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Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

April 2003 – March 2006

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

April 2003 – March 2006

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MARCH 2006

Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 211,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little

changed at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.

Over the month, job growth was widespread in the service-providing sector.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.0 million, and the unemployment rate, 4.7 percent, were little

changed in March. The jobless rates for the major worker groups—adult men (4.1 percent), adult women

(4.1 percent), teenagers (15.7 percent), whites (4.0 percent), blacks (9.3 percent), and Hispanics (5.4 percent)—showed little or no change over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.4 percent, not

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

The number of long-term unemployed—those unemployed 27 weeks and over—also was little changed

over the month. This group accounted for 18.4 percent of the unemployed, down from 21.5 percent a year

earlier. (See table A-9.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment was up in March to 143.6 million; the employment-population ratio—the proportion of

the population age 16 and over with jobs—was little changed at 63.0 percent. The labor force participation

rate remained at 66.1 percent and has been at or near that level for a year. (See table A-1.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Feb.-

Category 2005 2006 Mar.

IV I Jan. Feb. Mar. change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................................. 150,126 150,405 150,114 150,449 150,652 203

Employment................................................................... 142,671 143,324 143,074 143,257 143,641 384

Unemployment................................................................... 7,455 7,081 7,040 7,193 7,011 -182

Not in labor force................................................................... 77,070 77,359 77,439 77,314 77,323 9

All workers............................................................... 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.7 -0.1

Adult men........................................................... 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.1 -.1

Adult women........................................................ 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.1 -.2

Teenagers........................................................ 16.1 15.5 15.3 15.4 15.7 .3

White .................................................................. 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 -.1

Black or African American.................................... 9.7 9.2 8.9 9.3 9.3 .0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 6.0 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.4 -.1

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 134,161 p134,750 134,530 p134,755 p134,966 p211

Goods-producing 1........................................................ 22,242 p22,359 22,335 p22,366 p22,375 p9

Construction............................................................. 7,391 p7,487 7,460 p7,497 p7,504 p7

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,211 p14,219 14,227 p14,217 p14,212 p-5

Service-providing 1 ............................................................... 111,920 p112,392 112,195 p112,389 p112,591 p202

Retail trade 2 ........................................................ 15,284 p15,318 15,300 p15,313 p15,342 p29

Professional and business services......... 17,058 p17,168 17,127 p17,162 p17,214 p52

Education and health services.............................. 17,476 p17,581 17,544 p17,583 p17,616 p33

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 12,873 p12,966 12,932 p12,962 p13,004 p42

Government........................................................ 21,870 p21,875 21,844 p21,879 p21,903 p24

Total private.............................................................. 33.8 p33.8 33.8 p33.8 p33.8 p0.0

Manufacturing............................................................ 40.9 p41.0 40.9 p41.0 p41.0 p.0

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

 

Total private.......................................................... 103.4 p104.2 104.0 p104.2 p104.4 p0.2

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $16.30 p$16.45 $16.40 p$16.46 p$16.49 p$0.03

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 551.05 p556.01 554.32 p556.35 p557.36 p1.01

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

2006

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

 p = preliminary.

Unemployment rates 

 Employment
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The number of persons working part time for economic reasons edged down to 4.0 million in March.

This category includes persons who indicated that they 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)

Nearly 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in

March, slightly less than a year 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 451,000 discouraged workers in March, about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers

were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them.

The other 1.0 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.)

Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data)

Beginning in October, questions were added to the household survey to identify persons who evacuated

from their homes, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina. Data collected through these questions do not

account for all evacuees; persons living outside of the scope of the survey—such as those living in hotels or

shelters—are not included. The questions were asked of persons in the household survey sample throughout

the country, since some evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected areas. An additional question determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes and were living there at the time of the survey. The

total number of evacuees estimated from the household survey may change from month to month as people

move in and out of the scope of the survey. In addition, because the estimates are obtained from a sample

survey, they may vary from month to month due to sampling error.

Information gathered in March showed that about 1.0 million persons age 16 and over had evacuated

from where they were living in August due to Hurricane Katrina. These evacuees either had returned to their

homes or were living in other residential units covered in the survey in March. Just over half of the evacuees

were living in their August 2005 residences. Of all evacuees identified, 53.6 percent were in the labor force

in March. The unemployment rate for persons identified as evacuees was 16.5 percent. The rate was much

higher for evacuees who were not living in their former homes (34.7 percent) than for those who were again

living at their pre-Katrina residences (5.3 percent). (See table B.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 211,000 in March to 135.0 million, seasonally adjusted.

Over the year, payroll employment has grown by 2.1 million. The March increase was concentrated in the

service-providing sector, with gains in several industries, including professional and business services, leisure

and hospitality, retail trade, and health care. (See table B-1.)

Employment in professional and business services increased by 52,000 over the month. The gain was

spread among most of the sector’s component industries, including architectural and engineering services,

computer systems design, management and consulting services, and services to buildings and dwellings.

Over the year, employment in professional and business services was up by 469,000.
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Civilian noninstitutional population............... 1,024 561 463

Civilian labor force .................................. 549 339 210

Participation rate ............................. 53.6 60.4 45.4

Employed............................................ 458 321 137

Employment-population ratio ........... 44.8 57.2 29.7

Unemployed........................................ 91 18 73

Unemployment rate ......................... 16.5 5.3 34.7

Not in labor force.................................... 475 222 253

Total

Residence in March

Employment status in March 2006 Same as

 in August

Different than

 in August

Table B. Employment status in March 2006 of persons 16 years and over who

evacuated from their August residence, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina

(Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)

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 Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who resided

in households that were eligible to be selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS). These

data are not representative of the total evacuee population because they do not include children

or people residing in shelters, hotels, places of worship, or other units outside the scope of

the CPS. The total number of evacuees estimated from the CPS may change from month to

month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey and because of sampling variability.

NOTE: These data use population controls that have been adjusted to account for interstate moves by evacuees.

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Leisure and hospitality employment rose by 42,000 in March. Within the industry, employment in food

services and drinking places continued to grow, with a gain of 33,000 over the month. In March, retail trade

employment increased by 29,000, with most of the growth occurring in general merchandise stores (26,000).

Employment in wholesale trade continued its upward trend and has risen by 232,000 since its most recent

low in August 2003.

Health care added 24,000 jobs in March; over the year, employment in the industry has risen by

293,000. Over the month, job growth occurred in hospitals (8,000) and in ambulatory health care services

(16,000), which includes doctors’ offices and home health care.

Employment in financial activities rose over the month. Credit intermediation and insurance carriers each

added 7,000 jobs, following similar-sized increases in February.

In the goods-producing sector, mining employment continued to expand in March, rising by 6,000. Most

of the gain occurred in support activities for mining, particularly those related to oil and gas. Since its most

recent low in April 2003, mining employment has increased by 97,000.

Manufacturing employment was little changed in March; it has decreased by 56,000 over the year. Over

the month, employment declines in textile mills and in plastics and rubber products offset a gain in computer

and electronic products. Construction employment was essentially unchanged in March, but the industry has

added 311,000 jobs over the year.
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.8 hours in March, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime

also were unchanged at 41.0 and 4.5 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.)

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm

payrolls increased by 0.2 percent in March to 104.4 (2002=100). The manufacturing index was unchanged

at 95.5. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 3 cents in March to $16.49, seasonally adjusted. This followed gains of 5 cents and 6 cents in January

and February, respectively. Average weekly earnings increased by 0.2 percent over the month to $557.36.

Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.4 percent and average weekly earnings increased by

3.7 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for April 2006 is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 5,

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

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

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

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

successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from

less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

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for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Mar.

2005

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 225,236 227,763 227,975 225,236 227,204 227,425 227,553 227,763 227,975

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 147,745 149,686 150,027 148,217 150,183 150,153 150,114 150,449 150,652

 Participation rate ............................................................... 65.6 65.7 65.8 65.8 66.1 66.0 66.0 66.1 66.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 139,759 141,994 142,772 140,601 142,611 142,779 143,074 143,257 143,641

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.0 62.3 62.6 62.4 62.8 62.8 62.9 62.9 63.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 7,986 7,692 7,255 7,616 7,572 7,375 7,040 7,193 7,011

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.4 5.1 4.8 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 77,492 78,077 77,948 77,019 77,021 77,271 77,439 77,314 77,323

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,858 4,800 4,729 4,973 4,887 5,167 4,962 4,949 4,865

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 108,703 110,048 110,161 108,703 109,745 109,863 109,936 110,048 110,161

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 79,242 80,148 80,624 79,618 80,394 80,431 80,525 80,771 81,031

 Participation rate ............................................................... 72.9 72.8 73.2 73.2 73.3 73.2 73.2 73.4 73.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 74,612 75,749 76,488 75,436 76,410 76,529 76,857 76,888 77,273

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 68.6 68.8 69.4 69.4 69.6 69.7 69.9 69.9 70.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,631 4,400 4,136 4,181 3,984 3,902 3,668 3,883 3,758

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 29,460 29,900 29,537 29,085 29,351 29,432 29,411 29,278 29,129

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 100,419 101,657 101,754 100,419 101,383 101,489 101,560 101,657 101,754

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 75,802 76,753 77,125 75,965 76,722 76,786 76,928 77,115 77,335

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.5 75.5 75.8 75.6 75.7 75.7 75.7 75.9 76.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 71,893 72,988 73,610 72,513 73,441 73,468 73,844 73,857 74,197

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.6 71.8 72.3 72.2 72.4 72.4 72.7 72.7 72.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,909 3,765 3,514 3,453 3,282 3,318 3,084 3,258 3,137

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 24,616 24,904 24,629 24,453 24,660 24,703 24,631 24,542 24,419

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 116,534 117,715 117,814 116,534 117,459 117,562 117,617 117,715 117,814

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 68,503 69,538 69,403 68,599 69,789 69,722 69,589 69,679 69,621

 Participation rate ............................................................... 58.8 59.1 58.9 58.9 59.4 59.3 59.2 59.2 59.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 65,147 66,246 66,285 65,165 66,200 66,250 66,217 66,369 66,368

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 55.9 56.3 56.3 55.9 56.4 56.4 56.3 56.4 56.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,356 3,292 3,119 3,434 3,588 3,473 3,372 3,309 3,252

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.9 4.7 4.5 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 48,031 48,177 48,411 47,934 47,670 47,840 48,028 48,037 48,193

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 108,486 109,562 109,646 108,486 109,332 109,425 109,478 109,562 109,646

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 65,225 66,151 66,068 65,080 66,223 66,215 66,022 66,081 66,038

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.1 60.4 60.3 60.0 60.6 60.5 60.3 60.3 60.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 62,295 63,306 63,405 62,129 63,170 63,249 63,163 63,262 63,305

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.4 57.8 57.8 57.3 57.8 57.8 57.7 57.7 57.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,930 2,845 2,663 2,952 3,053 2,966 2,859 2,819 2,733

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.5 4.3 4.0 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 43,261 43,410 43,577 43,406 43,109 43,209 43,456 43,481 43,608

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,332 16,545 16,575 16,332 16,489 16,511 16,515 16,545 16,575

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,718 6,782 6,834 7,172 7,238 7,152 7,164 7,253 7,279

 Participation rate ............................................................... 41.1 41.0 41.2 43.9 43.9 43.3 43.4 43.8 43.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,570 5,700 5,757 5,960 6,000 6,061 6,067 6,138 6,139

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 34.1 34.5 34.7 36.5 36.4 36.7 36.7 37.1 37.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,147 1,082 1,077 1,212 1,238 1,091 1,097 1,115 1,140

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 17.1 15.9 15.8 16.9 17.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,614 9,764 9,741 9,160 9,251 9,359 9,352 9,292 9,296

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
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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

Mar.

2005

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 183,888 185,570 185,704 183,888 185,187 185,327 185,436 185,570 185,704

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 121,193 122,539 122,647 121,492 122,813 122,994 123,168 123,022 123,103

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.9 66.0 66.0 66.1 66.3 66.4 66.4 66.3 66.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 115,529 116,967 117,498 116,187 117,598 117,729 118,071 117,926 118,193

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.8 63.0 63.3 63.2 63.5 63.5 63.7 63.5 63.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,664 5,572 5,149 5,306 5,215 5,264 5,097 5,096 4,910

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 62,695 63,031 63,057 62,395 62,374 62,333 62,268 62,548 62,601

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 63,355 63,921 64,208 63,498 63,827 64,028 64,250 64,181 64,382

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.1 76.0 76.3 76.3 76.0 76.2 76.4 76.3 76.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 60,460 61,129 61,620 60,996 61,498 61,586 61,924 61,836 62,128

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 72.6 72.7 73.2 73.3 73.3 73.3 73.7 73.5 73.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,894 2,791 2,588 2,502 2,328 2,441 2,326 2,345 2,254

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.6 4.4 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.5

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,287 53,056 52,851 52,071 53,037 53,067 52,913 52,890 52,749

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.4 59.8 59.6 59.2 59.9 59.9 59.7 59.6 59.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 50,333 51,046 51,005 50,117 50,976 51,034 50,938 50,895 50,853

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.2 57.6 57.5 57.0 57.6 57.6 57.5 57.4 57.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,954 2,010 1,846 1,954 2,061 2,034 1,974 1,994 1,895

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,551 5,562 5,588 5,923 5,949 5,899 6,005 5,951 5,973

 Participation rate ................................................................. 43.9 43.6 43.7 46.8 46.7 46.3 47.1 46.6 46.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,736 4,792 4,873 5,073 5,123 5,110 5,209 5,195 5,212

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 37.4 37.5 38.1 40.1 40.2 40.1 40.8 40.7 40.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 815 770 715 850 826 789 797 756 761

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 14.7 13.9 12.8 14.4 13.9 13.4 13.3 12.7 12.7

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 26,377 26,826 26,865 26,377 26,705 26,744 26,788 26,826 26,865

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,673 17,049 17,218 16,801 17,118 16,979 16,982 17,273 17,334

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.2 63.6 64.1 63.7 64.1 63.5 63.4 64.4 64.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,917 15,405 15,596 15,069 15,299 15,397 15,476 15,660 15,726

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 56.6 57.4 58.1 57.1 57.3 57.6 57.8 58.4 58.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,756 1,644 1,623 1,733 1,819 1,582 1,506 1,614 1,608

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.5 9.6 9.4 10.3 10.6 9.3 8.9 9.3 9.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,704 9,778 9,647 9,576 9,587 9,766 9,806 9,553 9,531

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,388 7,605 7,638 7,445 7,556 7,553 7,520 7,682 7,703

 Participation rate ................................................................. 69.7 70.5 70.7 70.2 70.4 70.2 69.8 71.2 71.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,660 6,877 6,970 6,751 6,849 6,903 6,959 7,030 7,062

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.8 63.7 64.5 63.7 63.8 64.2 64.6 65.2 65.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 728 728 668 694 707 651 561 652 641

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.9 9.6 8.7 9.3 9.4 8.6 7.5 8.5 8.3

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,497 8,602 8,707 8,523 8,714 8,633 8,681 8,668 8,725

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.8 63.7 64.4 64.0 64.8 64.1 64.4 64.2 64.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,736 7,925 8,049 7,759 7,927 7,896 7,981 7,990 8,058

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.1 58.7 59.5 58.3 58.9 58.6 59.2 59.2 59.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 761 676 658 764 787 738 700 678 667

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.0 7.9 7.6 9.0 9.0 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 788 842 873 834 848 792 781 924 905

 Participation rate ................................................................. 32.0 33.3 34.4 33.9 33.8 31.5 30.9 36.5 35.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 521 603 577 558 523 598 536 640 606

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 21.2 23.8 22.7 22.7 20.8 23.8 21.2 25.3 23.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 267 239 296 275 326 194 245 284 299

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 33.8 28.4 33.9 33.0 38.4 24.4 31.4 30.8 33.1

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,732 10,032 10,078 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,423 6,647 6,744 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.0 66.3 66.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,175 6,437 6,511 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.4 64.2 64.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 248 210 232 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.9 3.2 3.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,309 3,385 3,334 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Mar.

2005

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 28,815 29,707 29,793 28,815 29,552 29,645 29,622 29,707 29,793

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 19,531 20,342 20,416 19,553 20,214 20,292 20,528 20,485 20,489

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.8 68.5 68.5 67.9 68.4 68.4 69.3 69.0 68.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 18,331 19,116 19,290 18,431 18,991 19,066 19,344 19,356 19,385

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.6 64.3 64.7 64.0 64.3 64.3 65.3 65.2 65.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,200 1,226 1,126 1,123 1,223 1,226 1,184 1,129 1,104

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.1 6.0 5.5 5.7 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,284 9,365 9,376 9,261 9,338 9,353 9,094 9,222 9,304

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 11,303 11,731 11,785 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.2 84.6 84.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,706 11,076 11,230 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 79.7 79.9 80.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 597 655 554 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.3 5.6 4.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,264 7,625 7,594 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 57.1 58.2 57.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,842 7,191 7,155 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 53.8 54.9 54.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 422 433 440 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.8 5.7 5.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 964 987 1,037 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 36.2 36.0 37.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 783 849 905 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 29.4 30.9 32.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 181 138 132 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 18.8 14.0 12.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2005

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,481 12,415 12,583 12,546 12,529 12,388 12,628 12,739 12,682

 Participation rate ................................................................... 45.0 45.8 45.9 45.2 45.4 45.3 46.0 47.0 46.3

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,377 11,375 11,591 11,569 11,602 11,465 11,742 11,823 11,795

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 41.0 41.9 42.3 41.7 42.1 41.9 42.7 43.6 43.0

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,104 1,040 991 977 927 923 886 915 887

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 8.8 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.4 7.5 7.0 7.2 7.0

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,339 37,894 38,506 38,264 38,372 38,173 38,001 37,913 38,310

 Participation rate ................................................................... 62.9 62.5 63.2 62.8 63.4 63.1 62.5 62.6 62.9

 Employed ................................................................................ 36,345 35,989 36,750 36,468 36,547 36,417 36,324 36,240 36,716

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 59.6 59.4 60.3 59.8 60.4 60.2 59.7 59.8 60.2

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,994 1,905 1,756 1,796 1,825 1,756 1,678 1,673 1,594

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.2

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 34,879 36,075 35,593 34,778 35,411 35,498 35,535 35,745 35,508

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.9 72.2 72.5 72.7 72.3 72.4 72.5 71.6 72.3

 Employed ................................................................................ 33,459 34,675 34,208 33,411 34,059 34,115 34,290 34,442 34,178

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 70.0 69.4 69.7 69.9 69.5 69.6 69.9 69.0 69.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,421 1,400 1,385 1,366 1,352 1,383 1,246 1,302 1,329

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.7

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 40,537 41,686 41,838 40,430 41,600 42,097 41,837 41,731 41,810

 Participation rate ................................................................... 77.8 78.2 77.9 77.6 78.1 78.4 78.3 78.3 77.9

 Employed ................................................................................ 39,589 40,773 40,932 39,450 40,665 41,187 40,955 40,808 40,876

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 76.0 76.5 76.2 75.7 76.3 76.7 76.6 76.6 76.1

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 948 913 907 980 936 910 882 923 935

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2005

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,025 1,946 2,010 2,199 2,154 2,130 2,198 2,224 2,194

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,090 1,084 1,117 1,222 1,187 1,187 1,266 1,281 1,255

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 914 843 880 961 928 921 897 919 931

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 21 19 13 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 137,734 140,048 140,762 138,416 140,427 140,638 140,862 141,000 141,464

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 128,138 130,404 131,178 128,567 131,001 131,170 131,185 131,189 131,638

 Government .......................................................................... 20,483 20,013 20,385 20,326 20,224 20,192 19,952 19,966 20,200

 Private industries .................................................................. 107,654 110,392 110,793 108,230 110,787 111,021 111,266 111,229 111,431

 Private households ............................................................. 762 812 772 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 106,893 109,580 110,021 107,433 110,039 110,261 110,440 110,394 110,625

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,498 9,576 9,514 9,738 9,274 9,370 9,550 9,730 9,706

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 98 68 70 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 4,514 4,403 4,097 4,367 4,175 4,138 4,133 4,204 3,989

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,795 2,843 2,598 2,652 2,595 2,541 2,649 2,655 2,494

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,455 1,247 1,183 1,423 1,246 1,246 1,226 1,238 1,191

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,955 20,134 19,747 19,437 19,612 19,582 19,708 19,564 19,373

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 4,433 4,296 3,983 4,290 4,105 4,051 4,064 4,107 3,884

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,745 2,763 2,509 2,597 2,567 2,508 2,606 2,590 2,382

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,439 1,246 1,182 1,418 1,230 1,230 1,198 1,225 1,177

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,638 19,822 19,407 19,130 19,235 19,214 19,368 19,199 19,044

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

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

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

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

bad weather.

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

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

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2005

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 139,759 141,994 142,772 140,601 142,611 142,779 143,074 143,257 143,641

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,570 5,700 5,757 5,960 6,000 6,061 6,067 6,138 6,139

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,101 2,177 2,109 2,341 2,285 2,334 2,280 2,348 2,321

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,469 3,523 3,648 3,665 3,694 3,713 3,788 3,791 3,848

 20 years and over ................................................................... 134,188 136,294 137,015 134,641 136,610 136,717 137,007 137,119 137,502

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,419 13,482 13,534 13,704 13,931 13,840 13,713 13,801 13,820

 25 years and over ................................................................. 120,769 122,812 123,481 120,890 122,731 122,906 123,302 123,261 123,575

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 97,789 98,701 99,109 98,000 98,849 98,934 99,216 99,146 99,315

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,228 30,571 30,815 30,406 30,920 30,866 30,860 30,789 30,973

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,575 34,459 34,494 34,613 34,513 34,581 34,632 34,630 34,553

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 32,986 33,672 33,800 32,981 33,416 33,486 33,724 33,727 33,790

 55 years and over ............................................................... 22,980 24,111 24,372 22,889 23,883 23,972 24,086 24,114 24,260

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 74,612 75,749 76,488 75,436 76,410 76,529 76,857 76,888 77,273

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,718 2,760 2,877 2,924 2,970 3,061 3,013 3,031 3,076

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 997 968 1,030 1,134 1,062 1,090 1,064 1,078 1,132

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,721 1,792 1,847 1,829 1,890 1,951 1,943 1,968 1,965

 20 years and over ................................................................... 71,893 72,988 73,610 72,513 73,441 73,468 73,844 73,857 74,197

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,028 7,185 7,212 7,209 7,330 7,356 7,297 7,373 7,389

 25 years and over ................................................................. 64,865 65,803 66,399 65,275 66,142 66,157 66,534 66,460 66,753

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 52,572 52,950 53,330 52,944 53,419 53,375 53,621 53,504 53,676

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,580 16,766 17,000 16,802 17,103 17,080 17,106 17,012 17,200

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,681 18,614 18,660 18,805 18,745 18,739 18,818 18,796 18,782

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 17,310 17,570 17,670 17,338 17,571 17,556 17,697 17,696 17,694

 55 years and over ............................................................... 12,293 12,853 13,069 12,331 12,723 12,782 12,913 12,956 13,077

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 65,147 66,246 66,285 65,165 66,200 66,250 66,217 66,369 66,368

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,852 2,940 2,880 3,036 3,031 3,000 3,054 3,107 3,063

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,104 1,208 1,079 1,207 1,223 1,245 1,216 1,270 1,188

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,748 1,731 1,801 1,836 1,804 1,762 1,845 1,824 1,883

 20 years and over ................................................................... 62,295 63,306 63,405 62,129 63,170 63,249 63,163 63,262 63,305

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,391 6,297 6,323 6,495 6,601 6,484 6,415 6,428 6,431

 25 years and over ................................................................. 55,904 57,009 57,082 55,614 56,589 56,749 56,769 56,801 56,822

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,217 45,751 45,779 45,056 45,430 45,559 45,596 45,643 45,639

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,647 13,805 13,815 13,605 13,817 13,786 13,754 13,777 13,773

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,894 15,845 15,834 15,808 15,768 15,843 15,814 15,834 15,770

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,676 16,101 16,130 15,643 15,845 15,930 16,027 16,031 16,096

 55 years and over ............................................................... 10,687 11,258 11,303 10,558 11,159 11,190 11,173 11,158 11,183

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 45,199 45,486 45,624 45,408 45,480 45,469 45,790 45,679 45,806

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,431 35,176 35,139 34,310 34,910 34,948 35,167 35,039 35,074

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,909 8,930 8,987 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 114,431 116,823 117,693 115,767 117,860 118,135 118,166 118,402 119,053

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 25,328 25,171 25,079 24,727 24,814 24,743 24,931 24,794 24,559

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ........................................................... 7,621 7,437 7,589 7,552 7,545 7,473 7,603 7,408 7,521

 Percent of total employed ..................................................... 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.2 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. 

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Mar.

2005

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 7,616 7,193 7,011 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.7

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,212 1,115 1,140 16.9 17.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.7

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 557 512 529 19.2 21.4 17.8 16.5 17.9 18.6

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 647 612 612 15.0 14.2 13.5 14.4 13.9 13.7

 20 years and over ................................................................... 6,404 6,077 5,870 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.1

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,343 1,275 1,134 8.9 8.4 8.5 8.2 8.5 7.6

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,053 4,843 4,740 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.7

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,267 4,111 4,057 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.8 4.0 3.9

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,724 1,697 1,577 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.6 5.2 4.8

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,375 1,275 1,363 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.8

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,168 1,140 1,117 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.2

 55 years and over ............................................................... 824 731 673 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.7

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,181 3,883 3,758 5.3 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.6

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 729 625 621 20.0 19.1 16.0 16.2 17.1 16.8

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 332 292 291 22.7 23.6 19.8 17.0 21.3 20.5

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 391 337 330 17.6 15.6 13.8 15.4 14.6 14.4

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,453 3,258 3,137 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.1

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 761 738 671 9.6 9.1 9.2 8.9 9.1 8.3

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,726 2,554 2,487 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.6

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,273 2,174 2,125 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.8

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 908 932 804 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.2 5.2 4.5

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 744 613 698 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.6

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 621 629 623 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.4

 55 years and over ............................................................... 453 380 362 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.7

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,434 3,309 3,252 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.7

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 483 490 520 13.7 15.0 14.4 14.4 13.6 14.5

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 225 220 238 15.7 19.5 16.1 16.1 14.7 16.7

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 256 274 282 12.2 12.7 13.2 13.2 13.1 13.0

 20 years and over ................................................................... 2,952 2,819 2,733 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.1

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 581 537 463 8.2 7.5 7.7 7.4 7.7 6.7

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,327 2,288 2,253 4.0 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 1,994 1,937 1,932 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.1

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 815 764 773 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.1 5.3 5.3

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 631 662 665 3.8 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.0

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 548 510 494 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.0

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 356 358 289 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.1 2.5

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,359 1,136 1,146 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.4

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,057 1,053 956 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 772 728 729 8.0 7.2 6.9 8.2 7.5 7.5

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,181 5,807 5,684 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,408 1,354 1,310 5.4 5.7 5.5 4.8 5.2 5.1

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

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

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

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

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2005

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,067 3,846 3,707 3,759 3,455 3,486 3,336 3,361 3,412

On temporary layoff .............................................................. 1,181 1,228 1,151 955 899 935 873 885 918

Not on temporary layoff ........................................................ 2,885 2,618 2,555 2,804 2,556 2,552 2,462 2,477 2,494

Permanent job losers ........................................................ 2,113 1,834 1,855 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs .......................... 772 784 700 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 872 878 819 855 900 841 839 849 817

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,427 2,381 2,182 2,368 2,538 2,430 2,314 2,313 2,158

New entrants ............................................................................ 620 588 548 706 679 644 622 680 634

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 ........ 50.9 50.0 51.1 48.9 45.6 47.1 46.9 46.7 48.6

On temporary layoff ............................................................ 14.8 16.0 15.9 12.4 11.9 12.6 12.3 12.3 13.1

Not on temporary layoff ...................................................... 36.1 34.0 35.2 36.5 33.8 34.5 34.6 34.4 35.5

Job leavers ............................................................................. 10.9 11.4 11.3 11.1 11.9 11.4 11.8 11.8 11.6

Reentrants .............................................................................. 30.4 30.9 30.1 30.8 33.5 32.8 32.5 32.1 30.7

New entrants .......................................................................... 7.8 7.6 7.5 9.2 9.0 8.7 8.7 9.4 9.0

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3

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

Reentrants .............................................................................. 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4

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

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2005

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,274 2,473 2,434 2,498 2,779 2,764 2,556 2,595 2,676

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,553 2,485 2,186 2,318 2,268 2,240 2,263 2,074 2,011

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,160 2,735 2,634 2,793 2,492 2,417 2,241 2,482 2,333

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,443 1,338 1,282 1,157 1,108 1,068 1,090 1,126 1,044

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,717 1,396 1,352 1,636 1,383 1,350 1,151 1,356 1,288

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 20.4 17.9 17.8 19.3 17.6 17.3 16.8 17.6 16.9

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 10.7 9.6 9.9 9.2 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.9 8.5

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 .................................................................. 28.5 32.1 33.6 32.8 36.9 37.2 36.2 36.3 38.1

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 32.0 32.3 30.1 30.5 30.1 30.2 32.1 29.0 28.6

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 39.6 35.6 36.3 36.7 33.0 32.6 31.7 34.7 33.2

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 18.1 17.4 17.7 15.2 14.7 14.4 15.4 15.7 14.9

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 21.5 18.2 18.6 21.5 18.3 18.2 16.3 19.0 18.4

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2006

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 139,759 142,772 7,986 7,255 5.4 4.8

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 48,755 49,977 1,142 1,049 2.3 2.1

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,240 21,130 494 464 2.4 2.1

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,516 28,847 647 585 2.2 2.0

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 22,577 23,261 1,686 1,601 6.9 6.4

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,503 36,014 1,810 1,675 4.9 4.4

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 16,382 16,677 823 818 4.8 4.7

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,121 19,337 988 857 4.9 4.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 14,864 15,193 1,354 1,207 8.3 7.4

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 881 856 139 124 13.7 12.7

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 8,690 9,125 975 869 10.1 8.7

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,293 5,211 239 214 4.3 3.9

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,059 18,327 1,352 1,154 7.0 5.9

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,464 9,639 747 541 7.3 5.3

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,595 8,688 605 613 6.6 6.6

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2006

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 7,986 7,255 5.4 4.8

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 6,446 5,830 5.6 5.0

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 32 14 5.2 2.1

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 961 820 10.3 8.5

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 879 701 5.3 4.1

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 507 409 4.8 3.7

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 372 292 6.1 4.8

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,173 1,022 5.6 4.9

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 267 263 4.8 4.7

 Information ........................................................................................................ 177 116 6.0 3.5

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 261 298 2.7 3.1

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 807 824 6.5 6.3

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 614 563 3.4 3.0

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 967 917 8.3 8.0

 Other services .................................................................................................. 308 292 5.0 4.6

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 139 117 11.8 9.8

Government workers ......................................................................................... 468 461 2.2 2.2

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 312 300 2.9 2.8

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2005

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Feb.

2006

Mar.

2006

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5

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

force .................................................................................................................................. 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3

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

rate) .................................................................................................................................. 5.4 5.1 4.8 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.7

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

discouraged workers ........................................................................................................ 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.9

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 6.1 5.8 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.6

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 ............................................................................................................................. 9.4 9.0 8.5 9.1 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.5 8.2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Labor Review. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2006

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2006

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 77,492 77,948 29,460 29,537 48,031 48,411

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,858 4,729 2,183 2,105 2,675 2,624

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,588 1,468 807 701 781 767

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ..................................... 480 451 307 271 173 180

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,108 1,017 500 430 608 588

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,621 7,589 3,832 3,817 3,789 3,772

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.8 5.7

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,941 3,925 2,236 2,226 1,706 1,698

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,765 1,713 541 472 1,224 1,242

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 250 302 139 194 112 108

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,618 1,611 896 907 722 704

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Mar. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

Change

from:

Feb. 2006-

Mar. 2006p

Total nonfarm ............................. 132,038 132,328 133,201 134,140 132,876 134,231 134,376 134,530 134,755 134,966 211

Total private ........................................ 109,892 110,604 111,009 111,837 111,129 112,351 112,498 112,686 112,876 113,063 187

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,640 21,765 21,798 21,942 22,077 22,264 22,282 22,335 22,366 22,375 9

Natural resources and mining .................................. 602 632 636 645 616 641 644 648 652 659 7

Logging ........................................................... 63.7 60.5 59.8 58.7 68.1 62.1 62.0 62.1 62.1 62.9 .8

Mining .................................................................... 538.7 571.9 576.3 586.6 547.9 579.3 582.1 585.6 590.1 595.9 5.8

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 123.7 128.5 129.6 131.3 124.8 128.9 128.7 129.9 130.8 132.0 1.2

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 202.5 204.7 206.2 209.7 208.9 215.0 214.3 214.4 215.5 216.6 1.1

Coal mining ...................................................... 71.8 75.7 76.2 76.8 72.3 75.1 75.4 76.0 76.7 77.4 .7

Support activities for mining .............................. 212.5 238.7 240.5 245.6 214.2 235.4 239.1 241.3 243.8 247.3 3.5

Construction ............................................................. 6,838 7,023 7,045 7,147 7,193 7,409 7,416 7,460 7,497 7,504 7

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,627.6 1,685.7 1,676.9 1,701.1 1,685.2 1,722.4 1,727.2 1,742.5 1,745.4 1,755.0 9.6

Residential building ......................................... 911.3 944.5 941.0 954.0 943.6 963.6 966.8 976.4 979.8 985.3 5.5

Nonresidential building .................................... 716.3 741.2 735.9 747.1 741.6 758.8 760.4 766.1 765.6 769.7 4.1

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 841.9 876.1 881.8 904.7 931.0 977.1 974.8 987.0 993.9 994.6 .7

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,368.6 4,461.6 4,485.8 4,541.0 4,576.8 4,709.4 4,714.3 4,730.8 4,757.6 4,754.5 -3.1

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,136.7 2,229.4 2,236.8 2,258.4 2,235.3 2,339.4 2,347.3 2,358.8 2,374.2 2,363.5 -10.7

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,231.9 2,232.2 2,249.0 2,282.6 2,341.5 2,370.0 2,367.0 2,372.0 2,383.4 2,391.0 7.6

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,200 14,110 14,117 14,150 14,268 14,214 14,222 14,227 14,217 14,212 -5

Production workers ....................................... 9,996 10,062 10,067 10,101 10,054 10,103 10,123 10,155 10,150 10,154 4

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,930 8,917 8,928 8,955 8,959 8,960 8,970 8,977 8,975 8,981 6

Production workers ....................................... 6,166 6,278 6,284 6,315 6,186 6,274 6,299 6,323 6,321 6,333 12

Wood products ................................................... 550.5 550.1 548.3 550.6 559.3 556.7 558.9 560.7 558.6 559.0 .4

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 491.1 487.3 486.6 494.4 504.6 502.0 500.7 505.1 505.8 507.1 1.3

Primary metals .................................................... 468.8 472.6 470.8 470.8 468.8 471.5 469.4 472.9 470.3 470.7 .4

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,510.9 1,521.0 1,523.2 1,529.2 1,515.0 1,524.1 1,526.7 1,527.7 1,530.3 1,532.3 2.0

Machinery ........................................................... 1,157.3 1,162.2 1,168.4 1,171.4 1,156.2 1,164.4 1,166.9 1,163.4 1,167.9 1,169.4 1.5

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,312.1 1,312.4 1,318.6 1,321.9 1,315.3 1,322.0 1,322.2 1,317.3 1,322.0 1,325.5 3.5

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 204.5 201.7 201.2 203.2 204.6 206.3 205.7 201.7 201.9 203.7 1.8

Communications equipment ........................... 146.5 147.7 149.0 146.9 147.0 148.0 149.2 147.3 148.4 147.5 -.9

Semiconductors and electronic components . 449.7 447.9 451.2 453.1 451.2 450.6 451.0 451.2 452.9 454.4 1.5

Electronic instruments ..................................... 434.0 441.3 444.3 446.0 435.0 442.0 441.7 443.1 445.5 447.1 1.6

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 438.1 436.4 437.5 438.5 438.5 434.3 434.4 436.5 437.0 438.1 1.1

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,784.7 1,772.4 1,767.6 1,768.0 1,781.1 1,771.8 1,776.7 1,781.6 1,769.6 1,764.7 -4.9

Motor vehicles and parts2................................. 1,116.2 1,088.5 1,081.3 1,083.3 1,110.7 1,092.4 1,092.1 1,095.8 1,080.9 1,079.0 -1.9

Furniture and related products .......................... 567.5 553.2 552.9 557.9 568.4 558.4 558.0 557.4 557.5 558.3 .8

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 648.9 649.0 653.6 652.3 652.2 654.7 655.8 654.1 656.1 655.7 -.4

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,270 5,193 5,189 5,195 5,309 5,254 5,252 5,250 5,242 5,231 -11

Production workers ....................................... 3,830 3,784 3,783 3,786 3,868 3,829 3,824 3,832 3,829 3,821 -8

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,457.5 1,441.4 1,434.3 1,434.7 1,482.8 1,465.0 1,466.0 1,463.4 1,461.2 1,459.1 -2.1

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 186.9 190.2 189.8 189.4 192.0 193.4 192.3 194.4 194.1 194.3 .2

Textile mills ......................................................... 223.9 206.3 205.2 203.4 223.7 210.9 209.0 208.6 206.1 203.0 -3.1

Textile product mills ........................................... 171.9 173.3 172.6 173.4 171.5 174.5 173.9 175.4 174.3 173.1 -1.2

Apparel ................................................................ 265.1 246.7 251.7 253.5 265.5 253.7 253.5 253.7 253.3 253.0 -.3

Leather and allied products ............................... 39.7 38.5 38.0 37.8 39.5 39.5 39.7 38.9 38.3 37.8 -.5

Paper and paper products ................................. 488.2 476.5 475.3 474.0 490.4 478.5 478.1 477.7 477.6 475.9 -1.7

Printing and related support activities ............... 647.8 637.9 638.5 641.1 650.9 644.8 644.0 643.4 643.8 643.7 -.1

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 109.4 107.5 109.6 111.2 111.6 112.3 112.3 111.5 112.8 113.4 .6

Chemicals ........................................................... 877.4 883.5 882.7 887.0 877.9 881.5 884.0 886.4 885.5 886.5 1.0

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 802.2 791.3 791.5 789.3 803.1 799.4 798.9 796.2 795.0 790.9 -4.1

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

 Mar. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

Change

from:

Feb. 2006-

Mar. 2006p

Service-providing .............................................. 110,398 110,563 111,403 112,198 110,799 111,967 112,094 112,195 112,389 112,591 202

Private service-providing ............................... 88,252 88,839 89,211 89,895 89,052 90,087 90,216 90,351 90,510 90,688 178

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,501 25,835 25,656 25,781 25,822 26,006 26,015 26,042 26,068 26,100 32

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,699.0 5,753.8 5,762.6 5,795.0 5,726.4 5,782.7 5,783.8 5,801.8 5,809.6 5,820.3 10.7

Durable goods .................................................... 2,968.4 3,012.5 3,015.8 3,028.6 2,979.2 3,010.5 3,017.6 3,028.5 3,031.7 3,038.2 6.5

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,006.4 1,999.1 2,005.1 2,016.0 2,020.6 2,028.9 2,023.9 2,025.6 2,029.1 2,029.2 .1

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 724.2 742.2 741.7 750.4 726.6 743.3 742.3 747.7 748.8 752.9 4.1

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,950.9 15,174.6 14,995.8 15,083.0 15,211.1 15,292.9 15,300.3 15,300.4 15,312.5 15,341.9 29.4

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,903.9 1,881.9 1,888.4 1,898.0 1,915.5 1,914.3 1,914.7 1,910.2 1,913.1 1,911.2 -1.9

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,257.5 1,235.8 1,239.1 1,240.8 1,259.7 1,254.5 1,252.4 1,248.0 1,247.9 1,244.8 -3.1

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 567.4 593.5 586.6 587.3 572.3 583.3 583.0 589.6 591.2 592.0 .8

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 522.3 539.7 533.1 535.4 528.0 541.2 540.5 534.2 538.6 540.8 2.2

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,243.0 1,237.2 1,248.1 1,289.7 1,269.4 1,281.6 1,290.9 1,300.1 1,308.6 1,312.9 4.3

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,779.1 2,790.5 2,772.5 2,771.1 2,814.2 2,806.6 2,805.9 2,805.9 2,805.1 2,806.2 1.1

Health and personal care stores ....................... 941.0 958.3 950.6 953.0 947.1 964.7 966.1 959.4 954.6 959.3 4.7

Gasoline stations ................................................ 859.8 859.2 860.1 857.9 870.3 869.1 869.6 869.4 872.0 868.7 -3.3

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,353.5 1,438.2 1,389.3 1,387.6 1,394.4 1,434.5 1,448.1 1,434.3 1,436.5 1,431.6 -4.9

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 628.0 650.1 629.0 622.1 643.9 641.5 640.0 641.3 641.1 638.3 -2.8

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,846.8 2,905.2 2,822.8 2,874.5 2,920.9 2,920.4 2,906.9 2,919.1 2,918.3 2,944.6 26.3

Department stores .......................................... 1,545.9 1,604.1 1,542.7 1,556.1 1,601.5 1,595.2 1,595.6 1,597.5 1,599.9 1,610.1 10.2

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 880.8 884.9 889.7 883.9 903.8 897.3 899.0 901.5 902.0 905.4 3.4

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 425.3 435.9 425.6 422.5 431.3 438.4 435.6 435.4 431.4 430.9 -.5

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,297.8 4,349.0 4,339.9 4,345.4 4,330.1 4,370.2 4,371.6 4,380.0 4,385.7 4,378.1 -7.6

Air transportation ................................................ 504.2 485.0 481.4 480.0 507.4 488.9 486.9 489.0 486.1 482.9 -3.2

Rail transportation .............................................. 226.9 225.1 225.1 225.5 228.8 227.8 227.3 227.4 227.4 227.4 .0

Water transportation ........................................... 56.7 61.3 59.8 60.4 58.7 63.6 63.7 63.4 62.9 62.8 -.1

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,359.6 1,379.7 1,373.6 1,378.8 1,385.0 1,403.7 1,404.0 1,406.0 1,405.2 1,404.8 -.4

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 402.1 405.8 410.5 410.1 387.6 394.9 392.2 394.1 396.4 395.0 -1.4

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 37.6 37.5 37.3 37.4 37.8 37.2 37.0 37.4 37.4 37.5 .1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 22.1 22.6 22.7 24.5 28.0 31.4 31.1 30.3 31.6 32.2 .6

Support activities for transportation ................... 548.4 557.5 562.9 562.4 551.3 553.9 556.2 560.7 566.1 563.8 -2.3

Couriers and messengers .................................. 563.5 581.7 571.7 569.5 566.2 576.8 579.7 576.8 575.6 572.6 -3.0

Warehousing and storage .................................. 576.7 592.8 594.9 596.8 579.3 592.0 593.5 594.9 597.0 599.1 2.1

Utilities ................................................................... 553.5 557.3 557.5 557.8 554.8 560.1 559.7 559.3 559.9 559.2 -.7

Information ................................................................ 3,056 3,046 3,056 3,065 3,067 3,064 3,066 3,065 3,074 3,076 2

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 903.5 897.6 901.0 903.6 905.0 902.8 902.5 901.5 903.9 904.9 1.0

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 363.6 381.7 378.6 385.3 373.0 383.5 387.7 391.2 391.7 394.2 2.5

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 325.3 322.5 324.0 323.8 326.0 325.7 325.1 323.4 324.9 324.6 -.3

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.4 29.4 30.7 30.0 30.4 30.1 30.4 29.6 30.6 30.1 -.5

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,003.0 988.6 994.6 991.3 1,003.9 995.1 993.3 991.3 994.7 991.9 -2.8

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 379.4 375.3 378.2 381.8 378.3 376.7 377.8 377.4 379.0 380.7 1.7

Other information services ................................. 50.5 50.4 49.3 49.2 50.6 49.9 49.6 50.4 49.5 49.3 -.2

Financial activities .................................................... 8,063 8,184 8,218 8,245 8,096 8,217 8,223 8,244 8,265 8,281 16

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,980.1 6,060.7 6,093.8 6,113.1 5,982.6 6,066.7 6,068.2 6,081.8 6,100.8 6,116.8 16.0

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 20.8 21.1 21.2 21.2 20.8 20.9 21.0 21.2 21.2 21.3 .1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,844.3 2,884.8 2,900.4 2,907.2 2,847.5 2,895.8 2,894.2 2,896.7 2,905.2 2,912.3 7.1

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,760.5 1,789.4 1,799.6 1,805.9 1,762.6 1,793.3 1,793.2 1,793.0 1,802.2 1,808.8 6.6

Commercial banking .................................... 1,291.5 1,300.0 1,308.1 1,314.2 1,293.3 1,309.0 1,306.0 1,303.3 1,310.5 1,315.9 5.4

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 783.1 790.6 796.0 797.9 782.7 790.7 790.4 792.9 795.7 797.6 1.9

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,244.1 2,277.2 2,288.0 2,298.1 2,244.5 2,271.8 2,274.8 2,283.5 2,291.0 2,297.8 6.8

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 87.8 87.0 88.2 88.7 87.1 87.5 87.8 87.5 87.7 87.8 .1

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,082.6 2,123.3 2,123.7 2,131.4 2,113.7 2,150.2 2,154.5 2,161.7 2,164.0 2,164.4 .4

Real estate .......................................................... 1,419.4 1,465.6 1,466.5 1,469.3 1,439.5 1,478.4 1,481.6 1,490.5 1,491.4 1,491.4 .0

Rental and leasing services ............................... 637.7 630.5 629.8 634.7 648.1 643.9 645.0 643.3 644.7 644.9 .2

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 25.5 27.2 27.4 27.4 26.1 27.9 27.9 27.9 27.9 28.1 .2

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

 Mar. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

Change

from:

Feb. 2006-

Mar. 2006p

Professional and business services ........................ 16,540 16,710 16,831 17,011 16,745 17,061 17,121 17,127 17,162 17,214 52

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 7,023.7 7,149.0 7,212.8 7,240.8 6,949.8 7,087.2 7,118.9 7,133.8 7,144.4 7,165.1 20.7

Legal services .................................................. 1,156.9 1,152.4 1,150.6 1,155.3 1,165.2 1,160.0 1,160.8 1,161.8 1,160.6 1,163.6 3.0

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 950.9 937.2 983.4 970.4 830.0 847.5 859.0 847.0 848.1 847.7 -.4

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,268.2 1,317.2 1,320.6 1,332.6 1,287.6 1,335.3 1,335.6 1,340.5 1,346.6 1,353.2 6.6

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,178.2 1,222.6 1,225.7 1,230.5 1,178.4 1,204.9 1,212.1 1,226.0 1,227.2 1,230.8 3.6

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 824.0 856.3 863.9 871.0 830.1 861.4 865.4 867.8 872.2 876.7 4.5

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,738.8 1,759.9 1,761.4 1,763.2 1,750.6 1,743.2 1,756.7 1,772.6 1,771.5 1,770.4 -1.1

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,777.7 7,801.2 7,856.3 8,006.7 8,044.4 8,230.5 8,245.1 8,220.1 8,245.7 8,278.8 33.1

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,448.2 7,473.9 7,528.6 7,675.9 7,708.6 7,897.8 7,911.0 7,884.9 7,910.4 7,942.1 31.7

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,376.3 3,416.8 3,427.0 3,509.0 3,515.1 3,663.7 3,671.0 3,638.3 3,636.5 3,656.5 20.0

Temporary help services ............................. 2,377.0 2,428.9 2,436.7 2,492.6 2,493.0 2,616.2 2,628.1 2,605.6 2,604.6 2,620.3 15.7

Business support services .............................. 767.1 752.7 765.0 770.0 764.8 754.7 751.8 760.7 763.5 765.4 1.9

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,599.9 1,588.0 1,600.2 1,656.7 1,713.0 1,755.4 1,751.1 1,750.0 1,764.7 1,773.3 8.6

Waste management and remediation services 329.5 327.3 327.7 330.8 335.8 332.7 334.1 335.2 335.3 336.7 1.4

Education and health services ................................ 17,355 17,428 17,699 17,761 17,211 17,481 17,507 17,544 17,583 17,616 33

Educational services ............................................. 2,960.5 2,753.4 2,989.0 3,003.5 2,804.2 2,820.2 2,827.5 2,828.5 2,839.3 2,844.0 4.7

Health care and social assistance ........................14,394.9 14,674.7 14,709.6 14,757.4 14,407.2 14,661.2 14,679.6 14,715.6 14,743.3 14,771.7 28.4

3 Health care ............................................................ 12,193.6 12,431.1 12,446.6 12,485.2 12,220.9 12,423.8 12,435.8 12,465.9 12,489.2 12,513.5 24.3

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 5,048.6 5,181.0 5,196.4 5,222.2 5,061.0 5,172.7 5,181.4 5,202.1 5,217.5 5,233.4 15.9

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,069.7 2,139.6 2,143.9 2,150.1 2,074.4 2,128.4 2,135.8 2,143.3 2,148.9 2,154.5 5.6

Outpatient care centers ................................... 466.7 484.9 486.0 489.5 466.2 482.4 484.1 485.9 487.5 489.1 1.6

Home health care services ............................. 806.2 823.2 824.4 833.5 809.4 824.3 822.1 829.1 832.2 836.1 3.9

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,311.3 4,380.5 4,383.8 4,394.7 4,317.8 4,379.2 4,382.5 4,387.3 4,393.4 4,401.8 8.4

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,833.7 2,869.6 2,866.4 2,868.3 2,842.1 2,871.9 2,871.9 2,876.5 2,878.3 2,878.3 .0

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,573.4 1,579.2 1,573.3 1,576.0 1,577.9 1,582.5 1,582.5 1,583.5 1,582.0 1,580.8 -1.2

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,201.3 2,243.6 2,263.0 2,272.2 2,186.3 2,237.4 2,243.8 2,249.7 2,254.1 2,258.2 4.1

Child day care services ................................... 791.3 797.7 805.4 808.3 777.3 792.9 793.3 795.1 794.9 795.0 .1

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,365 12,304 12,396 12,649 12,722 12,881 12,898 12,932 12,962 13,004 42

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,707.3 1,673.9 1,692.2 1,749.6 1,865.4 1,907.5 1,905.9 1,903.5 1,908.4 1,914.4 6.0

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 350.4 320.8 333.4 336.7 367.7 362.8 362.1 356.3 358.0 355.0 -3.0

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 112.2 110.5 110.6 114.1 119.5 121.0 121.6 121.4 121.6 121.8 .2

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,244.7 1,242.6 1,248.2 1,298.8 1,378.2 1,423.7 1,422.2 1,425.8 1,428.8 1,437.6 8.8

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,657.3 10,630.0 10,703.7 10,899.7 10,856.1 10,973.9 10,992.3 11,028.0 11,053.9 11,089.4 35.5

Accommodations ................................................ 1,748.0 1,717.6 1,724.1 1,748.6 1,807.6 1,811.1 1,809.2 1,808.0 1,807.4 1,809.8 2.4

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,909.3 8,912.4 8,979.6 9,151.1 9,048.5 9,162.8 9,183.1 9,220.0 9,246.5 9,279.6 33.1

Other services .......................................................... 5,372 5,332 5,355 5,383 5,389 5,377 5,386 5,397 5,396 5,397 1

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,238.9 1,228.6 1,236.7 1,243.6 1,237.7 1,232.0 1,241.4 1,240.7 1,241.3 1,240.9 -.4

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,269.5 1,262.9 1,261.3 1,266.3 1,276.2 1,271.1 1,270.3 1,278.4 1,276.3 1,272.5 -3.8

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,863.3 2,840.7 2,856.8 2,873.2 2,874.8 2,873.6 2,874.5 2,877.7 2,878.5 2,884.0 5.5

Government .............................................................. 22,146 21,724 22,192 22,303 21,747 21,880 21,878 21,844 21,879 21,903 24

Federal ................................................................... 2,716 2,685 2,690 2,693 2,730 2,728 2,713 2,705 2,707 2,707 0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,945.5 1,918.2 1,924.2 1,927.5 1,956.0 1,953.1 1,941.2 1,935.6 1,938.8 1,937.8 -1.0

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 770.4 767.1 765.5 765.0 774.0 774.9 772.1 769.1 768.3 768.8 .5

State government .................................................. 5,157 4,907 5,134 5,168 5,015 5,032 5,036 5,007 5,024 5,026 2

State government education .............................. 2,397.0 2,150.1 2,372.4 2,403.5 2,246.7 2,256.6 2,258.1 2,232.4 2,248.9 2,252.5 3.6

State government, excluding education ............ 2,760.4 2,757.0 2,761.4 2,764.9 2,767.8 2,775.8 2,777.4 2,774.9 2,774.9 2,773.2 -1.7

Local government .................................................. 14,273 14,132 14,368 14,442 14,002 14,120 14,129 14,132 14,148 14,170 22

Local government education ............................. 8,185.8 8,011.5 8,237.1 8,276.8 7,829.2 7,899.3 7,906.9 7,902.6 7,912.7 7,922.4 9.7

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,087.5 6,120.1 6,131.2 6,164.7 6,172.9 6,220.6 6,222.2 6,228.9 6,234.8 6,247.2 12.4

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.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Mar. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

Change

from:

Feb. 2006-

Mar. 2006p

Total private ....................................... 33.4 33.8 33.5 33.5 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 39.6 40.1 40.0 40.2 39.9 40.4 40.2 40.4 40.3 40.4 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 44.9 45.6 44.6 44.3 45.2 45.0 45.6 46.1 45.0 44.8 -.2

Construction ............................................................ 37.8 38.2 38.1 38.3 38.4 39.2 38.7 39.1 38.8 38.8 .0

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.4 40.9 40.7 41.0 40.4 40.8 40.8 40.9 41.0 41.0 .0

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

Durable goods ..................................................... 40.8 41.2 41.1 41.3 40.8 41.3 41.2 41.3 41.3 41.3 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 .0

Wood products .................................................. 39.2 39.6 39.3 39.4 39.6 40.5 40.1 40.1 40.2 39.9 -.3

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 41.1 42.3 42.0 42.2 41.7 43.5 42.7 43.1 42.8 42.8 .0

Primary metals .................................................. 43.0 44.1 43.8 43.8 42.8 43.5 43.5 43.7 43.7 43.7 .0

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.6 41.3 41.1 41.3 40.7 41.2 41.1 41.2 41.3 41.4 .1

Machinery .......................................................... 42.2 42.0 41.8 42.0 42.0 42.0 41.9 41.8 41.9 41.8 -.1

Computer and electronic products ................ 39.5 40.3 40.2 40.5 39.4 40.3 40.3 40.5 40.4 40.5 .1

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.0 41.3 40.6 41.0 40.1 41.0 40.9 41.2 41.1 41.2 .1

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.2 42.5 42.7 43.0 42.0 42.7 42.6 42.6 42.8 42.8 .0

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 41.9 42.1 42.3 42.6 41.8 42.4 42.2 42.1 42.3 42.5 .2

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.4 38.0 38.4 38.6 39.5 38.5 38.3 38.2 38.6 38.6 .0

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 39.0 38.5 38.4 38.5 38.8 38.6 38.5 38.5 38.4 38.3 -.1

Nondurable goods ............................................... 39.6 40.3 40.1 40.4 39.7 40.0 40.2 40.3 40.4 40.5 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 38.2 39.4 39.0 39.6 38.8 39.0 39.3 39.6 39.7 40.1 .4

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.9 39.2 39.5 40.0 40.1 40.1 40.0 39.9 39.9 40.1 .2

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.3 40.8 40.3 40.6 39.9 40.6 41.0 40.6 40.6 40.3 -.3

Textile product mills ......................................... 39.6 40.3 40.3 39.8 39.4 39.6 40.0 40.1 40.4 39.6 -.8

Apparel ............................................................... 36.3 35.7 36.0 36.8 36.0 35.9 35.6 36.0 36.0 36.4 .4

Leather and allied products ............................ 37.6 39.0 39.8 40.0 37.2 39.5 39.4 39.4 39.8 39.7 -.1

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.7 42.6 42.0 42.0 42.1 42.5 42.6 42.4 42.4 42.4 .0

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.4 38.9 39.0 39.0 38.3 38.3 38.4 38.8 38.9 38.9 .0

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 44.6 44.5 43.4 43.9 45.1 45.8 44.5 45.0 44.3 44.6 .3

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.3 42.9 42.7 42.7 42.2 42.3 42.5 42.6 42.7 42.6 -.1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 39.8 40.6 40.3 40.8 39.8 40.1 40.5 40.5 40.5 40.7 .2

Private service-providing ............................. 32.1 32.5 32.2 32.1 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.2 33.0 32.9 33.0 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.3 33.3 33.3 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.5 37.9 37.7 37.7 37.7 37.8 37.9 37.8 37.9 37.9 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.3 30.1 29.9 30.1 30.6 30.6 30.5 30.5 30.4 30.4 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.8 36.4 36.2 36.4 37.2 36.8 36.7 36.6 36.7 36.8 .1

Utilities ................................................................... 40.1 40.7 41.2 41.2 40.3 41.2 41.4 41.0 41.3 41.4 .1

Information ............................................................... 36.1 36.8 36.3 36.3 36.5 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.5 36.6 .1

Financial activities .................................................. 35.6 36.5 35.5 35.3 35.9 35.9 35.9 36.0 35.7 35.7 .0

Professional and business services .................... 33.9 34.6 34.4 34.3 34.0 34.3 34.3 34.6 34.5 34.4 -.1

Education and health services ............................. 32.4 32.8 32.4 32.4 32.6 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.6 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.4 25.3 25.3 25.3 25.7 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.6 .0

Other services ......................................................... 30.7 31.0 30.7 30.7 30.9 30.9 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.9 .1

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining

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, motor

vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

 Mar. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

Total private ....................................... $15.96 $16.52 $16.51 $16.51 $533.06 $558.38 $553.09 $553.09

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.95 16.40 16.46 16.49 537.52 554.32 556.35 557.36

Goods-producing .......................................... 17.37 17.73 17.72 17.72 687.85 710.97 708.80 712.34

Natural resources and mining .............................. 18.33 19.47 19.35 19.57 823.02 887.83 863.01 866.95

Construction ............................................................ 19.24 19.50 19.57 19.52 727.27 744.90 745.62 747.62

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.42 16.76 16.71 16.71 663.37 685.48 680.10 685.11

Durable goods ..................................................... 17.16 17.56 17.54 17.55 700.13 723.47 720.89 724.82

Wood products .................................................. 13.13 13.17 13.16 13.17 514.70 521.53 517.19 518.90

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.30 16.51 16.52 16.55 669.93 698.37 693.84 698.41

Primary metals .................................................. 18.76 19.37 19.22 19.20 806.68 854.22 841.84 840.96

Fabricated metal products .............................. 15.63 16.12 16.07 16.04 634.58 665.76 660.48 662.45

Machinery .......................................................... 17.03 17.07 17.01 17.08 718.67 716.94 711.02 717.36

Computer and electronic products ................ 17.96 18.71 18.75 18.72 709.42 754.01 753.75 758.16

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.11 15.47 15.48 15.35 604.40 638.91 628.49 629.35

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.83 22.33 22.29 22.31 921.23 949.03 951.78 959.33

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.36 13.53 13.50 13.48 526.38 514.14 518.40 520.33

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 14.03 14.08 14.11 14.32 547.17 542.08 541.82 551.32

Nondurable goods ............................................... 15.19 15.39 15.31 15.27 601.52 620.22 613.93 616.91

Food manufacturing ......................................... 13.01 13.08 13.01 13.00 496.98 515.35 507.39 514.80

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 18.99 18.41 18.23 18.07 757.70 721.67 720.09 722.80

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.26 12.50 12.41 12.51 494.08 510.00 500.12 507.91

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.57 11.75 11.74 11.62 458.17 473.53 473.12 462.48

Apparel ............................................................... 10.07 10.62 10.59 10.54 365.54 379.13 381.24 387.87

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.48 11.25 10.88 10.89 431.65 438.75 433.02 435.60

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.95 17.87 17.78 17.77 748.52 761.26 746.76 746.34

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.68 15.90 15.68 15.79 602.11 618.51 611.52 615.81

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.80 24.74 24.81 24.85 1,106.08 1,100.93 1,076.75 1,090.92

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.48 19.95 19.93 19.75 824.00 855.86 851.01 843.33

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.71 15.00 14.90 14.88 585.46 609.00 600.47 607.10

Private service-providing ............................. 15.59 16.20 16.20 16.18 500.44 526.50 521.64 519.38

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.83 15.20 15.23 15.23 492.36 501.60 501.07 502.59

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.88 18.64 18.66 18.62 670.50 706.46 703.48 701.97

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.35 12.47 12.49 12.51 374.21 375.35 373.45 376.55

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.59 16.92 16.93 16.96 610.51 615.89 612.87 617.34

Utilities ................................................................... 26.31 27.53 27.28 27.12 1,055.03 1,120.47 1,123.94 1,117.34

Information ............................................................... 21.62 23.08 22.85 22.79 780.48 849.34 829.46 827.28

Financial activities .................................................. 17.76 18.45 18.45 18.41 632.26 673.43 654.98 649.87

Professional and business services .................... 17.89 18.85 18.77 18.82 606.47 652.21 645.69 645.53

Education and health services ............................. 16.56 17.10 17.14 17.15 536.54 560.88 555.34 555.66

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.08 9.33 9.41 9.42 230.63 236.05 238.07 238.33

Other services ......................................................... 14.28 14.55 14.55 14.51 438.40 451.05 446.69 445.46

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total Private:

 Mar. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Feb. 2006-

Mar. 2006 p

Current dollars ................................................ $15.95 $16.28 $16.35 $16.40 $16.46 $16.49 0.2

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.19 8.15 8.20 8.17 8.20 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.45 17.74 17.77 17.79 17.80 17.81 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 18.25 18.95 19.12 19.33 19.35 19.47 .6

Construction ............................................................................ 19.34 19.59 19.65 19.63 19.66 19.64 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.43 16.68 16.70 16.71 16.72 16.74 .1

.....................................................

4 Excluding overtime 15.56 15.79 15.83 15.84 15.85 15.87 .1

Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.17 17.50 17.52 17.53 17.54 17.58 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.22 15.29 15.31 15.33 15.33 15.31 -.1

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.56 15.89 15.97 16.03 16.09 16.14 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.81 15.04 15.10 15.13 15.18 15.20 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.95 18.45 18.56 18.53 18.61 18.68 .4

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.31 12.35 12.39 12.44 12.46 12.47 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.61 16.85 16.87 16.91 16.96 16.98 .1

Utilities ................................................................................... 26.29 27.15 27.34 27.48 27.27 27.12 -.6

Information ............................................................................... 21.72 22.40 22.60 22.98 22.82 22.92 .4

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.81 18.20 18.27 18.33 18.43 18.44 .1

Professional and business services .................................... 17.88 18.29 18.42 18.54 18.65 18.79 .8

Education and health services ............................................. 16.55 16.95 17.00 17.04 17.12 17.14 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.06 9.24 9.27 9.27 9.34 9.38 .4

Other services ......................................................................... 14.24 14.46 14.47 14.48 14.51 14.49 -.1

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 0.4 percent from Jan. 2006 to Feb. 2006, 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.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Mar. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Feb. 2006-

Mar. 2006p

Total private ....................................... 99.6 101.8 101.3 102.2 101.8 103.5 103.7 104.0 104.2 104.4 0.2

Goods-producing .......................................... 94.4 97.3 97.2 98.4 97.6 100.5 100.1 101.1 101.0 101.4 .4

Natural resources and mining .............................. 107.4 115.6 113.3 114.6 110.7 116.0 118.0 120.0 117.7 118.6 .8

Construction ............................................................ 97.7 102.2 102.1 104.3 105.6 111.7 110.0 112.2 111.8 112.1 .3

Manufacturing ......................................................... 92.7 94.5 94.0 95.0 93.2 94.6 94.8 95.3 95.5 95.5 .0

Durable goods ..................................................... 94.5 97.2 97.0 98.0 94.8 97.4 97.5 98.1 98.1 98.3 .2

Wood products .................................................. 97.1 99.2 97.7 98.3 99.7 102.4 102.0 102.3 101.9 101.1 -.8

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 92.0 94.2 93.9 95.8 96.2 99.5 97.5 100.0 99.7 99.9 .2

Primary metals .................................................. 93.6 97.3 96.3 96.8 93.0 95.2 95.1 96.4 96.0 96.5 .5

Fabricated metal products .............................. 97.7 100.5 100.2 101.3 98.2 100.3 100.4 100.8 101.2 101.7 .5

Machinery .......................................................... 98.2 99.4 99.3 100.1 97.5 99.0 99.3 98.9 99.5 99.3 -.2

Computer and electronic products ................ 90.5 101.1 100.9 102.3 90.3 100.3 101.1 101.8 101.7 102.5 .8

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 85.8 89.5 87.9 88.8 86.1 87.7 87.7 89.1 88.8 89.3 .6

Transportation equipment ............................... 96.9 99.1 99.6 100.6 96.2 98.8 99.2 99.8 99.7 99.8 .1

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 96.1 94.7 94.5 95.5 95.3 95.4 95.2 95.3 94.4 94.8 .4

Furniture and related products ....................... 92.3 87.5 88.2 89.8 92.9 89.2 88.9 88.7 89.7 90.1 .4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 90.9 89.6 90.3 90.2 91.0 90.7 90.5 90.5 90.7 90.3 -.4

Nondurable goods ............................................... 89.3 89.8 89.3 90.1 90.4 90.2 90.5 90.9 91.1 91.1 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 92.2 94.3 92.7 93.9 95.6 95.2 95.8 96.4 96.4 97.1 .7

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 87.0 95.6 96.6 96.1 91.8 98.9 98.0 99.7 100.3 100.8 .5

Textile mills ........................................................ 73.7 68.2 67.3 67.5 73.0 69.2 69.2 68.7 68.1 66.9 -1.8

Textile product mills ......................................... 91.0 96.3 95.3 93.8 90.3 94.2 94.3 96.2 96.0 93.3 -2.8

Apparel ............................................................... 69.2 62.7 64.4 66.9 68.8 64.5 63.9 65.3 64.9 65.9 1.5

Leather and allied products ............................ 77.6 78.1 78.1 78.0 76.4 81.0 81.2 80.0 78.9 77.6 -1.6

Paper and paper products .............................. 86.6 86.8 85.7 85.5 88.0 87.1 87.2 86.8 87.1 86.7 -.5

Printing and related support activities ........... 90.4 90.9 91.4 92.2 90.8 90.5 90.9 91.6 92.3 92.5 .2

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 99.6 93.1 93.2 94.9 103.0 100.6 97.6 98.4 98.5 98.4 -.1

Chemicals .......................................................... 96.7 99.2 98.7 99.4 96.6 96.9 97.6 98.8 98.9 98.9 .0

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 92.2 92.3 91.8 92.8 92.3 92.1 92.9 92.8 92.8 92.8 .0

Private service-providing ............................. 101.0 103.2 102.7 103.3 103.1 104.5 104.6 104.9 105.1 105.3 .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 98.9 100.1 98.9 99.7 100.9 102.0 102.0 101.9 101.9 102.1 .2

Wholesale trade ................................................... 99.6 102.5 102.1 102.5 100.8 102.8 103.1 103.1 103.6 103.7 .1

Retail trade ........................................................... 97.5 98.6 96.6 97.8 100.4 101.1 100.7 100.9 100.5 100.8 .3

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 102.8 103.4 102.5 103.1 104.8 105.0 104.8 104.7 105.0 105.1 .1

Utilities ................................................................... 90.3 93.4 94.9 94.8 91.0 95.1 95.2 94.5 95.4 95.5 .1

Information ............................................................... 97.9 100.6 99.6 100.0 99.1 100.3 100.6 100.7 100.6 100.9 .3

Financial activities .................................................. 102.4 107.1 104.6 104.5 103.9 105.6 105.8 106.4 105.9 106.3 .4

Professional and business services .................... 102.3 106.0 106.4 107.3 104.1 107.6 108.0 109.1 109.1 109.1 .0

Education and health services ............................. 105.7 107.3 107.7 108.1 105.5 106.6 106.7 107.0 107.3 107.9 .6

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 100.9 100.1 101.0 103.3 105.3 106.7 106.5 107.4 107.2 107.6 .4

Other services ......................................................... 95.1 95.2 94.7 95.4 96.2 95.8 96.0 96.2 95.9 96.4 .5

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and

motor vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by

dividing the current month's 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 or nonsupervisory worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Mar. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2005

 Nov. 

2005

 Dec. 

2005

 Jan. 

2006

 Feb. 

2006p

 Mar. 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Feb. 2006-

Mar. 2006p

Total private ....................................... 106.3 112.6 111.9 112.9 108.6 112.8 113.4 114.1 114.7 115.2 0.4

Goods-producing .......................................... 100.5 105.7 105.4 106.8 104.3 109.2 108.9 110.1 110.1 110.6 .5

Natural resources and mining .............................. 114.5 130.9 127.5 130.5 117.5 127.8 131.2 134.9 132.4 134.2 1.4

Construction ............................................................ 101.5 107.6 107.9 109.9 110.3 118.1 116.7 118.9 118.7 118.9 .2

Manufacturing ......................................................... 99.5 103.5 102.8 103.9 100.2 103.2 103.5 104.2 104.4 104.6 .2

Durable goods ..................................................... 101.3 106.5 106.3 107.4 101.6 106.4 106.7 107.4 107.4 107.9 .5

Nondurable goods ............................................... 95.9 97.7 96.7 97.2 97.3 97.5 98.0 98.5 98.7 98.6 -.1

Private service-providing ............................. 108.2 114.9 114.3 114.8 110.2 114.0 114.8 115.5 116.1 116.8 .6

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 104.6 108.6 107.5 108.3 106.6 109.4 109.9 110.0 110.4 110.7 .3

Wholesale trade ................................................... 104.9 112.5 112.2 112.4 106.6 111.7 112.8 112.6 113.6 114.1 .4

Retail trade ........................................................... 103.2 105.4 103.4 104.9 105.9 107.0 106.9 107.6 107.4 107.7 .3

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 108.2 111.0 110.1 110.9 110.4 112.3 112.1 112.3 112.9 113.2 .3

Utilities ................................................................... 99.2 107.3 108.1 107.3 99.9 107.7 108.6 108.3 108.6 108.1 -.5

Information ............................................................... 104.8 114.9 112.7 112.8 106.5 111.2 112.5 114.5 113.6 114.5 .8

Financial activities .................................................. 112.5 122.1 119.4 119.0 114.4 118.9 119.5 120.6 120.7 121.2 .4

Professional and business services .................... 108.9 118.9 118.9 120.2 110.7 117.1 118.3 120.3 121.0 122.0 .8

Education and health services ............................. 115.1 120.6 121.3 121.8 114.8 118.8 119.3 119.9 120.8 121.5 .6

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 106.9 108.9 110.8 113.4 111.3 114.9 115.1 116.0 116.8 117.7 .8

Other services ......................................................... 99.0 100.9 100.4 100.9 99.8 100.9 101.2 101.4 101.4 101.8 .4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated

by dividing the current month's 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 or nonsupervisory

worker employment.
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, 278 industries

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 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

2002 ........................................................ 40.8 36.5 38.3 38.7 40.1 46.0 43.7 43.3 41.7 41.9 41.5 36.0

2003 ........................................................ 44.1 37.9 34.9 38.3 42.8 38.8 37.6 39.7 50.7 49.8 52.0 51.3

2004 ........................................................ 51.6 49.5 62.4 65.5 62.4 57.7 52.7 52.0 57.0 54.3 55.0 54.1

2005 ........................................................ 50.7 57.7 56.7 54.7 54.5 56.7 59.2 54.1 51.4 53.4 61.7 58.6

2006 ........................................................ 61.0 p61.9 p57.2

2002 ........................................................ 34.5 36.2 35.6 35.8 34.9 38.8 38.5 44.8 37.6 39.7 37.2 39.6

2003 ........................................................ 40.6 34.2 34.7 32.7 35.3 41.7 38.5 33.8 42.6 47.8 49.8 50.5

2004 ........................................................ 54.3 53.4 57.6 63.1 69.4 68.3 58.8 55.6 57.4 56.5 59.9 55.2

2005 ........................................................ 52.9 56.7 59.2 60.4 56.8 60.8 60.4 59.7 57.9 52.2 57.0 63.7

2006 ........................................................ 66.2 p63.7 p61.3

2002 ........................................................ 30.2 30.6 31.5 30.9 32.0 36.3 35.8 37.6 34.5 36.0 36.7 35.3

2003 ........................................................ 34.4 31.8 31.8 34.0 32.7 36.2 33.3 32.4 40.5 45.3 46.4 47.7

2004 ........................................................ 49.8 52.3 54.7 60.8 63.3 63.8 63.1 63.5 59.0 61.3 55.9 55.6

2005 ........................................................ 55.4 57.7 57.4 58.8 55.2 58.6 60.8 59.5 60.6 57.7 58.5 60.6

2006 ........................................................ 61.2 p62.8 p64.4

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2

2004 ........................................................ 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.4 50.7 57.7 57.0 55.2 56.7 58.3 60.1 60.3

2005 ........................................................ 60.1 61.0 59.5 58.6 58.6 59.4 60.8 61.0 60.8 58.3 58.8 62.1

2006 ........................................................ 61.3 p61.7 p63.1

2002 ........................................................ 19.6 21.4 18.5 29.2 25.0 30.4 36.9 25.6 28.6 17.9 17.9 19.6

2003 ........................................................ 32.7 19.6 19.6 10.7 23.2 19.0 19.6 29.2 28.6 36.3 42.3 40.5

2004 ........................................................ 44.0 47.6 44.6 64.9 53.6 45.8 56.5 52.4 41.7 42.3 39.9 39.3

2005 ........................................................ 39.3 38.7 38.7 42.3 44.6 34.5 47.6 35.7 45.2 43.5 50.0 52.4

2006 ........................................................ 59.5 p46.4 p47.0

2002 ........................................................ 9.5 9.5 11.3 17.9 14.9 17.9 22.6 25.6 22.6 17.3 9.5 11.9

2003 ........................................................ 18.5 11.3 12.5 8.3 7.7 11.3 14.9 15.5 16.7 27.4 32.1 35.7

2004 ........................................................ 43.5 42.3 43.5 53.6 57.7 58.9 53.6 48.8 48.2 40.5 38.1 31.0

2005 ........................................................ 35.7 39.9 42.9 39.9 37.5 41.1 39.3 35.7 39.9 36.3 36.9 50.0

2006 ........................................................ 56.0 p51.8 p45.2

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 8.3 7.7 8.3 8.3 11.9 12.5 11.9 13.7 8.9 7.1 7.7

2003 ........................................................ 11.3 11.3 8.3 9.5 10.7 9.5 6.0 8.9 13.7 18.5 24.4 23.8

2004 ........................................................ 28.6 33.3 33.3 45.8 47.6 51.2 56.0 51.8 48.2 49.4 39.3 35.7

2005 ........................................................ 36.9 36.9 35.1 33.3 33.3 32.7 36.9 36.9 41.1 41.7 39.3 42.3

2006 ........................................................ 37.5 p45.2 p45.2

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ........................................................ 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7

2004 ........................................................ 13.1 14.3 13.1 20.2 23.2 35.7 36.9 38.1 36.3 44.0 44.6 44.6

2005 ........................................................ 44.6 44.6 41.7 40.5 39.9 33.3 32.7 31.0 32.1 39.3 35.7 40.5

2006 ........................................................ 41.1 p40.5 p38.7

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.