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Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Friday, February 6, 2009. 

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JANUARY 2009 

Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply in January (-598,000) and the unemployment rate rose from 

7.2 to 7.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll 

employment has declined by 3.6 million since the start of the recession in December 2007; about one-half of 

this decline occurred in the past 3 months. In January, job losses were large and widespread across nearly all 

major industry sectors. 

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

February 2006 – January 2009

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.5

8.0

Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

February 2006 – January 2009

2007 2008 2009

128.0

130.0

132.0

134.0

136.0

138.0

140.0

2007 2008 2009

Establishment and Household Data Changes

The establishment survey data in this release have been revised as a result of the annual 

benchmarking process and the updating of seasonal adjustment factors. See the note beginning 

on page 6 for more information on the revisions. 

In addition, household survey data for January 2009 reflect updated population estimates. 

See the note on page 7 for more information. Also, January 2009 industry data shown in table 

A-11 of this release have been converted to the 2007 Census Industry Classification System. 

Historical data have not been revised. 
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Civilian labor force ............................... 154,650 154,648 154,620 154,447 153,716 (1)

Employment ..................................... 145,299 144,046 144,144 143,338 142,099 (1)

Unemployment .................................. 9,350 10,602 10,476 11,108 11,616 (1)

Not in labor force .................................. 79,460 80,177 80,208 80,588 81,023 (1)

All workers ......................................... 6.0 6.9 6.8 7.2 7.6 0.4

Adult men ........................................ 5.8 6.8 6.7 7.2 7.6 .4

Adult women ..................................... 5.0 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.2 .3

Teenagers ........................................ 19.7 20.7 20.4 20.8 20.8 .0

White ............................................ 5.4 6.3 6.2 6.6 6.9 .3

Black or African American 

................... 10.7 11.5 11.3 11.9 12.6 .7

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ................. 7.8 8.9 8.6 9.2 9.7 .5

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 2

Nonfarm employment ............................ 137,004 p 135,762 135,755 p 135,178 p 134,580 p -598

Goods-producing 3.............................. 21,343 p 20,814 20,814 p 20,564 p 20,245 p -319

Construction .................................... 7,170 p 6,953 6,939 p 6,853 p 6,742 p -111

Manufacturing ............................... 13,388 p 13,068 13,082 p 12,920 p 12,713 p -207

Service-providing 3 ............................. 115,661 p 114,948 114,941 p 114,614 p 114,335 p -279

 Retail trade 4 ................................. 15,331 p 15,129 15,126 p 15,043 p 14,998 p -45

Professional and business service ........... 17,730 p 17,494 17,488 p 17,382 p 17,261 p -121

Education and health services ............... 18,932 p 19,038 19,044 p 19,089 p 19,143 p 54

Leisure and hospitality ...................... 13,452 p 13,351 13,344 p 13,313 p 13,285 p -28

Government .................................... 22,543 p 22,538 22,543 p 22,533 p 22,539 p 6

Total private ....................................... 33.6 p 33.4 33.4 p 33.3 p 33.3 p 0.0

Manufacturing .................................. 40.8 p 40.2 40.2 p 39.9 p 39.8 p -.1

 Overtime ....................................... 3.6 p 3.2 3.2 p 3.0 p 2.9 p -.1

Total private ........................................ 106.1 p 104.1 104.1 p 103.3 p 102.6 p -0.7

Average hourly earnings, total private ......... $18.16 p $18.34 $18.34 p $18.41 p $18.46 p $0.05

Average weekly earnings, total private ....... 610.90 p 612.66 612.56 p 613.05 p 614.72 p 1.67

on page 7 for more information.

 See the note on page 6 for more information.

Labor force status

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 5

 1 Changes in household data levels are not shown due to the introduction of updated population controls. See the note 

 2 Establishment data have been revised to reflect March 2008 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Earnings 5

 Employment

Unemployment rates 

III 2008 IV 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008

p = preliminary.

Dec.-Jan. 

change

Hours of work 5

3

 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

4

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

5

 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.

Category

Quarterly averages Monthly data

Jan. 2009
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Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons (11.6 million) and the unemployment rate (7.6 percent) rose in 

January. Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons has increased by 4.1 million and the 

unemployment rate has risen by 2.7 percentage points. (See table A-1.) 

The unemployment rate continued to trend upward in January for adult men (7.6 percent), adult women 

(6.2 percent), whites (6.9 percent), blacks (12.6 percent), and Hispanics (9.7 percent). The jobless rate for 

teenagers was unchanged at 20.8 percent. The unemployment rate for Asians was 6.2 percent in January, not 

seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 

Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs increased to 

7.0 million in January. This measure has grown by 3.2 million during the last 12 months. (See table A-8.) 

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 2.6 million in January. Over the past 12 months, the number of long-term unemployed was up by 1.3 million. The 

number of persons unemployed less than 5 weeks rose to 3.7 million in January. (See table A-9.) 

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

The civilian labor force participation rate, at 65.5 percent in January, has edged down in recent months. 

The employment-population ratio declined by 0.5 percentage point to 60.5 percent over the month, and by 2.4 

percentage points over the year. (See table A-1.) 

The number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary 

part-time workers) was essentially unchanged in January at 7.8 million; however, this measure was up by 3.1 

million over the past 12 months. Included in this category are persons who would like to work full time but 

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

jobs. (See table A-5.) 

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

About 2.1 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in January, 

about 400,000 more than 12 months earlier. These individuals 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. Among the marginally attached, there were 734,000 

discouraged workers in January, up by about 270,000 from a year earlier. Discouraged workers are persons not 

currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The other 1.4 million persons 

marginally attached to the labor force in January had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey 

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

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply (-598,000) in January. Since the recession began in 

December 2007, 3.6 million jobs have been lost, with about half of the decrease occurring in the last 3 months. 

In January, employment declined in nearly all major industries, while health care and private education added 

jobs. (See table B-1.) 
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Manufacturing employment fell by 207,000 in January, the largest 1-month decline since October 1982. 

In January, durable goods manufacturing lost 157,000 jobs, with notable decreases in fabricated metal products 

(-37,000), motor vehicles and parts (-31,000), and machinery (-22,000). Employment in nondurable goods 

manufacturing declined by 50,000 over the month. 

Construction lost 111,000 jobs in January. Employment in the industry has fallen by about 1.0 million 

since peaking in January 2007. Employment fell across most component industries over the month. 

The temporary help industry lost 76,000 jobs in January. Since its recent peak in December 2006, temporary help employment has declined by 695,000. Professional and technical services lost 29,000 jobs in 

January. 

Retail trade employment fell by 45,000 in January and by 592,000 since a peak in November 2007. In 

January, employment declined in automobile dealerships (-14,000), building material and garden supply stores 

(-10,000), department stores (-9,000), and furniture and home furnishing stores (-7,000). Over the month, 

wholesale trade employment fell by 31,000. 

Transportation and warehousing lost 44,000 jobs in January and 202,000 since the start of the recession. Most of the decline occurred over the last 5 months. In January, employment fell in truck transportation (-25,000), support activities for transportation (-9,000), and couriers and messengers (-4,000). 

Employment in financial activities declined by 42,000 over the month and by 388,000 since a peak in 

December 2006. In January, job losses occurred in securities, commodity contracts, and investments (-15,000) 

and in credit intermediation (-10,000). 

Health care employment continued to trend up in January with a gain of 19,000. Employment gains in the 

industry averaged 30,000 a month in 2008. Employment in private education rose by 33,000 over the month. 

The change in total nonfarm employment for November was revised from -584,000 to -597,000, and the 

change for December was revised from -524,000 to -577,000. Monthly revisions result from additional sample 

reports and the monthly recalculation of seasonal factors. This month, the annual benchmarking process also 

contributed to these revisions. 

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

In January, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls 

remained at 33.3 hours, seasonally adjusted. Both the manufacturing workweek and factory overtime decreased 

by 0.1 hour over the month, to 39.8 and 2.9 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.) 

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

by 0.7 percent in January. The manufacturing index declined by 2.1 percent over the month. (See table B-5.) 

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

In January, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls 

rose by 5 cents, or 0.3 percent, seasonally adjusted. This followed gains of 7 cents in December and 6 cents in 
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November. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings increased by 3.9 percent, and average weekly 

earnings rose by 2.7 percent. (See table B-3.) 

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The Employment Situation for February 2009 is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 6, 

at 8:30 A.M. (EST). 
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Revisions to Establishment Survey Data

In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data have been revised to reflect comprehensive universe counts of payroll jobs, or benchmarks. These counts are derived principally from unemployment insurance tax records compiled by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program for March 

2008. As a result of the benchmark process, all not seasonally adjusted data series were subject to revision from 

April 2007 forward, the time period since the last benchmark was established. In addition, with this release, the 

seasonally adjusted establishment survey data from January 2004 forward were subject to revision due to the 

introduction of updated seasonal adjustment factors. 

Table B presents revised total nonfarm employment data on a seasonally adjusted basis for January through 

December 2008. The revised data for April 2008 forward incorporate the effect of applying the rate of change 

measured by the sample to the new benchmark level, as well as updated net business birth/death model adjustments and new seasonal adjustment factors. The November and December 2008 revisions also reflect the 

routine incorporation of additional sample receipts into the November final and December second preliminary 

estimates. The total nonfarm employment level for March 2008 was revised downward by 89,000 (17,000 on a 

seasonally adjusted basis). The previously published level for December 2008 was revised downward by 

172,000 (311,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis). 

An article that discusses the benchmark and post-benchmark revisions, as well as all revised historical 

Current Employment Statistics (CES) data, can be accessed through the CES homepage at 

http://www.bls.gov/ces/. Information on the revisions released today also may be obtained by calling 

(202) 691-6555.

Table B. Revisions in total nonfarm employment, January-December 2008, 

seasonally adjusted 

(In thousands) 

2008 

January ....................... 138,002 138,080 -76 -72 4

February ..................... 137,919 137,936 -83 -144 -61

March ......................... 137,831 137,814 -88 -122 -34

April ........................... 137,764 137,654 -67 -160 -93

May ............................ 137,717 137,517 -47 -137 -90

June ............................ 137,617 137,356 -100 -161 -61

July ............................. 137,550 137,228 -67 -128 -61

August ........................ 137,423 137,053 -127 -175 -48

September ................... 137,020 136,732 -403 -321 82

October ....................... 136,597 136,352 -423 -380 43

November ................... 136,013 135,755 -584 -597 -13

December p ............ 135,489 135,178 -524 -577 -53

 p = preliminary. 

Levels Over-the-month changes

Year and month As 

previously 

published 

As revised 

As 

previously 

published 

As revised Difference
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Adjustments to Population Estimates for the Household Survey

Effective with data for January 2009, updated population estimates have been used in the household survey. 

Population estimates for the household survey are developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. Each year, the Census 

Bureau updates the estimates to reflect new information and assumptions about the growth of the population 

during the decade. The change in population reflected in the new estimates results primarily from adjustments 

for net international migration, updated vital statistics information, and some methodological changes in the 

estimation process. 

In accordance with our usual practice, BLS will not revise the official household survey estimates for 

December 2008 and earlier months. To show the impact of the population adjustment, however, differences in 

selected December 2008 labor force series based on the old and new population estimates are shown in table C. 

The adjustment decreased the estimated size of the civilian noninstitutional population in December by 483,000, 

the civilian labor force by 449,000, and employment by 407,000; the new population estimates had a negligible 

impact on unemployment rates and other percentage estimates. Data users are cautioned that these annual 

population adjustments affect the comparability of household data series over time. Estimates of large levels, 

such as total labor force and employment are impacted most. Table D shows the effect of the introduction of 

new population estimates on the changes in selected labor force measures between December 2008 and January 

2009. More detailed information on the population adjustments and their effect on national labor force 

estimates are available at http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps09adj.pdf. 

Table C. Effect of the updated population controls on December 2008 estimates by sex, race, and

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Category Total Men White Asian

Civilian noninstitutional population ... -483 -295 -188 -242 -43 -170 -319

Civilian labor force ..................... -449 -289 -160 -267 -38 -121 -264

Employed .............................. -407 -260 -146 -239 -33 -116 -238

Unemployed ........................... -42 -28 -14 -28 -5 -6 -27

Unemployment rate ............... .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0

Women

Black or 

African 

American

Hispanic 

or Latino 

ethnicity

NOTE: Detail for men and women may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates for the above race

groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all

races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
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Table D. December 2008-January 2009 changes in selected labor force measures, with 

adjustments for population control effects

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ......... -296 -483 187

Civilian labor force ........................... -731 -449 -282

Participation rate ........................... -.2 -.1 -.1

Employed .................................... -1,239 -407 -832

Employment-population ratio ............ -.5 .0 -.5

Unemployed ................................. 508 -42 550

Unemployment rate ........................ .4 .0 .4

2009 population 

control effect

Dec.-Jan. change, 

as published

Dec.-Jan. change, 

after removing 

the population 

control effect 1

 1 This Dec.-Jan. change is calculated by subtracting the population control effect from the published overthe-month change. 
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Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a 

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

because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of 107,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in 

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

than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The 

household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. 

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. 

Thus, while it is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not 

possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The household survey does include 

questions about whether respondents were born outside the United States. Data from these questions 

show that foreign-born workers accounted for 15.7 percent of the labor force in 2007 and 47.7 percent 

of the net increase in the labor force from 2000 to 2007. 

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 

http://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 http://www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. 

Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

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

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

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

sampled to achieve that goal. 

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? 

Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric 

model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past 
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values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and 

Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. 

BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. 

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

benefits? 

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

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

(People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 

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

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

including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged 

workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other 

groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation 

news release. 
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Sept.

2008

Oct.

2008

Nov.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 232,616 235,035 234,739 232,616 234,360 234,612 234,828 235,035 234,739

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 152,828 154,349 153,445 153,873 154,621 154,878 154,620 154,447 153,716

 Participation rate ..................................................... 65.7 65.7 65.4 66.1 66.0 66.0 65.8 65.7 65.5

 Employed .................................................................... 144,607 143,350 140,436 146,317 145,029 144,657 144,144 143,338 142,099

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 62.2 61.0 59.8 62.9 61.9 61.7 61.4 61.0 60.5

 Unemployed ............................................................... 8,221 10,999 13,009 7,555 9,592 10,221 10,476 11,108 11,616

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 5.4 7.1 8.5 4.9 6.2 6.6 6.8 7.2 7.6

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 79,788 80,686 81,293 78,744 79,739 79,734 80,208 80,588 81,023

 Persons who currently want a job ............................... 4,977 5,180 5,866 4,870 5,140 5,065 5,393 5,488 5,643

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 112,493 113,769 113,573 112,493 113,414 113,546 113,660 113,769 113,573

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 81,656 82,226 81,725 82,408 82,885 82,892 82,666 82,338 81,863

 Participation rate ..................................................... 72.6 72.3 72.0 73.3 73.1 73.0 72.7 72.4 72.1

 Employed .................................................................... 76,860 75,548 73,763 78,228 77,249 76,938 76,577 75,847 75,092

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 68.3 66.4 64.9 69.5 68.1 67.8 67.4 66.7 66.1

 Unemployed ............................................................... 4,796 6,678 7,962 4,180 5,636 5,954 6,089 6,491 6,771

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 5.9 8.1 9.7 5.1 6.8 7.2 7.4 7.9 8.3

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 30,837 31,543 31,848 30,085 30,529 30,654 30,994 31,431 31,710

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 103,866 105,083 104,902 103,866 104,741 104,869 104,978 105,083 104,902

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 78,463 79,071 78,741 78,907 79,392 79,380 79,335 78,998 78,585

 Participation rate ..................................................... 75.5 75.2 75.1 76.0 75.8 75.7 75.6 75.2 74.9

 Employed .................................................................... 74,387 73,088 71,556 75,474 74,503 74,292 74,045 73,285 72,613

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 71.6 69.6 68.2 72.7 71.1 70.8 70.5 69.7 69.2

 Unemployed ............................................................... 4,075 5,984 7,185 3,433 4,889 5,088 5,290 5,714 5,972

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 5.2 7.6 9.1 4.4 6.2 6.4 6.7 7.2 7.6

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 25,403 26,012 26,162 24,959 25,349 25,489 25,643 26,085 26,318

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 120,123 121,266 121,166 120,123 120,946 121,066 121,168 121,266 121,166

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 71,172 72,122 71,721 71,464 71,735 71,986 71,954 72,109 71,853

 Participation rate ..................................................... 59.2 59.5 59.2 59.5 59.3 59.5 59.4 59.5 59.3

 Employed .................................................................... 67,747 67,802 66,674 68,089 67,780 67,720 67,567 67,491 67,007

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 56.4 55.9 55.0 56.7 56.0 55.9 55.8 55.7 55.3

 Unemployed ............................................................... 3,425 4,320 5,047 3,375 3,956 4,267 4,387 4,618 4,845

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.8 6.0 7.0 4.7 5.5 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.7

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 48,951 49,143 49,445 48,659 49,210 49,080 49,214 49,157 49,313

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 111,739 112,825 112,738 111,739 112,518 112,633 112,731 112,825 112,738

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 67,913 69,042 68,654 67,982 68,385 68,700 68,753 68,891 68,584

 Participation rate ..................................................... 60.8 61.2 60.9 60.8 60.8 61.0 61.0 61.1 60.8

 Employed .................................................................... 64,943 65,204 64,123 65,101 65,008 64,975 64,902 64,860 64,298

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 58.1 57.8 56.9 58.3 57.8 57.7 57.6 57.5 57.0

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,970 3,838 4,531 2,881 3,377 3,725 3,851 4,031 4,286

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.4 5.6 6.6 4.2 4.9 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.2

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 43,826 43,784 44,085 43,757 44,133 43,933 43,978 43,935 44,154

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 17,012 17,126 17,098 17,012 17,101 17,110 17,118 17,126 17,098

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 6,452 6,235 6,051 6,984 6,844 6,799 6,531 6,557 6,547

 Participation rate ..................................................... 37.9 36.4 35.4 41.1 40.0 39.7 38.2 38.3 38.3

 Employed .................................................................... 5,277 5,058 4,758 5,742 5,518 5,390 5,196 5,194 5,188

 Employment-population ratio .................................. 31.0 29.5 27.8 33.8 32.3 31.5 30.4 30.3 30.3

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,175 1,177 1,293 1,241 1,326 1,408 1,335 1,363 1,359

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 18.2 18.9 21.4 17.8 19.4 20.7 20.4 20.8 20.8

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 10,560 10,891 11,047 10,028 10,257 10,311 10,587 10,568 10,551

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 HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Sept.

2008

Oct.

2008

Nov.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 188,787 190,351 190,225 188,787 189,916 190,085 190,221 190,351 190,225

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 124,577 125,588 125,099 125,362 125,844 126,298 126,029 125,634 125,312

 Participation rate ....................................................... 66.0 66.0 65.8 66.4 66.3 66.4 66.3 66.0 65.9

 Employed .................................................................... 118,505 117,409 115,320 119,888 118,964 118,722 118,226 117,357 116,692

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 62.8 61.7 60.6 63.5 62.6 62.5 62.2 61.7 61.3

 Unemployed ............................................................... 6,072 8,179 9,779 5,474 6,880 7,577 7,803 8,277 8,621

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 4.9 6.5 7.8 4.4 5.5 6.0 6.2 6.6 6.9

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 64,210 64,763 65,126 63,425 64,072 63,787 64,193 64,718 64,913

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 65,098 65,424 65,218 65,480 65,718 65,792 65,762 65,331 65,126

 Participation rate ....................................................... 76.0 75.6 75.5 76.4 76.2 76.2 76.1 75.5 75.4

 Employed .................................................................... 62,020 60,965 59,787 62,939 62,125 61,972 61,761 61,101 60,683

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 72.4 70.5 69.2 73.5 72.0 71.8 71.5 70.7 70.2

 Unemployed ............................................................... 3,078 4,459 5,431 2,541 3,593 3,821 4,001 4,230 4,443

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 4.7 6.8 8.3 3.9 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.5 6.8

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 54,211 55,033 54,882 54,203 54,543 54,891 54,810 54,878 54,786

 Participation rate ....................................................... 60.2 60.6 60.5 60.2 60.2 60.6 60.4 60.5 60.4

 Employed .................................................................... 52,081 52,199 51,494 52,162 52,233 52,178 52,014 51,846 51,601

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 57.8 57.5 56.7 57.9 57.7 57.6 57.3 57.1 56.9

 Unemployed ............................................................... 2,130 2,833 3,388 2,041 2,310 2,714 2,796 3,031 3,185

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 3.9 5.1 6.2 3.8 4.2 4.9 5.1 5.5 5.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 5,268 5,131 4,999 5,679 5,583 5,615 5,457 5,425 5,400

 Participation rate ....................................................... 40.4 39.1 38.2 43.5 42.6 42.9 41.6 41.4 41.3

 Employed .................................................................... 4,403 4,245 4,039 4,787 4,605 4,572 4,451 4,409 4,408

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 33.7 32.4 30.9 36.7 35.2 34.9 34.0 33.6 33.7

 Unemployed ............................................................... 864 886 960 892 978 1,043 1,006 1,016 993

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 16.4 17.3 19.2 15.7 17.5 18.6 18.4 18.7 18.4

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 27,640 28,059 28,052 27,640 27,939 27,982 28,021 28,059 28,052

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 17,501 17,720 17,629 17,728 17,733 17,768 17,708 17,796 17,791

 Participation rate ....................................................... 63.3 63.2 62.8 64.1 63.5 63.5 63.2 63.4 63.4

 Employed .................................................................... 15,856 15,649 15,274 16,104 15,709 15,762 15,703 15,674 15,546

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 57.4 55.8 54.4 58.3 56.2 56.3 56.0 55.9 55.4

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,645 2,071 2,355 1,624 2,024 2,006 2,005 2,122 2,245

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 9.4 11.7 13.4 9.2 11.4 11.3 11.3 11.9 12.6

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 10,139 10,339 10,423 9,912 10,206 10,214 10,313 10,263 10,261

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 7,850 7,981 7,962 7,917 8,000 7,961 7,954 7,999 7,979

 Participation rate ....................................................... 70.7 70.7 70.6 71.3 71.2 70.7 70.5 70.8 70.7

 Employed .................................................................... 7,129 6,879 6,702 7,259 7,049 7,019 6,989 6,930 6,850

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 64.2 60.9 59.4 65.4 62.7 62.3 62.0 61.4 60.7

 Unemployed ............................................................... 721 1,102 1,260 658 952 942 965 1,069 1,129

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 9.2 13.8 15.8 8.3 11.9 11.8 12.1 13.4 14.1

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 8,882 9,031 8,957 8,941 8,931 9,016 9,069 9,060 9,022

 Participation rate ....................................................... 64.0 64.2 63.6 64.4 63.7 64.2 64.5 64.4 64.1

 Employed .................................................................... 8,220 8,264 8,121 8,282 8,097 8,213 8,249 8,256 8,194

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 59.2 58.7 57.7 59.7 57.8 58.5 58.7 58.7 58.2

 Unemployed ............................................................... 662 767 836 659 834 804 820 804 828

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 7.4 8.5 9.3 7.4 9.3 8.9 9.0 8.9 9.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 769 708 710 871 802 790 685 736 790

 Participation rate ....................................................... 29.0 26.3 26.4 32.8 29.9 29.4 25.5 27.4 29.4

 Employed .................................................................... 507 506 451 564 563 531 464 488 502

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 19.1 18.8 16.7 21.2 21.0 19.8 17.3 18.1 18.6

 Unemployed ............................................................... 262 202 259 307 239 260 221 248 288

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 34.0 28.5 36.5 35.3 29.8 32.9 32.2 33.7 36.5

See footnotes at end of table.
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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 adjusted 1

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Sept.

2008

Oct.

2008

Nov.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 10,660 10,873 10,745 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 7,167 7,223 7,023 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 67.2 66.4 65.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 6,935 6,857 6,588 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 65.1 63.1 61.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 231 365 435 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 3.2 5.1 6.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 3,493 3,651 3,722 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in

table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population

controls are introduced annually with the release of January 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 adjusted 1

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Sept.

2008

Oct.

2008

Nov.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................. 31,643 32,649 32,417 31,643 32,369 32,465 32,558 32,649 32,417

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 21,561 22,221 21,868 21,739 22,259 22,187 22,074 22,134 21,931

 Participation rate ....................................................... 68.1 68.1 67.5 68.7 68.8 68.3 67.8 67.8 67.7

 Employed .................................................................... 20,011 20,129 19,453 20,352 20,506 20,232 20,168 20,096 19,800

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 63.2 61.7 60.0 64.3 63.4 62.3 61.9 61.6 61.1

 Unemployed ............................................................... 1,550 2,093 2,415 1,387 1,752 1,955 1,906 2,038 2,132

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 7.2 9.4 11.0 6.4 7.9 8.8 8.6 9.2 9.7

 Not in labor force .......................................................... 10,083 10,428 10,549 9,904 10,111 10,278 10,484 10,515 10,486

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 12,376 12,752 12,524 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 84.0 83.8 83.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 11,606 11,558 11,146 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 78.7 76.0 73.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 770 1,194 1,378 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 6.2 9.4 11.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 8,107 8,430 8,366 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 58.2 58.8 58.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 7,531 7,765 7,566 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 54.1 54.2 53.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 575 665 800 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 7.1 7.9 9.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force ........................................................ 1,078 1,039 978 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ....................................................... 36.1 33.5 31.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .................................................................... 874 805 741 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .................................... 29.3 26.0 24.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ............................................................... 205 234 238 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate .................................................. 19.0 22.6 24.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Sept.

2008

Oct.

2008

Nov.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 12,340 12,136 12,192 12,274 12,165 12,390 12,185 12,108 12,024

 Participation rate ......................................................... 46.2 46.5 46.6 45.9 47.0 48.3 47.2 46.4 45.9

 Employed ...................................................................... 11,228 10,719 10,437 11,334 10,977 11,106 10,899 10,793 10,577

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 42.0 41.1 39.9 42.4 42.5 43.3 42.2 41.4 40.4

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,112 1,417 1,755 940 1,187 1,284 1,286 1,315 1,446

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 9.0 11.7 14.4 7.7 9.8 10.4 10.6 10.9 12.0

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 38,390 38,838 39,009 38,274 38,264 38,428 38,271 38,656 38,675

 Participation rate ......................................................... 62.9 62.7 62.9 62.7 62.4 62.6 62.3 62.5 62.4

 Employed ...................................................................... 36,324 35,815 35,394 36,502 35,851 35,939 35,643 35,683 35,599

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 59.5 57.9 57.1 59.8 58.5 58.5 58.1 57.6 57.4

 Unemployed ................................................................. 2,066 3,023 3,616 1,772 2,413 2,489 2,628 2,972 3,075

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 5.4 7.8 9.3 4.6 6.3 6.5 6.9 7.7 8.0

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 36,108 36,867 36,366 36,451 36,952 36,820 37,120 37,049 36,693

 Participation rate ......................................................... 71.7 71.7 71.4 72.4 71.8 71.5 71.6 72.0 72.0

 Employed ...................................................................... 34,679 34,819 33,870 35,120 35,053 34,867 35,077 34,969 34,433

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 68.9 67.7 66.5 69.7 68.1 67.7 67.7 68.0 67.6

 Unemployed ................................................................. 1,428 2,048 2,496 1,331 1,898 1,954 2,043 2,080 2,260

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 4.0 5.6 6.9 3.7 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.6 6.2

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .......................................................... 44,633 45,202 45,132 44,650 45,183 45,454 45,232 45,182 45,208

 Participation rate ......................................................... 78.1 77.9 77.6 78.1 77.6 77.7 77.7 77.9 77.8

 Employed ...................................................................... 43,651 43,619 43,269 43,711 44,011 44,044 43,794 43,517 43,474

 Employment-population ratio ...................................... 76.4 75.2 74.4 76.5 75.6 75.3 75.3 75.0 74.8

 Unemployed ................................................................. 982 1,583 1,863 939 1,172 1,410 1,438 1,665 1,735

 Unemployment rate .................................................... 2.2 3.5 4.1 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.7 3.8

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Sept.

2008

Oct.

2008

Nov.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ................................... 2,032 2,068 1,988 2,205 2,199 2,177 2,206 2,191 2,149

 Wage and salary workers ............................................. 1,128 1,162 1,106 1,254 1,323 1,313 1,267 1,264 1,233

 Self-employed workers ................................................. 886 883 860 931 824 827 915 925 903

 Unpaid family workers .................................................. 18 23 22 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ............................................... 142,575 141,282 138,449 144,097 142,851 142,566 141,901 141,047 139,952

 Wage and salary workers ............................................. 133,509 132,518 129,888 134,764 133,582 133,694 132,983 132,082 131,110

 Government ................................................................ 20,905 21,415 21,142 20,946 21,183 21,539 21,431 21,395 21,237

 Private industries ........................................................ 112,604 111,103 108,746 113,828 112,407 112,170 111,542 110,684 109,997

 Private households ................................................... 787 782 749 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries ........................................................ 111,817 110,321 107,997 113,015 111,591 111,279 110,677 109,863 109,217

 Self-employed workers ................................................. 8,990 8,701 8,520 9,233 9,178 8,852 8,816 8,940 8,816

 Unpaid family workers .................................................. 76 62 41 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

Part time for economic reasons .................................. 5,340 8,250 8,829 4,738 6,292 6,848 7,323 8,038 7,839

 Slack work or business conditions ........................... 3,857 6,340 6,909 3,222 4,418 4,953 5,399 6,020 5,766

 Could only find part-time work ................................. 1,088 1,562 1,593 1,153 1,514 1,514 1,585 1,617 1,667

Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 19,804 19,719 19,051 19,563 19,275 19,083 18,886 18,922 18,864

Nonagricultural industries:

Part time for economic reasons .................................. 5,235 8,110 8,675 4,645 6,167 6,742 7,209 7,932 7,705

 Slack work or business conditions ........................... 3,789 6,250 6,797 3,152 4,279 4,889 5,304 5,938 5,660

 Could only find part-time work ................................. 1,084 1,553 1,583 1,141 1,541 1,499 1,579 1,619 1,658

Part time for noneconomic reasons ............................ 19,490 19,405 18,734 19,249 18,930 18,808 18,635 18,642 18,567

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

jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or

industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who

usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for

reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.

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

necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the

various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

release of January data.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Sept.

2008

Oct.

2008

Nov.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 144,607 143,350 140,436 146,317 145,029 144,657 144,144 143,338 142,099

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 5,277 5,058 4,758 5,742 5,518 5,390 5,196 5,194 5,188

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 1,908 1,743 1,547 2,120 2,023 1,933 1,791 1,779 1,741

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 3,369 3,314 3,210 3,617 3,525 3,469 3,408 3,413 3,441

 20 years and over ......................................................... 139,330 138,292 135,679 140,575 139,511 139,267 138,948 138,144 136,911

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 13,448 13,320 12,709 13,793 13,625 13,528 13,443 13,374 13,050

 25 years and over ....................................................... 125,882 124,972 122,970 126,678 125,950 125,833 125,422 124,748 123,911

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 99,592 97,781 95,921 100,211 99,086 98,803 98,373 97,651 96,693

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 31,221 30,885 30,060 31,577 31,352 31,122 31,070 30,864 30,449

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 33,748 32,731 32,034 33,933 33,250 33,176 32,883 32,691 32,308

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 34,623 34,165 33,827 34,702 34,485 34,505 34,420 34,097 33,936

 55 years and over ..................................................... 26,291 27,191 27,049 26,467 26,863 27,029 27,049 27,096 27,218

Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 76,860 75,548 73,763 78,228 77,249 76,938 76,577 75,847 75,092

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 2,473 2,460 2,207 2,754 2,746 2,646 2,531 2,562 2,479

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 819 797 695 954 958 895 800 847 818

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 1,654 1,663 1,512 1,795 1,797 1,751 1,728 1,712 1,654

 20 years and over ......................................................... 74,387 73,088 71,556 75,474 74,503 74,292 74,045 73,285 72,613

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 7,049 6,760 6,458 7,317 7,153 6,974 6,965 6,863 6,723

 25 years and over ....................................................... 67,338 66,328 65,098 68,066 67,365 67,372 67,039 66,456 65,879

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 53,459 52,031 50,844 54,040 53,136 53,090 52,740 52,128 51,480

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 17,086 16,784 16,189 17,364 17,112 17,064 16,979 16,789 16,461

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 18,162 17,581 17,226 18,328 18,001 17,962 17,816 17,663 17,452

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 18,211 17,666 17,429 18,348 18,023 18,065 17,944 17,676 17,567

 55 years and over ..................................................... 13,879 14,297 14,253 14,027 14,230 14,282 14,299 14,328 14,399

Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 67,747 67,802 66,674 68,089 67,780 67,720 67,567 67,491 67,007

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 2,804 2,598 2,551 2,988 2,772 2,744 2,665 2,632 2,709

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 1,089 946 853 1,166 1,065 1,038 990 932 923

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 1,714 1,651 1,699 1,822 1,728 1,718 1,680 1,701 1,787

 20 years and over ......................................................... 64,943 65,204 64,123 65,101 65,008 64,975 64,902 64,860 64,298

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 6,398 6,560 6,250 6,476 6,472 6,553 6,478 6,510 6,327

 25 years and over ....................................................... 58,544 58,644 57,872 58,612 58,585 58,460 58,383 58,292 58,032

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 46,132 45,750 45,077 46,172 45,951 45,713 45,634 45,523 45,213

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 14,135 14,101 13,871 14,213 14,240 14,058 14,091 14,075 13,988

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 15,586 15,150 14,808 15,605 15,249 15,215 15,067 15,027 14,856

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 16,412 16,499 16,398 16,354 16,462 16,440 16,476 16,421 16,369

 55 years and over ..................................................... 12,412 12,894 12,795 12,440 12,634 12,747 12,750 12,769 12,819

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ......................................... 45,831 45,215 44,425 46,105 45,887 45,787 45,610 45,182 44,712

Married women, spouse present .................................... 35,662 35,835 35,325 35,631 35,864 35,590 35,649 35,632 35,375

Women who maintain families ........................................ 9,032 8,987 8,751 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ......................................................... 119,332 116,422 113,815 121,350 119,661 119,304 118,413 116,865 115,794

Part-time workers 3 ......................................................... 25,275 26,927 26,621 25,018 25,411 25,452 25,577 26,250 26,200

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ................................................. 7,398 7,432 7,258 7,585 7,612 7,551 7,410 7,352 7,441

 Percent of total employed ........................................... 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.2

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

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

hours per week.

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

necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the

various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

release of January data.
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Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Sept.

2008

Oct.

2008

Nov.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ................................................. 7,555 11,108 11,616 4.9 6.2 6.6 6.8 7.2 7.6

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 1,241 1,363 1,359 17.8 19.4 20.7 20.4 20.8 20.8

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 549 564 473 20.6 21.7 23.1 24.1 24.1 21.4

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 687 806 868 16.0 17.8 18.4 18.3 19.1 20.2

 20 years and over ......................................................... 6,314 9,745 10,258 4.3 5.6 6.0 6.2 6.6 7.0

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 1,326 1,843 1,801 8.8 10.8 10.6 11.1 12.1 12.1

 25 years and over ....................................................... 4,994 7,903 8,490 3.8 5.0 5.3 5.6 6.0 6.4

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 4,114 6,526 6,981 3.9 5.3 5.5 5.8 6.3 6.7

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 1,649 2,490 2,608 5.0 6.2 6.7 7.0 7.5 7.9

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 1,259 2,041 2,255 3.6 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.9 6.5

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 1,207 1,995 2,118 3.4 4.5 4.6 5.1 5.5 5.9

 55 years and over ..................................................... 870 1,409 1,481 3.2 4.2 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.2

Men, 16 years and over .................................................. 4,180 6,491 6,771 5.1 6.8 7.2 7.4 7.9 8.3

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 747 777 799 21.3 21.4 24.7 24.0 23.3 24.4

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 303 313 295 24.1 23.2 27.3 28.8 27.0 26.5

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 433 468 488 19.4 20.4 21.7 21.2 21.5 22.8

 20 years and over ......................................................... 3,433 5,714 5,972 4.4 6.2 6.4 6.7 7.2 7.6

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 761 1,137 1,100 9.4 11.9 12.9 12.9 14.2 14.1

 25 years and over ....................................................... 2,701 4,545 4,892 3.8 5.5 5.6 5.9 6.4 6.9

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 2,237 3,770 4,083 4.0 5.8 5.8 6.1 6.7 7.3

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 924 1,510 1,589 5.1 6.9 7.1 7.5 8.3 8.8

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 681 1,117 1,231 3.6 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.9 6.6

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 632 1,144 1,262 3.3 5.0 4.8 5.6 6.1 6.7

 55 years and over ..................................................... 464 775 809 3.2 4.5 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.3

Women, 16 years and over ............................................ 3,375 4,618 4,845 4.7 5.5 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.7

 16 to 19 years ............................................................... 494 587 559 14.2 17.3 16.5 16.7 18.2 17.1

 16 to 17 years ............................................................. 246 251 178 17.4 20.3 19.2 19.7 21.2 16.2

 18 to 19 years ............................................................. 254 339 380 12.2 14.9 14.7 15.1 16.6 17.5

 20 years and over ......................................................... 2,881 4,031 4,286 4.2 4.9 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.2

 20 to 24 years ............................................................. 565 707 701 8.0 9.4 8.1 9.2 9.8 10.0

 25 years and over ....................................................... 2,293 3,358 3,598 3.8 4.4 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.8

 25 to 54 years ........................................................... 1,877 2,756 2,898 3.9 4.6 5.2 5.4 5.7 6.0

 25 to 34 years ......................................................... 724 981 1,018 4.8 5.3 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.8

 35 to 44 years ......................................................... 578 924 1,024 3.6 4.8 5.2 5.4 5.8 6.4

 45 to 54 years ......................................................... 575 852 856 3.4 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.0

 55 years and over 2 .................................................. 432 583 729 3.4 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.3 5.4

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ......................................... 1,270 2,077 2,330 2.7 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.4 5.0

Married women, spouse present .................................... 1,120 1,672 1,750 3.0 3.5 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.7

Women who maintain families 2 ..................................... 681 948 1,010 7.0 8.2 8.8 9.3 9.5 10.3

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ......................................................... 6,107 9,537 10,057 4.8 6.3 6.8 7.0 7.5 8.0

Part-time workers 4 ......................................................... 1,430 1,632 1,646 5.4 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.9

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

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

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

NOTE: Detail 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.
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Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Sept.

2008

Oct.

2008

Nov.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs 4,608 6,878 8,633 3,792 5,348 5,811 6,156 6,471 6,980

On temporary layoff .................................................... 1,614 1,675 2,251 1,036 1,396 1,367 1,413 1,524 1,441

Not on temporary layoff .............................................. 2,994 5,203 6,382 2,755 3,952 4,443 4,744 4,946 5,539

Permanent job losers .............................................. 2,110 4,034 4,923 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 884 1,169 1,460 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ..................................................................... 838 928 920 828 982 946 940 1,007 917

Reentrants ...................................................................... 2,195 2,523 2,791 2,183 2,587 2,650 2,655 2,777 2,751

New entrants .................................................................. 580 670 665 672 822 825 760 829 780

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

Job losers and persons who completed temporary

jobs ............................................................................. 56.1 62.5 66.4 50.7 54.9 56.8 58.6 58.4 61.1

On temporary layoff .................................................. 19.6 15.2 17.3 13.9 14.3 13.4 13.4 13.8 12.6

Not on temporary layoff ............................................ 36.4 47.3 49.1 36.9 40.6 43.4 45.1 44.6 48.5

Job leavers ................................................................... 10.2 8.4 7.1 11.1 10.1 9.2 8.9 9.1 8.0

Reentrants .................................................................... 26.7 22.9 21.5 29.2 26.6 25.9 25.3 25.1 24.1

New entrants ................................................................ 7.1 6.1 5.1 9.0 8.4 8.1 7.2 7.5 6.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary

jobs ............................................................................. 3.0 4.5 5.6 2.5 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.5

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

Reentrants .................................................................... 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8

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

1 Data not available.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Sept.

2008

Oct.

2008

Nov.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .............................................................................. 2,957 3,227 4,137 2,652 2,864 3,108 3,255 3,267 3,658

5 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 2,681 3,390 4,044 2,380 3,083 3,055 3,141 3,398 3,519

15 weeks and over ............................................................................. 2,583 4,381 4,828 2,477 3,662 4,109 3,964 4,517 4,634

 15 to 26 weeks ................................................................................ 1,172 1,869 2,086 1,114 1,621 1,834 1,757 1,927 1,987

 27 weeks and over .......................................................................... 1,411 2,512 2,742 1,363 2,041 2,275 2,207 2,591 2,647

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .................................................... 16.6 19.5 18.8 17.5 18.7 19.8 18.9 19.7 19.8

Median duration, in weeks .................................................................. 8.5 10.5 10.0 8.7 10.3 10.6 10.0 10.6 10.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks ............................................................................ 36.0 29.3 31.8 35.3 29.8 30.3 31.4 29.2 31.0

 5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 32.6 30.8 31.1 31.7 32.1 29.7 30.3 30.4 29.8

 15 weeks and over ........................................................................... 31.4 39.8 37.1 33.0 38.1 40.0 38.3 40.4 39.2

 15 to 26 weeks ............................................................................... 14.3 17.0 16.0 14.8 16.9 17.9 17.0 17.2 16.8

 27 weeks and over ......................................................................... 17.2 22.8 21.1 18.1 21.2 22.1 21.3 23.2 22.4

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2009

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................... 144,607 140,436 8,221 13,009 5.4 8.5

Management, professional, and related occupations ............. 52,165 52,358 1,164 2,238 2.2 4.1

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations ................................................................................ 21,749 21,956 509 1,056 2.3 4.6

 Professional and related occupations ...................................... 30,416 30,402 655 1,182 2.1 3.7

Service occupations ....................................................................... 23,366 23,850 1,767 2,389 7.0 9.1

Sales and office occupations ....................................................... 36,187 34,192 1,807 2,761 4.8 7.5

 Sales and related occupations .................................................. 16,594 15,773 909 1,323 5.2 7.7

 Office and administrative support occupations ...................... 19,592 18,419 898 1,438 4.4 7.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations .................................................................................... 14,955 13,587 1,453 2,497 8.9 15.5

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................. 905 825 111 251 11.0 23.3

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................ 8,939 7,673 1,154 1,824 11.4 19.2

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................ 5,112 5,089 188 422 3.5 7.7

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations .................................................................................... 17,934 16,449 1,420 2,432 7.3 12.9

 Production occupations .............................................................. 9,155 7,974 633 1,265 6.5 13.7

 Transportation and material moving occupations ................. 8,779 8,474 787 1,167 8.2 12.1

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

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2009

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .................................................... 8,221 13,009 5.4 8.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................... 6,720 10,787 5.6 9.0

 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction ......................... 28 59 4.0 7.0

 Construction .................................................................................. 1,099 1,744 11.0 18.2

 Manufacturing ............................................................................... 837 1,711 5.1 10.9

 Durable goods ............................................................................ 454 1,157 4.4 11.2

 Nondurable goods ..................................................................... 383 554 6.4 10.3

 Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................... 1,120 1,794 5.4 8.7

 Transportation and utilities ......................................................... 271 522 4.4 8.4

 Information ..................................................................................... 169 232 5.1 7.4

 Financial activities ........................................................................ 285 571 3.0 6.0

 Professional and business services ......................................... 893 1,445 6.4 10.4

 Education and health services .................................................. 576 792 2.9 3.8

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................ 1,176 1,487 9.4 11.5

 Other services ............................................................................... 264 431 4.4 7.1

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ...... 113 245 9.5 18.7

Government workers ..................................................................... 471 652 2.2 3.0

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................. 338 659 3.3 6.5

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

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2009 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2007

Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification system is derived from the 2007 North American Industry Classification

System. No historical data have been revised.

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Sept.

2008

Oct.

2008

Nov.

2008

Dec.

2008

Jan.

2009

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the

civilian labor force ..................................................................... 1.7 2.8 3.1 1.6 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.9 3.0

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a

percent of the civilian labor force .............................................. 3.0 4.5 5.6 2.5 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.5

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

(official unemployment rate) ................................................. 5.4 7.1 8.5 4.9 6.2 6.6 6.8 7.2 7.6

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

civilian labor force plus discouraged workers ........................... 5.7 7.5 8.9 5.2 6.5 6.9 7.1 7.6 8.0

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

marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus all marginally attached workers ................................ 6.4 8.3 9.7 6.0 7.2 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.8

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

total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent

of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers 9.9 13.5 15.4 9.0 11.2 12.0 12.6 13.5 13.9

NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither

working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job

and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a

subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not

looking currently for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are

those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a

part-time schedule. For more information, see "BLS introduces new range of

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

Labor Review. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2009

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2009

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force .................................................................. 79,788 81,293 30,837 31,848 48,951 49,445

 Persons who currently want a job ...................................................... 4,977 5,866 2,212 2,725 2,765 3,141

Marginally attached to the labor force 1 ........................................ 1,729 2,130 841 1,124 888 1,006

Reason not currently looking:

Discouragement over job prospects 2 .................................. 467 734 277 465 190 269

Reasons other than discouragement 3 ................................. 1,262 1,396 564 659 698 737

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 .................................................................. 7,398 7,258 3,652 3,572 3,746 3,687

 Percent of total employed ............................................................... 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.8 5.5 5.5

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ................................. 4,126 3,937 2,221 2,081 1,905 1,856

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .................................... 1,631 1,684 496 526 1,135 1,158

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ...................................... 229 232 163 156 67 75

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ......................................... 1,369 1,376 748 795 621 580

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Jan. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

 Jan. 

2008

 Sept. 

2008

 Oct. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

Change

from:

Dec. 2008-

Jan. 2009p

Total nonfarm ............................. 135,840 136,882 135,947 132,341 138,080 136,732 136,352 135,755 135,178 134,580 -598

Total private ........................................ 113,590 113,852 113,045 109,920 115,689 114,197 113,813 113,212 112,645 112,041 -604

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,402 20,997 20,474 19,648 21,981 21,247 21,063 20,814 20,564 20,245 -319

Mining and logging ................................................... 730 799 786 767 748 794 794 793 791 790 -1

Logging ........................................................... 57.8 58.3 56.2 54.4 59.0 56.5 56.6 56.6 55.7 55.8 .1

Mining .................................................................... 672.5 741.1 729.9 712.6 689.1 737.7 737.7 736.8 735.2 734.0 -1.2

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 154.0 167.9 169.2 168.6 155.0 166.3 166.5 167.4 169.3 168.8 -.5

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 213.7 233.2 224.6 216.0 224.7 230.2 230.5 230.7 229.5 229.4 -.1

Coal mining ...................................................... 77.3 84.8 85.1 84.0 77.5 82.5 83.1 84.3 84.6 85.0 .4

Support activities for mining .............................. 304.8 340.0 336.1 328.0 309.4 341.2 340.7 338.7 336.4 335.8 -.6

Construction ............................................................. 7,053 7,058 6,742 6,306 7,489 7,131 7,066 6,939 6,853 6,742 -111

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,665.6 1,609.1 1,572.2 1,473.5 1,728.8 1,625.0 1,609.9 1,588.4 1,575.3 1,534.6 -40.7

Residential building ......................................... 851.7 793.6 772.8 719.9 887.2 806.5 795.6 781.7 770.3 750.0 -20.3

Nonresidential building .................................... 813.9 815.5 799.4 753.6 841.6 818.5 814.3 806.7 805.0 784.6 -20.4

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 893.6 969.4 898.6 827.2 1,001.7 960.2 952.6 942.5 934.5 931.5 -3.0

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,494.0 4,479.7 4,271.1 4,004.8 4,758.4 4,545.4 4,503.9 4,408.5 4,342.8 4,275.6 -67.2

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,021.5 1,946.2 1,852.6 1,729.0 2,144.7 2,000.1 1,975.5 1,921.6 1,884.5 1,843.8 -40.7

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,472.5 2,533.5 2,418.5 2,275.8 2,613.7 2,545.3 2,528.4 2,486.9 2,458.3 2,431.8 -26.5

Manufacturing ........................................................... 13,619 13,140 12,946 12,575 13,744 13,322 13,203 13,082 12,920 12,713 -207

Production workers ....................................... 9,824 9,375 9,194 8,879 9,930 9,543 9,425 9,322 9,178 9,002 -176

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,640 8,254 8,125 7,863 8,710 8,392 8,300 8,216 8,099 7,942 -157

Production workers ....................................... 6,149 5,775 5,656 5,435 6,209 5,898 5,805 5,741 5,636 5,505 -131

Wood products ................................................... 483.6 431.0 416.2 394.6 492.7 446.4 438.8 429.8 418.1 404.5 -13.6

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 470.9 456.4 435.8 415.3 487.5 460.2 458.2 450.1 442.1 436.7 -5.4

Primary metals .................................................... 451.3 430.4 421.0 412.0 452.0 441.1 438.6 429.8 421.3 412.8 -8.5

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,552.5 1,494.5 1,467.9 1,419.7 1,560.0 1,519.4 1,505.0 1,486.3 1,461.2 1,424.5 -36.7

Machinery ........................................................... 1,187.9 1,167.6 1,157.6 1,121.0 1,192.3 1,183.1 1,179.3 1,162.7 1,152.6 1,130.8 -21.8

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,255.5 1,234.9 1,228.6 1,214.5 1,258.9 1,246.5 1,239.8 1,233.3 1,225.6 1,216.8 -8.8

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 182.8 181.8 181.2 180.5 183.5 182.8 182.4 181.8 181.0 181.7 .7

Communications equipment ........................... 128.0 129.9 129.5 129.4 128.5 129.2 128.6 129.5 128.9 128.4 -.5

Semiconductors and electronic components . 440.7 424.0 419.3 410.7 441.4 431.0 428.4 423.2 418.1 412.2 -5.9

Electronic instruments ..................................... 440.5 438.7 438.2 435.3 442.0 442.5 440.2 438.8 437.8 435.5 -2.3

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 426.1 418.4 413.1 407.6 428.1 422.6 421.3 417.5 412.7 409.3 -3.4

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,670.3 1,541.0 1,519.9 1,446.6 1,686.2 1,572.6 1,531.3 1,532.5 1,505.4 1,464.5 -40.9

Motor vehicles and parts2................................. 937.2 817.1 798.3 736.4 951.2 839.7 829.7 809.6 785.4 754.1 -31.3

Furniture and related products .......................... 507.0 449.2 441.9 425.1 512.6 470.3 458.8 449.6 441.5 430.1 -11.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 635.0 630.7 622.8 606.1 639.6 629.4 628.5 624.2 618.4 611.9 -6.5

Nondurable goods ................................................. 4,979 4,886 4,821 4,712 5,034 4,930 4,903 4,866 4,821 4,771 -50

Production workers ....................................... 3,675 3,600 3,538 3,444 3,721 3,645 3,620 3,581 3,542 3,497 -45

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,469.4 1,503.0 1,483.2 1,449.8 1,489.5 1,484.3 1,484.7 1,489.0 1,478.9 1,473.2 -5.7

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 193.6 195.7 193.0 189.3 198.3 199.3 197.2 196.4 196.1 194.7 -1.4

Textile mills ......................................................... 160.5 140.8 136.6 133.4 162.2 147.5 145.6 140.6 137.5 134.4 -3.1

Textile product mills ........................................... 151.1 144.4 142.4 137.7 152.1 145.5 144.5 143.5 141.9 139.6 -2.3

Apparel ................................................................ 200.6 187.7 181.6 173.0 207.0 197.3 192.8 187.1 182.9 178.7 -4.2

Leather and allied products ............................... 34.0 32.7 32.7 32.2 34.3 34.3 33.9 32.6 32.7 32.5 -.2

Paper and paper products ................................. 452.7 437.5 436.2 427.0 452.7 441.9 439.7 437.1 435.3 429.3 -6.0

Printing and related support activities ............... 609.8 578.6 569.3 555.7 614.8 587.6 582.3 574.1 566.5 558.8 -7.7

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 111.1 117.1 113.9 109.5 115.8 117.9 117.8 117.2 116.8 113.9 -2.9

Chemicals ........................................................... 853.0 841.2 837.0 830.7 857.2 844.3 843.4 842.6 837.7 835.3 -2.4

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 743.2 707.5 694.7 673.7 750.0 729.7 721.1 705.9 694.6 680.1 -14.5

See footnotes at the end of table.
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Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Continued

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Jan. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

 Jan. 

2008

 Sept. 

2008

 Oct. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

Change

from:

Dec. 2008-

Jan. 2009p

Service-providing .............................................. 114,438 115,885 115,473 112,693 116,099 115,485 115,289 114,941 114,614 114,335 -279

Private service-providing ............................... 92,188 92,855 92,571 90,272 93,708 92,950 92,750 92,398 92,081 91,796 -285

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,510 26,439 26,485 25,502 26,717 26,257 26,157 26,005 25,858 25,740 -118

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,982.7 5,906.6 5,865.5 5,768.5 6,033.9 5,947.2 5,920.1 5,890.3 5,854.2 5,823.2 -31.0

Durable goods .................................................... 3,094.8 3,008.5 2,986.8 2,942.7 3,113.5 3,047.2 3,026.1 3,004.9 2,981.7 2,962.3 -19.4

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,045.5 2,045.3 2,028.9 1,982.7 2,073.3 2,044.1 2,040.5 2,033.6 2,025.2 2,012.7 -12.5

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 842.4 852.8 849.8 843.1 847.1 855.9 853.5 851.8 847.3 848.2 .9

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,458.2 15,503.2 15,599.9 14,867.7 15,571.7 15,278.2 15,216.8 15,126.0 15,043.3 14,998.2 -45.1

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,870.7 1,763.3 1,729.8 1,698.1 1,901.2 1,818.4 1,792.7 1,770.5 1,745.3 1,731.2 -14.1

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,224.5 1,118.7 1,090.3 1,071.0 1,238.4 1,164.8 1,141.7 1,121.2 1,098.3 1,084.8 -13.5

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 568.9 537.6 538.9 510.4 564.7 538.4 532.4 522.6 515.4 508.3 -7.1

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 551.4 561.4 561.6 538.3 551.0 547.1 545.1 541.5 538.9 538.9 .0

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,214.4 1,218.9 1,197.5 1,162.6 1,277.5 1,248.4 1,245.9 1,235.8 1,228.4 1,218.7 -9.7

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,854.2 2,869.2 2,868.2 2,827.1 2,870.3 2,846.5 2,851.9 2,843.5 2,837.0 2,841.7 4.7

Health and personal care stores ....................... 1,013.0 1,000.9 1,009.1 990.7 1,013.0 998.9 995.9 989.4 991.6 989.5 -2.1

Gasoline stations ................................................ 843.1 835.7 833.4 824.8 853.4 834.8 836.1 836.9 834.4 832.9 -1.5

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,497.1 1,546.1 1,592.3 1,443.4 1,500.3 1,478.5 1,471.5 1,462.2 1,448.2 1,449.6 1.4

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 681.4 669.9 683.7 634.2 666.2 641.6 641.2 633.1 627.1 624.1 -3.0

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 3,071.8 3,186.2 3,271.5 3,005.7 3,067.8 3,045.8 3,025.5 3,024.5 3,024.5 3,016.2 -8.3

Department stores .......................................... 1,619.3 1,640.8 1,700.4 1,512.4 1,602.8 1,541.9 1,523.9 1,517.5 1,513.3 1,504.7 -8.6

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 847.3 854.9 853.0 807.7 863.5 844.3 845.0 838.3 826.9 823.2 -3.7

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 444.9 459.1 460.9 424.7 442.8 435.5 433.6 427.7 425.6 423.9 -1.7

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,514.5 4,465.9 4,456.1 4,301.8 4,554.4 4,471.3 4,456.9 4,424.4 4,396.7 4,353.0 -43.7

Air transportation ................................................ 499.0 479.5 476.4 472.9 503.5 483.2 482.1 481.6 478.6 478.3 -.3

Rail transportation .............................................. 229.7 228.5 228.5 228.5 231.7 227.6 229.5 229.0 229.3 230.1 .8

Water transportation ........................................... 65.1 61.8 61.2 58.8 67.6 64.5 63.9 62.6 61.8 60.5 -1.3

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,391.5 1,368.7 1,346.6 1,286.8 1,418.4 1,378.1 1,370.3 1,358.0 1,343.5 1,318.6 -24.9

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 429.6 426.7 426.1 418.8 419.1 414.4 413.8 411.7 411.1 409.1 -2.0

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 40.3 43.1 43.2 42.8 40.3 43.1 43.3 43.2 43.2 43.1 -.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 22.2 24.4 23.5 21.3 29.0 27.1 27.1 27.2 27.5 27.4 -.1

Support activities for transportation ................... 584.0 584.2 581.3 561.6 589.9 589.5 588.0 582.2 579.4 570.8 -8.6

Couriers and messengers .................................. 582.8 572.0 601.0 556.9 581.5 572.9 570.5 565.7 562.6 558.2 -4.4

Warehousing and storage .................................. 670.3 677.0 668.3 653.4 673.4 670.9 668.4 663.2 659.7 656.9 -2.8

Utilities ................................................................... 554.9 563.2 563.4 564.2 556.8 560.5 562.8 564.0 564.2 565.7 1.5

Information ................................................................ 3,000 2,970 2,954 2,893 3,022 2,986 2,982 2,965 2,941 2,920 -21

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 894.2 867.0 862.7 844.6 897.6 876.6 872.6 863.6 858.8 851.4 -7.4

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 362.4 384.8 379.7 356.9 374.6 381.7 388.7 385.0 376.0 368.6 -7.4

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 318.9 314.5 310.9 304.1 320.2 313.0 312.9 313.1 308.4 307.0 -1.4

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,030.7 1,010.5 1,007.5 1,002.5 1,032.1 1,021.6 1,014.5 1,010.2 1,005.0 1,001.2 -3.8

Data processing, hosting and related services . 263.2 258.0 256.8 251.7 265.7 259.6 258.9 257.5 256.5 256.7 .2

Other information services ................................. 131.0 135.0 136.0 133.3 131.7 133.6 134.1 135.1 136.0 134.7 -1.3

Financial activities .................................................... 8,166 8,028 8,010 7,908 8,229 8,115 8,088 8,043 8,016 7,974 -42

Finance and insurance .......................................... 6,045.8 5,945.7 5,926.4 5,878.6 6,069.8 5,994.3 5,978.7 5,948.7 5,926.4 5,898.4 -28.0

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 21.9 21.4 21.1 20.8 22.1 22.3 22.1 21.5 21.3 21.0 -.3

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,775.5 2,685.8 2,679.4 2,664.4 2,784.8 2,722.4 2,706.4 2,692.8 2,682.6 2,672.2 -10.4

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,821.5 1,803.2 1,805.6 1,799.9 1,825.4 1,814.8 1,811.1 1,806.9 1,806.1 1,802.8 -3.3

Commercial banking .................................... 1,356.1 1,349.2 1,351.2 1,346.5 1,359.5 1,359.0 1,356.0 1,352.7 1,352.4 1,349.4 -3.0

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 857.0 844.2 840.6 822.6 861.5 851.4 847.8 842.1 840.0 824.9 -15.1

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,302.1 2,303.3 2,294.3 2,280.3 2,311.6 2,307.6 2,311.0 2,300.9 2,291.9 2,289.4 -2.5

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 89.3 91.0 91.0 90.5 89.8 90.6 91.4 91.4 90.6 90.9 .3

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,120.0 2,082.0 2,083.4 2,029.4 2,159.4 2,120.6 2,109.0 2,093.8 2,089.1 2,075.2 -13.9

Real estate .......................................................... 1,468.2 1,455.4 1,460.2 1,421.4 1,494.9 1,474.5 1,471.2 1,461.7 1,459.9 1,452.2 -7.7

Rental and leasing services ............................... 623.8 598.5 594.7 580.0 636.1 617.7 609.7 603.8 600.8 594.5 -6.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 28.0 28.1 28.5 28.0 28.4 28.4 28.1 28.3 28.4 28.5 .1

See footnotes at the end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Jan. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

 Jan. 

2008

 Sept. 

2008

 Oct. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

Change

from:

Dec. 2008-

Jan. 2009p

Professional and business services ........................ 17,674 17,590 17,405 16,895 18,069 17,675 17,612 17,488 17,382 17,261 -121

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 7,844.0 7,820.2 7,846.6 7,796.4 7,819.7 7,834.4 7,844.0 7,827.7 7,807.3 7,778.7 -28.6

Legal services .................................................. 1,159.6 1,158.2 1,160.6 1,144.6 1,169.8 1,160.2 1,160.2 1,157.7 1,158.2 1,156.9 -1.3

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 1,066.8 892.7 953.1 1,031.2 965.9 945.6 946.4 941.0 936.3 928.1 -8.2

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,429.8 1,435.8 1,417.8 1,384.0 1,452.0 1,441.4 1,437.1 1,428.6 1,421.1 1,411.5 -9.6

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,418.5 1,475.9 1,476.7 1,462.4 1,425.7 1,461.6 1,466.1 1,467.9 1,467.7 1,464.2 -3.5

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 977.4 1,032.9 1,030.3 1,017.1 990.8 1,021.0 1,022.9 1,024.9 1,022.3 1,033.3 11.0

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,892.8 1,882.5 1,874.9 1,866.6 1,903.5 1,887.1 1,882.8 1,882.0 1,872.1 1,874.7 2.6

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,936.7 7,886.9 7,683.6 7,232.1 8,345.5 7,953.2 7,884.8 7,778.3 7,702.5 7,607.7 -94.8

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,582.9 7,522.7 7,323.3 6,873.9 7,985.1 7,591.9 7,522.0 7,414.2 7,340.9 7,242.9 -98.0

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,220.8 2,998.2 2,883.3 2,571.7 3,420.3 3,049.8 2,987.7 2,896.7 2,828.6 2,739.6 -89.0

Temporary help services ............................. 2,396.7 2,214.8 2,101.8 1,840.5 2,558.5 2,264.2 2,218.9 2,128.5 2,054.7 1,978.3 -76.4

Business support services .............................. 825.5 831.8 833.8 809.6 828.1 818.1 820.8 823.7 818.9 817.4 -1.5

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,681.4 1,832.6 1,744.3 1,656.8 1,859.4 1,843.3 1,837.4 1,829.4 1,828.2 1,826.4 -1.8

Waste management and remediation services 353.8 364.2 360.3 358.2 360.4 361.3 362.8 364.1 361.6 364.8 3.2

Education and health services ................................ 18,488 19,255 19,246 19,019 18,613 18,957 18,981 19,044 19,089 19,143 54

Educational services ............................................. 2,907.0 3,238.9 3,188.4 3,028.3 2,990.7 3,055.1 3,047.3 3,066.0 3,070.7 3,103.3 32.6

Health care and social assistance ........................15,581.0 16,016.3 16,057.1 15,991.0 15,622.6 15,901.9 15,934.1 15,977.8 16,018.5 16,039.2 20.7

3 Health care ......................................................... 13,102.0 13,468.5 13,503.3 13,451.6 13,139.8 13,376.0 13,401.2 13,442.4 13,476.2 13,495.5 19.3

1 Ambulatory health care services .................... 5,554.4 5,744.3 5,758.6 5,730.7 5,575.0 5,699.5 5,706.1 5,727.7 5,741.9 5,752.4 10.5

Offices of physicians .................................... 2,229.7 2,297.0 2,305.4 2,295.8 2,234.7 2,279.0 2,283.3 2,289.8 2,294.3 2,301.3 7.0

Outpatient care centers ................................ 523.8 538.8 537.1 535.0 524.9 534.8 536.6 536.9 536.8 537.4 .6

Home health care services .......................... 933.6 980.0 982.1 976.0 937.4 966.8 968.6 975.6 979.8 980.0 .2

Hospitals .......................................................... 4,564.8 4,698.0 4,706.8 4,695.9 4,574.0 4,668.9 4,681.9 4,692.4 4,702.8 4,711.0 8.2

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............ 2,982.8 3,026.2 3,037.9 3,025.0 2,990.8 3,007.6 3,013.2 3,022.3 3,031.5 3,032.1 .6

Nursing care facilities ................................... 1,609.6 1,618.4 1,622.8 1,614.1 1,613.5 1,608.9 1,611.0 1,614.5 1,618.9 1,617.3 -1.6

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,479.0 2,547.8 2,553.8 2,539.4 2,482.8 2,525.9 2,532.9 2,535.4 2,542.3 2,543.7 1.4

Child day care services ................................... 864.8 875.9 875.4 871.6 860.6 862.5 862.3 863.2 864.7 866.3 1.6

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,905 13,087 13,014 12,663 13,534 13,428 13,395 13,344 13,313 13,285 -28

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,767.9 1,800.9 1,798.9 1,733.6 1,992.8 1,955.3 1,952.0 1,944.0 1,947.6 1,945.9 -1.7

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 367.8 386.7 388.4 367.4 411.7 402.9 402.5 398.8 403.3 406.8 3.5

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 121.3 126.4 123.8 119.7 132.9 130.6 129.6 130.6 130.8 130.9 .1

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,278.8 1,287.8 1,286.7 1,246.5 1,448.2 1,421.8 1,419.9 1,414.6 1,413.5 1,408.2 -5.3

Accommodation and food services ...................... 11,137.3 11,286.5 11,215.4 10,929.5 11,540.9 11,472.4 11,442.7 11,399.6 11,365.7 11,338.9 -26.8

Accommodation .................................................. 1,798.2 1,761.8 1,738.8 1,690.7 1,890.8 1,841.3 1,827.9 1,812.1 1,797.0 1,778.9 -18.1

Food services and drinking places .................... 9,339.1 9,524.7 9,476.6 9,238.8 9,650.1 9,631.1 9,614.8 9,587.5 9,568.7 9,560.0 -8.7

Other services .......................................................... 5,445 5,486 5,457 5,392 5,524 5,532 5,535 5,509 5,482 5,473 -9

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,226.6 1,197.4 1,180.9 1,172.0 1,247.1 1,221.2 1,216.4 1,204.7 1,193.4 1,193.3 -.1

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,298.8 1,317.5 1,320.7 1,294.3 1,319.4 1,333.9 1,330.1 1,323.2 1,322.8 1,316.3 -6.5

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,919.7 2,971.2 2,955.5 2,925.8 2,957.3 2,977.1 2,988.3 2,980.7 2,965.3 2,963.6 -1.7

Government .............................................................. 22,250 23,030 22,902 22,421 22,391 22,535 22,539 22,543 22,533 22,539 6

Federal ................................................................... 2,713 2,779 2,781 2,777 2,737 2,771 2,775 2,783 2,777 2,792 15

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,959.3 2,045.7 2,044.0 2,040.8 1,977.7 2,034.3 2,043.5 2,052.4 2,056.2 2,064.2 8.0

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 753.8 733.3 737.1 736.5 759.7 736.5 731.9 730.1 721.1 727.6 6.5

State government .................................................. 5,047 5,365 5,294 5,105 5,157 5,192 5,194 5,197 5,193 5,187 -6

State government education .............................. 2,244.4 2,559.7 2,494.2 2,313.4 2,339.7 2,373.3 2,372.8 2,380.3 2,378.6 2,379.8 1.2

State government, excluding education ............ 2,802.8 2,805.5 2,800.1 2,791.6 2,817.7 2,818.9 2,820.7 2,816.4 2,814.3 2,807.5 -6.8

Local government .................................................. 14,490 14,886 14,827 14,539 14,497 14,572 14,570 14,563 14,563 14,560 -3

Local government education ............................. 8,157.0 8,422.7 8,407.1 8,168.0 8,050.1 8,075.4 8,071.6 8,067.6 8,067.8 8,070.6 2.8

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,333.4 6,463.2 6,419.5 6,371.1 6,446.4 6,496.4 6,498.3 6,495.6 6,495.4 6,489.7 -5.7

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

vehicle parts.

3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing

and residential care facilities.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2008 benchmark levels

and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Jan. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

 Jan. 

2008

 Sept. 

2008

 Oct. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

Change

from:

Dec. 2008-

Jan. 2009p

Total private ....................................... 33.3 33.7 33.2 32.9 33.7 33.6 33.5 33.4 33.3 33.3 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.0 39.8 39.4 38.8 40.5 39.9 39.8 39.5 39.4 39.3 -.1

Mining and logging ................................................. 45.1 46.0 44.1 43.6 45.6 44.5 44.7 45.3 44.3 44.4 .1

Construction ............................................................ 37.9 37.9 37.2 37.1 38.8 38.3 38.3 37.7 37.9 37.9 .0

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.9 40.5 40.3 39.4 41.1 40.5 40.4 40.2 39.9 39.8 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 3.4 3.2 2.6 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.9 -.1

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.2 40.5 40.5 39.5 41.5 40.6 40.6 40.4 40.0 39.8 -.2

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 3.2 3.1 2.5 4.2 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.7 -.2

Wood products .................................................. 38.2 37.7 36.8 36.2 39.2 38.4 38.1 37.6 36.8 37.3 .5

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 41.1 41.1 40.5 39.1 42.3 41.9 41.8 40.9 40.9 40.4 -.5

Primary metals .................................................. 42.5 40.9 40.7 40.2 42.6 41.8 41.4 40.9 40.4 40.3 -.1

Fabricated metal products .............................. 41.5 41.1 40.6 39.6 41.8 40.9 40.8 40.8 40.2 39.9 -.3

Machinery .......................................................... 43.0 41.7 41.6 40.7 42.9 42.1 41.8 41.4 41.2 40.9 -.3

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.1 41.7 41.2 40.4 40.4 40.8 40.8 41.3 40.4 40.7 .3

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 41.4 40.8 40.8 38.9 41.4 41.0 40.4 40.2 39.8 39.3 -.5

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.6 40.8 41.6 40.1 42.7 40.9 41.3 40.9 40.9 40.3 -.6

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 42.1 39.9 40.7 37.8 42.3 40.9 40.6 40.0 39.9 38.3 -1.6

Furniture and related products ....................... 37.9 37.0 38.0 37.3 38.5 37.4 37.4 37.2 37.4 37.6 .2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.9 38.5 38.6 38.5 39.1 38.7 38.9 38.5 38.4 38.6 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.4 40.3 40.0 39.3 40.6 40.2 40.2 39.9 39.6 39.7 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.9 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 -.1

Food manufacturing ......................................... 40.1 40.4 40.1 39.6 40.5 40.3 40.3 39.9 39.7 40.0 .3

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.6 38.4 36.5 36.4 40.3 38.2 38.1 37.9 36.8 37.2 .4

Textile mills ........................................................ 38.7 38.0 37.3 36.6 38.9 38.9 38.4 37.7 37.0 37.2 .2

Textile product mills ......................................... 38.5 38.1 37.7 36.9 38.7 38.1 37.9 37.9 37.2 37.2 .0

Apparel ............................................................... 36.4 36.5 36.1 35.6 36.7 35.9 36.3 36.2 36.1 36.1 .0

Leather and allied products ............................ 37.9 34.0 35.4 33.6 38.3 37.5 36.9 34.4 35.0 34.4 -.6

Paper and paper products .............................. 44.0 42.5 42.5 41.4 44.0 42.4 42.2 42.1 41.8 41.7 -.1

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.2 38.7 38.6 37.2 38.3 38.3 38.3 38.2 38.1 37.6 -.5

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 43.6 45.1 44.6 45.1 43.9 45.2 45.2 44.4 45.3 45.3 .0

Chemicals .......................................................... 41.6 41.6 41.2 41.0 41.6 41.3 41.5 41.3 41.0 41.2 .2

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 41.1 40.8 40.5 39.7 41.1 40.7 40.6 40.6 40.0 40.0 .0

Private service-providing ............................. 32.0 32.5 32.0 31.8 32.4 32.3 32.3 32.2 32.2 32.2 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 32.8 33.0 32.9 32.5 33.3 33.2 33.1 33.0 32.9 32.9 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.9 38.6 37.7 37.7 38.3 38.1 38.2 38.1 37.8 38.1 .3

Retail trade ........................................................... 29.7 29.7 29.9 29.2 30.2 30.1 29.9 29.8 29.7 29.7 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.0 36.4 36.5 35.7 36.6 36.4 36.3 36.1 36.3 36.3 .0

Utilities ................................................................... 42.8 42.7 43.0 42.5 43.2 42.7 42.5 42.4 43.0 42.6 -.4

Information ............................................................... 35.9 37.4 36.9 36.8 36.3 36.9 36.9 37.0 37.0 37.2 .2

Financial activities .................................................. 35.4 36.7 35.8 35.9 35.7 36.0 35.9 36.1 36.0 36.2 .2

Professional and business services .................... 34.1 35.3 34.6 34.4 34.7 34.8 34.9 34.9 34.8 35.0 .2

Education and health services ............................. 32.5 32.7 32.3 32.3 32.6 32.5 32.5 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 24.5 25.0 24.5 23.9 25.3 25.2 25.1 25.0 24.9 24.7 -.2

Other services ......................................................... 30.5 30.9 30.5 30.4 30.7 30.7 30.7 30.7 30.6 30.6 .0

1 Data relate to production workers in mining and logging and manufacturing,

construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately

four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2

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

vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2008 benchmark levels

and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and 

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

 Jan. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

 Jan. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

Total private ....................................... $17.81 $18.40 $18.41 $18.49 $593.07 $620.08 $611.21 $608.32

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 17.77 18.34 18.41 18.46 598.85 612.56 613.05 614.72

Goods-producing .......................................... 18.92 19.65 19.76 19.65 756.80 782.07 778.54 762.42

Mining and logging ................................................. 21.99 23.31 23.55 23.55 991.75 1,072.26 1,038.56 1,026.78

Construction ............................................................ 21.25 22.32 22.54 22.28 805.38 845.93 838.49 826.59

Manufacturing ......................................................... 17.55 17.94 18.06 18.05 717.80 726.57 727.82 711.17

Durable goods ..................................................... 18.45 18.92 19.06 19.04 760.14 766.26 771.93 752.08

Wood products .................................................. 13.93 14.58 14.66 14.65 532.13 549.67 539.49 530.33

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.98 16.85 16.74 16.76 697.88 692.54 677.97 655.32

Primary metals .................................................. 20.05 19.98 20.05 19.68 852.13 817.18 816.04 791.14

Fabricated metal products .............................. 16.77 17.21 17.40 17.25 695.96 707.33 706.44 683.10

Machinery .......................................................... 17.75 18.18 18.15 18.16 763.25 758.11 755.04 739.11

Computer and electronic products ................ 20.48 21.37 21.42 21.44 821.25 891.13 882.50 866.18

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.68 15.74 15.90 15.79 649.15 642.19 648.72 614.23

Transportation equipment ............................... 23.39 24.37 24.58 24.86 996.41 994.30 1,022.53 996.89

Furniture and related products ....................... 14.38 14.77 14.91 14.99 545.00 546.49 566.58 559.13

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 14.91 15.42 15.63 15.64 580.00 593.67 603.32 602.14

Nondurable goods ............................................... 16.00 16.35 16.44 16.48 646.40 658.91 657.60 647.66

Food manufacturing ......................................... 13.89 14.17 14.26 14.31 556.99 572.47 571.83 566.68

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 19.68 19.98 19.95 20.18 779.33 767.23 728.18 734.55

Textile mills ........................................................ 13.29 13.69 13.82 13.93 514.32 520.22 515.49 509.84

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.67 11.59 11.71 11.60 449.30 441.58 441.47 428.04

Apparel ............................................................... 11.44 11.35 11.38 11.37 416.42 414.28 410.82 404.77

Leather and allied products ............................ 12.78 13.61 13.47 13.36 484.36 462.74 476.84 448.90

Paper and paper products .............................. 18.82 18.89 19.13 19.13 828.08 802.83 813.03 791.98

Printing and related support activities ........... 16.51 16.86 17.01 16.82 630.68 652.48 656.59 625.70

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 26.41 28.28 28.17 29.17 1,151.48 1,275.43 1,256.38 1,315.57

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.43 19.77 19.75 19.84 808.29 822.43 813.70 813.44

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 15.59 16.13 16.30 16.23 640.75 658.10 660.15 644.33

Private service-providing ............................. 17.53 18.10 18.09 18.23 560.96 588.25 578.88 579.71

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.99 16.26 16.14 16.36 524.47 536.58 531.01 531.70

Wholesale trade ................................................... 20.01 20.41 20.33 20.43 758.38 787.83 766.44 770.21

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.77 12.85 12.74 12.96 379.27 381.65 380.93 378.43

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 18.06 18.69 18.64 18.67 650.16 680.32 680.36 666.52

Utilities ................................................................... 28.64 28.96 29.28 29.20 1,225.79 1,236.59 1,259.04 1,241.00

Information ............................................................... 24.48 25.03 24.86 24.81 878.83 936.12 917.33 913.01

Financial activities .................................................. 19.95 20.54 20.48 20.47 706.23 753.82 733.18 734.87

Professional and business services .................... 20.70 21.97 22.02 22.21 705.87 775.54 761.89 764.02

Education and health services ............................. 18.60 19.10 19.24 19.29 604.50 624.57 621.45 623.07

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 10.74 10.93 11.06 10.98 263.13 273.25 270.97 262.42

Other services ......................................................... 15.74 16.24 16.27 16.34 480.07 501.82 496.24 496.74

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2008 benchmark levels

and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

 Jan. 

2008

 Sept. 

2008

 Oct. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

Percent

change from:

Dec. 2008-

Jan. 2009 p

Current dollars ................................................ $17.77 $18.21 $18.28 $18.34 $18.41 $18.46 0.3

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.27 8.21 8.34 8.55 8.66 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 19.00 19.48 19.56 19.63 19.70 19.73 .2

Mining and logging ................................................................. 21.83 23.08 23.03 23.28 23.29 23.28 .0

Construction ............................................................................ 21.38 22.09 22.17 22.28 22.44 22.41 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 17.52 17.81 17.89 17.94 17.96 18.01 .3

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

4 Excluding overtime 16.69 17.07 17.15 17.25 17.31 17.38 .4

Durable goods ..................................................................... 18.45 18.74 18.84 18.91 18.93 19.01 .4

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.93 16.28 16.35 16.37 16.39 16.43 .2

Private service-providing ............................................. 17.46 17.90 17.97 18.03 18.11 18.16 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 16.00 16.20 16.23 16.29 16.31 16.36 .3

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 19.97 20.20 20.22 20.29 20.28 20.37 .4

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.80 12.91 12.89 12.93 12.94 12.98 .3

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 18.11 18.47 18.58 18.66 18.68 18.74 .3

Utilities ................................................................................... 28.62 28.86 28.91 28.91 29.13 29.14 .0

Information ............................................................................... 24.40 24.90 24.99 24.94 24.90 24.77 -.5

Financial activities .................................................................. 19.99 20.43 20.43 20.41 20.51 20.52 .0

Professional and business services .................................... 20.58 21.47 21.63 21.78 21.97 22.09 .5

Education and health services ............................................. 18.56 19.04 19.08 19.13 19.22 19.24 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 10.68 10.90 10.92 10.90 10.94 10.95 .1

Other services ......................................................................... 15.79 16.20 16.24 16.29 16.32 16.40 .5

3( )

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers

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

3 Change was 1.3 percent from Nov. 2008 to Dec. 2008, the latest month available.

4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time

and one-half.

N.A. = not available.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2008 benchmark levels

and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Jan. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

 Jan. 

2008

 Sept. 

2008

 Oct. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

Percent

change from:

Dec. 2008-

Jan. 2009p

Total private ....................................... 104.0 105.8 103.3 99.2 107.5 105.8 105.0 104.1 103.3 102.6 -0.7

Goods-producing .......................................... 96.4 93.8 89.8 84.2 100.8 95.3 93.9 92.0 90.4 88.6 -2.0

Mining and logging ................................................. 131.1 147.2 137.6 132.5 136.7 141.2 140.6 143.2 139.1 140.2 .8

Construction ............................................................ 102.5 103.2 95.7 88.2 112.4 105.3 104.1 100.5 99.6 97.7 -1.9

Manufacturing ......................................................... 92.2 87.1 85.0 80.3 93.7 88.7 87.4 86.0 84.0 82.2 -2.1

Durable goods ..................................................... 95.2 87.9 86.1 80.7 96.8 90.0 88.5 87.1 84.7 82.3 -2.8

Wood products .................................................. 80.4 70.9 66.7 61.8 84.4 74.7 72.7 70.5 67.0 65.3 -2.5

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 89.3 88.0 81.7 74.5 95.7 90.1 89.6 86.3 84.2 81.9 -2.7

Primary metals .................................................. 90.2 81.7 78.9 75.8 90.6 86.2 84.7 81.5 78.3 76.2 -2.7

Fabricated metal products .............................. 104.0 98.0 95.0 89.3 105.4 99.6 98.1 96.6 93.6 90.3 -3.5

Machinery .......................................................... 105.3 97.9 96.5 90.8 105.4 100.9 99.6 96.7 95.1 92.3 -2.9

Computer and electronic products ................ 100.9 101.1 98.7 94.9 101.8 100.2 99.3 99.7 96.4 96.0 -.4

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 89.4 87.8 86.3 81.1 89.8 88.6 87.3 86.1 84.1 82.4 -2.0

Transportation equipment ............................... 95.1 81.4 81.4 73.9 96.5 83.5 81.0 81.0 79.0 75.4 -4.6

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 80.0 64.4 63.9 53.9 81.9 68.1 66.3 63.9 61.4 56.2 -8.5

Furniture and related products ....................... 79.0 67.0 67.5 63.4 81.3 71.7 69.7 67.4 66.3 64.6 -2.6

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 90.6 88.0 87.2 84.7 91.9 89.1 89.0 87.1 86.2 85.8 -.5

Nondurable goods ............................................... 87.5 85.5 83.4 79.7 89.0 86.3 85.7 84.2 82.6 81.8 -1.0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 99.0 101.8 99.6 96.0 101.5 100.4 100.4 99.3 98.4 98.7 .3

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 87.2 92.6 87.2 85.0 92.0 91.7 91.4 91.6 89.6 90.4 .9

Textile mills ........................................................ 51.2 43.2 40.8 39.2 51.9 46.7 45.3 42.6 40.7 39.9 -2.0

Textile product mills ......................................... 70.8 68.0 66.3 62.6 72.1 68.8 68.3 67.5 65.5 64.5 -1.5

Apparel ............................................................... 57.3 53.4 51.0 47.5 59.6 55.7 54.9 52.7 51.2 49.6 -3.1

Leather and allied products ............................ 70.3 61.5 64.1 59.5 71.6 71.6 69.3 62.0 63.1 61.5 -2.5

Paper and paper products .............................. 86.5 81.8 81.5 77.1 86.7 82.2 81.5 80.9 80.0 78.3 -2.1

Printing and related support activities ........... 88.4 84.4 82.1 77.1 89.3 84.8 83.9 82.5 80.7 78.7 -2.5

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 95.0 101.0 94.0 87.3 100.3 104.7 102.8 98.6 97.8 93.5 -4.4

Chemicals .......................................................... 95.3 93.6 91.8 90.5 95.7 93.8 94.0 93.4 91.7 91.5 -.2

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 89.4 83.3 80.9 76.6 90.4 86.8 85.1 82.9 80.3 78.4 -2.4

Private service-providing ............................. 106.3 109.1 107.1 103.4 109.7 108.5 108.2 107.5 107.1 106.7 -.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 102.9 103.5 103.4 97.8 105.4 103.3 102.4 101.4 100.6 99.9 -.7

Wholesale trade ................................................... 108.2 108.9 105.5 103.3 110.4 108.1 108.0 107.0 105.5 105.5 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 99.9 100.4 101.8 94.3 102.3 100.1 98.9 97.9 97.0 96.6 -.4

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 106.6 106.6 106.7 100.4 109.4 106.9 106.1 104.5 104.6 103.3 -1.2

Utilities ................................................................... 97.6 99.4 100.0 98.7 98.9 99.0 98.8 98.7 100.3 99.5 -.8

Information ............................................................... 98.4 101.7 99.9 97.0 100.2 100.7 100.8 100.2 99.4 98.7 -.7

Financial activities .................................................. 105.9 108.9 105.8 104.8 107.8 107.9 107.4 107.3 106.5 106.5 .0

Professional and business services .................... 111.0 114.2 110.5 106.0 115.9 113.3 112.9 112.0 111.0 110.7 -.3

Education and health services ............................. 113.3 118.9 117.5 116.2 114.4 116.4 116.5 116.6 117.0 117.3 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 101.9 105.9 103.2 97.7 110.7 109.7 109.0 108.2 107.4 106.4 -.9

Other services ......................................................... 97.0 99.3 97.3 95.8 99.2 99.6 99.7 99.1 98.3 98.2 -.1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and

motor vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The index of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing

the current months estimates of aggregate hours by the

corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production

and nonsupervisory worker employment. Data have been revised

to reflect March 2008 benchmark levels and updated seasonal

adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Jan. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

 Jan. 

2008

 Sept. 

2008

 Oct. 

2008

 Nov. 

2008

 Dec. 

2008p

 Jan. 

2009p

Percent

change from:

Dec. 2008-

Jan. 2009p

Total private ....................................... 123.8 130.0 127.1 122.6 127.6 128.7 128.3 127.6 127.0 126.6 -0.3

Goods-producing .......................................... 111.7 112.8 108.7 101.3 117.2 113.7 112.5 110.6 109.1 107.0 -1.9

Mining and logging ................................................. 167.7 199.5 188.4 181.5 173.5 189.5 188.3 193.9 188.5 189.8 .7

Construction ............................................................ 117.6 124.4 116.5 106.1 129.8 125.6 124.7 120.9 120.7 118.3 -2.0

Manufacturing ......................................................... 105.8 102.2 100.4 94.8 107.3 103.3 102.2 100.9 98.7 96.8 -1.9

Durable goods ..................................................... 109.6 103.8 102.4 95.9 111.5 105.3 104.1 102.9 100.1 97.7 -2.4

Nondurable goods ............................................... 98.9 98.8 96.9 92.9 100.2 99.3 99.1 97.4 95.7 95.0 -.7

Private service-providing ............................. 127.8 135.4 132.8 129.3 131.3 133.2 133.4 132.8 133.0 132.8 -.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 117.4 120.1 119.1 114.2 120.3 119.3 118.6 117.9 117.0 116.6 -.3

Wholesale trade ................................................... 127.5 131.0 126.4 124.4 129.9 128.7 128.6 127.9 126.0 126.6 .5

Retail trade ........................................................... 109.3 110.6 111.2 104.7 112.2 110.8 109.2 108.5 107.6 107.5 -.1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 122.1 126.4 126.2 118.9 125.7 125.2 125.1 123.7 124.0 122.8 -1.0

Utilities ................................................................... 116.6 120.2 122.2 120.3 118.1 119.3 119.3 119.1 121.9 121.0 -.7

Information ............................................................... 119.3 126.1 122.9 119.1 121.0 124.1 124.7 123.8 122.5 121.1 -1.1

Financial activities .................................................. 130.6 138.3 134.0 132.6 133.2 136.2 135.6 135.4 135.1 135.1 .0

Professional and business services .................... 136.7 149.3 144.7 140.1 141.9 144.7 145.3 145.1 145.1 145.5 .3

Education and health services ............................. 138.5 149.3 148.6 147.3 139.6 145.7 146.2 146.7 147.8 148.4 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 124.2 131.4 129.6 121.8 134.3 135.8 135.2 133.9 133.5 132.3 -.9

Other services ......................................................... 111.2 117.5 115.4 114.1 114.2 117.5 117.9 117.6 116.9 117.3 .3

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The index of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by

dividing the current months estimates of aggregate payrolls

by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate

payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory

worker employment. Data have been revised to reflect March

2008 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 271 industries

Manufacturing payrolls, 83 industries

1

1

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Time span

2005 ......................................................... 52.6 60.1 54.1 58.1 56.8 58.3 58.5 59.2 54.2 55.9 62.7 57.6

2006 ......................................................... 64.9 62.2 63.8 59.8 49.1 51.8 59.2 55.4 55.7 56.3 59.4 60.7

2007 ......................................................... 53.5 55.5 52.4 49.4 55.9 48.3 50.7 46.5 55.9 57.2 59.4 57.9

2008 ......................................................... 42.1 40.6 44.1 41.1 42.6 36.9 37.6 39.1 34.7 33.0 27.1 p 25.5

2009 .........................................................

p 25.3

2005 ......................................................... 51.7 57.2 59.0 59.8 57.9 62.0 60.5 62.9 60.3 55.5 56.3 62.7

2006 ......................................................... 67.7 68.6 65.1 65.1 60.5 58.9 55.5 57.0 55.0 54.4 59.0 64.2

2007 ......................................................... 62.5 54.8 54.2 54.8 54.1 50.4 52.8 48.7 53.3 53.9 58.3 62.5

2008 ......................................................... 57.7 44.8 40.2 39.7 37.3 33.6 33.6 32.8 34.9 33.2 26.9 p 24.4

2009 .........................................................

p 22.9

2005 ......................................................... 55.4 57.9 58.1 57.0 58.3 60.9 63.1 63.3 61.6 59.6 61.4 62.5

2006 ......................................................... 64.6 63.8 67.5 66.2 65.5 66.6 60.3 61.1 57.9 57.9 62.4 59.0

2007 ......................................................... 60.3 57.2 60.5 58.3 55.5 56.5 52.8 52.4 56.6 54.4 56.8 59.0

2008 ......................................................... 56.6 53.0 50.7 47.4 40.2 33.4 31.0 33.4 30.6 29.0 26.0 p 26.0

2009 .........................................................

p 23.4

2005 ......................................................... 60.9 60.9 60.0 59.2 58.3 60.3 61.3 63.3 60.7 59.2 59.8 61.8

2006 ......................................................... 67.2 65.5 65.9 62.9 65.5 66.8 64.8 64.4 66.6 65.9 64.9 66.2

2007 ......................................................... 63.3 59.4 61.1 59.6 59.2 58.3 56.8 57.2 59.4 58.9 58.1 59.6

2008 ......................................................... 54.4 56.1 52.6 49.1 50.2 47.8 43.7 42.3 38.0 37.8 32.3 p 28.4

2009 .........................................................

p 25.5

2005 ......................................................... 36.7 46.4 42.2 46.4 40.4 33.7 41.0 43.4 45.8 47.6 44.6 47.0

2006 ......................................................... 57.8 49.4 53.6 47.0 37.3 50.6 49.4 42.2 40.4 42.8 41.0 44.0

2007 ......................................................... 44.6 41.0 30.7 24.7 38.0 32.5 43.4 30.7 39.2 42.8 60.8 48.2

2008 ......................................................... 30.7 28.9 37.3 32.5 40.4 25.3 25.9 27.7 22.9 18.7 15.1 p 13.3

2009 .........................................................

p 7.8

2005 ......................................................... 36.7 43.4 41.0 41.6 35.5 36.1 34.9 36.7 42.2 44.0 38.6 48.8

2006 ......................................................... 56.6 57.2 48.2 48.2 44.6 50.0 43.4 45.2 36.7 33.1 35.5 39.2

2007 ......................................................... 40.4 33.1 33.1 28.9 29.5 30.1 31.9 28.9 30.7 30.7 39.2 51.2

2008 ......................................................... 48.8 33.7 28.3 29.5 26.5 22.9 19.9 16.9 22.3 21.1 15.1 p 11.4

2009 .........................................................

p 8.4

2005 ......................................................... 33.7 39.8 38.0 36.1 35.5 34.9 39.8 36.1 36.1 38.0 36.7 39.8

2006 ......................................................... 45.2 45.2 50.6 48.8 50.6 50.0 45.2 47.0 43.4 42.2 39.8 34.3

2007 ......................................................... 37.3 33.1 29.5 28.9 30.7 34.9 28.9 26.5 29.5 28.3 33.7 38.0

2008 ......................................................... 34.3 30.1 37.3 35.5 25.3 20.5 17.5 18.1 16.9 13.3 11.4 p 9.6

2009 .........................................................

p 7.8

2005 ......................................................... 45.2 44.0 42.2 41.0 36.7 35.5 32.5 34.3 33.1 33.7 33.7 38.0

2006 ......................................................... 44.0 41.0 41.0 39.8 39.8 45.2 42.2 42.8 47.0 48.8 45.8 44.6

2007 ......................................................... 39.8 36.7 37.3 30.7 28.9 29.5 30.7 28.9 33.1 28.9 34.3 35.5

2008 ......................................................... 27.7 28.9 25.9 25.3 30.7 27.1 24.7 19.3 21.7 21.7 16.9 p 15.7

2009 .........................................................

p 7.8

1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and

unadjusted data for the 12-month span.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing

plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where

50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing

and decreasing employment. Data have been revised to reflect March

2008 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.