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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MARCH 2007

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 180,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was essentially

unchanged at 4.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.

Employment increased in construction, retail trade, and health care. The number of manufacturing jobs

continued to trend down. Average hourly earnings rose by 6 cents, or 0.3 percent, over the month.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

In March, the number of unemployed persons (6.7 million) and the unemployment rate (4.4 percent)

were essentially unchanged. The jobless rate has remained within a narrow range—4.4 to 4.6 percent—

since September 2006. Over the month, the unemployment rate for most major worker groups—adult men

(4.0 percent), adult women (3.8 percent), teenagers (14.5 percent), blacks (8.3 percent), and Hispanics

(5.1 percent)—showed little or no change. The jobless rate for whites decreased to 3.8 percent. The

unemployment rate for Asians was 3.0 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

In March, the number of unemployed job losers and persons who had completed temporary jobs

declined by 215,000. The number of unemployed persons who had been jobless for less than 5 weeks also

fell, by 273,000. (See tables A-8 and A-9.)

Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

April 2004 – March 2007

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

April 2004 – March 2007

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.5

2005 2006 2007

128.0

130.0

132.0

134.0

136.0

138.0

140.0

2005 2006 2007
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

2006 2007

IV I Jan. Feb. Mar.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Civilian labor force ............................. 152,425 152,912 152,974 152,784 152,979 195 

Employment ................................... 145,629 146,044 145,957 145,919 146,254 335 

Unemployment ................................ 6,797 6,869 7,017 6,865 6,724 -141

Not in labor force ............................... 77,471 77,927 77,676 78,050 78,055 5 

All workers ......................................... 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 -0.1 

Adult men ......................................... 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 -.1 

Adult women .................................. 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.8 .0 

Teenagers ........................................ 15.1 14.8 15.0 14.9 14.5 -.4 

White ............................................ 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 -.2 

Black or African American ................. 8.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 8.3 .4 

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity .................... 4.8 5.4 5.7 5.2 5.1 -.1 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment ............................ 136,951 p 137,464 137,329 p 137,442 p 137,622 p 180

Goods-producing 1................................ 22,539 p 22,524 22,554 p 22,487 p 22,530 p 43

Construction .................................. 7,691 p 7,696 7,718 p 7,657 p 7,713 p 56

Manufacturing ............................... 14,147 p 14,117 14,130 p 14,119 p 14,103 p -16

Service-providing 1 ............................ 114,412 p 114,941 114,775 p 114,955 p 115,092 p 137

Retail trade 2 ................................ 15,316 p 15,381 15,358 p 15,375 p 15,411 p 36

Professional and business services ....... 17,727 p 17,823 17,804 p 17,836 p 17,829 p -7

Education and health services ................... 18,019 p 18,143 18,102 p 18,136 p 18,190 p 54

Leisure and hospitality ..................... 13,318 p 13,424 13,396 p 13,428 p 13,449 p 21

Government .................................... 22,107 p 22,170 22,140 p 22,173 p 22,196 p 23

Total private ......................................... 33.9 p 33.8 33.8 p 33.8 p 33.9 p 0.1

Manufacturing ................................... 41.1 p 41.0 40.9 p 40.9 p 41.1 p .2

 Overtime ....................................... 4.2 p 4.2 4.1 p 4.2 p 4.3 p .1

Total private ...................................... 106.5 p 106.9 106.7 p 106.7 p 107.3 p 0.6

Average hourly earnings, total private ....... $17.00 p $17.16 $17.10 p $17.16 p $17.22 p $0.06

Average weekly earnings, total private ...... 575.73 p 580.58 577.98 p 580.01 p 583.76 p 3.75

Quarterly averages Monthly data

Labor force status

Unemployment rates 

p = preliminary.

Feb.-Mar. 

change

Hours of work 3

2007

1

 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2

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

3

 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.

Category

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

Earnings 3

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

Both total employment, at 146.3 million, and the employment-population ratio, at 63.3 percent, were

essentially unchanged in March. Over the month, the labor force participation rate held steady at 66.2 percent, about the same as a year earlier. (See table A-1.)

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

March—essentially unchanged from a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work

and had looked for a job sometime during 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 381,000 discouraged workers in March, down slightly from a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were

available for them. The remaining 1.0 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in March had

not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family

responsibilities. (See table A-13.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

In March, nonfarm payroll employment rose by 180,000 to 137.6 million, after seasonal adjustment.

This increase followed gains of 162,000 in January and 113,000 in February (as revised). Over the year,

total nonfarm employment rose by about 2.0 million. In March, construction employment rose sharply,

following a large decline in the prior month. A sizable job gain also occurred in general merchandise stores

in March, and job growth continued in health care and in food services. Manufacturing employment continued to trend down over the month. (See table B-1.)

Construction employment increased by 56,000 in March, mostly offsetting a decline of 61,000 in

February. Unusually adverse weather likely contributed to February’s decline. Overall, the construction

industry has shown no net growth since employment peaked in September 2006. Over this span, job gains

in the nonresidential components of construction have been more than offset by losses in the residential

components.

Within retail trade, employment in general merchandise stores rose by 36,000 in March and by 81,000 in

the first quarter of this year. Despite the recent growth, employment in general merchandise stores was little

changed over the year. Elsewhere in retail trade, employment in building material and garden supply stores

has declined by 15,000 since reaching its peak in October 2006.

Employment in health care continued to increase in March with a gain of 30,000; over the year, the

industry added 348,000 jobs. In March, offices of physicians and hospitals added 9,000 jobs each, while

nursing and residential care facilities added 7,000. Food services and drinking places also continued to add

jobs in March (+19,000). Over the year, employment in the industry grew by 335,000.

Professional and business services employment was essentially unchanged in March and over the first

quarter of 2007. The industry added half a million jobs in 2006. In March, employment continued to

expand in computer systems design and in management and technical consulting services, but those job

gains were offset by small job losses in accounting and bookkeeping and in employment services.

Manufacturing employment continued to trend down over the month (-16,000), with declines in furniture

and related products (-4,000), computer and electronic products (-4,000), textile mills (-2,000), and paper

and paper products (-2,000).
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour to 33.9 hours in March, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek increased

by 0.2 hour to 41.1 hours, and manufacturing overtime increased by 0.1 hour to 4.3 hours. (See table B-2.)

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

payrolls increased by 0.6 percent in March to 107.3 (2002=100). The manufacturing index was up by

0.2 percent over the month to 95.2. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by

6 cents, or 0.3 percent, in March to $17.22, seasonally adjusted. During the first quarter of 2007, average

hourly earnings rose by 15 cents; in 2006, hourly earnings growth averaged 18 cents per quarter. Average

weekly earnings increased by 0.6 percent over the month to $583.76. Over the year, average hourly and

weekly earnings grew by 4.0 and 4.4 percent, respectively. (See table B-3.)

______________________________

The Employment Situation for April 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 4, at

8:30 A.M. (EDT).
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Adjustment to Educational Attainment Data from the Household Survey

An adjustment was made to the procedure for producing the educational attainment data for February

2007. In this release, those data appear in table A-4. The adjustment was made to minimize the impact of

 a questionnaire error that affected a regular February update of educational attainment. (This adjustment

also will have an impact on educational attainment data for March-May 2007.) The questionnaire error did

not affect any other data series from the household survey.

Under the usual procedure, household survey respondents (who are in the survey for a total of 8 months)

are asked to update their educational attainment at several points during the year. This update is done to

determine whether their level of schooling has increased since their initial interview. The updating process did

not work correctly in February because of a problem related to new questionnaire software.

BLS and the Census Bureau, which conducts the survey, decided not to use the educational attainment

updates collected in February and instead continued to use existing information collected in prior months.

Because the educational attainment of the population changes very slowly from month to month, the degree

of understatement of education level resulting from this adjustment is small. Moreover, since educational

attainment of one-fourth of the sample is newly collected or updated each month, the impact of the error

decreases over time.

For additional information, contact the Division of Labor Force Statistics at cpsinfo@bls.gov or call

 (202) 691-6378.
Technical Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 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 0.6 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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

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

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

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charging to Mastercard or Visa.

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.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD

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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

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Nov.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 227,975 230,834 231,034 227,975 229,905 230,108 230,650 230,834 231,034

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 150,027 151,879 152,236 150,689 152,449 152,775 152,974 152,784 152,979

 Participation rate ............................................................... 65.8 65.8 65.9 66.1 66.3 66.4 66.3 66.2 66.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 142,772 144,479 145,323 143,680 145,623 145,926 145,957 145,919 146,254

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.6 62.6 62.9 63.0 63.3 63.4 63.3 63.2 63.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 7,255 7,400 6,913 7,009 6,826 6,849 7,017 6,865 6,724

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

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 77,948 78,955 78,798 77,285 77,456 77,333 77,676 78,050 78,055

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,729 4,635 4,365 4,847 4,778 4,506 4,520 4,705 4,511

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 110,161 111,627 111,733 110,161 111,180 111,288 111,528 111,627 111,733

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 80,624 81,344 81,600 81,012 81,798 82,030 82,060 82,014 82,044

 Participation rate ............................................................... 73.2 72.9 73.0 73.5 73.6 73.7 73.6 73.5 73.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 76,488 76,923 77,553 77,259 78,148 78,311 78,237 78,172 78,344

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 69.4 68.9 69.4 70.1 70.3 70.4 70.2 70.0 70.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,136 4,421 4,047 3,752 3,650 3,718 3,823 3,842 3,701

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.1 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 29,537 30,283 30,133 29,149 29,382 29,259 29,468 29,613 29,689

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 101,754 103,046 103,143 101,754 102,656 102,751 102,956 103,046 103,143

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 77,125 77,986 78,217 77,310 78,123 78,334 78,384 78,375 78,452

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.8 75.7 75.8 76.0 76.1 76.2 76.1 76.1 76.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,610 74,184 74,737 74,180 75,088 75,235 75,158 75,138 75,323

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 72.3 72.0 72.5 72.9 73.1 73.2 73.0 72.9 73.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,514 3,802 3,480 3,130 3,036 3,100 3,226 3,237 3,129

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 24,629 25,060 24,926 24,444 24,533 24,417 24,572 24,671 24,691

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 117,814 119,207 119,300 117,814 118,724 118,820 119,122 119,207 119,300

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 69,403 70,535 70,636 69,678 70,651 70,745 70,914 70,770 70,934

 Participation rate ............................................................... 58.9 59.2 59.2 59.1 59.5 59.5 59.5 59.4 59.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 66,285 67,556 67,771 66,421 67,475 67,615 67,720 67,747 67,911

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.3 56.7 56.8 56.4 56.8 56.9 56.8 56.8 56.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,119 2,979 2,865 3,257 3,176 3,130 3,194 3,023 3,024

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 48,411 48,672 48,665 48,136 48,073 48,074 48,207 48,437 48,366

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 109,646 110,880 110,964 109,646 110,445 110,528 110,803 110,880 110,964

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 66,068 67,270 67,453 66,089 67,024 67,132 67,361 67,267 67,487

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.3 60.7 60.8 60.3 60.7 60.7 60.8 60.7 60.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 63,405 64,703 64,975 63,349 64,333 64,491 64,654 64,703 64,912

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.8 58.4 58.6 57.8 58.2 58.3 58.4 58.4 58.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,663 2,567 2,478 2,739 2,691 2,641 2,707 2,564 2,576

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.0 3.8 3.7 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 43,577 43,610 43,510 43,557 43,420 43,396 43,442 43,612 43,477

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,575 16,908 16,927 16,575 16,804 16,829 16,891 16,908 16,927

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,834 6,623 6,566 7,290 7,301 7,309 7,228 7,142 7,039

 Participation rate ............................................................... 41.2 39.2 38.8 44.0 43.5 43.4 42.8 42.2 41.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,757 5,592 5,611 6,150 6,202 6,200 6,145 6,078 6,019

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 34.7 33.1 33.1 37.1 36.9 36.8 36.4 35.9 35.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,077 1,031 954 1,140 1,099 1,108 1,083 1,064 1,020

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 15.8 15.6 14.5 15.6 15.1 15.2 15.0 14.9 14.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,741 10,286 10,362 9,285 9,502 9,520 9,662 9,766 9,888

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 2007, 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

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Nov.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 185,704 187,582 187,704 185,704 186,988 187,115 187,471 187,582 187,704

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 122,647 124,092 124,328 123,131 124,536 124,783 124,908 124,676 124,888

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.0 66.2 66.2 66.3 66.6 66.7 66.6 66.5 66.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 117,498 118,573 119,375 118,228 119,636 119,813 119,767 119,669 120,115

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.3 63.2 63.6 63.7 64.0 64.0 63.9 63.8 64.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,149 5,519 4,953 4,903 4,900 4,970 5,141 5,007 4,773

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.2 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 63,057 63,490 63,376 62,573 62,452 62,333 62,562 62,905 62,817

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,208 64,844 65,059 64,356 64,935 65,084 65,109 65,113 65,206

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.3 76.2 76.4 76.4 76.6 76.7 76.6 76.5 76.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,620 61,934 62,544 62,107 62,712 62,766 62,693 62,703 63,007

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 73.2 72.8 73.5 73.8 73.9 73.9 73.7 73.7 74.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,588 2,910 2,515 2,249 2,223 2,318 2,416 2,410 2,199

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.0 4.5 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.4

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,851 53,779 53,835 52,798 53,594 53,633 53,809 53,667 53,839

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.6 60.1 60.1 59.5 60.1 60.1 60.1 60.0 60.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 51,005 51,939 52,109 50,911 51,700 51,795 51,877 51,840 52,036

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.5 58.0 58.2 57.4 57.9 58.0 58.0 57.9 58.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,846 1,840 1,726 1,888 1,893 1,838 1,932 1,827 1,803

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,588 5,469 5,434 5,977 6,008 6,066 5,990 5,896 5,843

 Participation rate ................................................................. 43.7 42.1 41.8 46.7 46.4 46.8 46.1 45.3 44.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,873 4,700 4,722 5,211 5,223 5,252 5,197 5,126 5,072

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 38.1 36.1 36.3 40.7 40.4 40.5 40.0 39.4 39.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 715 769 712 766 784 814 793 770 771

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 12.8 14.1 13.1 12.8 13.1 13.4 13.2 13.1 13.2

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 26,865 27,310 27,346 26,865 27,193 27,231 27,276 27,310 27,346

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 17,218 17,300 17,312 17,337 17,444 17,512 17,639 17,549 17,436

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.1 63.3 63.3 64.5 64.2 64.3 64.7 64.3 63.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 15,596 15,888 15,874 15,721 15,950 16,045 16,226 16,154 15,988

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.1 58.2 58.0 58.5 58.7 58.9 59.5 59.2 58.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,623 1,412 1,439 1,616 1,494 1,466 1,412 1,395 1,448

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.4 8.2 8.3 9.3 8.6 8.4 8.0 7.9 8.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,647 10,010 10,034 9,529 9,749 9,719 9,637 9,761 9,910

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,638 7,752 7,732 7,712 7,778 7,812 7,893 7,846 7,804

 Participation rate ................................................................. 70.7 70.6 70.3 71.4 71.1 71.3 72.0 71.5 71.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,970 7,110 7,017 7,058 7,170 7,240 7,304 7,262 7,103

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.5 64.8 63.8 65.3 65.5 66.1 66.6 66.1 64.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 668 643 715 654 608 572 588 584 701

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.7 8.3 9.2 8.5 7.8 7.3 7.5 7.4 9.0

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,707 8,780 8,823 8,716 8,798 8,840 8,891 8,850 8,832

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.4 64.0 64.3 64.5 64.4 64.7 64.9 64.5 64.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 8,049 8,220 8,289 8,055 8,152 8,171 8,316 8,286 8,285

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 59.5 60.0 60.4 59.6 59.7 59.8 60.7 60.4 60.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 658 560 535 661 647 669 575 564 547

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.6 6.4 6.1 7.6 7.4 7.6 6.5 6.4 6.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 873 768 757 909 868 860 855 852 800

 Participation rate ................................................................. 34.4 29.3 28.8 35.8 33.4 33.0 32.7 32.5 30.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 577 558 568 608 629 634 606 605 600

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 22.7 21.3 21.7 23.9 24.2 24.4 23.2 23.1 22.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 296 209 189 301 239 226 249 247 200

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 33.9 27.2 24.9 33.1 27.6 26.2 29.1 29.0 25.0

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 10,078 10,566 10,579 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,744 6,951 7,020 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.9 65.8 66.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,511 6,760 6,810 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.6 64.0 64.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 232 190 210 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.4 2.7 3.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,334 3,616 3,559 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 2007, 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

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Nov.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 29,793 30,965 31,055 29,793 30,508 30,596 30,877 30,965 31,055

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 20,416 21,167 21,341 20,445 20,994 21,176 21,439 21,318 21,390

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.5 68.4 68.7 68.6 68.8 69.2 69.4 68.8 68.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 19,290 19,946 20,191 19,376 19,953 20,131 20,221 20,204 20,288

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.7 64.4 65.0 65.0 65.4 65.8 65.5 65.2 65.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,126 1,221 1,150 1,069 1,042 1,045 1,218 1,115 1,101

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.5 5.8 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.7 5.2 5.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,376 9,798 9,714 9,347 9,513 9,419 9,438 9,647 9,665

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 11,785 12,183 12,309 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.8 84.3 84.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 11,230 11,526 11,702 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 80.8 79.8 80.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 554 657 607 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.7 5.4 4.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,594 7,967 7,964 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 57.8 58.5 58.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,155 7,582 7,594 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 54.5 55.7 55.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 440 385 370 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.8 4.8 4.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 1,037 1,016 1,069 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 37.6 35.1 36.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 905 837 895 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 32.8 28.9 30.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 132 179 173 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 12.8 17.6 16.2 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 2007, 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

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Nov.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,583 12,868 12,896 12,707 12,681 12,719 12,870 13,150 13,033

 Participation rate ................................................................... 45.9 46.8 46.7 46.4 46.4 46.8 47.0 47.9 47.2

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,591 11,778 11,881 11,823 11,855 11,877 11,993 12,212 12,126

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 42.3 42.9 43.0 43.1 43.4 43.7 43.8 44.4 43.9

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 991 1,090 1,015 883 826 842 877 938 906

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 7.9 8.5 7.9 7.0 6.5 6.6 6.8 7.1 7.0

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,506 38,717 38,739 38,458 38,489 38,373 38,723 38,723 38,610

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.2 62.8 63.1 63.1 63.0 63.0 62.8 62.8 62.9

 Employed ................................................................................ 36,750 36,813 37,033 36,859 36,837 36,722 37,083 37,063 37,042

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 60.3 59.7 60.3 60.5 60.3 60.3 60.1 60.1 60.3

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,756 1,904 1,706 1,600 1,652 1,651 1,641 1,660 1,568

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.1

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 35,593 34,924 35,434 35,414 35,469 35,593 35,092 34,678 35,200

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.5 71.7 72.1 72.1 72.4 72.5 72.2 71.2 71.6

 Employed ................................................................................ 34,208 33,579 34,115 34,086 34,293 34,393 33,802 33,434 33,944

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.7 68.9 69.4 69.4 70.0 70.1 69.6 68.6 69.1

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,385 1,345 1,319 1,329 1,176 1,200 1,290 1,244 1,256

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.6

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 41,838 43,724 43,532 41,817 43,225 43,565 43,584 43,770 43,660

 Participation rate ................................................................... 77.9 78.6 78.4 77.9 78.0 78.1 78.2 78.6 78.6

 Employed ................................................................................ 40,932 42,894 42,756 40,887 42,423 42,742 42,673 42,930 42,858

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 76.2 77.1 77.0 76.1 76.5 76.6 76.6 77.1 77.1

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 907 831 776 930 802 823 911 839 801

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.2 1.9 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.8

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 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey. See box note on page 5 for a discussion of technical issues regarding

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Nov.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,010 2,074 2,046 2,197 2,173 2,291 2,266 2,343 2,241

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,117 1,237 1,169 1,256 1,283 1,415 1,358 1,441 1,327

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 880 823 859 916 869 879 890 892 897

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 13 15 18 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 140,762 142,405 143,277 141,466 143,423 143,646 143,681 143,537 144,032

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 131,178 132,821 133,551 131,676 133,583 133,636 134,018 133,798 134,110

 Government .......................................................................... 20,385 20,869 21,138 20,198 20,753 20,734 20,902 20,872 20,931

 Private industries .................................................................. 110,793 111,951 112,413 111,477 112,811 112,888 113,050 112,918 113,171

 Private households ............................................................. 772 856 859 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 110,021 111,095 111,553 110,660 112,057 112,147 112,309 112,026 112,283

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,514 9,468 9,606 9,684 9,709 9,865 9,520 9,605 9,737

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 70 117 121 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 4,097 4,417 4,384 4,009 4,183 4,232 4,246 4,212 4,278

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,598 2,913 2,856 2,502 2,711 2,706 2,753 2,729 2,769

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,183 1,240 1,218 1,188 1,168 1,234 1,185 1,208 1,215

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,747 20,549 20,554 19,394 19,780 19,885 19,761 19,907 20,088

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 3,983 4,282 4,295 3,902 4,091 4,159 4,155 4,088 4,196

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,509 2,831 2,805 2,404 2,661 2,653 2,686 2,662 2,698

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,182 1,223 1,204 1,180 1,140 1,221 1,165 1,187 1,196

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,407 20,236 20,197 19,074 19,423 19,512 19,410 19,521 19,677

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 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Nov.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 142,772 144,479 145,323 143,680 145,623 145,926 145,957 145,919 146,254

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,757 5,592 5,611 6,150 6,202 6,200 6,145 6,078 6,019

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,109 2,066 2,069 2,328 2,520 2,513 2,394 2,275 2,301

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,648 3,526 3,543 3,828 3,665 3,655 3,734 3,777 3,715

 20 years and over ................................................................... 137,015 138,887 139,712 137,530 139,421 139,726 139,813 139,841 140,235

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,534 13,823 13,927 13,823 13,905 14,073 14,086 14,139 14,204

 25 years and over ................................................................. 123,481 125,064 125,785 123,615 125,548 125,677 125,634 125,597 125,916

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 99,109 99,849 100,300 99,312 100,312 100,385 100,627 100,319 100,488

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,815 31,135 31,388 30,997 31,237 31,283 31,411 31,366 31,530

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,494 34,473 34,458 34,536 34,660 34,589 34,689 34,618 34,520

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 33,800 34,241 34,453 33,778 34,415 34,513 34,527 34,335 34,438

 55 years and over ............................................................... 24,372 25,215 25,485 24,303 25,235 25,293 25,007 25,278 25,428

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 76,488 76,923 77,553 77,259 78,148 78,311 78,237 78,172 78,344

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,877 2,739 2,816 3,079 3,060 3,077 3,079 3,034 3,020

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,030 973 1,004 1,148 1,190 1,193 1,195 1,124 1,126

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,847 1,766 1,811 1,948 1,855 1,872 1,881 1,915 1,903

 20 years and over ................................................................... 73,610 74,184 74,737 74,180 75,088 75,235 75,158 75,138 75,323

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,212 7,219 7,270 7,392 7,429 7,468 7,457 7,435 7,458

 25 years and over ................................................................. 66,399 66,965 67,466 66,766 67,668 67,776 67,648 67,665 67,811

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 53,330 53,730 54,025 53,689 54,236 54,318 54,406 54,282 54,358

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 17,000 17,071 17,311 17,211 17,213 17,338 17,325 17,314 17,470

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,660 18,668 18,651 18,780 18,787 18,750 18,862 18,839 18,779

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 17,670 17,991 18,062 17,698 18,237 18,231 18,220 18,129 18,109

 55 years and over ............................................................... 13,069 13,236 13,442 13,077 13,432 13,458 13,242 13,383 13,454

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 66,285 67,556 67,771 66,421 67,475 67,615 67,720 67,747 67,911

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,880 2,853 2,796 3,072 3,142 3,124 3,066 3,044 2,999

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,079 1,093 1,064 1,179 1,330 1,319 1,198 1,151 1,175

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,801 1,761 1,731 1,880 1,809 1,783 1,853 1,863 1,812

 20 years and over ................................................................... 63,405 64,703 64,975 63,349 64,333 64,491 64,654 64,703 64,912

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,323 6,604 6,656 6,430 6,476 6,605 6,629 6,704 6,746

 25 years and over ................................................................. 57,082 58,099 58,319 56,849 57,880 57,902 57,986 57,932 58,105

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,779 46,119 46,275 45,622 46,076 46,066 46,221 46,037 46,130

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,815 14,063 14,077 13,786 14,024 13,945 14,086 14,052 14,060

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,834 15,805 15,807 15,756 15,874 15,839 15,828 15,779 15,741

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,130 16,250 16,391 16,080 16,178 16,282 16,307 16,206 16,329

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,303 11,980 12,044 11,227 11,804 11,835 11,765 11,895 11,974

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 45,624 46,085 46,452 45,791 45,802 45,864 46,066 46,231 46,527

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 35,139 35,863 36,252 35,110 35,363 35,383 35,536 35,728 36,167

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,987 9,338 9,233 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 117,693 119,041 119,640 119,069 120,812 120,716 120,965 120,819 121,035

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 25,079 25,439 25,684 24,550 24,779 25,209 24,990 24,983 25,120

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ........................................................... 7,589 7,753 7,808 7,520 7,765 7,743 7,683 7,739 7,740

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

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 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

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

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Nov.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 7,009 6,865 6,724 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,140 1,064 1,020 15.6 15.1 15.2 15.0 14.9 14.5

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 524 453 450 18.4 17.3 16.9 16.9 16.6 16.4

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 609 602 568 13.7 13.4 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.3

 20 years and over ................................................................... 5,869 5,801 5,704 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.9

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,137 1,123 1,162 7.6 8.4 7.9 8.1 7.4 7.6

 25 years and over ................................................................. 4,702 4,684 4,517 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,026 3,890 3,689 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.5

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,560 1,586 1,448 4.8 4.3 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.4

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,349 1,172 1,139 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,116 1,132 1,101 3.2 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.1

 55 years and over ............................................................... 662 799 820 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.1

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 3,752 3,842 3,701 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.5

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 622 606 572 16.8 16.7 16.7 16.2 16.6 15.9

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 287 269 241 20.0 19.1 19.0 17.0 19.3 17.6

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 332 338 330 14.5 14.4 14.8 15.4 15.0 14.8

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,130 3,237 3,129 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 674 664 661 8.4 8.6 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.1

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,470 2,600 2,473 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,115 2,166 2,017 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.6

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 799 914 796 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.8 5.0 4.4

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 697 651 636 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 619 602 585 3.4 2.5 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.1

 55 years and over ............................................................... 355 433 456 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.3

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,257 3,023 3,024 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.3

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 517 459 448 14.4 13.4 13.6 13.7 13.1 13.0

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 237 184 209 16.7 15.7 14.9 16.8 13.8 15.1

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 277 264 238 12.9 12.4 12.6 11.8 12.4 11.6

 20 years and over ................................................................... 2,739 2,564 2,576 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.8

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 463 459 501 6.7 8.1 7.5 7.7 6.4 6.9

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,232 2,084 2,043 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 1,911 1,723 1,672 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 761 673 652 5.2 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.4

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 652 521 504 4.0 3.7 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.1

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 497 530 516 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 289 372 341 2.5 2.9 2.4 3.3 3.0 2.8

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,144 1,265 1,182 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.5

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 948 997 938 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.5

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 729 652 667 7.5 6.9 6.2 6.6 6.5 6.7

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 5,673 5,569 5,515 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,306 1,283 1,178 5.1 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.5

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 2007, 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

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Nov.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 3,707 3,942 3,487 3,414 3,179 3,236 3,440 3,453 3,238

On temporary layoff .............................................................. 1,151 1,421 1,078 920 965 958 1,021 1,022 863

Not on temporary layoff ........................................................ 2,555 2,521 2,409 2,493 2,214 2,278 2,420 2,430 2,375

Permanent job losers ........................................................ 1,855 1,739 1,681 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs .......................... 700 782 728 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 819 845 749 811 793 807 797 816 755

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,182 2,119 2,151 2,161 2,279 2,199 2,230 2,042 2,147

New entrants ............................................................................ 548 494 526 626 591 601 619 580 599

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 ........ 51.1 53.3 50.4 48.7 46.5 47.3 48.6 50.1 48.0

On temporary layoff ............................................................ 15.9 19.2 15.6 13.1 14.1 14.0 14.4 14.8 12.8

Not on temporary layoff ...................................................... 35.2 34.1 34.9 35.6 32.4 33.3 34.1 35.3 35.2

Job leavers ............................................................................. 11.3 11.4 10.8 11.6 11.6 11.8 11.2 11.8 11.2

Reentrants .............................................................................. 30.1 28.6 31.1 30.8 33.3 32.1 31.5 29.6 31.9

New entrants .......................................................................... 7.5 6.7 7.6 8.9 8.6 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.1

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

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

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

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, 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

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Nov.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,434 2,465 2,103 2,671 2,517 2,707 2,642 2,600 2,327

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,186 2,587 2,339 2,002 2,135 2,037 2,283 2,192 2,159

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 2,634 2,347 2,471 2,323 2,152 2,081 2,118 2,135 2,177

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,282 1,068 1,189 1,029 1,006 991 986 905 954

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,352 1,279 1,282 1,295 1,145 1,090 1,133 1,230 1,223

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 17.8 16.7 18.4 17.0 16.3 15.9 16.2 16.4 17.3

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 9.9 8.8 10.1 8.5 8.2 7.3 8.1 8.1 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 .................................................................. 33.6 33.3 30.4 38.2 37.0 39.7 37.5 37.5 34.9

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 30.1 35.0 33.8 28.6 31.4 29.8 32.4 31.6 32.4

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 36.3 31.7 35.7 33.2 31.6 30.5 30.1 30.8 32.7

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 17.7 14.4 17.2 14.7 14.8 14.5 14.0 13.1 14.3

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 18.6 17.3 18.5 18.5 16.8 16.0 16.1 17.8 18.4

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, 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

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2007

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 142,772 145,323 7,255 6,913 4.8 4.5

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 49,977 51,791 1,049 952 2.1 1.8

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 21,130 21,412 464 426 2.1 2.0

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,847 30,379 585 526 2.0 1.7

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 23,261 23,708 1,601 1,491 6.4 5.9

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 36,014 36,412 1,675 1,525 4.4 4.0

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 16,677 16,866 818 752 4.7 4.3

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,337 19,545 857 773 4.2 3.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 15,193 15,418 1,207 1,214 7.4 7.3

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 856 915 124 131 12.7 12.5

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 9,125 9,482 869 894 8.7 8.6

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,211 5,022 214 190 3.9 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,327 17,994 1,154 1,184 5.9 6.2

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,639 9,470 541 574 5.3 5.7

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,688 8,524 613 610 6.6 6.7

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 2007, 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

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2007

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 7,255 6,913 4.8 4.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 5,830 5,534 5.0 4.7

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 14 24 2.1 3.2

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 820 924 8.5 9.0

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 701 742 4.1 4.5

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 409 456 3.7 4.3

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 292 286 4.8 4.8

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,022 896 4.9 4.4

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 263 249 4.7 4.3

 Information ........................................................................................................ 116 109 3.5 3.2

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 298 252 3.1 2.6

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 824 775 6.3 5.7

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 563 495 3.0 2.5

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 917 845 8.0 7.0

 Other services .................................................................................................. 292 222 4.6 3.7

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 117 123 9.8 9.7

Government workers ......................................................................................... 461 419 2.2 1.9

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 300 311 2.8 2.8

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, 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

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Nov.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4

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

force .................................................................................................................................. 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.1

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

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

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

discouraged workers ........................................................................................................ 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.6

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 5.8 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.3

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 ............................................................................................................................. 8.5 8.7 8.3 8.2 8.0 8.0 8.3 8.1 8.0

 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 2007, 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

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2007

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 77,948 78,798 29,537 30,133 48,411 48,665

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,729 4,365 2,105 2,005 2,624 2,360

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,468 1,385 701 743 767 642

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ..................................... 451 381 271 245 180 136

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,017 1,005 430 499 588 506

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,589 7,808 3,817 3,923 3,772 3,884

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.3 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.7 5.7

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,925 4,208 2,226 2,397 1,698 1,811

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,713 1,904 472 559 1,242 1,344

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 302 338 194 206 108 133

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,611 1,305 907 734 704 571

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 2007, 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

 Mar. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2006

 Nov. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

Change

from:

Feb. 2007-

Mar. 2007p

Total nonfarm ............................. 134,868 135,189 135,903 136,842 135,659 136,941 137,167 137,329 137,442 137,622 180

Total private ........................................ 112,561 113,171 113,416 114,243 113,753 114,835 115,053 115,189 115,269 115,426 157

Goods-producing ............................................ 22,132 21,989 21,885 22,095 22,573 22,525 22,520 22,554 22,487 22,530 43

Natural resources and mining .................................. 654 689 693 700 669 699 705 706 711 714 3

Logging ........................................................... 62.1 63.2 63.0 61.4 66.4 64.0 64.6 64.8 65.2 65.3 .1

Mining .................................................................... 592.3 626.0 630.2 638.7 602.2 635.1 640.0 641.1 645.3 648.9 3.6

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 130.3 143.6 144.7 146.5 131.6 141.4 143.2 145.1 146.1 147.5 1.4

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 213.1 211.9 211.8 216.0 219.8 221.8 222.4 222.2 222.0 223.0 1.0

Coal mining ...................................................... 78.4 79.7 78.9 79.4 78.7 79.4 79.9 80.0 79.5 79.7 .2

Support activities for mining .............................. 248.9 270.5 273.7 276.2 250.8 271.9 274.4 273.8 277.2 278.4 1.2

Construction ............................................................. 7,337 7,290 7,177 7,357 7,692 7,683 7,684 7,718 7,657 7,713 56

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,750.5 1,742.8 1,729.0 1,744.6 1,806.5 1,801.8 1,799.7 1,801.4 1,797.2 1,800.0 2.8

Residential building ......................................... 987.1 971.9 965.9 970.2 1,016.6 1,016.7 1,013.0 1,005.4 1,001.9 1,000.7 -1.2

Nonresidential building .................................... 763.4 770.9 763.1 774.4 789.9 785.1 786.7 796.0 795.3 799.3 4.0

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 898.8 897.7 881.3 917.1 983.8 993.9 993.5 1,003.8 993.2 1,000.9 7.7

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,688.0 4,649.1 4,567.1 4,695.1 4,901.9 4,887.2 4,890.5 4,912.5 4,866.5 4,911.7 45.2

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,322.6 2,200.0 2,160.5 2,205.7 2,426.1 2,335.1 2,331.2 2,326.1 2,305.7 2,316.7 11.0

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,365.4 2,449.1 2,406.6 2,489.4 2,475.8 2,552.1 2,559.3 2,586.4 2,560.8 2,595.0 34.2

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,141 14,010 14,015 14,038 14,212 14,143 14,131 14,130 14,119 14,103 -16

Production workers ....................................... 10,112 10,023 10,035 10,040 10,170 10,117 10,126 10,121 10,117 10,094 -23

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,969 8,887 8,896 8,911 8,999 8,972 8,972 8,952 8,948 8,938 -10

Production workers ....................................... 6,338 6,274 6,287 6,287 6,358 6,346 6,349 6,325 6,326 6,307 -19

Wood products ................................................... 563.4 529.5 522.8 524.7 571.6 542.9 540.4 539.4 533.8 532.2 -1.6

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 502.5 487.1 485.0 492.7 514.2 503.3 504.0 504.1 503.7 503.3 -.4

Primary metals .................................................... 464.1 454.1 455.1 454.9 464.2 455.8 454.6 454.9 454.7 454.8 .1

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,540.0 1,558.8 1,559.2 1,562.2 1,544.6 1,564.1 1,564.9 1,566.2 1,566.6 1,565.9 -.7

Machinery ........................................................... 1,176.8 1,210.0 1,216.8 1,219.4 1,176.9 1,209.9 1,210.1 1,213.3 1,218.1 1,220.2 2.1

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,305.5 1,315.7 1,315.4 1,308.9 1,310.6 1,320.4 1,319.9 1,319.4 1,317.0 1,313.4 -3.6

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 197.7 195.9 196.7 197.0 198.4 198.7 199.8 196.4 197.6 197.9 .3

Communications equipment ........................... 144.7 143.5 144.3 143.3 145.1 144.1 143.8 143.7 143.6 143.5 -.1

Semiconductors and electronic components . 454.7 468.7 466.7 464.3 457.2 468.0 466.2 470.5 468.1 466.2 -1.9

Electronic instruments ..................................... 435.2 436.2 437.5 434.3 436.5 437.7 438.3 437.5 437.1 435.4 -1.7

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 432.9 436.8 435.3 436.0 433.2 436.4 437.4 437.3 435.9 436.1 .2

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,772.1 1,710.0 1,720.0 1,723.9 1,768.5 1,739.8 1,741.0 1,722.3 1,724.8 1,721.8 -3.0

Motor vehicles and parts2................................. 1,085.9 1,009.6 1,021.0 1,027.9 1,081.2 1,041.7 1,043.9 1,023.5 1,024.7 1,024.5 -.2

Furniture and related products .......................... 563.7 531.3 530.3 530.3 564.4 542.4 541.1 536.6 534.9 531.1 -3.8

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 648.4 653.6 655.9 657.6 651.0 657.1 658.2 658.2 658.4 659.6 1.2

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,172 5,123 5,119 5,127 5,213 5,171 5,159 5,178 5,171 5,165 -6

Production workers ....................................... 3,774 3,749 3,748 3,753 3,812 3,771 3,777 3,796 3,791 3,787 -4

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,451.4 1,470.9 1,464.9 1,470.6 1,479.0 1,491.6 1,485.1 1,493.9 1,494.0 1,497.2 3.2

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 189.3 193.2 193.3 192.9 194.5 195.4 195.5 197.0 197.5 197.6 .1

Textile mills ......................................................... 202.9 179.9 178.2 177.6 202.9 186.3 185.0 182.3 179.6 177.6 -2.0

Textile product mills ........................................... 162.8 157.8 156.7 156.7 162.7 158.1 157.7 158.6 157.3 156.5 -.8

Apparel ................................................................ 243.6 221.5 224.4 224.8 243.3 231.4 230.4 227.7 226.0 224.4 -1.6

Leather and allied products ............................... 37.5 35.9 36.3 37.2 37.7 36.5 36.5 36.5 36.7 37.0 .3

Paper and paper products ................................. 473.0 462.4 458.9 456.5 474.4 463.9 462.6 462.4 460.0 457.6 -2.4

Printing and related support activities ............... 636.5 629.4 630.0 631.7 638.4 637.2 636.7 634.7 634.3 633.4 -.9

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 109.2 113.1 113.8 114.9 111.6 116.6 117.1 117.4 117.4 117.7 .3

Chemicals ........................................................... 864.5 868.3 870.6 872.8 865.2 871.2 871.0 872.1 872.9 873.0 .1

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 801.2 790.8 791.4 791.4 803.2 782.7 781.7 795.8 795.0 793.3 -1.7

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

 Mar. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2006

 Nov. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

Change

from:

Feb. 2007-

Mar. 2007p

Service-providing .............................................. 112,736 113,200 114,018 114,747 113,086 114,416 114,647 114,775 114,955 115,092 137

Private service-providing ............................... 90,429 91,182 91,531 92,148 91,180 92,310 92,533 92,635 92,782 92,896 114

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,928 26,180 25,996 26,163 26,225 26,320 26,345 26,378 26,399 26,446 47

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,843.5 5,900.2 5,907.1 5,934.7 5,869.1 5,934.7 5,955.0 5,949.0 5,955.8 5,960.6 4.8

Durable goods .................................................... 3,052.4 3,085.7 3,093.1 3,103.7 3,061.5 3,097.7 3,104.3 3,102.5 3,110.0 3,113.0 3.0

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,018.9 2,023.3 2,021.0 2,033.2 2,032.6 2,048.5 2,055.0 2,050.5 2,047.0 2,047.5 .5

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 772.2 791.2 793.0 797.8 775.0 788.5 795.7 796.0 798.8 800.1 1.3

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,145.0 15,246.9 15,077.9 15,197.4 15,377.6 15,327.9 15,323.7 15,357.5 15,374.9 15,410.8 35.9

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,897.6 1,880.4 1,884.0 1,892.8 1,909.6 1,904.2 1,908.5 1,906.8 1,908.2 1,905.4 -2.8

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,242.1 1,232.0 1,234.0 1,238.4 1,245.7 1,244.0 1,244.8 1,244.1 1,243.6 1,242.7 -.9

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 580.3 591.5 581.7 579.2 585.3 586.5 591.4 588.1 587.4 585.6 -1.8

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 541.4 540.1 536.8 539.2 544.3 531.6 531.4 535.3 538.4 540.5 2.1

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,302.2 1,253.9 1,263.6 1,290.5 1,324.9 1,321.0 1,314.1 1,318.0 1,323.1 1,314.0 -9.1

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,789.2 2,827.1 2,821.4 2,827.7 2,822.6 2,842.4 2,843.7 2,844.0 2,851.1 2,856.9 5.8

Health and personal care stores ....................... 950.4 963.5 962.6 962.1 955.8 962.6 959.7 964.1 965.4 967.0 1.6

Gasoline stations ................................................ 854.5 843.7 841.2 844.9 865.5 854.6 854.8 853.7 853.4 855.1 1.7

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,384.3 1,452.8 1,389.0 1,394.3 1,426.9 1,467.3 1,460.1 1,446.9 1,441.0 1,442.4 1.4

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 635.9 671.1 646.2 646.7 649.7 647.4 648.9 655.8 656.0 657.2 1.2

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,915.0 2,914.2 2,849.2 2,925.3 2,973.5 2,882.9 2,885.4 2,923.9 2,930.8 2,966.6 35.8

Department stores .......................................... 1,530.8 1,578.1 1,519.8 1,539.1 1,580.1 1,533.2 1,537.7 1,568.7 1,569.0 1,580.6 11.6

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 873.0 865.3 868.3 862.6 891.0 881.9 881.4 880.3 879.6 879.2 -.4

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 421.2 443.3 433.9 432.1 428.5 445.5 444.3 440.6 440.5 440.9 .4

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,393.7 4,486.5 4,464.2 4,482.3 4,430.2 4,509.6 4,517.0 4,522.6 4,519.4 4,524.8 5.4

Air transportation ................................................ 483.3 486.2 478.9 487.5 486.4 484.5 488.3 490.8 486.8 491.4 4.6

Rail transportation .............................................. 223.7 225.4 222.5 223.8 225.6 223.9 226.4 227.9 225.3 225.9 .6

Water transportation ........................................... 60.1 65.2 65.4 64.8 62.4 66.8 67.8 67.1 68.1 67.4 -.7

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,397.5 1,432.0 1,422.1 1,430.9 1,424.4 1,448.9 1,453.6 1,457.9 1,456.3 1,458.1 1.8

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 411.4 403.3 407.3 404.4 396.7 393.2 390.2 391.6 393.7 390.1 -3.6

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 38.3 40.5 40.7 39.8 38.5 39.8 39.7 40.3 40.7 40.0 -.7

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 21.3 21.3 20.5 22.0 27.3 28.3 27.8 27.8 28.1 28.1 .0

Support activities for transportation ................... 564.7 572.6 576.1 577.6 566.9 577.9 575.9 575.9 578.6 579.4 .8

Couriers and messengers .................................. 570.8 590.9 584.8 584.4 575.6 597.2 596.4 593.0 591.4 591.7 .3

Warehousing and storage .................................. 622.6 649.1 645.9 647.1 626.4 649.1 650.9 650.3 650.4 652.7 2.3

Utilities ................................................................... 546.0 546.8 546.5 548.8 547.7 548.2 549.2 549.0 549.1 550.0 .9

Information ................................................................ 3,048 3,053 3,075 3,073 3,058 3,057 3,073 3,071 3,083 3,078 -5

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 903.3 903.3 907.5 906.0 904.5 905.0 906.1 907.0 908.4 906.7 -1.7

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 376.8 369.6 375.0 380.2 385.5 371.9 378.3 378.2 383.3 385.1 1.8

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 327.6 334.2 336.4 335.0 328.9 333.8 335.6 335.3 337.1 336.3 -.8

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 33.5 36.8 37.9 38.8 33.6 36.3 37.0 36.9 37.9 38.9 1.0

Telecommunications .......................................... 971.5 973.9 979.4 970.5 971.5 973.5 978.0 975.6 976.5 970.3 -6.2

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 384.5 383.1 387.0 390.4 383.1 384.9 386.1 386.1 388.1 388.5 .4

Other information services ................................. 50.7 51.8 51.6 52.2 50.9 51.6 52.1 51.9 52.0 52.3 .3

Financial activities .................................................... 8,282 8,383 8,404 8,415 8,314 8,422 8,438 8,440 8,451 8,451 0

Finance and insurance .......................................... 6,153.0 6,220.9 6,243.2 6,247.6 6,150.9 6,228.9 6,239.8 6,238.9 6,248.2 6,248.5 .3

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 21.1 21.7 21.9 22.1 21.1 21.7 21.8 21.7 22.0 22.2 .2

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,920.9 2,952.8 2,963.4 2,961.1 2,922.7 2,957.4 2,959.7 2,961.5 2,966.3 2,964.4 -1.9

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,791.6 1,823.3 1,823.9 1,825.6 1,792.3 1,819.6 1,824.6 1,824.3 1,826.0 1,827.0 1.0

Commercial banking .................................... 1,310.8 1,336.0 1,335.7 1,337.5 1,310.8 1,333.0 1,336.9 1,336.9 1,338.0 1,338.3 .3

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 808.6 828.8 832.5 834.0 807.0 829.2 829.2 831.0 832.2 833.2 1.0

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,310.8 2,323.2 2,330.3 2,334.8 2,308.9 2,326.0 2,333.9 2,329.6 2,332.6 2,333.4 .8

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 91.6 94.4 95.1 95.6 91.2 94.6 95.2 95.1 95.1 95.3 .2

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,129.0 2,162.3 2,160.3 2,167.2 2,163.4 2,192.9 2,198.0 2,201.5 2,202.8 2,202.5 -.3

Real estate .......................................................... 1,470.7 1,492.0 1,492.0 1,502.2 1,492.7 1,512.4 1,516.4 1,518.5 1,519.3 1,524.3 5.0

Rental and leasing services ............................... 631.0 639.8 637.6 634.4 642.8 650.0 650.9 651.9 652.3 647.1 -5.2

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 27.3 30.5 30.7 30.6 27.9 30.5 30.7 31.1 31.2 31.1 -.1

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

 Mar. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2006

 Nov. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

Change

from:

Feb. 2007-

Mar. 2007p

Professional and business services ........................ 17,225 17,408 17,504 17,611 17,431 17,726 17,792 17,804 17,836 17,829 -7

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 7,369.4 7,533.0 7,614.7 7,618.8 7,297.0 7,469.6 7,499.8 7,515.6 7,539.9 7,548.4 8.5

Legal services .................................................. 1,167.6 1,166.9 1,170.0 1,172.3 1,174.5 1,175.9 1,179.0 1,176.2 1,178.7 1,178.9 .2

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 996.4 1,017.1 1,068.2 1,041.8 876.8 914.5 925.1 922.1 927.6 922.7 -4.9

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,348.5 1,394.2 1,397.6 1,405.0 1,369.1 1,407.2 1,411.4 1,419.2 1,424.0 1,426.0 2.0

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,252.2 1,298.6 1,307.0 1,314.5 1,254.0 1,296.2 1,303.3 1,305.2 1,309.8 1,316.9 7.1

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 900.4 947.0 957.7 967.1 905.7 949.3 953.8 958.1 965.3 971.4 6.1

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,787.5 1,821.6 1,819.2 1,825.1 1,796.4 1,823.0 1,826.0 1,830.8 1,833.2 1,834.6 1.4

Administrative and waste services ....................... 8,067.9 8,052.9 8,070.0 8,166.6 8,337.8 8,433.8 8,466.4 8,457.3 8,462.7 8,446.4 -16.3

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,726.8 7,708.7 7,725.7 7,822.0 7,991.1 8,083.8 8,117.0 8,106.1 8,111.6 8,096.0 -15.6

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,514.3 3,455.3 3,443.4 3,497.7 3,658.2 3,665.5 3,674.2 3,667.1 3,660.8 3,648.5 -12.3

Temporary help services ............................. 2,518.7 2,472.6 2,469.6 2,514.4 2,634.6 2,631.3 2,641.6 2,641.8 2,636.0 2,635.2 -.8

Business support services .............................. 785.5 800.7 805.8 805.8 782.0 802.2 806.9 803.6 804.0 803.0 -1.0

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,673.6 1,645.3 1,657.7 1,696.5 1,790.6 1,811.2 1,817.7 1,812.1 1,819.8 1,816.1 -3.7

Waste management and remediation services 341.1 344.2 344.3 344.6 346.7 350.0 349.4 351.2 351.1 350.4 -.7

Education and health services ................................ 17,862 17,988 18,253 18,350 17,709 18,018 18,063 18,102 18,136 18,190 54

Educational services ............................................. 3,052.0 2,882.7 3,107.6 3,135.9 2,892.4 2,951.4 2,948.6 2,959.5 2,956.8 2,972.6 15.8

Health care and social assistance ........................14,810.4 15,105.0 15,145.1 15,214.4 14,816.7 15,066.1 15,113.9 15,142.6 15,179.3 15,217.1 37.8

3 Health care ......................................................... 12,493.4 12,767.3 12,794.0 12,844.7 12,518.1 12,734.1 12,779.2 12,801.2 12,836.5 12,866.0 29.5

1 Ambulatory health care services .................... 5,234.6 5,356.2 5,376.5 5,402.7 5,243.0 5,344.6 5,369.2 5,375.3 5,395.0 5,408.8 13.8

Offices of physicians .................................... 2,126.7 2,182.3 2,189.2 2,200.5 2,131.5 2,179.4 2,185.5 2,187.4 2,196.4 2,205.0 8.6

Outpatient care centers ................................ 488.4 493.0 496.2 495.8 487.4 492.4 493.6 494.1 497.0 495.1 -1.9

Home health care services .......................... 855.9 892.4 896.7 905.8 857.6 883.5 890.9 896.4 902.1 905.4 3.3

Hospitals .......................................................... 4,390.3 4,472.1 4,473.2 4,486.3 4,397.6 4,461.7 4,469.5 4,478.3 4,484.7 4,493.9 9.2

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............ 2,868.5 2,939.0 2,944.3 2,955.7 2,877.5 2,927.8 2,940.5 2,947.6 2,956.8 2,963.3 6.5

Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,571.4 1,594.6 1,597.6 1,604.1 1,576.4 1,591.8 1,596.4 1,600.1 1,605.7 1,607.6 1.9

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,317.0 2,337.7 2,351.1 2,369.7 2,298.6 2,332.0 2,334.7 2,341.4 2,342.8 2,351.1 8.3

Child day care services ................................... 825.7 807.1 812.4 819.7 811.5 805.1 803.6 804.3 802.4 804.7 2.3

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,674 12,792 12,891 13,096 13,022 13,324 13,373 13,396 13,428 13,449 21

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,747.2 1,733.3 1,757.9 1,803.9 1,908.3 1,947.4 1,957.2 1,960.4 1,967.3 1,967.1 -.2

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 366.2 363.6 377.4 387.6 388.3 405.7 406.4 408.0 409.0 411.6 2.6

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 113.0 117.0 116.9 118.3 121.3 126.4 127.1 127.7 127.8 127.1 -.7

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,268.0 1,252.7 1,263.6 1,298.0 1,398.7 1,415.3 1,423.7 1,424.7 1,430.5 1,428.4 -2.1

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,926.3 11,059.0 11,132.9 11,292.5 11,113.4 11,376.8 11,415.9 11,435.8 11,460.7 11,482.1 21.4

Accommodations ................................................ 1,766.7 1,770.2 1,776.7 1,797.8 1,827.1 1,854.4 1,863.2 1,858.1 1,858.4 1,860.8 2.4

Food services and drinking places .................... 9,159.6 9,288.8 9,356.2 9,494.7 9,286.3 9,522.4 9,552.7 9,577.7 9,602.3 9,621.3 19.0

Other services .......................................................... 5,410 5,378 5,408 5,440 5,421 5,443 5,449 5,444 5,449 5,453 4

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,245.8 1,232.6 1,240.0 1,252.2 1,243.9 1,250.8 1,251.6 1,246.3 1,247.8 1,250.7 2.9

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,276.3 1,269.2 1,272.2 1,278.3 1,282.2 1,286.4 1,287.4 1,285.8 1,286.2 1,285.1 -1.1

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,887.4 2,876.1 2,896.2 2,909.6 2,894.6 2,905.4 2,909.7 2,912.3 2,915.2 2,917.2 2.0

Government .............................................................. 22,307 22,018 22,487 22,599 21,906 22,106 22,114 22,140 22,173 22,196 23

Federal ................................................................... 2,715 2,696 2,698 2,705 2,731 2,719 2,713 2,718 2,719 2,720 1

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,947.3 1,932.0 1,935.6 1,943.1 1,959.0 1,949.5 1,948.6 1,951.1 1,952.3 1,954.3 2.0

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 767.7 764.1 762.2 761.8 771.9 769.0 764.5 767.1 766.4 765.9 -.5

State government .................................................. 5,202 5,012 5,249 5,282 5,060 5,107 5,111 5,117 5,133 5,139 6

State government education .............................. 2,431.5 2,223.9 2,452.0 2,474.7 2,281.2 2,313.1 2,311.8 2,311.4 2,322.7 2,324.8 2.1

State government, excluding education ............ 2,770.9 2,787.9 2,797.2 2,807.7 2,778.7 2,793.5 2,798.9 2,805.7 2,810.4 2,814.2 3.8

Local government .................................................. 14,390 14,310 14,540 14,612 14,115 14,280 14,290 14,305 14,321 14,337 16

Local government education ............................. 8,255.1 8,132.9 8,344.1 8,393.2 7,896.1 8,003.7 8,015.6 8,018.7 8,021.4 8,035.2 13.8

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,134.4 6,176.8 6,195.7 6,218.6 6,218.9 6,276.3 6,274.1 6,286.4 6,299.7 6,302.0 2.3

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 and nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Mar. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2006

 Nov. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

Change

from:

Feb. 2007-

Mar. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 33.6 33.4 33.4 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.9 33.8 33.8 33.9 0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.2 39.9 39.6 40.4 40.4 40.4 40.7 40.2 40.2 40.6 .4

Natural resources and mining .............................. 44.7 44.6 45.2 45.0 45.2 46.1 45.6 45.0 45.7 45.6 -.1

Construction ............................................................ 38.4 37.9 37.4 38.8 38.8 39.0 39.8 38.7 38.4 39.1 .7

Manufacturing ......................................................... 41.0 40.8 40.5 41.1 41.1 41.0 41.0 40.9 40.9 41.1 .2

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 .1

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.4 40.9 40.7 41.4 41.4 41.2 41.2 41.1 41.1 41.4 .3

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.5 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.6 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.3 .2

Wood products .................................................. 40.0 38.1 38.2 39.1 40.4 39.1 39.3 38.7 39.2 39.4 .2

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.4 41.0 40.6 42.4 43.0 42.3 42.7 42.0 41.8 43.0 1.2

Primary metals .................................................. 43.5 43.2 42.5 43.0 43.5 43.5 43.3 42.8 42.7 43.0 .3

Fabricated metal products .............................. 41.4 40.9 40.7 41.5 41.5 41.2 41.0 41.0 41.1 41.6 .5

Machinery .......................................................... 42.2 41.8 41.9 42.2 42.1 42.3 42.3 41.8 42.1 42.1 .0

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.6 40.1 40.2 40.4 40.6 40.2 40.4 40.3 40.4 40.4 .0

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 41.0 40.8 40.3 40.4 41.2 40.7 40.4 40.7 40.7 40.6 -.1

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.9 42.8 42.4 43.2 42.8 42.5 42.5 42.8 42.6 43.0 .4

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 42.6 41.9 41.3 42.7 42.5 41.5 41.7 42.0 41.6 42.5 .9

Furniture and related products ....................... 38.4 38.7 38.5 38.6 38.5 39.0 39.0 38.9 38.8 38.7 -.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.8 38.4 38.1 39.2 38.6 38.8 38.7 38.5 38.2 39.0 .8

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.3 40.6 40.1 40.6 40.5 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.5 40.7 .2

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.3 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 39.3 40.2 39.7 40.3 39.9 40.5 40.4 40.4 40.5 40.8 .3

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 40.1 40.1 39.7 40.3 40.4 40.9 40.7 40.8 40.5 40.6 .1

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.3 40.4 41.0 40.6 40.8 40.4 -.4

Textile product mills ......................................... 39.8 39.4 39.3 39.9 39.8 39.8 39.2 39.3 39.5 39.7 .2

Apparel ............................................................... 36.3 37.4 36.9 37.1 36.0 36.9 36.7 37.5 36.9 36.9 .0

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.8 37.8 37.9 38.6 39.5 37.8 38.2 38.2 38.3 38.3 .0

Paper and paper products .............................. 42.0 42.5 41.5 42.0 42.4 42.6 42.4 42.5 42.2 42.4 .2

Printing and related support activities ........... 39.1 39.2 39.5 39.5 39.0 39.1 39.5 39.2 39.4 39.4 .0

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 44.3 44.8 44.0 43.4 44.9 44.8 44.7 45.3 45.0 44.3 -.7

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.8 41.9 41.7 41.9 42.7 41.9 42.0 41.8 41.7 41.9 .2

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.7 40.9 40.1 40.9 40.7 40.6 40.6 40.8 40.4 40.8 .4

Private service-providing ............................. 32.1 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.0 32.9 32.9 33.1 33.3 33.5 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.5 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.6 37.5 37.8 37.9 37.9 38.0 38.0 38.0 38.1 38.1 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.1 29.8 29.7 30.0 30.4 30.5 30.4 30.4 30.3 30.4 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.4 36.6 36.4 36.8 36.8 36.9 36.9 37.1 37.0 37.1 .1

Utilities ................................................................... 40.7 41.5 42.2 42.1 41.0 41.9 42.0 41.9 42.4 42.4 .0

Information ............................................................... 36.2 36.2 36.3 36.2 36.6 36.4 36.6 36.5 36.5 36.6 .1

Financial activities .................................................. 35.3 35.7 35.8 35.7 35.7 35.8 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0 .0

Professional and business services .................... 34.3 34.0 34.4 34.6 34.5 34.6 34.6 34.5 34.6 34.8 .2

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

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.3 24.8 25.1 25.2 25.6 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.5 25.5 .0

Other services ......................................................... 30.7 30.6 30.7 30.8 30.9 30.9 30.9 30.9 30.8 31.0 .2

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 and nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and 

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

 Mar. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

Total private ....................................... $16.56 $17.16 $17.21 $17.22 $556.42 $573.14 $574.81 $580.31

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 16.55 17.10 17.16 17.22 559.39 577.98 580.01 583.76

Goods-producing .......................................... 17.73 18.27 18.26 18.37 712.75 728.97 723.10 742.15

Natural resources and mining .............................. 19.57 20.72 20.77 21.17 874.78 924.11 938.80 952.65

Construction ............................................................ 19.53 20.42 20.45 20.56 749.95 773.92 764.83 797.73

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.69 17.04 17.02 17.06 684.29 695.23 689.31 701.17

Durable goods ..................................................... 17.52 17.94 17.93 17.99 725.33 733.75 729.75 744.79

Wood products .................................................. 13.14 13.71 13.54 13.52 525.60 522.35 517.23 528.63

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.60 16.73 16.63 16.75 703.84 685.93 675.18 710.20

Primary metals .................................................. 19.21 19.43 19.32 19.38 835.64 839.38 821.10 833.34

Fabricated metal products .............................. 16.08 16.33 16.31 16.34 665.71 667.90 663.82 678.11

Machinery .......................................................... 16.99 17.62 17.62 17.65 716.98 736.52 738.28 744.83

Computer and electronic products ................ 18.58 19.59 19.58 19.71 754.35 785.56 787.12 796.28

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.42 15.73 15.86 15.94 632.22 641.78 639.16 643.98

Transportation equipment ............................... 22.31 22.47 22.52 22.57 957.10 961.72 954.85 975.02

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.52 14.11 14.03 14.39 519.17 546.06 540.16 555.45

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 14.30 14.54 14.54 14.52 554.84 558.34 553.97 569.18

Nondurable goods ............................................... 15.27 15.51 15.46 15.47 615.38 629.71 619.95 628.08

Food manufacturing ......................................... 13.04 13.42 13.33 13.33 512.47 539.48 529.20 537.20

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 18.12 17.92 17.90 18.53 726.61 718.59 710.63 746.76

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.40 12.90 12.86 12.75 503.44 523.74 522.12 517.65

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.79 11.98 12.01 12.10 469.24 472.01 471.99 482.79

Apparel ............................................................... 10.62 10.87 10.80 10.70 385.51 406.54 398.52 396.97

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.11 11.89 11.83 11.75 442.18 449.44 448.36 453.55

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.81 18.18 18.14 18.28 748.02 772.65 752.81 767.76

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.77 15.84 15.88 15.97 616.61 620.93 627.26 630.82

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.58 24.90 24.75 24.91 1,088.89 1,115.52 1,089.00 1,081.09

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.66 19.67 19.51 19.48 841.45 824.17 813.57 816.21

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.84 15.22 15.25 15.15 603.99 622.50 611.53 619.64

Private service-providing ............................. 16.24 16.87 16.94 16.92 521.30 539.84 543.77 544.82

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.23 15.61 15.65 15.65 502.59 513.57 514.89 518.02

Wholesale trade ................................................... 18.60 19.30 19.24 19.24 699.36 723.75 727.27 729.20

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.49 12.69 12.72 12.75 375.95 378.16 377.78 382.50

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 17.05 17.48 17.47 17.46 620.62 639.77 635.91 642.53

Utilities ................................................................... 27.55 27.39 27.47 27.61 1,121.29 1,136.69 1,159.23 1,162.38

Information ............................................................... 22.85 23.84 23.82 23.81 827.17 863.01 864.67 861.92

Financial activities .................................................. 18.47 19.29 19.44 19.46 651.99 688.65 695.95 694.72

Professional and business services .................... 18.83 19.81 19.97 19.92 645.87 673.54 686.97 689.23

Education and health services ............................. 17.21 17.78 17.75 17.78 555.88 576.07 575.10 576.07

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.63 10.15 10.25 10.23 243.64 251.72 257.28 257.80

Other services ......................................................... 14.69 15.07 15.09 15.11 450.98 461.14 463.26 465.39

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total Private:

 Mar. 

2006

 Nov. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

Feb. 2007-

Mar. 2007 p

Current dollars ................................................ $16.55 $16.99 $17.07 $17.10 $17.16 $17.22 0.3

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.21 8.36 8.36 8.36 8.36 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.82 18.21 18.29 18.34 18.36 18.47 .6

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 19.49 20.43 20.52 20.60 20.80 21.07 1.3

Construction ............................................................................ 19.67 20.37 20.44 20.55 20.57 20.69 .6

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.71 16.89 16.95 16.98 17.01 17.07 .4

.....................................................

4 Excluding overtime 15.84 16.09 16.12 16.17 16.18 16.22 .2

Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.54 17.79 17.86 17.90 17.93 18.01 .4

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.30 15.35 15.41 15.44 15.46 15.49 .2

Private service-providing ............................................. 16.21 16.67 16.74 16.77 16.85 16.89 .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.22 15.54 15.58 15.59 15.62 15.64 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 18.68 19.14 19.20 19.25 19.22 19.32 .5

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.47 12.64 12.67 12.69 12.72 12.74 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 17.06 17.50 17.53 17.49 17.53 17.50 -.2

Utilities ................................................................................... 27.53 27.47 27.33 27.40 27.46 27.55 .3

Information ............................................................................... 22.96 23.47 23.60 23.72 23.80 23.90 .4

Financial activities .................................................................. 18.50 19.20 19.29 19.32 19.43 19.49 .3

Professional and business services .................................... 18.80 19.51 19.64 19.63 19.82 19.88 .3

Education and health services ............................................. 17.20 17.63 17.67 17.74 17.75 17.78 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.61 9.94 10.02 10.08 10.17 10.19 .2

Other services ......................................................................... 14.64 14.94 15.02 15.03 15.06 15.06 .0

3( )

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical

Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.

3 Change was .0 percent from Jan. 2007 to Feb. 2007, 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 and nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Mar. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2006

 Nov. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

Feb. 2007-

Mar. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 103.2 103.4 103.6 105.4 105.1 106.3 106.9 106.7 106.7 107.3 0.6

Goods-producing .......................................... 99.5 98.0 96.6 99.8 102.4 102.0 102.8 101.8 101.2 102.6 1.4

Natural resources and mining .............................. 117.3 122.5 125.1 126.5 121.8 129.1 129.2 127.2 130.7 131.1 .3

Construction ............................................................ 107.4 104.9 101.4 108.6 114.8 114.7 116.9 114.6 112.0 115.7 3.3

Manufacturing ......................................................... 95.2 93.9 93.3 94.7 95.9 95.2 95.3 95.0 95.0 95.2 .2

Durable goods ..................................................... 98.6 96.4 96.1 97.8 98.9 98.2 98.3 97.7 97.7 98.1 .4

Wood products .................................................. 102.2 88.6 87.5 89.9 104.6 94.1 93.8 91.8 92.0 92.0 .0

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 97.9 90.6 88.9 94.4 101.8 97.1 98.2 96.6 95.5 98.1 2.7

Primary metals .................................................. 94.5 91.5 90.2 91.1 94.3 92.3 92.0 90.7 90.6 90.9 .3

Fabricated metal products .............................. 102.4 102.2 101.9 104.1 102.8 103.5 103.2 103.0 103.4 104.5 1.1

Machinery .......................................................... 101.1 103.6 104.3 105.1 100.8 105.2 105.0 103.7 104.9 104.9 .0

Computer and electronic products ................ 102.5 104.0 104.1 103.5 102.9 104.5 104.9 104.5 104.7 103.8 -.9

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 87.6 89.3 88.2 88.8 88.2 88.3 88.5 89.0 89.3 89.4 .1

Transportation equipment ............................... 100.4 97.0 97.0 98.7 99.9 98.0 98.2 97.9 97.5 98.0 .5

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 95.6 85.9 85.9 88.8 94.9 88.2 88.8 87.3 86.5 88.1 1.8

Furniture and related products ....................... 90.3 85.6 84.9 85.1 90.9 88.1 87.8 87.0 86.4 85.5 -1.0

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 90.4 90.4 91.0 93.5 90.4 92.0 92.2 91.7 91.4 93.4 2.2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 89.6 89.6 88.5 89.7 90.9 90.2 90.3 90.8 90.4 90.8 .4

Food manufacturing ......................................... 94.2 98.8 97.3 98.9 97.9 100.6 100.3 101.0 101.4 102.3 .9

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 96.2 97.9 98.0 98.6 100.9 99.1 100.1 101.4 101.3 101.9 .6

Textile mills ........................................................ 67.4 60.4 59.6 59.7 66.8 62.3 62.8 61.2 60.6 59.4 -2.0

Textile product mills ......................................... 88.2 81.4 80.8 81.8 87.9 83.5 81.7 81.9 81.5 81.3 -.2

Apparel ............................................................... 63.4 61.3 61.8 62.3 62.8 63.2 62.8 63.5 62.3 61.9 -.6

Leather and allied products ............................ 77.3 71.7 72.9 77.0 76.7 71.5 72.9 73.7 74.4 75.9 2.0

Paper and paper products .............................. 85.5 85.1 82.4 82.6 86.7 85.0 84.7 85.2 84.0 83.8 -.2

Printing and related support activities ........... 91.8 93.1 93.7 94.2 92.1 93.4 95.0 93.9 94.4 94.3 -.1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 95.1 91.9 90.0 90.7 98.5 95.1 95.3 97.1 95.8 94.6 -1.3

Chemicals .......................................................... 97.1 93.4 93.4 94.2 96.8 93.9 94.4 93.8 93.6 94.1 .5

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 93.9 93.7 92.0 93.8 94.1 91.1 91.4 94.1 93.1 93.7 .6

Private service-providing ............................. 104.0 104.8 105.5 106.6 106.0 107.5 107.8 108.0 108.1 108.6 .5

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 100.4 101.4 100.5 101.9 102.7 103.7 103.6 103.7 103.8 104.4 .6

Wholesale trade ................................................... 103.2 104.4 105.3 106.1 104.7 106.4 106.8 106.8 107.2 107.3 .1

Retail trade ........................................................... 98.4 98.4 96.8 98.7 101.1 101.0 100.8 101.1 101.0 101.6 .6

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 104.6 107.0 105.9 107.5 106.7 109.1 109.2 109.5 109.1 109.4 .3

Utilities ................................................................... 91.6 93.4 94.7 94.8 92.6 94.8 95.0 94.7 95.6 95.8 .2

Information ............................................................... 99.2 99.6 100.6 100.2 100.4 100.5 101.3 101.0 101.4 101.4 .0

Financial activities .................................................. 104.9 108.5 109.1 109.0 106.7 109.3 110.2 110.3 110.4 110.5 .1

Professional and business services .................... 108.6 109.0 110.9 112.3 110.8 113.2 113.7 113.5 113.9 114.5 .5

Education and health services ............................. 108.4 109.6 111.1 111.8 108.2 110.2 110.1 110.7 110.9 111.6 .6

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 103.5 102.3 104.4 106.6 107.8 110.5 111.4 111.2 111.0 111.1 .1

Other services ......................................................... 96.0 95.8 96.7 97.5 97.0 97.8 98.0 98.1 97.8 98.4 .6

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 and nonsupervisory worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Mar. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2006

 Nov. 

2006

 Dec. 

2006

 Jan. 

2007

 Feb. 

2007p

 Mar. 

2007p

Percent

change from:

Feb. 2007-

Mar. 2007p

Total private ....................................... 114.2 118.5 119.1 121.2 116.3 120.7 121.9 122.0 122.4 123.4 0.8

Goods-producing .......................................... 108.0 109.6 108.1 112.2 111.7 113.7 115.1 114.3 113.8 116.1 2.0

Natural resources and mining .............................. 133.6 147.7 151.2 155.8 138.0 153.4 154.1 152.4 158.1 160.6 1.6

Construction ............................................................ 113.3 115.7 111.9 120.6 121.9 126.2 129.1 127.2 124.4 129.3 3.9

Manufacturing ......................................................... 103.9 104.6 103.8 105.7 104.8 105.2 105.6 105.5 105.6 106.3 .7

Durable goods ..................................................... 107.8 108.0 107.6 109.8 108.3 109.1 109.6 109.1 109.3 110.3 .9

Nondurable goods ............................................... 96.7 98.3 96.7 98.1 98.3 97.8 98.3 99.0 98.8 99.4 .6

Private service-providing ............................. 115.8 121.2 122.5 123.7 117.8 122.9 123.7 124.2 124.9 125.8 .7

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 109.1 112.9 112.2 113.7 111.5 115.0 115.1 115.4 115.7 116.4 .6

Wholesale trade ................................................... 113.1 118.7 119.4 120.3 115.2 120.0 120.7 121.1 121.4 122.2 .7

Retail trade ........................................................... 105.3 107.0 105.6 107.9 108.1 109.4 109.5 110.0 110.1 111.0 .8

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 113.1 118.7 117.4 119.0 115.5 121.1 121.4 121.5 121.4 121.5 .1

Utilities ................................................................... 105.3 106.7 108.6 109.2 106.4 108.7 108.4 108.3 109.5 110.2 .6

Information ............................................................... 112.2 117.5 118.6 118.1 114.2 116.8 118.3 118.6 119.5 120.0 .4

Financial activities .................................................. 119.8 129.4 131.1 131.1 122.0 129.7 131.5 131.7 132.6 133.2 .5

Professional and business services .................... 121.7 128.5 131.7 133.1 123.9 131.4 132.8 132.6 134.3 135.5 .9

Education and health services ............................. 122.7 128.1 129.7 130.7 122.4 127.7 127.9 129.1 129.4 130.4 .8

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 113.1 117.9 121.5 123.9 117.6 124.7 126.7 127.2 128.2 128.6 .3

Other services ......................................................... 102.8 105.2 106.4 107.4 103.4 106.5 107.2 107.4 107.4 108.0 .6

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 and 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

2003 ......................................................... 43.5 37.2 33.6 38.8 40.8 38.5 39.2 41.7 48.0 50.2 52.2 52.9

2004 ......................................................... 51.6 50.2 62.1 64.9 59.9 57.6 56.5 51.4 56.5 55.0 51.4 55.6

2005 ......................................................... 52.5 61.3 52.7 60.8 54.9 58.5 59.0 60.4 53.6 53.1 62.2 60.4

2006 ......................................................... 64.2 64.6 64.0 62.8 56.7 55.9 59.4 55.9 55.8 57.7 53.6 57.6

2007 ......................................................... 54.9 p 57.2 p 56.7

2003 ......................................................... 39.6 33.8 34.9 33.8 35.3 42.3 39.2 34.4 42.6 48.6 48.7 50.2

2004 ......................................................... 55.9 53.2 57.0 64.2 70.3 65.6 59.9 55.2 57.9 59.0 60.4 55.8

2005 ......................................................... 51.3 55.9 56.8 61.3 57.2 59.4 62.8 63.7 59.9 53.4 57.2 62.2

2006 ......................................................... 70.5 66.7 66.0 66.9 63.3 62.4 60.3 62.6 57.7 59.0 57.7 59.9

2007 ......................................................... 64.6 p 59.7 p 58.6

2003 ......................................................... 34.7 33.1 31.1 33.3 33.5 36.5 32.7 32.4 40.8 44.8 47.7 47.5

2004 ......................................................... 49.8 51.8 55.0 60.8 63.5 63.7 63.3 62.6 58.3 62.1 55.4 55.2

2005 ......................................................... 54.1 57.2 57.6 56.3 56.5 58.1 65.8 63.8 61.9 59.2 62.8 60.8

2006 ......................................................... 63.8 63.3 67.1 68.2 67.1 67.1 63.5 62.9 62.6 62.1 61.5 61.0

2007 ......................................................... 62.2 p 60.8 p 64.0

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 58.8 58.3 60.3 60.6 62.8 60.3 58.8 59.7 61.3

2006 ......................................................... 67.3 65.3 66.0 64.7 65.8 65.3 67.6 66.4 66.5 66.4 65.5 65.1

2007 ......................................................... 64.6 p 64.2 p 64.7

2003 ......................................................... 34.5 17.3 17.3 10.7 22.0 17.3 17.3 31.5 26.8 38.1 42.3 42.3

2004 ......................................................... 41.1 45.2 47.0 63.1 50.0 48.2 56.5 43.5 41.7 43.5 40.5 42.3

2005 ......................................................... 36.9 48.2 43.5 48.2 38.7 37.5 42.3 45.8 44.0 44.6 48.2 51.8

2006 ......................................................... 63.1 48.2 56.0 53.0 47.0 58.9 51.2 44.6 40.5 47.6 43.5 38.7

2007 ......................................................... 52.4 p 46.4 p 40.5

2003 ......................................................... 15.5 11.3 13.7 9.5 8.9 11.9 15.5 15.5 17.9 29.2 30.4 33.3

2004 ......................................................... 45.2 42.9 43.5 57.7 60.1 58.3 55.4 46.4 47.0 42.9 42.9 37.5

2005 ......................................................... 35.1 39.9 40.5 42.3 35.1 33.9 40.5 41.7 42.3 40.5 39.9 43.5

2006 ......................................................... 56.5 52.4 52.4 51.2 47.6 54.8 48.2 52.4 39.3 42.3 35.7 39.9

2007 ......................................................... 48.2 p 43.5 p 44.0

2003 ......................................................... 11.9 11.3 7.1 8.3 9.5 10.7 7.1 9.5 12.5 16.1 25.0 24.4

2004 ......................................................... 28.0 32.7 35.1 47.0 50.0 52.4 54.2 52.4 48.8 51.2 41.1 38.7

2005 ......................................................... 31.5 35.1 36.3 34.5 32.1 33.3 44.0 39.3 32.1 36.9 34.5 39.3

2006 ......................................................... 42.9 41.7 50.0 50.6 51.2 53.0 45.8 45.8 47.6 45.2 44.6 39.9

2007 ......................................................... 39.9 p 39.3 p 42.3

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 37.5 36.3 32.1 33.9 32.7 33.3 33.3 37.5

2006 ......................................................... 44.6 40.5 40.5 40.5 39.3 42.3 48.8 48.8 44.6 45.2 43.5 41.7

2007 ......................................................... 41.7 p 44.0 p 42.9

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.