1 2,248.0 2,249.4 2,249.1 -.3

State government, excluding education ............ 2,773.4 2,768.9 2,772.3 2,779.7 2,770.0 2,774.9 2,775.7 2,776.2 2,776.0 2,776.7 .7

Local government .................................................. 14,374 14,444 14,445 14,526 14,031 14,132 14,145 14,169 14,179 14,188 9

Local government education ............................. 8,192.9 8,280.6 8,261.4 8,274.5 7,841.5 7,902.6 7,911.9 7,922.1 7,927.1 7,930.3 3.2

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,180.7 6,163.8 6,183.9 6,251.3 6,189.4 6,228.9 6,233.2 6,246.7 6,251.5 6,257.8 6.3

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

vehicle parts.

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing

and residential care facilities.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 May 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

 May 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

Change

from:

Apr. 2006-

May 2006p

Total private ....................................... 33.9 33.6 33.9 33.7 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.9 33.8 -0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.0 40.2 39.9 40.5 39.9 40.4 40.4 40.4 40.6 40.3 -.3

Natural resources and mining .............................. 45.9 44.7 45.5 45.3 45.7 46.1 45.2 45.2 45.5 45.1 -.4

Construction ............................................................ 38.9 38.4 38.4 38.9 38.4 39.1 38.9 38.9 39.1 38.5 -.6

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.4 41.0 40.4 41.2 40.4 40.9 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.1 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.3 4.4 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6 .0

Durable goods ..................................................... 40.9 41.4 40.7 41.5 40.8 41.3 41.4 41.4 41.6 41.5 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.4 4.5 3.8 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 .0

Wood products .................................................. 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.7 39.7 40.1 40.3 40.4 40.5 40.4 -.1

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.2 42.4 42.8 43.6 41.9 43.1 42.9 43.0 43.3 43.3 .0

Primary metals .................................................. 42.5 43.5 42.7 43.0 42.5 43.7 43.6 43.4 43.3 43.2 -.1

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.8 41.4 40.5 41.5 40.8 41.2 41.3 41.5 41.7 41.4 -.3

Machinery .......................................................... 42.0 42.2 41.6 42.5 41.9 41.8 42.1 42.1 42.6 42.4 -.2

Computer and electronic products ................ 39.8 40.5 40.1 40.4 39.8 40.5 40.4 40.5 40.6 40.5 -.1

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.0 41.1 40.0 40.8 40.2 41.2 41.4 41.3 41.4 41.1 -.3

Transportation equipment ............................... 41.9 42.9 41.6 43.3 41.8 42.6 42.7 42.8 43.0 43.1 .1

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 41.6 42.6 40.9 43.2 41.4 42.1 42.2 42.5 42.6 42.9 .3

Furniture and related products ....................... 38.7 38.4 38.0 38.0 39.1 38.2 38.5 38.5 38.4 38.4 .0

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.7 38.8 38.0 38.4 38.6 38.5 38.6 38.5 38.6 38.4 -.2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 39.6 40.3 39.9 40.5 39.7 40.3 40.4 40.4 40.5 40.5 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.2 4.2 3.9 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.6 .1

Food manufacturing ......................................... 38.8 39.3 38.7 40.0 38.9 39.6 39.7 39.8 39.7 40.0 .3

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.1 40.1 40.0 41.1 38.9 39.9 39.9 40.2 40.1 40.6 .5

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.5 40.6 39.9 40.1 40.3 40.6 40.5 40.3 40.1 40.0 -.1

Textile product mills ......................................... 38.5 39.7 39.4 40.4 38.8 40.1 40.4 39.6 40.2 40.6 .4

Apparel ............................................................... 35.1 36.3 35.7 36.6 35.1 36.0 35.8 36.0 36.4 36.5 .1

Leather and allied products ............................ 38.5 39.9 37.9 39.4 38.4 39.4 39.3 39.5 38.7 39.3 .6

Paper and paper products .............................. 42.2 42.0 42.2 42.6 42.3 42.4 42.5 42.4 42.8 42.7 -.1

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.0 39.1 38.7 38.7 38.3 38.8 39.0 39.0 39.1 39.0 -.1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 45.7 44.5 45.5 44.6 45.8 45.0 44.6 45.0 45.0 44.8 -.2

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.2 42.8 42.8 42.3 42.3 42.6 42.8 42.7 42.7 42.4 -.3

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 39.7 40.8 40.0 40.9 39.7 40.5 40.5 40.8 40.8 40.8 .0

Private service-providing ............................. 32.6 32.1 32.6 32.2 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.3 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.6 33.0 33.5 33.3 33.4 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.4 33.3 -.1

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

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.7 30.0 30.6 30.4 30.6 30.5 30.4 30.4 30.5 30.4 -.1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.3 36.3 36.7 36.6 37.1 36.6 36.7 36.7 36.7 36.6 -.1

Utilities ................................................................... 41.0 40.7 41.5 41.2 40.9 41.0 41.1 41.0 41.3 41.1 -.2

Information ............................................................... 36.7 36.3 36.8 36.1 36.7 36.6 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.4 -.2

Financial activities .................................................. 36.4 35.3 36.3 35.2 36.0 36.0 35.7 35.6 35.7 35.5 -.2

Professional and business services .................... 34.5 34.3 34.8 34.4 34.2 34.6 34.5 34.4 34.7 34.5 -.2

Education and health services ............................. 32.7 32.3 32.6 32.4 32.6 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.6 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 26.0 25.3 25.7 25.4 25.8 25.7 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.5 -.1

Other services ......................................................... 31.0 30.7 31.0 30.7 30.9 30.9 30.9 30.9 31.0 30.9 -.1

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining

and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and

nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.

These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the

total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor

vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and 

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

 May 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

 May 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

Total private ....................................... $16.03 $16.51 $16.68 $16.59 $543.42 $554.74 $565.45 $559.08

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 16.03 16.51 16.61 16.62 540.21 558.04 563.08 561.76

Goods-producing .......................................... 17.52 17.72 17.82 17.88 700.80 712.34 711.02 724.14

Natural resources and mining .............................. 18.56 19.61 19.81 19.76 851.90 876.57 901.36 895.13

Construction ............................................................ 19.29 19.53 19.60 19.75 750.38 749.95 752.64 768.28

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.51 16.71 16.78 16.76 667.00 685.11 677.91 690.51

Durable goods ..................................................... 17.24 17.54 17.58 17.59 705.12 726.16 715.51 729.99

Wood products .................................................. 13.22 13.17 13.28 13.36 528.80 526.80 531.20 543.75

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.59 16.61 16.74 16.58 700.10 704.26 716.47 722.89

Primary metals .................................................. 18.82 19.18 19.36 19.05 799.85 834.33 826.67 819.15

Fabricated metal products .............................. 15.67 16.09 16.07 16.08 639.34 666.13 650.84 667.32

Machinery .......................................................... 16.91 16.99 16.96 17.10 710.22 716.98 705.54 726.75

Computer and electronic products ................ 18.41 18.61 18.76 18.72 732.72 753.71 752.28 756.29

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.05 15.42 15.38 15.40 602.00 633.76 615.20 628.32

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.87 22.32 22.31 22.39 916.35 957.53 928.10 969.49

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.42 13.50 13.69 13.61 519.35 518.40 520.22 517.18

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 14.04 14.30 14.35 14.23 543.35 554.84 545.30 546.43

Nondurable goods ............................................... 15.29 15.29 15.40 15.32 605.48 616.19 614.46 620.46

Food manufacturing ......................................... 13.03 13.02 13.10 13.12 505.56 511.69 506.97 524.80

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 19.19 18.19 18.40 18.14 750.33 729.42 736.00 745.55

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.41 12.41 12.46 12.48 502.61 503.85 497.15 500.45

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.54 11.74 11.91 11.92 444.29 466.08 469.25 481.57

Apparel ............................................................... 10.15 10.61 10.65 10.54 356.27 385.14 380.21 385.76

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.42 11.11 11.25 11.38 439.67 443.29 426.38 448.37

Paper and paper products .............................. 18.03 17.78 17.99 17.83 760.87 746.76 759.18 759.56

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.54 15.77 15.72 15.86 590.52 616.61 608.36 613.78

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.58 24.81 24.73 24.30 1,123.31 1,104.05 1,125.22 1,083.78

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.73 19.63 19.82 19.67 832.61 840.16 848.30 832.04

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.88 14.90 14.93 14.91 590.74 607.92 597.20 609.82

Private service-providing ............................. 15.64 16.19 16.38 16.23 509.86 519.70 533.99 522.61

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.90 15.23 15.44 15.27 500.64 502.59 517.24 508.49

Wholesale trade ................................................... 18.03 18.60 18.87 18.68 685.14 699.36 722.72 706.10

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.40 12.50 12.70 12.53 380.68 375.00 388.62 380.91

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.58 16.96 17.11 17.01 618.43 615.65 627.94 622.57

Utilities ................................................................... 26.51 27.60 27.71 27.32 1,086.91 1,123.32 1,149.97 1,125.58

Information ............................................................... 21.88 22.89 23.18 23.09 803.00 830.91 853.02 833.55

Financial activities .................................................. 17.93 18.46 18.76 18.59 652.65 651.64 680.99 654.37

Professional and business services .................... 18.07 18.82 19.20 18.93 623.42 645.53 668.16 651.19

Education and health services ............................. 16.59 17.16 17.22 17.20 542.49 554.27 561.37 557.28

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.09 9.43 9.47 9.56 236.34 238.58 243.38 242.82

Other services ......................................................... 14.35 14.49 14.59 14.55 444.85 444.84 452.29 446.69

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total Private:

 May 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Apr. 2006-

May 2006 p

Current dollars ................................................ $16.03 $16.40 $16.47 $16.51 $16.61 $16.62 0.1

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.20 8.17 8.20 8.19 8.18 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.55 17.79 17.80 17.82 17.87 17.91 .2

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 18.58 19.33 19.40 19.52 19.68 19.76 .4

Construction ............................................................................ 19.37 19.63 19.66 19.65 19.67 19.81 .7

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.54 16.71 16.72 16.74 16.80 16.80 .0

.....................................................

4 Excluding overtime 15.69 15.84 15.83 15.87 15.91 15.91 .0

Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.29 17.53 17.54 17.57 17.61 17.64 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.31 15.33 15.33 15.33 15.40 15.36 -.3

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.63 16.03 16.11 16.16 16.27 16.28 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.87 15.13 15.19 15.20 15.29 15.26 -.2

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 18.01 18.53 18.61 18.66 18.69 18.73 .2

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.36 12.44 12.46 12.47 12.56 12.50 -.5

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.64 16.91 16.99 16.98 17.10 17.07 -.2

Utilities ................................................................................... 26.47 27.48 27.54 27.53 27.50 27.31 -.7

Information ............................................................................... 21.92 22.98 22.82 23.00 23.12 23.13 .0

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.81 18.33 18.45 18.49 18.64 18.63 -.1

Professional and business services .................................... 17.98 18.54 18.66 18.80 19.00 19.00 .0

Education and health services ............................................. 16.64 17.04 17.13 17.16 17.21 17.25 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.10 9.27 9.36 9.42 9.49 9.55 .6

Other services ......................................................................... 14.30 14.48 14.50 14.48 14.50 14.53 .2

3( )

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical

Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.

3 Change was -0.1 percent from Mar. 2006 to Apr. 2006, the latest

month available.

4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate

of time and one-half.

N.A. = not available.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 May 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

 May 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Apr. 2006-

May 2006p

Total private ....................................... 103.1 102.5 104.4 104.6 102.2 104.0 104.2 104.4 104.8 104.6 -0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 98.6 98.6 99.4 102.3 98.0 101.1 101.3 101.5 102.3 101.5 -.8

Natural resources and mining .............................. 113.7 115.7 120.7 123.0 113.2 120.0 118.4 120.1 122.3 122.2 -.1

Construction ............................................................ 109.3 104.7 108.5 113.8 106.7 112.2 112.1 112.4 113.3 111.5 -1.6

Manufacturing ......................................................... 93.2 95.2 94.3 96.3 93.3 95.3 95.6 95.9 96.3 96.0 -.3

Durable goods ..................................................... 95.5 98.5 97.5 99.6 95.1 98.1 98.5 98.7 99.5 99.3 -.2

Wood products .................................................. 99.6 99.8 99.9 102.4 99.0 102.3 102.0 102.3 102.0 101.9 -.1

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 97.7 96.6 99.5 102.1 96.3 100.0 100.0 100.5 101.1 100.6 -.5

Primary metals .................................................. 92.3 96.3 94.2 95.5 92.3 96.4 95.8 96.0 95.5 95.9 .4

Fabricated metal products .............................. 98.5 101.7 99.8 102.2 98.6 100.8 101.4 102.0 102.7 102.0 -.7

Machinery .......................................................... 98.7 100.7 99.9 102.7 98.3 98.9 100.0 100.3 101.9 101.9 .0

Computer and electronic products ................ 92.7 103.2 103.2 104.0 92.6 101.8 102.3 103.3 104.6 104.2 -.4

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 85.0 89.3 87.0 89.6 86.0 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.5 90.6 .1

Transportation equipment ............................... 97.3 100.7 98.9 102.4 96.5 99.8 99.7 100.1 101.4 101.2 -.2

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 95.5 96.0 93.4 97.6 94.4 95.3 94.3 95.3 96.6 96.3 -.3

Furniture and related products ....................... 90.4 89.4 88.9 89.1 91.2 88.7 89.7 89.9 89.9 89.8 -.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 90.1 91.1 88.9 90.3 90.2 90.5 91.2 90.9 90.8 90.6 -.2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 89.6 89.9 89.1 90.6 90.1 90.9 91.2 91.0 91.1 90.9 -.2

Food manufacturing ......................................... 93.6 93.1 92.0 95.6 95.5 96.4 96.7 96.6 96.6 97.2 .6

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 90.9 96.4 97.7 100.7 91.6 99.7 100.3 100.7 100.8 100.9 .1

Textile mills ........................................................ 73.2 67.6 65.9 66.1 72.4 68.7 68.0 67.1 66.1 65.6 -.8

Textile product mills ......................................... 90.4 92.5 90.4 91.8 89.9 96.2 95.5 91.7 91.6 91.7 .1

Apparel ............................................................... 66.0 65.9 64.4 65.9 65.5 65.3 64.5 65.0 65.3 65.1 -.3

Leather and allied products ............................ 78.1 77.0 74.1 77.6 77.4 80.0 77.9 76.4 75.7 76.6 1.2

Paper and paper products .............................. 87.5 85.6 85.2 86.2 88.0 86.8 87.2 86.8 87.0 86.6 -.5

Printing and related support activities ........... 90.4 92.7 92.3 92.5 91.1 91.6 92.6 92.9 93.4 93.0 -.4

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 105.5 97.0 100.7 101.6 105.3 98.4 99.3 100.4 100.4 101.1 .7

Chemicals .......................................................... 96.6 99.8 99.6 97.7 96.7 98.8 99.2 99.2 98.9 97.7 -1.2

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 91.6 93.0 91.6 93.9 91.3 92.8 92.9 93.3 93.5 93.4 -.1

Private service-providing ............................. 104.3 103.3 105.8 105.2 103.4 104.9 105.1 105.0 105.4 105.2 -.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 101.7 99.8 101.6 101.5 101.4 101.9 101.9 102.1 102.3 101.8 -.5

Wholesale trade ................................................... 102.3 102.4 105.1 104.5 101.3 103.1 103.7 103.6 104.5 104.5 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 100.5 97.5 99.5 99.3 100.7 100.9 100.5 100.6 100.6 99.9 -.7

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 106.1 103.2 105.1 105.4 105.1 104.7 105.1 105.1 105.3 105.0 -.3

Utilities ................................................................... 93.0 93.5 95.8 95.3 92.9 94.5 94.9 94.6 95.5 95.1 -.4

Information ............................................................... 99.9 100.0 101.2 99.5 99.8 100.7 100.5 100.9 100.8 100.3 -.5

Financial activities .................................................. 105.2 104.5 108.4 105.8 104.2 106.4 105.9 106.1 107.0 106.7 -.3

Professional and business services .................... 105.9 107.2 110.0 109.2 105.1 109.1 109.0 109.0 110.0 109.7 -.3

Education and health services ............................. 106.8 107.8 109.1 108.3 106.0 107.0 107.3 107.6 107.8 108.4 .6

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 108.9 103.1 107.3 108.8 106.2 107.4 107.1 107.4 107.6 107.2 -.4

Other services ......................................................... 96.8 95.5 96.8 96.5 96.2 96.2 96.3 96.5 96.8 96.7 -.1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and

motor vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by

the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours

estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours

and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 May 

2005

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

 May 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006

 Mar. 

2006

 Apr. 

2006p

 May 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Apr. 2006-

May 2006p

Total private ....................................... 110.5 113.2 116.5 116.1 109.6 114.1 114.8 115.3 116.5 116.3 -0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 105.8 107.0 108.5 112.1 105.3 110.1 110.4 110.8 111.9 111.3 -.5

Natural resources and mining .............................. 122.7 131.9 139.0 141.4 122.3 134.9 133.6 136.3 140.0 140.5 .4

Construction ............................................................ 113.9 110.4 114.9 121.3 111.7 118.9 119.0 119.3 120.3 119.3 -.8

Manufacturing ......................................................... 100.6 104.1 103.4 105.5 100.9 104.2 104.6 105.0 105.9 105.5 -.4

Durable goods ..................................................... 102.7 107.9 107.0 109.3 102.7 107.4 107.8 108.3 109.4 109.4 .0

Nondurable goods ............................................... 96.8 97.2 97.0 98.1 97.5 98.5 98.8 98.5 99.2 98.7 -.5

Private service-providing ............................. 112.1 114.9 119.0 117.3 111.0 115.5 116.3 116.5 117.8 117.6 -.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 108.1 108.4 111.9 110.6 107.5 110.0 110.4 110.7 111.5 110.8 -.6

Wholesale trade ................................................... 108.7 112.2 116.8 115.0 107.4 112.6 113.7 113.9 115.1 115.3 .2

Retail trade ........................................................... 106.8 104.5 108.3 106.6 106.7 107.6 107.3 107.5 108.3 107.1 -1.1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 111.6 111.0 114.1 113.7 110.9 112.3 113.3 113.2 114.2 113.7 -.4

Utilities ................................................................... 102.9 107.7 110.8 108.7 102.6 108.3 109.1 108.7 109.6 108.4 -1.1

Information ............................................................... 108.2 113.3 116.2 113.8 108.3 114.5 113.6 114.9 115.4 114.8 -.5

Financial activities .................................................. 116.6 119.3 125.7 121.6 114.7 120.6 120.9 121.3 123.3 122.9 -.3

Professional and business services .................... 113.8 120.0 125.7 123.0 112.4 120.3 121.0 121.9 124.4 124.0 -.3

Education and health services ............................. 116.5 121.6 123.5 122.4 115.9 119.9 120.9 121.4 122.0 122.9 .7

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 115.5 113.4 118.5 121.3 112.6 116.0 116.9 118.0 119.1 119.4 .3

Other services ......................................................... 101.2 100.9 102.9 102.3 100.2 101.4 101.7 101.8 102.3 102.4 .1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls

by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate

payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory

worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries

1

1

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Time span

2002 ......................................................... 40.8 36.5 38.3 38.7 40.1 46.0 43.7 43.3 41.7 41.9 41.5 36.0

2003 ......................................................... 44.1 37.9 34.9 38.3 42.8 38.8 37.6 39.7 50.7 49.8 52.0 51.3

2004 ......................................................... 51.6 49.5 62.4 65.5 62.4 57.7 52.7 52.0 57.0 54.3 55.0 54.1

2005 ......................................................... 50.7 57.7 56.7 54.7 54.5 56.7 59.2 54.1 51.4 53.4 61.7 58.6

2006 ......................................................... 61.0 59.9 58.5 p 62.9 p 57.9

2002 ......................................................... 34.5 36.2 35.6 35.8 34.9 38.8 38.5 44.8 37.6 39.7 37.2 39.6

2003 ......................................................... 40.6 34.2 34.7 32.7 35.3 41.7 38.5 33.8 42.6 47.8 49.8 50.5

2004 ......................................................... 54.3 53.4 57.6 63.1 69.4 68.3 58.8 55.6 57.4 56.5 59.9 55.2

2005 ......................................................... 52.9 56.7 59.2 60.4 56.8 60.8 60.4 59.7 57.9 52.2 57.0 63.7

2006 ......................................................... 66.2 65.5 63.3 p 62.4 p 62.4

2002 ......................................................... 30.2 30.6 31.5 30.9 32.0 36.3 35.8 37.6 34.5 36.0 36.7 35.3

2003 ......................................................... 34.4 31.8 31.8 34.0 32.7 36.2 33.3 32.4 40.5 45.3 46.4 47.7

2004 ......................................................... 49.8 52.3 54.7 60.8 63.3 63.8 63.1 63.5 59.0 61.3 55.9 55.6

2005 ......................................................... 55.4 57.7 57.4 58.8 55.2 58.6 60.8 59.5 60.6 57.7 58.5 60.6

2006 ......................................................... 61.2 61.5 63.1 p 69.6 p 64.6

2002 ......................................................... 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ......................................................... 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2

2004 ......................................................... 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.4 50.7 57.7 57.0 55.2 56.7 58.3 60.1 60.3

2005 ......................................................... 60.1 61.0 59.5 58.6 58.6 59.4 60.8 61.0 60.8 58.3 58.8 62.1

2006 ......................................................... 61.3 61.0 62.2 p 62.1 p 63.1

2002 ......................................................... 19.6 21.4 18.5 29.2 25.0 30.4 36.9 25.6 28.6 17.9 17.9 19.6

2003 ......................................................... 32.7 19.6 19.6 10.7 23.2 19.0 19.6 29.2 28.6 36.3 42.3 40.5

2004 ......................................................... 44.0 47.6 44.6 64.9 53.6 45.8 56.5 52.4 41.7 42.3 39.9 39.3

2005 ......................................................... 39.3 38.7 38.7 42.3 44.6 34.5 47.6 35.7 45.2 43.5 50.0 52.4

2006 ......................................................... 59.5 48.8 49.4 p 56.5 p 47.6

2002 ......................................................... 9.5 9.5 11.3 17.9 14.9 17.9 22.6 25.6 22.6 17.3 9.5 11.9

2003 ......................................................... 18.5 11.3 12.5 8.3 7.7 11.3 14.9 15.5 16.7 27.4 32.1 35.7

2004 ......................................................... 43.5 42.3 43.5 53.6 57.7 58.9 53.6 48.8 48.2 40.5 38.1 31.0

2005 ......................................................... 35.7 39.9 42.9 39.9 37.5 41.1 39.3 35.7 39.9 36.3 36.9 50.0

2006 ......................................................... 56.0 51.8 48.8 p 46.4 p 44.0

2002 ......................................................... 7.1 8.3 7.7 8.3 8.3 11.9 12.5 11.9 13.7 8.9 7.1 7.7

2003 ......................................................... 11.3 11.3 8.3 9.5 10.7 9.5 6.0 8.9 13.7 18.5 24.4 23.8

2004 ......................................................... 28.6 33.3 33.3 45.8 47.6 51.2 56.0 51.8 48.2 49.4 39.3 35.7

2005 ......................................................... 36.9 36.9 35.1 33.3 33.3 32.7 36.9 36.9 41.1 41.7 39.3 42.3

2006 ......................................................... 37.5 45.8 45.2 p 52.4 p 45.2

2002 ......................................................... 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ......................................................... 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7

2004 ......................................................... 13.1 14.3 13.1 20.2 23.2 35.7 36.9 38.1 36.3 44.0 44.6 44.6

2005 ......................................................... 44.6 44.6 41.7 40.5 39.9 33.3 32.7 31.0 32.1 39.3 35.7 40.5

2006 ......................................................... 41.1 39.9 39.9 p 42.3 p 42.3

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

unadjusted data for the 12-month span.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing

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

50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing

and decreasing employment.