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Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

May 2002 – April 2005

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

May 2002 – April 2005

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: APRIL 2005

Employment rose in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.2 percent, the Bureau of

Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased

by 274,000 over the month. Job growth was widespread, with gains in construction, mining, and several

service-providing industries.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.7 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.2 percent, were unchanged in April. The jobless rate was down from 5.5 percent a year earlier. Over the month, the unemployment rates for adult men (4.4 percent), adult women (4.6 percent), teenagers (17.7 percent), whites

(4.4 percent), and blacks (10.4 percent) showed little or no change. After declining in March, the unemployment rate for Hispanics or Latinos increased to 6.4 percent, the same as in February. The jobless rate

for Asians was 3.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

The number of long-term unemployed—those unemployed 27 weeks and over—was about unchanged

over the month. This group accounted for 21.2 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-9.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment grew by 598,000 in April to 141.1 million, and the employment-population ratio—the

proportion of the population age 16 and over with jobs—edged up to 62.6 percent. The civilian labor force
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Mar.-

Category 2004 2005 Apr.

IV I Feb. Mar. Apr. change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................. 148,136 148,089 148,132 148,157 148,762 605

Employment....................................... 140,092 140,296 140,144 140,501 141,099 598

Unemployment.................................... 8,044 7,794 7,988 7,656 7,663 7

Not in labor force.................................... 76,282 76,949 76,909 77,079 76,679 -400

All workers........................................... 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 0.0

Adult men.......................................... 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.4 -.2

Adult women.................................... 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.6 .1

Teenagers.......................................... 17.1 16.9 17.5 16.9 17.7 .8

White .............................................. 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.4 .0

Black or African American ..................... 10.8 10.6 10.9 10.3 10.4 .1

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity..................... 6.7 6.1 6.4 5.7 6.4 .7

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment.............................. 132,302 p132,822 132,873 p133,019 p133,293 p274

Goods-producing 1

.............................. 22,000 p22,055 22,066 p22,095 p22,140 p45

Construction................................. 7,063 p7,128 7,133 p7,162 p7,209 p47

Manufacturing................................. 14,338 p14,314 14,321 p14,314 p14,308 p-6

Service-providing 1 .............................. 110,302 p110,767 110,807 p110,924 p111,153 p229

Retail trade 2

 ................................. 15,072 p15,110 15,125 p15,123 p15,148 p24

Professional and business services......... 16,633 p16,759 16,775 p16,807 p16,843 p36

Education and health services............... 17,110 p17,191 17,186 p17,209 p17,244 p35

Leisure and hospitality..................... 12,569 p12,645 12,650 p12,674 p12,732 p58 

Government................................. 21,702 p21,725 21,733 p21,732 p21,750 p18

Total private.......................................... 33.7 p33.7 33.7 p33.7 p33.9 p0.2

Manufacturing..................................... 40.6 p40.6 40.6 p40.4 p40.5 p.1

Overtime....................................... 4.5 p4.5 4.6 p4.5 p4.5 p.0

 

Total private............................................ 101.2 p101.7 101.8 p101.9 p102.8 p0.9

Average hourly earnings, total private............ $15.83 p$15.92 $15.91 p$15.95 p$16.00 p$0.05 

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 533.89 p536.51 536.17 p537.52 p542.40 p4.88 

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

2005

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

 p=preliminary.

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

Unemployment rates 

 Employment
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increased by 605,000 in April to 148.8 million; the labor force participation rate, at 66.0 percent, also was

up over the month. (See table A-1.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

There were 1.5 million persons who were marginally attached to the labor force in April, about the same

as a year earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available to work

and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number of

discouraged workers, at 393,000 in April, declined over the year. Discouraged workers, a subset of the

marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were

available for them. The other 1.1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such

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

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 274,000, seasonally adjusted, to 133.3 million in April. This

followed gains of 300,000 in February and 146,000 in March (as revised). In April, notable increases occurred in several industries, including construction, mining, food services, and health care. (See table B-1.)

Within the goods-producing sector, construction employment rose by 47,000 in April, with specialty

trade contractors accounting for the bulk of the growth (40,000). Heavy and civil engineering construction

also added 8,000 jobs over the month. Since its most recent low in March 2003, construction industry

employment has grown by 551,000.

In April, employment in mining increased by 8,000. The industry has added 31,000 jobs over the past

6 months; support activities for oil and gas operations has accounted for most of this increase.

Employment in manufacturing was little changed in April at 14.3 million, with small and offsetting movements among several of its components. Long-term employment declines continued in furniture and related

products and in textile mills.

In the service-providing sector, leisure and hospitality gained 58,000 jobs in April, including 35,000 in

food services and drinking places. Employment edged up in arts, entertainment, and recreation (16,000).

Since its most recent low in June 2002, employment in leisure and hospitality has expanded by 823,000,

with four-fifths of the gain occurring in food services.

Health care employment continued to increase in April, rising by 25,000. Over the past year, this industry has gained 240,000 jobs. In April, job growth was concentrated in offices of physicians (9,000)

and hospitals (10,000).

The information industry added 12,000 jobs over the month. Within information, the motion picture

and sound recording industries gained 9,000 jobs. Employment in telecommunications grew by 7,000 in

April; it had shown little movement from November through March after trending down for nearly 4 years.

Employment in professional and technical services continued to trend upward in April, increasing by

18,000. Since its recent low in August 2003, this industry has gained 343,000 jobs. Financial activities

employment also continued its upward trend, with a gain of 17,000 in April. Within transportation and

warehousing, small employment gains in trucking, transit, and couriers were partially offset by a decline

of 5,000 jobs in air transportation. Retail trade employment edged up over the month.
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 0.2 hour to 33.9 hours in April, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.1 hour

to 40.5 hours, while manufacturing overtime was unchanged at 4.5 hours. (See table B-2.)

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.9 percent in April to 102.8 (2002=100). The manufacturing index was up by 0.2 percent over the month to 93.7. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

5 cents in April to $16.00, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings increased by 0.9 percent over

the month to $542.40. Over the year, average hourly and weekly earnings grew by 2.7 and 3.3 percent,

respectively. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for May 2005 is scheduled to be released on Friday, June 3,

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

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

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

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

successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from

less than 0.05 percent to 0.5 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Apr.

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 222,757 225,236 225,441 222,757 224,640 224,837 225,041 225,236 225,441

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 146,260 147,745 148,274 146,788 148,203 147,979 148,132 148,157 148,762

 Participation rate ............................................................... 65.7 65.6 65.8 65.9 66.0 65.8 65.8 65.8 66.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 138,423 139,759 140,939 138,645 140,156 140,241 140,144 140,501 141,099

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.1 62.0 62.5 62.2 62.4 62.4 62.3 62.4 62.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 7,837 7,986 7,335 8,143 8,047 7,737 7,988 7,656 7,663

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.4 5.4 4.9 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 76,497 77,492 77,167 75,969 76,437 76,858 76,909 77,079 76,679

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,598 4,858 5,022 4,720 5,021 4,982 4,995 5,001 5,134

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,392 108,703 108,812 107,392 108,392 108,489 108,598 108,703 108,812

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 78,147 79,242 79,448 78,555 79,412 79,146 79,373 79,598 79,839

 Participation rate ............................................................... 72.8 72.9 73.0 73.1 73.3 73.0 73.1 73.2 73.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,774 74,612 75,456 74,104 74,938 74,934 74,964 75,375 75,735

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 68.7 68.6 69.3 69.0 69.1 69.1 69.0 69.3 69.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,373 4,631 3,992 4,451 4,474 4,212 4,410 4,224 4,104

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.6 5.8 5.0 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 29,244 29,460 29,363 28,836 28,981 29,342 29,224 29,104 28,973

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 99,170 100,419 100,520 99,170 100,126 100,219 100,321 100,419 100,520

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 74,806 75,802 76,068 74,908 75,754 75,594 75,816 75,921 76,173

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.4 75.5 75.7 75.5 75.7 75.4 75.6 75.6 75.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 71,060 71,893 72,770 71,158 72,020 72,029 72,131 72,429 72,817

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.7 71.6 72.4 71.8 71.9 71.9 71.9 72.1 72.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,746 3,909 3,297 3,751 3,733 3,565 3,685 3,492 3,356

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.0 5.2 4.3 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 24,364 24,616 24,452 24,261 24,372 24,625 24,505 24,498 24,347

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 115,365 116,534 116,629 115,365 116,247 116,348 116,443 116,534 116,629

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 68,112 68,503 68,826 68,233 68,791 68,832 68,759 68,559 68,923

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.0 58.8 59.0 59.1 59.2 59.2 59.0 58.8 59.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 64,649 65,147 65,483 64,541 65,218 65,307 65,180 65,127 65,364

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.0 55.9 56.1 55.9 56.1 56.1 56.0 55.9 56.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,464 3,356 3,343 3,692 3,573 3,525 3,579 3,432 3,558

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.1 4.9 4.9 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 47,253 48,031 47,803 47,133 47,456 47,516 47,684 47,975 47,706

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,389 108,486 108,573 107,389 108,221 108,316 108,403 108,486 108,573

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,853 65,225 65,513 64,776 65,260 65,318 65,270 65,051 65,420

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.4 60.1 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.2 60.0 60.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,841 62,295 62,644 61,591 62,208 62,295 62,202 62,099 62,384

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.6 57.4 57.7 57.4 57.5 57.5 57.4 57.2 57.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,012 2,930 2,869 3,185 3,051 3,023 3,068 2,952 3,036

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

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 42,536 43,261 43,060 42,613 42,961 42,998 43,133 43,435 43,153

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,198 16,332 16,347 16,198 16,293 16,302 16,317 16,332 16,347

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,600 6,718 6,693 7,104 7,189 7,066 7,046 7,185 7,168

 Participation rate ............................................................... 40.7 41.1 40.9 43.9 44.1 43.3 43.2 44.0 43.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,522 5,570 5,524 5,897 5,927 5,917 5,811 5,973 5,897

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 34.1 34.1 33.8 36.4 36.4 36.3 35.6 36.6 36.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,078 1,147 1,169 1,207 1,262 1,150 1,235 1,212 1,271

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 16.3 17.1 17.5 17.0 17.6 16.3 17.5 16.9 17.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,597 9,614 9,654 9,094 9,104 9,235 9,271 9,147 9,179

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Apr.

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 182,252 183,888 184,015 182,252 183,483 183,640 183,767 183,888 184,015

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,317 121,193 121,578 120,713 121,509 121,553 121,621 121,484 121,961

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.0 65.9 66.1 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.1 66.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 114,557 115,529 116,395 114,779 115,910 116,158 116,022 116,135 116,574

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.9 62.8 63.3 63.0 63.2 63.3 63.1 63.2 63.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,760 5,664 5,184 5,934 5,600 5,395 5,598 5,349 5,387

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 61,935 62,695 62,437 61,539 61,973 62,088 62,146 62,403 62,054

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,620 63,355 63,488 62,688 63,199 63,259 63,390 63,497 63,562

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.0 76.1 76.2 76.1 76.1 76.1 76.2 76.3 76.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,787 60,460 61,119 59,868 60,570 60,712 60,776 60,965 61,162

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 72.6 72.6 73.3 72.7 72.9 73.0 73.0 73.2 73.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,833 2,894 2,369 2,819 2,629 2,547 2,614 2,532 2,399

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.5 4.6 3.7 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,097 52,287 52,528 52,044 52,385 52,414 52,311 52,055 52,463

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.7 59.4 59.7 59.6 59.7 59.7 59.5 59.2 59.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 50,020 50,333 50,546 49,865 50,344 50,392 50,246 50,096 50,386

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.3 57.2 57.4 57.1 57.3 57.4 57.2 56.9 57.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,077 1,954 1,981 2,178 2,040 2,022 2,066 1,959 2,077

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.0 3.7 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 4.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,600 5,551 5,563 5,981 5,926 5,879 5,919 5,932 5,936

 Participation rate ................................................................. 44.5 43.9 43.9 47.5 46.9 46.5 46.8 46.9 46.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,749 4,736 4,729 5,045 4,995 5,054 5,001 5,074 5,026

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 37.7 37.4 37.4 40.1 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.1 39.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 851 815 834 936 931 825 918 858 910

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 15.2 14.7 15.0 15.7 15.7 14.0 15.5 14.5 15.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,967 26,377 26,413 25,967 26,273 26,306 26,342 26,377 26,413

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,374 16,673 16,783 16,505 16,713 16,721 16,708 16,741 16,940

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.1 63.2 63.5 63.6 63.6 63.6 63.4 63.5 64.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,856 14,917 15,150 14,893 14,907 14,946 14,890 15,025 15,184

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.2 56.6 57.4 57.4 56.7 56.8 56.5 57.0 57.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,518 1,756 1,633 1,612 1,806 1,775 1,818 1,716 1,756

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.3 10.5 9.7 9.8 10.8 10.6 10.9 10.3 10.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,593 9,704 9,631 9,462 9,559 9,585 9,634 9,636 9,473

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,256 7,388 7,488 7,315 7,473 7,380 7,438 7,403 7,555

 Participation rate ................................................................. 69.7 69.7 70.5 70.2 70.8 69.8 70.3 69.8 71.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,602 6,660 6,829 6,633 6,677 6,612 6,630 6,719 6,849

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.4 62.8 64.3 63.7 63.3 62.6 62.6 63.4 64.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 654 728 659 682 796 768 809 684 706

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.0 9.9 8.8 9.3 10.7 10.4 10.9 9.2 9.3

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,512 8,497 8,557 8,507 8,477 8,532 8,527 8,507 8,552

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.8 63.8 64.2 64.8 63.9 64.2 64.1 63.9 64.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,809 7,736 7,842 7,772 7,702 7,770 7,751 7,746 7,798

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 59.4 58.1 58.8 59.2 58.0 58.5 58.3 58.2 58.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 703 761 715 736 775 763 776 761 754

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.3 9.0 8.4 8.6 9.1 8.9 9.1 8.9 8.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 606 788 738 683 763 808 742 831 833

 Participation rate ................................................................. 25.1 32.0 29.9 28.3 31.2 33.0 30.2 33.8 33.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 445 521 479 489 528 564 509 560 537

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 18.4 21.2 19.4 20.3 21.6 23.0 20.7 22.8 21.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 161 267 259 194 235 244 233 271 296

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 26.6 33.8 35.1 28.4 30.8 30.2 31.5 32.6 35.5

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,444 9,732 9,763 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,230 6,423 6,411 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.0 66.0 65.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,956 6,175 6,160 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.1 63.4 63.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 274 248 251 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.4 3.9 3.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,214 3,309 3,352 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Apr.

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 27,879 28,815 28,902 27,879 28,608 28,642 28,729 28,815 28,902

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 19,080 19,531 19,670 19,081 19,544 19,379 19,458 19,541 19,665

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.4 67.8 68.1 68.4 68.3 67.7 67.7 67.8 68.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 17,798 18,331 18,485 17,724 18,252 18,198 18,211 18,425 18,413

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.8 63.6 64.0 63.6 63.8 63.5 63.4 63.9 63.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,283 1,200 1,186 1,358 1,292 1,181 1,248 1,117 1,252

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.7 6.1 6.0 7.1 6.6 6.1 6.4 5.7 6.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,798 9,284 9,231 8,797 9,064 9,263 9,270 9,273 9,237

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,963 11,303 11,343 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.5 84.2 84.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,304 10,706 10,794 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 79.5 79.7 80.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 658 597 548 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.0 5.3 4.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,242 7,264 7,341 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 58.8 57.1 57.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,780 6,842 6,888 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 55.0 53.8 54.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 462 422 454 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.4 5.8 6.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 876 964 986 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 33.8 36.2 37.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 714 783 802 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 27.5 29.4 30.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 162 181 183 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 18.5 18.8 18.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,258 12,481 12,658 12,025 12,814 12,575 12,581 12,501 12,474

 Participation rate ................................................................... 45.1 45.0 45.2 44.3 45.0 44.7 45.4 45.0 44.6

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,271 11,377 11,668 10,983 11,746 11,637 11,595 11,528 11,429

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 41.5 41.0 41.7 40.4 41.3 41.4 41.9 41.5 40.8

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 987 1,104 991 1,042 1,068 938 986 973 1,045

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 8.1 8.8 7.8 8.7 8.3 7.5 7.8 7.8 8.4

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 37,627 38,339 38,360 37,721 37,695 37,729 38,077 38,173 38,265

 Participation rate ................................................................... 62.6 62.9 63.2 62.8 63.1 62.2 62.7 62.6 63.0

 Employed ................................................................................ 35,651 36,345 36,681 35,754 35,846 35,943 36,223 36,378 36,586

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 59.3 59.6 60.4 59.5 60.0 59.2 59.7 59.7 60.3

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,976 1,994 1,679 1,967 1,849 1,786 1,854 1,795 1,679

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.3 5.2 4.4 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.4

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 34,446 34,879 34,783 34,519 34,483 34,524 34,842 34,863 34,860

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.8 72.9 73.0 72.9 72.3 73.0 72.4 72.9 73.2

 Employed ................................................................................ 33,051 33,459 33,459 33,100 32,995 33,117 33,387 33,484 33,489

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.8 70.0 70.3 69.9 69.2 70.0 69.4 70.0 70.3

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,394 1,421 1,324 1,419 1,487 1,407 1,455 1,380 1,371

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.0 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.0 3.9

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 40,359 40,537 41,004 40,144 41,026 40,907 40,534 40,395 40,788

 Participation rate ................................................................... 78.0 77.8 78.1 77.5 78.7 78.4 78.0 77.5 77.7

 Employed ................................................................................ 39,265 39,589 40,061 38,982 40,009 39,925 39,563 39,411 39,784

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 75.8 76.0 76.3 75.3 76.7 76.5 76.2 75.7 75.8

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,094 948 944 1,162 1,018 982 972 985 1,004

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,220 2,025 2,223 2,261 2,179 2,120 2,145 2,187 2,252

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,252 1,090 1,175 1,284 1,185 1,181 1,208 1,224 1,207

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 944 914 1,025 951 963 904 903 948 1,023

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 24 21 23 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 136,203 137,734 138,716 136,427 137,973 138,112 138,005 138,293 138,869

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 126,989 128,138 128,821 127,081 128,459 128,501 128,184 128,400 128,834

 Government .......................................................................... 20,117 20,483 20,680 19,920 20,270 20,296 20,106 20,249 20,429

 Private industries .................................................................. 106,872 107,654 108,141 107,145 108,257 108,219 107,978 108,085 108,353

 Private households ............................................................. 727 762 777 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 106,145 106,893 107,365 106,377 107,492 107,414 107,162 107,286 107,534

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,139 9,498 9,808 9,251 9,473 9,514 9,709 9,767 9,895

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 75 98 87 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,411 4,514 4,150 4,557 4,474 4,395 4,269 4,344 4,293

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,745 2,795 2,534 2,813 2,735 2,768 2,629 2,643 2,613

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,429 1,455 1,351 1,431 1,440 1,329 1,296 1,419 1,363

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,568 19,955 20,350 19,130 19,502 19,089 19,555 19,458 19,584

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,325 4,433 4,050 4,451 4,382 4,303 4,153 4,268 4,186

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,687 2,745 2,462 2,747 2,682 2,702 2,572 2,592 2,540

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,419 1,439 1,342 1,425 1,397 1,309 1,268 1,411 1,351

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,263 19,638 19,971 18,844 19,176 18,765 19,254 19,182 19,226

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

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

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

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

bad weather.

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

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

Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 138,423 139,759 140,939 138,645 140,156 140,241 140,144 140,501 141,099

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,522 5,570 5,524 5,897 5,927 5,917 5,811 5,973 5,897

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,032 2,101 2,040 2,230 2,261 2,267 2,286 2,339 2,235

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,490 3,469 3,485 3,660 3,691 3,634 3,533 3,651 3,654

 20 years and over ................................................................... 132,901 134,188 135,414 132,748 134,229 134,325 134,333 134,528 135,201

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,662 13,419 13,546 13,771 13,851 13,702 13,531 13,684 13,653

 25 years and over ................................................................. 119,239 120,769 121,868 119,023 120,421 120,669 120,758 120,775 121,503

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 97,387 97,789 98,469 97,235 97,701 98,049 97,986 97,954 98,246

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,376 30,228 30,570 30,351 30,504 30,683 30,581 30,400 30,519

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,606 34,575 34,724 34,475 34,632 34,589 34,524 34,587 34,588

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 32,406 32,986 33,176 32,408 32,566 32,776 32,881 32,968 33,139

 55 years and over ............................................................... 21,851 22,980 23,399 21,788 22,719 22,620 22,772 22,821 23,257

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 73,774 74,612 75,456 74,104 74,938 74,934 74,964 75,375 75,735

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,714 2,718 2,686 2,947 2,917 2,905 2,833 2,946 2,918

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 925 997 1,007 1,033 1,049 1,068 1,057 1,130 1,123

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,789 1,721 1,679 1,901 1,862 1,825 1,779 1,828 1,794

 20 years and over ................................................................... 71,060 71,893 72,770 71,158 72,020 72,029 72,131 72,429 72,817

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,171 7,028 7,098 7,230 7,354 7,181 7,131 7,193 7,161

 25 years and over ................................................................. 63,889 64,865 65,673 63,922 64,704 64,900 65,012 65,201 65,602

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 52,288 52,572 53,108 52,342 52,563 52,840 52,837 52,933 53,104

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,693 16,580 16,875 16,719 16,818 16,902 16,905 16,795 16,887

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,680 18,681 18,771 18,671 18,719 18,769 18,723 18,798 18,765

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,915 17,310 17,462 16,951 17,026 17,169 17,208 17,340 17,451

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,601 12,293 12,564 11,581 12,141 12,061 12,175 12,267 12,498

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 64,649 65,147 65,483 64,541 65,218 65,307 65,180 65,127 65,364

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,808 2,852 2,839 2,950 3,010 3,012 2,978 3,028 2,980

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,106 1,104 1,033 1,197 1,212 1,199 1,229 1,209 1,112

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,701 1,748 1,805 1,759 1,830 1,809 1,754 1,823 1,860

 20 years and over ................................................................... 61,841 62,295 62,644 61,591 62,208 62,295 62,202 62,099 62,384

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,491 6,391 6,449 6,541 6,497 6,521 6,400 6,491 6,491

 25 years and over ................................................................. 55,350 55,904 56,196 55,100 55,716 55,769 55,746 55,575 55,901

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,100 45,217 45,361 44,893 45,138 45,209 45,149 45,021 45,142

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,682 13,647 13,695 13,632 13,686 13,782 13,676 13,604 13,632

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,926 15,894 15,953 15,804 15,912 15,820 15,800 15,789 15,822

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,492 15,676 15,714 15,457 15,540 15,608 15,673 15,628 15,688

 55 years and over ............................................................... 10,250 10,687 10,834 10,208 10,578 10,560 10,597 10,554 10,759

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 44,637 45,199 45,406 44,759 45,315 45,171 45,351 45,382 45,482

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,488 34,431 34,622 34,375 34,878 34,739 34,601 34,307 34,539

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,765 8,909 8,919 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 113,386 114,431 115,888 114,147 115,585 115,858 115,370 115,669 116,524

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 25,037 25,328 25,050 24,480 24,728 24,220 24,626 24,727 24,553

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

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

week.

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

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

Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Apr.

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,143 7,656 7,663 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.2

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,207 1,212 1,271 17.0 17.6 16.3 17.5 16.9 17.7

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 575 564 557 20.5 20.6 19.3 20.6 19.4 19.9

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 629 642 745 14.7 15.4 14.4 15.5 15.0 16.9

 20 years and over ................................................................... 6,936 6,444 6,392 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.5

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,397 1,357 1,335 9.2 8.9 9.5 10.0 9.0 8.9

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,556 5,088 5,055 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.0

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,661 4,284 4,195 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,753 1,718 1,692 5.5 5.6 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.3

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,592 1,397 1,397 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.9

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,316 1,169 1,106 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.2

 55 years and over ............................................................... 850 831 849 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,451 4,224 4,104 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.1

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 700 732 748 19.2 20.3 18.2 20.4 19.9 20.4

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 314 336 321 23.3 24.3 22.0 25.0 22.9 22.2

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 378 388 446 16.6 17.8 16.1 17.7 17.5 19.9

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,751 3,492 3,356 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.4

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 806 770 754 10.0 9.0 10.2 11.3 9.7 9.5

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,942 2,747 2,595 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,470 2,290 2,135 4.5 4.6 4.1 4.2 4.1 3.9

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 974 914 895 5.5 5.7 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.0

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 817 754 691 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.6

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 679 622 549 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.0

 55 years and over ............................................................... 472 458 460 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.5

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,692 3,432 3,558 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 506 480 523 14.7 14.8 14.3 14.6 13.7 14.9

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 260 228 236 17.9 17.2 16.8 16.5 15.8 17.5

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 251 254 299 12.5 12.9 12.7 13.2 12.2 13.9

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,185 2,952 3,036 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.6

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 591 587 581 8.3 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.2

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,614 2,341 2,460 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.2

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,191 1,994 2,060 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.4

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 780 804 797 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.5

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 774 643 706 4.7 4.0 4.4 4.4 3.9 4.3

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 637 547 557 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 349 356 359 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.2

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,448 1,390 1,247 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.7

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,310 1,064 1,169 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.3

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 710 772 748 7.5 7.1 8.2 8.0 8.0 7.7

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,762 6,224 6,315 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.1

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,370 1,406 1,371 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.3

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

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

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

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

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2005, data

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,253 4,067 3,559 4,322 4,108 4,048 3,980 3,784 3,675

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 943 1,181 781 993 965 966 965 961 838

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,311 2,885 2,779 3,329 3,144 3,082 3,015 2,823 2,837

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,560 2,113 2,020 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 750 772 758 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 796 872 864 835 898 819 965 855 897

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,199 2,427 2,232 2,310 2,361 2,324 2,405 2,364 2,356

New entrants ............................................................................ 589 620 680 650 709 624 745 711 747

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 54.3 50.9 48.5 53.2 50.9 51.8 49.2 49.1 47.9

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 12.0 14.8 10.6 12.2 11.9 12.4 11.9 12.5 10.9

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 42.2 36.1 37.9 41.0 38.9 39.4 37.2 36.6 37.0

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 10.2 10.9 11.8 10.3 11.1 10.5 11.9 11.1 11.7

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 28.1 30.4 30.4 28.5 29.2 29.7 29.7 30.6 30.7

 New entrants ........................................................................... 7.5 7.8 9.3 8.0 8.8 8.0 9.2 9.2 9.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5

 Job leavers .............................................................................. .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .7 .6 .6

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

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

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,439 2,274 2,365 2,772 2,865 2,599 2,755 2,531 2,666

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,159 2,553 2,050 2,370 2,264 2,343 2,317 2,319 2,268

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,239 3,160 2,920 2,956 2,961 2,824 2,888 2,817 2,698

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,363 1,443 1,242 1,165 1,325 1,201 1,255 1,165 1,083

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,876 1,717 1,677 1,791 1,636 1,623 1,633 1,652 1,615

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 21.0 20.4 21.1 19.7 19.3 19.3 19.1 19.5 19.6

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 11.0 10.7 10.4 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.3 8.9

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 31.1 28.5 32.2 34.2 35.4 33.5 34.6 33.0 34.9

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 27.5 32.0 27.9 29.3 28.0 30.2 29.1 30.3 29.7

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 41.3 39.6 39.8 36.5 36.6 36.4 36.3 36.7 35.4

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 17.4 18.1 16.9 14.4 16.4 15.5 15.8 15.2 14.2

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 23.9 21.5 22.9 22.1 20.2 20.9 20.5 21.5 21.2

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Apr.

2004

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Apr.

2005

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 138,423 140,939 7,837 7,335 5.4 4.9

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 48,667 49,132 1,300 1,101 2.6 2.2

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,100 20,288 557 454 2.7 2.2

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,567 28,844 743 647 2.5 2.2

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 22,482 22,609 1,518 1,524 6.3 6.3

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,141 35,962 1,848 1,813 5.0 4.8

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 15,809 16,723 800 885 4.8 5.0

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,332 19,238 1,048 928 5.1 4.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 14,145 15,099 1,172 1,006 7.6 6.2

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 977 935 114 90 10.5 8.8

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 8,170 8,927 844 682 9.4 7.1

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 4,998 5,236 214 234 4.1 4.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 17,988 18,137 1,397 1,200 7.2 6.2

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,487 9,545 709 629 6.9 6.2

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,501 8,592 689 571 7.5 6.2

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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

Industry

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Apr.

2004

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Apr.

2005

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 7,837 7,335 5.4 4.9

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 6,466 5,821 5.7 5.1

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 34 19 6.4 2.9

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 849 693 9.5 7.4

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,004 793 5.8 4.8

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 598 450 5.6 4.3

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 406 343 6.2 5.6

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,248 1,131 6.1 5.4

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 239 257 4.5 4.7

 Information ........................................................................................................ 168 178 5.0 5.9

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 312 255 3.4 2.7

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 752 714 6.0 5.7

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 589 591 3.3 3.3

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 925 882 7.9 7.7

 Other services .................................................................................................. 347 306 5.6 4.9

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 107 84 8.3 6.9

Government workers ......................................................................................... 433 478 2.1 2.3

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 242 273 2.3 2.4

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 5.4 5.4 4.9 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.2

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 5.7 5.7 5.2 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.4

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 6.3 6.4 5.9 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.1

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

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

 all marginally attached workers ........................................................................................... 9.3 9.4 8.7 9.6 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.1 9.0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Labor Review. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Apr.

2004

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Apr.

2005

Apr.

2004

Apr.

2005

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 76,497 77,167 29,244 29,363 47,253 47,803

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,598 5,022 2,131 2,235 2,466 2,787

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,526 1,511 782 784 743 728

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 492 393 313 270 179 122

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,034 1,119 469 513 565 605

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,239 7,437 3,675 3,758 3,564 3,680

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.6

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,869 3,849 2,142 2,119 1,727 1,731

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,633 1,708 551 578 1,082 1,130

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 275 301 188 176 87 125

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,417 1,551 760 872 657 679

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Change

from:

Mar. 2005-

Apr. 2005p

Total nonfarm ............................. 131,150 131,337 132,195 133,374 131,123 132,449 132,573 132,873 133,019 133,293 274

Total private ........................................ 109,143 109,295 110,056 111,223 109,516 110,749 110,863 111,140 111,287 111,543 256

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,623 21,473 21,656 21,950 21,825 22,022 22,004 22,066 22,095 22,140 45

Natural resources and mining .................................. 578 596 604 614 589 602 607 612 619 623 4

Logging ........................................................... 63.9 65.7 64.9 58.6 69.8 67.9 68.0 67.3 69.2 64.7 -4.5

Mining .................................................................... 513.8 530.5 539.0 554.9 519.2 534.4 538.7 545.0 550.1 558.2 8.1

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 122.0 121.8 122.3 123.7 122.5 124.1 123.4 122.5 123.5 124.0 .5

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 202.9 206.2 209.0 217.1 204.8 211.3 212.9 215.5 215.6 218.0 2.4

Coal mining ...................................................... 69.4 75.4 75.5 76.1 70.4 73.9 75.4 76.1 76.1 76.7 .6

Support activities for mining .............................. 188.9 202.5 207.7 214.1 191.9 199.0 202.4 207.0 211.0 216.2 5.2

Construction ............................................................. 6,775 6,666 6,804 7,078 6,913 7,086 7,090 7,133 7,162 7,209 47

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,575.0 1,622.7 1,638.5 1,659.4 1,608.7 1,678.9 1,682.4 1,689.2 1,694.3 1,693.4 -.9

Residential building ......................................... 859.8 894.3 906.5 917.5 875.9 927.4 929.1 931.4 936.1 934.2 -1.9

Nonresidential building .................................... 715.2 728.4 732.0 741.9 732.8 751.5 753.3 757.8 758.2 759.2 1.0

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 878.9 796.6 825.2 901.0 903.2 907.8 908.2 911.7 916.6 924.9 8.3

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,321.1 4,246.6 4,339.9 4,517.9 4,401.5 4,499.2 4,499.6 4,531.8 4,550.7 4,591.0 40.3

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,055.0 2,019.8 2,062.3 2,145.9 2,086.6 2,125.5 2,128.2 2,144.9 2,154.8 2,172.0 17.2

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,266.1 2,226.7 2,277.5 2,372.0 2,314.9 2,373.7 2,371.4 2,386.9 2,395.9 2,419.0 23.1

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,270 14,211 14,248 14,258 14,323 14,334 14,307 14,321 14,314 14,308 -6

Production workers ....................................... 10,024 9,998 10,025 10,035 10,064 10,097 10,082 10,085 10,085 10,076 -9

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,893 8,911 8,929 8,952 8,902 8,957 8,942 8,962 8,957 8,959 2

Production workers ....................................... 6,110 6,139 6,159 6,181 6,114 6,170 6,166 6,178 6,181 6,184 3

Wood products ................................................... 540.1 543.9 546.8 547.2 544.9 555.2 554.7 553.6 555.3 552.7 -2.6

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 499.2 483.1 488.8 503.4 501.6 506.5 504.5 504.0 502.5 505.8 3.3

Primary metals .................................................... 463.8 465.6 466.4 466.9 464.8 465.2 465.5 466.9 467.1 467.7 .6

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,487.3 1,508.0 1,513.6 1,515.7 1,488.6 1,512.8 1,514.3 1,514.1 1,516.8 1,517.3 .5

Machinery ........................................................... 1,139.9 1,146.7 1,152.2 1,154.3 1,139.0 1,146.0 1,145.9 1,148.0 1,151.2 1,153.2 2.0

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,319.1 1,324.9 1,323.9 1,326.6 1,322.6 1,325.8 1,327.0 1,327.5 1,326.5 1,329.1 2.6

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 212.8 210.5 211.2 212.2 213.1 210.4 210.2 211.2 211.2 212.1 .9

Communications equipment ........................... 148.2 155.0 153.1 153.5 148.5 153.7 155.1 154.5 153.7 153.8 .1

Semiconductors and electronic components . 450.1 445.5 445.9 445.6 451.2 448.0 447.4 447.1 447.1 446.9 -.2

Electronic instruments ..................................... 427.6 435.8 435.6 436.2 429.1 435.7 436.4 436.4 436.4 437.6 1.2

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 445.7 443.7 444.1 446.3 445.8 445.8 445.1 445.3 445.3 446.1 .8

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,765.5 1,777.6 1,777.6 1,780.4 1,765.1 1,771.9 1,760.1 1,781.8 1,776.1 1,778.7 2.6

Motor vehicles and parts 2................................. 1,117.2 1,107.8 1,104.9 1,100.5 1,115.0 1,104.0 1,092.9 1,108.7 1,101.5 1,098.6 -2.9

Furniture and related products .......................... 575.9 565.8 565.9 561.5 574.1 571.7 570.3 567.5 565.6 559.9 -5.7

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 656.6 651.3 649.3 649.7 655.6 656.4 654.3 653.5 650.9 648.9 -2.0

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,377 5,300 5,319 5,306 5,421 5,377 5,365 5,359 5,357 5,349 -8

Production workers ....................................... 3,914 3,859 3,866 3,854 3,950 3,927 3,916 3,907 3,904 3,892 -12

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,467.6 1,465.3 1,470.0 1,456.6 1,500.5 1,498.8 1,494.3 1,493.2 1,494.1 1,490.1 -4.0

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 190.3 187.3 186.3 186.5 194.3 193.0 192.2 192.5 191.4 190.9 -.5

Textile mills ......................................................... 241.1 228.1 229.1 228.1 239.7 233.2 231.5 230.1 228.7 227.0 -1.7

Textile product mills ........................................... 180.8 175.0 178.3 180.1 179.1 178.0 178.1 177.9 177.7 177.9 .2

Apparel ................................................................ 291.5 264.7 263.6 261.6 291.8 271.9 269.3 267.2 263.4 261.6 -1.8

Leather and allied products ............................... 43.2 42.8 43.5 43.9 42.6 43.1 43.1 43.2 43.2 43.2 .0

Paper and paper products ................................. 495.4 497.9 499.2 494.6 499.0 497.9 499.9 500.2 501.7 498.3 -3.4

Printing and related support activities ............... 661.1 653.3 655.3 655.7 665.7 660.8 659.6 659.2 659.1 659.5 .4

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 110.5 111.9 112.7 115.7 111.4 113.8 114.5 115.1 114.8 116.2 1.4

Chemicals ........................................................... 889.4 874.1 876.3 876.9 890.8 880.5 877.1 876.4 876.7 877.5 .8

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 805.9 799.5 804.5 806.1 805.9 806.2 804.9 804.1 806.5 806.4 -.1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Change

from:

Mar. 2005-

Apr. 2005p

Service-providing .............................................. 109,527 109,864 110,539 111,424 109,298 110,427 110,569 110,807 110,924 111,153 229

Private service-providing ............................... 87,520 87,822 88,400 89,273 87,691 88,727 88,859 89,074 89,192 89,403 211

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,265 25,337 25,426 25,573 25,481 25,620 25,652 25,714 25,735 25,774 39

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,641.0 5,643.7 5,676.1 5,701.6 5,648.2 5,683.6 5,679.9 5,688.7 5,702.9 5,707.7 4.8

Durable goods .................................................... 2,937.8 2,951.5 2,963.8 2,971.1 2,941.3 2,964.5 2,965.6 2,968.7 2,974.4 2,974.6 .2

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,006.5 1,982.8 1,999.1 2,012.2 2,009.1 2,009.9 2,005.4 2,006.9 2,013.0 2,014.2 1.2

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 696.7 709.4 713.2 718.3 697.8 709.2 708.9 713.1 715.5 718.9 3.4

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,852.3 14,838.8 14,873.0 14,973.1 15,038.0 15,077.0 15,081.2 15,125.4 15,123.3 15,147.7 24.4

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,902.3 1,888.0 1,901.7 1,913.3 1,906.6 1,905.9 1,907.4 1,911.2 1,913.4 1,916.5 3.1

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,257.6 1,241.6 1,248.8 1,252.2 1,260.3 1,249.1 1,247.9 1,248.8 1,251.2 1,254.2 3.0

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 551.8 557.9 557.3 558.8 558.1 563.7 562.1 562.6 562.3 565.2 2.9

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 512.8 513.9 516.9 513.1 514.9 516.5 516.1 515.1 516.5 514.8 -1.7

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,248.0 1,204.5 1,238.7 1,288.7 1,224.7 1,243.5 1,248.0 1,264.8 1,263.2 1,263.8 .6

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,796.7 2,801.2 2,793.8 2,797.0 2,830.8 2,819.8 2,826.0 2,826.6 2,826.5 2,828.8 2.3

Health and personal care stores ....................... 934.2 946.2 941.9 947.8 941.6 946.6 944.8 949.7 947.9 954.1 6.2

Gasoline stations ................................................ 871.9 862.5 865.1 867.7 879.3 871.3 872.9 874.6 874.6 874.4 -.2

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,314.2 1,338.2 1,343.6 1,346.3 1,352.1 1,381.3 1,375.5 1,380.5 1,381.8 1,384.4 2.6

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 618.5 622.2 619.4 615.9 639.8 635.8 637.7 636.2 635.8 637.0 1.2

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,780.2 2,778.2 2,784.2 2,803.2 2,847.7 2,852.9 2,853.5 2,864.1 2,862.5 2,867.2 4.7

Department stores .......................................... 1,561.5 1,571.3 1,568.8 1,576.3 1,613.6 1,619.3 1,619.1 1,625.7 1,623.8 1,625.9 2.1

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 904.8 910.1 897.5 907.0 916.8 918.2 918.7 919.9 919.2 919.2 .0

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 416.9 415.9 412.9 414.3 425.6 421.5 418.5 420.1 419.6 422.3 2.7

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,203.3 4,280.4 4,302.9 4,327.6 4,223.5 4,288.0 4,316.0 4,324.1 4,334.1 4,345.8 11.7

Air transportation ................................................ 515.2 504.4 505.4 502.3 516.0 512.3 509.4 507.9 507.1 502.4 -4.7

Rail transportation .............................................. 223.8 221.7 221.9 223.6 223.5 224.0 224.4 223.9 223.7 223.5 -.2

Water transportation ........................................... 56.5 57.3 59.1 59.9 57.2 58.6 59.8 60.0 60.7 60.4 -.3

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,328.4 1,345.8 1,356.1 1,376.5 1,343.8 1,366.5 1,372.6 1,378.0 1,382.9 1,390.6 7.7

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 391.7 402.3 404.0 406.6 377.4 391.0 391.7 391.0 388.5 392.7 4.2

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 38.4 39.1 39.2 39.5 38.6 38.7 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.7 .2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 24.0 18.8 20.5 23.8 26.8 26.6 24.2 24.9 26.5 27.0 .5

Support activities for transportation ................... 528.4 549.4 551.1 549.6 532.0 547.0 549.3 551.5 554.2 553.7 -.5

Couriers and messengers .................................. 548.3 573.1 576.3 577.7 556.2 556.4 577.5 577.6 580.0 583.8 3.8

Warehousing and storage .................................. 548.6 568.5 569.3 568.1 552.0 566.9 567.8 569.9 571.0 572.0 1.0

Utilities ................................................................... 567.9 573.8 574.1 570.3 571.0 571.3 574.7 576.0 575.0 573.1 -1.9

Information ................................................................ 3,128 3,105 3,120 3,135 3,142 3,127 3,123 3,127 3,135 3,147 12

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 908.4 903.7 905.4 900.9 911.0 905.7 905.0 905.6 906.5 903.7 -2.8

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 376.4 367.7 376.6 389.9 386.7 384.8 380.3 380.9 388.2 397.6 9.4

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 323.5 329.0 330.5 328.3 324.4 329.7 331.3 330.4 330.7 329.9 -.8

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.0 34.1 34.8 34.9 30.0 34.0 34.8 34.6 34.8 34.9 .1

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,050.1 1,029.5 1,028.6 1,037.5 1,050.9 1,031.5 1,030.8 1,032.2 1,031.5 1,038.2 6.7

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 388.3 390.6 393.4 393.1 387.2 390.4 389.9 392.6 392.8 392.0 -.8

Other information services ................................. 51.5 50.4 50.6 50.2 51.3 50.7 51.0 50.9 50.7 50.3 -.4

Financial activities .................................................... 7,997 8,116 8,132 8,167 8,021 8,128 8,150 8,165 8,171 8,188 17

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,942.2 6,027.9 6,034.0 6,042.7 5,948.4 6,014.5 6,030.9 6,037.6 6,039.7 6,048.2 8.5

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.2 20.2 20.3 20.3 22.1 20.6 20.5 20.4 20.4 20.3 -.1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,819.7 2,885.3 2,893.5 2,899.4 2,823.3 2,871.9 2,882.7 2,891.0 2,896.9 2,901.1 4.2

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,754.5 1,788.2 1,791.6 1,793.4 1,756.5 1,778.8 1,785.6 1,790.3 1,793.2 1,794.3 1.1

Commercial banking .................................... 1,282.9 1,303.6 1,305.8 1,306.8 1,284.4 1,296.8 1,301.6 1,305.5 1,307.5 1,307.1 -.4

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 756.3 783.9 784.5 787.0 759.2 779.7 782.5 784.8 786.9 790.4 3.5

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,258.2 2,252.9 2,250.3 2,251.9 2,258.2 2,258.1 2,259.6 2,256.7 2,251.0 2,252.7 1.7

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 85.8 85.6 85.4 84.1 85.6 84.2 85.6 84.7 84.5 83.7 -.8

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,054.3 2,087.8 2,098.0 2,124.3 2,072.2 2,113.6 2,119.0 2,127.2 2,131.2 2,140.0 8.8

Real estate .......................................................... 1,396.1 1,420.0 1,426.7 1,440.3 1,406.2 1,437.8 1,439.7 1,443.8 1,446.2 1,450.1 3.9

Rental and leasing services ............................... 633.2 642.9 646.9 658.4 640.6 650.9 654.1 658.3 660.0 664.1 4.1

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 25.0 24.9 24.4 25.6 25.4 24.9 25.2 25.1 25.0 25.8 .8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Change

from:

Mar. 2005-

Apr. 2005p

Professional and business services ........................ 16,298 16,451 16,601 16,836 16,305 16,674 16,694 16,775 16,807 16,843 36

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,780.4 6,976.6 6,986.4 7,001.7 6,712.2 6,869.9 6,882.1 6,902.7 6,913.7 6,931.5 17.8

Legal services .................................................. 1,151.6 1,152.0 1,152.9 1,154.8 1,158.6 1,164.4 1,160.8 1,161.2 1,161.9 1,162.9 1.0

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 907.4 996.6 984.0 967.0 811.6 840.8 858.1 858.1 861.6 865.1 3.5

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,241.9 1,267.4 1,276.2 1,289.2 1,249.4 1,289.5 1,286.9 1,292.0 1,295.2 1,298.1 2.9

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,126.9 1,171.4 1,174.8 1,173.8 1,127.7 1,174.3 1,171.8 1,174.2 1,176.0 1,177.1 1.1

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 768.4 784.5 789.4 794.8 772.9 789.9 789.3 793.7 796.0 799.4 3.4

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,709.4 1,713.0 1,718.5 1,728.3 1,717.6 1,725.6 1,730.7 1,731.3 1,732.4 1,735.6 3.2

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,808.2 7,761.0 7,896.5 8,105.9 7,875.5 8,078.0 8,081.6 8,140.9 8,160.6 8,176.1 15.5

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,484.2 7,441.0 7,578.1 7,784.9 7,550.2 7,751.4 7,755.2 7,813.8 7,835.8 7,853.1 17.3

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,357.1 3,432.8 3,508.6 3,590.1 3,422.4 3,584.5 3,595.9 3,633.8 3,647.9 3,660.2 12.3

Temporary help services ............................. 2,303.5 2,348.7 2,396.0 2,464.1 2,355.0 2,479.4 2,479.1 2,508.0 2,507.9 2,518.4 10.5

Business support services .............................. 755.0 755.4 756.4 755.0 755.5 757.0 752.8 755.7 754.5 755.3 .8

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,692.5 1,554.5 1,599.8 1,721.5 1,688.5 1,706.1 1,701.4 1,711.2 1,712.9 1,716.9 4.0

Waste management and remediation services 324.0 320.0 318.4 321.0 325.3 326.6 326.4 327.1 324.8 323.0 -1.8

Education and health services ................................ 17,058 17,291 17,359 17,430 16,871 17,142 17,178 17,186 17,209 17,244 35

Educational services ............................................. 2,915.2 2,951.0 2,969.2 2,989.2 2,747.3 2,805.5 2,825.0 2,810.3 2,812.0 2,819.1 7.1

Health care and social assistance ........................14,142.7 14,339.8 14,389.8 14,440.7 14,123.6 14,336.1 14,353.2 14,375.4 14,396.6 14,424.6 28.0

3 Health care ............................................................ 11,995.8 12,159.8 12,197.4 12,234.3 12,004.5 12,168.4 12,183.6 12,202.8 12,219.8 12,244.8 25.0

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,914.6 5,013.5 5,032.4 5,055.3 4,916.1 5,017.0 5,027.0 5,035.0 5,043.1 5,057.3 14.2

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,038.7 2,086.6 2,089.7 2,098.7 2,042.0 2,084.3 2,085.3 2,090.9 2,092.5 2,101.5 9.0

Outpatient care centers ................................... 444.2 450.4 452.5 453.4 443.5 450.3 451.5 451.1 452.1 453.0 .9

Home health care services ............................. 766.1 787.7 796.4 800.0 765.3 790.7 796.6 796.8 799.8 799.2 -.6

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,274.2 4,329.1 4,341.0 4,351.1 4,279.7 4,323.5 4,329.6 4,337.8 4,346.3 4,356.0 9.7

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,807.0 2,817.2 2,824.0 2,827.9 2,808.7 2,827.9 2,827.0 2,830.0 2,830.4 2,831.5 1.1

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,572.1 1,563.9 1,569.4 1,567.2 1,574.8 1,574.5 1,571.5 1,571.6 1,572.7 1,570.7 -2.0

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,146.9 2,180.0 2,192.4 2,206.4 2,119.1 2,167.7 2,169.6 2,172.6 2,176.8 2,179.8 3.0

Child day care services ................................... 778.4 792.5 798.2 803.7 760.3 780.4 780.5 782.5 784.6 785.9 1.3

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,351 12,110 12,322 12,658 12,443 12,589 12,611 12,650 12,674 12,732 58

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,794.3 1,611.0 1,654.1 1,791.4 1,833.4 1,811.0 1,805.4 1,808.4 1,811.3 1,827.1 15.8

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 370.1 333.1 341.3 369.3 365.1 357.9 355.6 357.0 358.1 362.7 4.6

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 115.6 103.3 108.6 114.6 117.0 114.8 114.5 113.6 115.5 116.1 .6

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,308.6 1,174.6 1,204.2 1,307.5 1,351.3 1,338.3 1,335.3 1,337.8 1,337.7 1,348.3 10.6

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,556.9 10,499.4 10,667.5 10,866.2 10,609.4 10,778.4 10,805.1 10,841.1 10,863.1 10,905.2 42.1

Accommodations ................................................ 1,750.0 1,750.2 1,769.7 1,795.2 1,791.6 1,824.6 1,825.9 1,830.3 1,831.2 1,838.0 6.8

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,806.9 8,749.2 8,897.8 9,071.0 8,817.8 8,953.8 8,979.2 9,010.8 9,031.9 9,067.2 35.3

Other services .......................................................... 5,423 5,412 5,440 5,474 5,428 5,447 5,451 5,457 5,461 5,475 14

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,232.4 1,227.1 1,234.2 1,242.3 1,229.5 1,229.9 1,229.4 1,233.7 1,234.4 1,237.7 3.3

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,276.8 1,260.2 1,273.0 1,291.2 1,275.7 1,276.8 1,280.4 1,280.5 1,282.6 1,287.5 4.9

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,913.7 2,924.5 2,932.8 2,940.7 2,922.3 2,940.6 2,941.4 2,942.9 2,943.5 2,949.3 5.8

Government .............................................................. 22,007 22,042 22,139 22,151 21,607 21,700 21,710 21,733 21,732 21,750 18

Federal ................................................................... 2,742 2,704 2,705 2,714 2,745 2,706 2,717 2,720 2,719 2,715 -4

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,958.9 1,926.3 1,927.7 1,937.3 1,957.2 1,939.5 1,937.2 1,939.8 1,939.0 1,935.4 -3.6

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 783.1 777.3 776.9 776.2 787.3 766.4 780.2 780.1 780.0 779.5 -.5

State government .................................................. 5,119 5,135 5,172 5,177 4,975 5,020 5,025 5,027 5,029 5,034 5

State government education .............................. 2,391.5 2,404.3 2,436.7 2,436.1 2,243.3 2,277.9 2,280.4 2,283.0 2,286.3 2,288.8 2.5

State government, excluding education ............ 2,727.7 2,730.2 2,735.5 2,741.2 2,731.6 2,741.9 2,744.4 2,744.4 2,743.1 2,745.2 2.1

Local government .................................................. 14,146 14,203 14,262 14,260 13,887 13,974 13,968 13,986 13,984 14,001 17

Local government education ............................. 8,079.5 8,136.9 8,177.9 8,149.6 7,750.7 7,810.8 7,808.8 7,820.7 7,814.8 7,823.2 8.4

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,066.9 6,065.8 6,084.5 6,110.5 6,136.4 6,163.1 6,159.2 6,165.1 6,169.2 6,177.5 8.3

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately. 3Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and 

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, nursing and residential care facilities.

and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Change

from:

Mar. 2005-

Apr. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 33.5 33.5 33.5 33.6 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.9 0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 39.7 39.4 39.6 39.9 40.0 40.0 39.8 39.9 39.8 40.2 .4

Natural resources and mining .............................. 43.9 44.6 44.8 45.2 44.3 45.4 45.5 45.1 45.2 45.5 .3

Construction ............................................................ 37.7 37.1 37.8 38.7 38.2 38.4 37.6 38.2 38.3 39.0 .7

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.6 40.4 40.4 40.3 40.8 40.5 40.7 40.6 40.4 40.5 .1

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

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.1 40.9 40.8 40.7 41.3 41.1 41.1 41.0 40.8 40.9 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.6 .1

Wood products .................................................. 40.8 39.2 39.2 39.3 40.9 40.3 40.6 39.9 39.6 39.5 -.1

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.3 41.2 41.1 41.9 42.3 42.3 41.9 42.1 41.7 41.9 .2

Primary metals .................................................. 43.2 43.0 43.0 42.5 43.2 42.8 43.1 43.0 42.9 42.6 -.3

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.8 40.7 40.6 40.6 41.0 40.9 40.9 40.8 40.7 40.8 .1

Machinery .......................................................... 41.6 42.1 42.1 41.9 41.9 42.0 42.0 42.0 42.0 42.2 .2

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.2 39.5 39.5 39.2 40.6 39.8 40.0 39.6 39.4 39.6 .2

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.5 39.7 40.0 40.3 40.9 40.0 40.1 40.0 40.2 40.6 .4

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.3 42.5 42.1 41.9 42.4 42.4 42.4 42.4 41.9 42.1 .2

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 42.5 42.4 41.9 41.6 42.5 42.6 42.3 42.3 41.7 41.7 .0

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.5 39.2 39.4 39.2 39.5 39.5 39.5 39.4 39.5 39.3 -.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.3 38.7 39.1 38.7 38.4 38.3 38.5 38.6 38.9 38.9 .0

Nondurable goods ............................................... 39.7 39.6 39.6 39.6 40.0 39.8 40.0 40.0 39.7 39.9 .2

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

Food manufacturing ......................................... 38.4 38.7 38.2 38.4 39.2 38.8 39.0 39.3 38.8 39.1 .3

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.8 39.6 40.0 40.9 39.8 39.6 40.5 40.2 40.3 40.5 .2

Textile mills ........................................................ 39.6 39.6 40.6 40.0 39.7 39.8 40.2 39.7 40.1 40.1 .0

Textile product mills ......................................... 38.4 39.2 39.6 39.4 38.4 39.0 39.5 39.5 39.6 39.5 -.1

Apparel ............................................................... 36.0 35.7 36.3 36.3 36.0 35.9 35.9 35.9 36.0 36.2 .2

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.5 37.3 37.6 38.1 38.9 37.6 37.1 37.2 37.1 37.4 .3

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.8 41.7 41.6 41.8 42.0 42.0 42.5 42.1 41.9 42.0 .1

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.2 38.3 38.4 38.1 38.4 38.5 38.6 38.5 38.3 38.4 .1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 43.4 44.5 44.6 45.5 44.5 44.6 44.5 44.7 45.1 46.4 1.3

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.8 42.3 42.2 42.2 43.0 42.6 42.8 42.3 42.2 42.4 .2

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.8 40.0 39.8 39.7 40.8 39.8 40.0 40.1 39.8 39.7 -.1

Private service-providing ............................. 32.1 32.2 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.3 33.2 33.2 33.3 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.5 33.6 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.8 37.5 37.5 37.6 38.0 37.6 37.7 37.8 37.7 37.8 .1

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.4 30.3 30.3 30.5 30.8 30.8 30.7 30.8 30.7 30.8 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.6 36.7 36.8 36.9 37.1 37.4 37.5 37.3 37.2 37.4 .2

Utilities ................................................................... 41.0 40.5 40.1 41.0 41.2 40.7 41.0 40.5 40.3 41.1 .8

Information ............................................................... 35.9 36.3 36.1 36.0 36.3 36.4 36.3 36.4 36.4 36.4 .0

Financial activities .................................................. 35.3 35.7 35.6 35.8 35.6 35.7 35.9 35.8 35.9 36.1 .2

Professional and business services .................... 34.1 33.9 33.9 34.1 34.2 34.2 34.1 34.0 34.0 34.2 .2

Education and health services ............................. 32.2 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.7 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.4 25.5 25.4 25.5 25.7 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.7 25.7 .0

Other services ......................................................... 30.8 30.8 30.8 30.9 31.1 30.8 30.9 30.9 31.0 31.1 .1

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and 2

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

manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory vehicle parts.

workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for p = preliminary.

approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Apr.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Apr.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Total private ....................................... $15.59 $15.96 $15.95 $16.00 $522.27 $534.66 $534.33 $537.60

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.58 15.91 15.95 16.00 525.05 536.17 537.52 542.40

Goods-producing .......................................... 17.08 17.34 17.36 17.46 678.08 683.20 687.46 696.65

Natural resources and mining .............................. 18.07 18.45 18.36 18.64 793.27 822.87 822.53 842.53

Construction ............................................................ 19.15 19.20 19.25 19.33 721.96 712.32 727.65 748.07

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.06 16.43 16.40 16.43 652.04 663.77 662.56 662.13

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.71 17.20 17.15 17.18 686.78 703.48 699.72 699.23

Wood products .................................................. 13.00 13.04 13.10 13.14 530.40 511.17 513.52 516.40

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.17 16.20 16.30 16.73 683.99 667.44 669.93 700.99

Primary metals .................................................. 18.51 18.78 18.73 18.74 799.63 807.54 805.39 796.45

Fabricated metal products .............................. 15.21 15.67 15.63 15.61 620.57 637.77 634.58 633.77

Machinery .......................................................... 16.54 17.02 17.06 17.07 688.06 716.54 718.23 715.23

Computer and electronic products ................ 17.02 18.04 17.95 18.13 684.20 712.58 709.03 710.70

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.84 15.15 15.12 15.12 601.02 601.46 604.80 609.34

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.31 21.97 21.83 21.73 901.41 933.73 919.04 910.49

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.10 13.34 13.37 13.48 517.45 522.93 526.78 528.42

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.71 14.04 14.02 13.97 525.09 543.35 548.18 540.64

Nondurable goods ............................................... 15.00 15.17 15.18 15.19 595.50 600.73 601.13 601.52

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.98 13.07 13.01 12.99 498.43 505.81 496.98 498.82

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 19.57 18.65 18.93 19.34 778.89 738.54 757.20 791.01

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.22 12.25 12.24 12.28 483.91 485.10 496.94 491.20

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.30 11.48 11.56 11.52 433.92 450.02 457.78 453.89

Apparel ............................................................... 9.65 10.19 10.06 10.06 347.40 363.78 365.18 365.18

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.64 11.42 11.48 11.45 459.78 425.97 431.65 436.25

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.89 17.86 17.92 17.94 747.80 744.76 745.47 749.89

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.55 15.79 15.70 15.58 594.01 604.76 602.88 593.60

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.45 24.74 24.81 24.11 1,061.13 1,100.93 1,106.53 1,097.01

Chemicals .......................................................... 18.96 19.32 19.47 19.58 811.49 817.24 821.63 826.28

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.58 14.65 14.69 14.75 594.86 586.00 584.66 585.58

Private service-providing ............................. 15.19 15.60 15.59 15.62 487.60 502.32 502.00 504.53

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.57 14.86 14.87 14.92 485.18 493.35 493.68 496.84

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.59 17.98 17.92 18.05 664.90 674.25 672.00 678.68

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.07 12.35 12.35 12.40 366.93 374.21 374.21 378.20

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.47 16.57 16.62 16.62 602.80 608.12 611.62 613.28

Utilities ................................................................... 25.72 25.98 26.36 26.39 1,054.52 1,052.19 1,057.04 1,081.99

Information ............................................................... 21.23 21.67 21.71 22.04 762.16 786.62 783.73 793.44

Financial activities .................................................. 17.46 17.73 17.75 17.87 616.34 632.96 631.90 639.75

Professional and business services .................... 17.30 17.91 17.84 17.87 589.93 607.15 604.78 609.37

Education and health services ............................. 16.04 16.46 16.50 16.51 516.49 534.95 534.60 536.58

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.85 9.09 9.07 9.10 224.79 231.80 230.38 232.05

Other services ......................................................... 13.97 14.23 14.18 14.16 430.28 438.28 436.74 437.54

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
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Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Mar. 2005-

Apr. 2005p

Current dollars .............................................. $15.58 $15.85 $15.90 $15.91 $15.95 $16.00 0.3

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.24 8.23 8.24 8.22 8.19 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.12 17.36 17.35 17.43 17.44 17.50 .3

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 18.01 18.37 18.43 18.40 18.27 18.53 1.4

Construction ............................................................................ 19.20 19.29 19.24 19.31 19.35 19.38 .2

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.07 16.34 16.37 16.42 16.42 16.45 .2

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 15.23 15.48 15.51 15.54 15.55 15.58 .2

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.74 17.06 17.10 17.18 17.16 17.21 .3

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.99 15.16 15.18 15.19 15.21 15.21 .0

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.17 15.45 15.51 15.51 15.56 15.60 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.52 14.72 14.82 14.79 14.84 14.87 .2

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.59 17.87 17.91 17.95 17.99 18.04 .3

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.01 12.21 12.32 12.29 12.31 12.34 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.46 16.54 16.58 16.52 16.63 16.63 .0

Utilities ................................................................................... 25.61 26.11 26.23 26.04 26.32 26.33 .0

Information ............................................................................... 21.31 21.70 21.80 21.67 21.82 22.09 1.2

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.45 17.71 17.71 17.74 17.80 17.86 .3

Professional and business services .................................... 17.33 17.69 17.79 17.80 17.83 17.90 .4

Education and health services ............................................. 16.03 16.37 16.40 16.45 16.51 16.51 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.86 9.01 9.03 9.05 9.05 9.10 .6

Other services ......................................................................... 13.92 14.13 14.15 14.17 14.16 14.14 -.1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the 

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and rate of time and one-half.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. N.A. = not available.

3 Change was -0.4 percent from Feb. 2005 to Mar. 2005, the p = preliminary.

latest month available.
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Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Mar. 2005-

Apr. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 98.6 99.2 100.0 101.5 99.7 101.2 101.5 101.8 101.9 102.8 0.9

Goods-producing .......................................... 94.5 93.1 94.5 96.9 96.4 97.5 96.9 97.6 97.4 98.7 1.3

Natural resources and mining .............................. 99.8 105.2 107.6 110.3 103.3 109.0 110.3 110.2 111.5 113.2 1.5

Construction ............................................................ 96.6 93.2 97.2 104.5 100.7 104.0 101.6 104.4 105.0 107.9 2.8

Manufacturing ......................................................... 93.4 92.7 93.0 92.8 94.2 93.9 94.2 94.0 93.5 93.7 .2

Durable goods ..................................................... 94.4 94.3 94.4 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.2 95.2 94.8 95.0 .2

Wood products .................................................. 99.1 96.4 96.5 97.4 100.3 101.1 101.7 99.9 99.2 98.9 -.3

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 96.3 90.6 91.6 96.0 97.0 98.3 97.1 97.3 95.9 96.6 .7

Primary metals .................................................. 93.0 92.8 93.1 92.0 93.1 92.6 93.0 93.1 92.9 92.4 -.5

Fabricated metal products .............................. 96.5 97.6 97.9 98.2 97.0 98.4 98.6 98.2 98.4 98.8 .4

Machinery .......................................................... 94.9 97.2 97.7 97.4 95.3 96.5 96.8 96.8 97.1 97.7 .6

Computer and electronic products ................ 87.9 90.4 91.3 91.0 89.3 89.7 91.1 90.9 91.1 92.3 1.3

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 88.0 86.6 86.9 87.9 88.8 87.5 87.5 87.4 87.6 88.5 1.0

Transportation equipment ............................... 96.3 97.0 96.1 95.8 96.4 96.4 95.8 96.8 95.5 96.0 .5

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 97.3 96.4 95.1 94.2 96.9 96.4 95.0 96.2 94.4 94.1 -.3

Furniture and related products ....................... 94.9 91.3 91.8 90.5 94.6 93.6 93.2 92.3 92.1 90.5 -1.7

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 91.5 90.8 91.0 90.1 91.4 90.9 91.0 91.1 90.9 90.6 -.3

Nondurable goods ............................................... 91.5 90.0 90.2 89.9 93.1 92.0 92.3 92.0 91.3 91.5 .2

Food manufacturing ......................................... 92.8 93.9 92.9 92.5 97.3 96.7 96.8 97.4 96.3 96.8 .5

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 85.8 86.5 86.9 89.7 88.3 91.0 91.8 91.0 91.2 91.5 .3

Textile mills ........................................................ 79.9 74.0 76.0 74.3 79.6 76.2 76.3 74.8 74.9 74.1 -1.1

Textile product mills ......................................... 92.8 91.4 94.4 95.4 91.9 92.1 93.7 93.7 94.0 93.9 -.1

Apparel ............................................................... 77.1 68.5 69.3 68.3 76.9 70.9 69.9 69.5 68.6 67.9 -1.0

Leather and allied products ............................ 88.8 82.2 84.6 86.0 86.2 85.0 83.4 83.2 83.0 83.1 .1

Paper and paper products .............................. 88.7 88.6 88.5 88.0 89.9 89.2 90.7 89.9 89.8 89.3 -.6

Printing and related support activities ........... 92.4 91.4 91.4 91.3 93.6 93.5 93.5 92.8 91.9 92.6 .8

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 96.2 102.0 102.7 106.2 100.3 104.7 104.9 106.2 106.6 110.1 3.3

Chemicals .......................................................... 99.2 96.5 96.0 96.0 99.4 97.8 97.9 96.6 96.1 96.3 .2

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 94.9 92.3 92.5 92.3 94.8 92.8 93.1 93.1 92.8 92.3 -.5

Private service-providing ............................. 99.6 100.8 101.5 102.9 100.9 102.5 102.8 103.0 103.2 103.8 .6

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 97.6 98.2 98.6 99.5 99.5 100.4 100.8 101.1 100.9 101.4 .5

Wholesale trade ................................................... 98.1 98.6 99.3 100.0 98.7 99.4 99.8 100.3 100.3 100.6 .3

Retail trade ........................................................... 96.7 96.6 96.9 98.3 99.4 99.9 99.7 100.4 100.1 100.6 .5

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 98.8 102.0 102.9 103.8 100.9 103.8 105.2 104.9 105.0 105.9 .9

Utilities ................................................................... 95.5 94.5 93.7 95.3 96.4 94.7 96.0 94.8 94.2 95.9 1.8

Information ............................................................... 96.6 100.8 101.0 101.1 98.0 101.3 101.2 101.6 102.1 102.6 .5

Financial activities .................................................. 100.4 103.4 103.2 104.2 101.6 103.6 104.4 104.4 104.7 105.5 .8

Professional and business services .................... 100.6 101.6 102.7 104.9 101.1 103.9 103.9 104.1 104.5 105.4 .9

Education and health services ............................. 103.1 105.6 105.7 106.4 102.7 104.7 105.3 105.3 105.5 106.0 .5

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 100.7 99.2 100.6 104.0 102.8 104.2 104.1 104.9 105.0 105.6 .6

Other services ......................................................... 95.5 96.2 96.7 97.6 96.7 96.6 97.1 97.3 97.8 98.3 .5

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

and motor vehicle parts. are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or

p = preliminary. nonsupervisory worker employment.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by 
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Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Apr.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Apr.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Mar. 2005-

Apr. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 102.9 106.0 106.7 108.6 104.0 107.4 107.9 108.3 108.8 110.1 1.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 98.8 98.8 100.4 103.6 101.0 103.7 103.0 104.2 104.1 105.8 1.6

Natural resources and mining .............................. 104.9 112.9 114.9 119.5 108.3 116.5 118.2 118.0 118.4 121.9 3.0

Construction ............................................................ 99.9 96.6 101.0 109.1 104.4 108.3 105.6 108.9 109.7 112.9 2.9

Manufacturing ......................................................... 98.1 99.6 99.7 99.7 99.0 100.3 100.8 100.9 100.4 100.8 .4

Durable goods ..................................................... 98.4 101.3 101.1 101.4 99.2 101.5 101.7 102.1 101.5 102.1 .6

Nondurable goods ............................................... 97.0 96.5 96.7 96.5 98.6 98.6 99.0 98.8 98.1 98.3 .2

Private service-providing ............................. 103.9 108.0 108.7 110.4 105.1 108.8 109.5 109.8 110.3 111.3 .9

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 101.4 104.1 104.6 105.9 103.0 105.5 106.5 106.6 106.8 107.5 .7

Wholesale trade ................................................... 101.6 104.4 104.8 106.3 102.3 104.7 105.2 106.1 106.3 106.9 .6

Retail trade ........................................................... 100.1 102.3 102.6 104.4 102.3 104.5 105.3 105.7 105.7 106.4 .7

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 103.2 107.2 108.5 109.5 105.4 108.9 110.7 110.0 110.7 111.7 .9

Utilities ................................................................... 102.6 102.4 103.1 105.0 103.1 103.2 105.1 103.0 103.5 105.4 1.8

Information ............................................................... 101.5 108.1 108.6 110.3 103.4 108.8 109.2 109.0 110.2 112.2 1.8

Financial activities .................................................. 108.4 113.3 113.2 115.1 109.7 113.5 114.3 114.5 115.2 116.5 1.1

Professional and business services .................... 103.6 108.3 109.0 111.5 104.3 109.4 110.0 110.3 110.8 112.3 1.4

Education and health services ............................. 108.7 114.3 114.7 115.5 108.3 112.6 113.5 113.9 114.5 115.1 .5

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 103.9 105.1 106.4 110.3 106.2 109.4 109.6 110.6 110.8 112.0 1.1

Other services ......................................................... 97.2 99.7 99.9 100.7 98.0 99.5 100.1 100.5 100.9 101.3 .4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are

p = preliminary. the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated production or nonsupervisory worker employment. 

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by 
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Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

Time Span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1

Over 1-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 49.5 47.7 48.6 32.7 42.4 40.8 36.7 39.0 37.6 33.6 36.9 37.1

2002 ........................................................ 41.0 35.6 39.7 39.2 40.5 47.7 42.8 43.0 42.1 39.0 41.5 35.1

2003 ........................................................ 44.4 38.7 35.3 41.4 39.4 39.9 42.1 39.4 50.4 48.9 50.0 50.5

2004 ........................................................ 50.9 53.4 66.0 67.3 64.6 59.7 55.4 53.8 57.6 58.6 54.7 54.3

2005 ........................................................ 54.1 61.2 p 55.8 p 61.3

Over 3-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 53.2 49.8 49.8 42.3 38.1 34.2 37.8 37.6 34.7 35.4 30.8 32.0

2002 ........................................................ 35.3 37.9 36.5 34.2 34.4 39.4 40.6 44.1 37.8 37.1 35.8 36.7

2003 ........................................................ 38.3 35.4 33.3 33.5 36.5 41.7 37.8 37.4 43.2 46.4 48.6 50.2

2004 ........................................................ 52.5 53.8 56.7 69.4 75.4 71.2 63.5 56.8 57.4 59.9 59.7 56.3

2005 ........................................................ 58.5 60.3 p 65.1 p 64.9

Over 6-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 53.1 50.9 52.0 45.5 43.0 39.7 38.5 33.6 33.5 34.2 33.6 30.9

2002 ........................................................ 29.5 29.9 32.0 31.7 30.9 37.4 37.1 38.7 35.3 36.0 37.9 35.1

2003 ........................................................ 32.7 32.2 31.3 31.3 33.1 37.6 33.6 32.2 40.3 43.7 46.4 49.3

2004 ........................................................ 47.3 50.4 54.9 62.6 64.4 69.6 67.3 68.9 64.6 62.2 59.7 55.9

2005 ........................................................ 60.3 62.8 p 63.1 p 60.3

Over 12-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2

2004 ........................................................ 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.7 52.0 56.7 57.4 57.6 60.3 62.1 64.6 64.0

2005 ........................................................ 61.2 64.7 p 63.7 p 65.1

Over 1-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 22.0 17.3 22.0 17.9 16.1 22.6 13.1 15.5 18.5 17.3 14.9 11.9

2002 ........................................................ 19.0 19.6 22.0 32.1 26.2 31.0 35.7 23.2 28.6 15.5 18.5 16.7

2003 ........................................................ 35.1 19.0 19.0 11.9 19.6 20.8 22.6 24.4 32.7 35.1 39.9 42.9

2004 ........................................................ 39.3 49.4 50.0 65.5 60.1 51.8 60.7 48.8 42.9 42.3 46.4 44.6

2005 ........................................................ 42.3 44.6 p 41.1 p 50.0

Over 3-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 32.7 20.8 16.7 14.3 14.3 11.9 11.9 9.5 7.7 12.5 11.3 9.5

2002 ........................................................ 10.7 11.9 11.3 17.9 14.9 20.2 25.6 23.8 20.2 13.7 8.9 9.5

2003 ........................................................ 16.1 14.3 12.5 8.9 10.7 10.7 14.3 15.5 18.5 27.4 31.5 35.1

2004 ........................................................ 42.3 43.5 42.9 58.3 69.0 69.6 62.5 53.6 52.4 44.6 45.2 35.7

2005 ........................................................ 45.2 42.9 p 50.6 p 47.6

Over 6-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 22.6 24.4 21.4 19.6 14.3 11.9 13.1 11.3 10.7 7.1 7.7 5.4

2002 ........................................................ 6.0 8.3 8.3 9.5 7.1 13.1 12.5 11.3 14.3 8.3 8.3 7.7

2003 ........................................................ 12.5 10.1 7.1 8.3 11.3 10.7 4.8 10.1 13.1 16.7 19.6 26.8

2004 ........................................................ 27.4 29.8 33.3 47.0 52.4 57.1 60.1 58.9 58.9 50.6 45.2 42.9

2005 ........................................................ 43.5 44.0 p 43.5 p 38.7

Over 12-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ........................................................ 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7

2004 ........................................................ 13.1 14.3 13.1 19.0 25.6 34.5 43.5 40.5 45.8 48.2 49.4 46.4

2005 ........................................................ 45.2 45.8 p 46.4 p 46.4

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1

1Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where

spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing 

p= preliminary. and decreasing employment. 

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment