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Technical information: 

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

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

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION – NOVEMBER 2010 

The unemployment rate edged up to 9.8 percent in November, and nonfarm payroll employment was 

little changed (+39,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Temporary help services 

and health care continued to add jobs over the month, while employment fell in retail trade. Employment 

in most major industries changed little in November. 

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

November 2008 – November 2010

Household Survey Data 

The number of unemployed persons was 15.1 million in November. The unemployment rate edged up 

to 9.8 percent; it was 9.6 percent in each of the prior 3 months. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (10.0 percent), adult women 

(8.4 percent), whites (8.9 percent), and Hispanics (13.2 percent) edged up in November. The jobless rate 

for blacks (16.0 percent) showed little change over the month, while the rate for teenagers declined to 

24.6 percent. The jobless rate for Asians was 7.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, 

and A-3.) 
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Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs rose 

by 390,000 to 9.5 million in November. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 

weeks and over) was little changed at 6.3 million and accounted for 41.9 percent of the unemployed. 

(See tables A-11 and A-12.) 

The civilian labor force participation rate held at 64.5 percent in November, and the employmentpopulation ratio was essentially unchanged at 58.2 percent. (See table A-1.) 

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

involuntary part-time workers) was little changed over the month at 9.0 million. These individuals were 

working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time 

job. (See table A-8.) 

About 2.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in November, up from 2.3 

million a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor 

force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. 

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

the survey. (See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 1.3 million discouraged workers in November, an increase 

of 421,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons 

not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.2 

million persons marginally attached to the labor force had not searched for work in the 4 weeks 

preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) 

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in November (+39,000). Job gains continued in 

temporary help services and in health care, while employment fell in retail trade. Since December 2009, 

total payroll employment has increased by an average of 86,000 per month. (See table B-1.) 

Within professional and business services, employment in temporary help services continued to 

increase in November (+40,000) and has risen by 494,000 since September 2009. 

Health care continued to add jobs over the month, with a gain of 19,000. Much of the increase occurred 

in hospitals (+8,000). 

Employment in mining continued to trend up over the month. Support activities for mining added 6,000 

jobs in November and has added 74,000 jobs since October 2009. 

Retail trade employment fell by 28,000 in November. Job losses occurred in department stores (-9,000) 

and in furniture and home furnishings stores (-5,000). 

Employment in manufacturing was little changed over the month (-13,000). Following job growth 

earlier in 2010, employment has been relatively flat, on net, since May. Employment in most other 

major industries changed little in November. 

 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls held at 34.3 hours in November. 

The manufacturing workweek for all employees also was unchanged, at 40.3 hours, and factory 
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overtime remained at 3.1 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory 

employees on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 hour to 33.5 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

In November, average hourly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 1 

cent to $22.75. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 1.6 percent. In 

November, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees were 

unchanged at $19.19. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for September was revised from -41,000 to 

-24,000, and the change for October was revised from +151,000 to +172,000. 

The Employment Situation for December is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 7, 2011, 

at 8:30 a.m. (EST). 

Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data 

In accordance with usual practice, The Employment Situation release for December 2010, 

scheduled for January 7, 2011, will incorporate annual revisions in seasonally adjusted 

unemployment and other labor force series from the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data 

for the most recent 5 years are subject to revision. 

Upcoming Changes to Establishment Survey Data 

Effective with the release of January 2011 data on February 4, 2011, the establishment survey will 

begin estimating net business birth/death adjustment factors on a quarterly basis, replacing the current practice of estimating the factors annually. This will allow the establishment survey to incorporate information from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages into the birth/death adjustment factors as soon as it becomes available and thereby improve the factors. Additional information on this change is available at www.bls.gov/ces/ces_quarterly_birthdeath.pdf. 
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Upcoming Changes to Household Survey Data 

Effective with the release of January 2011 data on February 4, 2011, two additional data series—

"Self-employed workers, unincorporated" and "Self-employed workers, incorporated"—will be 

added to table A-9. As a result, the format of table A-9 will change. Data on the incorporated selfemployed have not previously been published on a regular basis. 

Also, in table A-8, the data series currently labeled "Self-employed workers" (one for Agriculture 

and related industries and one for Nonagricultural industries) will be renamed "Self-employed 

workers, unincorporated." This is strictly a change in title and not in definition; the data shown 

will not be affected. This change is being made to clarify that these data only include persons 

operating unincorporated businesses. A similar title change will be made to one data series in table 

A-14. 

In addition, a change affecting data collected on unemployment duration will be introduced 

in the household survey in January 2011. Presently, the Current Population Survey can record 

unemployment durations of up to 2 years. Starting with data collected for January 2011, respondents will be able to report unemployment durations of up to 5 years. This change will likely 

affect one data series in this news release: the average (mean) duration of unemployment, which 

is found in table A-12. The change does not affect the estimate of total unemployment or other 

data series on duration of unemployment. Additional information is available at 

www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm. 

Beginning with data for January 2011, occupation estimates in table A-13 will reflect the introduction of the 2010 Census occupation classification system into the household survey. This 

occupation classification system is derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification 

system. Historical data will not be revised. 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Change from:

Oct. 2010-

Nov. 2010

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population............................................ 236,743 238,322 238,530 238,715 185

Civilian labor force............................................................ 153,720 154,158 153,904 154,007 103

Participation rate........................................................... 64.9 64.7 64.5 64.5 0.0

Employed.................................................................... 138,381 139,391 139,061 138,888 -173

Employment-population ratio........................................... 58.5 58.5 58.3 58.2 -0.1

Unemployed................................................................. 15,340 14,767 14,843 15,119 276

Unemployment rate..................................................... 10.0 9.6 9.6 9.8 0.2

Not in labor force............................................................. 83,022 84,164 84,626 84,708 82

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over....................................................... 10.0 9.6 9.6 9.8 0.2

Adult men (20 years and over).............................................. 10.4 9.8 9.7 10.0 0.3

Adult women (20 years and over).......................................... 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.4 0.3

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................. 26.8 26.0 27.1 24.6 -2.5

White........................................................................... 9.3 8.7 8.8 8.9 0.1

Black or African American................................................... 15.6 16.1 15.7 16.0 0.3

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................. 7.3 6.4 7.1 7.6 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.................................................. 12.7 12.4 12.6 13.2 0.6

Total, 25 years and over....................................................... 8.5 8.3 8.2 8.4 0.2

Less than a high school diploma........................................... 15.0 15.4 15.3 15.7 0.4

High school graduates, no college......................................... 10.4 10.0 10.1 10.0 -0.1

Some college or associate degree......................................... 9.0 9.1 8.5 8.7 0.2

Bachelor’s degree and higher............................................... 4.9 4.4 4.7 5.1 0.4

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs................... 9,965 9,401 9,108 9,498 390

Job leavers....................................................................... 929 807 854 862 8

Reentrants........................................................................ 3,221 3,436 3,512 3,451 -61

New entrants..................................................................... 1,270 1,187 1,273 1,238 -35

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks.............................................................. 2,774 2,891 2,657 2,828 171

5 to 14 weeks.................................................................... 3,517 3,350 3,458 3,359 -99

15 to 26 weeks.................................................................. 3,075 2,336 2,519 2,576 57

27 weeks and over.............................................................. 5,901 6,123 6,206 6,313 107

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons............................................... 9,225 9,472 9,154 8,972 -182

Slack work or business conditions.......................................... 6,684 6,733 6,232 6,038 -194

Could only find part-time work.............................................. 2,238 2,456 2,572 2,569 -3

Part time for noneconomic reasons........................................... 18,354 18,234 18,211 18,365 154

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force........................................ 2,323 2,548 2,602 2,531 –

Discouraged workers......................................................... 861 1,209 1,219 1,282 –

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

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not

necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with

the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 -24 172 39

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 112 160 50

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -33 -10 3 -15

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 11 3

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -15 -11 3 -5

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -25 -6 -11 -13

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -23 5 -4 -5

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -4.6 -0.9 1.2 -1.5

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 -11 -7 -8

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 122 157 65

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6.2 4.5 10.0 4.7

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 -3.9 13.0 -28.1

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 16.5 0.7 11.6

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -12 -7 -1 1

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 0 -9

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 28 50 53

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.7 27.3 34.7 39.5

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 26 64 30

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.1 34.2 39.9 23.1

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -21 38 -10 11

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6 17 30 -8

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -11 -136 12 -11

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 49.6 49.6 49.6

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.4 48.1 48.1 48.1

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

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.9 34.2 34.3 34.3

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22.39 $ 22.68 $ 22.74 $ 22.75

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $759.02 $ 775.66 $779.98 $780.33

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.1 92.6 93.0 93.1

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 -0.2 0.4 0.1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.2 100.2 100.9 101.0

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.0 0.7 0.1

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 33.5 33.6 33.5

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18.80 $ 19.11 $ 19.19 $ 19.19

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $624.16 $ 640.19 $644.78 $642.87

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.9 99.7 100.1 99.9

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 0.1 0.4 -0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.0 127.3 128.4 128.1

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.2 0.9 -0.2

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.8 54.5 58.0 52.0

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.7 52.4 43.9 43.3

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

industries.

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

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

aggregate weekly payrolls.

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

between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.

p Preliminary
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

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

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

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

much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 100,000 is statistically 

significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the 

household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the 

establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural 

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

survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. 

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

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

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

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

collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which identify 

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

Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. 

Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

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

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

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

to achieve that goal. 

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? 

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

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

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

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

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

of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new 

businesses to the survey twice a year. 

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

benefits? 

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

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

(People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement 

or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 

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

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

those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In 

addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and 

other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment 

Situation news release. 
Technical Note 

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) 

and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides 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 U.S. Bureau 

of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of nonagricultural business establishments. The sample includes about 

140,000 businesses and government agencies representing 

approximately 410,000 worksites and is drawn from a sampling frame of roughly 8.9 million unemployment insurance 

tax accounts. The active sample includes approximately 

one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. 

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

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

reference period is generally the calendar week that 

contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment 

survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 

12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the 

calendar week. 

Coverage, definitions, and differences between 

surveys 

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force. 

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked 

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

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

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: they had no employment during the 

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

and they made specific efforts to find employment 

sometime during the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting 

recall need not be looking for work to be counted as 

unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the 

household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for 

or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. 

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or 

unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment 

rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor 

force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force 

as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. 

Additional information about the household survey can be 

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

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

government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are 

those who received pay for any part of the reference pay 

period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are 

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

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and 

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

logging, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in private service-providing industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment's principal activity in accordance with the 2007 

version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

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

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 are counted separately for each appearance. 
Seasonal adjustment 

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

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such 

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

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

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal 

developments, such as declines in employment or increases 

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

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

number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely 

to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative 

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

economic activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

declines by about 20 percent at the end of the spring term 

and later rises with the start of the fall term, obscuring the 

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a 

more useful tool with which to analyze changes in monthto-month economic activity. 

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, 

such as total payroll employment, employment in most 

major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are 

computed by aggregating independently adjusted 

component series. For example, total unemployment is 

derived by summing the adjusted series for four major agesex components; this differs from the unemployment 

estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the 

total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 

detailed age categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

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

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

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

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

revisions to historical data are made once a year. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling 

error. When a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may 

differ from the "true" population values they represent. The 

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 nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

100,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment 

increases by 50,000 from one month to the next. The 90-

percent confidence interval on the monthly change would 

range from -50,000 to +150,000 (50,000 +/- 100,000). 

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 nonfarm 

employment had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, 

the reported nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, then 

all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval 

would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least 

a 90-percent chance) that nonfarm employment had, in fact, 

risen that month. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 

percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly 

change in unemployment as measured by the household 

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

the unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.19 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 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all 

respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely 

basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in 

the collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates 

for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete 

returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled 

preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive 

revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample 

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered 

final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

estimation procedure with two components is used to 
account for business births. The first component excludes 

employment losses from business deaths from samplebased estimation in order to offset the missing employment 

gains from business births. This is incorporated into the 

sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting 

sample units going out of business, but imputing to them 

the same employment trend as the other firms in the 

sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net 

birth/death employment. 

The second component is an ARIMA time series 

model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death 

employment not accounted for by the imputation. The 

historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA 

model was derived from the unemployment insurance 

universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual 

residual net of births and deaths over the past 5 years. 

The sample-based estimates from the establishment 

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

universe counts of payroll employment obtained from 

administrative records of the unemployment insurance 

program. The difference between the March sample-based 

employment estimates and the March universe counts is 

known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough 

proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also 

incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over 

the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total 

nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a 

range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236,743 238,530 238,715 236,743 237,890 238,099 238,322 238,530 238,715

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,539 153,652 153,698 153,720 153,560 154,110 154,158 153,904 154,007

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

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,132 139,749 139,415 138,381 138,960 139,250 139,391 139,061 138,888

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 58.6 58.4 58.5 58.4 58.5 58.5 58.3 58.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,407 13,903 14,282 15,340 14,599 14,860 14,767 14,843 15,119

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 9.0 9.3 10.0 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,204 84,878 85,017 83,022 84,330 83,989 84,164 84,626 84,708

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,618 5,867 5,832 6,043 5,886 5,972 6,202 6,255 6,218

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,632 115,542 115,640 114,632 115,207 115,317 115,433 115,542 115,640

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,612 81,675 81,651 81,964 81,962 82,299 82,187 81,969 82,030

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.2 70.7 70.6 71.5 71.1 71.4 71.2 70.9 70.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,107 73,970 73,540 72,794 73,454 73,608 73,581 73,454 73,329

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.8 64.0 63.6 63.5 63.8 63.8 63.7 63.6 63.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,505 7,705 8,111 9,171 8,507 8,691 8,606 8,514 8,701

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 9.4 9.9 11.2 10.4 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,019 33,867 33,988 32,667 33,245 33,017 33,247 33,574 33,610

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,018 107,007 107,114 106,018 106,641 106,761 106,887 107,007 107,114

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,723 78,859 78,822 78,901 78,971 79,332 79,307 78,989 79,029

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.3 73.7 73.6 74.4 74.1 74.3 74.2 73.8 73.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,112 71,960 71,471 70,662 71,332 71,521 71,545 71,363 71,129

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.1 67.2 66.7 66.7 66.9 67.0 66.9 66.7 66.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,611 6,899 7,352 8,239 7,638 7,811 7,762 7,626 7,900

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 8.7 9.3 10.4 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.7 10.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,295 28,147 28,291 27,117 27,671 27,429 27,581 28,018 28,085

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,111 122,988 123,075 122,111 122,683 122,783 122,889 122,988 123,075

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,927 71,977 72,046 71,756 71,598 71,811 71,971 71,935 71,977

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.9 58.5 58.5 58.8 58.4 58.5 58.6 58.5 58.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,024 65,779 65,875 65,587 65,506 65,642 65,811 65,607 65,559

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 53.5 53.5 53.7 53.4 53.5 53.6 53.3 53.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,902 6,198 6,171 6,169 6,092 6,169 6,161 6,329 6,418

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.8 8.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,184 51,011 51,029 50,355 51,085 50,972 50,918 51,053 51,098

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,737 114,704 114,801 113,737 114,372 114,481 114,596 114,704 114,801

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,049 69,131 69,374 68,742 68,747 68,844 69,091 69,003 69,158

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.7 60.3 60.4 60.4 60.1 60.1 60.3 60.2 60.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,787 63,645 63,779 63,269 63,314 63,356 63,586 63,386 63,370

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 55.5 55.6 55.6 55.4 55.3 55.5 55.3 55.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,262 5,487 5,595 5,473 5,433 5,488 5,505 5,617 5,788

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 7.9 8.1 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,688 45,573 45,427 44,994 45,625 45,637 45,505 45,701 45,643

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,988 16,819 16,800 16,988 16,877 16,857 16,839 16,819 16,800

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,767 5,661 5,501 6,077 5,843 5,934 5,760 5,912 5,821

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.9 33.7 32.7 35.8 34.6 35.2 34.2 35.2 34.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,233 4,144 4,165 4,450 4,315 4,373 4,261 4,312 4,389

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 24.6 24.8 26.2 25.6 25.9 25.3 25.6 26.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,534 1,517 1,335 1,627 1,528 1,561 1,500 1,600 1,432

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.6 26.8 24.3 26.8 26.1 26.3 26.0 27.1 24.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,221 11,158 11,299 10,911 11,034 10,923 11,079 10,907 10,979

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191,516 192,527 192,641 191,516 192,109 192,245 192,391 192,527 192,641

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,170 124,749 124,735 125,258 125,060 125,362 125,404 124,907 124,833

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 64.8 64.7 65.4 65.1 65.2 65.2 64.9 64.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,403 114,588 114,254 113,669 114,300 114,470 114,500 113,974 113,673

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.7 59.5 59.3 59.4 59.5 59.5 59.5 59.2 59.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,767 10,161 10,481 11,589 10,760 10,893 10,904 10,933 11,160

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 8.1 8.4 9.3 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,346 67,778 67,907 66,258 67,049 66,883 66,987 67,620 67,808

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,286 65,066 65,074 65,387 65,412 65,590 65,583 65,203 65,104

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 74.1 74.1 75.0 74.7 74.9 74.8 74.3 74.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,438 59,872 59,492 58,996 59,662 59,738 59,755 59,431 59,102

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 68.2 67.7 67.7 68.2 68.2 68.1 67.7 67.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,848 5,194 5,583 6,390 5,750 5,852 5,829 5,771 6,002

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 8.0 8.6 9.8 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.9 9.2

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,165 55,076 55,155 54,908 54,818 54,848 55,011 54,829 54,946

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.4 59.9 60.0 60.1 59.8 59.8 59.9 59.6 59.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,334 51,185 51,195 50,852 50,943 50,979 51,062 50,819 50,791

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.2 55.7 55.7 55.6 55.5 55.5 55.6 55.3 55.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,831 3,891 3,960 4,056 3,875 3,869 3,949 4,010 4,156

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,719 4,607 4,506 4,963 4,830 4,924 4,810 4,875 4,783

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3 35.9 35.2 38.2 37.5 38.3 37.5 38.0 37.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,631 3,531 3,568 3,820 3,695 3,752 3,683 3,723 3,781

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 27.5 27.9 29.4 28.7 29.2 28.7 29.0 29.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,088 1,076 938 1,142 1,135 1,172 1,127 1,152 1,002

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.0 23.4 20.8 23.0 23.5 23.8 23.4 23.6 20.9

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,404 28,831 28,865 28,404 28,718 28,755 28,794 28,831 28,865

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,606 17,913 17,979 17,660 17,651 17,879 17,754 17,936 18,031

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.0 62.1 62.3 62.2 61.5 62.2 61.7 62.2 62.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,938 15,199 15,206 14,904 14,896 14,967 14,895 15,122 15,149

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.6 52.7 52.7 52.5 51.9 52.0 51.7 52.4 52.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,667 2,715 2,772 2,757 2,755 2,911 2,860 2,814 2,882

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2 15.2 15.4 15.6 15.6 16.3 16.1 15.7 16.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,798 10,918 10,886 10,744 11,067 10,877 11,040 10,895 10,834

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,911 8,076 8,084 7,915 8,004 8,082 8,064 8,073 8,101

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.0 69.0 69.0 69.0 68.8 69.4 69.1 69.0 69.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,637 6,837 6,815 6,584 6,667 6,687 6,645 6,760 6,752

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 58.5 58.2 57.4 57.3 57.4 56.9 57.8 57.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274 1,239 1,269 1,331 1,337 1,395 1,419 1,313 1,349

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1 15.3 15.7 16.8 16.7 17.3 17.6 16.3 16.7

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,999 9,158 9,238 9,001 9,005 9,103 9,082 9,168 9,233

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 63.2 63.6 63.1 62.4 63.0 62.7 63.3 63.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,942 7,996 8,035 7,946 7,847 7,902 7,940 8,000 8,025

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.7 55.2 55.4 55.7 54.4 54.7 54.9 55.2 55.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,057 1,162 1,203 1,055 1,157 1,202 1,143 1,168 1,208

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 12.7 13.0 11.7 12.9 13.2 12.6 12.7 13.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 680 657 743 643 693 608 695 697

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0 25.7 24.9 27.8 24.2 26.2 23.0 26.3 26.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 365 356 373 382 379 310 361 373

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 13.8 13.5 14.0 14.4 14.3 11.7 13.7 14.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 314 301 370 261 314 298 334 324

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.4 46.2 45.8 49.8 40.6 45.4 49.0 48.0 46.5

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,879 11,306 11,376 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,080 7,317 7,335 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 64.7 64.5 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,566 6,798 6,780 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.4 60.1 59.6 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 519 555 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 7.1 7.6 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,799 3,988 4,041 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced

annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population.................. 33,291 34,014 34,102 33,291 33,747 33,836 33,927 34,014 34,102

Civilian labor force................................. 22,622 22,784 22,958 22,564 22,738 22,729 22,910 22,803 22,912

Participation rate................................. 68.0 67.0 67.3 67.8 67.4 67.2 67.5 67.0 67.2

Employed......................................... 19,860 20,051 20,042 19,692 19,987 20,002 20,070 19,939 19,896

Employment-population ratio................ 59.7 58.9 58.8 59.2 59.2 59.1 59.2 58.6 58.3

Unemployed...................................... 2,762 2,733 2,916 2,872 2,751 2,726 2,840 2,865 3,017

Unemployment rate........................... 12.2 12.0 12.7 12.7 12.1 12.0 12.4 12.6 13.2

Not in labor force................................... 10,669 11,230 11,145 10,727 11,009 11,107 11,017 11,211 11,190

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 12,862 12,964 13,000 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 83.0 81.8 81.8 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 11,374 11,566 11,454 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 73.4 73.0 72.1 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,488 1,398 1,546 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 11.6 10.8 11.9 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 8,767 8,867 8,999 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 59.9 59.5 60.2 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 7,838 7,833 7,916 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 53.5 52.5 52.9 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 929 1,034 1,083 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 10.6 11.7 12.0 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................. 993 953 959 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 31.5 29.3 29.4 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 649 651 672 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 20.6 20.0 20.6 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 344 301 288 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 34.7 31.6 30.0 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................... 11,929 11,519 11,730 12,003 12,048 11,819 11,821 11,800 11,807

Participation rate.................................... 46.0 45.9 46.3 46.3 47.3 46.4 46.7 47.0 46.6

Employed............................................ 10,207 9,908 9,943 10,202 10,390 10,165 10,001 9,993 9,952

Employment-population ratio................... 39.4 39.4 39.3 39.3 40.8 39.9 39.5 39.8 39.3

Unemployed......................................... 1,722 1,611 1,788 1,802 1,658 1,654 1,820 1,806 1,855

Unemployment rate.............................. 14.4 14.0 15.2 15.0 13.8 14.0 15.4 15.3 15.7

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................... 38,013 37,638 37,794 37,759 37,941 38,314 38,116 37,968 37,815

Participation rate.................................... 62.0 60.9 61.0 61.6 61.6 61.9 61.9 61.4 61.1

Employed............................................ 34,249 34,186 34,178 33,851 34,113 34,373 34,289 34,130 34,021

Employment-population ratio................... 55.9 55.3 55.2 55.2 55.4 55.6 55.6 55.2 54.9

Unemployed......................................... 3,764 3,452 3,616 3,908 3,829 3,940 3,827 3,838 3,793

Unemployment rate.............................. 9.9 9.2 9.6 10.4 10.1 10.3 10.0 10.1 10.0

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................... 37,228 37,445 37,337 36,946 36,713 37,068 37,037 37,228 37,067

Participation rate.................................... 70.9 70.6 70.4 70.4 70.0 70.5 70.4 70.2 69.9

Employed............................................ 34,099 34,417 34,247 33,629 33,652 33,850 33,684 34,067 33,839

Employment-population ratio................... 65.0 64.9 64.6 64.1 64.1 64.4 64.0 64.2 63.8

Unemployed......................................... 3,128 3,028 3,090 3,318 3,061 3,218 3,352 3,161 3,228

Unemployment rate.............................. 8.4 8.1 8.3 9.0 8.3 8.7 9.1 8.5 8.7

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................... 45,981 46,451 46,330 45,992 46,015 45,676 46,472 46,140 46,328

Participation rate.................................... 77.4 76.6 76.6 77.4 76.2 75.8 76.4 76.1 76.6

Employed............................................ 43,888 44,370 44,101 43,743 43,924 43,582 44,420 43,992 43,959

Employment-population ratio................... 73.9 73.2 72.9 73.6 72.7 72.3 73.1 72.6 72.7

Unemployed......................................... 2,093 2,081 2,228 2,249 2,091 2,094 2,052 2,149 2,370

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

1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.

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

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

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,037 21,865 20,272 20,072 1,765 1,793

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,847 11,572 10,755 10,468 1,092 1,104

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.8 52.9 53.1 52.2 61.9 61.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,840 10,573 9,825 9,543 1,015 1,030

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.2 48.4 48.5 47.5 57.5 57.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,008 999 930 924 78 75

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.8 7.1 6.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,190 10,293 9,517 9,604 673 689

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,060 2,266 1,725 1,915 335 352

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695 1,893 1,460 1,648 235 245

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.3 83.5 84.6 86.1 70.2 69.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,533 1,704 1,316 1,476 217 228

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.4 75.2 76.3 77.1 64.8 64.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 189 144 171 18 18

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 10.0 9.9 10.4 7.6 7.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 373 265 267 100 106

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,872 2,844 2,410 2,418 462 426

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,493 2,488 2,133 2,155 360 332

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.8 87.5 88.5 89.1 77.8 78.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,322 2,304 1,990 2,003 332 301

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.8 81.0 82.6 82.8 71.8 70.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 183 143 152 28 31

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 7.4 6.7 7.1 7.7 9.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 356 278 263 102 93

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,225 10,872 10,850 10,515 375 357

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,214 3,865 4,084 3,747 130 118

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5 35.5 37.6 35.6 34.6 33.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,859 3,501 3,740 3,391 118 110

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 32.2 34.5 32.2 31.6 30.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 364 344 356 11 8

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4 9.4 8.4 9.5 8.8 7.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,011 7,007 6,766 6,768 245 239

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,879 5,883 5,286 5,225 593 659

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,446 3,326 3,077 2,918 368 408

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 56.5 58.2 55.8 62.1 62.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,126 3,064 2,779 2,673 348 391

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 52.1 52.6 51.2 58.6 59.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 262 299 245 20 18

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 7.9 9.7 8.4 5.6 4.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,434 2,557 2,209 2,307 225 251

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205,716 207,753 89,809 90,989 115,907 116,764

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,779 140,294 69,952 70,296 69,827 69,998

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.9 67.5 77.9 77.3 60.2 59.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,943 127,474 62,664 63,370 64,279 64,103

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.7 61.4 69.8 69.6 55.5 54.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,836 12,820 7,288 6,926 5,548 5,894

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 9.1 10.4 9.9 7.9 8.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,937 67,459 19,858 20,693 46,079 46,766

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

Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August

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

periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and

another period are classified only in the wartime period. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population....................................................... 27,031 26,886 209,712 211,829

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 5,802 5,784 147,737 147,914

Participation rate...................................................................... 21.5 21.5 70.4 69.8

Employed.............................................................................. 4,983 4,945 134,148 134,470

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 18.4 18.4 64.0 63.5

Unemployed........................................................................... 819 839 13,588 13,443

Unemployment rate................................................................ 14.1 14.5 9.2 9.1

Not in labor force........................................................................ 21,229 21,102 61,975 63,916

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,640 2,641 75,221 75,268

Participation rate...................................................................... 36.6 35.9 82.8 82.4

Employed.............................................................................. 2,231 2,226 67,341 67,834

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 31.0 30.2 74.1 74.2

Unemployed........................................................................... 410 415 7,881 7,434

Unemployment rate................................................................ 15.5 15.7 10.5 9.9

Not in labor force........................................................................ 4,564 4,718 15,627 16,104

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,342 2,338 66,614 66,617

Participation rate...................................................................... 30.6 31.2 71.8 71.2

Employed.............................................................................. 2,001 1,976 61,238 61,013

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 26.1 26.4 66.0 65.2

Unemployed........................................................................... 342 362 5,377 5,604

Unemployment rate................................................................ 14.6 15.5 8.1 8.4

Not in labor force........................................................................ 5,320 5,157 26,117 26,899

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 820 805 5,901 6,029

Participation rate...................................................................... 6.7 6.7 22.6 22.4

Employed.............................................................................. 752 743 5,570 5,623

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 6.2 6.2 21.3 20.9

Unemployed........................................................................... 68 62 331 406

Unemployment rate................................................................ 8.3 7.7 5.6 6.7

Not in labor force........................................................................ 11,345 11,227 20,231 20,912

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

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

has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or

shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 35,956 36,350 18,005 18,035 17,951 18,315

Civilian labor force................................................... 24,350 24,788 14,351 14,403 9,999 10,385

Participation rate................................................... 67.7 68.2 79.7 79.9 55.7 56.7

Employed........................................................... 22,091 22,387 12,964 13,012 9,127 9,375

Employment-population ratio.................................. 61.4 61.6 72.0 72.1 50.8 51.2

Unemployed........................................................ 2,259 2,401 1,387 1,391 872 1,010

Unemployment rate............................................. 9.3 9.7 9.7 9.7 8.7 9.7

Not in labor force..................................................... 11,606 11,562 3,654 3,632 7,952 7,930

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 200,787 202,365 96,627 97,605 104,160 104,760

Civilian labor force................................................... 129,189 128,909 67,261 67,249 61,927 61,661

Participation rate................................................... 64.3 63.7 69.6 68.9 59.5 58.9

Employed........................................................... 117,041 117,029 60,144 60,528 56,897 56,500

Employment-population ratio.................................. 58.3 57.8 62.2 62.0 54.6 53.9

Unemployed........................................................ 12,148 11,881 7,118 6,720 5,030 5,161

Unemployment rate............................................. 9.4 9.2 10.6 10.0 8.1 8.4

Not in labor force..................................................... 71,598 73,455 29,365 30,356 42,233 43,099

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

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

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................... 2,039 2,360 2,127 2,086 2,192 2,188 2,154 2,359 2,191

Wage and salary workers......................... 1,281 1,475 1,347 1,331 1,329 1,300 1,291 1,447 1,385

Self-employed workers............................ 740 840 749 752 825 855 799 833 772

Unpaid family workers............................. 18 45 30 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries............................ 137,093 137,389 137,289 136,357 136,599 136,974 137,243 136,782 136,668

Wage and salary workers......................... 128,049 128,487 128,468 127,160 127,881 128,314 128,429 127,814 127,656

Government...................................... 21,466 20,900 20,745 21,233 20,978 20,575 20,928 20,763 20,590

Private industries................................ 106,583 107,587 107,723 105,856 106,869 107,760 107,481 107,053 107,064

Private households............................ 776 562 650 – – – – – –

Other industries............................... 105,807 107,025 107,073 105,097 106,270 107,118 106,900 106,433 106,449

Self-employed workers............................ 8,973 8,817 8,727 9,111 8,779 8,678 8,743 8,896 8,849

Unpaid family workers............................. 72 85 93 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME1

All industries

Part time for economic reasons2................... 8,894 8,408 8,670 9,225 8,529 8,860 9,472 9,154 8,972

Slack work or business conditions............... 6,524 5,695 5,897 6,684 6,119 6,380 6,733 6,232 6,038

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,132 2,442 2,487 2,238 2,246 2,347 2,456 2,572 2,569

Part time for noneconomic reasons3

.............. 19,208 18,717 19,290 18,354 18,157 18,558 18,234 18,211 18,365

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons2

................... 8,796 8,279 8,526 9,137 8,386 8,730 9,336 9,047 8,830

Slack work or business conditions............... 6,446 5,619 5,805 6,616 6,018 6,304 6,640 6,161 5,948

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,124 2,421 2,468 2,241 2,192 2,320 2,431 2,523 2,564

Part time for noneconomic reasons3

.............. 18,871 18,302 18,928 18,066 17,774 18,161 17,891 17,784 17,969

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

entire week.

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

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

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

retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,132 139,749 139,415 138,381 138,960 139,250 139,391 139,061 138,888

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,233 4,144 4,165 4,450 4,315 4,373 4,261 4,312 4,389

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,349 1,409 1,369 1,409 1,345 1,402 1,398 1,422 1,440

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,884 2,735 2,796 3,036 2,984 2,975 2,867 2,897 2,966

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,899 135,605 135,250 133,931 134,646 134,877 135,131 134,749 134,499

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,456 12,723 12,781 12,446 12,670 12,838 12,841 12,781 12,785

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,443 122,881 122,469 121,539 122,109 122,074 122,267 121,894 121,673

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,033 94,791 94,347 94,318 94,062 94,005 94,067 94,017 93,672

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,072 30,589 30,458 29,793 30,278 30,318 30,315 30,325 30,210

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,209 30,886 30,715 31,031 30,604 30,584 30,514 30,648 30,532

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,753 33,315 33,175 33,494 33,180 33,104 33,238 33,044 32,930

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,410 28,091 28,122 27,221 28,047 28,069 28,200 27,878 28,001

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,107 73,970 73,540 72,794 73,454 73,608 73,581 73,454 73,329

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,996 2,010 2,069 2,131 2,122 2,087 2,036 2,091 2,201

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 623 627 673 667 667 660 650 685

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,377 1,387 1,443 1,453 1,472 1,428 1,372 1,441 1,528

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,112 71,960 71,471 70,662 71,332 71,521 71,545 71,363 71,129

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,291 6,481 6,473 6,301 6,434 6,571 6,536 6,540 6,497

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,821 65,479 64,998 64,375 64,937 64,952 65,015 64,838 64,591

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,450 50,805 50,304 50,090 50,340 50,321 50,303 50,255 49,957

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,316 16,668 16,491 16,157 16,403 16,478 16,433 16,438 16,331

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,819 16,737 16,652 16,719 16,644 16,601 16,534 16,574 16,541

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,314 17,400 17,162 17,214 17,293 17,242 17,336 17,243 17,085

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,371 14,675 14,693 14,285 14,597 14,631 14,712 14,583 14,634

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,024 65,779 65,875 65,587 65,506 65,642 65,811 65,607 65,559

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,238 2,134 2,096 2,318 2,192 2,286 2,225 2,221 2,189

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 786 742 736 678 735 738 772 755

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,507 1,348 1,354 1,583 1,512 1,547 1,494 1,456 1,437

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,787 63,645 63,779 63,269 63,314 63,356 63,586 63,386 63,370

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,165 6,242 6,308 6,145 6,236 6,267 6,305 6,241 6,288

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,622 57,402 57,471 57,164 57,172 57,122 57,252 57,056 57,083

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,583 43,986 44,042 44,229 43,722 43,684 43,765 43,762 43,716

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,755 13,921 13,967 13,637 13,875 13,840 13,883 13,887 13,878

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,389 14,150 14,063 14,312 13,960 13,983 13,980 14,074 13,992

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,439 15,915 16,013 16,280 15,887 15,862 15,902 15,801 15,845

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,038 13,416 13,429 12,936 13,450 13,438 13,488 13,294 13,367

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,484 43,492 43,296 43,336 43,369 43,433 43,723 43,349 43,127

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,082 34,642 34,725 34,867 34,304 34,213 34,449 34,555 34,530

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,798 8,959 8,817 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,274 112,342 111,348 110,901 112,076 111,822 111,716 111,592 111,114

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,858 27,407 28,068 27,400 27,082 27,705 27,636 27,446 27,628

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,222 6,817 6,816 7,060 6,546 6,814 6,684 6,665 6,710

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 4.9 4.9 5.1 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Nov.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over............................. 15,340 14,843 15,119 10.0 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.8

16 to 19 years...................................... 1,627 1,600 1,432 26.8 26.1 26.3 26.0 27.1 24.6

16 to 17 years.................................... 569 631 474 28.8 30.4 31.4 30.3 30.7 24.8

18 to 19 years.................................... 1,071 950 948 26.1 23.6 23.9 23.1 24.7 24.2

20 years and over.................................. 13,712 13,243 13,687 9.3 8.8 9.0 8.9 8.9 9.2

20 to 24 years.................................... 2,361 2,297 2,421 15.9 15.6 14.9 14.8 15.2 15.9

25 years and over............................... 11,264 10,937 11,213 8.5 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.4

25 to 54 years................................. 9,171 8,739 8,995 8.9 8.5 8.5 8.7 8.5 8.8

25 to 34 years.............................. 3,436 3,325 3,525 10.3 9.9 9.8 10.0 9.9 10.4

35 to 44 years.............................. 2,909 2,623 2,559 8.6 8.0 7.7 8.4 7.9 7.7

45 to 54 years.............................. 2,827 2,791 2,911 7.8 7.5 8.1 7.7 7.8 8.1

55 years and over............................. 2,085 2,179 2,197 7.1 6.9 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.3

Men, 16 years and over.............................. 9,171 8,514 8,701 11.2 10.4 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.6

16 to 19 years...................................... 932 888 801 30.4 29.0 29.7 29.3 29.8 26.7

16 to 17 years.................................... 296 340 273 30.5 32.5 33.0 33.5 34.3 28.5

18 to 19 years.................................... 638 530 522 30.5 26.7 28.1 26.2 26.9 25.5

20 years and over.................................. 8,239 7,626 7,900 10.4 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.7 10.0

20 to 24 years.................................... 1,415 1,299 1,441 18.3 18.3 17.3 17.1 16.6 18.2

25 years and over............................... 6,763 6,332 6,430 9.5 8.8 9.1 9.1 8.9 9.1

25 to 54 years................................. 5,562 5,005 5,148 10.0 9.1 9.2 9.4 9.1 9.3

25 to 34 years.............................. 2,046 1,912 2,011 11.2 10.7 10.4 10.9 10.4 11.0

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,707 1,485 1,418 9.3 8.3 8.3 8.6 8.2 7.9

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,809 1,608 1,720 9.5 8.4 9.0 8.6 8.5 9.1

55 years and over............................. 1,201 1,327 1,282 7.8 7.7 8.4 7.9 8.3 8.1

Women, 16 years and over.......................... 6,169 6,329 6,418 8.6 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.8 8.9

16 to 19 years...................................... 695 712 631 23.1 23.1 22.9 22.8 24.3 22.4

16 to 17 years.................................... 274 291 202 27.1 28.2 30.0 27.1 27.4 21.1

18 to 19 years.................................... 433 421 426 21.5 20.5 19.5 20.1 22.4 22.9

20 years and over.................................. 5,473 5,617 5,788 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.4

20 to 24 years.................................... 946 998 980 13.3 12.7 12.2 12.3 13.8 13.5

25 years and over............................... 4,501 4,605 4,783 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.7

25 to 54 years................................. 3,610 3,734 3,846 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.9 8.1

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,390 1,413 1,514 9.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.2 9.8

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,202 1,138 1,141 7.7 7.6 7.1 8.1 7.5 7.5

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,018 1,182 1,192 5.9 6.5 7.1 6.7 7.0 7.0

55 years and over1

........................... 859 846 887 6.2 6.9 6.9 6.4 5.9 6.2

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present....................... 3,517 3,282 3,264 7.5 6.6 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.0

Married women, spouse present.................... 2,105 2,085 2,127 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.8

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,131 1,267 1,317 11.4 13.4 13.4 12.9 12.4 13.0

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2.................................... 13,699 13,012 13,368 11.0 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.7

Part-time workers3................................... 1,626 1,854 1,692 5.6 6.4 6.7 6.1 6.3 5.8

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

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

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

jobs.

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

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

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 9,130 8,331 8,926 9,965 9,125 9,305 9,401 9,108 9,498

On temporary layoff................................ 1,245 890 1,172 1,548 1,268 1,480 1,349 1,278 1,425

Not on temporary layoff............................ 7,884 7,441 7,754 8,418 7,857 7,825 8,051 7,829 8,073

Permanent job losers............................ 6,515 6,009 6,183 6,920 6,518 6,480 6,589 6,319 6,457

Persons who completed temporary jobs...... 1,369 1,432 1,571 1,439 1,339 1,345 1,463 1,510 1,616

Job leavers............................................. 921 876 852 929 900 874 807 854 862

Reentrants............................................. 3,158 3,466 3,348 3,221 3,393 3,411 3,436 3,512 3,451

New entrants.......................................... 1,198 1,230 1,156 1,270 1,188 1,259 1,187 1,273 1,238

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 63.4 59.9 62.5 64.8 62.5 62.7 63.4 61.8 63.1

On temporary layoff................................ 8.6 6.4 8.2 10.1 8.7 10.0 9.1 8.7 9.5

Not on temporary layoff............................ 54.7 53.5 54.3 54.7 53.8 52.7 54.3 53.1 53.6

Job leavers............................................. 6.4 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.2 5.9 5.4 5.8 5.7

Reentrants............................................. 21.9 24.9 23.4 20.9 23.2 23.0 23.2 23.8 22.9

New entrants.......................................... 8.3 8.8 8.1 8.3 8.1 8.5 8.0 8.6 8.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 5.9 5.4 5.8 6.5 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.9 6.2

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

Reentrants............................................. 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.2

New entrants.......................................... 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

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

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 2,583 2,432 2,639 2,774 2,839 2,760 2,891 2,657 2,828

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 3,296 3,037 3,152 3,517 3,060 3,635 3,350 3,458 3,359

15 weeks and over.................................... 8,528 8,434 8,491 8,976 8,722 8,484 8,458 8,725 8,889

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 2,678 2,335 2,233 3,075 2,151 2,235 2,336 2,519 2,576

27 weeks and over................................. 5,849 6,099 6,258 5,901 6,572 6,249 6,123 6,206 6,313

Average (mean) duration, in weeks................ 29.4 34.9 34.5 28.6 34.2 33.6 33.3 33.9 33.8

Median duration, in weeks........................... 20.2 21.9 21.7 20.2 22.2 19.9 20.4 21.2 21.6

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 17.9 17.5 18.5 18.2 19.4 18.5 19.7 17.9 18.8

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 22.9 21.8 22.1 23.0 20.9 24.4 22.8 23.3 22.3

15 weeks and over.................................... 59.2 60.7 59.5 58.8 59.7 57.0 57.5 58.8 59.0

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 18.6 16.8 15.6 20.1 14.7 15.0 15.9 17.0 17.1

27 weeks and over................................. 40.6 43.9 43.8 38.7 44.9 42.0 41.7 41.8 41.9

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Total, 16 years and over1

............................................. 139,132 139,415 14,407 14,282 9.4 9.3

Management, professional, and related occupations............ 52,263 51,532 2,530 2,525 4.6 4.7

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations...................................................... 20,721 20,420 1,194 1,191 5.4 5.5

Professional and related occupations........................... 31,543 31,111 1,336 1,334 4.1 4.1

Service occupations.................................................. 24,364 24,641 2,604 2,810 9.7 10.2

Sales and office occupations....................................... 33,281 33,525 3,202 3,232 8.8 8.8

Sales and related occupations................................... 15,428 15,732 1,538 1,515 9.1 8.8

Office and administrative support occupations................. 17,853 17,793 1,664 1,717 8.5 8.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations......................................................... 13,194 12,768 2,472 2,274 15.8 15.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 934 956 128 194 12.1 16.9

Construction and extraction occupations....................... 7,509 6,896 1,897 1,619 20.2 19.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations............. 4,751 4,916 447 461 8.6 8.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations......................................................... 16,030 16,949 2,359 2,263 12.8 11.8

Production occupations........................................... 7,644 8,390 1,248 1,169 14.0 12.2

Transportation and material moving occupations.............. 8,385 8,560 1,111 1,094 11.7 11.3

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

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

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

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 14,407 14,282 9.4 9.3

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers................................... 11,688 11,363 9.9 9.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction..................................... 96 68 12.0 8.5

Construction........................................................................... 1,780 1,596 19.4 18.8

Manufacturing......................................................................... 1,882 1,526 12.5 9.9

Durable goods...................................................................... 1,219 991 12.7 10.4

Nondurable goods................................................................. 663 535 12.0 9.1

Wholesale and retail trade.......................................................... 1,879 1,883 9.2 9.0

Transportation and utilities.......................................................... 493 434 8.5 7.6

Information............................................................................ 243 268 7.6 8.8

Financial activities.................................................................... 619 590 6.7 6.7

Professional and business services................................................ 1,514 1,521 10.6 10.6

Education and health services...................................................... 1,168 1,298 5.5 5.9

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 1,524 1,634 11.9 12.4

Other services........................................................................ 491 545 8.0 8.6

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......................... 180 223 12.6 14.5

Government workers.................................................................... 748 949 3.4 4.4

Self-employed and unpaid family workers........................................... 592 591 5.7 5.8

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

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

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as

a percent of the civilian labor force.............. 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.8

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force........................................... 5.9 5.4 5.8 6.5 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.9 6.2

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate).................................................. 9.4 9.0 9.3 10.0 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.8

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

discouraged workers............................... 9.9 9.8 10.0 10.5 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.4 10.6

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,

plus all other persons marginally attached to

the labor force, as a percent of the civilian

labor force plus all persons marginally attached

to the labor force................................... 10.7 10.6 10.8 11.3 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.1 11.3

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic reasons,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all

persons marginally attached to the labor

force.................................................. 16.4 15.9 16.3 17.2 16.5 16.7 17.1 17.0 17.0

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

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

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Nov.

2010

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force............................................. 83,204 85,017 33,019 33,988 50,184 51,029

Persons who currently want a job.................................. 5,618 5,832 2,671 2,823 2,947 3,010

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,323 2,531 1,242 1,399 1,081 1,131

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 861 1,282 504 830 357 452

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. . .. 1,462 1,249 738 570 725 679

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4............................................. 7,222 6,816 3,461 3,202 3,761 3,614

Percent of total employed........................................... 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.4 5.7 5.5

Primary job full time, secondary job part time.................... 3,864 3,573 2,062 1,855 1,802 1,718

Primary and secondary jobs both part time....................... 1,899 1,891 617 629 1,282 1,262

Primary and secondary jobs both full time........................ 228 206 142 135 86 71

Hours vary on primary or secondary job.......................... 1,170 1,113 603 564 567 549

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Change

from:

Oct. 2010-

Nov. 2010p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,969 130,628 131,594 131,811 129,697 130,328 130,500 130,539 39

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,974 108,554 108,959 109,060 107,190 108,068 108,228 108,278 50

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,177 18,364 18,353 18,239 17,960 18,038 18,041 18,026 -15

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 758 770 771 676 749 760 763 3

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.9 49.2 49.1 48.2 47.2 47.2 46.9 46.8 -0.1

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633.2 708.8 720.5 722.6 628.4 701.8 712.7 716.6 3.9

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.6 167.4 169.4 168.0 160.2 167.8 169.8 167.8 -2.0

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.7 222.7 223.1 222.4 207.2 217.3 218.8 219.2 0.4

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.4 84.4 84.9 84.6 79.3 84.1 84.8 84.2 -0.6

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.9 318.7 328.0 332.2 261.0 316.7 324.1 329.6 5.5

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,868 5,846 5,847 5,752 5,732 5,617 5,620 5,615 -5

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,320.6 1,298.4 1,292.7 1,280.1 1,295.9 1,262.3 1,256.8 1,257.0 0.2

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615.4 594.6 589.5 584.2 602.6 574.9 570.8 571.3 0.5

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.2 703.8 703.2 695.9 693.3 687.4 686.0 685.7 -0.3

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . 838.3 889.8 892.8 862.9 808.7 827.2 831.2 832.5 1.3

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,709.0 3,657.5 3,661.1 3,608.7 3,627.6 3,527.9 3,532.3 3,525.5 -6.8

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . 1,600.7 1,587.3 1,577.2 1,552.4 1,566.6 1,522.0 1,518.6 1,518.9 0.3

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . . 2,108.3 2,070.2 2,083.9 2,056.3 2,061.0 2,005.9 2,013.7 2,006.6 -7.1

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,627 11,760 11,736 11,716 11,552 11,672 11,661 11,648 -13

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,099 7,225 7,222 7,224 7,047 7,185 7,181 7,176 -5

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.1 350.6 345.7 346.4 348.6 344.8 343.7 344.3 0.6

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.8 394.1 391.5 385.9 382.6 383.8 383.2 380.5 -2.7

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.3 376.4 376.1 375.6 350.8 374.8 374.4 374.2 -0.2

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,279.0 1,332.0 1,334.4 1,333.1 1,268.0 1,321.0 1,320.7 1,321.7 1.0

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 984.0 1,001.0 1,008.4 1,009.7 975.9 1,000.8 1,001.9 1,003.6 1.7

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,101.2 1,101.9 1,101.9 1,106.5 1,097.9 1,103.4 1,102.2 1,102.9 0.7

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . . 160.1 161.5 162.3 163.2 159.5 161.3 162.0 161.9 -0.1

Communication equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.5 122.1 123.3 123.3 118.3 122.6 123.3 123.2 -0.1

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362.3 368.7 368.4 368.7 360.8 368.6 368.1 367.6 -0.5

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.7 405.2 403.1 405.8 411.4 406.0 403.8 405.2 1.4

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . 364.8 375.0 375.3 374.2 363.4 373.7 374.3 373.0 -1.3

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,328.9 1,357.9 1,351.8 1,356.3 1,318.0 1,349.1 1,348.6 1,346.9 -1.7

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663.0 690.7 687.1 690.9 653.3 683.0 684.2 682.7 -1.5

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.9 359.4 356.9 354.0 365.8 357.3 355.9 353.5 -2.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581.2 576.2 579.6 581.9 576.1 576.2 575.9 575.5 -0.4

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,528 4,535 4,514 4,492 4,505 4,487 4,480 4,472 -8

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,471.4 1,488.3 1,471.1 1,459.2 1,457.4 1,454.2 1,448.5 1,447.7 -0.8

Beverages and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . 185.4 188.0 189.1 183.0 185.3 182.9 184.7 183.0 -1.7

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.8 123.1 123.8 124.2 122.5 122.8 123.2 123.1 -0.1

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.7 122.0 121.5 119.9 122.8 121.5 120.0 118.6 -1.4

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.7 165.6 164.0 162.5 164.0 163.2 164.0 163.2 -0.8

Leather and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 29.5 30.1 29.8 28.4 29.2 29.7 29.8 0.1

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.6 398.6 398.1 396.8 398.5 397.8 397.5 395.9 -1.6

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . 505.9 491.3 490.5 492.1 501.4 490.0 488.8 488.8 0.0

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.6 115.7 117.2 115.6 115.2 113.4 114.7 114.9 0.2

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794.7 776.0 773.4 774.0 794.7 777.7 775.3 773.4 -1.9

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616.4 636.9 635.0 635.3 614.8 634.3 633.1 633.7 0.6

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,797 90,190 90,606 90,821 89,230 90,030 90,187 90,252 65

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,111 24,750 24,916 25,235 24,678 24,795 24,819 24,806 -13

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,593.8 5,603.5 5,626.2 5,635.2 5,568.3 5,593.9 5,603.9 5,608.6 4.7

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,782.2 2,784.8 2,794.4 2,800.4 2,775.0 2,781.3 2,785.7 2,790.8 5.1

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,989.9 1,976.1 1,986.4 1,989.2 1,975.4 1,973.2 1,976.3 1,974.3 -2.0

Electronic markets and agents and brokers.. . 821.7 842.6 845.4 845.6 817.9 839.4 841.9 843.5 1.6

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,736.4 14,351.2 14,483.0 14,783.8 14,374.5 14,444.9 14,457.9 14,429.8 -28.1

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,616.2 1,654.2 1,654.9 1,649.1 1,620.4 1,640.4 1,647.6 1,652.2 4.6

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005.7 1,028.6 1,030.6 1,029.6 1,007.8 1,021.7 1,027.0 1,031.0 4.0

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . 457.0 435.3 449.8 455.8 438.6 440.3 443.4 438.6 -4.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Change

from:

Oct. 2010-

Nov. 2010p

Retail trade - Continued

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 495.5 479.6 493.9 510.8 477.2 486.5 491.1 491.1 0.0

Building material and garden supply stores.. . 1,129.6 1,132.4 1,123.8 1,114.6 1,142.9 1,141.1 1,136.5 1,133.3 -3.2

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,831.2 2,800.2 2,812.7 2,830.9 2,808.5 2,808.9 2,808.1 2,806.3 -1.8

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 987.4 964.2 969.4 981.5 979.1 971.4 972.4 972.3 -0.1

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822.2 826.6 820.6 815.8 823.5 820.6 818.2 817.2 -1.0

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . 1,443.7 1,367.9 1,398.2 1,480.4 1,363.1 1,393.8 1,398.4 1,396.8 -1.6

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637.9 604.4 606.5 625.8 604.7 604.4 600.5 596.9 -3.6

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,080.3 2,900.3 2,943.1 3,083.9 2,928.1 2,949.9 2,949.9 2,935.4 -14.5

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,576.8 1,452.1 1,480.0 1,588.1 1,464.3 1,488.9 1,487.9 1,479.1 -8.8

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789.7 765.5 778.5 785.4 773.3 766.7 770.4 768.6 -1.8

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445.7 420.6 431.6 449.8 415.1 420.9 421.4 421.1 -0.3

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,221.7 4,244.8 4,254.3 4,265.5 4,175.8 4,204.3 4,205.0 4,216.6 11.6

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.5 455.5 455.0 452.5 454.7 453.9 453.8 453.0 -0.8

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.2 222.4 222.6 222.7 213.2 221.3 222.1 222.1 0.0

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.3 65.1 65.4 63.8 63.0 63.8 64.7 64.5 -0.2

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,255.5 1,265.4 1,264.6 1,257.1 1,243.3 1,242.1 1,243.1 1,244.5 1.4

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432.4 445.5 453.6 453.5 417.5 435.6 436.9 436.5 -0.4

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.8 38.9 39.1 39.1 41.6 38.8 38.8 38.8 0.0

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . . 24.2 34.0 29.5 26.2 27.7 28.8 29.1 29.6 0.5

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . . 542.1 547.1 550.6 546.3 539.0 546.2 546.6 544.1 -2.5

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550.8 522.4 521.0 543.5 542.7 527.4 523.2 534.4 11.2

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645.9 648.5 652.9 660.8 633.1 646.4 646.7 649.1 2.4

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559.2 550.2 552.4 550.9 559.8 551.6 552.6 551.4 -1.2

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,770 2,707 2,711 2,728 2,762 2,717 2,716 2,717 1

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . 773.9 759.3 759.9 762.9 770.7 760.3 759.7 759.2 -0.5

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.5 351.8 348.0 354.2 350.6 355.5 351.6 351.7 0.1

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.6 297.3 299.0 300.2 295.5 297.8 298.1 298.1 0.0

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962.5 913.5 918.4 923.2 961.4 916.7 919.5 920.6 1.1

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.6 243.4 244.3 245.7 248.3 245.1 245.1 245.1 0.0

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.2 141.4 141.5 142.2 135.4 141.7 141.8 142.2 0.4

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,662 7,588 7,586 7,571 7,666 7,582 7,582 7,573 -9

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,699.9 5,639.8 5,648.4 5,647.9 5,699.6 5,649.0 5,649.2 5,645.7 -3.5

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . . 21.0 21.4 21.3 21.6 21.1 21.4 21.4 21.6 0.2

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,569.4 2,563.7 2,573.8 2,571.2 2,573.1 2,570.3 2,575.1 2,573.7 -1.4

Depository credit intermediation1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,749.3 1,756.3 1,764.5 1,763.2 1,750.9 1,760.1 1,765.8 1,764.8 -1.0

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,309.8 1,317.0 1,322.9 1,320.9 1,311.4 1,319.0 1,323.4 1,322.3 -1.1

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797.1 799.6 796.9 799.0 795.1 800.8 796.5 797.4 0.9

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . 2,226.0 2,170.4 2,171.0 2,170.8 2,223.7 2,171.6 2,171.2 2,167.8 -3.4

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. . . 86.4 84.7 85.4 85.3 86.6 84.9 85.0 85.2 0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,961.6 1,948.0 1,938.0 1,923.0 1,966.8 1,933.3 1,932.4 1,927.5 -4.9

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,406.1 1,387.6 1,383.7 1,378.4 1,405.6 1,379.7 1,378.8 1,376.5 -2.3

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530.2 536.5 530.0 520.3 535.7 529.7 529.2 526.7 -2.5

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . . 25.3 23.9 24.3 24.3 25.5 23.9 24.4 24.3 -0.1

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,621 16,843 16,994 17,023 16,466 16,758 16,808 16,861 53

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,423.3 7,337.7 7,403.4 7,431.9 7,433.3 7,420.4 7,429.8 7,437.2 7.4

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106.5 1,104.3 1,107.6 1,106.6 1,106.2 1,107.6 1,107.2 1,106.1 -1.1

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . . 861.1 806.0 812.9 821.8 918.4 882.9 877.8 876.2 -1.6

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . 1,297.2 1,279.9 1,284.3 1,286.1 1,289.6 1,276.9 1,275.6 1,278.2 2.6

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,441.6 1,460.8 1,480.9 1,484.0 1,431.3 1,463.1 1,472.4 1,473.3 0.9

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,002.5 990.7 1,005.6 1,012.2 990.6 992.6 996.3 1,000.0 3.7

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . 1,826.6 1,836.3 1,834.2 1,834.3 1,824.9 1,835.5 1,833.3 1,833.1 -0.2

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,371.0 7,668.6 7,756.4 7,757.2 7,207.3 7,501.9 7,544.5 7,591.1 46.6

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Change

from:

Oct. 2010-

Nov. 2010p

Administrative and waste services - Continued

Administrative and support services1

. . . . . . . . 7,017.9 7,307.8 7,397.5 7,401.1 6,856.5 7,145.5 7,189.2 7,236.6 47.4

Employment services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,643.2 2,904.5 2,983.1 3,022.0 2,515.8 2,821.5 2,851.6 2,896.4 44.8

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,966.2 2,210.9 2,293.0 2,322.3 1,861.3 2,143.8 2,178.5 2,218.0 39.5

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827.7 788.5 810.1 819.3 813.4 798.2 800.9 801.6 0.7

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . 1,743.6 1,804.7 1,783.5 1,740.5 1,726.8 1,732.0 1,730.8 1,725.5 -5.3

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.1 360.8 358.9 356.1 350.8 356.4 355.3 354.5 -0.8

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,543 19,542 19,859 19,945 19,313 19,625 19,689 19,719 30

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,275.8 3,091.9 3,322.1 3,354.2 3,092.7 3,146.6 3,170.9 3,177.1 6.2

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,267.4 16,450.5 16,537.2 16,591.2 16,220.7 16,478.5 16,518.4 16,541.5 23.1

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,651.7 13,804.2 13,859.5 13,900.5 13,622.9 13,822.2 13,851.1 13,870.3 19.2

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 5,844.7 5,949.5 5,986.6 6,003.0 5,830.3 5,962.0 5,979.4 5,986.8 7.4

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,304.9 2,319.9 2,332.3 2,335.6 2,298.1 2,326.0 2,329.2 2,328.7 -0.5

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.1 556.1 560.8 562.2 544.4 557.0 559.9 560.6 0.7

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,049.5 1,078.1 1,085.4 1,093.0 1,046.1 1,079.8 1,083.8 1,087.9 4.1

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,697.6 4,719.4 4,729.1 4,743.8 4,690.4 4,722.9 4,728.6 4,736.6 8.0

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,109.4 3,135.3 3,143.8 3,153.7 3,102.2 3,137.3 3,143.1 3,146.9 3.8

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,655.3 1,662.0 1,664.0 1,671.6 1,649.7 1,661.3 1,663.7 1,666.1 2.4

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,615.7 2,646.3 2,677.7 2,690.7 2,597.8 2,656.3 2,667.3 2,671.2 3.9

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874.8 867.1 881.1 886.5 859.6 868.0 870.4 870.8 0.4

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,788 13,391 13,129 12,930 13,024 13,173 13,163 13,174 11

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,755.8 2,001.4 1,855.9 1,748.9 1,895.7 1,917.4 1,894.7 1,893.9 -0.8

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . . 381.1 450.2 410.7 402.7 393.2 423.6 407.9 417.0 9.1

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks. . . 124.7 131.1 127.7 123.1 129.1 128.4 127.4 127.7 0.3

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . . 1,250.0 1,420.1 1,317.5 1,223.1 1,373.4 1,365.4 1,359.4 1,349.2 -10.2

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,032.3 11,389.6 11,273.2 11,180.6 11,128.2 11,255.9 11,268.7 11,279.9 11.2

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,691.1 1,799.3 1,741.4 1,703.8 1,735.0 1,761.6 1,752.0 1,751.5 -0.5

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . 9,341.2 9,590.3 9,531.8 9,476.8 9,393.2 9,494.3 9,516.7 9,528.4 11.7

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,302 5,369 5,411 5,389 5,321 5,380 5,410 5,402 -8

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,137.2 1,155.9 1,159.1 1,149.1 1,141.3 1,152.7 1,157.2 1,153.5 -3.7

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,268.0 1,269.8 1,278.6 1,276.1 1,270.8 1,271.8 1,281.6 1,278.7 -2.9

Membership associations and organizations. . . . 2,896.5 2,942.9 2,972.9 2,964.2 2,908.7 2,955.1 2,970.8 2,970.2 -0.6

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,995 22,074 22,635 22,751 22,507 22,260 22,272 22,261 -11

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,825.0 2,853.0 2,840.0 2,831.0 2,833.0 2,843.0 2,835.0 2,837.0 2.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,143.6 2,206.9 2,189.7 2,188.1 2,150.4 2,194.2 2,190.1 2,194.9 4.8

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680.9 646.5 650.4 642.8 682.8 648.4 644.9 641.7 -3.2

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,348.0 5,178.0 5,333.0 5,358.0 5,172.0 5,170.0 5,182.0 5,183.0 1.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,565.3 2,426.1 2,587.4 2,614.0 2,378.0 2,415.4 2,427.8 2,428.0 0.2

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 2,782.4 2,752.3 2,745.9 2,743.7 2,793.6 2,754.9 2,754.1 2,754.6 0.5

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,822.0 14,043.0 14,462.0 14,562.0 14,502.0 14,247.0 14,255.0 14,241.0 -14.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,419.8 7,686.5 8,156.9 8,272.9 8,054.1 7,893.4 7,914.6 7,910.4 -4.2

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 6,402.3 6,356.3 6,305.3 6,289.1 6,448.0 6,353.4 6,340.5 6,330.5 -10.0

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.

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Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.9 34.2 34.3 34.3

Goods-producing..................................................................... 38.9 39.6 39.7 39.7

Mining and logging................................................................ 42.2 43.2 43.1 42.9

Construction........................................................................ 37.2 37.8 38.0 37.9

Manufacturing...................................................................... 39.6 40.2 40.3 40.3

Durable goods................................................................... 39.8 40.4 40.5 40.6

Nondurable goods............................................................... 39.2 39.8 39.9 39.8

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.8 33.2 33.3 33.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 34.0 34.2 34.4 34.4

Wholesale trade................................................................. 37.7 38.5 38.5 38.5

Retail trade....................................................................... 31.2 31.1 31.3 31.3

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 38.0 38.4 38.7 38.8

Utilities............................................................................ 41.0 41.4 42.0 41.7

Information.......................................................................... 36.5 36.8 36.8 36.9

Financial activities................................................................. 36.7 37.1 37.1 37.2

Professional and business services............................................. 35.1 35.6 35.7 35.7

Education and health services................................................... 32.7 33.0 33.0 33.0

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 25.5 25.8 25.9 25.9

Other services...................................................................... 31.3 32.0 31.9 31.9

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 2.6 3.0 3.1 3.1

Durable goods........................................................................ 2.5 2.9 2.9 3.1

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.1

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Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Total private................................................. $22.39 $22.68 $22.74 $22.75 $ 759.02 $ 775.66 $ 779.98 $ 780.33

Goods-producing........................................ 23.89 24.13 24.17 24.14 929.32 955.55 959.55 958.36

Mining and logging................................... 26.84 27.91 27.72 27.36 1,132.65 1,205.71 1,194.73 1,173.74

Construction........................................... 25.07 25.21 25.26 25.30 932.60 952.94 959.88 958.87

Manufacturing......................................... 23.16 23.37 23.42 23.39 917.14 939.47 943.83 942.62

Durable goods...................................... 24.73 24.84 24.87 24.86 984.25 1,003.54 1,007.24 1,009.32

Nondurable goods................................. 20.67 20.99 21.06 20.98 810.26 835.40 840.29 835.00

Private service-providing............................... 22.03 22.34 22.39 22.42 722.58 741.69 745.59 746.59

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 19.52 19.87 19.90 19.91 663.68 679.55 684.56 684.90

Wholesale trade.................................... 25.86 26.31 26.38 26.45 974.92 1,012.94 1,015.63 1,018.33

Retail trade.......................................... 15.46 15.63 15.66 15.67 482.35 486.09 490.16 490.47

Transportation and warehousing................. 20.66 21.18 21.18 21.18 785.08 813.31 819.67 821.78

Utilities............................................... 33.08 33.11 33.21 32.90 1,356.28 1,370.75 1,394.82 1,371.93

Information............................................. 29.94 30.98 31.18 31.36 1,092.81 1,140.06 1,147.42 1,157.18

Financial activities.................................... 26.77 27.21 27.27 27.28 982.46 1,009.49 1,011.72 1,014.82

Professional and business services................ 27.11 27.39 27.45 27.50 951.56 975.08 979.97 981.75

Education and health services...................... 22.53 22.97 23.05 23.02 736.73 758.01 760.65 759.66

Leisure and hospitality............................... 13.14 13.08 13.10 13.09 335.07 337.46 339.29 339.03

Other services......................................... 20.02 19.92 20.05 20.17 626.63 637.44 639.60 643.42

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Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2010-

Nov.

2010p

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2010 -

Nov.

2010p

Total private....................................... 91.1 92.6 93.0 93.1 0.1 97.2 100.2 100.9 101.0 0.1

Goods-producing............................... 79.6 81.4 81.6 81.5 -0.1 85.9 88.8 89.1 89.0 -0.1

Mining and logging.......................... 89.6 101.7 102.9 102.9 0.0 96.6 113.9 114.5 113.0 -1.3

Construction.................................. 73.5 73.2 73.6 73.3 -0.4 80.0 80.2 80.8 80.6 -0.2

Manufacturing................................ 82.3 84.4 84.5 84.4 -0.1 88.6 91.7 92.1 91.9 -0.2

Durable goods............................ 79.0 81.7 81.9 82.0 0.1 86.7 90.2 90.4 90.6 0.2

Nondurable goods........................ 88.1 89.1 89.2 88.8 -0.4 92.4 94.9 95.3 94.6 -0.7

Private service-providing...................... 94.0 96.0 96.5 96.5 0.0 100.3 103.9 104.6 104.8 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 91.2 92.2 92.8 92.7 -0.1 95.8 98.6 99.4 99.4 0.0

Wholesale trade........................... 91.6 94.0 94.1 94.2 0.1 98.9 103.2 103.6 104.0 0.4

Retail trade................................ 91.1 91.2 91.9 91.7 -0.2 93.1 94.3 95.1 95.0 -0.1

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 90.8 92.4 93.1 93.6 0.5 95.2 99.3 100.1 100.6 0.5

Utilities..................................... 99.3 98.8 100.4 99.5 -0.9 108.5 108.1 110.2 108.1 -1.9

Information................................... 92.1 91.3 91.3 91.6 0.3 98.1 100.7 101.3 102.2 0.9

Financial activities........................... 92.7 92.7 92.7 92.8 0.1 96.9 98.4 98.7 98.8 0.1

Professional and business services....... 90.9 93.8 94.4 94.7 0.3 99.8 104.1 105.0 105.5 0.5

Education and health services............. 102.8 105.4 105.7 105.9 0.2 108.5 113.4 114.2 114.2 0.0

Leisure and hospitality...................... 94.8 97.0 97.3 97.4 0.1 100.5 102.3 102.8 102.8 0.0

Other services............................... 92.3 95.4 95.6 95.5 -0.1 104.8 107.8 108.8 109.3 0.5

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

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

2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Total nonfarm............................................... 64,736 64,659 64,725 64,711 49.9 49.6 49.6 49.6

Total private.............................................. 51,896 52,005 52,067 52,083 48.4 48.1 48.1 48.1

Goods-producing...................................... 4,163 4,128 4,111 4,107 23.2 22.9 22.8 22.8

Mining and logging................................. 98 103 103 104 14.5 13.8 13.6 13.6

Construction........................................ 765 728 725 724 13.3 13.0 12.9 12.9

Manufacturing....................................... 3,300 3,297 3,283 3,279 28.6 28.2 28.2 28.2

Durable goods................................... 1,744 1,744 1,733 1,731 24.7 24.3 24.1 24.1

Nondurable goods............................... 1,556 1,553 1,550 1,548 34.5 34.6 34.6 34.6

Private service-providing............................. 47,733 47,877 47,956 47,976 53.5 53.2 53.2 53.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities............... 10,089 10,023 10,027 10,000 40.9 40.4 40.4 40.3

Wholesale trade................................. 1,685.9 1,681.8 1,686.5 1,690.0 30.3 30.1 30.1 30.1

Retail trade....................................... 7,260.6 7,207.6 7,211.0 7,188.1 50.5 49.9 49.9 49.8

Transportation and warehousing.............. 1,002.7 1,001.0 997.9 990.7 24.0 23.8 23.7 23.5

Utilities............................................ 139.6 132.3 131.7 130.9 24.9 24.0 23.8 23.7

Information.......................................... 1,139 1,105 1,104 1,109 41.2 40.7 40.6 40.8

Financial activities.................................. 4,546 4,458 4,451 4,444 59.3 58.8 58.7 58.7

Professional and business services............. 7,390 7,447 7,469 7,489 44.9 44.4 44.4 44.4

Education and health services................... 14,940 15,134 15,179 15,201 77.4 77.1 77.1 77.1

Leisure and hospitality............................. 6,828 6,880 6,880 6,888 52.4 52.2 52.3 52.3

Other services...................................... 2,801 2,830 2,846 2,845 52.6 52.6 52.6 52.7

Government.............................................. 12,840 12,654 12,658 12,628 57.0 56.8 56.8 56.7

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Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Total private................................................................................ 88,302 89,062 89,203 89,261

Goods-producing........................................................................ 12,936 12,986 12,993 12,993

Mining and logging................................................................... 491 559 568 572

Construction........................................................................... 4,337 4,247 4,259 4,263

Manufacturing......................................................................... 8,108 8,180 8,166 8,158

Durable goods...................................................................... 4,816 4,920 4,913 4,915

Nondurable goods................................................................. 3,292 3,260 3,253 3,243

Private service-providing............................................................... 75,366 76,076 76,210 76,268

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................................................. 20,876 20,972 20,990 20,971

Wholesale trade.................................................................... 4,481.3 4,479.9 4,484.0 4,487.2

Retail trade......................................................................... 12,328.8 12,425.0 12,442.3 12,417.4

Transportation and warehousing................................................. 3,618.5 3,629.6 3,626.0 3,630.8

Utilities............................................................................... 446.9 437.3 437.5 436.0

Information............................................................................ 2,200 2,183 2,183 2,183

Financial activities.................................................................... 5,932 5,841 5,824 5,811

Professional and business services................................................ 13,446 13,746 13,793 13,853

Education and health services...................................................... 16,945 17,204 17,274 17,303

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 11,516 11,629 11,616 11,620

Other services........................................................................ 4,451 4,501 4,530 4,527

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

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.2 33.5 33.6 33.5

Goods-producing..................................................................... 39.7 40.7 40.6 40.5

Mining and logging................................................................ 43.0 44.6 44.3 44.6

Construction........................................................................ 37.8 39.0 38.8 38.6

Manufacturing...................................................................... 40.5 41.2 41.2 41.3

Durable goods................................................................... 40.6 41.4 41.5 41.6

Nondurable goods............................................................... 40.3 41.0 40.9 40.8

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.1 32.3 32.4 32.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 33.0 33.4 33.5 33.4

Wholesale trade................................................................. 37.6 38.2 38.1 38.0

Retail trade....................................................................... 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.2

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 36.4 37.6 37.7 37.8

Utilities............................................................................ 41.6 42.2 43.0 42.7

Information.......................................................................... 36.7 36.2 36.4 36.5

Financial activities................................................................. 36.1 36.3 36.3 36.3

Professional and business services............................................. 34.8 35.2 35.3 35.2

Education and health services................................................... 32.2 32.2 32.3 32.2

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 24.9 24.7 24.9 24.9

Other services...................................................................... 30.5 30.9 30.9 30.8

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 3.4 3.9 3.9 4.0

Durable goods........................................................................ 3.2 3.9 3.9 4.1

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.6 3.9 4.0 3.9

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

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Total private................................................. $18.80 $19.11 $19.19 $19.19 $ 624.16 $ 640.19 $ 644.78 $ 642.87

Goods-producing........................................ 20.02 20.34 20.41 20.43 794.79 827.84 828.65 827.42

Mining and logging................................... 23.28 24.11 23.81 23.70 1,001.04 1,075.31 1,054.78 1,057.02

Construction........................................... 22.89 23.24 23.41 23.48 865.24 906.36 908.31 906.33

Manufacturing......................................... 18.38 18.64 18.68 18.70 744.39 767.97 769.62 772.31

Durable goods...................................... 19.55 19.81 19.84 19.89 793.73 820.13 823.36 827.42

Nondurable goods................................. 16.66 16.86 16.90 16.85 671.40 691.26 691.21 687.48

Private service-providing............................... 18.54 18.84 18.93 18.92 595.13 608.53 613.33 611.12

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 16.65 16.96 17.05 17.04 549.45 566.46 571.18 569.14

Wholesale trade.................................... 21.16 21.66 21.86 21.80 795.62 827.41 832.87 828.40

Retail trade.......................................... 13.12 13.32 13.38 13.41 393.60 400.93 404.08 404.98

Transportation and warehousing................. 18.94 19.19 19.23 19.19 689.42 721.54 724.97 725.38

Utilities............................................... 29.92 30.63 30.79 30.86 1,244.67 1,292.59 1,323.97 1,317.72

Information............................................. 25.68 26.00 26.13 26.20 942.46 941.20 951.13 956.30

Financial activities.................................... 21.07 21.40 21.62 21.61 760.63 776.82 784.81 784.44

Professional and business services................ 22.50 22.93 22.99 23.00 783.00 807.14 811.55 809.60

Education and health services...................... 19.73 20.09 20.17 20.11 635.31 646.90 651.49 647.54

Leisure and hospitality............................... 11.28 11.26 11.29 11.30 280.87 278.12 281.12 281.37

Other services......................................... 16.81 16.86 16.91 16.97 512.71 520.97 522.52 522.68

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

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2010 -

Nov.

2010p

Nov.

2009

Sept.

2010

Oct.

2010p

Nov.

2010p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2010 -

Nov.

2010p

Total private....................................... 97.9 99.7 100.1 99.9 -0.2 123.0 127.3 128.4 128.1 -0.2

Goods-producing............................... 78.5 80.8 80.6 80.4 -0.2 96.2 100.6 100.8 100.6 -0.2

Mining and logging.......................... 112.2 132.5 133.7 135.6 1.4 151.9 185.8 185.2 186.9 0.9

Construction.................................. 82.1 82.9 82.7 82.4 -0.4 101.5 104.1 104.6 104.5 -0.1

Manufacturing................................ 75.4 77.3 77.2 77.3 0.1 90.6 94.3 94.3 94.6 0.3

Durable goods............................ 73.5 76.5 76.6 76.8 0.3 89.7 94.6 94.9 95.4 0.5

Nondurable goods........................ 78.2 78.8 78.4 78.0 -0.5 92.0 93.8 93.6 92.8 -0.9

Private service-providing...................... 103.4 105.1 105.6 105.3 -0.3 131.5 135.7 137.0 136.6 -0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 96.0 97.7 98.0 97.6 -0.4 114.1 118.1 119.2 118.7 -0.4

Wholesale trade........................... 99.2 100.8 100.6 100.4 -0.2 123.7 128.6 129.6 129.0 -0.5

Retail trade................................ 93.6 94.7 95.1 94.9 -0.2 105.3 108.1 109.1 109.1 0.0

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 99.1 102.7 102.9 103.3 0.4 119.1 125.1 125.5 125.8 0.2

Utilities..................................... 95.1 94.4 96.2 95.2 -1.0 118.8 120.7 123.7 122.7 -0.8

Information................................... 92.2 90.2 90.7 91.0 0.3 117.2 116.1 117.3 118.0 0.6

Financial activities........................... 102.5 101.5 101.2 100.9 -0.3 133.5 134.3 135.2 134.9 -0.2

Professional and business services....... 104.9 108.4 109.1 109.3 0.2 140.4 148.0 149.3 149.6 0.2

Education and health services............. 117.7 119.5 120.4 120.2 -0.2 152.7 157.8 159.6 158.9 -0.4

Leisure and hospitality...................... 105.1 105.3 106.0 106.1 0.1 134.6 134.6 135.9 136.1 0.1

Other services............................... 95.2 97.6 98.2 97.8 -0.4 116.6 119.9 121.0 120.9 -0.1

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

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

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

2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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