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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 — AUGUST 2013 

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 169,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was 

little changed at 7.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in 

retail trade and health care but declined in information. 

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

August 2011 – August 2013

Household Survey Data 

Both the number of unemployed persons, at 11.3 million, and the unemployment rate, at 7.3 percent, 

changed little in August. The jobless rate is down from 8.1 percent a year ago. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.1 percent), adult women 

(6.3 percent), teenagers (22.7 percent), whites (6.4 percent), blacks (13.0 percent), and Hispanics (9.3 

percent) showed little change in August. The jobless rate for Asians was 5.1 percent (not seasonally 

adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 

In August, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was about 

unchanged at 4.3 million. These individuals accounted for 37.9 percent of the unemployed. Over the 

past 12 months, the number of long-term unemployed has declined by 733,000. (See table A-12.) 
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The civilian labor force participation rate edged down to 63.2 percent in August. The employmentpopulation ratio, at 58.6 percent, was essentially unchanged. (See table A-1.) 

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

involuntary part-time workers) declined by 334,000 to 7.9 million in August. 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.) 

In August, 2.3 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, down by 219,000 from a 

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

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

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

(See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 866,000 discouraged workers in August, essentially 

unchanged 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 1.5 

million persons marginally attached to the labor force in August had not searched for work for reasons 

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

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 169,000 in August, about in line with the average 

monthly gain of 184,000 over the prior 12 months. In August, job growth occurred in retail trade and 

health care, while employment in information declined. Employment continued to trend up in food 

services and drinking places, professional and business services, and wholesale trade. (See table B-1.) 

Retail trade added 44,000 jobs in August and has added 393,000 jobs over the past 12 months. In 

August, job growth occurred in clothing stores (+14,000), food and beverage stores (+12,000), general 

merchandise stores (+9,000), and electronics and appliance stores (+4,000). 

Employment in health care increased by 33,000 in August. Within the industry, most of the job growth 

occurred in ambulatory care services (+27,000). 

In August, employment in professional and business services continued to trend up (+23,000). Over 

the past 12 months, this industry has added 614,000 jobs. Employment in temporary help services 

changed little in August. 

Within leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up 

in August (+21,000). Over the year, food services and drinking places has added 354,000 jobs. 

In August, wholesale trade employment continued to trend up (+8,000). This industry has added 83,000 

jobs over the past 12 months. 

Within manufacturing, employment in motor vehicles and parts rose by 19,000 in August, after 

declining by 10,000 in July. Auto manufacturers laid off more workers for model changeover in July 

than in recent years. The return of laid-off workers contributed to the increase in August. Over the past 

12 months, auto manufacturers have added 34,000 jobs. 
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Within information, the motion picture and sound recording industry lost 22,000 jobs in August, 

following a gain of 8,000 in July. 

Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, construction, transportation 

and warehousing, financial activities, and government, showed little or no change in August. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour in August 

to 34.5 hours. In manufacturing, the workweek increased by 0.1 hour to 40.8 hours, and overtime 

increased by 0.2 hour to 3.4 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory 

employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.6 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

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

$24.05. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 52 cents, or 2.2 percent. In August, 

average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees rose by 4 cents 

to $20.20. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for June was revised from +188,000 to +172,000, and 

the change for July was revised from +162,000 to +104,000. With these revisions, employment gains in 

June and July combined were 74,000 less than previously reported. 

 

The Employment Situation for September is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 4, 2013, 

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

2013 CES Preliminary Benchmark Revision to be Released 

on September 26, 2013

Each year, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey estimates are benchmarked to 

comprehensive counts of employment from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages 

(QCEW) for the month of March. These counts are derived from state unemployment insurance 

(UI) tax records that nearly all employers are required to file. On September 26, 2013, at 10:00 

a.m., the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the preliminary estimate of the 

upcoming annual benchmark revision to the establishment survey employment series. This is 

the same day the First Quarter 2013 data from the QCEW will be issued. Preliminary 

benchmark revisions for all major industry sectors, as well as total nonfarm and total private 

levels, will be available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/ces/cesprelbmk.htm. 

The final benchmark revision will be issued with the publication of the January 2014 

Employment Situation news release in February. 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Change from:

July 2013-

Aug. 2013

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population............................................ 243,566 245,552 245,756 245,959 203

Civilian labor force............................................................ 154,647 155,835 155,798 155,486 -312

Participation rate........................................................... 63.5 63.5 63.4 63.2 -0.2

Employed.................................................................... 142,164 144,058 144,285 144,170 -115

Employment-population ratio........................................... 58.4 58.7 58.7 58.6 -0.1

Unemployed................................................................. 12,483 11,777 11,514 11,316 -198

Unemployment rate..................................................... 8.1 7.6 7.4 7.3 -0.1

Not in labor force............................................................. 88,919 89,717 89,957 90,473 516

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over....................................................... 8.1 7.6 7.4 7.3 -0.1

Adult men (20 years and over).............................................. 7.6 7.0 7.0 7.1 0.1

Adult women (20 years and over).......................................... 7.3 6.8 6.5 6.3 -0.2

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................. 24.5 24.0 23.7 22.7 -1.0

White........................................................................... 7.2 6.6 6.6 6.4 -0.2

Black or African American................................................... 14.0 13.7 12.6 13.0 0.4

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................. 5.9 5.0 5.7 5.1 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.................................................. 10.2 9.1 9.4 9.3 -0.1

Total, 25 years and over....................................................... 6.7 6.2 6.1 6.0 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma........................................... 12.0 10.7 11.0 11.3 0.3

High school graduates, no college......................................... 8.7 7.6 7.6 7.6 0.0

Some college or associate degree......................................... 6.6 6.4 6.0 6.1 0.1

Bachelor’s degree and higher............................................... 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.5 -0.3

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs................... 6,935 6,119 5,921 5,970 49

Job leavers....................................................................... 946 1,030 979 893 -86

Reentrants........................................................................ 3,316 3,291 3,258 3,129 -129

New entrants..................................................................... 1,268 1,259 1,254 1,299 45

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks.............................................................. 2,865 2,692 2,563 2,563 0

5 to 14 weeks.................................................................... 2,848 2,864 2,869 2,766 -103

15 to 26 weeks.................................................................. 1,823 1,896 1,788 1,694 -94

27 weeks and over.............................................................. 5,023 4,328 4,246 4,290 44

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons............................................... 8,043 8,226 8,245 7,911 -334

Slack work or business conditions.......................................... 5,195 5,193 5,177 4,808 -369

Could only find part-time work.............................................. 2,524 2,652 2,665 2,719 54

Part time for noneconomic reasons........................................... 18,954 19,044 19,128 19,339 211

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force........................................ 2,561 2,582 2,414 2,342 –

Discouraged workers......................................................... 844 1,027 988 866 –

- 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 Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 172 104 169

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 194 127 152

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -14 6 -17 18

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -3 3 2 4

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 -3 0

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -14 -7 -16 14

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -14 -2 -14 22

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6.6 4.9 -10.4 18.8

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 -5 -2 -8

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 188 144 134

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 6.5 11.6 8.4

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 45.3 48.8 44.0

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 2.4 -13.9 12.0

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 -7 13 -18

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 11 17 -5

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 64 32 23

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 19.1 8.1 13.1

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 23 26 43

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4 23.6 14.9 38.3

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 43 13 27

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1 -1 -2 0

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 -22 -23 17

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

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

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

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 34.5 34.4 34.5

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23.53 $ 24.00 $ 24.00 $ 24.05

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $809.43 $828.00 $825.60 $829.73

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.5 98.5 98.4 98.8

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

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.3 112.8 112.6 113.3

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.6 -0.2 0.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 33.7 33.6 33.6

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19.76 $ 20.15 $ 20.16 $ 20.20

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $663.94 $679.06 $677.38 $678.72

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.8 105.9 105.7 105.8

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

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.0 142.5 142.3 142.8

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.1 0.5 -0.1 0.4

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (266 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 57.0 55.1 59.2

Manufacturing (81 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.9 41.4 46.9 49.4

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 

1. Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Employment Situation news release. 

3. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax 

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

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

4. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

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

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

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

industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

insurance benefits? 

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

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

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

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

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

looking for work? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

but not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some employees may be 

off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, while some workers, such 

as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. 

In order for severe weather conditions to reduce the estimate of payroll employment, employees have 

to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. Slightly more than 20 percent of all employees 

in the payroll survey sample have a weekly pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of 

the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll employment figures. It is not possible to 

quantify the effect of extreme weather on estimates of over-the-month change in employment. 

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

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

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

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

of the number of persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours. Current and historical 

data are available on the household survey's most requested statistics page at http://data.bls.gov/cgibin/surveymost?ln.
Technical Note 

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household 

survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey 

(CES; establishment survey). The household survey 

provides information on the labor force, employment, and 

unemployment that appears in the "A" tables, marked 

HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 

60,000 eligible households conducted by the U.S. Census 

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

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm 

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

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of 

nonagricultural business establishments. Each month the 

CES program surveys about 145,000 businesses and 

government agencies, representing approximately 557,000 

individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry 

data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on 

nonfarm payrolls. The active sample includes 

approximately one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. 

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

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

reference period is generally the calendar week that 

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

survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 

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

calendar week. 

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys 

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force. 

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked 

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

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

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: they had no employment during the 

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

and they made specific efforts to find employment 

sometime during the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting 

recall need not be looking for work to be counted as 

unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the 

household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for 

or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. 

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those persons not classified as 

employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The 

unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent 

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

labor force as a percent of the population, and 

the employment-population ratio is the employed as a 

percent of the population. Additional information 

about the household survey can be found at 

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

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

government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are 

those who received pay for any part of the reference pay 

period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are 

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

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

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

industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an 

establishment’s principal activity in accordance with the 

2012 version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

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

Differences in employment estimates. The numerous 

conceptual and methodological differences between the 

household and establishment surveys result in important 

distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the 

surveys. Among these are: 

 The household survey includes agricultural 

workers, self-employed workers whose businesses 

are unicorporated, unpaid family workers, and 

private household workers among the employed. 

These groups are excluded from the establishment 

survey. 

 The household survey includes people on unpaid 

leave among the employed. The establishment 

survey does not. 

 The household survey is limited to workers 16 

years of age and older. The establishment survey is 

not limited by age. 

 The household survey has no duplication of 

individuals, because individuals are counted only 

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

establishment survey, employees working at more 

than one job and thus appearing on more than one 

payroll are counted separately for each appearance. 
Seasonal adjustment 

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

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

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

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

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

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in employment or increases in the 

participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For 

example, in the household survey, the large number of 

youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure 

any other changes that have taken place relative to May, 

making it difficult to determine if the level of economic 

activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

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

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

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more 

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

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, 

such as total payroll employment, employment in most 

major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are 

computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived 

by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex 

components; this differs from the unemployment estimate 

that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by 

combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age 

categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

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

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

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

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

revisions to historical data are made once a year. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling 

error. When a sample, rather than the entire population, is 

surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may 

differ from the true population values they represent. The 

component of this difference that occurs because samples 

differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. 

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

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

than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value 

because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally 

conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. 

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly 

change in total nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

90,000. 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 -40,000 to +140,000 (50,000 +/- 90,000). 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 6.0 percent, 

the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change 

in unemployment as measured by the household survey is 

about +/- 300,000, and for the monthly change in the 

unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.2 percentage point. 

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the 

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

small number of observations. The precision of estimates 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all 

respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely 

basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in 

the collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates 

for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete 

returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled 

preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive 

revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample 

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered 

final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

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

employment losses from business deaths from 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

Aug.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Apr.

2013

May

2013

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243,566 245,756 245,959 243,566 245,175 245,363 245,552 245,756 245,959

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155,255 157,196 155,971 154,647 155,238 155,658 155,835 155,798 155,486

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.7 64.0 63.4 63.5 63.3 63.4 63.5 63.4 63.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,558 145,113 144,509 142,164 143,579 143,898 144,058 144,285 144,170

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.5 59.0 58.8 58.4 58.6 58.6 58.7 58.7 58.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,696 12,083 11,462 12,483 11,659 11,760 11,777 11,514 11,316

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 7.7 7.3 8.1 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,311 88,560 89,988 88,919 89,936 89,705 89,717 89,957 90,473

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,031 6,862 6,291 6,956 6,413 6,712 6,580 6,619 6,285

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,492 118,595 118,700 117,492 118,296 118,393 118,490 118,595 118,700

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,669 83,965 83,110 81,991 82,621 82,862 82,898 82,852 82,513

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.4 70.8 70.0 69.8 69.8 70.0 70.0 69.9 69.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,089 77,569 76,962 75,174 76,239 76,299 76,447 76,466 76,164

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.8 65.4 64.8 64.0 64.4 64.4 64.5 64.5 64.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,580 6,396 6,148 6,817 6,382 6,564 6,451 6,387 6,349

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 7.6 7.4 8.3 7.7 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,823 34,630 35,590 35,501 35,675 35,531 35,592 35,743 36,186

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,851 110,054 110,172 108,851 109,736 109,839 109,943 110,054 110,172

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,436 80,275 79,902 79,085 79,803 79,878 79,883 79,909 79,639

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 72.9 72.5 72.7 72.7 72.7 72.7 72.6 72.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,736 74,854 74,522 73,097 74,159 74,124 74,276 74,328 74,010

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.7 68.0 67.6 67.2 67.6 67.5 67.6 67.5 67.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,700 5,421 5,381 5,988 5,644 5,754 5,607 5,581 5,629

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 6.8 6.7 7.6 7.1 7.2 7.0 7.0 7.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,415 29,778 30,269 29,766 29,933 29,961 30,060 30,145 30,533

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,073 127,161 127,260 126,073 126,878 126,970 127,062 127,161 127,260

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,586 73,231 72,861 72,656 72,617 72,796 72,938 72,946 72,973

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.6 57.6 57.3 57.6 57.2 57.3 57.4 57.4 57.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,470 67,543 67,547 66,990 67,340 67,599 67,612 67,819 68,005

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.7 53.1 53.1 53.1 53.1 53.2 53.2 53.3 53.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,116 5,688 5,314 5,666 5,277 5,197 5,326 5,127 4,968

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4 7.8 7.3 7.8 7.3 7.1 7.3 7.0 6.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,488 53,930 54,398 53,418 54,261 54,174 54,124 54,215 54,287

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,760 118,907 119,018 117,760 118,612 118,708 118,804 118,907 119,018

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,502 69,656 69,821 69,800 69,744 69,895 70,075 70,033 70,140

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 58.6 58.7 59.3 58.8 58.9 59.0 58.9 58.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,023 64,754 65,129 64,716 65,101 65,329 65,314 65,489 65,750

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.4 54.5 54.7 55.0 54.9 55.0 55.0 55.1 55.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,480 4,902 4,692 5,083 4,642 4,566 4,761 4,544 4,390

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 7.0 6.7 7.3 6.7 6.5 6.8 6.5 6.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,258 49,251 49,197 47,960 48,868 48,813 48,730 48,875 48,878

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,955 16,795 16,770 16,955 16,827 16,816 16,805 16,795 16,770

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,317 7,264 6,248 5,763 5,692 5,886 5,878 5,857 5,707

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.3 43.3 37.3 34.0 33.8 35.0 35.0 34.9 34.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,800 5,504 4,859 4,351 4,320 4,445 4,469 4,469 4,410

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 32.8 29.0 25.7 25.7 26.4 26.6 26.6 26.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,517 1,760 1,389 1,412 1,372 1,441 1,409 1,388 1,297

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 24.2 22.2 24.5 24.1 24.5 24.0 23.7 22.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,638 9,530 10,522 11,192 11,135 10,930 10,927 10,938 11,062

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

Aug.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Apr.

2013

May

2013

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,376 194,373 194,489 193,376 194,041 194,147 194,254 194,373 194,489

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,848 124,807 123,786 123,292 123,504 123,844 123,766 123,719 123,378

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.0 64.2 63.6 63.8 63.6 63.8 63.7 63.7 63.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,895 116,321 115,884 114,395 115,266 115,557 115,563 115,552 115,464

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.4 59.8 59.6 59.2 59.4 59.5 59.5 59.4 59.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,953 8,486 7,903 8,897 8,238 8,287 8,204 8,167 7,913

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 6.8 6.4 7.2 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,528 69,565 70,703 70,084 70,537 70,303 70,488 70,654 71,112

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,506 64,906 64,653 64,246 64,674 64,680 64,625 64,595 64,433

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 73.3 73.0 73.1 73.2 73.2 73.1 73.0 72.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,438 60,995 60,873 59,910 60,540 60,545 60,620 60,528 60,416

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.8 68.9 68.7 68.2 68.6 68.5 68.6 68.4 68.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,068 3,911 3,781 4,336 4,135 4,135 4,005 4,067 4,017

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 6.0 5.8 6.7 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.3 6.2

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,250 54,204 54,261 54,408 54,221 54,447 54,469 54,501 54,474

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.4 58.0 58.1 58.6 58.2 58.4 58.4 58.4 58.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,484 50,794 51,083 50,915 51,123 51,311 51,222 51,339 51,494

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.4 54.4 54.7 54.8 54.8 55.0 54.9 55.0 55.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,766 3,410 3,178 3,493 3,098 3,136 3,247 3,162 2,980

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 6.3 5.9 6.4 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,092 5,698 4,873 4,638 4,608 4,717 4,672 4,623 4,470

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 45.6 39.0 36.7 36.8 37.7 37.3 37.0 35.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,974 4,532 3,929 3,569 3,603 3,700 3,721 3,685 3,555

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.4 36.2 31.5 28.2 28.8 29.6 29.7 29.5 28.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,118 1,165 944 1,069 1,005 1,017 951 938 916

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.0 20.5 19.4 23.0 21.8 21.6 20.4 20.3 20.5

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,954 30,390 30,426 29,954 30,290 30,322 30,355 30,390 30,426

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,491 18,825 18,578 18,389 18,617 18,723 18,636 18,671 18,511

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.7 61.9 61.1 61.4 61.5 61.7 61.4 61.4 60.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,810 16,311 16,071 15,811 16,167 16,202 16,090 16,318 16,108

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.8 53.7 52.8 52.8 53.4 53.4 53.0 53.7 52.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,681 2,513 2,507 2,578 2,450 2,521 2,546 2,353 2,403

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5 13.4 13.5 14.0 13.2 13.5 13.7 12.6 13.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,463 11,565 11,847 11,566 11,673 11,599 11,719 11,719 11,914

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,243 8,450 8,337 8,231 8,377 8,441 8,358 8,434 8,324

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.5 67.7 66.7 67.4 67.4 67.9 67.1 67.6 66.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,108 7,398 7,224 7,059 7,319 7,301 7,270 7,382 7,204

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 59.3 57.8 57.8 58.9 58.7 58.4 59.2 57.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,135 1,052 1,113 1,172 1,058 1,140 1,088 1,052 1,120

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.8 12.4 13.3 14.2 12.6 13.5 13.0 12.5 13.5

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,494 9,444 9,444 9,463 9,529 9,562 9,556 9,508 9,450

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.9 61.5 61.4 62.7 62.3 62.5 62.3 62.0 61.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,240 8,382 8,355 8,323 8,425 8,487 8,413 8,510 8,449

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 54.6 54.4 55.1 55.1 55.4 54.9 55.5 55.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,254 1,063 1,088 1,140 1,105 1,074 1,143 998 1,001

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.2 11.3 11.5 12.0 11.6 11.2 12.0 10.5 10.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 930 797 695 711 720 722 729 738

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7 36.3 31.2 26.4 27.5 28.0 28.1 28.4 28.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 531 491 429 423 413 407 426 456

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.6 20.7 19.2 16.3 16.4 16.1 15.8 16.6 17.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 399 306 265 287 307 315 303 282

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.8 42.9 38.4 38.2 40.5 42.6 43.6 41.6 38.2

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,845 13,298 13,241 – – – – – –

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

Aug.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Apr.

2013

May

2013

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,175 8,641 8,574 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.6 65.0 64.8 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,694 8,153 8,133 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 61.3 61.4 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 488 441 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 5.7 5.1 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,670 4,657 4,667 – – – – – –

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

Aug.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Apr.

2013

May

2013

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population.................. 36,881 37,548 37,630 36,881 37,320 37,395 37,471 37,548 37,630

Civilian labor force................................. 24,395 25,220 24,964 24,351 24,512 24,848 24,869 25,040 24,942

Participation rate................................. 66.1 67.2 66.3 66.0 65.7 66.4 66.4 66.7 66.3

Employed......................................... 21,943 22,822 22,656 21,874 22,310 22,583 22,601 22,675 22,612

Employment-population ratio................ 59.5 60.8 60.2 59.3 59.8 60.4 60.3 60.4 60.1

Unemployed...................................... 2,452 2,398 2,308 2,477 2,202 2,265 2,267 2,366 2,330

Unemployment rate........................... 10.1 9.5 9.2 10.2 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.4 9.3

Not in labor force................................... 12,486 12,328 12,666 12,529 12,808 12,547 12,602 12,508 12,688

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 13,430 13,847 13,895 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 80.8 81.7 81.8 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 12,336 12,784 12,799 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 74.2 75.5 75.4 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,094 1,063 1,096 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 8.1 7.7 7.9 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 9,751 9,930 9,786 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 58.7 58.6 57.6 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 8,745 9,041 8,938 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 52.7 53.3 52.6 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,005 889 847 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 10.3 9.0 8.7 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................. 1,214 1,443 1,284 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 33.2 39.5 35.1 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 861 997 919 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 23.5 27.3 25.2 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 352 446 364 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 29.0 30.9 28.4 – – – – – –

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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Apr.

2013

May

2013

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................... 11,163 10,886 10,901 11,196 10,999 11,237 11,161 10,889 10,939

Participation rate.................................... 45.3 45.4 45.2 45.5 44.8 45.0 44.5 45.4 45.4

Employed............................................ 9,922 9,723 9,753 9,852 9,725 9,993 9,969 9,692 9,700

Employment-population ratio................... 40.3 40.5 40.5 40.0 39.6 40.0 39.8 40.4 40.2

Unemployed......................................... 1,241 1,163 1,148 1,344 1,274 1,243 1,192 1,197 1,239

Unemployment rate.............................. 11.1 10.7 10.5 12.0 11.6 11.1 10.7 11.0 11.3

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................... 36,356 36,722 36,336 36,751 36,200 36,236 36,320 36,741 36,592

Participation rate.................................... 59.3 59.0 58.6 59.9 58.7 58.9 59.1 59.0 59.0

Employed............................................ 33,298 33,995 33,680 33,560 33,510 33,572 33,562 33,950 33,826

Employment-population ratio................... 54.3 54.6 54.3 54.7 54.3 54.6 54.6 54.5 54.5

Unemployed......................................... 3,058 2,727 2,656 3,191 2,689 2,664 2,757 2,791 2,766

Unemployment rate.............................. 8.4 7.4 7.3 8.7 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.6

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................... 37,479 37,252 37,701 37,433 37,371 37,470 37,297 37,341 37,496

Participation rate.................................... 68.5 67.1 67.5 68.4 68.4 68.5 68.1 67.3 67.2

Employed............................................ 34,914 34,931 35,343 34,958 34,992 35,036 34,925 35,105 35,216

Employment-population ratio................... 63.8 62.9 63.3 63.9 64.1 64.0 63.7 63.2 63.1

Unemployed......................................... 2,565 2,320 2,358 2,476 2,379 2,435 2,372 2,237 2,281

Unemployment rate.............................. 6.8 6.2 6.3 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.0 6.1

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................... 48,413 48,831 48,944 48,429 49,492 49,473 49,466 49,173 49,141

Participation rate.................................... 75.5 75.0 75.1 75.5 75.6 75.8 75.6 75.5 75.4

Employed............................................ 46,253 46,779 47,097 46,433 47,563 47,581 47,537 47,281 47,400

Employment-population ratio................... 72.1 71.8 72.3 72.4 72.7 72.9 72.7 72.6 72.8

Unemployed......................................... 2,160 2,051 1,847 1,996 1,929 1,892 1,929 1,891 1,740

Unemployment rate.............................. 4.5 4.2 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.5

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

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,132 21,359 19,316 19,131 1,816 2,228

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,948 10,809 9,836 9,444 1,112 1,365

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.8 50.6 50.9 49.4 61.3 61.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,228 10,139 9,217 8,878 1,011 1,260

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.4 47.5 47.7 46.4 55.7 56.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 671 619 566 101 105

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 6.2 6.3 6.0 9.1 7.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,184 10,550 9,480 9,687 704 863

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,571 2,883 2,164 2,280 407 603

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,081 2,263 1,805 1,848 276 415

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.0 78.5 83.4 81.0 67.9 68.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,854 2,036 1,611 1,664 243 372

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.1 70.6 74.5 73.0 59.7 61.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 226 193 183 33 43

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 10.0 10.7 9.9 12.1 10.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 621 359 432 131 188

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,083 3,099 2,648 2,555 435 545

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,553 2,531 2,234 2,129 319 403

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.8 81.7 84.4 83.3 73.3 73.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,403 2,392 2,108 2,018 296 374

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.0 77.2 79.6 79.0 67.9 68.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 140 126 111 24 28

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.2 7.4 7.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 568 414 426 116 142

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,815 9,758 9,499 9,386 316 372

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,101 2,852 3,003 2,753 98 99

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.6 29.2 31.6 29.3 30.9 26.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,939 2,705 2,842 2,614 98 91

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 27.7 29.9 27.9 30.9 24.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 147 162 139 0 8

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.0 0.0 7.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,714 6,906 6,495 6,633 218 273

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,663 5,618 5,006 4,910 657 708

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,213 3,163 2,794 2,714 419 449

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.7 56.3 55.8 55.3 63.8 63.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,031 3,005 2,656 2,582 375 423

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 53.5 53.1 52.6 57.1 59.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 158 138 132 44 26

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 5.0 4.9 4.9 10.5 5.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,450 2,455 2,212 2,196 238 259

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213,655 215,784 93,681 95,108 119,974 120,677

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,098 143,021 71,750 72,631 70,348 70,390

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.5 66.3 76.6 76.4 58.6 58.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,730 132,749 66,159 67,300 64,571 65,449

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 61.5 70.6 70.8 53.8 54.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,368 10,272 5,591 5,331 5,778 4,941

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 7.2 7.8 7.3 8.2 7.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,557 72,764 21,932 22,477 49,626 50,287

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. Beginning with data for January 2013, estimates for veterans incorporate population controls derived from the updated

Department of Veterans Affairs’ population model.
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

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population....................................................... 28,191 28,726 215,375 217,233

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 5,878 5,884 149,377 150,087

Participation rate...................................................................... 20.9 20.5 69.4 69.1

Employed.............................................................................. 5,064 5,053 137,495 139,456

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 18.0 17.6 63.8 64.2

Unemployed........................................................................... 814 831 11,882 10,631

Unemployment rate................................................................ 13.9 14.1 8.0 7.1

Not in labor force........................................................................ 22,313 22,842 65,998 67,146

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,689 2,584 75,682 75,997

Participation rate...................................................................... 35.3 33.8 82.9 82.8

Employed.............................................................................. 2,326 2,170 69,714 70,492

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 30.5 28.4 76.3 76.8

Unemployed........................................................................... 362 413 5,968 5,505

Unemployment rate................................................................ 13.5 16.0 7.9 7.2

Not in labor force........................................................................ 4,934 5,067 15,666 15,782

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,208 2,326 66,972 66,906

Participation rate...................................................................... 28.5 29.1 70.7 70.5

Employed.............................................................................. 1,828 1,957 61,478 62,127

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 23.6 24.5 64.9 65.4

Unemployed........................................................................... 380 368 5,494 4,779

Unemployment rate................................................................ 17.2 15.8 8.2 7.1

Not in labor force........................................................................ 5,526 5,665 27,807 28,025

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 981 975 6,723 7,183

Participation rate...................................................................... 7.6 7.4 23.0 23.5

Employed.............................................................................. 909 926 6,303 6,837

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 7.1 7.1 21.5 22.4

Unemployed........................................................................... 72 49 421 347

Unemployment rate................................................................ 7.4 5.0 6.3 4.8

Not in labor force........................................................................ 11,853 12,110 22,525 23,339

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

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 37,847 38,197 18,329 18,441 19,518 19,757

Civilian labor force................................................... 24,998 25,540 14,388 14,543 10,610 10,997

Participation rate................................................... 66.1 66.9 78.5 78.9 54.4 55.7

Employed........................................................... 23,080 23,833 13,371 13,630 9,709 10,203

Employment-population ratio.................................. 61.0 62.4 72.9 73.9 49.7 51.6

Unemployed........................................................ 1,918 1,707 1,017 913 901 794

Unemployment rate............................................. 7.7 6.7 7.1 6.3 8.5 7.2

Not in labor force..................................................... 12,849 12,658 3,941 3,898 8,908 8,760

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 205,719 207,762 99,163 100,259 106,555 107,503

Civilian labor force................................................... 130,257 130,431 68,281 68,567 61,976 61,865

Participation rate................................................... 63.3 62.8 68.9 68.4 58.2 57.5

Employed........................................................... 119,479 120,676 62,718 63,332 56,761 57,344

Employment-population ratio.................................. 58.1 58.1 63.2 63.2 53.3 53.3

Unemployed........................................................ 10,778 9,755 5,563 5,235 5,215 4,520

Unemployment rate............................................. 8.3 7.5 8.1 7.6 8.4 7.3

Not in labor force..................................................... 75,462 77,331 30,882 31,692 44,579 45,639

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

Aug.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Apr.

2013

May

2013

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................... 2,286 2,435 2,398 2,146 2,017 2,059 2,067 2,159 2,204

Wage and salary workers1

....................... 1,500 1,494 1,509 1,388 1,227 1,263 1,268 1,303 1,367

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 761 915 855 734 772 793 790 842 820

Unpaid family workers............................. 24 25 34 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries............................ 140,273 142,678 142,111 139,918 141,592 141,890 142,004 142,165 141,947

Wage and salary workers1

....................... 131,348 133,606 133,254 131,215 132,847 133,201 133,273 133,224 133,277

Government...................................... 19,791 19,151 19,729 20,411 20,269 20,361 20,157 20,041 20,365

Private industries................................ 111,558 114,455 113,526 110,749 112,558 112,865 113,167 113,164 112,886

Private households............................ 796 704 680 – – – – – –

Other industries............................... 110,762 113,752 112,846 109,987 111,932 112,274 112,552 112,535 112,244

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 8,857 9,010 8,782 8,754 8,651 8,597 8,643 8,831 8,678

Unpaid family workers............................. 67 62 74 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3

................... 7,842 8,324 7,690 8,043 7,916 7,904 8,226 8,245 7,911

Slack work or business conditions............... 5,054 5,140 4,632 5,195 5,129 4,841 5,193 5,177 4,808

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,405 2,757 2,616 2,524 2,527 2,721 2,652 2,665 2,719

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 17,217 17,503 17,701 18,954 18,908 18,934 19,044 19,128 19,339

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

................... 7,723 8,207 7,567 7,910 7,793 7,797 8,111 8,101 7,785

Slack work or business conditions............... 4,971 5,068 4,566 5,118 5,058 4,778 5,120 5,106 4,747

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,391 2,732 2,598 2,527 2,454 2,686 2,632 2,665 2,714

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 16,893 17,201 17,376 18,596 18,542 18,511 18,696 18,779 18,935

1 Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

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

entire week.

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

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

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

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Apr.

2013

May

2013

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,558 145,113 144,509 142,164 143,579 143,898 144,058 144,285 144,170

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,800 5,504 4,859 4,351 4,320 4,445 4,469 4,469 4,410

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,601 1,870 1,622 1,382 1,490 1,505 1,451 1,460 1,412

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,199 3,634 3,238 2,988 2,834 2,937 3,027 3,034 3,014

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,759 139,608 139,650 137,813 139,260 139,453 139,589 139,816 139,760

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,371 14,180 13,777 13,100 13,569 13,412 13,605 13,654 13,543

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,388 125,428 125,873 124,676 125,678 126,057 125,978 126,087 126,205

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,038 94,247 94,379 94,048 94,393 94,569 94,461 94,476 94,424

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,656 31,168 31,171 30,577 31,133 31,292 31,217 31,176 31,143

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,545 30,582 30,737 30,597 30,637 30,691 30,570 30,686 30,779

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,836 32,497 32,471 32,874 32,623 32,586 32,675 32,613 32,502

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,349 31,181 31,494 30,628 31,285 31,488 31,517 31,612 31,781

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,089 77,569 76,962 75,174 76,239 76,299 76,447 76,466 76,164

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,353 2,715 2,441 2,077 2,080 2,175 2,171 2,138 2,155

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 929 784 604 653 686 696 679 670

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,640 1,786 1,657 1,504 1,426 1,485 1,495 1,457 1,508

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,736 74,854 74,522 73,097 74,159 74,124 74,276 74,328 74,010

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,988 7,412 7,154 6,764 6,990 6,917 6,952 7,037 6,956

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,748 67,442 67,368 66,407 67,095 67,192 67,331 67,270 67,122

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,541 50,882 50,670 50,168 50,565 50,613 50,672 50,592 50,388

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,706 16,971 16,936 16,502 16,887 16,961 16,944 16,849 16,791

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,599 16,680 16,634 16,519 16,673 16,660 16,602 16,597 16,571

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,235 17,231 17,100 17,147 17,005 16,992 17,125 17,146 17,026

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,207 16,560 16,698 16,239 16,530 16,578 16,659 16,678 16,733

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,470 67,543 67,547 66,990 67,340 67,599 67,612 67,819 68,005

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,447 2,789 2,418 2,273 2,239 2,271 2,298 2,330 2,255

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888 941 838 779 837 819 755 781 741

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,559 1,848 1,581 1,484 1,408 1,452 1,532 1,577 1,506

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,023 64,754 65,129 64,716 65,101 65,329 65,314 65,489 65,750

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,383 6,768 6,624 6,336 6,578 6,495 6,653 6,617 6,588

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,640 57,986 58,505 58,269 58,583 58,866 58,647 58,817 59,084

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,498 43,365 43,709 43,880 43,828 43,955 43,790 43,884 44,036

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,950 14,197 14,235 14,075 14,246 14,330 14,272 14,327 14,353

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,946 13,902 14,103 14,078 13,964 14,030 13,968 14,089 14,208

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,601 15,265 15,371 15,727 15,619 15,595 15,550 15,467 15,476

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,142 14,621 14,796 14,389 14,755 14,910 14,857 14,934 15,048

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,038 43,873 44,112 43,913 44,024 44,176 43,963 43,914 43,988

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,178 33,950 34,198 34,788 34,346 34,716 34,672 34,622 34,755

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,213 9,291 9,224 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,214 117,688 117,868 114,492 116,053 116,238 115,998 116,090 116,208

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,344 27,425 26,641 27,711 27,549 27,699 28,059 28,233 27,999

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,635 6,897 6,776 6,931 6,983 6,918 7,065 7,036 7,065

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

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,366 5,187 5,318 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,618 9,925 9,638 9,488 9,423 9,390 9,432 9,673 9,498

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

Aug.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Apr.

2013

May

2013

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over............................. 12,483 11,514 11,316 8.1 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.3

16 to 19 years...................................... 1,412 1,388 1,297 24.5 24.1 24.5 24.0 23.7 22.7

16 to 17 years.................................... 573 599 504 29.3 27.3 27.5 26.5 29.1 26.3

18 to 19 years.................................... 878 755 836 22.7 22.6 22.4 22.6 19.9 21.7

20 years and over.................................. 11,071 10,125 10,019 7.4 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.7

20 to 24 years.................................... 2,106 1,962 2,020 13.8 13.1 13.2 13.5 12.6 13.0

25 years and over............................... 9,020 8,163 8,056 6.7 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.0

25 to 54 years................................. 7,124 6,463 6,366 7.0 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.3

25 to 34 years.............................. 2,758 2,544 2,645 8.3 7.4 7.2 7.6 7.5 7.8

35 to 44 years.............................. 2,154 1,952 1,843 6.6 5.8 6.2 5.9 6.0 5.7

45 to 54 years.............................. 2,212 1,967 1,877 6.3 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.5

55 years and over............................. 1,908 1,657 1,693 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.1

Men, 16 years and over.............................. 6,817 6,387 6,349 8.3 7.7 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.7

16 to 19 years...................................... 829 805 720 28.5 26.2 27.1 28.0 27.4 25.0

16 to 17 years.................................... 347 327 243 36.5 31.2 31.6 30.8 32.5 26.6

18 to 19 years.................................... 518 460 508 25.6 23.9 24.0 25.8 24.0 25.2

20 years and over.................................. 5,988 5,581 5,629 7.6 7.1 7.2 7.0 7.0 7.1

20 to 24 years.................................... 1,199 1,158 1,172 15.1 14.0 14.6 15.0 14.1 14.4

25 years and over............................... 4,841 4,415 4,504 6.8 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.3

25 to 54 years................................. 3,780 3,431 3,552 7.0 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.6

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,492 1,404 1,555 8.3 7.6 7.3 7.4 7.7 8.5

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,116 1,028 983 6.3 5.7 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,172 999 1,014 6.4 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.5 5.6

55 years and over............................. 1,061 984 952 6.1 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.4

Women, 16 years and over.......................... 5,666 5,127 4,968 7.8 7.3 7.1 7.3 7.0 6.8

16 to 19 years...................................... 583 583 578 20.4 22.1 21.7 19.7 20.0 20.4

16 to 17 years.................................... 226 272 261 22.5 23.8 23.6 22.0 25.8 26.0

18 to 19 years.................................... 359 295 327 19.5 21.2 20.6 19.1 15.8 17.9

20 years and over.................................. 5,083 4,544 4,390 7.3 6.7 6.5 6.8 6.5 6.3

20 to 24 years.................................... 906 804 848 12.5 12.3 11.8 11.9 10.8 11.4

25 years and over............................... 4,179 3,748 3,552 6.7 5.9 5.9 6.2 6.0 5.7

25 to 54 years................................. 3,344 3,032 2,814 7.1 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.0

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,266 1,140 1,090 8.3 7.3 7.1 7.9 7.4 7.1

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,038 924 860 6.9 6.0 6.4 6.2 6.2 5.7

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,040 968 863 6.2 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.3

55 years and over1

........................... 929 750 813 6.2 4.8 4.3 5.4 4.9 5.2

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present....................... 2,258 1,967 1,982 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3

Married women, spouse present.................... 1,881 1,678 1,531 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.2

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,295 1,095 1,137 12.3 10.3 9.9 10.7 10.5 11.0

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2.................................... 10,719 9,604 9,604 8.6 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.6 7.6

Part-time workers3................................... 1,786 1,882 1,676 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.1 6.2 5.6

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

Aug.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Apr.

2013

May

2013

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 6,820 5,934 5,856 6,935 6,410 6,147 6,119 5,921 5,970

On temporary layoff................................ 1,147 1,337 986 1,211 1,170 997 1,199 1,221 1,062

Not on temporary layoff............................ 5,673 4,597 4,870 5,724 5,240 5,151 4,920 4,700 4,908

Permanent job losers............................ 4,444 3,548 3,707 4,463 3,976 3,822 3,700 3,589 3,714

Persons who completed temporary jobs...... 1,229 1,049 1,163 1,261 1,264 1,329 1,220 1,111 1,194

Job leavers............................................. 1,018 996 950 946 864 944 1,030 979 893

Reentrants............................................. 3,445 3,450 3,217 3,316 3,151 3,333 3,291 3,258 3,129

New entrants.......................................... 1,413 1,703 1,439 1,268 1,280 1,268 1,259 1,254 1,299

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 53.7 49.1 51.1 55.6 54.8 52.6 52.3 51.9 52.9

On temporary layoff................................ 9.0 11.1 8.6 9.7 10.0 8.5 10.2 10.7 9.4

Not on temporary layoff............................ 44.7 38.0 42.5 45.9 44.8 44.1 42.1 41.2 43.5

Job leavers............................................. 8.0 8.2 8.3 7.6 7.4 8.1 8.8 8.6 7.9

Reentrants............................................. 27.1 28.6 28.1 26.6 26.9 28.5 28.1 28.5 27.7

New entrants.......................................... 11.1 14.1 12.6 10.2 10.9 10.8 10.8 11.0 11.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 4.4 3.8 3.8 4.5 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8

Job leavers............................................. 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6

Reentrants............................................. 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0

New entrants.......................................... 0.9 1.1 0.9 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

Aug.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Apr.

2013

May

2013

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 2,809 2,842 2,523 2,865 2,474 2,706 2,692 2,563 2,563

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 3,218 3,348 3,116 2,848 2,848 2,669 2,864 2,869 2,766

15 weeks and over.................................... 6,669 5,892 5,822 6,846 6,320 6,306 6,225 6,034 5,984

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 1,636 1,570 1,525 1,823 1,967 1,950 1,896 1,788 1,694

27 weeks and over................................. 5,033 4,322 4,297 5,023 4,353 4,357 4,328 4,246 4,290

Average (mean) duration, in weeks................ 38.7 35.3 36.6 39.3 36.5 36.9 35.6 36.6 37.0

Median duration, in weeks........................... 16.8 13.8 15.2 18.2 17.5 17.3 16.3 15.7 16.4

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 22.1 23.5 22.0 22.8 21.3 23.2 22.9 22.4 22.7

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 25.3 27.7 27.2 22.7 24.5 22.8 24.3 25.0 24.4

15 weeks and over.................................... 52.5 48.8 50.8 54.5 54.3 54.0 52.8 52.6 52.9

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 12.9 13.0 13.3 14.5 16.9 16.7 16.1 15.6 15.0

27 weeks and over................................. 39.6 35.8 37.5 40.0 37.4 37.3 36.7 37.0 37.9

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

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Total, 16 years and over1............................................. 142,558 144,509 12,696 11,462 8.2 7.3

Management, professional, and related occupations............ 53,696 54,515 2,556 2,130 4.5 3.8

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations...................................................... 22,831 22,807 868 794 3.7 3.4

Professional and related occupations........................... 30,866 31,708 1,688 1,336 5.2 4.0

Service occupations.................................................. 25,909 26,305 2,400 2,407 8.5 8.4

Sales and office occupations....................................... 32,781 33,039 2,892 2,532 8.1 7.1

Sales and related occupations................................... 15,445 15,741 1,455 1,214 8.6 7.2

Office and administrative support occupations................. 17,336 17,298 1,437 1,318 7.7 7.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations......................................................... 13,085 13,468 1,443 1,289 9.9 8.7

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 1,071 1,125 131 126 10.9 10.0

Construction and extraction occupations....................... 7,170 7,449 969 873 11.9 10.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations............. 4,844 4,894 343 291 6.6 5.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations......................................................... 17,086 17,182 1,936 1,593 10.2 8.5

Production occupations........................................... 8,664 8,389 913 771 9.5 8.4

Transportation and material moving occupations.............. 8,423 8,793 1,023 822 10.8 8.5

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

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 12,696 11,462 8.2 7.3

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers................................... 9,552 8,391 7.9 6.9

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction..................................... 61 59 5.8 5.3

Construction........................................................................... 923 758 11.3 9.1

Manufacturing......................................................................... 1,136 968 7.3 6.2

Durable goods...................................................................... 698 542 7.2 5.5

Nondurable goods................................................................. 437 427 7.6 7.4

Wholesale and retail trade.......................................................... 1,723 1,454 8.3 7.2

Transportation and utilities.......................................................... 424 417 7.1 6.8

Information............................................................................ 211 192 7.3 6.6

Financial activities.................................................................... 469 347 5.3 3.8

Professional and business services................................................ 1,377 1,224 8.9 8.0

Education and health services...................................................... 1,369 1,211 6.2 5.4

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 1,416 1,326 10.1 9.3

Other services........................................................................ 443 434 6.7 6.5

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......................... 125 147 8.1 9.4

Government workers.................................................................... 1,059 961 5.1 4.6

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............. 548 524 5.3 5.1

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

Aug.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Apr.

2013

May

2013

June

2013

July

2013

Aug.

2013

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as

a percent of the civilian labor force.............. 4.3 3.7 3.7 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force........................................... 4.4 3.8 3.8 4.5 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate).................................................. 8.2 7.7 7.3 8.1 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.3

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

discouraged workers............................... 8.7 8.3 7.9 8.6 8.0 8.0 8.2 8.0 7.8

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................................... 9.7 9.1 8.7 9.6 8.9 8.8 9.1 8.8 8.7

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.................................................. 14.6 14.3 13.6 14.7 13.9 13.8 14.3 14.0 13.7

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

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

Aug.

2012

Aug.

2013

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force............................................. 88,311 89,988 34,823 35,590 53,488 54,398

Persons who currently want a job.................................. 7,031 6,291 3,102 2,715 3,929 3,575

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,561 2,342 1,281 1,168 1,280 1,174

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 844 866 489 477 355 389

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. . .. 1,717 1,476 792 692 925 785

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4

............................................. 6,635 6,776 3,357 3,425 3,278 3,351

Percent of total employed........................................... 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.9 5.0

Primary job full time, secondary job part time.................... 3,550 3,705 2,007 2,050 1,542 1,655

Primary and secondary jobs both part time....................... 1,720 1,771 605 651 1,115 1,120

Primary and secondary jobs both full time........................ 272 189 192 139 80 50

Hours vary on primary or secondary job.......................... 1,049 1,062 532 564 517 498

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

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Change

from:

July2013 -

Aug.2013p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,753 136,769 135,583 135,961 133,927 135,860 135,964 136,133 169

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,927 114,978 115,054 115,218 112,002 114,023 114,150 114,302 152

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,838 18,923 18,958 19,044 18,422 18,637 18,620 18,638 18

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870 882 888 896 849 871 873 877 4

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1 51.5 51.9 53.6 50.5 51.2 50.2 50.9 0.7

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817.1 830.3 835.8 842.6 798.9 819.4 822.8 826.2 3.4

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.7 195.2 197.4 199.1 188.0 193.3 194.9 196.3 1.4

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.9 229.8 228.0 228.0 220.6 222.6 221.4 220.8 -0.6

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.7 86.6 85.8 85.9 85.3 85.5 85.5 85.6 0.1

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.5 405.3 410.4 415.5 390.3 403.5 406.5 409.1 2.6

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,920 5,995 6,059 6,085 5,630 5,801 5,798 5,798 0

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,278.2 1,290.8 1,305.8 1,305.3 1,233.3 1,261.9 1,264.6 1,260.7 -3.9

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.9 602.0 607.0 607.4 573.9 583.3 583.8 583.2 -0.6

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680.3 688.8 698.8 697.9 659.4 678.6 680.8 677.5 -3.3

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . 945.6 939.5 948.4 959.5 877.5 892.5 890.0 891.2 1.2

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,695.9 3,764.2 3,804.6 3,819.9 3,519.5 3,646.2 3,642.9 3,646.5 3.6

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . 1,552.2 1,610.7 1,633.7 1,640.5 1,474.6 1,549.2 1,557.5 1,562.4 4.9

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . . 2,143.7 2,153.5 2,170.9 2,179.4 2,044.9 2,097.0 2,085.4 2,084.1 -1.3

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,048 12,046 12,011 12,063 11,943 11,965 11,949 11,963 14

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,523 7,563 7,515 7,556 7,482 7,510 7,496 7,518 22

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340.9 350.9 352.8 352.7 335.5 345.5 346.2 347.0 0.8

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369.3 375.5 378.2 379.8 360.2 367.0 368.7 370.4 1.7

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.1 395.1 392.5 394.6 403.8 393.7 392.7 393.1 0.4

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,427.3 1,445.0 1,441.2 1,444.6 1,417.1 1,434.5 1,434.8 1,435.8 1.0

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105.1 1,103.8 1,106.2 1,104.5 1,102.0 1,098.5 1,102.2 1,102.9 0.7

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,097.5 1,088.9 1,088.0 1,086.8 1,093.7 1,085.1 1,083.0 1,082.8 -0.2

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . . 161.4 163.3 165.0 164.4 161.4 162.8 163.6 164.3 0.7

Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.9 107.4 106.4 106.3 108.9 107.0 106.6 106.4 -0.2

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.3 381.0 380.3 380.8 383.5 380.1 378.7 378.8 0.1

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401.2 398.0 396.9 396.3 399.3 396.2 395.1 394.6 -0.5

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . 371.1 363.9 365.5 364.3 369.9 362.3 363.4 363.3 -0.1

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,467.1 1,501.8 1,457.2 1,494.2 1,467.1 1,494.2 1,475.4 1,494.9 19.5

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781.0 813.3 779.3 816.5 781.5 807.4 797.0 815.8 18.8

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.1 358.7 357.7 359.3 351.1 353.7 354.4 354.8 0.4

Miscellaneous durable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583.5 579.6 576.0 574.8 581.6 575.2 575.6 572.9 -2.7

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,525 4,483 4,496 4,507 4,461 4,455 4,453 4,445 -8

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,517.4 1,477.9 1,490.1 1,505.3 1,476.0 1,470.8 1,465.2 1,464.5 -0.7

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.8 115.7 114.7 114.6 117.5 114.6 114.5 114.3 -0.2

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.3 115.3 114.0 115.1 116.6 114.1 114.0 114.5 0.5

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.4 142.9 140.3 141.5 146.3 141.7 141.4 141.6 0.2

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.7 379.5 379.4 377.7 377.9 377.1 377.3 376.8 -0.5

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . 463.9 450.2 449.6 447.0 462.0 448.5 448.0 445.4 -2.6

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.8 117.0 117.4 117.4 112.6 114.6 114.9 115.3 0.4

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786.5 797.3 800.6 796.2 783.1 793.9 796.2 793.0 -3.2

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653.5 660.6 661.6 661.3 646.8 656.3 658.0 654.8 -3.2

Miscellaneous nondurable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.6 226.7 228.3 231.2 222.0 222.9 223.4 224.4 1.0

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,089 96,055 96,096 96,174 93,580 95,386 95,530 95,664 134

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,517 25,971 25,960 26,027 25,520 25,928 25,973 26,037 64

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,713.7 5,791.7 5,801.6 5,795.4 5,692.2 5,754.7 5,766.3 5,774.7 8.4

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,851.8 2,878.4 2,885.3 2,883.7 2,839.2 2,862.7 2,867.3 2,872.1 4.8

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,983.3 2,017.8 2,018.3 2,012.4 1,976.5 2,001.8 2,005.0 2,006.2 1.2

Electronic markets and agents and brokers.. . 878.6 895.5 898.0 899.3 876.5 890.2 894.0 896.4 2.4

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,854.3 15,143.3 15,193.5 15,248.3 14,850.1 15,149.8 15,198.6 15,242.6 44.0

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,746.8 1,786.2 1,795.1 1,794.6 1,730.7 1,770.4 1,775.4 1,777.7 2.3

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,099.1 1,126.6 1,130.5 1,132.0 1,092.9 1,120.1 1,122.9 1,124.8 1.9

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . 437.7 445.1 445.6 442.1 442.4 450.5 450.7 447.9 -2.8

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

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Change

from:

July2013 -

Aug.2013p

Retail trade - Continued

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 497.7 495.5 498.2 502.6 504.7 505.9 506.7 511.0 4.3

Building material and garden supply stores.. . 1,175.3 1,247.9 1,228.6 1,207.9 1,163.8 1,188.8 1,193.6 1,195.0 1.4

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,878.5 2,938.6 2,949.4 2,957.1 2,863.4 2,917.9 2,927.7 2,939.4 11.7

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,002.8 1,025.1 1,025.1 1,031.5 1,003.9 1,025.5 1,028.3 1,033.4 5.1

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853.5 868.2 875.2 873.1 839.9 856.5 861.1 859.2 -1.9

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . 1,406.3 1,412.8 1,437.2 1,477.2 1,402.0 1,454.6 1,464.0 1,477.7 13.7

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584.7 568.3 571.8 585.9 581.7 581.0 582.3 582.1 -0.2

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,030.2 3,095.0 3,108.4 3,114.5 3,068.4 3,132.3 3,141.6 3,151.0 9.4

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,452.4 1,458.4 1,465.9 1,468.7 1,483.4 1,495.7 1,496.3 1,498.4 2.1

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.8 822.4 821.4 817.9 804.2 817.5 817.7 817.5 -0.2

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.0 438.2 437.5 443.9 445.0 448.9 449.5 450.7 1.2

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,390.1 4,472.9 4,404.0 4,425.2 4,420.8 4,465.4 4,451.5 4,463.5 12.0

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.1 449.8 449.3 447.2 458.9 445.3 444.3 442.7 -1.6

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.4 231.8 231.1 231.1 229.6 230.6 230.5 229.7 -0.8

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.6 63.7 65.0 64.5 63.1 62.4 62.7 62.1 -0.6

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,384.0 1,398.6 1,401.1 1,409.0 1,356.5 1,382.4 1,382.8 1,382.8 0.0

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.3 462.6 383.2 387.0 449.6 466.5 446.2 453.8 7.6

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 45.4 45.6 45.6 44.0 45.2 45.3 45.4 0.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . . 34.4 33.6 33.8 33.0 26.7 26.4 25.6 25.7 0.1

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . . 577.3 586.7 589.3 593.1 578.7 586.5 590.3 594.2 3.9

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519.1 517.5 517.0 522.9 528.4 531.3 533.5 535.4 1.9

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685.8 683.2 688.6 691.8 685.3 688.8 690.3 691.7 1.4

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558.6 562.7 561.2 558.0 556.7 558.2 556.9 556.1 -0.8

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,695 2,697 2,713 2,688 2,682 2,688 2,701 2,683 -18

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . 741.6 727.2 731.1 730.0 738.7 727.9 727.7 726.5 -1.2

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.7 389.6 398.5 369.1 376.8 380.6 388.5 366.3 -22.2

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.8 286.6 284.9 285.1 283.7 286.1 285.5 286.0 0.5

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853.7 857.0 859.3 863.0 855.9 858.2 861.4 864.1 2.7

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.4 254.5 254.9 254.7 252.1 253.7 255.3 255.2 -0.1

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.7 182.4 184.5 186.5 174.3 181.6 182.9 184.9 2.0

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,844 7,940 7,972 7,952 7,795 7,891 7,908 7,903 -5

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,852.3 5,913.1 5,931.2 5,919.0 5,844.4 5,901.4 5,912.7 5,911.7 -1.0

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . . 17.4 16.9 17.0 17.0 17.2 16.9 16.8 16.7 -0.1

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,585.5 2,615.1 2,621.6 2,615.7 2,582.7 2,612.2 2,614.7 2,613.4 -1.3

Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . . 1,739.8 1,737.2 1,739.5 1,733.6 1,734.8 1,733.3 1,732.1 1,729.9 -2.2

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318.8 1,304.4 1,306.5 1,300.0 1,314.9 1,302.2 1,300.9 1,296.9 -4.0

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818.7 833.3 838.0 833.3 816.8 828.7 833.6 832.3 -1.3

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . 2,343.5 2,361.1 2,367.5 2,366.3 2,340.9 2,357.1 2,361.2 2,363.0 1.8

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. . . 87.2 86.7 87.1 86.7 86.8 86.5 86.4 86.3 -0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,991.8 2,027.3 2,041.0 2,032.5 1,950.7 1,989.5 1,995.2 1,991.6 -3.6

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,439.2 1,466.2 1,478.5 1,471.8 1,412.9 1,444.7 1,450.7 1,446.2 -4.5

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.5 537.7 539.2 537.4 513.7 521.4 521.3 522.2 0.9

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . . 24.1 23.4 23.3 23.3 24.1 23.4 23.2 23.2 0.0

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,122 18,664 18,692 18,743 17,994 18,553 18,585 18,608 23

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,888.9 8,088.4 8,114.6 8,106.6 7,928.7 8,118.0 8,133.5 8,144.4 10.9

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,122.4 1,134.4 1,136.6 1,129.6 1,122.4 1,124.7 1,126.0 1,128.7 2.7

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . . 843.0 879.8 872.7 874.4 917.3 942.4 943.7 946.1 2.4

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . 1,343.0 1,369.5 1,372.9 1,370.9 1,324.8 1,356.4 1,353.2 1,352.8 -0.4

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,637.7 1,690.9 1,705.0 1,703.0 1,633.7 1,694.3 1,697.7 1,700.1 2.4

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,136.9 1,186.9 1,196.9 1,197.4 1,132.7 1,184.4 1,191.6 1,193.3 1.7

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . 2,020.1 2,058.5 2,066.1 2,058.4 2,013.5 2,045.4 2,052.3 2,050.8 -1.5

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,213.4 8,517.2 8,511.1 8,578.4 8,052.0 8,389.2 8,399.5 8,412.9 13.4

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

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Change

from:

July2013 -

Aug.2013p

Administrative and waste services - Continued

Administrative and support services1. . . . . . . . 7,833.8 8,131.0 8,121.4 8,193.0 7,679.8 8,008.4 8,019.6 8,034.2 14.6

Employment services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,225.0 3,386.9 3,372.1 3,449.0 3,170.3 3,375.2 3,380.8 3,389.9 9.1

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,564.4 2,709.0 2,685.0 2,749.7 2,534.0 2,694.5 2,702.6 2,715.7 13.1

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820.6 839.2 839.7 843.8 831.6 850.7 852.3 852.7 0.4

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . 1,916.8 1,994.1 2,002.9 1,987.9 1,821.9 1,882.3 1,888.0 1,892.2 4.2

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.6 386.2 389.7 385.4 372.2 380.8 379.9 378.7 -1.2

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,028 20,459 20,353 20,409 20,363 20,669 20,695 20,738 43

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,051.0 3,161.0 3,085.8 3,081.6 3,363.5 3,369.1 3,379.7 3,385.0 5.3

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,976.7 17,297.7 17,267.6 17,327.5 16,999.7 17,300.2 17,315.1 17,353.4 38.3

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,346.6 14,579.1 14,594.9 14,631.6 14,322.9 14,566.4 14,578.0 14,610.7 32.7

Ambulatory health care services1

. . . . . . . . . 6,337.5 6,522.1 6,526.8 6,560.7 6,334.0 6,517.6 6,529.7 6,556.3 26.6

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,396.5 2,435.1 2,438.4 2,445.1 2,397.2 2,436.8 2,439.1 2,445.1 6.0

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655.4 689.2 692.8 695.2 655.7 688.8 692.8 695.3 2.5

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,201.0 1,281.7 1,282.6 1,294.4 1,202.6 1,281.3 1,286.2 1,295.7 9.5

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,800.9 4,831.1 4,839.8 4,833.8 4,794.6 4,830.8 4,829.5 4,830.4 0.9

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,208.2 3,225.9 3,228.3 3,237.1 3,194.3 3,218.0 3,218.8 3,224.0 5.2

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,667.8 1,663.2 1,662.0 1,666.4 1,662.6 1,659.7 1,658.3 1,661.7 3.4

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,630.1 2,718.6 2,672.7 2,695.9 2,676.8 2,733.8 2,737.1 2,742.7 5.6

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812.7 831.3 782.5 804.5 857.8 852.2 849.5 850.2 0.7

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,404 14,773 14,855 14,833 13,788 14,172 14,185 14,212 27

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,241.4 2,294.9 2,334.1 2,290.4 1,973.2 2,037.1 2,023.8 2,023.9 0.1

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . . 433.3 445.1 439.6 443.6 403.9 422.1 414.7 416.0 1.3

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.5 148.0 148.5 144.7 135.1 135.7 134.6 134.3 -0.3

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . . 1,661.6 1,701.8 1,746.0 1,702.1 1,434.2 1,479.3 1,474.5 1,473.6 -0.9

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,162.1 12,478.3 12,521.2 12,542.5 11,814.8 12,135.2 12,161.6 12,188.5 26.9

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,952.6 1,933.3 1,977.8 1,974.1 1,815.2 1,834.8 1,829.6 1,835.3 5.7

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . 10,209.5 10,545.0 10,543.4 10,568.4 9,999.6 10,300.4 10,332.0 10,353.2 21.2

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,479 5,551 5,551 5,522 5,438 5,485 5,483 5,483 0

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,194.7 1,203.9 1,201.1 1,201.2 1,190.3 1,196.3 1,195.7 1,197.3 1.6

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,322.3 1,352.4 1,346.4 1,344.8 1,314.3 1,335.7 1,337.0 1,337.4 0.4

Membership associations and organizations. . . . 2,962.2 2,995.0 3,003.5 2,975.8 2,933.7 2,952.5 2,950.2 2,947.9 -2.3

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,826 21,791 20,529 20,743 21,925 21,837 21,814 21,831 17

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,825.0 2,761.0 2,753.0 2,752.0 2,810.0 2,750.0 2,739.0 2,739.0 0.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,216.3 2,172.1 2,162.0 2,162.1 2,200.5 2,157.6 2,149.2 2,148.9 -0.3

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608.7 589.1 591.0 590.3 609.8 592.3 589.5 589.8 0.3

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,782.0 4,794.0 4,700.0 4,734.0 5,049.0 5,019.0 5,011.0 5,008.0 -3.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,102.9 2,119.6 2,030.7 2,065.8 2,388.4 2,368.1 2,359.0 2,357.9 -1.1

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 2,678.9 2,673.9 2,669.2 2,667.8 2,660.8 2,650.7 2,651.6 2,650.5 -1.1

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,219.0 14,236.0 13,076.0 13,257.0 14,066.0 14,068.0 14,064.0 14,084.0 20.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,770.9 7,763.9 6,554.4 6,790.3 7,793.0 7,771.3 7,775.1 7,795.2 20.1

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 6,448.4 6,471.7 6,521.2 6,466.6 6,272.9 6,296.4 6,288.8 6,288.3 -0.5

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 Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 34.4 34.5 34.4 34.5

Goods-producing..................................................................... 40.1 40.4 40.3 40.4

Mining and logging................................................................ 43.5 44.2 44.0 44.0

Construction........................................................................ 38.6 39.0 38.8 39.0

Manufacturing...................................................................... 40.5 40.9 40.7 40.8

Durable goods................................................................... 40.7 41.2 41.0 41.1

Nondurable goods............................................................... 40.2 40.4 40.1 40.3

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5

Wholesale trade................................................................. 38.6 38.8 38.8 38.9

Retail trade....................................................................... 31.5 31.4 31.5 31.4

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 38.3 38.5 38.5 38.6

Utilities............................................................................ 41.8 42.5 42.2 42.3

Information.......................................................................... 36.5 36.9 36.7 36.8

Financial activities................................................................. 37.2 37.3 37.1 37.2

Professional and business services............................................. 36.0 36.0 36.0 36.0

Education and health services................................................... 32.8 32.9 32.8 32.8

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 26.0 26.0 25.9 26.0

Other services...................................................................... 31.5 31.7 31.6 31.8

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.4

Durable goods........................................................................ 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.4

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4

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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

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Total private................................................. $23.53 $24.00 $24.00 $24.05 $ 809.43 $ 828.00 $ 825.60 $ 829.73

Goods-producing........................................ 24.70 25.22 25.21 25.28 990.47 1,018.89 1,015.96 1,021.31

Mining and logging................................... 28.65 29.82 29.53 29.66 1,246.28 1,318.04 1,299.32 1,305.04

Construction........................................... 25.77 26.19 26.24 26.27 994.72 1,021.41 1,018.11 1,024.53

Manufacturing......................................... 23.91 24.42 24.39 24.47 968.36 998.78 992.67 998.38

Durable goods...................................... 25.31 25.84 25.82 25.87 1,030.12 1,064.61 1,058.62 1,063.26

Nondurable goods................................. 21.54 21.96 21.93 22.05 865.91 887.18 879.39 888.62

Private service-providing............................... 23.26 23.71 23.71 23.76 774.56 789.54 789.54 791.21

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 20.54 20.97 20.95 21.00 708.63 723.47 722.78 724.50

Wholesale trade.................................... 26.88 27.74 27.73 27.70 1,037.57 1,076.31 1,075.92 1,077.53

Retail trade.......................................... 16.35 16.62 16.59 16.67 515.03 521.87 522.59 523.44

Transportation and warehousing................. 22.01 22.26 22.33 22.36 842.98 857.01 859.71 863.10

Utilities............................................... 34.24 35.12 35.17 35.10 1,431.23 1,492.60 1,484.17 1,484.73

Information............................................. 31.49 32.84 32.68 32.76 1,149.39 1,211.80 1,199.36 1,205.57

Financial activities.................................... 29.33 30.29 30.38 30.43 1,091.08 1,129.82 1,127.10 1,132.00

Professional and business services................ 28.04 28.47 28.44 28.51 1,009.44 1,024.92 1,023.84 1,026.36

Education and health services...................... 24.26 24.64 24.64 24.71 795.73 810.66 808.19 810.49

Leisure and hospitality............................... 13.39 13.47 13.50 13.54 348.14 350.22 349.65 352.04

Other services......................................... 20.90 21.27 21.31 21.33 658.35 674.26 673.40 678.29

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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

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Percent

change

from:

July

2013 -

Aug.

2013p

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Percent

change

from:

July

2013 -

Aug.

2013p

Total private....................................... 96.5 98.5 98.4 98.8 0.4 108.3 112.8 112.6 113.3 0.6

Goods-producing............................... 84.2 85.8 85.5 85.8 0.4 94.0 97.8 97.4 98.0 0.6

Mining and logging.......................... 116.1 121.0 120.7 121.3 0.5 133.5 144.8 143.1 144.4 0.9

Construction.................................. 74.9 78.0 77.5 77.9 0.5 83.9 88.7 88.4 89.0 0.7

Manufacturing................................ 87.0 88.0 87.5 87.8 0.3 96.8 100.0 99.2 99.9 0.7

Durable goods............................ 85.7 87.1 86.5 87.0 0.6 96.4 100.0 99.2 100.0 0.8

Nondurable goods........................ 89.5 89.8 89.1 89.4 0.3 97.8 100.1 99.2 100.0 0.8

Private service-providing...................... 100.0 102.0 102.1 102.3 0.2 112.7 117.1 117.3 117.7 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 95.8 97.3 97.5 97.7 0.2 105.9 109.8 109.9 110.4 0.5

Wholesale trade........................... 95.9 97.4 97.6 98.0 0.4 107.5 112.8 113.0 113.3 0.3

Retail trade................................ 95.0 96.6 97.2 97.2 0.0 102.7 106.2 106.7 107.1 0.4

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 96.9 98.4 98.1 98.6 0.5 108.2 111.1 111.2 111.9 0.6

Utilities..................................... 100.7 102.6 101.7 101.8 0.1 113.9 119.1 118.2 118.0 -0.2

Information................................... 89.4 90.6 90.5 90.2 -0.3 100.2 105.9 105.3 105.2 -0.1

Financial activities........................... 95.0 96.4 96.1 96.3 0.2 108.6 113.9 113.9 114.3 0.4

Professional and business services....... 101.9 105.0 105.2 105.4 0.2 115.7 121.2 121.2 121.7 0.4

Education and health services............. 108.7 110.7 110.5 110.7 0.2 123.6 127.8 127.6 128.2 0.5

Leisure and hospitality...................... 102.3 105.1 104.8 105.4 0.6 110.5 114.3 114.2 115.2 0.9

Other services............................... 94.9 96.3 96.0 96.6 0.6 112.6 116.3 116.1 116.9 0.7

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

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Total nonfarm............................................... 66,123 67,071 67,168 67,293 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4

Total private.............................................. 53,646 54,624 54,726 54,845 47.9 47.9 47.9 48.0

Goods-producing...................................... 4,100 4,103 4,100 4,098 22.3 22.0 22.0 22.0

Mining and logging................................. 114 117 117 118 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.5

Construction........................................ 728 742 742 744 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.8

Manufacturing....................................... 3,258 3,244 3,241 3,236 27.3 27.1 27.1 27.1

Durable goods................................... 1,729 1,732 1,731 1,730 23.1 23.1 23.1 23.0

Nondurable goods............................... 1,529 1,512 1,510 1,506 34.3 33.9 33.9 33.9

Private service-providing............................. 49,546 50,521 50,626 50,747 52.9 53.0 53.0 53.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities............... 10,309 10,538 10,565 10,608 40.4 40.6 40.7 40.7

Wholesale trade................................. 1,714.9 1,708.0 1,714.0 1,720.2 30.1 29.7 29.7 29.8

Retail trade....................................... 7,427.9 7,642.3 7,668.8 7,705.2 50.0 50.4 50.5 50.6

Transportation and warehousing.............. 1,028.1 1,049.3 1,044.6 1,044.9 23.3 23.5 23.5 23.4

Utilities............................................ 138.0 137.9 137.9 137.2 24.8 24.7 24.8 24.7

Information.......................................... 1,075 1,068 1,073 1,070 40.1 39.7 39.7 39.9

Financial activities.................................. 4,522 4,540 4,548 4,539 58.0 57.5 57.5 57.4

Professional and business services............. 7,958 8,258 8,296 8,320 44.2 44.5 44.6 44.7

Education and health services................... 15,628 15,862 15,873 15,922 76.7 76.7 76.7 76.8

Leisure and hospitality............................. 7,195 7,372 7,384 7,402 52.2 52.0 52.1 52.1

Other services...................................... 2,859 2,883 2,887 2,886 52.6 52.6 52.7 52.6

Government.............................................. 12,477 12,447 12,442 12,448 56.9 57.0 57.0 57.0

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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 Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Total private................................................................................ 92,561 94,145 94,269 94,382

Goods-producing........................................................................ 13,270 13,381 13,366 13,374

Mining and logging................................................................... 642 638 641 643

Construction........................................................................... 4,215 4,378 4,372 4,371

Manufacturing......................................................................... 8,413 8,365 8,353 8,360

Durable goods...................................................................... 5,161 5,147 5,139 5,151

Nondurable goods................................................................. 3,252 3,218 3,214 3,209

Private service-providing............................................................... 79,291 80,764 80,903 81,008

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................................................. 21,663 21,931 21,982 22,029

Wholesale trade.................................................................... 4,585.3 4,635.7 4,645.2 4,649.5

Retail trade......................................................................... 12,804.5 12,993.2 13,041.0 13,079.5

Transportation and warehousing................................................. 3,828.8 3,851.7 3,846.0 3,850.0

Utilities............................................................................... 444.5 450.3 450.1 449.5

Information............................................................................ 2,171 2,179 2,189 2,177

Financial activities.................................................................... 6,005 6,072 6,089 6,083

Professional and business services................................................ 14,882 15,349 15,383 15,405

Education and health services...................................................... 17,861 18,124 18,146 18,182

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 12,162 12,532 12,542 12,558

Other services........................................................................ 4,547 4,577 4,572 4,574

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 Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.6 33.7 33.6 33.6

Goods-producing..................................................................... 41.0 41.3 41.2 41.3

Mining and logging................................................................ 45.9 45.8 46.1 46.1

Construction........................................................................ 39.1 39.6 39.5 39.6

Manufacturing...................................................................... 41.6 41.8 41.7 41.9

Durable goods................................................................... 41.8 42.2 42.0 42.2

Nondurable goods............................................................... 41.1 41.3 41.1 41.3

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.4 32.4 32.3 32.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 33.7 33.6 33.6 33.7

Wholesale trade................................................................. 38.5 38.7 38.6 38.8

Retail trade....................................................................... 30.5 30.1 30.1 30.2

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 37.9 38.3 38.3 38.4

Utilities............................................................................ 41.0 42.0 41.7 41.6

Information.......................................................................... 35.7 35.9 35.8 35.8

Financial activities................................................................. 36.7 36.8 36.5 36.6

Professional and business services............................................. 35.2 35.3 35.2 35.3

Education and health services................................................... 32.3 32.3 32.1 32.1

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 24.9 25.0 24.8 24.9

Other services...................................................................... 30.5 30.8 30.6 30.7

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.4

Durable goods........................................................................ 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.3

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

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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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

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Total private................................................. $19.76 $20.15 $20.16 $20.20 $ 663.94 $ 679.06 $ 677.38 $ 678.72

Goods-producing........................................ 20.92 21.27 21.26 21.30 857.72 878.45 875.91 879.69

Mining and logging................................... 25.75 27.10 26.77 27.02 1,181.93 1,241.18 1,234.10 1,245.62

Construction........................................... 23.98 24.27 24.28 24.21 937.62 961.09 959.06 958.72

Manufacturing......................................... 19.07 19.30 19.30 19.37 793.31 806.74 804.81 811.60

Durable goods...................................... 20.18 20.38 20.39 20.45 843.52 860.04 856.38 862.99

Nondurable goods................................. 17.27 17.56 17.53 17.60 709.80 725.23 720.48 726.88

Private service-providing............................... 19.51 19.91 19.93 19.96 632.12 645.08 643.74 646.70

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 17.41 17.70 17.70 17.72 586.72 594.72 594.72 597.16

Wholesale trade.................................... 22.18 22.63 22.63 22.63 853.93 875.78 873.52 878.04

Retail trade.......................................... 13.80 13.98 13.99 14.00 420.90 420.80 421.10 422.80

Transportation and warehousing................. 19.51 19.71 19.75 19.84 739.43 754.89 756.43 761.86

Utilities............................................... 31.66 32.09 32.15 32.03 1,298.06 1,347.78 1,340.66 1,332.45

Information............................................. 27.00 27.96 27.64 27.84 963.90 1,003.76 989.51 996.67

Financial activities.................................... 22.86 23.98 24.09 24.13 838.96 882.46 879.29 883.16

Professional and business services................ 23.23 23.66 23.68 23.71 817.70 835.20 833.54 836.96

Education and health services...................... 21.09 21.44 21.48 21.53 681.21 692.51 689.51 691.11

Leisure and hospitality............................... 11.65 11.76 11.79 11.83 290.09 294.00 292.39 294.57

Other services......................................... 17.63 17.88 17.91 17.95 537.72 550.70 548.05 551.07

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 hours2Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Percent

change

from:

July

2013 -

Aug.

2013p

Aug.

2012

June

2013

July

2013p

Aug.

2013p

Percent

change

from:

July

2013 -

Aug.

2013p

Total private....................................... 103.8 105.9 105.7 105.8 0.1 137.0 142.5 142.3 142.8 0.4

Goods-producing............................... 83.1 84.4 84.2 84.4 0.2 106.5 110.0 109.6 110.1 0.5

Mining and logging.......................... 156.6 155.3 157.0 157.5 0.3 234.5 244.7 244.5 247.5 1.2

Construction.................................. 82.5 86.8 86.5 86.7 0.2 106.8 113.8 113.4 113.3 -0.1

Manufacturing................................ 80.3 80.3 80.0 80.4 0.5 100.2 101.3 100.9 101.9 1.0

Durable goods............................ 81.1 81.6 81.1 81.7 0.7 102.1 103.8 103.2 104.3 1.1

Nondurable goods........................ 78.7 78.3 77.8 78.1 0.4 96.1 97.2 96.4 97.1 0.7

Private service-providing...................... 109.7 111.7 111.5 112.0 0.4 146.6 152.4 152.3 153.2 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 101.8 102.7 103.0 103.5 0.5 126.4 129.7 130.0 130.8 0.6

Wholesale trade........................... 104.0 105.7 105.6 106.2 0.6 135.8 140.8 140.8 141.6 0.6

Retail trade................................ 98.9 99.0 99.4 100.0 0.6 116.9 118.6 119.1 120.0 0.8

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 109.2 111.0 110.9 111.3 0.4 135.2 138.8 138.9 140.1 0.9

Utilities..................................... 93.2 96.7 96.0 95.6 -0.4 123.2 129.6 128.8 127.8 -0.8

Information................................... 88.5 89.3 89.4 89.0 -0.4 118.2 123.6 122.4 122.6 0.2

Financial activities........................... 103.7 105.2 104.6 104.8 0.2 145.9 155.2 155.1 155.6 0.3

Professional and business services....... 117.4 121.4 121.4 121.9 0.4 162.3 171.0 171.0 172.0 0.6

Education and health services............. 124.5 126.3 125.7 125.9 0.2 172.5 178.0 177.4 178.2 0.5

Leisure and hospitality...................... 110.9 114.8 113.9 114.5 0.5 146.8 153.3 152.5 153.9 0.9

Other services............................... 97.3 98.9 98.1 98.5 0.4 124.9 128.8 128.0 128.8 0.6

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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