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Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

June 2002 – May 2005

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

June 2002 – May 2005

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2003 2004 2005

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2003 2004 2005

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MAY 2005

Nonfarm employment edged up by 78,000 in May following a much larger increase in April, and the

unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.

Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment continued to grow over the month in health

care and construction, but was little changed in the other major industry sectors.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.6 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.1 percent, were

essentially unchanged in May. The jobless rate was down from 5.6 percent a year earlier. Over the month,

the unemployment rates for adult men (4.4 percent), adult women (4.6 percent), teenagers (17.9 percent),

whites (4.4 percent), blacks (10.1 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (6.0 percent) showed little or no

change. The jobless rate for Asians was 3.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2,

and A-3.)

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

the month. This group continued to account for about 1 in 5 unemployed persons. (See table A-9.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

In May, total employment, at 141.5 million, and the civilian labor force, at 149.1 million, continued to

trend up. The employment-population ratio, at 62.7 percent, has trended up in recent months. (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 Apr.-

Category 2004 2005 May

IV I Mar. Apr. May change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................................. 148,136 148,089 148,157 148,762 149,122 360

Employment................................................................... 140,092 140,296 140,501 141,099 141,475 376

Unemployment................................................................... 8,044 7,794 7,656 7,663 7,647 -16

Not in labor force................................................................... 76,282 76,949 77,079 76,679 76,547 -132

All workers............................................................... 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 -0.1

Adult men........................................................... 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.4 .0

Adult women........................................................ 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6 .0

Teenagers........................................................ 17.1 16.9 16.9 17.7 17.9 .2

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

Black or African American.................................... 10.8 10.6 10.3 10.4 10.1 -.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 6.7 6.1 5.7 6.4 6.0 -.4

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 132,302 132,814 132,995 p133,269 p133,347 p78

Goods-producing 1........................................................ 22,000 22,054 22,093 p22,135 p22,149 p14

Construction............................................................. 7,063 7,127 7,159 p7,207 p7,227 p20

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,338 14,314 14,315 p14,306 p14,299 p-7

Service-providing 1 ............................................................... 110,302 110,759 110,902 p111,134 p111,198 p64

Retail trade 2 ........................................................ 15,072 15,112 15,129 p15,155 p15,166 p11

Professional and business services......... 16,633 16,755 16,796 p16,829 p16,828 p-1

Education and health services.............................. 17,110 17,191 17,210 p17,244 p17,284 p40

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 12,569 12,641 12,662 p12,725 p12,719 p-6

Government........................................................ 21,702 21,725 21,731 p21,744 p21,749 p5

Total private.............................................................. 33.7 33.7 33.7 p33.8 p33.8 p0.0

Manufacturing............................................................ 40.6 40.6 40.4 p40.5 p40.4 p-.1

Overtime........................................................ 4.5 4.5 4.5 p4.4 p4.4 p.0

 

Total private.......................................................... 101.2 101.7 101.9 p102.5 p102.6 p0.1

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $15.83 $15.92 $15.95 p$16.00 p$16.03 p$0.03

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 533.89 536.51 537.52 p540.80 p541.81 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.

2005

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

 p=preliminary.

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

Unemployment rates 

 Employment
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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

There were 1.4 million persons who were marginally attached to the labor force in May, down slightly

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

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

however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number

of discouraged workers, at 392,000 in May, declined over the year. Discouraged workers, a subset of the

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

available for them. The other 1.0 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as

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

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm employment edged up by 78,000 in May after an increase of 274,000 in the prior month.

Payroll job growth averaged 176,000 over the 2 months, in line with the monthly average of 184,000 over

the 12 months ending in March. In May, health care and construction continued to add jobs, while employment in most other industries was little changed. (See table B-1.)

Health care employment continued to grow in May, rising by 26,000. Offices of physicians and hospitals

accounted for most of the job gain. Over the year, the health care industry added 233,000 jobs.

Following a sizable April gain, leisure and hospitality employment was flat in May. Employment also

was little changed in financial activities and in professional and business services. Over the last 3 months,

job growth in professional and business services has averaged 18,000 per month, compared with 52,000

per month during the 12 months ending in February. Temporary help services employment was about

unchanged in May and has shown little net growth since October.

Employment in the information industry, which increased in April, edged down in May; both the April

and May movements in information were driven by the motion picture and sound recording industries.

In the goods-producing sector, construction employment continued to grow in May (20,000). Within

this industry, a gain of 26,000 jobs among residential specialty trade contractors more than offset a loss of

16,000 among nonresidential contractors. Job growth in heavy construction continued in May; employment

in the industry has increased by 34,000 since its recent low point in February 2004.

After rising by 30,000 between October and April, employment in mining was essentially unchanged in

May. Manufacturing employment was little changed over the month. Since August 2004, factory employment has decreased by 67,000. In May, there were job declines in apparel and in plastics and rubber

products.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.8 hours in May, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.1 hour

to 40.4 hours, while manufacturing overtime was unchanged at 4.4 hours. (See table B-2.)

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

payrolls increased by 0.1 percent in May to 102.6 (2002=100). The manufacturing index was down

by 0.2 percent over the month to 93.6. (See table B-5.)
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Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

3 cents in May to $16.03, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings increased by 0.2 percent over the

month to $541.81. Over the year, average hourly and weekly earnings each grew by 2.6 percent. (See

table B-3.)

The Employment Situation for June 2005 is scheduled to be released on Friday, July 8,

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

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Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

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

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

successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from

less than 0.05 percent to 0.5 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

May

2004

Apr.

2005

May

2005

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

May

2005

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 222,967 225,441 225,670 222,967 224,837 225,041 225,236 225,441 225,670

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 146,659 148,274 148,878 147,018 147,979 148,132 148,157 148,762 149,122

 Participation rate ............................................................... 65.8 65.8 66.0 65.9 65.8 65.8 65.8 66.0 66.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 138,867 140,939 141,591 138,846 140,241 140,144 140,501 141,099 141,475

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.3 62.5 62.7 62.3 62.4 62.3 62.4 62.6 62.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 7,792 7,335 7,287 8,172 7,737 7,988 7,656 7,663 7,647

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.3 4.9 4.9 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 76,308 77,167 76,792 75,950 76,858 76,909 77,079 76,679 76,547

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 5,371 5,022 5,386 4,669 4,982 4,995 5,001 5,134 4,728

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,504 108,812 108,934 107,504 108,489 108,598 108,703 108,812 108,934

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 78,381 79,448 79,827 78,663 79,146 79,373 79,598 79,839 80,048

 Participation rate ............................................................... 72.9 73.0 73.3 73.2 73.0 73.1 73.2 73.4 73.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 74,089 75,456 75,997 74,118 74,934 74,964 75,375 75,735 75,985

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 68.9 69.3 69.8 68.9 69.1 69.0 69.3 69.6 69.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,292 3,992 3,830 4,545 4,212 4,410 4,224 4,104 4,062

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.5 5.0 4.8 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 29,123 29,363 29,107 28,842 29,342 29,224 29,104 28,973 28,886

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 99,279 100,520 100,634 99,279 100,219 100,321 100,419 100,520 100,634

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 74,965 76,068 76,391 75,095 75,594 75,816 75,921 76,173 76,439

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.5 75.7 75.9 75.6 75.4 75.6 75.6 75.8 76.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 71,306 72,770 73,242 71,226 72,029 72,131 72,429 72,817 73,100

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.8 72.4 72.8 71.7 71.9 71.9 72.1 72.4 72.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,659 3,297 3,149 3,869 3,565 3,685 3,492 3,356 3,339

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.9 4.3 4.1 5.2 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 24,314 24,452 24,244 24,184 24,625 24,505 24,498 24,347 24,195

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 115,463 116,629 116,736 115,463 116,348 116,443 116,534 116,629 116,736

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 68,278 68,826 69,051 68,355 68,832 68,759 68,559 68,923 69,075

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 64,778 65,483 65,594 64,728 65,307 65,180 65,127 65,364 65,490

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.1 56.1 56.2 56.1 56.1 56.0 55.9 56.0 56.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,500 3,343 3,457 3,627 3,525 3,579 3,432 3,558 3,585

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.1 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 47,185 47,803 47,685 47,108 47,516 47,684 47,975 47,706 47,661

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,483 108,573 108,672 107,483 108,316 108,403 108,486 108,573 108,672

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,807 65,513 65,505 64,803 65,318 65,270 65,051 65,420 65,479

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.2 60.0 60.3 60.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,872 62,644 62,642 61,723 62,295 62,202 62,099 62,384 62,464

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

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,935 2,869 2,863 3,080 3,023 3,068 2,952 3,036 3,015

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 42,676 43,060 43,167 42,680 42,998 43,133 43,435 43,153 43,192

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,205 16,347 16,364 16,205 16,302 16,317 16,332 16,347 16,364

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,888 6,693 6,983 7,120 7,066 7,046 7,185 7,168 7,204

 Participation rate ............................................................... 42.5 40.9 42.7 43.9 43.3 43.2 44.0 43.9 44.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,690 5,524 5,707 5,896 5,917 5,811 5,973 5,897 5,911

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 35.1 33.8 34.9 36.4 36.3 35.6 36.6 36.1 36.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,198 1,169 1,276 1,223 1,150 1,235 1,212 1,271 1,293

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 17.4 17.5 18.3 17.2 16.3 17.5 16.9 17.7 17.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,317 9,654 9,381 9,086 9,235 9,271 9,147 9,179 9,160

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

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

May

2004

Apr.

2005

May

2005

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

May

2005

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 182,384 184,015 184,167 182,384 183,640 183,767 183,888 184,015 184,167

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,703 121,578 122,028 120,997 121,553 121,621 121,484 121,961 122,177

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.2 66.1 66.3 66.3 66.2 66.2 66.1 66.3 66.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 115,049 116,395 116,916 115,006 116,158 116,022 116,135 116,574 116,791

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.1 63.3 63.5 63.1 63.3 63.1 63.2 63.4 63.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,654 5,184 5,112 5,991 5,395 5,598 5,349 5,387 5,386

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.7 4.3 4.2 5.0 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 61,681 62,437 62,139 61,387 62,088 62,146 62,403 62,054 61,989

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,698 63,488 63,740 62,771 63,259 63,390 63,497 63,562 63,747

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,957 61,119 61,475 59,844 60,712 60,776 60,965 61,162 61,336

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 72.7 73.3 73.7 72.6 73.0 73.0 73.2 73.4 73.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,741 2,369 2,265 2,926 2,547 2,614 2,532 2,399 2,410

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.4 3.7 3.6 4.7 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,216 52,528 52,509 52,222 52,414 52,311 52,055 52,463 52,455

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 50,210 50,546 50,562 50,096 50,392 50,246 50,096 50,386 50,399

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.5 57.4 57.4 57.4 57.4 57.2 56.9 57.2 57.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,006 1,981 1,947 2,125 2,022 2,066 1,959 2,077 2,056

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.8 3.8 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,789 5,563 5,778 6,005 5,879 5,919 5,932 5,936 5,976

 Participation rate ................................................................. 46.0 43.9 45.6 47.7 46.5 46.8 46.9 46.9 47.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,882 4,729 4,879 5,065 5,054 5,001 5,074 5,026 5,056

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 38.8 37.4 38.5 40.2 40.0 39.5 40.1 39.7 39.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 907 834 899 939 825 918 858 910 920

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 15.7 15.0 15.6 15.6 14.0 15.5 14.5 15.3 15.4

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 26,002 26,413 26,450 26,002 26,306 26,342 26,377 26,413 26,450

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,374 16,783 16,977 16,480 16,721 16,708 16,741 16,940 17,050

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.0 63.5 64.2 63.4 63.6 63.4 63.5 64.1 64.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,797 15,150 15,338 14,837 14,946 14,890 15,025 15,184 15,329

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 56.9 57.4 58.0 57.1 56.8 56.5 57.0 57.5 58.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,577 1,633 1,639 1,642 1,775 1,818 1,716 1,756 1,721

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.6 9.7 9.7 10.0 10.6 10.9 10.3 10.4 10.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,629 9,631 9,473 9,523 9,585 9,634 9,636 9,473 9,400

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,311 7,488 7,586 7,367 7,380 7,438 7,403 7,555 7,615

 Participation rate ................................................................. 70.1 70.5 71.4 70.6 69.8 70.3 69.8 71.2 71.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,661 6,829 6,935 6,671 6,612 6,630 6,719 6,849 6,914

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.8 64.3 65.2 63.9 62.6 62.6 63.4 64.5 65.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 650 659 651 696 768 809 684 706 700

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.9 8.8 8.6 9.4 10.4 10.9 9.2 9.3 9.2

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,349 8,557 8,571 8,367 8,532 8,527 8,507 8,552 8,589

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.5 64.2 64.2 63.6 64.2 64.1 63.9 64.1 64.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,648 7,842 7,883 7,662 7,770 7,751 7,746 7,798 7,871

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.1 58.8 59.1 58.2 58.5 58.3 58.2 58.5 59.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 701 715 688 705 763 776 761 754 718

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.4 8.4 8.0 8.4 8.9 9.1 8.9 8.8 8.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 714 738 820 746 808 742 831 833 846

 Participation rate ................................................................. 29.6 29.9 33.2 30.9 33.0 30.2 33.8 33.8 34.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 488 479 520 504 564 509 560 537 543

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 20.2 19.4 21.1 20.9 23.0 20.7 22.8 21.8 22.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 226 259 300 241 244 233 271 296 303

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 31.7 35.1 36.6 32.3 30.2 31.5 32.6 35.5 35.8

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,486 9,763 9,770 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,188 6,411 6,407 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.2 65.7 65.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,926 6,160 6,158 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.5 63.1 63.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 262 251 249 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.2 3.9 3.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,299 3,352 3,362 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

May

2004

Apr.

2005

May

2005

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

May

2005

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 27,968 28,902 28,989 27,968 28,642 28,729 28,815 28,902 28,989

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 19,254 19,670 19,753 19,297 19,379 19,458 19,541 19,665 19,761

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.8 68.1 68.1 69.0 67.7 67.7 67.8 68.0 68.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 18,037 18,485 18,693 17,959 18,198 18,211 18,425 18,413 18,578

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.5 64.0 64.5 64.2 63.5 63.4 63.9 63.7 64.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,217 1,186 1,060 1,338 1,181 1,248 1,117 1,252 1,183

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.3 6.0 5.4 6.9 6.1 6.4 5.7 6.4 6.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,714 9,231 9,236 8,671 9,263 9,270 9,273 9,237 9,228

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 11,022 11,343 11,378 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.7 84.2 84.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,423 10,794 10,948 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 80.1 80.1 81.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 599 548 430 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.4 4.8 3.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,308 7,341 7,368 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.1 57.5 57.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,872 6,888 6,938 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 55.6 54.0 54.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 436 454 430 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.0 6.2 5.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 924 986 1,007 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 35.6 37.0 37.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 742 802 807 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 28.6 30.1 30.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 182 183 200 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 19.7 18.6 19.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

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

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Apr.

2005

May

2005

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

May

2005

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,497 12,658 13,077 12,275 12,575 12,581 12,501 12,474 12,798

 Participation rate ................................................................... 45.6 45.2 46.3 44.8 44.7 45.4 45.0 44.6 45.3

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,522 11,668 12,174 11,207 11,637 11,595 11,528 11,429 11,802

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 42.0 41.7 43.1 40.9 41.4 41.9 41.5 40.8 41.8

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 975 991 904 1,068 938 986 973 1,045 996

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 7.8 7.8 6.9 8.7 7.5 7.8 7.8 8.4 7.8

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 37,799 38,360 38,299 37,907 37,729 38,077 38,173 38,265 38,233

 Participation rate ................................................................... 62.9 63.2 63.3 63.1 62.2 62.7 62.6 63.0 63.2

 Employed ................................................................................ 36,042 36,681 36,718 36,007 35,943 36,223 36,378 36,586 36,514

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 60.0 60.4 60.7 59.9 59.2 59.7 59.7 60.3 60.4

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,757 1,679 1,582 1,900 1,786 1,854 1,795 1,679 1,719

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.6 4.4 4.1 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.5

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 34,191 34,783 34,439 34,489 34,524 34,842 34,863 34,860 34,699

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.3 73.0 72.6 72.9 73.0 72.4 72.9 73.2 73.1

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,898 33,459 33,192 33,109 33,117 33,387 33,484 33,489 33,351

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.5 70.3 70.0 70.0 70.0 69.4 70.0 70.3 70.3

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,293 1,324 1,247 1,380 1,407 1,455 1,380 1,371 1,348

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.8 3.8 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.9

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 40,252 41,004 41,087 40,084 40,907 40,534 40,395 40,788 40,913

 Participation rate ................................................................... 77.8 78.1 77.7 77.4 78.4 78.0 77.5 77.7 77.4

 Employed ................................................................................ 39,168 40,061 40,152 38,924 39,925 39,563 39,411 39,784 39,916

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 75.7 76.3 76.0 75.2 76.5 76.2 75.7 75.8 75.5

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,084 944 935 1,160 982 972 985 1,004 997

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

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

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

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Apr.

2005

May

2005

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

May

2005

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,335 2,223 2,258 2,301 2,120 2,145 2,187 2,252 2,220

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,299 1,175 1,238 1,293 1,181 1,208 1,224 1,207 1,229

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 1,013 1,025 992 987 904 903 948 1,023 959

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 24 23 28 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 136,532 138,716 139,333 136,565 138,112 138,005 138,293 138,869 139,294

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 127,103 128,821 129,633 127,043 128,501 128,184 128,400 128,834 129,494

 Government .......................................................................... 19,897 20,680 20,919 19,814 20,296 20,106 20,249 20,429 20,779

 Private industries .................................................................. 107,206 108,141 108,714 107,256 108,219 107,978 108,085 108,353 108,697

 Private households ............................................................. 683 777 722 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 106,523 107,365 107,992 106,509 107,414 107,162 107,286 107,534 107,908

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,342 9,808 9,643 9,416 9,514 9,709 9,767 9,895 9,768

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 87 87 57 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,427 4,150 4,171 4,634 4,395 4,269 4,344 4,293 4,361

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,673 2,534 2,582 2,845 2,768 2,629 2,643 2,613 2,741

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,427 1,351 1,319 1,449 1,329 1,296 1,419 1,363 1,346

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 20,015 20,350 19,886 19,570 19,089 19,555 19,458 19,584 19,435

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,370 4,050 4,104 4,567 4,303 4,153 4,268 4,186 4,280

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,631 2,462 2,560 2,801 2,702 2,572 2,592 2,540 2,705

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,424 1,342 1,296 1,458 1,309 1,268 1,411 1,351 1,331

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,680 19,971 19,596 19,145 18,765 19,254 19,182 19,226 19,160

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

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

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

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

bad weather.

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

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

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

survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Apr.

2005

May

2005

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

May

2005

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 138,867 140,939 141,591 138,846 140,241 140,144 140,501 141,099 141,475

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,690 5,524 5,707 5,896 5,917 5,811 5,973 5,897 5,911

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,999 2,040 2,086 2,141 2,267 2,286 2,339 2,235 2,249

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,692 3,485 3,621 3,733 3,634 3,533 3,651 3,654 3,662

 20 years and over ................................................................... 133,177 135,414 135,884 132,949 134,325 134,333 134,528 135,201 135,564

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,547 13,546 13,649 13,657 13,702 13,531 13,684 13,653 13,725

 25 years and over ................................................................. 119,631 121,868 122,235 119,266 120,669 120,758 120,775 121,503 121,757

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 97,675 98,469 98,805 97,399 98,049 97,986 97,954 98,246 98,455

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,494 30,570 30,774 30,420 30,683 30,581 30,400 30,519 30,660

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,786 34,724 34,772 34,623 34,589 34,524 34,587 34,588 34,600

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 32,395 33,176 33,260 32,355 32,776 32,881 32,968 33,139 33,195

 55 years and over ............................................................... 21,956 23,399 23,429 21,867 22,620 22,772 22,821 23,257 23,302

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 74,089 75,456 75,997 74,118 74,934 74,964 75,375 75,735 75,985

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,784 2,686 2,755 2,891 2,905 2,833 2,946 2,918 2,885

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 902 1,007 974 973 1,068 1,057 1,130 1,123 1,068

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,881 1,679 1,781 1,910 1,825 1,779 1,828 1,794 1,813

 20 years and over ................................................................... 71,306 72,770 73,242 71,226 72,029 72,131 72,429 72,817 73,100

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,110 7,098 7,260 7,169 7,181 7,131 7,193 7,161 7,273

 25 years and over ................................................................. 64,196 65,673 65,982 64,010 64,900 65,012 65,201 65,602 65,731

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 52,557 53,108 53,344 52,407 52,840 52,837 52,933 53,104 53,161

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,831 16,875 17,039 16,784 16,902 16,905 16,795 16,887 16,972

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,779 18,771 18,807 18,730 18,769 18,723 18,798 18,765 18,759

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,947 17,462 17,499 16,893 17,169 17,208 17,340 17,451 17,431

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,639 12,564 12,638 11,603 12,061 12,175 12,267 12,498 12,569

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 64,778 65,483 65,594 64,728 65,307 65,180 65,127 65,364 65,490

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,906 2,839 2,952 3,005 3,012 2,978 3,028 2,980 3,026

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,096 1,033 1,112 1,168 1,199 1,229 1,209 1,112 1,181

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,810 1,805 1,840 1,823 1,809 1,754 1,823 1,860 1,849

 20 years and over ................................................................... 61,872 62,644 62,642 61,723 62,295 62,202 62,099 62,384 62,464

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,437 6,449 6,390 6,487 6,521 6,400 6,491 6,491 6,452

 25 years and over ................................................................. 55,435 56,196 56,252 55,255 55,769 55,746 55,575 55,901 56,026

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,118 45,361 45,461 44,992 45,209 45,149 45,021 45,142 45,293

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,663 13,695 13,735 13,636 13,782 13,676 13,604 13,632 13,688

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 16,007 15,953 15,966 15,894 15,820 15,800 15,789 15,822 15,841

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,448 15,714 15,761 15,462 15,608 15,673 15,628 15,688 15,764

 55 years and over ............................................................... 10,317 10,834 10,791 10,264 10,560 10,597 10,554 10,759 10,733

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 44,754 45,406 45,725 44,763 45,171 45,351 45,382 45,482 45,725

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,504 34,622 34,723 34,536 34,739 34,601 34,307 34,539 34,747

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,769 8,919 8,965 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 113,946 115,888 116,830 113,991 115,858 115,370 115,669 116,524 116,846

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 24,921 25,050 24,761 24,827 24,220 24,626 24,727 24,553 24,662

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

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

week.

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

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

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

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

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

May

2004

Apr.

2005

May

2005

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

May

2005

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,172 7,663 7,647 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,223 1,271 1,293 17.2 16.3 17.5 16.9 17.7 17.9

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 587 557 564 21.5 19.3 20.6 19.4 19.9 20.0

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 645 745 716 14.7 14.4 15.5 15.0 16.9 16.3

 20 years and over ................................................................... 6,949 6,392 6,354 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.5

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,464 1,335 1,325 9.7 9.5 10.0 9.0 8.9 8.8

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,484 5,055 5,027 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.0

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,620 4,195 4,265 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.2

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,798 1,692 1,652 5.6 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.1

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,525 1,397 1,412 4.2 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,297 1,106 1,200 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.5

 55 years and over ............................................................... 884 849 779 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.2

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,545 4,104 4,062 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.1

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 676 748 723 19.0 18.2 20.4 19.9 20.4 20.0

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 294 321 310 23.2 22.0 25.0 22.9 22.2 22.5

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 381 446 409 16.6 16.1 17.7 17.5 19.9 18.4

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,869 3,356 3,339 5.2 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.4

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 823 754 733 10.3 10.2 11.3 9.7 9.5 9.2

 25 years and over ................................................................. 3,066 2,595 2,622 4.6 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,568 2,135 2,236 4.7 4.1 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.0

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,078 895 874 6.0 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.9

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 802 691 746 4.1 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.8

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 689 549 616 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.0 3.4

 55 years and over ............................................................... 498 460 386 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.0

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,627 3,558 3,585 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.2

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 547 523 570 15.4 14.3 14.6 13.7 14.9 15.8

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 293 236 253 20.1 16.8 16.5 15.8 17.5 17.7

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 264 299 307 12.7 12.7 13.2 12.2 13.9 14.2

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,080 3,036 3,015 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.6

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 641 581 592 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.4

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,418 2,460 2,405 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.1

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,052 2,060 2,029 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.3

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 721 797 779 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.4

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 723 706 666 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.9 4.3 4.0

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 608 557 584 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.6

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 351 359 357 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.2

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,443 1,247 1,258 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.7

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,178 1,169 1,129 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.1

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 701 748 768 7.4 8.2 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.9

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,882 6,315 6,195 5.7 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.0

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,361 1,371 1,463 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.6

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

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

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

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

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

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Apr.

2005

May

2005

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

May

2005

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 3,778 3,559 3,265 4,190 4,048 3,980 3,784 3,675 3,646

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 715 781 662 920 966 965 961 838 864

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,062 2,779 2,603 3,270 3,082 3,015 2,823 2,837 2,782

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,354 2,020 1,862 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 709 758 740 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 772 864 863 855 819 965 855 897 942

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,537 2,232 2,455 2,437 2,324 2,405 2,364 2,356 2,353

New entrants ............................................................................ 706 680 705 723 624 745 711 747 728

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 ......... 48.5 48.5 44.8 51.1 51.8 49.2 49.1 47.9 47.5

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 9.2 10.6 9.1 11.2 12.4 11.9 12.5 10.9 11.3

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 39.3 37.9 35.7 39.9 39.4 37.2 36.6 37.0 36.3

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 9.9 11.8 11.8 10.4 10.5 11.9 11.1 11.7 12.3

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 32.6 30.4 33.7 29.7 29.7 29.7 30.6 30.7 30.7

 New entrants ........................................................................... 9.1 9.3 9.7 8.8 8.0 9.2 9.2 9.7 9.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4

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

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

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

1 Data not available.

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

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Apr.

2005

May

2005

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

May

2005

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,718 2,365 2,743 2,731 2,599 2,755 2,531 2,666 2,699

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 1,940 2,050 1,838 2,376 2,343 2,317 2,319 2,268 2,262

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,135 2,920 2,706 3,059 2,824 2,888 2,817 2,698 2,667

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,357 1,242 1,190 1,277 1,201 1,255 1,165 1,083 1,133

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,777 1,677 1,516 1,783 1,623 1,633 1,652 1,615 1,534

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 20.3 21.1 19.1 19.8 19.3 19.1 19.5 19.6 18.8

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 9.9 10.4 9.1 9.9 9.4 9.3 9.3 8.9 9.1

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 .................................................................. 34.9 32.2 37.6 33.4 33.5 34.6 33.0 34.9 35.4

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 24.9 27.9 25.2 29.1 30.2 29.1 30.3 29.7 29.7

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 40.2 39.8 37.1 37.5 36.4 36.3 36.7 35.4 35.0

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 17.4 16.9 16.3 15.6 15.5 15.8 15.2 14.2 14.9

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 22.8 22.9 20.8 21.8 20.9 20.5 21.5 21.2 20.1

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

May

2004

May

2005

May

2004

May

2005

May

2004

May

2005

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 138,867 141,591 7,792 7,287 5.3 4.9

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 48,610 49,249 1,378 1,189 2.8 2.4

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,219 20,082 620 477 3.0 2.3

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,391 29,167 758 712 2.6 2.4

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 22,840 23,056 1,465 1,606 6.0 6.5

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,162 35,875 1,851 1,857 5.0 4.9

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 15,742 16,612 835 886 5.0 5.1

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,420 19,263 1,016 971 5.0 4.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 14,336 15,339 1,002 861 6.5 5.3

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 1,012 959 95 66 8.6 6.4

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 8,285 9,161 697 612 7.8 6.3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,039 5,218 210 183 4.0 3.4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 17,919 18,071 1,359 1,059 7.0 5.5

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,351 9,545 689 578 6.9 5.7

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,568 8,527 670 481 7.2 5.3

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

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

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

Industry

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

May

2004

May

2005

May

2004

May

2005

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 7,792 7,287 5.3 4.9

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 6,234 5,765 5.5 5.0

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 22 16 4.3 2.4

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 665 567 7.4 6.1

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 966 743 5.6 4.5

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 550 422 5.2 4.1

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 416 322 6.2 5.2

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,183 1,145 5.8 5.4

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 230 223 4.4 4.1

 Information ........................................................................................................ 190 145 5.7 4.7

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 302 288 3.3 3.1

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 819 730 6.5 5.9

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 570 648 3.2 3.6

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 977 944 8.1 7.7

 Other services .................................................................................................. 310 314 5.1 5.0

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 99 66 7.4 5.3

Government workers ......................................................................................... 468 453 2.3 2.1

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 287 299 2.7 2.7

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

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

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Apr.

2005

May

2005

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005

May

2005

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

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 5.3 4.9 4.9 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.4

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 6.3 5.9 5.8 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0

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

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

 all marginally attached workers ........................................................................................... 9.3 8.7 8.6 9.7 9.3 9.3 9.1 9.0 8.9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

May

2004

May

2005

May

2004

May

2005

May

2004

May

2005

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 76,308 76,792 29,123 29,107 47,185 47,685

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 5,371 5,386 2,462 2,531 2,909 2,855

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,533 1,428 786 783 747 645

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 476 392 307 233 169 159

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,058 1,036 479 550 579 486

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,258 7,348 3,653 3,741 3,605 3,607

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.9 5.6 5.5

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,859 3,763 2,110 2,111 1,749 1,652

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,649 1,744 513 547 1,136 1,197

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 251 312 151 217 101 95

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,483 1,504 872 851 611 653

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

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

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

Change

from:

Apr. 2005-

May 2005p

Total nonfarm ............................. 132,068 132,196 133,374 134,081 131,373 132,573 132,873 132,995 133,269 133,347 78

Total private ........................................ 110,081 110,058 111,227 111,936 109,787 110,863 111,140 111,264 111,525 111,598 73

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,939 21,654 21,940 22,221 21,888 22,004 22,066 22,093 22,135 22,149 14

Natural resources and mining .................................. 591 604 613 624 592 607 612 619 622 623 1

Logging ........................................................... 66.5 64.5 58.7 62.1 68.9 68.0 67.3 68.7 64.8 64.7 -.1

Mining .................................................................... 524.3 539.6 554.3 561.6 523.3 538.7 545.0 549.8 557.5 558.5 1.0

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 123.9 122.8 123.7 124.8 123.7 123.4 122.5 124.0 124.1 124.4 .3

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 209.1 209.1 216.6 221.8 207.1 212.9 215.5 215.7 217.9 218.8 .9

Coal mining ...................................................... 71.1 75.6 76.3 76.3 71.3 75.4 76.1 76.1 76.6 76.2 -.4

Support activities for mining .............................. 191.3 207.7 214.0 215.0 192.5 202.4 207.0 210.1 215.5 215.3 -.2

Construction ............................................................. 7,005 6,803 7,075 7,296 6,949 7,090 7,133 7,159 7,207 7,227 20

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,624.0 1,634.9 1,660.9 1,697.9 1,623.1 1,682.4 1,689.2 1,692.5 1,695.1 1,699.1 4.0

Residential building ......................................... 888.4 906.0 919.6 945.5 886.4 929.1 931.4 937.0 938.2 943.8 5.6

Nonresidential building .................................... 735.6 728.9 741.3 752.4 736.7 753.3 757.8 755.5 756.9 755.3 -1.6

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 926.8 826.7 895.8 953.8 903.0 908.2 911.7 915.7 920.7 926.7 6.0

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,454.6 4,341.1 4,518.7 4,644.0 4,423.3 4,499.6 4,531.8 4,550.9 4,591.4 4,600.8 9.4

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,102.6 2,059.3 2,143.0 2,212.2 2,096.9 2,128.2 2,144.9 2,158.8 2,177.2 2,202.7 25.5

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,352.0 2,281.7 2,375.7 2,431.8 2,326.4 2,371.4 2,386.9 2,392.1 2,414.2 2,398.1 -16.1

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,343 14,247 14,252 14,301 14,347 14,307 14,321 14,315 14,306 14,299 -7

Production workers ....................................... 10,090 10,030 10,047 10,091 10,093 10,082 10,085 10,091 10,088 10,090 2

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,932 8,927 8,944 8,970 8,925 8,942 8,962 8,957 8,956 8,959 3

Production workers ....................................... 6,147 6,160 6,187 6,205 6,138 6,166 6,178 6,182 6,189 6,192 3

Wood products ................................................... 549.0 546.9 546.6 550.1 547.9 554.7 553.6 555.2 551.6 549.7 -1.9

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 510.0 489.0 502.8 504.1 506.3 504.5 504.0 502.0 504.0 500.8 -3.2

Primary metals .................................................... 465.4 466.2 465.6 466.4 466.1 465.5 466.9 466.6 466.5 466.6 .1

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,495.3 1,512.7 1,515.0 1,522.1 1,496.5 1,514.3 1,514.1 1,517.3 1,518.4 1,523.1 4.7

Machinery ........................................................... 1,141.5 1,152.6 1,155.4 1,158.2 1,140.0 1,145.9 1,148.0 1,151.7 1,153.8 1,155.7 1.9

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,326.7 1,323.3 1,324.8 1,329.3 1,327.1 1,327.0 1,327.5 1,326.0 1,328.0 1,328.7 .7

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 213.9 211.2 212.1 213.1 213.7 210.2 211.2 211.3 212.0 212.3 .3

Communications equipment ........................... 149.0 153.2 153.5 153.4 148.9 155.1 154.5 153.7 153.7 153.4 -.3

Semiconductors and electronic components . 453.3 445.5 445.1 445.6 453.3 447.4 447.1 446.7 446.2 445.5 -.7

Electronic instruments ..................................... 430.7 435.4 435.5 438.6 431.1 436.4 436.4 436.2 437.5 439.0 1.5

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 444.9 443.8 442.2 443.4 446.1 445.1 445.3 444.5 443.2 444.5 1.3

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,766.4 1,778.2 1,779.4 1,785.3 1,763.6 1,760.1 1,781.8 1,776.7 1,778.3 1,780.8 2.5

Motor vehicles and parts 2................................. 1,118.0 1,104.7 1,099.9 1,102.7 1,113.4 1,092.9 1,108.7 1,101.2 1,097.9 1,097.4 -.5

Furniture and related products .......................... 576.4 565.7 563.0 561.1 574.5 570.3 567.5 565.9 562.2 559.5 -2.7

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 656.6 648.9 649.5 649.8 656.4 654.3 653.5 651.3 649.5 649.7 .2

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,411 5,320 5,308 5,331 5,422 5,365 5,359 5,358 5,350 5,340 -10

Production workers ....................................... 3,943 3,870 3,860 3,886 3,955 3,916 3,907 3,909 3,899 3,898 -1

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,481.1 1,470.0 1,456.2 1,471.8 1,501.8 1,494.3 1,493.2 1,495.2 1,491.0 1,491.7 .7

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 192.8 185.9 186.8 190.8 194.0 192.2 192.5 191.6 191.5 192.1 .6

Textile mills ......................................................... 241.2 229.0 226.9 227.8 239.7 231.5 230.1 228.7 226.3 226.4 .1

Textile product mills ........................................... 182.9 178.2 179.9 182.2 180.2 178.1 177.9 177.9 178.2 178.8 .6

Apparel ................................................................ 291.7 263.2 262.8 260.1 289.1 269.3 267.2 262.8 262.4 257.9 -4.5

Leather and allied products ............................... 43.6 43.4 43.7 43.4 42.8 43.1 43.2 42.9 42.9 42.5 -.4

Paper and paper products ................................. 496.4 499.6 496.4 496.2 498.9 499.9 500.2 502.0 499.6 498.4 -1.2

Printing and related support activities ............... 667.4 655.4 656.5 658.8 667.2 659.6 659.2 658.8 659.3 658.2 -1.1

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 112.6 112.8 115.8 118.1 112.3 114.5 115.1 115.0 116.4 117.4 1.0

Chemicals ........................................................... 890.6 877.6 877.4 878.0 889.0 877.1 876.4 877.5 878.0 876.1 -1.9

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 810.6 805.3 805.4 803.6 807.3 804.9 804.1 805.8 804.3 800.4 -3.9

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

Change

from:

Apr. 2005-

May 2005p

Service-providing .............................................. 110,129 110,542 111,434 111,860 109,485 110,569 110,807 110,902 111,134 111,198 64

Private service-providing ............................... 88,142 88,404 89,287 89,715 87,899 88,859 89,074 89,171 89,390 89,449 59

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,440 25,427 25,587 25,767 25,511 25,652 25,714 25,743 25,793 25,824 31

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,659.8 5,674.0 5,701.3 5,729.0 5,651.4 5,679.9 5,688.7 5,702.2 5,709.2 5,719.5 10.3

Durable goods .................................................... 2,944.1 2,964.1 2,973.3 2,984.8 2,942.9 2,965.6 2,968.7 2,975.6 2,977.9 2,983.5 5.6

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,017.2 1,997.3 2,010.1 2,019.1 2,010.6 2,005.4 2,006.9 2,011.2 2,012.0 2,012.1 .1

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 698.5 712.6 717.9 725.1 697.9 708.9 713.1 715.4 719.3 723.9 4.6

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,969.1 14,876.6 14,978.4 15,095.1 15,052.3 15,081.2 15,125.4 15,128.7 15,155.3 15,166.0 10.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,910.1 1,900.7 1,911.2 1,920.6 1,906.9 1,907.4 1,911.2 1,912.6 1,914.9 1,916.7 1.8

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,256.8 1,247.9 1,250.4 1,252.2 1,258.5 1,247.9 1,248.8 1,250.2 1,252.2 1,253.1 .9

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 552.0 557.2 559.8 560.6 558.7 562.1 562.6 562.3 566.1 567.5 1.4

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 505.3 516.8 513.3 512.7 514.3 516.1 515.1 518.4 518.4 521.0 2.6

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,280.8 1,239.5 1,289.0 1,321.4 1,227.9 1,248.0 1,264.8 1,263.7 1,263.9 1,266.2 2.3

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,829.9 2,794.1 2,798.0 2,824.4 2,835.8 2,826.0 2,826.6 2,826.8 2,829.4 2,828.2 -1.2

Health and personal care stores ....................... 936.9 943.0 948.8 952.9 941.2 944.8 949.7 949.2 955.4 956.3 .9

Gasoline stations ................................................ 881.3 864.5 868.5 878.5 879.1 872.9 874.6 874.5 875.2 875.3 .1

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,330.4 1,345.7 1,347.3 1,361.8 1,357.5 1,375.5 1,380.5 1,384.0 1,386.0 1,389.2 3.2

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 622.5 621.4 621.5 627.0 639.7 637.7 636.2 638.3 641.5 642.2 .7

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,787.4 2,784.0 2,803.2 2,808.1 2,848.4 2,853.5 2,864.1 2,862.0 2,866.5 2,866.9 .4

Department stores .......................................... 1,565.1 1,568.8 1,576.6 1,578.5 1,614.2 1,619.1 1,625.7 1,624.2 1,626.6 1,626.4 -.2

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 919.0 897.3 907.2 923.2 917.0 918.7 919.9 919.4 919.8 920.7 .9

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 413.5 412.4 410.6 403.9 425.8 418.5 420.1 417.5 418.2 415.8 -2.4

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,240.5 4,302.6 4,335.3 4,368.8 4,236.3 4,316.0 4,324.1 4,336.6 4,354.1 4,363.7 9.6

Air transportation ................................................ 517.1 505.3 505.3 505.4 516.7 509.4 507.9 508.0 506.6 505.5 -1.1

Rail transportation .............................................. 223.8 221.9 223.6 224.5 223.7 224.4 223.9 223.7 223.7 224.3 .6

Water transportation ........................................... 58.3 59.1 61.8 65.1 57.3 59.8 60.0 61.6 62.4 63.3 .9

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,340.8 1,356.4 1,376.7 1,390.9 1,346.3 1,372.6 1,378.0 1,383.2 1,390.5 1,395.3 4.8

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 405.8 404.2 407.9 409.4 386.3 391.7 391.0 388.7 392.9 391.1 -1.8

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 38.7 39.1 39.4 39.0 38.8 39.3 39.4 39.3 39.5 39.1 -.4

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 27.4 20.5 23.4 28.1 27.0 24.2 24.9 26.7 27.2 27.9 .7

Support activities for transportation ................... 529.1 550.2 549.4 551.8 532.6 549.3 551.5 553.4 553.4 555.3 1.9

Couriers and messengers .................................. 555.5 576.0 577.8 583.5 557.0 577.5 577.6 579.3 583.2 584.2 1.0

Warehousing and storage .................................. 544.0 569.9 570.0 571.1 550.6 567.8 569.9 572.7 574.7 577.7 3.0

Utilities ................................................................... 570.8 574.1 572.0 574.2 571.1 574.7 576.0 575.2 574.7 574.3 -.4

Information ................................................................ 3,149 3,120 3,141 3,146 3,146 3,123 3,127 3,134 3,149 3,141 -8

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 908.4 905.8 902.3 899.0 911.1 905.0 905.6 906.8 904.3 901.8 -2.5

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 396.1 376.5 392.0 397.5 392.3 380.3 380.9 386.9 398.2 392.2 -6.0

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 325.4 330.5 329.0 328.5 326.3 331.3 330.4 330.7 330.1 329.7 -.4

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.7 34.8 35.3 36.4 30.6 34.8 34.6 35.0 35.5 36.3 .8

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,047.3 1,028.2 1,037.9 1,037.4 1,046.6 1,030.8 1,032.2 1,029.9 1,036.9 1,035.4 -1.5

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 389.2 393.6 394.6 396.4 388.2 389.9 392.6 393.7 394.1 395.4 1.3

Other information services ................................. 51.7 50.6 50.1 50.4 51.3 51.0 50.9 50.7 50.2 50.1 -.1

Financial activities .................................................... 8,040 8,131 8,163 8,188 8,037 8,150 8,165 8,167 8,181 8,185 4

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,952.5 6,033.8 6,043.2 6,052.1 5,956.0 6,030.9 6,037.6 6,039.8 6,049.0 6,054.5 5.5

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 21.5 20.3 20.3 20.3 21.6 20.5 20.4 20.4 20.3 20.3 .0

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,825.4 2,893.3 2,900.6 2,904.1 2,826.3 2,882.7 2,891.0 2,896.8 2,901.5 2,903.7 2.2

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,757.1 1,791.6 1,794.9 1,799.2 1,758.2 1,785.6 1,790.3 1,794.0 1,796.1 1,799.0 2.9

Commercial banking .................................... 1,284.0 1,305.9 1,308.0 1,310.7 1,284.6 1,301.6 1,305.5 1,308.0 1,308.8 1,310.4 1.6

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 759.2 785.3 785.5 786.5 761.9 782.5 784.8 786.9 788.6 789.5 .9

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,262.0 2,249.5 2,253.4 2,257.2 2,261.6 2,259.6 2,256.7 2,250.9 2,255.1 2,256.8 1.7

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 84.4 85.4 83.4 84.0 84.6 85.6 84.7 84.8 83.5 84.2 .7

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,087.0 2,096.8 2,119.8 2,135.7 2,081.1 2,119.0 2,127.2 2,126.8 2,131.9 2,130.2 -1.7

Real estate .......................................................... 1,417.1 1,425.7 1,439.0 1,448.1 1,413.8 1,439.7 1,443.8 1,444.0 1,446.7 1,446.4 -.3

Rental and leasing services ............................... 644.6 646.7 655.3 661.3 642.0 654.1 658.3 657.8 659.5 657.8 -1.7

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 25.3 24.4 25.5 26.3 25.3 25.2 25.1 25.0 25.7 26.0 .3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

Change

from:

Apr. 2005-

May 2005p

Professional and business services ........................ 16,384 16,604 16,838 16,825 16,384 16,694 16,775 16,796 16,829 16,828 -1

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,671.5 6,985.9 6,997.9 6,863.0 6,730.0 6,882.1 6,902.7 6,907.3 6,922.1 6,925.2 3.1

Legal services .................................................. 1,154.2 1,152.8 1,153.5 1,155.8 1,160.0 1,160.8 1,161.2 1,161.5 1,161.8 1,162.9 1.1

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 764.6 983.2 966.8 807.0 810.7 858.1 858.1 856.6 859.1 853.0 -6.1

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,255.5 1,276.8 1,290.8 1,302.5 1,254.6 1,286.9 1,292.0 1,295.7 1,299.2 1,302.4 3.2

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,132.0 1,174.5 1,173.4 1,173.0 1,134.0 1,171.8 1,174.2 1,175.5 1,176.2 1,176.9 .7

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 777.2 789.3 793.8 798.9 778.2 789.3 793.7 795.5 798.3 799.6 1.3

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,717.3 1,718.2 1,725.3 1,734.2 1,719.8 1,730.7 1,731.3 1,731.5 1,733.5 1,735.6 2.1

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,994.8 7,899.8 8,115.0 8,227.7 7,934.1 8,081.6 8,140.9 8,156.7 8,173.2 8,167.6 -5.6

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,668.6 7,580.6 7,793.4 7,905.3 7,609.4 7,755.2 7,813.8 7,831.8 7,849.9 7,845.2 -4.7

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,446.2 3,510.0 3,601.2 3,642.6 3,461.2 3,595.9 3,633.8 3,645.7 3,660.5 3,659.2 -1.3

Temporary help services ............................. 2,376.1 2,396.2 2,466.3 2,505.0 2,385.0 2,479.1 2,508.0 2,506.1 2,516.7 2,512.4 -4.3

Business support services .............................. 755.8 756.6 756.8 753.0 757.5 752.8 755.7 754.1 755.6 753.9 -1.7

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,770.4 1,601.3 1,718.9 1,787.6 1,700.1 1,701.4 1,711.2 1,712.6 1,714.9 1,716.1 1.2

Waste management and remediation services 326.2 319.2 321.6 322.4 324.7 326.4 327.1 324.9 323.3 322.4 -.9

Education and health services ................................ 16,994 17,360 17,426 17,367 16,913 17,178 17,186 17,210 17,244 17,284 40

Educational services ............................................. 2,813.9 2,973.2 2,987.6 2,887.9 2,754.1 2,825.0 2,810.3 2,814.0 2,819.3 2,827.7 8.4

Health care and social assistance ........................14,180.1 14,386.5 14,438.5 14,479.5 14,158.5 14,353.2 14,375.4 14,396.0 14,424.2 14,456.7 32.5

3 Health care ............................................................ 12,024.2 12,192.6 12,225.8 12,256.5 12,031.8 12,183.6 12,202.8 12,216.2 12,239.1 12,264.7 25.6

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,931.2 5,029.9 5,052.2 5,073.1 4,929.9 5,027.0 5,035.0 5,041.6 5,056.1 5,072.1 16.0

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,042.2 2,089.3 2,098.7 2,110.1 2,046.4 2,085.3 2,090.9 2,093.2 2,103.4 2,113.9 10.5

Outpatient care centers ................................... 446.9 452.9 454.5 457.8 445.8 451.5 451.1 452.6 454.1 456.5 2.4

Home health care services ............................. 770.8 795.6 798.3 800.3 768.5 796.6 796.8 798.8 797.5 798.6 1.1

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,282.1 4,340.1 4,348.3 4,351.0 4,290.0 4,329.6 4,337.8 4,344.6 4,352.6 4,358.4 5.8

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,810.9 2,822.6 2,825.3 2,832.4 2,811.9 2,827.0 2,830.0 2,830.0 2,830.4 2,834.2 3.8

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,573.9 1,568.5 1,566.2 1,569.2 1,575.8 1,571.5 1,571.6 1,572.3 1,570.4 1,571.2 .8

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,155.9 2,193.9 2,212.7 2,223.0 2,126.7 2,169.6 2,172.6 2,179.8 2,185.1 2,192.0 6.9

Child day care services ................................... 781.7 799.0 805.1 807.3 762.0 780.5 782.5 785.1 786.7 787.8 1.1

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,684 12,321 12,662 12,934 12,474 12,611 12,650 12,662 12,725 12,719 -6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,915.1 1,654.6 1,791.9 1,894.1 1,836.6 1,805.4 1,808.4 1,805.8 1,821.5 1,816.4 -5.1

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 377.3 341.9 370.8 376.5 362.8 355.6 357.0 357.8 362.5 361.7 -.8

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 120.5 108.3 115.2 121.6 117.8 114.5 113.6 115.8 116.9 118.0 1.1

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,417.3 1,204.4 1,305.9 1,396.0 1,356.0 1,335.3 1,337.8 1,332.2 1,342.1 1,336.7 -5.4

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,768.5 10,666.5 10,870.4 11,040.1 10,637.1 10,805.1 10,841.1 10,856.0 10,903.8 10,902.7 -1.1

Accommodations ................................................ 1,797.5 1,768.6 1,792.0 1,834.1 1,792.2 1,825.9 1,830.3 1,826.6 1,831.1 1,828.8 -2.3

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,971.0 8,897.9 9,078.4 9,206.0 8,844.9 8,979.2 9,010.8 9,029.4 9,072.7 9,073.9 1.2

Other services .......................................................... 5,451 5,441 5,470 5,488 5,434 5,451 5,457 5,459 5,469 5,468 -1

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,232.8 1,235.0 1,242.8 1,245.9 1,229.6 1,229.4 1,233.7 1,235.6 1,239.0 1,241.3 2.3

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,295.4 1,273.7 1,290.7 1,302.5 1,281.6 1,280.4 1,280.5 1,282.2 1,287.2 1,286.4 -.8

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,922.6 2,932.5 2,936.1 2,939.1 2,922.3 2,941.4 2,942.9 2,940.8 2,943.0 2,940.3 -2.7

Government .............................................................. 21,987 22,138 22,147 22,145 21,586 21,710 21,733 21,731 21,744 21,749 5

Federal ................................................................... 2,726 2,709 2,714 2,719 2,729 2,717 2,720 2,724 2,718 2,719 1

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,944.5 1,932.3 1,938.2 1,940.3 1,943.2 1,937.2 1,939.8 1,943.2 1,937.7 1,938.3 .6

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 781.7 776.9 776.2 778.9 785.8 780.2 780.1 780.8 780.5 781.1 .6

State government .................................................. 5,016 5,168 5,174 5,071 4,967 5,025 5,027 5,024 5,027 5,026 -1

State government education .............................. 2,278.6 2,432.5 2,431.1 2,322.6 2,233.3 2,280.4 2,283.0 2,280.8 2,281.5 2,281.2 -.3

State government, excluding education ............ 2,737.0 2,735.7 2,743.1 2,748.5 2,733.2 2,744.4 2,744.4 2,743.2 2,745.7 2,744.7 -1.0

Local government .................................................. 14,245 14,261 14,259 14,355 13,890 13,968 13,986 13,983 13,999 14,004 5

Local government education ............................. 8,118.0 8,177.1 8,150.4 8,180.5 7,752.9 7,808.8 7,820.7 7,813.5 7,822.5 7,821.0 -1.5

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,126.9 6,084.2 6,108.4 6,174.8 6,137.3 6,159.2 6,165.1 6,169.0 6,176.5 6,182.8 6.3

1

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

2

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

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

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

Change

from:

Apr. 2005-

May 2005p

Total private ....................................... 34.0 33.5 33.6 33.9 33.8 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.8 33.8 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.3 39.7 39.9 40.0 40.2 39.8 39.9 39.8 40.1 39.9 -.2

Natural resources and mining .............................. 44.3 45.0 45.3 46.1 44.2 45.5 45.1 45.3 45.7 45.9 .2

Construction ............................................................ 38.7 37.8 38.8 38.9 38.3 37.6 38.2 38.3 39.0 38.5 -.5

Manufacturing ......................................................... 41.1 40.4 40.2 40.4 41.0 40.7 40.6 40.4 40.5 40.4 -.1

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

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.6 40.9 40.7 40.8 41.5 41.1 41.0 40.8 40.9 40.8 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.4 -.1

Wood products .................................................. 41.8 39.1 39.2 40.0 41.3 40.6 39.9 39.5 39.5 39.6 .1

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.3 41.1 41.7 42.1 42.1 41.9 42.1 41.7 41.8 41.9 .1

Primary metals .................................................. 43.5 43.0 42.5 42.5 43.4 43.1 43.0 42.9 42.6 42.5 -.1

Fabricated metal products .............................. 41.3 40.6 40.6 40.8 41.2 40.9 40.8 40.7 40.8 40.7 -.1

Machinery .......................................................... 42.3 42.2 42.0 42.0 42.2 42.0 42.0 42.0 42.2 42.0 -.2

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.6 39.5 39.4 39.8 40.7 40.0 39.6 39.5 39.8 39.9 .1

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 41.4 39.9 39.8 39.7 41.5 40.1 40.0 40.0 40.1 39.8 -.3

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.9 42.2 41.8 41.9 42.7 42.4 42.4 42.0 41.9 41.7 -.2

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 43.2 41.9 41.4 41.5 42.8 42.3 42.3 41.7 41.5 41.2 -.3

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.7 39.4 39.1 38.7 40.0 39.5 39.4 39.4 39.2 39.1 -.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.9 39.0 38.8 38.5 38.8 38.5 38.6 38.7 38.8 38.5 -.3

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.2 39.6 39.5 39.7 40.3 40.0 40.0 39.7 39.8 39.7 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 39.5 38.2 38.3 38.8 39.6 39.0 39.3 38.8 38.9 38.9 .0

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.6 40.0 40.7 39.1 39.2 40.5 40.2 40.1 40.1 38.9 -1.2

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.3 40.3 40.0 40.7 40.2 40.2 39.7 40.0 40.1 40.5 .4

Textile product mills ......................................... 38.5 39.6 38.7 38.7 38.7 39.5 39.5 39.4 39.0 39.0 .0

Apparel ............................................................... 36.3 36.2 35.9 35.2 36.2 35.9 35.9 35.9 35.7 35.1 -.6

Leather and allied products ............................ 38.4 37.6 38.1 38.7 38.4 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.7 38.5 .8

Paper and paper products .............................. 42.3 41.6 42.0 42.2 42.6 42.5 42.1 41.9 42.2 42.3 .1

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.3 38.5 38.0 37.9 38.6 38.6 38.5 38.3 38.3 38.2 -.1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 44.7 44.6 45.1 45.8 45.0 44.5 44.7 45.1 46.0 45.9 -.1

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.8 42.2 42.2 42.0 42.9 42.8 42.3 42.2 42.4 42.2 -.2

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.9 39.8 39.7 39.9 40.9 40.0 40.1 39.8 39.7 39.8 .1

Private service-providing ............................. 32.6 32.1 32.3 32.6 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.4 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.7 33.2 33.3 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.5 33.5 33.5 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.2 37.5 37.7 38.0 37.8 37.7 37.8 37.7 37.8 37.7 -.1

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.8 30.3 30.4 30.7 30.8 30.7 30.8 30.7 30.7 30.7 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.5 36.8 36.9 37.2 37.3 37.5 37.3 37.2 37.3 37.1 -.2

Utilities ................................................................... 41.3 40.1 41.0 41.1 41.3 41.0 40.5 40.3 41.0 41.0 .0

Information ............................................................... 36.3 36.1 36.1 36.6 36.3 36.3 36.4 36.5 36.5 36.6 .1

Financial activities .................................................. 36.1 35.6 35.7 36.5 35.8 35.9 35.8 35.9 36.0 36.0 .0

Professional and business services .................... 34.6 33.9 34.1 34.5 34.2 34.1 34.0 34.0 34.2 34.1 -.1

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

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.9 25.4 25.5 26.1 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.7 25.8 25.8 .0

Other services ......................................................... 31.2 30.7 30.9 31.1 31.1 30.9 30.9 30.9 31.1 31.0 -.1

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

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

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

workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for p = preliminary.

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

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

May

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

May

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

Total private ....................................... $15.63 $15.95 $16.01 $16.03 $531.42 $534.33 $537.94 $543.42

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.62 15.95 16.00 16.03 527.96 537.52 540.80 541.81

Goods-producing .......................................... 17.10 17.37 17.48 17.50 689.13 689.59 697.45 700.00

Natural resources and mining .............................. 18.00 18.36 18.67 18.61 797.40 826.20 845.75 857.92

Construction ............................................................ 19.15 19.25 19.35 19.32 741.11 727.65 750.78 751.55

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.04 16.41 16.45 16.48 659.24 662.96 661.29 665.79

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.70 17.16 17.20 17.21 694.72 701.84 700.04 702.17

Wood products .................................................. 13.04 13.11 13.12 13.16 545.07 512.60 514.30 526.40

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.16 16.28 16.69 16.59 683.57 669.11 695.97 698.44

Primary metals .................................................. 18.47 18.76 18.79 18.85 803.45 806.68 798.58 801.13

Fabricated metal products .............................. 15.20 15.62 15.64 15.66 627.76 634.17 634.98 638.93

Machinery .......................................................... 16.54 17.02 16.99 16.89 699.64 718.24 713.58 709.38

Computer and electronic products ................ 17.13 18.00 18.21 18.29 695.48 711.00 717.47 727.94

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.86 15.10 15.07 15.02 615.20 602.49 599.79 596.29

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.25 21.84 21.79 21.84 911.63 921.65 910.82 915.10

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.05 13.37 13.46 13.45 518.09 526.78 526.29 520.52

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.76 14.05 14.03 14.02 535.26 547.95 544.36 539.77

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.97 15.19 15.21 15.27 601.79 601.52 600.80 606.22

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.96 13.02 12.99 13.07 511.92 497.36 497.52 507.12

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 19.51 18.94 19.20 19.00 772.60 757.60 781.44 742.90

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.07 12.26 12.30 12.35 486.42 494.08 492.00 502.65

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.27 11.56 11.68 11.52 433.90 457.78 452.02 445.82

Apparel ............................................................... 9.54 10.05 10.07 10.09 346.30 363.81 361.51 355.17

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.48 11.48 11.39 11.30 440.83 431.65 433.96 437.31

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.93 17.93 17.90 17.92 758.44 745.89 751.80 756.22

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.52 15.70 15.62 15.63 594.42 604.45 593.56 592.38

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.39 24.78 24.06 24.59 1,090.23 1,105.19 1,085.11 1,126.22

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.00 19.47 19.62 19.75 813.20 821.63 827.96 829.50

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.54 14.70 14.73 14.84 594.69 585.06 584.78 592.12

Private service-providing ............................. 15.23 15.59 15.62 15.64 496.50 500.44 504.53 509.86

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.58 14.86 14.94 14.92 491.35 493.35 497.50 501.31

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.66 17.91 18.05 18.06 674.61 671.63 680.49 686.28

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.06 12.35 12.42 12.40 371.45 374.21 377.57 380.68

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.45 16.60 16.61 16.58 616.88 610.88 612.91 616.78

Utilities ................................................................... 25.55 26.34 26.51 26.46 1,055.22 1,056.23 1,086.91 1,087.51

Information ............................................................... 21.40 21.68 21.92 21.99 776.82 782.65 791.31 804.83

Financial activities .................................................. 17.64 17.76 17.87 17.94 636.80 632.26 637.96 654.81

Professional and business services .................... 17.48 17.83 17.85 18.04 604.81 604.44 608.69 622.38

Education and health services ............................. 16.05 16.51 16.53 16.55 521.63 534.92 535.57 541.19

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.86 9.07 9.08 9.08 229.47 230.38 231.54 236.99

Other services ......................................................... 14.00 14.18 14.17 14.25 436.80 435.33 437.85 443.18

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
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Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

Percent

change from:

Apr. 2005-

May 2005p

Current dollars .............................................. $15.62 $15.90 $15.91 $15.95 $16.00 $16.03 0.2

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.21 8.24 8.22 8.19 8.16 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.13 17.35 17.43 17.45 17.51 17.53 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 18.02 18.43 18.40 18.27 18.55 18.60 .3

Construction ............................................................................ 19.19 19.24 19.31 19.34 19.38 19.37 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.08 16.37 16.42 16.43 16.46 16.52 .4

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 15.23 15.51 15.54 15.56 15.61 15.67 .4

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.75 17.10 17.18 17.17 17.22 17.26 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.02 15.18 15.19 15.23 15.23 15.31 .5

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.21 15.51 15.51 15.56 15.60 15.63 .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.54 14.82 14.79 14.83 14.88 14.89 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.60 17.91 17.95 17.97 18.04 18.02 -.1

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.04 12.32 12.29 12.31 12.36 12.38 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.51 16.58 16.52 16.62 16.62 16.65 .2

Utilities ................................................................................... 25.51 26.23 26.04 26.32 26.41 26.41 .0

Information ............................................................................... 21.43 21.80 21.67 21.79 21.98 22.00 .1

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.47 17.71 17.74 17.78 17.86 17.79 -.4

Professional and business services .................................... 17.40 17.79 17.80 17.82 17.89 17.95 .3

Education and health services ............................................. 16.09 16.40 16.45 16.53 16.54 16.60 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.87 9.03 9.05 9.05 9.08 9.09 .1

Other services ......................................................................... 13.95 14.15 14.17 14.18 14.15 14.21 .4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the 

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and rate of time and one-half.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. N.A. = not available.

3 Change was -0.4 percent from Mar. 2005 to Apr. 2005, the p = preliminary.

latest month available.
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Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

Percent

change from:

Apr. 2005-

May 2005p

Total private ....................................... 101.2 100.0 101.5 103.2 100.3 101.5 101.8 101.9 102.5 102.6 0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 97.7 94.7 96.9 98.7 97.2 96.9 97.6 97.5 98.5 98.1 -.4

Natural resources and mining .............................. 103.6 107.8 110.5 114.4 103.8 110.3 110.2 111.5 113.4 114.4 .9

Construction ............................................................ 103.4 97.2 104.7 108.7 101.3 101.6 104.4 104.9 107.8 106.6 -1.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 95.2 93.0 92.7 93.6 95.0 94.2 94.0 93.6 93.8 93.6 -.2

Durable goods ..................................................... 96.1 94.7 94.6 95.1 95.7 95.2 95.2 94.8 95.1 94.9 -.2

Wood products .................................................. 103.4 96.3 96.9 98.9 102.0 101.7 99.9 98.8 98.4 97.9 -.5

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 99.1 91.7 95.5 97.0 97.7 97.1 97.3 95.9 96.2 95.7 -.5

Primary metals .................................................. 94.1 93.0 91.7 91.7 93.9 93.0 93.1 92.7 92.0 91.6 -.4

Fabricated metal products .............................. 98.3 97.9 98.1 98.9 98.1 98.6 98.2 98.3 98.7 98.7 .0

Machinery .......................................................... 96.7 98.0 98.1 98.3 96.3 96.8 96.8 97.3 98.2 98.0 -.2

Computer and electronic products ................ 90.0 91.2 91.9 93.5 90.2 91.1 90.9 91.4 93.1 93.5 .4

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 89.5 86.7 85.9 85.8 90.2 87.5 87.4 87.1 86.7 86.5 -.2

Transportation equipment ............................... 97.7 96.4 95.9 96.7 97.1 95.8 96.8 95.8 95.9 95.8 -.1

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 99.0 95.1 93.7 94.2 97.6 95.0 96.2 94.3 93.6 92.9 -.7

Furniture and related products ....................... 95.3 91.9 90.8 89.7 95.6 93.2 92.3 92.1 91.0 90.4 -.7

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 92.8 90.8 90.2 89.3 92.6 91.0 91.1 90.5 90.2 89.4 -.9

Nondurable goods ............................................... 93.4 90.3 89.8 90.9 93.9 92.3 92.0 91.4 91.4 91.1 -.3

Food manufacturing ......................................... 96.5 93.0 92.3 94.7 98.4 96.8 97.4 96.4 96.4 96.5 .1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 87.1 87.0 90.5 91.4 87.9 91.8 91.0 92.2 92.7 92.4 -.3

Textile mills ........................................................ 80.9 75.4 74.0 75.5 80.3 76.3 74.8 74.7 74.0 74.7 .9

Textile product mills ......................................... 94.2 94.4 93.3 94.5 93.4 93.7 93.7 94.1 93.3 93.8 .5

Apparel ............................................................... 77.7 68.8 68.0 65.7 76.5 69.9 69.5 68.1 67.1 64.8 -3.4

Leather and allied products ............................ 88.2 84.3 85.7 87.0 85.6 83.4 83.2 83.2 83.5 84.6 1.3

Paper and paper products .............................. 89.9 88.5 88.9 89.6 91.1 90.7 89.9 89.8 90.1 90.3 .2

Printing and related support activities ........... 93.5 91.8 91.1 91.8 94.2 93.5 92.8 92.1 92.5 92.4 -.1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 102.2 102.5 105.4 110.2 103.0 104.9 106.2 106.6 109.6 110.2 .5

Chemicals .......................................................... 99.5 96.4 96.4 95.8 99.3 97.9 96.6 96.4 96.6 95.9 -.7

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 95.8 92.6 92.1 92.4 95.3 93.1 93.1 92.7 92.0 91.8 -.2

Private service-providing ............................. 102.0 101.2 103.0 104.5 101.1 102.8 103.0 103.2 103.8 103.5 -.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 99.6 98.6 99.6 101.3 99.7 100.8 101.1 100.9 101.2 101.3 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 99.7 99.2 100.3 101.7 98.6 99.8 100.3 100.4 100.7 100.8 .1

Retail trade ........................................................... 98.9 97.0 98.0 99.8 99.5 99.7 100.4 100.1 100.3 100.4 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 102.4 102.9 104.0 105.8 101.8 105.2 104.9 104.9 105.8 105.3 -.5

Utilities ................................................................... 96.5 93.8 95.7 96.2 96.6 96.0 94.8 94.3 96.0 96.0 .0

Information ............................................................... 98.7 101.0 101.6 103.4 98.6 101.2 101.6 102.3 103.0 103.2 .2

Financial activities .................................................. 103.3 103.1 103.8 106.4 102.5 104.4 104.4 104.6 105.0 105.0 .0

Professional and business services .................... 102.8 102.8 105.0 106.1 101.7 103.9 104.1 104.4 105.3 105.0 -.3

Education and health services ............................. 103.8 105.7 106.1 106.8 102.9 105.3 105.3 105.5 105.7 105.9 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 105.7 100.6 104.0 108.8 102.9 104.1 104.9 104.8 105.8 105.6 -.2

Other services ......................................................... 97.4 96.4 97.5 98.6 96.8 97.1 97.3 97.4 98.3 98.0 -.3

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

and motor vehicle parts. are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or

p = preliminary. nonsupervisory worker employment.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by 
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Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2004

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

May

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Apr.

2005p

May

2005p

Percent

change from:

Apr. 2005-

May 2005p

Total private ....................................... 105.8 106.7 108.8 110.6 104.8 107.9 108.3 108.8 109.7 110.0 0.3

Goods-producing .......................................... 102.3 100.8 103.7 105.7 101.9 103.0 104.2 104.1 105.6 105.3 -.3

Natural resources and mining .............................. 108.4 115.2 120.0 123.8 108.8 118.2 118.0 118.4 122.4 123.7 1.1

Construction ............................................................ 106.9 101.0 109.4 113.4 105.0 105.6 108.9 109.6 112.9 111.5 -1.2

Manufacturing ......................................................... 99.8 99.8 99.7 100.8 99.9 100.8 100.9 100.5 100.9 101.1 .2

Durable goods ..................................................... 100.2 101.4 101.6 102.2 100.1 101.7 102.1 101.6 102.2 102.3 .1

Nondurable goods ............................................... 98.8 96.9 96.5 98.0 99.6 99.0 98.8 98.4 98.4 98.6 .2

Private service-providing ............................. 106.8 108.4 110.5 112.2 105.7 109.5 109.8 110.3 111.2 111.1 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 103.6 104.5 106.2 107.8 103.4 106.5 106.6 106.8 107.4 107.6 .2

Wholesale trade ................................................... 103.8 104.7 106.7 108.2 102.2 105.2 106.1 106.2 107.1 107.0 -.1

Retail trade ........................................................... 102.2 102.6 104.3 106.1 102.7 105.3 105.7 105.7 106.3 106.5 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 106.9 108.4 109.6 111.3 106.6 110.7 110.0 110.7 111.5 111.2 -.3

Utilities ................................................................... 102.9 103.1 105.9 106.3 102.8 105.1 103.0 103.6 105.9 105.8 -.1

Information ............................................................... 104.6 108.4 110.2 112.5 104.6 109.2 109.0 110.3 112.1 112.4 .3

Financial activities .................................................. 112.7 113.2 114.7 118.0 110.7 114.3 114.5 115.0 115.9 115.4 -.4

Professional and business services .................... 106.9 109.0 111.5 113.9 105.3 110.0 110.3 110.7 112.1 112.2 .1

Education and health services ............................. 109.5 114.8 115.3 116.1 108.9 113.5 113.9 114.7 114.9 115.6 .6

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 109.2 106.4 110.1 115.2 106.5 109.6 110.6 110.6 112.0 111.9 -.1

Other services ......................................................... 99.3 99.6 100.7 102.4 98.4 100.1 100.5 100.7 101.3 101.5 .2

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are

p = preliminary. the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated production or nonsupervisory worker employment. 

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by 
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Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

Time Span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1

Over 1-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 49.5 47.7 48.6 32.7 42.4 40.8 36.7 39.0 37.6 33.6 36.9 37.1

2002 ........................................................ 41.0 35.6 39.7 39.2 40.5 47.7 42.8 43.0 42.1 39.0 41.5 35.1

2003 ........................................................ 44.4 38.7 35.3 41.4 39.4 39.9 42.1 39.4 50.4 48.9 50.0 50.5

2004 ........................................................ 50.9 53.4 66.0 67.3 64.6 59.7 55.4 53.8 57.6 58.6 54.7 54.3

2005 ........................................................ 54.1 61.2 53.1 p 63.7 p 55.8

Over 3-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 53.2 49.8 49.8 42.3 38.1 34.2 37.8 37.6 34.7 35.4 30.8 32.0

2002 ........................................................ 35.3 37.9 36.5 34.2 34.4 39.4 40.6 44.1 37.8 37.1 35.8 36.7

2003 ........................................................ 38.3 35.4 33.3 33.5 36.5 41.7 37.8 37.4 43.2 46.4 48.6 50.2

2004 ........................................................ 52.5 53.8 56.7 69.4 75.4 71.2 63.5 56.8 57.4 59.9 59.7 56.3

2005 ........................................................ 58.5 60.3 63.7 p 63.1 p 60.3

Over 6-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 53.1 50.9 52.0 45.5 43.0 39.7 38.5 33.6 33.5 34.2 33.6 30.9

2002 ........................................................ 29.5 29.9 32.0 31.7 30.9 37.4 37.1 38.7 35.3 36.0 37.9 35.1

2003 ........................................................ 32.7 32.2 31.3 31.3 33.1 37.6 33.6 32.2 40.3 43.7 46.4 49.3

2004 ........................................................ 47.3 50.4 54.9 62.6 64.4 69.6 67.3 68.9 64.6 62.2 59.7 55.9

2005 ........................................................ 60.3 62.8 63.7 p 62.6 p 62.2

Over 12-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2

2004 ........................................................ 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.7 52.0 56.7 57.4 57.6 60.3 62.1 64.6 64.0

2005 ........................................................ 61.2 64.7 64.2 p 65.5 p 64.4

Over 1-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 22.0 17.3 22.0 17.9 16.1 22.6 13.1 15.5 18.5 17.3 14.9 11.9

2002 ........................................................ 19.0 19.6 22.0 32.1 26.2 31.0 35.7 23.2 28.6 15.5 18.5 16.7

2003 ........................................................ 35.1 19.0 19.0 11.9 19.6 20.8 22.6 24.4 32.7 35.1 39.9 42.9

2004 ........................................................ 39.3 49.4 50.0 65.5 60.1 51.8 60.7 48.8 42.9 42.3 46.4 44.6

2005 ........................................................ 42.3 44.6 41.1 p 49.4 p 46.4

Over 3-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 32.7 20.8 16.7 14.3 14.3 11.9 11.9 9.5 7.7 12.5 11.3 9.5

2002 ........................................................ 10.7 11.9 11.3 17.9 14.9 20.2 25.6 23.8 20.2 13.7 8.9 9.5

2003 ........................................................ 16.1 14.3 12.5 8.9 10.7 10.7 14.3 15.5 18.5 27.4 31.5 35.1

2004 ........................................................ 42.3 43.5 42.9 58.3 69.0 69.6 62.5 53.6 52.4 44.6 45.2 35.7

2005 ........................................................ 45.2 42.9 52.4 p 47.0 p 43.5

Over 6-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 22.6 24.4 21.4 19.6 14.3 11.9 13.1 11.3 10.7 7.1 7.7 5.4

2002 ........................................................ 6.0 8.3 8.3 9.5 7.1 13.1 12.5 11.3 14.3 8.3 8.3 7.7

2003 ........................................................ 12.5 10.1 7.1 8.3 11.3 10.7 4.8 10.1 13.1 16.7 19.6 26.8

2004 ........................................................ 27.4 29.8 33.3 47.0 52.4 57.1 60.1 58.9 58.9 50.6 45.2 42.9

2005 ........................................................ 43.5 44.0 42.3 p 41.7 p 40.5

Over 12-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ........................................................ 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7

2004 ........................................................ 13.1 14.3 13.1 19.0 25.6 34.5 43.5 40.5 45.8 48.2 49.4 46.4

2005 ........................................................ 45.2 45.8 47.6 p 45.2 p 41.1

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1

1Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where

spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing 

p= preliminary. and decreasing employment. 

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment