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Technical information: 

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — NOVEMBER 2013 

The unemployment rate declined from 7.3 percent to 7.0 percent in November, and total nonfarm 

payroll employment rose by 203,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment 

increased in transportation and warehousing, health care, and manufacturing. 

Household Survey Data 

Both the number of unemployed persons, at 10.9 million, and the unemployment rate, at 7.0 percent, 

declined in November. Among the unemployed, the number who reported being on temporary layoff

decreased by 377,000. This largely reflects the return to work of federal employees who were 

furloughed in October due to the partial government shutdown. (See tables A-1 and A-11.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (6.7 percent), adult women 

(6.2 percent), teenagers (20.8 percent), whites (6.2 percent), blacks (12.5 percent), and Hispanics (8.7 

percent) changed little in November. The jobless rate for Asians was 5.3 percent (not seasonally 

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

The number of persons unemployed less than 5 weeks declined by 300,000 in November, partially 

reflecting the return to work of federal employees on furlough in October. The number of long-term 

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Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month 

change, seasonally adjusted, November 2011 –

November 2013

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November 2011 – November 2013
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unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially unchanged at 4.1 million in 

November. These individuals accounted for 37.3 percent of the unemployed. The number of long-term 

unemployed has declined by 718,000 over the past 12 months. (See table A-12.) 

The civilian labor force rose by 455,000 in November, after declining by 720,000 in October. The 

labor force participation rate changed little (63.0 percent) in November. Total employment as 

measured by the household survey increased by 818,000 over the month, following a decline of 735,000 

in the prior month. This over-the-month increase in employment partly reflected the return to work of 

furloughed federal government employees. The employment-population ratio increased by 0.3 

percentage point to 58.6 percent in November, reversing a decline of the same size in the prior month. 

(See table A-1.) 

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

involuntary part-time workers) fell by 331,000 to 7.7 million in November. These individuals were 

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

job. (See table A-8.) 

In November, 2.1 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, down by 409,000 from 

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

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

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

survey. (See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 762,000 discouraged workers in November, down by 

217,000 from a year ago. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not 

currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.3 

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

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

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 203,000 in November. Job growth averaged 195,000 

per month over the prior 12 months. In November, job gains occurred in transportation and 

warehousing, health care, and manufacturing. (See table B-1.) 

Employment in transportation and warehousing rose by 31,000 in November, with gains in couriers 

and messengers (+9,000), truck transportation (+8,000), warehousing and storage (+5,000), and air 

transportation (+3,000). 

Health care employment continued to increase over the month (+28,000). Job gains occurred in home 

healthcare services (+12,000) and offices of physicians (+7,000), while nursing care facilities lost jobs 

(-4,000). Job growth in health care has averaged 19,000 per month thus far this year, compared with an 

average monthly gain of 27,000 in 2012. 

In November, manufacturing added 27,000 jobs. Within the industry, job gains occurred in food 

manufacturing (+8,000) and in motor vehicles and parts (+7,000). 

In November, employment in professional and business services continued to trend up (+35,000). 

Over the prior 12 months, the industry added an average of 55,000 jobs per month. 
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Retail trade employment also continued to expand in November (+22,000). Within the industry, job 

growth occurred in general merchandise stores (+14,000); in sporting goods, hobby, book, and music 

stores (+12,000); and in automobile dealers (+7,000). Over the prior 12 months, job growth in retail 

trade averaged 31,000 per month. 

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

up in November (+18,000). Job growth in this industry averaged 28,000 per month over the prior 

12 months. 

Employment in construction continued to trend up in November (+17,000). Monthly job gains in the 

industry averaged 15,000 over the prior 12 months. 

Federal government employment continued to decline (-7,000) in November. Over the past 12 months, 

federal government employment has decreased by 92,000. 

Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, wholesale trade, information, 

and financial activities, showed little or no change in November. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to 34.5 

hours in November. The manufacturing workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 41.0 hours, and factory 

overtime edged up by 0.1 hour to 3.5 hours. The average workweek for production and 

nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to 33.7 hours. (See 

tables B-2 and B-7.) 

In November, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 4 cents 

to $24.15. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 48 cents, or 2.0 percent. In November, 

average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees increased by 3 cents to $20.31. 

(See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for September was revised from +163,000 to 

+175,000, and the change for October was revised from +204,000 to +200,000. With these revisions, 

employment gains in September and October combined were 8,000 higher than previously reported. 

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The Employment Situation for December is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 10, 2014, 

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

 
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Household Survey Reference Period 

In the household survey, the reference period for November 2013 was the calendar week that 

included the 5th of the month. Typically, the reference period for the household survey is the 

calendar week that includes the 12th of the month. The November reference week was moved 

up in 2013 due to the timing of the November and December holidays. In accordance with 

usual practice, this change is made in November when necessary to allow for sufficient time to 

process data and conduct survey operations. 

Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data 

In accordance with usual practice, The Employment Situation release for December 2013, 

scheduled for January 10, 2014, will incorporate annual revisions in seasonally adjusted 

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

for the most recent 5 years are subject to revision. 

Upcoming Change to the Household Survey Tables 

Effective with the release of January 2014 data on February 7, 2014, household survey table 

A-10 will include two new seasonally adjusted series for women age 55 and over—the number 

of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate. These will replace the series that are 

currently displayed for this group, which are not seasonally adjusted. 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Change from:

Oct. 2013-

Nov. 2013

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population........................................... 244,174 246,168 246,381 246,567 186

Civilian labor force........................................................... 155,319 155,559 154,839 155,294 455

Participation rate.......................................................... 63.6 63.2 62.8 63.0 0.2

Employed................................................................... 143,277 144,303 143,568 144,386 818

Employment-population ratio.......................................... 58.7 58.6 58.3 58.6 0.3

Unemployed............................................................... 12,042 11,255 11,272 10,907 -365

Unemployment rate.................................................... 7.8 7.2 7.3 7.0 -0.3

Not in labor force............................................................ 88,855 90,609 91,541 91,273 -268

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over...................................................... 7.8 7.2 7.3 7.0 -0.3

Adult men (20 years and over)............................................ 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.7 -0.3

Adult women (20 years and over)......................................... 7.0 6.2 6.4 6.2 -0.2

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................ 23.6 21.4 22.2 20.8 -1.4

White.......................................................................... 6.8 6.3 6.3 6.2 -0.1

Black or African American.................................................. 13.2 12.9 13.1 12.5 -0.6

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................ 6.4 5.3 5.2 5.3 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................................. 9.9 9.0 9.1 8.7 -0.4

Total, 25 years and over...................................................... 6.5 6.0 6.1 5.9 -0.2

Less than a high school diploma.......................................... 12.1 10.3 10.9 10.8 -0.1

High school graduates, no college........................................ 8.1 7.6 7.3 7.3 0.0

Some college or associate degree........................................ 6.6 6.0 6.3 6.4 0.1

Bachelor’s degree and higher.............................................. 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.4 -0.4

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.................. 6,429 5,844 6,253 5,804 -449

Job leavers...................................................................... 926 989 861 893 32

Reentrants....................................................................... 3,325 3,181 3,117 3,073 -44

New entrants.................................................................... 1,326 1,222 1,223 1,165 -58

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks............................................................. 2,596 2,596 2,761 2,461 -300

5 to 14 weeks................................................................... 2,757 2,703 2,656 2,597 -59

15 to 26 weeks................................................................. 1,820 1,804 1,782 1,766 -16

27 weeks and over............................................................. 4,784 4,146 4,063 4,066 3

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons.............................................. 8,138 7,926 8,050 7,719 -331

Slack work or business conditions........................................ 5,084 4,960 5,047 4,869 -178

Could only find part-time work............................................. 2,648 2,557 2,599 2,486 -113

Part time for noneconomic reasons.......................................... 18,594 18,967 18,786 18,876 90

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force....................................... 2,505 2,302 2,283 2,096 –

Discouraged workers........................................................ 979 852 815 762 –

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

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will

not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced

annually with the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 175 200 203

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 168 214 196

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 29 31 44

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4 3 0

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 17 12 17

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 16 27

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 12 11 17

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 2.5 4.1 6.7

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -10 -4 5 10

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 139 183 152

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 15.7 -8.1 6.8

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.6 23.3 45.8 22.3

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.2 36.9 3.1 30.5

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 4 -1

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 -3 7 -3

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 47 48 35

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.5 27.4 9.1 16.4

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 14 30 40

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 19.7 21.3 29.6

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 -1 49 17

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 4 4

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -9 7 -14 7

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

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

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

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

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

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

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23.67 $24.09 $24.11 $24.15

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $814.25 $828.70 $829.38 $833.18

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.0 98.7 98.8 99.3

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

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.5 113.3 113.6 114.4

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9 0.0 0.3 0.7

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

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

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19.88 $20.25 $20.28 $20.31

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $669.96 $682.43 $681.41 $684.45

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.7 106.3 106.2 106.7

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

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.9 143.8 143.9 144.8

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.6

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (266 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 61.3 61.1 63.5

Manufacturing (81 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.5 54.3 56.8 63.0

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

service-providing industries.

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

hours.

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

aggregate weekly payrolls.

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

balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.

p Preliminary
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

1. Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Employment Situation news release. 

3. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax 

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

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

4. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

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

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

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

industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

insurance benefits? 

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

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

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

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

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

looking for work? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household 

survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey 

(CES; establishment survey). The household survey 

provides information on the labor force, employment, and 

unemployment that appears in the "A" tables, marked 

HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 

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

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

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm 

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

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of 

nonagricultural business establishments. Each month the 

CES program surveys about 145,000 businesses and 

government agencies, representing approximately 557,000 

individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry 

data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on 

nonfarm payrolls. The active sample includes 

approximately one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. 

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

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

reference period is generally the calendar week that 

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

survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 

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

calendar week. 

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys 

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force. 

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked 

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

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

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: they had no employment during the 

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

and they made specific efforts to find employment 

sometime during the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting 

recall need not be looking for work to be counted as 

unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the 

household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for 

or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. 

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those persons not classified as 

employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The 

unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent 

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

labor force as a percent of the population, and 

the employment-population ratio is the employed as a 

percent of the population. Additional information 

about the household survey can be found at 

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

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

government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are 

those who received pay for any part of the reference pay 

period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are 

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

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

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

industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an 

establishment’s principal activity in accordance with the 

2012 version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

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

Differences in employment estimates. The numerous 

conceptual and methodological differences between the 

household and establishment surveys result in important 

distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the 

surveys. Among these are: 

 The household survey includes agricultural 

workers, self-employed workers whose businesses 

are unicorporated, unpaid family workers, and 

private household workers among the employed. 

These groups are excluded from the establishment 

survey. 

 The household survey includes people on unpaid 

leave among the employed. The establishment 

survey does not. 

 The household survey is limited to workers 16 

years of age and older. The establishment survey is 

not limited by age. 

 The household survey has no duplication of 

individuals, because individuals are counted only 

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

establishment survey, employees working at more 

than one job and thus appearing on more than one 

payroll are counted separately for each appearance. 
Seasonal adjustment 

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

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

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

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

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

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

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

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

example, in the household survey, the large number of 

youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure 

any other changes that have taken place relative to May, 

making it difficult to determine if the level of economic 

activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

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

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

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more 

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

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, 

such as total payroll employment, employment in most 

major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are 

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

by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex 

components; this differs from the unemployment estimate 

that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by 

combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age 

categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

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

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

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

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

revisions to historical data are made once a year. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling 

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

surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may 

differ from the true population values they represent. The 

component of this difference that occurs because samples 

differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. 

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

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

than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value 

because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally 

conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. 

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly 

change in total nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

90,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment 

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

percent confidence interval on the monthly change would 

range from -40,000 to +140,000 (50,000 +/- 90,000). These 

figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these 

magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent 

chance that the true over-the-month change lies within this 

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

we could not say with confidence that nonfarm employment 

had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, the reported 

nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, then all of the 

values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be 

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

percent chance) that nonfarm employment had, in fact, risen 

that month. At an unemployment rate of around 6.0 percent, 

the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change 

in unemployment as measured by the household survey is 

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

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

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the 

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

small number of observations. The precision of estimates 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all 

respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely 

basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in 

the collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates 

for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete 

returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled 

preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive 

revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample 

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered 

final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

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

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

gains from business births. This is incorporated into the 

sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting 

sample units going out of business, but imputing to them 

the same employment trend as the other firms in the 

sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net 

birth/death employment. 

The second component is an ARIMA time series 

model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death 

employment not accounted for by the imputation. The 

historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA 

model was derived from the unemployment insurance 

universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual 

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment 

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

universe counts of payroll employment obtained from 

administrative records of the unemployment insurance 

program. The difference between the March sample-based 

employment estimates and the March universe counts is 

known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough 

proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also 

incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over 

the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total 

nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a 

range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244,174 246,381 246,567 244,174 245,756 245,959 246,168 246,381 246,567

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,953 154,918 155,046 155,319 155,798 155,486 155,559 154,839 155,294

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5 62.9 62.9 63.6 63.4 63.2 63.2 62.8 63.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,549 144,144 144,775 143,277 144,285 144,170 144,303 143,568 144,386

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 58.5 58.7 58.7 58.7 58.6 58.6 58.3 58.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,404 10,773 10,271 12,042 11,514 11,316 11,255 11,272 10,907

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 7.0 6.6 7.8 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,221 91,463 91,521 88,855 89,957 90,473 90,609 91,541 91,273

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,495 5,683 5,437 6,827 6,619 6,285 6,163 6,162 5,754

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,810 118,916 119,011 117,810 118,595 118,700 118,807 118,916 119,011

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,310 82,261 82,397 82,514 82,852 82,513 82,854 82,347 82,580

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.9 69.2 69.2 70.0 69.9 69.5 69.7 69.2 69.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,142 76,403 76,726 75,983 76,466 76,164 76,452 76,074 76,541

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 64.2 64.5 64.5 64.5 64.2 64.4 64.0 64.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,167 5,858 5,671 6,530 6,387 6,349 6,401 6,274 6,039

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 7.1 6.9 7.9 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,501 36,654 36,614 35,297 35,743 36,186 35,953 36,568 36,431

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,206 110,414 110,515 109,206 110,054 110,172 110,292 110,414 110,515

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,554 79,468 79,743 79,568 79,909 79,639 79,797 79,420 79,741

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.8 72.0 72.2 72.9 72.6 72.3 72.4 71.9 72.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,121 74,290 74,686 73,821 74,328 74,010 74,143 73,869 74,361

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.9 67.3 67.6 67.6 67.5 67.2 67.2 66.9 67.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,433 5,178 5,058 5,747 5,581 5,629 5,654 5,551 5,380

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 6.5 6.3 7.2 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,652 30,947 30,772 29,638 30,145 30,533 30,495 30,994 30,774

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,364 127,465 127,555 126,364 127,161 127,260 127,361 127,465 127,555

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,644 72,656 72,649 72,806 72,946 72,973 72,705 72,492 72,713

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 57.0 57.0 57.6 57.4 57.3 57.1 56.9 57.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,407 67,741 68,049 67,294 67,819 68,005 67,851 67,494 67,845

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3 53.1 53.3 53.3 53.3 53.4 53.3 53.0 53.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,237 4,915 4,600 5,512 5,127 4,968 4,854 4,998 4,868

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 6.8 6.3 7.6 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,720 54,809 54,907 53,558 54,215 54,287 54,657 54,973 54,842

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,079 119,246 119,341 118,079 118,907 119,018 119,131 119,246 119,341

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,873 69,968 69,912 69,907 70,033 70,140 69,936 69,707 69,867

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.2 58.7 58.6 59.2 58.9 58.9 58.7 58.5 58.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,175 65,565 65,775 64,988 65,489 65,750 65,582 65,255 65,523

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

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,698 4,403 4,137 4,918 4,544 4,390 4,354 4,451 4,344

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 6.3 5.9 7.0 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,206 49,278 49,429 48,172 48,875 48,878 49,195 49,539 49,474

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,890 16,721 16,710 16,890 16,795 16,770 16,745 16,721 16,710

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,526 5,482 5,390 5,845 5,857 5,707 5,825 5,713 5,685

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.7 32.8 32.3 34.6 34.9 34.0 34.8 34.2 34.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,252 4,289 4,315 4,468 4,469 4,410 4,578 4,443 4,502

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2 25.7 25.8 26.5 26.6 26.3 27.3 26.6 26.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,273 1,193 1,076 1,376 1,388 1,297 1,248 1,269 1,183

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.0 21.8 20.0 23.6 23.7 22.7 21.4 22.2 20.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,364 11,239 11,320 11,045 10,938 11,062 10,920 11,008 11,025

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,748 194,734 194,833 193,748 194,373 194,489 194,610 194,734 194,833

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,503 122,916 123,123 123,540 123,719 123,378 123,179 122,711 123,031

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.7 63.1 63.2 63.8 63.7 63.4 63.3 63.0 63.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,571 115,530 116,056 115,124 115,552 115,464 115,388 114,920 115,458

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.7 59.3 59.6 59.4 59.4 59.4 59.3 59.0 59.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,932 7,386 7,067 8,416 8,167 7,913 7,791 7,791 7,573

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 6.0 5.7 6.8 6.6 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,244 71,818 71,710 70,207 70,654 71,112 71,431 72,023 71,803

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,607 64,206 64,475 64,509 64,595 64,433 64,323 64,072 64,288

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 72.4 72.6 73.2 73.0 72.8 72.6 72.2 72.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,713 60,537 60,871 60,397 60,528 60,416 60,408 60,128 60,442

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.9 68.2 68.6 68.5 68.4 68.2 68.1 67.8 68.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,894 3,669 3,605 4,112 4,067 4,017 3,915 3,944 3,846

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 5.7 5.6 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,471 54,295 54,298 54,366 54,501 54,474 54,279 54,061 54,180

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.5 58.0 58.0 58.4 58.4 58.3 58.1 57.8 57.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,292 51,419 51,596 51,008 51,339 51,494 51,285 51,102 51,304

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 55.0 55.1 54.8 55.0 55.1 54.8 54.6 54.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,180 2,875 2,702 3,358 3,162 2,980 2,994 2,959 2,876

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 5.3 5.0 6.2 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,425 4,415 4,350 4,665 4,623 4,470 4,577 4,578 4,562

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 35.5 35.0 37.0 37.0 35.8 36.7 36.8 36.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,567 3,574 3,589 3,718 3,685 3,555 3,695 3,690 3,712

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 28.7 28.8 29.5 29.5 28.5 29.6 29.6 29.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858 842 760 946 938 916 882 888 851

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4 19.1 17.5 20.3 20.3 20.5 19.3 19.4 18.6

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,061 30,500 30,535 30,061 30,390 30,426 30,462 30,500 30,535

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,407 18,599 18,460 18,374 18,671 18,511 18,670 18,512 18,506

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 61.0 60.5 61.1 61.4 60.8 61.3 60.7 60.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,065 16,229 16,262 15,952 16,318 16,108 16,269 16,085 16,186

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.4 53.2 53.3 53.1 53.7 52.9 53.4 52.7 53.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,342 2,370 2,199 2,422 2,353 2,403 2,402 2,427 2,320

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 12.7 11.9 13.2 12.6 13.0 12.9 13.1 12.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,654 11,901 12,075 11,687 11,719 11,914 11,792 11,988 12,029

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,275 8,387 8,362 8,225 8,434 8,324 8,499 8,377 8,364

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.4 66.9 66.5 66.9 67.6 66.6 67.9 66.8 66.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,259 7,364 7,416 7,165 7,382 7,204 7,307 7,289 7,339

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.1 58.7 59.0 58.3 59.2 57.6 58.3 58.1 58.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016 1,022 945 1,060 1,052 1,120 1,192 1,089 1,025

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 12.2 11.3 12.9 12.5 13.5 14.0 13.0 12.3

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,464 9,540 9,471 9,444 9,508 9,450 9,421 9,442 9,470

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.4 61.9 61.4 62.3 62.0 61.5 61.2 61.3 61.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,404 8,419 8,443 8,360 8,510 8,449 8,475 8,353 8,415

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.4 54.6 54.7 55.1 55.5 55.0 55.1 54.2 54.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,060 1,121 1,028 1,085 998 1,001 946 1,089 1,055

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 11.8 10.9 11.5 10.5 10.6 10.0 11.5 11.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 672 628 704 729 738 750 693 672

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6 26.4 24.8 27.0 28.4 28.9 29.4 27.3 26.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 445 402 427 426 456 487 444 432

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.4 17.5 15.9 16.4 16.6 17.8 19.1 17.5 17.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 227 225 277 303 282 263 249 241

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.8 33.7 35.9 39.3 41.6 38.2 35.1 36.0 35.8

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,934 13,355 13,484 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,344 8,498 8,666 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 63.6 64.3 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,814 8,055 8,209 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.4 60.3 60.9 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 443 457 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 5.2 5.3 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,590 4,857 4,819 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

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

introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population................ 37,147 37,796 37,876 37,147 37,548 37,630 37,713 37,796 37,876

Civilian labor force................................ 24,479 24,827 25,060 24,544 25,040 24,942 24,826 24,808 25,109

Participation rate............................... 65.9 65.7 66.2 66.1 66.7 66.3 65.8 65.6 66.3

Employed....................................... 22,086 22,643 22,905 22,109 22,675 22,612 22,598 22,555 22,923

Employment-population ratio............... 59.5 59.9 60.5 59.5 60.4 60.1 59.9 59.7 60.5

Unemployed.................................... 2,394 2,184 2,154 2,435 2,366 2,330 2,228 2,253 2,186

Unemployment rate......................... 9.8 8.8 8.6 9.9 9.4 9.3 9.0 9.1 8.7

Not in labor force................................. 12,667 12,968 12,817 12,602 12,508 12,688 12,887 12,988 12,767

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 13,463 13,790 13,967 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 80.3 80.8 81.6 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 12,414 12,715 12,896 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 74.1 74.5 75.4 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 1,050 1,075 1,071 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 7.8 7.8 7.7 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 9,965 9,907 10,018 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 59.6 58.0 58.6 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 8,938 9,107 9,192 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 53.4 53.4 53.7 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 1,027 800 826 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 10.3 8.1 8.2 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................ 1,051 1,130 1,075 – – – – – –

Participation rate............................... 28.7 30.9 29.4 – – – – – –

Employed....................................... 734 821 817 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio............... 20.1 22.5 22.4 – – – – – –

Unemployed.................................... 317 309 257 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate......................... 30.1 27.4 23.9 – – – – – –

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

columns.

- Data not available.

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

release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................. 11,072 10,604 10,937 11,097 10,889 10,939 10,860 10,730 10,932

Participation rate.................................. 45.2 44.1 44.6 45.3 45.4 45.4 44.5 44.7 44.6

Employed.......................................... 9,762 9,525 9,784 9,753 9,692 9,700 9,743 9,564 9,756

Employment-population ratio................. 39.8 39.6 39.9 39.8 40.4 40.2 39.9 39.8 39.8

Unemployed....................................... 1,310 1,079 1,153 1,344 1,197 1,239 1,117 1,166 1,176

Unemployment rate............................ 11.8 10.2 10.5 12.1 11.0 11.3 10.3 10.9 10.8

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................. 36,692 36,210 35,960 36,652 36,741 36,592 36,610 36,297 35,978

Participation rate.................................. 59.5 58.3 58.3 59.4 59.0 59.0 59.0 58.4 58.3

Employed.......................................... 33,863 33,759 33,464 33,677 33,950 33,826 33,828 33,638 33,354

Employment-population ratio................. 54.9 54.3 54.2 54.6 54.5 54.5 54.5 54.1 54.0

Unemployed....................................... 2,830 2,451 2,496 2,975 2,791 2,766 2,782 2,659 2,624

Unemployment rate............................ 7.7 6.8 6.9 8.1 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.3

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................. 37,356 37,494 37,406 37,274 37,341 37,496 37,338 37,178 37,316

Participation rate.................................. 68.6 67.4 67.8 68.4 67.3 67.2 67.2 66.8 67.7

Employed.......................................... 35,009 35,105 35,121 34,832 35,105 35,216 35,080 34,818 34,931

Employment-population ratio................. 64.3 63.1 63.7 63.9 63.2 63.1 63.2 62.6 63.3

Unemployed....................................... 2,348 2,389 2,285 2,442 2,237 2,281 2,257 2,359 2,385

Unemployment rate............................ 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.6 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.4

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................. 48,853 49,607 49,919 48,858 49,173 49,141 49,174 49,340 49,921

Participation rate.................................. 75.5 75.4 75.2 75.5 75.5 75.4 75.3 75.0 75.2

Employed.......................................... 47,039 47,780 48,302 46,968 47,281 47,400 47,354 47,472 48,226

Employment-population ratio................. 72.7 72.7 72.8 72.6 72.6 72.8 72.5 72.2 72.7

Unemployed....................................... 1,815 1,826 1,616 1,891 1,891 1,740 1,820 1,869 1,695

Unemployment rate............................ 3.7 3.7 3.2 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.4

1

Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2

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

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

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

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,042 21,276 19,223 19,043 1,819 2,233

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,921 10,837 9,764 9,435 1,157 1,402

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.9 50.9 50.8 49.5 63.6 62.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,199 10,113 9,151 8,823 1,049 1,290

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.5 47.5 47.6 46.3 57.6 57.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 724 613 613 108 112

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.5 9.3 8.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,121 10,439 9,459 9,608 662 831

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,575 2,963 2,144 2,319 431 644

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,121 2,429 1,813 1,965 307 463

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 82.0 84.6 84.7 71.3 72.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,909 2,187 1,642 1,770 268 417

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.1 73.8 76.6 76.3 62.1 64.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 241 172 195 40 46

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 9.9 9.5 9.9 12.9 10.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 535 331 354 124 181

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,027 3,107 2,545 2,557 482 550

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,519 2,633 2,165 2,216 354 417

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.2 84.7 85.1 86.7 73.4 75.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,383 2,458 2,063 2,068 320 390

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.7 79.1 81.1 80.9 66.4 70.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 175 102 148 34 27

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 6.6 4.7 6.7 9.5 6.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 474 380 340 128 134

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,706 9,701 9,395 9,339 311 361

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,979 2,737 2,878 2,653 101 83

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.7 28.2 30.6 28.4 32.4 23.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,803 2,593 2,711 2,514 92 78

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.9 26.7 28.9 26.9 29.4 21.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 144 167 139 9 5

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 5.3 5.8 5.2 9.1 6.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,728 6,964 6,517 6,686 211 278

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,733 5,505 5,139 4,827 594 678

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,303 3,039 2,908 2,600 395 438

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.6 55.2 56.6 53.9 66.5 64.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,104 2,875 2,735 2,470 369 405

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 52.2 53.2 51.2 62.1 59.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 164 173 130 26 34

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 5.4 6.0 5.0 6.5 7.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431 2,467 2,231 2,227 199 239

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214,099 216,254 93,938 95,425 120,161 120,829

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,232 142,265 71,672 72,055 70,560 70,210

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.4 65.8 76.3 75.5 58.7 58.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,060 133,143 66,399 67,210 65,662 65,933

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.7 61.6 70.7 70.4 54.6 54.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,172 9,122 5,273 4,844 4,899 4,277

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 6.4 7.4 6.7 6.9 6.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,867 73,989 22,266 23,370 49,601 50,619

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

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

1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service

periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the

selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Beginning with data for January 2013, estimates for veterans incorporate population

controls derived from the updated Department of Veterans Affairs’ population model.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population...................................................... 28,888 28,589 215,286 217,978

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 5,990 5,590 148,963 149,456

Participation rate..................................................................... 20.7 19.6 69.2 68.6

Employed............................................................................. 5,230 4,900 138,320 139,875

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 18.1 17.1 64.2 64.2

Unemployed.......................................................................... 761 690 10,644 9,581

Unemployment rate............................................................... 12.7 12.3 7.1 6.4

Not in labor force....................................................................... 22,898 22,999 66,323 68,522

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,751 2,485 75,035 75,372

Participation rate..................................................................... 35.0 32.8 82.3 82.0

Employed............................................................................. 2,353 2,110 69,526 70,300

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 30.0 27.9 76.2 76.4

Unemployed.......................................................................... 398 374 5,509 5,072

Unemployment rate............................................................... 14.5 15.1 7.3 6.7

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,100 5,084 16,174 16,585

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,187 2,255 67,037 66,745

Participation rate..................................................................... 28.2 28.6 70.7 70.1

Employed............................................................................. 1,920 1,985 62,263 62,595

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 24.7 25.2 65.7 65.8

Unemployed.......................................................................... 268 270 4,774 4,150

Unemployment rate............................................................... 12.2 12.0 7.1 6.2

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,571 5,624 27,763 28,419

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 1,052 850 6,891 7,339

Participation rate..................................................................... 7.9 6.5 23.5 23.8

Employed............................................................................. 957 805 6,530 6,980

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 7.2 6.1 22.3 22.6

Unemployed.......................................................................... 95 45 360 359

Unemployment rate............................................................... 9.0 5.3 5.2 4.9

Not in labor force....................................................................... 12,228 12,290 22,386 23,519

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

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

emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as

visiting a doctor’s office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with

the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 38,105 38,737 18,485 18,840 19,620 19,897

Civilian labor force.................................................. 25,217 25,579 14,384 14,802 10,832 10,777

Participation rate.................................................. 66.2 66.0 77.8 78.6 55.2 54.2

Employed.......................................................... 23,272 23,961 13,410 13,920 9,862 10,040

Employment-population ratio................................. 61.1 61.9 72.5 73.9 50.3 50.5

Unemployed....................................................... 1,945 1,618 974 882 971 736

Unemployment rate............................................ 7.7 6.3 6.8 6.0 9.0 6.8

Not in labor force.................................................... 12,888 13,158 4,101 4,038 8,788 9,121

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 206,069 207,830 99,325 100,172 106,744 107,658

Civilian labor force.................................................. 129,737 129,467 67,925 67,595 61,811 61,872

Participation rate.................................................. 63.0 62.3 68.4 67.5 57.9 57.5

Employed.......................................................... 120,277 120,814 62,732 62,806 57,545 58,009

Employment-population ratio................................. 58.4 58.1 63.2 62.7 53.9 53.9

Unemployed....................................................... 9,459 8,653 5,193 4,790 4,266 3,863

Unemployment rate............................................ 7.3 6.7 7.6 7.1 6.9 6.2

Not in labor force.................................................... 76,333 78,363 31,400 32,577 44,933 45,786

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

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

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................. 2,045 2,263 2,050 2,121 2,159 2,204 2,209 2,209 2,132

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 1,274 1,415 1,258 1,320 1,303 1,367 1,397 1,356 1,309

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 761 800 754 776 842 820 772 795 778

Unpaid family workers........................... 11 48 38 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries.......................... 141,504 141,881 142,725 141,149 142,165 141,947 142,095 141,428 142,296

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 132,458 133,333 134,074 132,038 133,224 133,277 133,319 132,826 133,656

Government..................................... 20,702 19,864 20,211 20,598 20,041 20,365 20,233 19,726 20,064

Private industries............................... 111,757 113,469 113,863 111,429 113,164 112,886 113,099 113,090 113,592

Private households.......................... 754 796 849 – – – – – –

Other industries.............................. 111,002 112,673 113,014 110,659 112,535 112,244 112,434 112,313 112,744

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 8,977 8,492 8,589 8,959 8,831 8,678 8,634 8,531 8,551

Unpaid family workers........................... 69 57 62 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 7,994 7,700 7,563 8,138 8,245 7,911 7,926 8,050 7,719

Slack work or business conditions............. 5,032 4,878 4,793 5,084 5,177 4,808 4,960 5,047 4,869

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,706 2,618 2,504 2,648 2,665 2,719 2,557 2,599 2,486

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 19,392 19,228 19,628 18,594 19,128 19,339 18,967 18,786 18,876

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 7,898 7,628 7,478 8,029 8,101 7,785 7,860 7,964 7,619

Slack work or business conditions............. 4,975 4,832 4,738 5,025 5,106 4,747 4,896 4,998 4,811

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,685 2,611 2,494 2,650 2,665 2,714 2,556 2,601 2,473

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 19,043 18,866 19,320 18,310 18,779 18,935 18,696 18,432 18,633

1

Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

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

the entire week.

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

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

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

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,549 144,144 144,775 143,277 144,285 144,170 144,303 143,568 144,386

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,252 4,289 4,315 4,468 4,469 4,410 4,578 4,443 4,502

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,290 1,529 1,519 1,351 1,460 1,412 1,465 1,494 1,555

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,963 2,761 2,796 3,126 3,034 3,014 3,089 2,939 2,929

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,297 139,855 140,460 138,809 139,816 139,760 139,726 139,124 139,884

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,624 13,686 13,789 13,595 13,654 13,543 13,676 13,654 13,710

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,672 126,169 126,671 125,200 126,087 126,205 126,009 125,372 126,210

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,523 94,553 94,953 94,079 94,476 94,424 94,512 93,898 94,529

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,183 31,391 31,652 30,971 31,176 31,143 31,272 31,158 31,404

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,652 30,745 30,814 30,490 30,686 30,779 30,770 30,544 30,667

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,688 32,417 32,487 32,618 32,613 32,502 32,470 32,196 32,458

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,149 31,616 31,718 31,121 31,612 31,781 31,498 31,474 31,681

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,142 76,403 76,726 75,983 76,466 76,164 76,452 76,074 76,541

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,021 2,113 2,040 2,163 2,138 2,155 2,309 2,205 2,180

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593 717 693 656 679 670 714 725 752

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,428 1,396 1,348 1,492 1,457 1,508 1,576 1,475 1,420

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,121 74,290 74,686 73,821 74,328 74,010 74,143 73,869 74,361

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,147 6,990 7,101 7,125 7,037 6,956 7,041 6,977 7,036

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,975 67,300 67,585 66,720 67,270 67,122 67,098 66,862 67,324

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,429 50,558 50,794 50,194 50,592 50,388 50,439 50,196 50,573

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,903 16,992 17,117 16,734 16,849 16,791 16,898 16,797 16,942

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,488 16,622 16,635 16,380 16,597 16,571 16,544 16,515 16,553

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,037 16,944 17,042 17,080 17,146 17,026 16,998 16,884 17,077

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,546 16,742 16,790 16,526 16,678 16,733 16,658 16,666 16,752

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,407 67,741 68,049 67,294 67,819 68,005 67,851 67,494 67,845

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,232 2,176 2,275 2,305 2,330 2,255 2,268 2,239 2,322

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 812 826 695 781 741 751 769 804

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,535 1,364 1,448 1,634 1,577 1,506 1,513 1,464 1,509

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,175 65,565 65,775 64,988 65,489 65,750 65,582 65,255 65,523

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,478 6,696 6,688 6,470 6,617 6,588 6,635 6,678 6,674

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,698 58,869 59,086 58,480 58,817 59,084 58,912 58,510 58,885

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,094 43,995 44,159 43,885 43,884 44,036 44,072 43,702 43,956

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,280 14,399 14,535 14,237 14,327 14,353 14,374 14,362 14,461

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,164 14,123 14,179 14,109 14,089 14,208 14,226 14,029 14,114

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,651 15,473 15,445 15,538 15,467 15,476 15,472 15,311 15,380

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,603 14,874 14,927 14,595 14,934 15,048 14,840 14,808 14,929

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,293 44,162 44,480 44,016 43,914 43,988 43,744 43,778 44,131

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,839 34,449 34,695 34,576 34,622 34,755 34,564 34,306 34,350

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,226 9,381 9,184 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,515 116,798 116,875 115,665 116,090 116,208 116,899 116,276 116,928

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,034 27,346 27,900 27,517 28,233 27,999 27,405 27,278 27,452

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,235 6,989 6,973 7,109 7,036 7,065 7,030 6,969 6,878

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 4.8 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,160 5,423 5,330 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,738 9,292 9,343 9,735 9,673 9,498 9,406 9,325 9,329

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over........................... 12,042 11,272 10,907 7.8 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.0

16 to 19 years..................................... 1,376 1,269 1,183 23.6 23.7 22.7 21.4 22.2 20.8

16 to 17 years.................................. 536 475 483 28.4 29.1 26.3 25.8 24.1 23.7

18 to 19 years.................................. 799 788 696 20.4 19.9 21.7 19.9 21.1 19.2

20 years and over................................ 10,666 10,002 9,724 7.1 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.5

20 to 24 years.................................. 1,968 1,945 1,796 12.6 12.6 13.0 12.9 12.5 11.6

25 years and over.............................. 8,661 8,095 7,881 6.5 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.1 5.9

25 to 54 years............................... 6,742 6,304 6,223 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.2

25 to 34 years............................. 2,642 2,437 2,508 7.9 7.5 7.8 7.4 7.3 7.4

35 to 44 years............................. 2,028 1,864 1,839 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.7

45 to 54 years............................. 2,071 2,003 1,876 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.9 5.5

55 years and over........................... 1,911 1,808 1,620 5.8 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.4 4.9

Men, 16 years and over............................ 6,530 6,274 6,039 7.9 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.3

16 to 19 years..................................... 783 723 659 26.6 27.4 25.0 24.5 24.7 23.2

16 to 17 years.................................. 300 224 250 31.4 32.5 26.6 28.5 23.6 25.0

18 to 19 years.................................. 466 498 412 23.8 24.0 25.2 23.0 25.2 22.5

20 years and over................................ 5,747 5,551 5,380 7.2 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.7

20 to 24 years.................................. 1,031 1,145 977 12.6 14.1 14.4 14.8 14.1 12.2

25 years and over.............................. 4,698 4,443 4,364 6.6 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.1

25 to 54 years............................... 3,601 3,444 3,437 6.7 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.4

25 to 34 years............................. 1,427 1,369 1,379 7.9 7.7 8.5 7.8 7.5 7.5

35 to 44 years............................. 1,069 999 1,032 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.9

45 to 54 years............................. 1,105 1,076 1,026 6.1 5.5 5.6 5.7 6.0 5.7

55 years and over........................... 1,097 999 927 6.2 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.2

Women, 16 years and over........................ 5,512 4,998 4,868 7.6 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.7

16 to 19 years..................................... 594 547 524 20.5 20.0 20.4 18.1 19.6 18.4

16 to 17 years.................................. 236 251 233 25.3 25.8 26.0 22.9 24.6 22.4

18 to 19 years.................................. 334 290 284 17.0 15.8 17.9 16.3 16.5 15.8

20 years and over................................ 4,918 4,451 4,344 7.0 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.2

20 to 24 years.................................. 937 800 819 12.6 10.8 11.4 10.8 10.7 10.9

25 years and over.............................. 3,963 3,652 3,517 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.6

25 to 54 years............................... 3,141 2,860 2,786 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.9 6.1 6.0

25 to 34 years............................. 1,215 1,068 1,128 7.9 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.2

35 to 44 years............................. 959 865 807 6.4 6.2 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.4

45 to 54 years............................. 967 927 850 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.2

55 years and over1

.......................... 773 800 661 5.0 4.9 5.2 5.1 5.1 4.2

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present...................... 2,184 2,078 1,951 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.2

Married women, spouse present.................. 1,842 1,679 1,605 5.1 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.5

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,103 982 982 10.7 10.5 11.0 8.8 9.5 9.7

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2................................... 10,155 9,693 9,243 8.1 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.3

Part-time workers3.................................. 1,810 1,579 1,632 6.2 6.2 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.6

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

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

jobs.

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

part-time jobs.

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

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

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 6,069 5,649 5,400 6,429 5,921 5,970 5,844 6,253 5,804

On temporary layoff.............................. 877 1,059 912 1,080 1,221 1,062 1,087 1,535 1,158

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 5,193 4,590 4,488 5,349 4,700 4,908 4,758 4,717 4,647

Permanent job losers.......................... 4,003 3,478 3,329 4,151 3,589 3,714 3,569 3,556 3,470

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . .. 1,190 1,112 1,160 1,198 1,111 1,194 1,188 1,161 1,177

Job leavers........................................... 913 883 874 926 979 893 989 861 893

Reentrants............................................ 3,199 3,071 2,935 3,325 3,258 3,129 3,181 3,117 3,073

New entrants......................................... 1,223 1,171 1,062 1,326 1,254 1,299 1,222 1,223 1,165

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 53.2 52.4 52.6 53.5 51.9 52.9 52.0 54.6 53.1

On temporary layoff.............................. 7.7 9.8 8.9 9.0 10.7 9.4 9.7 13.4 10.6

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 45.5 42.6 43.7 44.6 41.2 43.5 42.3 41.2 42.5

Job leavers........................................... 8.0 8.2 8.5 7.7 8.6 7.9 8.8 7.5 8.2

Reentrants............................................ 28.1 28.5 28.6 27.7 28.5 27.7 28.3 27.2 28.1

New entrants......................................... 10.7 10.9 10.3 11.0 11.0 11.5 10.9 10.7 10.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 3.9 3.6 3.5 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.0 3.7

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

Reentrants............................................ 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

New entrants......................................... 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7

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

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 2,340 2,585 2,155 2,596 2,563 2,563 2,596 2,761 2,461

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 2,634 2,460 2,449 2,757 2,869 2,766 2,703 2,656 2,597

15 weeks and over.................................. 6,431 5,729 5,666 6,604 6,034 5,984 5,950 5,846 5,833

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 1,724 1,772 1,677 1,820 1,788 1,694 1,804 1,782 1,766

27 weeks and over............................... 4,707 3,957 3,989 4,784 4,246 4,290 4,146 4,063 4,066

Average (mean) duration, in weeks............... 40.1 36.5 37.9 39.7 36.6 37.0 36.9 36.1 37.2

Median duration, in weeks......................... 19.5 16.8 18.0 18.9 15.7 16.4 16.3 16.3 17.0

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 20.5 24.0 21.0 21.7 22.4 22.7 23.1 24.5 22.6

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 23.1 22.8 23.8 23.1 25.0 24.4 24.0 23.6 23.8

15 weeks and over.................................. 56.4 53.2 55.2 55.2 52.6 52.9 52.9 51.9 53.6

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 15.1 16.4 16.3 15.2 15.6 15.0 16.0 15.8 16.2

27 weeks and over............................... 41.3 36.7 38.8 40.0 37.0 37.9 36.9 36.1 37.3

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Total, 16 years and over1............................................. 143,549 144,775 11,404 10,271 7.4 6.6

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 54,951 55,583 2,077 1,749 3.6 3.1

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 22,643 23,065 905 770 3.8 3.2

Professional and related occupations.......................... 32,308 32,518 1,171 980 3.5 2.9

Service occupations................................................ 25,137 25,675 2,352 2,177 8.6 7.8

Sales and office occupations...................................... 33,370 33,349 2,584 2,436 7.2 6.8

Sales and related occupations.................................. 15,632 15,683 1,236 1,173 7.3 7.0

Office and administrative support occupations............... 17,738 17,667 1,348 1,263 7.1 6.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations........................................................ 12,986 13,092 1,516 1,224 10.5 8.6

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................... 906 940 166 127 15.5 11.9

Construction and extraction occupations...................... 7,178 7,218 1,066 826 12.9 10.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........... 4,902 4,935 284 271 5.5 5.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations........................................................ 17,106 17,075 1,625 1,576 8.7 8.5

Production occupations.......................................... 8,567 8,474 736 728 7.9 7.9

Transportation and material moving occupations............ 8,539 8,602 889 848 9.4 9.0

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

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

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

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 11,404 10,271 7.4 6.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.................................. 8,600 7,882 7.1 6.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.................................... 53 65 5.6 5.9

Construction.......................................................................... 988 706 12.2 8.6

Manufacturing........................................................................ 982 984 6.4 6.2

Durable goods..................................................................... 640 617 6.6 6.2

Nondurable goods................................................................ 341 368 6.1 6.4

Wholesale and retail trade......................................................... 1,454 1,423 7.1 7.0

Transportation and utilities......................................................... 398 410 6.6 6.7

Information............................................................................ 187 176 6.8 6.4

Financial activities................................................................... 432 407 4.7 4.3

Professional and business services............................................... 1,197 1,164 7.9 7.5

Education and health services..................................................... 1,176 890 5.2 3.9

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 1,354 1,212 10.3 9.0

Other services........................................................................ 381 443 5.7 6.8

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers......................... 193 131 13.6 9.7

Government workers................................................................... 825 666 3.8 3.2

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............ 563 530 5.4 5.3

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

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

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,

as a percent of the civilian labor force......... 4.2 3.7 3.7 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force......................................... 3.9 3.6 3.5 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.0 3.7

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate)................................................ 7.4 7.0 6.6 7.8 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.0

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged

workers, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus discouraged workers................. 7.9 7.4 7.1 8.3 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.5

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged

workers, plus all other persons marginally

attached to the labor force, as a percent of

the civilian labor force plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . .. 8.8 8.3 7.9 9.2 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.3

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic

reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus all persons marginally attached to

the labor force..................................... 13.9 13.2 12.7 14.4 14.0 13.7 13.6 13.8 13.2

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

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

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

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

January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2013

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force........................................... 89,221 91,521 35,501 36,614 53,720 54,907

Persons who currently want a job................................ 6,495 5,437 3,028 2,562 3,467 2,874

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,505 2,096 1,267 1,080 1,238 1,016

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 979 762 556 471 422 290

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. .. 1,526 1,334 711 609 816 726

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4

............................................. 7,235 6,973 3,572 3,387 3,663 3,586

Percent of total employed.......................................... 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.4 5.4 5.3

Primary job full time, secondary job part time................... 3,752 3,575 2,014 1,960 1,738 1,615

Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 2,037 2,043 715 694 1,322 1,349

Primary and secondary jobs both full time....................... 218 212 128 128 90 84

Hours vary on primary or secondary job......................... 1,172 1,117 678 592 494 524

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

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

2

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

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

3

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

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

4

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Change

from:

Oct.2013 -

Nov.2013p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,636 136,612 137,521 137,942 134,472 136,362 136,562 136,765 203

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,284 114,871 115,313 115,622 112,593 114,498 114,712 114,908 196

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,571 18,984 18,972 18,861 18,464 18,674 18,705 18,749 44

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853 894 895 884 853 881 884 884 0

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 54.5 54.2 55.8 50.7 51.7 52.1 54.3 2.2

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.8 839.1 840.7 828.6 802.0 829.0 831.9 829.6 -2.3

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.8 197.8 198.2 198.4 190.0 197.4 198.6 199.2 0.6

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.7 226.3 226.0 222.4 221.6 221.6 222.4 222.6 0.2

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.5 85.4 85.6 84.5 83.0 85.6 85.9 85.6 -0.3

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390.3 415.0 416.5 407.8 390.4 410.0 410.9 407.8 -3.1

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,779 6,053 6,052 5,955 5,673 5,822 5,834 5,851 17

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,263.0 1,303.8 1,315.2 1,302.6 1,241.4 1,273.0 1,279.0 1,282.6 3.6

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584.2 605.1 610.8 605.8 574.2 588.7 594.2 595.5 1.3

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678.8 698.7 704.4 696.8 667.2 684.3 684.8 687.1 2.3

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . 908.7 963.8 960.4 925.2 880.2 894.8 895.6 895.8 0.2

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,606.9 3,785.1 3,776.2 3,726.7 3,551.4 3,654.1 3,659.6 3,672.1 12.5

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . 1,512.5 1,623.5 1,615.9 1,592.3 1,489.8 1,562.5 1,563.9 1,571.0 7.1

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . 2,094.4 2,161.6 2,160.3 2,134.4 2,061.6 2,091.6 2,095.7 2,101.1 5.4

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,939 12,037 12,025 12,022 11,938 11,971 11,987 12,014 27

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,479 7,545 7,549 7,560 7,483 7,532 7,543 7,560 17

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.5 352.7 354.7 354.0 343.5 350.2 353.2 353.8 0.6

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364.7 376.9 376.9 375.9 362.1 370.9 371.2 373.2 2.0

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.9 394.2 392.4 393.3 399.3 393.0 392.4 394.1 1.7

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,423.7 1,446.1 1,449.9 1,450.7 1,423.2 1,443.4 1,446.6 1,449.7 3.1

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,096.6 1,103.4 1,103.9 1,103.9 1,098.2 1,105.2 1,104.8 1,105.1 0.3

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,083.2 1,082.1 1,078.3 1,077.8 1,085.3 1,082.6 1,079.9 1,080.4 0.5

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . 158.2 164.4 163.5 164.2 158.5 164.5 164.0 164.8 0.8

Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.3 104.9 104.4 104.4 108.1 105.1 104.7 104.4 -0.3

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.0 379.3 377.0 377.7 381.1 379.0 377.5 378.6 1.1

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.8 394.5 394.4 392.5 397.2 394.9 394.8 394.2 -0.6

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . 368.9 363.8 364.2 364.6 369.9 363.9 364.6 365.2 0.6

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,473.2 1,493.9 1,494.3 1,502.3 1,472.9 1,492.6 1,496.4 1,501.3 4.9

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784.5 817.7 819.3 826.9 784.6 815.9 820.0 826.7 6.7

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.9 354.6 356.1 355.9 349.6 352.7 356.6 358.7 2.1

Miscellaneous durable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.6 577.4 578.1 581.4 578.7 577.1 577.5 578.5 1.0

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,460 4,492 4,476 4,462 4,455 4,439 4,444 4,454 10

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,474.2 1,502.4 1,491.2 1,483.4 1,466.8 1,465.1 1,466.9 1,474.7 7.8

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.3 114.4 115.0 115.5 117.1 113.9 115.0 114.9 -0.1

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.2 114.4 113.9 114.3 117.3 114.4 113.8 113.9 0.1

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.5 141.1 140.8 140.8 147.8 140.6 140.5 140.3 -0.2

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.7 374.4 373.6 373.8 376.8 374.2 373.8 374.3 0.5

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . 457.7 444.3 445.1 445.2 457.2 444.2 444.2 444.3 0.1

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.1 116.9 116.7 115.8 114.7 115.0 113.5 115.1 1.6

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782.7 791.8 791.5 793.1 785.7 791.9 793.5 795.7 2.2

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648.1 659.2 654.9 655.6 648.9 655.2 655.8 657.1 1.3

Miscellaneous nondurable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.2 233.3 233.0 224.4 222.7 224.9 227.1 224.1 -3.0

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,713 95,887 96,341 96,761 94,129 95,824 96,007 96,159 152

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,208 26,018 26,184 26,731 25,720 26,101 26,142 26,202 60

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,719.8 5,793.8 5,795.4 5,802.0 5,708.8 5,790.9 5,782.8 5,789.6 6.8

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,839.2 2,881.1 2,881.4 2,881.9 2,839.5 2,879.6 2,879.1 2,882.0 2.9

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,996.7 2,014.5 2,013.9 2,016.8 1,988.9 2,013.3 2,005.8 2,007.5 1.7

Electronic markets and agents and

brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883.9 898.2 900.1 903.3 880.4 898.0 897.9 900.1 2.2

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,430.3 15,144.1 15,302.1 15,773.1 14,997.9 15,252.4 15,298.2 15,320.5 22.3

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,745.3 1,800.1 1,795.9 1,797.4 1,748.1 1,787.7 1,790.0 1,798.7 8.7

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,101.8 1,137.6 1,135.1 1,138.2 1,102.3 1,131.4 1,131.9 1,138.4 6.5

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Change

from:

Oct.2013 -

Nov.2013p

Retail trade - Continued

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . 465.1 443.1 457.1 472.6 445.7 450.9 452.2 453.0 0.8

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 541.3 506.7 530.8 557.8 513.8 517.8 527.9 524.3 -3.6

Building material and garden supply

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,143.8 1,189.6 1,189.8 1,185.9 1,174.0 1,203.2 1,210.4 1,213.9 3.5

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,904.3 2,943.0 2,961.9 2,976.8 2,879.6 2,945.2 2,956.2 2,950.8 -5.4

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,030.5 1,034.0 1,040.2 1,051.3 1,017.3 1,039.1 1,040.7 1,037.3 -3.4

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846.4 867.8 869.0 871.4 844.3 863.0 867.3 868.1 0.8

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . 1,598.3 1,416.2 1,427.6 1,571.1 1,460.1 1,442.1 1,430.8 1,432.8 2.0

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.2 584.8 596.0 654.3 578.3 587.8 597.9 609.6 11.7

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,243.5 3,099.3 3,147.8 3,338.0 3,090.3 3,157.8 3,165.2 3,179.0 13.8

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,587.2 1,454.3 1,480.0 1,611.8 1,479.3 1,497.4 1,499.0 1,503.3 4.3

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823.2 811.2 817.6 815.9 807.8 806.9 805.6 803.5 -2.1

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.4 448.3 468.4 480.6 438.6 450.9 454.0 449.5 -4.5

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,505.7 4,524.3 4,530.7 4,600.7 4,459.0 4,501.0 4,504.1 4,534.6 30.5

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.2 445.9 444.5 446.3 454.8 445.6 446.4 449.8 3.4

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.2 230.0 230.0 230.0 230.0 230.2 229.9 229.9 0.0

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.6 63.6 63.1 62.8 63.6 62.5 62.6 63.5 0.9

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,376.7 1,405.8 1,403.0 1,405.2 1,366.7 1,386.1 1,386.9 1,395.3 8.4

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.9 484.3 490.1 493.7 458.0 473.5 472.0 476.0 4.0

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.7 45.3 45.4 45.4 44.0 45.2 45.4 45.6 0.2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . 24.2 30.7 26.0 22.0 26.6 25.7 25.3 24.8 -0.5

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . 585.0 590.9 592.2 593.3 583.1 592.0 589.7 590.6 0.9

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550.9 524.4 526.7 579.9 536.8 540.6 544.8 553.4 8.6

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.3 703.4 709.7 722.1 695.4 699.6 701.1 705.7 4.6

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552.6 555.4 555.8 555.5 554.7 556.4 556.6 557.5 0.9

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,693 2,665 2,674 2,692 2,685 2,681 2,685 2,684 -1

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . 735.5 727.3 727.4 728.8 732.7 726.1 725.4 726.1 0.7

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.1 354.7 356.5 374.5 386.0 368.7 370.6 371.0 0.4

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.5 287.1 288.7 289.3 284.3 286.6 287.9 288.0 0.1

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854.9 857.4 858.6 856.9 854.1 859.8 858.9 856.8 -2.1

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.7 253.8 254.5 255.0 249.9 255.0 254.8 254.6 -0.2

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.7 184.4 188.0 187.6 177.8 185.1 187.7 187.7 0.0

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,821 7,904 7,911 7,900 7,822 7,901 7,908 7,905 -3

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,871.5 5,893.3 5,903.7 5,905.7 5,865.2 5,903.2 5,905.5 5,900.2 -5.3

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . 17.3 16.8 16.9 17.3 17.3 16.8 16.8 17.1 0.3

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,601.6 2,595.7 2,591.1 2,585.2 2,599.2 2,598.6 2,594.4 2,585.0 -9.4

Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . . 1,738.7 1,720.0 1,717.8 1,715.0 1,741.2 1,724.7 1,722.2 1,718.5 -3.7

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,315.7 1,289.7 1,288.0 1,284.1 1,318.6 1,293.5 1,290.6 1,287.5 -3.1

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817.2 828.1 834.0 833.0 814.4 831.4 832.6 830.9 -1.7

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . 2,348.2 2,366.6 2,375.0 2,383.3 2,347.2 2,369.9 2,374.9 2,380.5 5.6

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles.. . 87.2 86.1 86.7 86.9 87.1 86.5 86.8 86.7 -0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,949.0 2,010.2 2,007.3 1,994.5 1,956.9 1,998.0 2,002.3 2,004.4 2.1

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,415.7 1,457.4 1,458.4 1,448.4 1,419.6 1,450.6 1,454.3 1,453.6 -0.7

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.3 529.9 526.4 523.5 513.6 524.6 525.5 528.4 2.9

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . 24.0 22.9 22.5 22.6 23.7 22.8 22.5 22.4 -0.1

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,266 18,755 18,893 18,892 18,117 18,677 18,725 18,760 35

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,966.3 8,066.5 8,143.4 8,175.3 7,977.4 8,153.2 8,174.8 8,192.3 17.5

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,127.9 1,124.2 1,131.3 1,130.5 1,126.1 1,130.1 1,129.7 1,128.6 -1.1

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . 866.1 869.8 880.2 904.2 911.7 947.4 951.1 956.6 5.5

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . 1,335.2 1,365.7 1,370.8 1,366.3 1,332.1 1,358.5 1,362.7 1,363.7 1.0

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662.1 1,693.2 1,712.4 1,715.5 1,655.2 1,698.8 1,705.9 1,708.6 2.7

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,152.9 1,193.7 1,212.4 1,212.7 1,141.8 1,195.2 1,201.7 1,202.3 0.6

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Change

from:

Oct.2013 -

Nov.2013p

Professional and business services - Continued

Management of companies and enterprises. . . 2,023.6 2,048.6 2,054.5 2,057.5 2,020.6 2,049.2 2,054.9 2,056.8 1.9

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,276.0 8,639.8 8,695.5 8,658.9 8,119.3 8,474.5 8,495.7 8,510.4 14.7

Administrative and support services1

. . . . . . . . 7,901.6 8,257.5 8,315.5 8,280.8 7,744.7 8,095.3 8,117.5 8,131.6 14.1

Employment services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,324.4 3,519.4 3,565.7 3,574.4 3,201.6 3,430.6 3,442.9 3,457.1 14.2

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,667.9 2,830.3 2,866.7 2,879.8 2,556.9 2,750.4 2,759.5 2,775.9 16.4

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850.8 851.6 869.0 879.7 834.1 856.1 858.9 862.0 3.1

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . 1,850.4 1,956.9 1,940.7 1,898.5 1,841.6 1,891.2 1,892.5 1,891.4 -1.1

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374.4 382.3 380.0 378.1 374.6 379.2 378.2 378.8 0.6

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,675 20,664 20,964 21,048 20,460 20,756 20,786 20,826 40

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,529.2 3,314.2 3,532.5 3,580.7 3,351.6 3,378.6 3,386.5 3,397.4 10.9

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,145.4 17,350.2 17,431.3 17,467.3 17,108.0 17,377.8 17,399.1 17,428.7 29.6

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,439.1 14,602.6 14,656.3 14,691.0 14,419.7 14,620.3 14,638.8 14,667.2 28.4

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 6,410.1 6,555.5 6,594.4 6,619.1 6,399.4 6,564.4 6,578.5 6,604.8 26.3

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,417.0 2,443.8 2,461.9 2,468.8 2,411.7 2,448.4 2,453.7 2,460.6 6.9

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666.0 698.8 703.1 706.0 667.0 701.6 702.8 706.6 3.8

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,229.9 1,300.1 1,304.1 1,316.4 1,226.1 1,299.5 1,302.0 1,313.8 11.8

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,824.0 4,829.8 4,836.2 4,843.1 4,820.7 4,834.6 4,835.7 4,836.9 1.2

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,205.0 3,217.3 3,225.7 3,228.8 3,199.6 3,221.3 3,224.6 3,225.5 0.9

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,664.4 1,655.2 1,658.2 1,654.9 1,660.9 1,655.8 1,657.6 1,653.6 -4.0

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,706.3 2,747.6 2,775.0 2,776.3 2,688.3 2,757.5 2,760.3 2,761.5 1.2

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872.1 862.2 873.5 873.1 856.0 859.3 858.1 857.8 -0.3

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,598 14,399 14,223 14,009 13,861 14,217 14,266 14,283 17

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,829.7 2,082.2 2,005.0 1,888.0 1,979.6 2,023.6 2,044.2 2,040.3 -3.9

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . 394.2 438.0 435.4 404.9 407.9 422.0 430.7 422.0 -8.7

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.7 139.2 138.4 134.8 137.0 137.6 138.6 139.9 1.3

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . 1,303.8 1,505.0 1,431.2 1,348.3 1,434.7 1,464.0 1,474.9 1,478.4 3.5

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . 11,768.3 12,316.7 12,218.3 12,121.1 11,881.7 12,193.3 12,221.9 12,242.7 20.8

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,762.1 1,874.4 1,831.5 1,787.5 1,815.3 1,834.4 1,840.5 1,843.4 2.9

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . 10,006.2 10,442.3 10,386.8 10,333.6 10,066.4 10,358.9 10,381.4 10,399.3 17.9

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,452 5,482 5,492 5,489 5,464 5,491 5,495 5,499 4

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193.4 1,204.7 1,201.5 1,195.4 1,197.3 1,200.0 1,198.8 1,198.5 -0.3

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,326.2 1,344.6 1,347.5 1,346.8 1,327.0 1,344.2 1,349.6 1,346.7 -2.9

Membership associations and organizations. . . 2,932.7 2,932.5 2,943.0 2,946.4 2,939.4 2,946.9 2,946.2 2,953.3 7.1

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,352 21,741 22,208 22,320 21,879 21,864 21,850 21,857 7

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,788.0 2,733.0 2,711.0 2,694.0 2,798.0 2,726.0 2,713.0 2,706.0 -7.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,188.4 2,142.9 2,120.6 2,114.7 2,196.7 2,134.9 2,126.9 2,123.2 -3.7

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599.9 589.6 590.2 579.0 601.1 590.9 585.6 583.2 -2.4

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,222.0 5,068.0 5,207.0 5,242.0 5,047.0 5,044.0 5,051.0 5,059.0 8.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,576.4 2,417.3 2,558.8 2,593.1 2,390.5 2,389.2 2,392.1 2,398.1 6.0

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 2,645.7 2,650.2 2,648.6 2,649.2 2,656.3 2,654.8 2,658.9 2,660.4 1.5

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,342.0 13,940.0 14,290.0 14,384.0 14,034.0 14,094.0 14,086.0 14,092.0 6.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,103.0 7,655.5 8,039.7 8,144.3 7,762.7 7,807.7 7,799.3 7,803.5 4.2

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 6,239.3 6,284.3 6,250.6 6,239.7 6,271.1 6,286.6 6,287.0 6,288.1 1.1

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2

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

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

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Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.5

Goods-producing.................................................................... 40.3 40.5 40.4 40.6

Mining and logging................................................................ 43.2 44.4 44.2 44.5

Construction....................................................................... 39.0 39.1 38.8 39.1

Manufacturing..................................................................... 40.7 40.9 40.9 41.0

Durable goods.................................................................. 40.9 41.3 41.3 41.5

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 40.2 40.2 40.2 40.2

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.3 33.3 33.2 33.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 34.6 34.4 34.4 34.4

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.5 38.6 38.8 38.9

Retail trade...................................................................... 31.6 31.3 31.2 31.2

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.5 38.7 38.8 38.8

Utilities........................................................................... 42.6 42.4 42.0 41.9

Information......................................................................... 36.4 36.7 36.7 36.6

Financial activities................................................................ 37.2 37.2 37.1 37.2

Professional and business services............................................ 35.9 36.1 36.1 36.2

Education and health services.................................................. 32.8 32.8 32.8 32.7

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 26.0 25.9 25.8 26.0

Other services..................................................................... 31.5 31.6 31.6 31.6

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5

Durable goods....................................................................... 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.5

Nondurable goods................................................................... 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.4

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Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Total private............................................... $23.67 $24.09 $24.11 $24.15 $814.25 $828.70 $829.38 $833.18

Goods-producing....................................... 24.84 25.32 25.34 25.40 1,001.05 1,025.46 1,023.74 1,031.24

Mining and logging.................................. 28.93 30.01 30.27 30.43 1,249.78 1,332.44 1,337.93 1,354.14

Construction.......................................... 25.93 26.20 26.23 26.24 1,011.27 1,024.42 1,017.72 1,025.98

Manufacturing........................................ 24.03 24.53 24.54 24.61 978.02 1,003.28 1,003.69 1,009.01

Durable goods.................................... 25.41 25.93 25.93 26.00 1,039.27 1,070.91 1,070.91 1,079.00

Nondurable goods................................ 21.66 22.10 22.11 22.19 870.73 888.42 888.82 892.04

Private service-providing.............................. 23.39 23.79 23.82 23.85 778.89 792.21 790.82 794.21

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 20.63 21.05 21.10 21.15 713.80 724.12 725.84 727.56

Wholesale trade.................................. 27.20 27.87 27.89 28.02 1,047.20 1,075.78 1,082.13 1,089.98

Retail trade........................................ 16.37 16.64 16.68 16.68 517.29 520.83 520.42 520.42

Transportation and warehousing............... 21.98 22.45 22.57 22.64 846.23 868.82 875.72 878.43

Utilities............................................. 35.14 35.37 35.10 35.18 1,496.96 1,499.69 1,474.20 1,474.04

Information........................................... 31.85 33.11 33.18 33.44 1,159.34 1,215.14 1,217.71 1,223.90

Financial activities................................... 29.66 30.38 30.38 30.44 1,103.35 1,130.14 1,127.10 1,132.37

Professional and business services.............. 28.22 28.53 28.55 28.60 1,013.10 1,029.93 1,030.66 1,035.32

Education and health services..................... 24.40 24.69 24.70 24.72 800.32 809.83 810.16 808.34

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 13.39 13.54 13.54 13.51 348.14 350.69 349.33 351.26

Other services....................................... 21.01 21.42 21.48 21.50 661.82 676.87 678.77 679.40

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Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2013 -

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2013 -

Nov.

2013p

Total private..................................... 97.0 98.7 98.8 99.3 0.5 109.5 113.3 113.6 114.4 0.7

Goods-producing............................. 84.8 86.2 86.1 86.7 0.7 95.2 98.6 98.6 99.6 1.0

Mining and logging........................ 115.8 122.9 122.8 123.6 0.7 134.5 148.1 149.2 151.0 1.2

Construction................................ 76.3 78.5 78.0 78.9 1.2 85.9 89.3 88.9 89.9 1.1

Manufacturing.............................. 87.4 88.1 88.2 88.6 0.5 97.7 100.5 100.7 101.4 0.7

Durable goods........................... 86.2 87.6 87.7 88.3 0.7 97.2 100.9 101.0 102.0 1.0

Nondurable goods...................... 89.4 89.1 89.2 89.4 0.2 98.2 99.9 100.0 100.6 0.6

Private service-providing.................... 100.6 102.4 102.3 102.8 0.5 114.0 118.0 118.1 118.7 0.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 96.8 97.7 97.8 98.0 0.2 107.5 110.6 111.1 111.6 0.5

Wholesale trade......................... 95.9 97.5 97.9 98.3 0.4 108.9 113.4 113.9 114.9 0.9

Retail trade.............................. 96.3 97.0 97.0 97.1 0.1 104.2 106.7 106.9 107.1 0.2

Transportation and warehousing...... 98.3 99.7 100.0 100.7 0.7 109.6 113.6 114.6 115.7 1.0

Utilities.................................... 102.2 102.1 101.1 101.1 0.0 118.7 119.3 117.3 117.5 0.2

Information................................. 89.3 89.9 90.0 89.7 -0.3 101.2 105.9 106.3 106.8 0.5

Financial activities......................... 95.3 96.3 96.1 96.3 0.2 110.2 114.1 113.9 114.3 0.4

Professional and business services..... 102.3 106.0 106.3 106.8 0.5 117.0 122.6 123.0 123.8 0.7

Education and health services........... 109.3 110.8 111.0 110.9 -0.1 124.9 128.2 128.4 128.4 0.0

Leisure and hospitality.................... 102.8 105.1 105.0 106.0 1.0 111.1 114.8 114.7 115.5 0.7

Other services............................. 95.4 96.1 96.2 96.3 0.1 113.7 116.9 117.3 117.5 0.2

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

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Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Total nonfarm............................................. 66,398 67,393 67,468 67,562 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.4

Total private............................................ 53,922 54,887 54,976 55,069 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9

Goods-producing.................................... 4,100 4,105 4,114 4,127 22.2 22.0 22.0 22.0

Mining and logging............................... 115 117 118 118 13.5 13.3 13.3 13.3

Construction....................................... 730 743 743 746 12.9 12.8 12.7 12.7

Manufacturing..................................... 3,255 3,245 3,253 3,263 27.3 27.1 27.1 27.2

Durable goods.................................. 1,731 1,736 1,740 1,745 23.1 23.0 23.1 23.1

Nondurable goods............................. 1,524 1,509 1,513 1,518 34.2 34.0 34.0 34.1

Private service-providing........................... 49,822 50,782 50,862 50,942 52.9 53.0 53.0 53.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............. 10,389 10,630 10,645 10,663 40.4 40.7 40.7 40.7

Wholesale trade................................ 1,708.0 1,727.0 1,718.8 1,716.8 29.9 29.8 29.7 29.7

Retail trade..................................... 7,502.1 7,703.1 7,727.8 7,743.4 50.0 50.5 50.5 50.5

Transportation and warehousing............. 1,040.6 1,061.7 1,061.5 1,065.3 23.3 23.6 23.6 23.5

Utilities........................................... 138.2 137.7 137.1 137.3 24.9 24.7 24.6 24.6

Information......................................... 1,074 1,070 1,073 1,073 40.0 39.9 40.0 40.0

Financial activities................................ 4,536 4,543 4,543 4,539 58.0 57.5 57.4 57.4

Professional and business services............ 8,010 8,335 8,358 8,375 44.2 44.6 44.6 44.6

Education and health services.................. 15,703 15,924 15,928 15,967 76.7 76.7 76.6 76.7

Leisure and hospitality........................... 7,234 7,392 7,424 7,431 52.2 52.0 52.0 52.0

Other services..................................... 2,876 2,888 2,891 2,894 52.6 52.6 52.6 52.6

Government............................................. 12,476 12,506 12,492 12,493 57.0 57.2 57.2 57.2

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Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Total private............................................................................... 93,041 94,522 94,729 94,886

Goods-producing....................................................................... 13,306 13,416 13,452 13,481

Mining and logging.................................................................. 638 649 653 652

Construction.......................................................................... 4,265 4,395 4,410 4,426

Manufacturing........................................................................ 8,403 8,372 8,389 8,403

Durable goods..................................................................... 5,161 5,166 5,177 5,182

Nondurable goods................................................................ 3,242 3,206 3,212 3,221

Private service-providing.............................................................. 79,735 81,106 81,277 81,405

Trade, transportation, and utilities................................................. 21,825 22,070 22,099 22,149

Wholesale trade................................................................... 4,603.7 4,668.7 4,665.6 4,668.1

Retail trade........................................................................ 12,913.0 13,065.2 13,092.3 13,107.7

Transportation and warehousing................................................ 3,863.3 3,886.7 3,890.7 3,922.3

Utilities.............................................................................. 444.7 449.8 450.6 451.2

Information............................................................................ 2,172 2,176 2,177 2,173

Financial activities................................................................... 6,021 6,081 6,085 6,084

Professional and business services............................................... 14,972 15,469 15,514 15,546

Education and health services..................................................... 17,941 18,188 18,218 18,258

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 12,234 12,547 12,605 12,612

Other services........................................................................ 4,570 4,575 4,579 4,583

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.7

Goods-producing.................................................................... 41.1 41.4 41.3 41.5

Mining and logging................................................................ 45.4 46.2 45.4 45.8

Construction....................................................................... 39.5 39.8 39.4 39.8

Manufacturing..................................................................... 41.6 41.9 41.9 42.0

Durable goods.................................................................. 41.9 42.3 42.4 42.5

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 41.1 41.2 41.2 41.2

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.5 32.4 32.3 32.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 33.8 33.5 33.5 33.5

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.6 38.5 38.6 38.8

Retail trade...................................................................... 30.5 30.0 30.0 29.9

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.2 38.5 38.5 38.5

Utilities........................................................................... 42.2 42.2 41.3 41.4

Information......................................................................... 35.8 35.9 35.7 35.6

Financial activities................................................................ 36.9 36.8 36.6 36.7

Professional and business services............................................ 35.2 35.3 35.3 35.4

Education and health services.................................................. 32.3 32.1 32.1 32.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 24.9 25.0 25.0 25.1

Other services..................................................................... 30.5 30.7 30.5 30.6

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.5

Durable goods....................................................................... 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.5

Nondurable goods................................................................... 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.4

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Total private............................................... $19.88 $20.25 $20.28 $20.31 $669.96 $682.43 $681.41 $684.45

Goods-producing....................................... 21.05 21.29 21.32 21.36 865.16 881.41 880.52 886.44

Mining and logging.................................. 26.13 27.03 27.15 27.33 1,186.30 1,248.79 1,232.61 1,251.71

Construction.......................................... 24.08 24.18 24.25 24.29 951.16 962.36 955.45 966.74

Manufacturing........................................ 19.17 19.36 19.38 19.40 797.47 811.18 812.02 814.80

Durable goods.................................... 20.25 20.43 20.43 20.45 848.48 864.19 866.23 869.13

Nondurable goods................................ 17.40 17.59 17.63 17.66 715.14 724.71 726.36 727.59

Private service-providing.............................. 19.63 20.02 20.06 20.09 637.98 648.65 647.94 650.92

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 17.49 17.86 17.89 17.97 591.16 598.31 599.32 602.00

Wholesale trade.................................. 22.40 22.76 22.82 22.93 864.64 876.26 880.85 889.68

Retail trade........................................ 13.84 14.10 14.11 14.17 422.12 423.00 423.30 423.68

Transportation and warehousing............... 19.44 19.96 20.05 20.10 742.61 768.46 771.93 773.85

Utilities............................................. 32.18 32.41 32.44 32.43 1,358.00 1,367.70 1,339.77 1,342.60

Information........................................... 27.24 27.95 28.01 28.13 975.19 1,003.41 999.96 1,001.43

Financial activities................................... 23.21 24.18 24.27 24.35 856.45 889.82 888.28 893.65

Professional and business services.............. 23.40 23.70 23.74 23.74 823.68 836.61 838.02 840.40

Education and health services..................... 21.19 21.56 21.58 21.61 684.44 692.08 692.72 695.84

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 11.65 11.83 11.85 11.80 290.09 295.75 296.25 296.18

Other services....................................... 17.71 18.05 18.11 18.15 540.16 554.14 552.36 555.39

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2013 -

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Nov.

2013p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2013 -

Nov.

2013p

Total private..................................... 104.7 106.3 106.2 106.7 0.5 138.9 143.8 143.9 144.8 0.6

Goods-producing............................. 83.6 84.9 84.9 85.5 0.7 107.7 110.7 110.8 111.8 0.9

Mining and logging........................ 153.9 159.3 157.5 158.7 0.8 233.9 250.5 248.8 252.2 1.4

Construction................................ 84.4 87.6 87.0 88.2 1.4 109.7 114.4 113.9 115.7 1.6

Manufacturing.............................. 80.2 80.5 80.7 81.0 0.4 100.6 102.0 102.3 102.8 0.5

Durable goods........................... 81.3 82.1 82.5 82.8 0.4 102.7 104.7 105.2 105.7 0.5

Nondurable goods...................... 78.5 77.8 78.0 78.2 0.3 96.5 96.7 97.1 97.6 0.5

Private service-providing.................... 110.6 112.2 112.1 112.6 0.4 148.8 153.9 154.0 155.0 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 102.8 103.1 103.2 103.4 0.2 128.3 131.3 131.7 132.6 0.7

Wholesale trade......................... 104.7 105.9 106.1 106.7 0.6 138.1 141.9 142.6 144.1 1.1

Retail trade.............................. 99.7 99.2 99.4 99.2 -0.2 118.3 119.9 120.2 120.5 0.2

Transportation and warehousing...... 111.1 112.6 112.8 113.7 0.8 137.0 142.6 143.4 144.9 1.0

Utilities.................................... 96.0 97.1 95.2 95.5 0.3 128.9 131.3 128.9 129.3 0.3

Information................................. 88.7 89.2 88.7 88.3 -0.5 119.7 123.4 123.0 123.0 0.0

Financial activities......................... 104.6 105.3 104.8 105.1 0.3 149.4 156.7 156.5 157.5 0.6

Professional and business services..... 118.1 122.4 122.7 123.3 0.5 164.5 172.6 173.4 174.2 0.5

Education and health services........... 125.0 125.9 126.2 126.8 0.5 174.1 178.5 179.0 180.2 0.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 111.6 114.9 115.4 116.0 0.5 147.6 154.4 155.3 155.4 0.1

Other services............................. 97.8 98.5 97.9 98.4 0.5 126.1 129.5 129.2 130.1 0.7

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

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