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                     THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  OCTOBER 2006

   Employment increased in October, and the unemployment rate declined to
4.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 92,000 in October follow-
ing gains of 148,000 in September and 230,000 in August (as revised).  In
October, job growth continued in several service-providing industries, while
employment declined in manufacturing and construction.  Average hourly earn-
ings rose by 6 cents over the month.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons (6.7 million) edged down in October, and
the unemployment rate declined to 4.4 percent.  A year earlier, the number of
unemployed persons was 7.4 million and the jobless rate was 4.9 percent.
   
   Unemployment rates for most major worker groups--adult men (3.8 percent),
teenagers (15.4 percent), whites (3.9 percent), and blacks (8.6 percent)--
showed little or no change over the month.  The jobless rates for adult women
(3.9 percent) and Hispanics (4.7 percent) fell in October.  The unemployment
rate for Asians was 2.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted.  (See tables A-1,
A-2, and A-3.)

 The number of persons unemployed for 27 weeks or longer fell by 189,000 
to 1.1 million in October.  This group accounted for 16.0 percent of total
unemployment, down from 18.2 percent in September.  (See table A-9.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In October, total employment increased by 437,000 to 145.3 million, and the
employment-population ratio edged up to 63.3 percent.  The civilian labor force,
at 152.0 million, was about unchanged in October; the labor force participation
rate has held at 66.2 percent since June.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached
to the labor force in October, about unchanged from a year earlier.  These in-
dividuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime
in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed because they had
not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  Among the marginally
attached, there were 331,000 discouraged workers in October, down slightly from
a year earlier.  Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifi-
cally because they believed no jobs were available for them.  The other 1.1 mil-
lion marginally attached had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the 
survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities.  (See 
table A-13.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly     |                            |
                         |    averages      |       Monthly data         |
                         |__________________|____________________________|September-
        Category         |       2006       |            2006            | October
                         |__________________|____________________________| change
                         |   II   |   III   |  Aug.  |  Sept.  |  Oct.   |
_________________________|________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |_________________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 151,041|  151,677| 151,698|  151,799|  151,998|      199
  Employment.............| 144,009|  144,586| 144,579|  144,850|  145,287|      437
  Unemployment...........|   7,032|    7,091|   7,119|    6,949|    6,711|     -238
Not in labor force.......|  77,392|   77,490|  77,469|   77,621|   77,677|       56
                         |________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |_________________________________________________________
All workers..............|     4.7|      4.7|     4.7|      4.6|      4.4|     -0.2
  Adult men..............|     4.1|      4.0|     4.1|      3.8|      3.8|       .0
  Adult women............|     4.2|      4.2|     4.1|      4.2|      3.9|      -.3
  Teenagers..............|    14.7|     16.1|    16.2|     16.4|     15.4|     -1.0
  White..................|     4.1|      4.1|     4.1|      4.0|      3.9|      -.1
  Black or African       |        |         |        |         |         |
    American.............|     9.1|      9.2|     8.8|      9.2|      8.6|      -.6
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |         |        |         |         |
    ethnicity............|     5.2|      5.3|     5.3|      5.4|      4.7|      -.7
                         |________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |_________________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 135,128|p 135,577| 135,604|p 135,752|p 135,844|     p 92
  Goods-producing (1)....|  22,420| p 22,423|  22,427| p 22,421| p 22,361|    p -60
    Construction.........|   7,502|  p 7,511|   7,512|  p 7,517|  p 7,491|    p -26
    Manufacturing........|  14,246| p 14,229|  14,232| p 14,220| p 14,181|    p -39
  Service-providing (1)..| 112,708|p 113,154| 113,177|p 113,331|p 113,483|    p 152
    Retail trade (2).....|  15,236| p 15,212|  15,212| p 15,200| p 15,197|     p -3
    Professional and     |        |         |        |         |         |
      business services..|  17,269| p 17,394|  17,402| p 17,416| p 17,459|     p 43
    Education and health |        |         |        |         |         |
      services...........|  17,677| p 17,794|  17,805| p 17,842| p 17,870|     p 28
    Leisure and          |        |         |        |         |         |
      hospitality........|  13,009  p 13,096|  13,099| p 13,127| p 13,162|     p 35
    Government...........|  21,931| p 22,013|  22,020| p 22,048| p 22,082|     p 34
                         |________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
                         |                  Hours of work (3)
                         |_________________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.9|   p 33.8|    33.8|   p 33.8|   p 33.9|    p 0.1
  Manufacturing..........|    41.2|   p 41.3|    41.3|   p 41.1|   p 41.2|     p .1
    Overtime.............|     4.6|    p 4.4|     4.4|    p 4.3|    p 4.3|     p .0
                         |________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |_________________________________________________________
Total private............|   104.9|  p 105.2|   105.1|  p 105.2|  p 105.5|    p 0.3
                         |________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
                         |                       Earnings (3)
                         |_________________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |         |        |         |         |
  total private..........|  $16.64| p $16.81|  $16.81| p $16.85| p $16.91|  p $0.06
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |         |        |         |         |
  total private..........|  563.54| p 568.62|  568.18| p 569.53| p 573.25|   p 3.72
_________________________|________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________

   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.
   p = preliminary.

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Table B.  Employment status in October 2006 of persons 16 years and over
who evacuated from their August 2005 residence, even temporarily, due to
Hurricane Katrina (1)

(Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)
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                                     |       | Residence in October 2006
                                     |       |---------------------------
  Employment status in October 2006  | Total |    Same     |  Different
                                     |       |    as in    |   than in
                                     |       | August 2005 | August 2005
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Civilian noninstitutional population.| 1,065 |     659     |      407
  Civilian labor force...............|   669 |     421     |      247
        Participation rate...........|  62.8 |    64.0     |     60.8
     Employed........................|   595 |     392     |      203
        Employment-population ratio..|  55.8 |    59.5     |     50.0
     Unemployed......................|    74 |      30     |       44
        Unemployment rate............|  11.0 |     7.0     |     17.9
  Not in labor force.................|   397 |     237     |      159
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   1  Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population
age 16 and over who resided in households that were eligible to be
selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS).  These data are not
representative of the total evacuee population because they do not in-
clude children or people residing in shelters, hotels, places of worship,
or other units outside the scope of the CPS.  The total number of evac-
uees estimated from the CPS may change from month to month as people
move in and out of the scope of the survey and because of sampling and
nonsampling error.
   NOTE:  These data use population controls that have been adjusted to
account for interstate moves by evacuees.

  
Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data)
   
   Beginning in October 2005, questions were added to the household survey to
identify persons who evacuated from their homes, even temporarily, due to
Hurricane Katrina.  Data collected through these questions do not account for
all evacuees; persons living outside the scope of the survey--such as those
living in hotels or shelters--are not included.  The questions were asked of
persons in the household survey sample throughout the country, since some
evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected areas.  An additional question
determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes and were residing there
at the time of the October 2006 survey.  The total number of evacuees estimated
from the household survey may change from month to month as people move in and
out of the scope of the survey; also, because the estimates are obtained from a
sample survey, they may vary from month to month due to sampling and nonsampling
error.  October 2006 was the final month that the special questions relating to
Hurricane Katrina were asked of survey respondents.  (See box note on page 5.)
   
   Information gathered in October represented 1.1 million persons age 16 years
and over who had evacuated from where they were living in August 2005 due to
Hurricane Katrina.  These evacuees either had moved back to their homes or were
living in other residential units covered in the survey.  About 6 in 10 of the
evacuees were living in their August 2005 residences.  Of all evacuees identified, 
62.8 percent were in the labor force in October 2006.  The unemployment rate for 
persons identified as evacuees was 11.0 percent.  The rate was much higher for 
evacuees who were not living in their former homes (17.9 percent) than for those 
who were again living in their pre-Katrina residences (7.0 percent).  (See table B.)
   
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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 92,000 in October to 135.8
million.  This followed job gains of 148,000 in September and 230,000 in August
(as revised).  Over the month, employment rose in professional and business ser-
vices, health care, food services, and mining; manufacturing and construction
lost jobs.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Professional and business services employment grew by 43,000 in October, with
gains in management and technical consulting services (+12,000) and in business
support services (+6,000).  Employment in temporary help services was little
changed over the month and has been relatively flat since January.
   
   Health care employment continued to grow with a gain of 23,000 in October.
Job growth occurred in nursing and residential care facilities and in hospi-
tals.  Over the year, health care employment has increased by 302,000.  In 
leisure and hospitality, food services and drinking places continued to add 
jobs in October (+27,000).  
   
   Both wholesale and retail trade employment were little changed in October.
Since January, wholesale trade has added 61,000 jobs; in contrast, retail trade
employment is down by 104,000.  Within retail trade, general merchandise stores
lost 11,000 jobs in October.  Since its most recent peak in August 2005, employ-
ment in general merchandise stores has fallen by 100,000.  Within financial 
activities, commercial banks added 5,000 jobs in October.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, mining employment grew by 5,000 in October.
Over the last 12 months, mining has added 54,000 jobs.  Construction lost 
26,000 jobs in October as employment declines in residential specialty trade
contractors (-31,000) more than offset gains in nonresidential specialty trades.
Since its most recent peak in February, employment in residential specialty
trades has declined by 99,000.
   
   Manufacturing lost 39,000 jobs in October.  Plastics and rubber products lost
14,000 jobs, largely reflecting strike activity in rubber products manufacturing.  
Employment also declined in motor vehicles and parts (-15,000) and in wood products 
(-5,000).
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour to 33.9 hours in October, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek also rose by 0.1 hour to 41.2 hours, and
factory overtime was unchanged at 4.3 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.3 percent in October to 105.5 (2002=100).  
The manufacturing index was unchanged at 96.1.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private non-
farm payrolls rose by 6 cents, or 0.4 percent, in October to $16.91, seasonally ad-
justed.  Average weekly earnings rose by 0.7 percent in October to $573.25.  Over 
the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.9 percent and average weekly earn-
ings increased by 4.2 percent.  (See table B-3.)

                         ______________________________
   
   
   The Employment Situation for November is scheduled to be released on Friday,
December 8, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).

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   |         Discontinuation of Hurricane Katrina Evacuee Data          |
   |                                                                    |
   |      October 2006 was the final month that questions to identify   |
   |   Hurricane Katrina evacuees were asked in the household survey.   |
   |   At that time, data had been collected for 13 months.  The que-   |
   |   stions were added to the survey to provide information on the    |
   |   employment and unemployment status of evacuees in the immediate  |
   |   aftermath of the storm.  Collection of these data is being dis-  |
   |   continued because asking these questions in the household sur-   |
   |   vey is not a good method for long-term study of the population   |
   |   of evacuees.  For more discussion of the reasons, see http://    |
   |   www.bls.gov/katrina/notice.htm.                                  |
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   |           November 2006 Household Survey Reference Week            |
   |                                                                    |
   |    The November 2006 reference week for the household survey       |
   | will be the week of November 5th, a week earlier than the usual    |
   | reference period, which is the week that includes the 12th day     |
   | of the month.  This is the first time there has been a change in   |
   | the November reference week.  The change is being made, in part,   |
   | so that the household interviews, which are done during the week   |
   | following the reference period, will not be conducted during the   |
   | Thanksgiving holiday.  The Census Bureau, which collects the       |
   | household survey data for BLS, requested this change to improve    |
   | survey operations.                                                 |
   |                                                                    |
   |    The establishment survey reference period and data collection   |
   | operations are not being modified and will not be affected by this |
   | change.                                                            |
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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 informa-
tion 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 house-
holds 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 ap-
proximately 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 establish-
ment 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, pro-
fession, 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 employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
                                  
                                  - 7 -
 
   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate 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 method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  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 in-
dividuals  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 ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-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 ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal 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 ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
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   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently 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 di-
rectly 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 en-
tire 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 stand-
ard 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, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence 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 esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 9 -
 
   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 substantially 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 busi-
ness, 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 de-
rived 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 sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
   More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay-
able to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
   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 establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
 
 
 
 
     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
              Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Oct.       Sept.      Oct.       Oct.       June       July       Aug.       Sept.      Oct.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                          
                           TOTAL                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   226,959    229,420    229,675    226,959    228,671    228,912    229,167    229,420    229,675 
       Civilian labor force............................   150,304    151,635    152,397    150,043    151,321    151,534    151,698    151,799    151,998 
             Participation rate........................      66.2       66.1       66.4       66.1       66.2       66.2       66.2       66.2       66.2 
         Employed......................................   143,340    145,010    146,125    142,625    144,363    144,329    144,579    144,850    145,287 
             Employment-population ratio...............      63.2       63.2       63.6       62.8       63.1       63.0       63.1       63.1       63.3 
         Unemployed....................................     6,964      6,625      6,272      7,418      6,957      7,205      7,119      6,949      6,711 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.6        4.4        4.1        4.9        4.6        4.8        4.7        4.6        4.4 
       Not in labor force..............................    76,655     77,785     77,278     76,916     77,350     77,379     77,469     77,621     77,677 
         Persons who currently want a job..............     4,796      4,434      4,661      4,994      4,770      4,901      4,918      4,658      4,782 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 16 years and over                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   109,616    110,925    111,059    109,616    110,530    110,657    110,792    110,925    111,059 
       Civilian labor force............................    80,306     81,377     81,652     80,249     81,085     81,024     81,249     81,542     81,585 
             Participation rate........................      73.3       73.4       73.5       73.2       73.4       73.2       73.3       73.5       73.5 
         Employed......................................    76,808     78,109     78,399     76,396     77,357     77,162     77,423     77,911     77,968 
             Employment-population ratio...............      70.1       70.4       70.6       69.7       70.0       69.7       69.9       70.2       70.2 
         Unemployed....................................     3,498      3,267      3,253      3,853      3,727      3,862      3,827      3,631      3,617 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.4        4.0        4.0        4.8        4.6        4.8        4.7        4.5        4.4 
       Not in labor force..............................    29,310     29,548     29,407     29,367     29,445     29,633     29,542     29,383     29,474 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   101,265    102,428    102,549    101,265    102,075    102,187    102,308    102,428    102,549 
       Civilian labor force............................    76,978     77,866     78,145     76,780     77,296     77,308     77,550     77,831     77,897 
             Participation rate........................      76.0       76.0       76.2       75.8       75.7       75.7       75.8       76.0       76.0 
         Employed......................................    73,988     75,199     75,420     73,500     74,215     74,082     74,358     74,864     74,904 
             Employment-population ratio...............      73.1       73.4       73.5       72.6       72.7       72.5       72.7       73.1       73.0 
         Unemployed....................................     2,990      2,667      2,725      3,281      3,082      3,226      3,192      2,966      2,994 
             Unemployment rate.........................       3.9        3.4        3.5        4.3        4.0        4.2        4.1        3.8        3.8 
       Not in labor force..............................    24,287     24,562     24,404     24,485     24,779     24,878     24,758     24,597     24,652 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 16 years and over                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   117,343    118,495    118,616    117,343    118,141    118,255    118,376    118,495    118,616 
       Civilian labor force............................    69,998     70,258     70,745     69,794     70,236     70,510     70,449     70,257     70,413 
             Participation rate........................      59.7       59.3       59.6       59.5       59.5       59.6       59.5       59.3       59.4 
         Employed......................................    66,532     66,901     67,727     66,229     67,006     67,168     67,156     66,939     67,318 
             Employment-population ratio...............      56.7       56.5       57.1       56.4       56.7       56.8       56.7       56.5       56.8 
         Unemployed....................................     3,466      3,357      3,018      3,565      3,230      3,342      3,293      3,318      3,094 
             Unemployment rate.........................       5.0        4.8        4.3        5.1        4.6        4.7        4.7        4.7        4.4 
       Not in labor force..............................    47,345     48,237     47,871     47,549     47,906     47,745     47,927     48,238     48,203 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   109,228    110,241    110,349    109,228    109,927    110,026    110,134    110,241    110,349 
       Civilian labor force............................    66,480     66,886     67,268     66,175     66,609     66,872     66,878     66,718     66,830 
             Participation rate........................      60.9       60.7       61.0       60.6       60.6       60.8       60.7       60.5       60.6 
         Employed......................................    63,551     64,028     64,728     63,162     63,878     64,035     64,131     63,927     64,230 
             Employment-population ratio...............      58.2       58.1       58.7       57.8       58.1       58.2       58.2       58.0       58.2 
         Unemployed....................................     2,930      2,858      2,540      3,013      2,730      2,837      2,747      2,791      2,600 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.4        4.3        3.8        4.6        4.1        4.2        4.1        4.2        3.9 
       Not in labor force..............................    42,748     43,355     43,081     43,053     43,319     43,154     43,256     43,523     43,519 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    16,465     16,751     16,776     16,465     16,668     16,700     16,725     16,751     16,776 
       Civilian labor force............................     6,845      6,883      6,984      7,088      7,416      7,353      7,269      7,250      7,270 
             Participation rate........................      41.6       41.1       41.6       43.0       44.5       44.0       43.5       43.3       43.3 
         Employed......................................     5,801      5,783      5,978      5,964      6,270      6,211      6,089      6,058      6,152 
             Employment-population ratio...............      35.2       34.5       35.6       36.2       37.6       37.2       36.4       36.2       36.7 
         Unemployed....................................     1,045      1,100      1,006      1,124      1,145      1,142      1,180      1,192      1,118 
             Unemployment rate.........................      15.3       16.0       14.4       15.9       15.4       15.5       16.2       16.4       15.4 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,620      9,868      9,792      9,377      9,253      9,347      9,456      9,501      9,507 

       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
           Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                                                          
                                                           Oct.       Sept.      Oct.       Oct.       June       July       Aug.       Sept.      Oct.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                          
                           WHITE                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   185,028    186,669    186,840    185,028    186,166    186,329    186,500    186,669    186,840 
       Civilian labor force............................   122,900    123,953    124,498    122,810    123,747    123,946    124,070    124,032    124,334 
           Participation rate..........................      66.4       66.4       66.6       66.4       66.5       66.5       66.5       66.4       66.5 
         Employed......................................   117,898    119,265    120,053    117,396    118,720    118,846    118,956    119,125    119,498 
           Employment-population ratio.................      63.7       63.9       64.3       63.4       63.8       63.8       63.8       63.8       64.0 
         Unemployed....................................     5,002      4,688      4,445      5,415      5,027      5,100      5,114      4,907      4,836 
           Unemployment rate...........................       4.1        3.8        3.6        4.4        4.1        4.1        4.1        4.0        3.9 
       Not in labor force..............................    62,128     62,716     62,341     62,218     62,418     62,383     62,430     62,636     62,506 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................    64,041     64,676     64,950     63,901     64,388     64,351     64,532     64,568     64,754 
           Participation rate..........................      76.4       76.4       76.6       76.2       76.3       76.2       76.3       76.3       76.4 
         Employed......................................    61,871     62,792     63,023     61,465     62,110     62,028     62,193     62,441     62,600 
           Employment-population ratio.................      73.8       74.2       74.4       73.3       73.6       73.4       73.5       73.8       73.9 
         Unemployed....................................     2,170      1,884      1,927      2,436      2,278      2,323      2,340      2,126      2,155 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.4        2.9        3.0        3.8        3.5        3.6        3.6        3.3        3.3 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................    53,164     53,581     53,844     52,998     53,254     53,542     53,527     53,490     53,628 
           Participation rate..........................      60.1       60.1       60.4       59.9       59.9       60.2       60.1       60.0       60.1 
         Employed......................................    51,090     51,546     52,044     50,856     51,337     51,547     51,600     51,532     51,749 
           Employment-population ratio.................      57.8       57.8       58.4       57.5       57.7       57.9       58.0       57.8       58.0 
         Unemployed....................................     2,074      2,036      1,800      2,141      1,917      1,994      1,927      1,958      1,879 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.9        3.8        3.3        4.0        3.6        3.7        3.6        3.7        3.5 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................     5,696      5,695      5,705      5,912      6,106      6,053      6,011      5,975      5,952 
           Participation rate..........................      44.8       44.1       44.2       46.5       47.5       47.0       46.6       46.3       46.1 
         Employed......................................     4,937      4,927      4,986      5,074      5,273      5,270      5,163      5,152      5,150 
           Employment-population ratio.................      38.8       38.2       38.6       39.9       41.0       40.9       40.1       39.9       39.9 
         Unemployed....................................       758        769        718        838        833        783        848        823        802 
           Unemployment rate...........................      13.3       13.5       12.6       14.2       13.6       12.9       14.1       13.8       13.5 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                                                
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    26,663     27,109     27,153     26,663     26,982     27,021     27,065     27,109     27,153 
       Civilian labor force............................    17,255     17,252     17,460     17,150     17,231     17,369     17,344     17,191     17,368 
           Participation rate..........................      64.7       63.6       64.3       64.3       63.9       64.3       64.1       63.4       64.0 
         Employed......................................    15,742     15,740     16,041     15,591     15,685     15,714     15,822     15,617     15,872 
           Employment-population ratio.................      59.0       58.1       59.1       58.5       58.1       58.2       58.5       57.6       58.5 
         Unemployed....................................     1,512      1,511      1,420      1,559      1,547      1,655      1,521      1,574      1,496 
           Unemployment rate...........................       8.8        8.8        8.1        9.1        9.0        9.5        8.8        9.2        8.6 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,408      9,857      9,692      9,513      9,751      9,652      9,722      9,918      9,785 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................     7,732      7,765      7,810      7,659      7,670      7,735      7,721      7,719      7,734 
           Participation rate..........................      72.1       71.2       71.5       71.4       70.7       71.2       70.9       70.8       70.8 
         Employed......................................     7,107      7,165      7,191      7,006      7,018      7,039      7,073      7,083      7,089 
           Employment-population ratio.................      66.3       65.7       65.8       65.3       64.7       64.8       65.0       64.9       64.9 
         Unemployed....................................       625        600        618        653        652        696        648        637        645 
           Unemployment rate...........................       8.1        7.7        7.9        8.5        8.5        9.0        8.4        8.3        8.3 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................     8,779      8,710      8,762      8,726      8,684      8,757      8,787      8,642      8,723 
           Participation rate..........................      65.3       64.0       64.2       64.9       64.0       64.5       64.6       63.5       64.0 
         Employed......................................     8,123      8,046      8,181      8,069      8,033      8,076      8,154      7,973      8,116 
           Employment-population ratio.................      60.4       59.1       60.0       60.0       59.2       59.5       60.0       58.5       59.5 
         Unemployed....................................       655        664        581        658        651        681        633        670        607 
           Unemployment rate...........................       7.5        7.6        6.6        7.5        7.5        7.8        7.2        7.7        7.0 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................       744        776        889        765        877        877        836        829        911 
           Participation rate..........................      29.7       30.1       34.3       30.6       34.2       34.1       32.4       32.1       35.2 
         Employed......................................       512        529        669        517        634        600        596        562        666 
           Employment-population ratio.................      20.5       20.5       25.8       20.7       24.7       23.3       23.1       21.8       25.7 
         Unemployed....................................       232        247        220        248        244        278        240        267        244 
           Unemployment rate...........................      31.1       31.8       24.7       32.4       27.8       31.6       28.8       32.2       26.8 
                                                                                                                                                          
                           ASIAN                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstutional population................     9,931     10,251     10,209        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
       Civilian labor force............................     6,591      6,836      6,781        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
           Participation rate..........................      66.4       66.7       66.4        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
         Employed......................................     6,387      6,648      6,597        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
           Employment-population ratio.................      64.3       64.9       64.6        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
         Unemployed....................................       203        188        184        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.1        2.8        2.7        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
       Not in labor force..............................     3,340      3,415      3,428        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 

       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
       2 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races.  Beginning in
     January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
              Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                             
                                                            Oct.       Sept.      Oct.       Oct.       June       July       Aug.       Sept.      Oct.  
                                                            2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006  
                                                                                                                                                          
                HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                                              
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    29,456     30,324     30,416     29,456     30,053     30,140     30,232     30,324     30,416 
       Civilian labor force............................    20,101     20,615     20,902     20,047     20,753     20,663     20,628     20,669     20,824 
           Participation rate..........................      68.2       68.0       68.7       68.1       69.1       68.6       68.2       68.2       68.5 
         Employed......................................    18,978     19,536     19,977     18,871     19,649     19,578     19,528     19,556     19,848 
           Employment-population ratio.................      64.4       64.4       65.7       64.1       65.4       65.0       64.6       64.5       65.3 
         Unemployed....................................     1,122      1,079        925      1,176      1,104      1,085      1,100      1,113        976 
           Unemployment rate...........................       5.6        5.2        4.4        5.9        5.3        5.3        5.3        5.4        4.7 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,355      9,709      9,514      9,409      9,300      9,477      9,604      9,655      9,592 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................    11,597     11,899     12,043       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Participation rate..........................      84.4       84.1       84.9       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Employed......................................    11,088     11,462     11,634       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Employment-population ratio.................      80.7       81.0       82.0       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Unemployed....................................       509        437        409       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Unemployment rate...........................       4.4        3.7        3.4       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................     7,478      7,703      7,830       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Participation rate..........................      57.5       57.7       58.5       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Employed......................................     7,048      7,235      7,449       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Employment-population ratio.................      54.2       54.2       55.6       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Unemployed....................................       430        468        381       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Unemployment rate...........................       5.7        6.1        4.9       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................     1,027      1,012      1,029       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Participation rate..........................      37.8       35.8       36.3       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Employed......................................       843        839        894       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Employment-population ratio.................      31.0       29.7       31.5       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Unemployed....................................       184        173        136       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Unemployment rate...........................      17.9       17.1       13.2       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  

       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
       2 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population
     controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Educational attainment                                                                                                                 
                                                            Oct.       Sept.      Oct.       Oct.       June       July       Aug.       Sept.      Oct.  
                                                            2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006  
                                                                                                                                                          
              Less than a high school diploma                                                                                                             
     Civilian labor force..............................    12,340     12,810     12,561     12,502     12,847     12,780     12,780     12,681     12,743 
         Participation rate............................      44.8       46.2       45.9       45.4       46.1       47.1       46.2       45.7       46.6 
       Employed........................................    11,527     12,054     11,908     11,611     11,942     11,868     11,897     11,864     12,004 
         Employment-population ratio...................      41.8       43.4       43.5       42.1       42.8       43.8       43.0       42.8       43.9 
       Unemployed......................................       813        756        653        891        905        912        883        816        739 
         Unemployment rate.............................       6.6        5.9        5.2        7.1        7.0        7.1        6.9        6.4        5.8 
                                                                                                                                                          
           High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                                          
     Civilian labor force..............................    38,537     38,557     38,581     38,467     38,597     38,403     38,328     38,429     38,456 
         Participation rate............................      64.0       63.5       63.6       63.8       63.3       63.7       63.2       63.3       63.4 
       Employed........................................    36,875     37,104     37,156     36,627     37,032     36,694     36,588     36,798     36,875 
         Employment-population ratio...................      61.2       61.1       61.2       60.8       60.7       60.9       60.3       60.6       60.8 
       Unemployed......................................     1,661      1,453      1,425      1,840      1,565      1,709      1,740      1,630      1,581 
         Unemployment rate.............................       4.3        3.8        3.7        4.8        4.1        4.5        4.5        4.2        4.1 
                                                                                                                                                          
              Some college or associate degree                                                                                                            
     Civilian labor force..............................    35,456     35,440     35,958     35,310     34,972     35,359     35,327     35,454     35,726 
         Participation rate............................      72.6       72.4       72.9       72.3       72.5       71.4       72.1       72.5       72.4 
       Employed........................................    34,172     34,227     34,796     33,967     33,738     34,068     34,037     34,175     34,504 
         Employment-population ratio...................      70.0       70.0       70.5       69.6       69.9       68.8       69.5       69.8       69.9 
       Unemployed......................................     1,284      1,213      1,162      1,343      1,234      1,290      1,291      1,279      1,222 
         Unemployment rate.............................       3.6        3.4        3.2        3.8        3.5        3.6        3.7        3.6        3.4 
                                                                                                                                                          
              Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                                            
     Civilian labor force..............................    41,893     42,927     43,192     41,616     42,379     42,735     42,650     42,797     42,811 
         Participation rate............................      78.2       78.1       78.2       77.7       77.6       77.7       77.7       77.9       77.5 
       Employed........................................    40,972     42,021     42,413     40,670     41,494     41,839     41,886     41,929     41,997 
         Employment-population ratio...................      76.5       76.5       76.8       75.9       76.0       76.0       76.3       76.3       76.0 
       Unemployed......................................       921        906        779        946        885        896        764        868        814 
         Unemployment rate.............................       2.2        2.1        1.8        2.3        2.1        2.1        1.8        2.0        1.9 

       1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
       2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                          Category                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                            Oct.       Sept.      Oct.       Oct.       June       July       Aug.       Sept.      Oct.  
                                                            2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006  
                                                                                                                                                          
                      CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Agriculture and related industries................     2,239      2,261      2,211      2,126      2,241      2,260      2,202      2,143      2,140 
       Wage and salary workers.........................     1,227      1,291      1,282      1,161      1,329      1,370      1,256      1,196      1,232 
       Self-employed workers...........................       973        958        916        936        899        877        904        932        891 
       Unpaid family workers...........................        38         13         13       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Nonagricultural industries........................   141,101    142,749    143,915    140,577    142,108    142,047    142,406    142,790    143,263 
       Wage and salary workers.........................   131,469    132,901    133,930    131,123    132,284    132,417    132,785    133,004    133,448 
         Government....................................    20,475     20,568     20,879     20,330     20,017     20,336     20,314     20,483     20,630 
         Private industries............................   110,994    112,333    113,051    110,799    112,253    112,114    112,436    112,500    112,782 
           Private households..........................       813        771        750       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)  
           Other industries............................   110,182    111,562    112,301    109,986    111,458    111,269    111,582    111,743    112,011 
       Self-employed workers...........................     9,549      9,762      9,871      9,356      9,716      9,572      9,620      9,679      9,685 
       Unpaid family workers...........................        84         85        114       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)  
                                                                                                                                                          
               PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                          
     All industries:                                                                                                                                      
     Part time for economic reasons....................     3,915      3,735      4,010      4,240      4,266      4,261      4,147      4,056      4,278 
         Slack work or business conditions.............     2,459      2,402      2,633      2,643      2,729      2,658      2,683      2,614      2,775 
         Could only find part-time work................     1,236      1,115      1,160      1,299      1,190      1,202      1,161      1,137      1,198 
       Part time for noneconomic reasons...............    20,559     19,812     20,223     19,696     19,684     19,501     19,624     19,622     19,422 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                                          
     Part time for economic reasons....................     3,837      3,653      3,954      4,161      4,158      4,143      4,071      3,946      4,208 
         Slack work or business conditions.............     2,400      2,353      2,594      2,592      2,656      2,578      2,635      2,547      2,714 
         Could only find part-time work................     1,225      1,098      1,152      1,284      1,189      1,197      1,158      1,133      1,195 
       Part time for noneconomic reasons...............    20,130     19,462     19,890     19,255     19,310     19,170     19,220     19,269     19,101 

       1 Data not available.
       2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness,
     or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the
     reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
       NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal
     adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                       Characteristic                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Oct.       Sept.      Oct.       Oct.       June       July       Aug.       Sept.      Oct.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                          
                        AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total, 16 years and over..........................   143,340    145,010    146,125    142,625    144,363    144,329    144,579    144,850    145,287 
       16 to 19 years..................................     5,801      5,783      5,978      5,964      6,270      6,211      6,089      6,058      6,152 
         16 to 17 years................................     2,231      2,392      2,495      2,290      2,528      2,431      2,394      2,435      2,562 
         18 to 19 years................................     3,570      3,391      3,483      3,673      3,750      3,778      3,697      3,593      3,612 
       20 years and over...............................   137,539    139,227    140,148    136,661    138,093    138,118    138,490    138,791    139,134 
         20 to 24 years................................    13,993     13,821     13,875     13,945     13,842     13,828     14,052     13,944     13,834 
         25 years and over.............................   123,546    125,406    126,273    122,719    124,237    124,305    124,537    124,910    125,333 
           25 to 54 years..............................    99,400    100,294    100,933     98,834     99,541     99,554     99,720     99,906    100,282 
             25 to 34 years............................    31,088     31,289     31,507     30,864     30,988     31,086     31,097     31,145     31,230 
             35 to 44 years............................    34,754     34,700     34,835     34,601     34,518     34,429     34,573     34,556     34,651 
             45 to 54 years............................    33,558     34,306     34,591     33,369     34,035     34,038     34,051     34,205     34,401 
           55 years and over...........................    24,146     25,113     25,340     23,885     24,696     24,752     24,816     25,005     25,052 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Men, 16 years and over............................    76,808     78,109     78,399     76,396     77,357     77,162     77,423     77,911     77,968 
       16 to 19 years..................................     2,819      2,910      2,979      2,896      3,143      3,079      3,064      3,046      3,064 
         16 to 17 years................................     1,025      1,146      1,150      1,043      1,292      1,226      1,193      1,172      1,175 
         18 to 19 years................................     1,794      1,764      1,828      1,848      1,850      1,842      1,867      1,859      1,887 
       20 years and over...............................    73,988     75,199     75,420     73,500     74,215     74,082     74,358     74,864     74,904 
         20 to 24 years................................     7,323      7,447      7,439      7,310      7,364      7,370      7,504      7,503      7,426 
         25 years and over.............................    66,665     67,752     67,980     66,192     66,865     66,723     66,914     67,343     67,467 
           25 to 54 years..............................    53,741     54,290     54,460     53,429     53,682     53,619     53,730     53,938     54,106 
             25 to 34 years............................    17,255     17,350     17,335     17,107     17,043     17,065     17,025     17,200     17,161 
             35 to 44 years............................    18,901     18,820     18,883     18,800     18,717     18,702     18,753     18,697     18,779 
             45 to 54 years............................    17,585     18,121     18,242     17,522     17,922     17,853     17,951     18,041     18,166 
           55 years and over...........................    12,925     13,462     13,521     12,763     13,183     13,104     13,185     13,405     13,361 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Women, 16 years and over..........................    66,532     66,901     67,727     66,229     67,006     67,168     67,156     66,939     67,318 
       16 to 19 years..................................     2,982      2,873      2,999      3,068      3,128      3,132      3,025      3,012      3,088 
         16 to 17 years................................     1,206      1,246      1,344      1,247      1,235      1,205      1,201      1,263      1,387 
         18 to 19 years................................     1,776      1,628      1,655      1,825      1,900      1,936      1,830      1,734      1,725 
       20 years and over...............................    63,551     64,028     64,728     63,162     63,878     64,035     64,131     63,927     64,230 
         20 to 24 years................................     6,670      6,373      6,435      6,635      6,478      6,458      6,547      6,441      6,409 
         25 years and over.............................    56,881     57,655     58,292     56,527     57,372     57,582     57,623     57,567     57,866 
           25 to 54 years..............................    45,659     46,004     46,473     45,405     45,858     45,934     45,991     45,968     46,175 
             25 to 34 years............................    13,833     13,939     14,173     13,757     13,945     14,021     14,071     13,945     14,069 
             35 to 44 years............................    15,853     15,880     15,952     15,801     15,801     15,728     15,820     15,859     15,872 
             45 to 54 years............................    15,973     16,185     16,348     15,847     16,112     16,185     16,100     16,164     16,235 
           55 years and over...........................    11,221     11,651     11,819     11,122     11,513     11,648     11,632     11,600     11,690 
                                                                                                                                                          
                       MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Married men, spouse present.......................    45,977     45,701     45,762     45,634     45,809     45,558     45,484     45,613     45,477 
     Married women, spouse present.....................    35,385     35,518     35,766     34,868     35,394     35,309     35,295     35,436     35,257 
     Women who maintain families.......................     8,875      9,095      9,088       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)  
                                                                                                                                                          
                 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Full-time workers (2).............................   118,025    120,780    121,199    117,783    119,452    119,818    119,888    120,437    120,859 
     Part-time workers (3).............................    25,315     24,230     24,926     24,898     24,935     24,599     24,711     24,531     24,515 
                                                                                                                                                          
                    MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total multiple jobholders.........................     7,813      7,792      7,865      7,564      7,398      7,455      7,494      7,648      7,560 
         Percent of total employed.....................       5.5        5.4        5.4        5.3        5.1        5.2        5.2        5.3        5.2 

       1 Data not available.
       2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
       3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
       NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal
     adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                    Number of                                                                             
                                                               unemployed persons                              Unemployment rates (1)                     
                                                                 (in thousands)                                                                           
                       Characteristic                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Oct.       Sept.      Oct.       Oct.       June       July       Aug.       Sept.      Oct.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                          
                        AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total, 16 years and over..........................    7,418      6,949      6,711       4.9        4.6        4.8        4.7        4.6        4.4   
       16 to 19 years..................................    1,124      1,192      1,118      15.9       15.4       15.5       16.2       16.4       15.4   
         16 to 17 years................................      526        535        547      18.7       17.0       16.7       19.2       18.0       17.6   
         18 to 19 years................................      608        655        548      14.2       14.3       14.7       14.5       15.4       13.2   
       20 years and over...............................    6,294      5,757      5,594       4.4        4.0        4.2        4.1        4.0        3.9   
         20 to 24 years................................    1,296      1,208      1,284       8.5        7.9        8.5        8.2        8.0        8.5   
         25 years and over.............................    5,011      4,537      4,302       3.9        3.6        3.7        3.6        3.5        3.3   
           25 to 54 years..............................    4,199      3,821      3,541       4.1        3.7        3.9        3.8        3.7        3.4   
             25 to 34 years............................    1,561      1,500      1,538       4.8        4.6        4.8        4.4        4.6        4.7   
             35 to 44 years............................    1,396      1,267      1,032       3.9        3.4        3.6        3.8        3.5        2.9   
             45 to 54 years............................    1,242      1,054        971       3.6        3.1        3.3        3.3        3.0        2.7   
           55 years and over...........................      794        748        769       3.2        2.9        3.1        2.9        2.9        3.0   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Men, 16 years and over............................    3,853      3,631      3,617       4.8        4.6        4.8        4.7        4.5        4.4   
       16 to 19 years..................................      573        665        623      16.5       17.0       17.1       17.2       17.9       16.9   
         16 to 17 years................................      231        280        291      18.1       18.0       16.9       18.4       19.3       19.9   
         18 to 19 years................................      339        387        303      15.5       16.6       17.6       16.7       17.2       13.8   
       20 years and over...............................    3,281      2,966      2,994       4.3        4.0        4.2        4.1        3.8        3.8   
         20 to 24 years................................      758        678        730       9.4        8.2        8.7        9.0        8.3        8.9   
         25 years and over.............................    2,515      2,271      2,241       3.7        3.5        3.6        3.5        3.3        3.2   
           25 to 54 years..............................    2,099      1,908      1,840       3.8        3.6        3.8        3.7        3.4        3.3   
             25 to 34 years............................      790        734        840       4.4        4.6        4.8        4.2        4.1        4.7   
             35 to 44 years............................      676        660        532       3.5        3.3        3.2        3.5        3.4        2.8   
             45 to 54 years............................      633        514        468       3.5        3.0        3.3        3.3        2.8        2.5   
           55 years and over...........................      416        363        401       3.2        3.1        3.2        2.9        2.6        2.9   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Women, 16 years and over..........................    3,565      3,318      3,094       5.1        4.6        4.7        4.7        4.7        4.4   
       16 to 19 years..................................      552        527        494      15.2       13.8       13.9       15.3       14.9       13.8   
         16 to 17 years................................      295        255        256      19.1       15.9       16.5       20.1       16.8       15.6   
         18 to 19 years................................      269        267        246      12.8       11.9       11.7       12.2       13.4       12.5   
       20 years and over...............................    3,013      2,791      2,600       4.6        4.1        4.2        4.1        4.2        3.9   
         20 to 24 years................................      538        530        555       7.5        7.5        8.3        7.3        7.6        8.0   
         25 years and over.............................    2,496      2,265      2,061       4.2        3.7        3.8        3.7        3.8        3.4   
           25 to 54 years..............................    2,100      1,913      1,702       4.4        3.9        4.0        4.0        4.0        3.6   
             25 to 34 years............................      771        765        699       5.3        4.7        4.8        4.6        5.2        4.7   
             35 to 44 years............................      719        608        500       4.4        3.7        4.0        4.1        3.7        3.1   
             45 to 54 years............................      609        540        503       3.7        3.3        3.2        3.3        3.2        3.0   
           55 years and over (2).......................      357        394        351       3.1        3.0        3.5        3.2        3.3        2.9   
                                                                                                                                                          
                       MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Married men, spouse present.......................    1,227      1,082      1,043       2.6        2.5        2.5        2.5        2.3        2.2   
     Married women, spouse present.....................    1,181      1,059      1,018       3.3        2.9        3.1        2.9        2.9        2.8   
     Women who maintain families (2)...................      701        667        631       7.3        7.2        7.4        6.7        6.8        6.5   
                                                                                                                                                          
                 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Full-time workers (3).............................    6,023      5,623      5,386       4.9        4.5        4.6        4.6        4.5        4.3   
     Part-time workers (4).............................    1,419      1,331      1,311       5.4        5.2        5.4        5.2        5.1        5.1   

       1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
       2 Not seasonally adjusted.
       3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from
     full-time jobs.
       4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from
     part-time jobs.
       NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 
     Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





      HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                           Reason                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Oct.       Sept.      Oct.       Oct.       June       July       Aug.       Sept.      Oct.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                          
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                                       
      jobs.............................................    3,162      2,878      2,724      3,508      3,409      3,370      3,305      3,179      3,062  
       On temporary layoff.............................      637        582        659        944        981        933        886        873        952  
       Not on temporary layoff.........................    2,525      2,297      2,065      2,564      2,428      2,437      2,420      2,306      2,110  
         Permanent job losers..........................    1,824      1,570      1,434       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
         Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      701        727        632       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
     Job leavers.......................................      916        851        802        889        818        857        861        810        793  
     Reentrants........................................    2,292      2,305      2,206      2,349      2,091      2,358      2,277      2,299      2,251  
     New entrants......................................      594        590        540        654        650        629        650        641        597  
                                                                                                                                                          
                    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............................................     45.4       43.4       43.4       47.4       48.9       46.7       46.6       45.9       45.7  
        On temporary layoff............................      9.1        8.8       10.5       12.8       14.1       12.9       12.5       12.6       14.2  
        Not on temporary layoff........................     36.3       34.7       32.9       34.7       34.8       33.8       34.1       33.3       31.5  
      Job leavers......................................     13.2       12.8       12.8       12.0       11.7       11.9       12.1       11.7       11.8  
      Reentrants.......................................     32.9       34.8       35.2       31.7       30.0       32.7       32.1       33.2       33.6  
      New entrants.....................................      8.5        8.9        8.6        8.8        9.3        8.7        9.2        9.3        8.9  
                                                                                                                                                          
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                             
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
      Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                                      
       jobs............................................      2.1        1.9        1.8        2.3        2.3        2.2        2.2        2.1        2.0  
      Job leavers......................................       .6         .6         .5         .6         .5         .6         .6         .5         .5  
      Reentrants.......................................      1.5        1.5        1.4        1.6        1.4        1.6        1.5        1.5        1.5  
      New entrants.....................................       .4         .4         .4         .4         .4         .4         .4         .4         .4  

       1 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                          Duration                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Oct.       Sept.      Oct.       Oct.       June       July       Aug.       Sept.      Oct.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                          
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Less than 5 weeks.................................    2,578      2,612      2,468      2,708      2,673      2,704      2,617      2,581      2,585  
     5 to 14 weeks.....................................    2,040      1,876      1,855      2,263      2,052      2,175      2,215      2,080      2,062  
     15 weeks and over.................................    2,346      2,136      1,948      2,477      2,133      2,338      2,394      2,294      2,073  
        15 to 26 weeks.................................      960        902        898      1,045      1,020        998      1,066      1,027        996  
        27 weeks and over..............................    1,386      1,234      1,050      1,432      1,112      1,340      1,328      1,267      1,077  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................     18.3       17.5       16.7       18.0       16.2       17.3       17.4       17.4       16.5  
     Median duration, in weeks.........................      8.5        7.9        7.9        8.6        7.5        8.2        8.5        8.2        8.1  
                                                                                                                                                          
                    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...............................     37.0       39.4       39.4       36.4       39.0       37.5       36.2       37.1       38.5  
       5 to 14 weeks...................................     29.3       28.3       29.6       30.4       29.9       30.1       30.6       29.9       30.7  
       15 weeks and over...............................     33.7       32.2       31.1       33.3       31.1       32.4       33.1       33.0       30.8  
         15 to 26 weeks................................     13.8       13.6       14.3       14.0       14.9       13.8       14.8       14.8       14.8  
         27 weeks and over.............................     19.9       18.6       16.7       19.2       16.2       18.6       18.4       18.2       16.0  

       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                            Unemployment        
                                                                                  Employed                     Unemployed                      rates            
                                                                                                                                                                
                                Occupation                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                             Oct.           Oct.            Oct.           Oct.           Oct.           Oct.   
                                                                             2005           2006            2005           2006           2005           2006   
                                                                                                                                                                
          Total, 16 years and over (1)................................     143,340        146,125          6,964          6,272            4.6            4.1   
     Management, professional, and related occupations................      49,958         51,427          1,099            971            2.2            1.9   
       Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....      20,808         21,565            417            378            2.0            1.7   
       Professional and related occupations...........................      29,150         29,862            683            593            2.3            1.9   
     Service occupations..............................................      23,297         23,939          1,430          1,380            5.8            5.5   
     Sales and office occupations.....................................      36,237         36,051          1,748          1,590            4.6            4.2   
       Sales and related occupations..................................      16,500         16,388            866            787            5.0            4.6   
       Office and administrative support occupations..................      19,737         19,663            881            803            4.3            3.9   
     Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....      15,841         16,225            879            777            5.3            4.6   
       Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................       1,030            955             88             86            7.9            8.2   
       Construction and extraction occupations........................       9,381          9,714            572            497            5.7            4.9   
       Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............       5,431          5,556            219            194            3.9            3.4   
     Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......      18,007         18,484          1,171            990            6.1            5.1   
       Production occupations.........................................       9,320          9,396            681            507            6.8            5.1   
       Transportation and material moving occupations.................       8,687          9,088            490            483            5.3            5.0   

       1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                        Number of                                                             
                                                                                        unemployed                                 Unemployment               
                                                                                         persons                                      rates                   
                       Industry and class of worker                                   (in thousands)                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                Oct.                  Oct.                   Oct.                  Oct.       
                                                                                2005                  2006                   2005                  2006       
                                                                                                                                                              
            Total, 16 years and over (1)..............................          6,964                 6,272                   4.6                   4.1       
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers..................          5,529                 4,956                   4.7                   4.2       
       Mining.........................................................              2                    15                    .3                   2.2       
       Construction...................................................            519                   456                   5.3                   4.5       
       Manufacturing..................................................            800                   618                   4.8                   3.7       
         Durable goods................................................            481                   363                   4.6                   3.5       
         Nondurable goods.............................................            319                   255                   5.3                   4.2       
       Wholesale and retail trade.....................................          1,050                   972                   4.9                   4.7       
       Transportation and utilities...................................            251                   206                   4.4                   3.6       
       Information....................................................            162                   116                   4.8                   3.4       
       Financial activities...........................................            255                   211                   2.7                   2.1       
       Professional and business services.............................            748                   768                   5.8                   5.6       
       Education and health services..................................            628                   531                   3.4                   2.8       
       Leisure and hospitality........................................            796                   795                   6.8                   6.6       
       Other services.................................................            319                   268                   5.0                   4.4       
     Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers..........             85                    77                   6.7                   5.8       
     Government workers...............................................            502                   424                   2.4                   2.0       
     Self employed and unpaid family workers..........................            255                   275                   2.3                   2.5       

       1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

     (Percent)
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                       Measure                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   Oct.     Sept.    Oct.     Oct.     June     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.  
                                                                                   2005     2006     2006     2005     2006     2006     2006     2006     2006  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                     
          labor force...........................................................    1.6      1.4      1.3      1.7      1.4      1.5      1.6      1.5      1.4  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of                                                                                    
          the civilian labor force..............................................    2.1      1.9      1.8      2.3      2.3      2.2      2.2      2.1      2.0  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official                                                                                    
          unemployment rate)....................................................    4.6      4.4      4.1      4.9      4.6      4.8      4.7      4.6      4.4  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                 
          labor force plus discouraged workers..................................    4.9      4.6      4.3      5.2      4.9      5.0      5.0      4.8      4.6  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     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...........................................    5.5      5.2      5.0      5.8      5.6      5.7      5.7      5.4      5.3  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     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......................    8.1      7.6      7.6      8.6      8.4      8.5      8.4      8.0      8.1  

       NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a
     job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason
     for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had
     to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995
     issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                              Total                          Men                          Women            
                                                                                                                                                           
                               Category                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                       Oct.           Oct.           Oct.           Oct.           Oct.           Oct.     
                                                                       2005           2006           2005           2006           2005           2006     
                                                                                                                                                           
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                           
     Total not in the labor force................................     76,655         77,278         29,310         29,407         47,345         47,871    
       Persons who currently want a job..........................      4,796          4,661          2,135          2,007          2,661          2,654    
        Searched for work and available to work now (1)..........      1,414          1,478            705            750            709            728    
             Reason not currently looking:                                                                                                                 
                 Discouragement over job prospects (2)...........        392            331            223            203            169            128    
                  Reasons other than discouragement (3)..........      1,022          1,147            482            547            540            600    
                                                                                                                                                           
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                           
     Total multiple jobholders (4)...............................      7,813          7,865          4,016          3,906          3,797          3,959    
         Percent of total employed...............................        5.5            5.4            5.2            5.0            5.7            5.8    
                                                                                                                                                           
         Primary job full time, secondary job part time..........      4,153          4,123          2,357          2,272          1,796          1,851    
         Primary and secondary jobs both part time...............      1,704          1,623            560            502          1,143          1,120    
         Primary and secondary jobs both full time...............        288            353            201            235             88            119    
         Hours vary on primary or secondary job..................      1,609          1,709            881            862            728            847    

       1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week.
       2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of
     discrimination.
       3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and
     transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
       4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Oct.     Aug.    Sept.    Oct.      Oct.     June     July     Aug.    Sept.    Oct.     from:
                                   2005     2006    2006p    2006p     2005     2006     2006     2006    2006p    2006p  Sept. 2006- 
                                                                                                                          Oct. 2006p

          Total nonfarm......... 134,817  135,398  136,026  136,738  133,877  135,251  135,374  135,604  135,752  135,844       92

        Total private........... 112,636  114,551  114,116  114,309  112,025  113,300  113,404  113,584  113,704  113,762       58

    Goods-producing.............  22,448   22,841   22,705   22,596   22,179   22,435   22,420   22,427   22,421   22,361      -60

Natural resources and mining....     645      696      694      698      636      677      680      683      684      689        5
   Logging......................    66.0     64.9     64.2     65.0     62.1     63.0     62.3     61.6     60.8     61.4       .6
 Mining.........................   578.9    631.0    629.8    632.9    573.8    613.5    617.7    621.0    623.3    627.9      4.6
  Oil and gas extraction........   126.8    140.9    139.2    139.4    127.4    136.7    137.2    139.1    139.3    140.1       .8
  Mining, except oil and gas (1).  217.6    225.3    223.6    224.1    214.5    219.2    220.1    218.9    219.4    220.8      1.4
   Coal mining..................    74.9     79.0     78.3     78.8     75.1     78.3     78.2     78.5     78.4     79.2       .8
  Support activities for mining.   234.5    264.8    267.0    269.4    231.9    257.6    260.4    263.0    264.6    267.0      2.4

Construction....................   7,568    7,829    7,739    7,686    7,347    7,499    7,504    7,512    7,517    7,491      -26
  Construction of buildings..... 1,738.2  1,801.0  1,785.5  1,777.3  1,702.4  1,752.6  1,756.9  1,755.8  1,757.0  1,750.9     -6.1
   Residential building.........   969.3  1,007.5  1,000.6    997.2    952.8    977.9    977.3    982.4    985.9    985.0      -.9
   Nonresidential building......   768.9    793.5    784.9    780.1    749.6    774.7    779.6    773.4    771.1    765.9     -5.2
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction................. 1,026.8  1,053.0  1,055.7  1,054.1    965.3    981.5    983.0    985.0    992.8    995.1      2.3
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,802.5  4,975.1  4,897.7  4,854.6  4,679.2  4,765.0  4,764.1  4,771.4  4,767.0  4,745.0    -22.0
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,387.3  2,414.0  2,362.6  2,318.6  2,326.0  2,338.3  2,323.4  2,317.6  2,299.9  2,269.2    -30.7
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,415.2  2,561.1  2,535.1  2,536.0  2,353.2  2,426.7  2,440.7  2,453.8  2,467.1  2,475.8      8.7

Manufacturing...................  14,235   14,316   14,272   14,212   14,196   14,259   14,236   14,232   14,220   14,181      -39
   Production workers...........  10,113   10,280   10,239   10,190   10,069   10,221   10,212   10,212   10,191   10,158      -33

 Durable goods..................   8,961    9,047    9,022    8,996    8,952    9,033    9,011    9,014    9,011    8,992      -19
   Production workers...........   6,264    6,422    6,397    6,377    6,249    6,400    6,394    6,397    6,386    6,372      -14

  Wood products.................   555.1    554.4    547.8    538.1    550.7    551.6    550.8    546.0    542.4    537.4     -5.0
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   509.1    511.1    505.3    504.5    500.8    502.3    501.4    500.7    496.4    497.6      1.2
  Primary metals................   470.0    473.4    470.4    468.3    470.5    475.6    474.6    473.4    470.7    469.2     -1.5
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,523.9  1,556.6  1,555.0  1,553.5  1,520.8  1,544.4  1,551.0  1,551.8  1,554.4  1,550.7     -3.7
  Machinery..................... 1,170.7  1,194.7  1,195.4  1,200.3  1,174.5  1,184.3  1,191.4  1,194.8  1,196.8  1,198.9      2.1
  Computer and electronic
   products (1)................. 1,322.5  1,334.7  1,326.8  1,326.5  1,323.5  1,334.5  1,327.6  1,329.4  1,328.8  1,327.5     -1.3
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   206.8    204.1    203.1    202.7    207.9    203.3    203.1    203.2    202.6    203.2       .6
   Communications equipment.....   148.5    147.3    146.8    147.0    148.2    149.7    147.1    147.4    147.5    147.0      -.5
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   450.6    465.8    463.2    463.7    450.7    461.4    462.7    463.0    463.7    464.1       .4
   Electronic instruments.......   441.1    448.0    445.3    444.9    441.6    448.7    445.4    446.4    446.4    445.3     -1.1
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   430.3    445.7    444.3    442.9    431.1    445.1    444.0    445.1    445.3    445.4       .1
  Transportation equipment (1)...1,765.3  1,767.7  1,774.2  1,757.0  1,765.5  1,786.7  1,765.1  1,766.9  1,771.3  1,760.9    -10.4
   Motor vehicles and parts (2). 1,088.2  1,070.8  1,075.8  1,052.5  1,088.4  1,091.3  1,069.0  1,070.6  1,071.6  1,056.9    -14.7
  Furniture and related products   559.4    549.6    543.2    539.4    560.5    555.1    550.4    547.3    544.1    540.8     -3.3
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   654.7    658.8    659.3    665.2    653.6    653.6    655.0    658.5    660.8    663.5      2.7

 Nondurable goods...............   5,274    5,269    5,250    5,216    5,244    5,226    5,225    5,218    5,209    5,189      -20
   Production workers...........   3,849    3,858    3,842    3,813    3,820    3,821    3,818    3,815    3,805    3,786      -19

  Food manufacturing............ 1,482.2  1,502.2  1,503.6  1,493.4  1,458.5  1,466.2  1,468.8  1,468.0  1,472.3  1,469.5     -2.8
  Beverages and tobacco products   195.3    201.5    201.5    201.1    192.4    195.6    196.5    197.1    197.5    198.0       .5
  Textile mills.................   213.4    194.3    190.5    188.2    213.2    197.2    195.8    193.4    189.7    188.0     -1.7
  Textile product mills.........   173.4    168.4    166.2    165.9    173.8    168.3    169.1    168.4    167.6    166.4     -1.2
  Apparel.......................   252.9    244.5    244.5    240.0    251.8    249.6    249.0    243.6    242.7    240.9     -1.8
  Leather and allied products...    39.6     36.8     37.3     37.2     39.6     37.2     37.1     36.8     37.1     37.0      -.1
  Paper and paper products......   478.9    469.1    466.0    463.1    478.5    471.0    470.2    467.2    465.4    463.8     -1.6
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   646.2    641.9    639.3    639.7    645.1    641.8    639.0    640.3    638.4    638.8       .4
  Petroleum and coal products...   114.2    120.3    119.5    118.9    113.1    115.7    116.6    116.8    117.3    117.4       .1
  Chemicals.....................   877.6    899.9    894.3    895.6    879.3    891.1    893.0    897.5    895.8    897.8      2.0
  Plastics and rubber products..   800.6    790.5    786.9    773.0    799.1    791.9    790.1    788.9    785.6    771.8    -13.8

    Service-providing........... 112,369  112,557  113,321  114,142  111,698  112,816  112,954  113,177  113,331  113,483      152

     Private service-providing..  90,188   91,710   91,411   91,713   89,846   90,865   90,984   91,157   91,283   91,401      118

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  26,033   26,047   26,000   26,135   25,945   26,040   26,052   26,052   26,063   26,062       -1

 Wholesale trade................ 5,776.9  5,879.4  5,871.2  5,868.0  5,767.8  5,848.1  5,847.0  5,854.6  5,865.3  5,862.4     -2.9
  Durable goods................. 3,003.4  3,069.4  3,065.2  3,066.4  3,002.3  3,050.7  3,051.0  3,058.0  3,068.4  3,067.4     -1.0
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,029.1  2,050.4  2,046.0  2,040.8  2,021.7  2,040.2  2,039.6  2,039.5  2,038.7  2,035.7     -3.0
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   744.4    759.6    760.0    760.8    743.8    757.2    756.4    757.1    758.2    759.3      1.1

 Retail trade...................15,298.1 15,209.7 15,097.8 15,223.9 15,259.6 15,221.2 15,222.2 15,212.3 15,200.3 15,196.8     -3.5
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,927.7  1,924.7  1,919.6  1,914.5  1,921.5  1,909.7  1,907.3  1,906.7  1,908.4  1,907.5      -.9
   Automobile dealers........... 1,263.6  1,251.6  1,250.3  1,246.4  1,260.5  1,245.6  1,245.7  1,243.6  1,243.5  1,242.4     -1.1
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   584.0    589.0    585.7    595.8    581.5    595.3    594.8    594.3    593.5    594.9      1.4
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   544.7    519.4    519.8    526.8    540.5    534.0    530.5    527.1    525.8    523.3     -2.5
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,265.6  1,329.5  1,305.9  1,303.7  1,273.1  1,315.5  1,316.5  1,313.2  1,315.8  1,317.6      1.8
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,811.7  2,827.1  2,803.8  2,818.3  2,809.5  2,804.2  2,808.8  2,813.5  2,811.7  2,814.9      3.2
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   959.5    959.8    955.9    958.7    959.3    958.4    959.3    960.0    960.3    959.3     -1.0
  Gasoline stations.............   875.5    870.6    861.8    857.0    874.6    863.2    863.3    858.5    858.2    856.1     -2.1
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,410.0  1,448.0  1,415.2  1,440.5  1,413.5  1,423.3  1,434.0  1,437.5  1,438.7  1,444.7      6.0
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   643.8    619.4    615.4    624.4    638.7    628.1    624.2    628.1    620.8    621.4       .6
  General merchandise stores (1) 2,920.7  2,805.4  2,789.4  2,840.3  2,910.6  2,866.0  2,859.8  2,850.8  2,841.7  2,831.2    -10.5
   Department stores............ 1,603.2  1,531.8  1,520.3  1,561.7  1,590.6  1,574.4  1,571.4  1,565.0  1,558.2  1,550.3     -7.9
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   905.7    894.0    889.0    892.0    899.1    892.2    892.7    889.9    889.9    887.5     -2.4
  Nonstore retailers............   449.2    422.8    436.3    451.9    437.7    431.3    431.0    432.7    435.5    438.4      2.9

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,398.8  4,394.1  4,470.6  4,483.5  4,358.4  4,411.0  4,423.2  4,425.3  4,436.6  4,443.4      6.8
  Air transportation............   494.1    492.4    490.3    489.1    493.7    486.7    487.7    488.1    488.6    488.1      -.5
  Rail transportation...........   228.8    226.7    228.0    226.6    228.1    227.5    227.3    226.7    226.9    225.9     -1.0
  Water transportation..........    62.6     67.3     67.1     66.7     62.6     62.8     64.2     64.6     65.9     66.2       .3
  Truck transportation.......... 1,418.0  1,451.0  1,451.0  1,449.2  1,402.0  1,419.3  1,427.1  1,427.4  1,430.9  1,432.4      1.5
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   403.4    319.5    398.2    402.8    388.5    393.5    391.6    388.7    390.8    390.0      -.8
  Pipeline transportation.......    37.3     39.0     38.2     39.2     37.2     38.1     38.4     38.6     38.3     39.2       .9
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    31.8     41.6     37.5     32.3     31.5     31.3     30.5     31.5     31.4     31.7       .3
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   551.2    567.5    566.2    567.1    549.8    567.7    564.9    565.4    566.0    567.1      1.1
  Couriers and messengers.......   575.2    579.3    581.4    589.8    576.3    580.5    583.6    584.4    586.9    589.8      2.9
  Warehousing and storage.......   596.4    609.8    612.7    620.7    588.7    603.6    607.9    609.9    610.9    613.0      2.1

 Utilities......................   558.9    563.3    560.7    559.3    559.4    559.4    559.8    559.8    560.3    559.8      -.5

Information.....................   3,054    3,077    3,048    3,053    3,058    3,062    3,052    3,062    3,059    3,061        2
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   903.7    904.1    898.7    902.4    903.7    901.4    900.8    901.2    898.5    902.2      3.7
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   376.5    389.6    369.5    370.2    379.3    380.3    375.7    379.8    376.3    376.7       .4
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   328.0    329.5    328.4    326.9    327.6    327.6    328.0    328.2    327.6    326.3     -1.3
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    30.1     30.7     31.0     31.1     30.1     30.3     29.5     30.6     31.0     31.2       .2
  Telecommunications............   990.4    989.6    988.8    992.0    991.2    989.2    986.3    990.1    992.5    993.8      1.3
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   375.9    383.3    381.9    380.0    376.9    383.8    381.8    382.8    383.0    380.7     -2.3
  Other information services....    49.1     49.7     49.5     49.9     49.4     49.8     50.0     49.4     49.8     50.2       .4

Financial activities............   8,191    8,384    8,358    8,349    8,201    8,315    8,321    8,333    8,360    8,361        1
 Finance and insurance.......... 6,043.4  6,159.6  6,157.4  6,169.3  6,053.3  6,130.5  6,142.3  6,150.9  6,172.1  6,178.5      6.4
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    20.7     21.9     21.8     21.8     20.7     21.7     21.7     21.7     21.8     21.9       .1
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities (1)....... 2,885.5  2,935.5  2,935.6  2,939.8  2,892.9  2,920.0  2,925.7  2,927.2  2,942.2  2,944.7      2.5
   Depository credit
    intermediation (1).......... 1,782.2  1,828.1  1,822.2  1,824.7  1,790.8  1,816.1  1,818.3  1,821.4  1,827.9  1,832.1      4.2
    Commercial banking.......... 1,300.6  1,330.8  1,329.1  1,332.6  1,306.9  1,322.7  1,322.9  1,325.7  1,332.7  1,337.3      4.6
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   788.1    799.5    795.9    800.6    790.5    797.6    798.7    799.4    800.6    802.8      2.2
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,262.8  2,310.9  2,312.2  2,315.6  2,262.1  2,301.0  2,304.9  2,310.9  2,315.3  2,317.1      1.8
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    86.3     91.8     91.9     91.5     87.1     90.2     91.3     91.7     92.2     92.0      -.2
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,147.3  2,224.2  2,200.2  2,180.0  2,147.5  2,184.0  2,178.6  2,182.0  2,187.6  2,182.8     -4.8
  Real estate................... 1,477.9  1,528.2  1,510.5  1,496.4  1,474.7  1,503.2  1,499.7  1,500.3  1,501.4  1,497.4     -4.0
  Rental and leasing services...   641.6    665.5    659.6    653.6    645.1    651.9    649.3    651.9    656.4    655.6      -.8
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    27.8     30.5     30.1     30.0     27.7     28.9     29.6     29.8     29.8     29.8       .0

Professional and business
 services.......................  17,183   17,607   17,550   17,639   16,991   17,319   17,364   17,402   17,416   17,459       43
 Professional and technical
  services (1).................. 7,035.8  7,271.9  7,241.6  7,287.9  7,074.8  7,240.9  7,281.1  7,295.5  7,307.3  7,324.6     17.3
   Legal services............... 1,159.0  1,167.3  1,156.9  1,163.4  1,159.2  1,157.7  1,158.5  1,160.5  1,161.6  1,163.6      2.0
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   780.3    797.8    809.5    811.4    851.0    867.2    870.8    869.4    877.4    878.2       .8
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,336.4  1,409.9  1,398.7  1,399.6  1,326.1  1,372.9  1,382.2  1,386.6  1,389.3  1,389.8       .5
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,206.6  1,276.9  1,275.1  1,281.7  1,204.4  1,258.8  1,267.8  1,274.6  1,278.5  1,279.6      1.1
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   860.3    897.1    895.3    912.3    855.5    880.0    886.5    892.0    895.9    907.6     11.7
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,749.5  1,800.9  1,792.3  1,787.9  1,749.9  1,783.0  1,789.1  1,790.7  1,794.5  1,795.8      1.3
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 8,397.4  8,534.2  8,515.8  8,563.2  8,165.8  8,294.9  8,294.2  8,315.4  8,314.5  8,338.8     24.3
  Administrative and support
   services (1)................. 8,065.5  8,196.7  8,177.8  8,222.6  7,835.6  7,960.8  7,959.1  7,983.4  7,979.4  8,000.1     20.7
   Employment services (1)...... 3,788.9  3,775.9  3,777.0  3,824.4  3,617.2  3,659.2  3,648.1  3,663.8  3,650.6  3,657.1      6.5
    Temporary help services..... 2,717.6  2,683.4  2,694.4  2,738.6  2,576.2  2,602.7  2,596.6  2,600.5  2,588.6  2,603.6     15.0
   Business support services....   756.9    765.5    765.7    780.5    752.7    766.5    766.8    770.5    770.6    777.0      6.4
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,785.8  1,875.1  1,840.0  1,821.8  1,741.1  1,773.4  1,777.9  1,775.9  1,775.2  1,779.4      4.2
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   331.9    337.5    338.0    340.6    330.2    334.1    335.1    332.0    335.1    338.7      3.6

Education and health services...  17,615   17,433   17,764   18,044   17,440   17,704   17,735   17,805   17,842   17,870       28
 Educational services........... 2,978.5  2,535.5  2,842.8  3,054.0  2,815.9  2,852.2  2,856.9  2,889.1  2,889.6  2,890.3       .7
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,636.8 14,897.0 14,920.7 14,989.7 14,624.5 14,852.1 14,877.6 14,915.7 14,952.5 14,980.1     27.6
 Health care (3)................12,400.3 12,672.1 12,655.5 12,700.3 12,392.7 12,585.4 12,615.6 12,642.7 12,672.6 12,695.1     22.5
   Ambulatory health care
    services (1)................ 5,156.9  5,296.2  5,293.9  5,316.3  5,152.9  5,257.1  5,271.7  5,287.0  5,308.6  5,316.2      7.6
    Offices of physicians....... 2,121.7  2,187.4  2,189.7  2,198.2  2,119.8  2,173.7  2,180.3  2,182.8  2,196.8  2,198.0      1.2
    Outpatient care centers.....   479.8    491.9    491.6    492.2    480.6    490.3    489.2    491.5    492.6    493.6      1.0
    Home health care services...   822.4    851.1    853.1    860.4    820.8    839.4    845.6    850.9    855.7    859.1      3.4
   Hospitals.................... 4,370.9  4,458.3  4,453.5  4,460.4  4,371.7  4,427.4  4,434.0  4,445.1  4,453.6  4,459.9      6.3
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities (1).............. 2,872.5  2,917.6  2,908.1  2,923.6  2,868.1  2,900.9  2,909.9  2,910.6  2,910.4  2,919.0      8.6
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,582.4  1,593.7  1,592.4  1,598.6  1,578.9  1,588.6  1,593.0  1,590.3  1,591.4  1,595.5      4.1
  Social assistance (1)......... 2,236.5  2,224.9  2,265.2  2,289.4  2,231.8  2,266.7  2,262.0  2,273.0  2,279.9  2,285.0      5.1
   Child day care services......   803.9    745.3    783.4    799.2    793.2    790.6    781.9    789.7    787.6    788.5       .9

Leisure and hospitality.........  12,757   13,724   13,300   13,086   12,840   13,023   13,062   13,099   13,127   13,162       35
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,855.1  2,189.3  1,991.2  1,881.7  1,897.8  1,911.8  1,913.7  1,916.1  1,914.3  1,924.6     10.3
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   367.5    403.9    391.1    380.3    365.0    374.3    376.5    375.1    373.7    377.2      3.5
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   122.0    135.9    126.6    125.5    121.6    123.8    123.9    124.4    124.5    124.5       .0
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,365.6  1,649.5  1,473.5  1,375.9  1,411.2  1,413.7  1,413.3  1,416.6  1,416.1  1,422.9      6.8
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,902.3 11,534.9 11,308.7 11,204.7 10,942.4 11,110.8 11,148.0 11,182.6 11,212.4 11,237.8     25.4
  Accommodations................ 1,792.3  1,946.8  1,850.8  1,801.4  1,812.9  1,798.0  1,806.5  1,809.9  1,817.5  1,816.2     -1.3
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 9,110.0  9,588.1  9,457.9  9,403.3  9,129.5  9,312.8  9,341.5  9,372.7  9,394.9  9,421.6     26.7

Other services..................   5,355    5,438    5,391    5,407    5,371    5,402    5,398    5,404    5,416    5,426       10
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,225.6  1,255.4  1,252.9  1,255.5  1,227.1  1,251.8  1,245.9  1,252.5  1,256.3  1,258.5      2.2
  Personal and laundry services. 1,265.0  1,272.6  1,267.9  1,268.2  1,270.3  1,267.9  1,271.2  1,268.2  1,272.6  1,273.5       .9
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,864.3  2,910.0  2,870.3  2,882.9  2,873.2  2,882.5  2,880.9  2,883.0  2,887.0  2,893.5      6.5

Government......................  22,181   20,847   21,910   22,429   21,852   21,951   21,970   22,020   22,048   22,082       34
 Federal........................   2,721    2,722    2,713    2,697    2,724    2,708    2,716    2,708    2,706    2,699       -7
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,948.6  1,957.9  1,948.2  1,930.6  1,949.5  1,942.7  1,943.2  1,940.3  1,938.8  1,931.7     -7.1
  U.S. Postal Service...........   772.3    763.8    765.0    766.1    774.1    764.9    772.9    767.5    767.2    767.4       .2
 State government...............   5,155    4,788    5,067    5,200    5,022    5,038    5,039    5,055    5,061    5,063        2
  State government education.... 2,390.2  1,975.6  2,278.8  2,422.6  2,248.1  2,258.3  2,256.1  2,268.6  2,275.0  2,276.9      1.9
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,764.7  2,812.8  2,788.2  2,777.2  2,773.5  2,779.8  2,783.0  2,786.1  2,786.3  2,785.9      -.4
 Local government...............  14,305   13,337   14,130   14,532   14,106   14,205   14,215   14,257   14,281   14,320       39
  Local government education.... 8,134.7  6,899.1  7,849.0  8,273.4  7,894.9  7,934.1  7,940.2  7,973.2  7,990.1  8,020.2     30.1
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,170.3  6,437.6  6,280.5  6,258.4  6,211.5  6,270.7  6,274.7  6,284.0  6,291.0  6,299.3      8.3

  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Oct.   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.    Oct.   June   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.     from:
                                                 2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2006   2006   2006   2006p  2006p  Sept. 2006-
                                                                                                                        Oct. 2006p

        Total private.........................   34.1   34.1   33.9   34.2    33.8   33.9   33.9   33.8   33.8   33.9       0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   40.6   40.9   40.8   41.0    40.3   40.6   40.7   40.6   40.3   40.7        .4

Natural resources and mining..................   46.4   45.8   45.6   46.4    46.0   46.0   46.0   45.3   45.1   45.8        .7

Construction..................................   39.1   39.9   39.3   39.9    38.5   39.0   38.8   39.0   38.5   39.3        .8

Manufacturing.................................   41.2   41.3   41.4   41.4    41.0   41.3   41.4   41.3   41.1   41.2        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.8    4.5    4.5    4.4     4.6    4.6    4.5    4.4    4.3    4.3        .0

 Durable goods................................   41.7   41.6   41.6   41.7    41.6   41.6   41.8   41.6   41.3   41.5        .2
   Overtime hours.............................    4.9    4.5    4.5    4.4     4.8    4.6    4.6    4.4    4.3    4.3        .0

  Wood products...............................   41.1   40.3   39.7   40.1    40.8   39.6   40.1   39.9   39.6   39.8        .2
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   43.6   43.8   43.6   43.8    42.6   43.6   43.6   43.3   43.2   43.2        .0
  Primary metals..............................   43.4   43.4   43.8   43.6    43.5   43.8   44.0   43.7   43.6   43.7        .1
  Fabricated metal products...................   41.8   41.6   41.6   41.8    41.6   41.5   41.6   41.7   41.4   41.5        .1
  Machinery...................................   42.1   42.3   42.6   42.8    42.2   42.5   42.9   42.7   42.4   42.8        .4
  Computer and electronic products............   40.7   40.2   40.6   40.7    40.5   40.8   40.6   40.5   40.4   40.6        .2
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   41.8   41.0   41.0   41.2    41.4   41.3   41.5   41.0   40.7   40.8        .1
  Transportation equipment....................   43.2   42.9   43.0   42.8    43.0   42.9   43.5   42.9   42.5   42.6        .1
   Motor vehicles and parts (2)...............   43.2   42.6   42.7   42.3    42.9   42.8   43.0   42.5   42.1   42.0       -.1
  Furniture and related products..............   38.8   39.5   39.2   39.5    39.2   38.7   38.6   39.0   38.7   39.5        .8
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   39.1   38.8   38.6   38.6    39.0   38.9   38.7   38.7   38.5   38.5        .0

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.3   40.7   41.1   40.8    40.1   40.7   40.8   40.7   40.7   40.7        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.6    4.4    4.6    4.4     4.4    4.5    4.4    4.3    4.2    4.3        .1

  Food manufacturing..........................   39.3   40.0   40.9   40.6    38.9   39.9   40.1   39.8   40.2   40.2        .0
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   40.5   41.6   40.8   40.4    40.8   41.2   41.7   41.1   40.8   40.9        .1
  Textile mills...............................   39.9   41.1   40.9   40.4    40.2   40.8   40.8   41.1   40.7   40.7        .0
  Textile product mills.......................   39.0   40.2   39.9   39.0    38.8   40.2   40.3   40.4   39.6   39.2       -.4
  Apparel.....................................   36.2   36.7   36.5   37.3    36.1   36.8   36.7   36.6   36.6   37.0        .4
  Leather and allied products.................   39.0   39.5   38.6   38.7    38.7   39.1   39.2   39.6   38.8   38.7       -.1
  Paper and paper products....................   43.1   43.3   43.2   43.1    42.9   43.3   43.5   43.4   42.9   43.0        .1
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.8   38.9   39.6   39.6    38.5   39.3   39.1   39.1   39.2   39.3        .1
  Petroleum and coal products.................   47.6   44.9   45.9   45.5    47.3   45.6   45.6   45.4   45.1   45.2        .1
  Chemicals...................................   42.7   42.5   43.0   42.3    42.9   42.6   42.8   42.7   43.1   42.6       -.5
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.1   40.8   40.9   40.7    40.0   40.8   41.0   40.9   40.5   40.7        .2

     Private service-providing................   32.6   32.6   32.4   32.8    32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.5        .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.5   33.6   33.5   33.6    33.3   33.4   33.4   33.4   33.4   33.4        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   38.2   38.0   38.0   38.5    37.8   38.0   38.0   38.0   38.0   38.1        .1

 Retail trade.................................   30.4   30.7   30.6   30.4    30.4   30.4   30.4   30.3   30.4   30.4        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............   37.1   37.2   36.9   37.5    36.7   36.9   36.9   37.0   36.7   37.0        .3

 Utilities....................................   41.6   41.7   41.8   42.3    41.3   41.3   41.6   41.7   41.4   41.9        .5

Information...................................   37.0   36.9   36.9   37.2    36.7   36.6   36.8   36.8   36.9   36.8       -.1

Financial activities..........................   36.5   35.4   35.4   36.5    36.1   35.6   35.7   35.5   35.7   35.9        .2

Professional and business services............   34.6   34.8   34.7   35.1    34.3   34.6   34.6   34.7   34.7   34.8        .1

Education and health services.................   32.8   32.5   32.5   32.7    32.7   32.6   32.5   32.4   32.5   32.5        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.9   26.3   25.6   25.9    25.7   25.6   25.6   25.6   25.8   25.7       -.1

Other services................................   31.0   31.1   30.8   31.0    30.9   30.9   30.8   30.9   30.8   30.9        .1

  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Oct.      Aug.     Sept.     Oct.       Oct.      Aug.     Sept.     Oct.
                                                   2005      2006     2006p     2006p      2005      2006     2006p     2006p

        Total private........................... $16.35    $16.70    $16.88    $16.99    $557.54   $569.47   $572.23   $581.06
         Seasonally adjusted....................  16.28     16.81     16.85     16.91     550.26    568.18    569.53    573.25

    Goods-producing.............................  17.82     18.12     18.20     18.25     723.49    741.11    742.56    748.25

Natural resources and mining....................  19.01     19.93     20.04     20.29     882.06    912.79    913.82    941.46

Construction....................................  19.75     20.23     20.36     20.40     772.23    807.18    800.15    813.96

Manufacturing...................................  16.70     16.81     16.91     16.94     688.04    694.25    700.07    701.32

 Durable goods..................................  17.52     17.71     17.84     17.87     730.58    736.74    742.14    745.18
  Wood products.................................  13.28     13.48     13.56     13.51     545.81    543.24    538.33    541.75
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.71     16.73     16.52     16.62     728.56    732.77    720.27    727.96
  Primary metals................................  19.08     19.32     19.63     19.54     828.07    838.49    859.79    851.94
  Fabricated metal products.....................  15.93     16.10     16.20     16.22     665.87    669.76    673.92    678.00
  Machinery.....................................  17.06     17.14     17.26     17.40     718.23    725.02    735.28    744.72
  Computer and electronic products..............  18.61     19.12     19.34     19.49     757.43    768.62    785.20    793.24
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.39     15.65     15.61     15.68     643.30    641.65    640.01    646.02
  Transportation equipment......................  22.54     22.45     22.61     22.56     973.73    963.11    972.23    965.57
  Furniture and related products................  13.45     13.82     13.95     13.98     521.86    545.89    546.84    552.21
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  14.08     14.52     14.52     14.61     550.53    563.38    560.47    563.95

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.31     15.27     15.33     15.34     616.99    621.49    630.06    625.87
  Food manufacturing............................  13.00     13.14     13.15     13.12     510.90    525.60    537.84    532.67
  Beverages and tobacco products................  18.57     17.96     18.23     18.23     752.09    747.14    743.78    736.49
  Textile mills.................................  12.31     12.65     12.57     12.85     491.17    519.92    514.11    519.14
  Textile product mills.........................  11.71     11.90     11.97     11.82     456.69    478.38    477.60    460.98
  Apparel.......................................  10.28     10.56     10.60     10.58     372.14    387.55    386.90    394.63
  Leather and allied products...................  11.49     11.66     11.44     11.63     448.11    460.57    441.58    450.08
  Paper and paper products......................  17.94     17.91     18.14     18.17     773.21    775.50    783.65    783.13
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.89     15.81     15.82     15.91     616.53    615.01    626.47    630.04
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.59     23.53     24.12     24.58    1170.48   1056.50   1107.11   1118.39
  Chemicals.....................................  19.88     19.18     19.40     19.44     848.88    815.15    834.20    822.31
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.80     15.08     15.07     14.98     593.48    615.26    616.36    609.69

     Private service-providing..................  15.95     16.31     16.51     16.65     519.97    531.71    534.92    546.12

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.09     15.44     15.56     15.61     505.52    518.78    521.26    524.50

 Wholesale trade................................  18.42     18.92     19.08     19.14     703.64    718.96    725.04    736.89

 Retail trade...................................  12.42     12.63     12.71     12.72     377.57    387.74    388.93    386.69

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.83     17.36     17.42     17.48     624.39    645.79    642.80    655.50

 Utilities......................................  27.26     27.19     27.49     27.73    1134.02   1133.82   1149.08   1172.98

Information.....................................  22.80     23.32     23.58     23.65     843.60    860.51    870.10    879.78

Financial activities............................  18.22     18.78     19.03     19.26     665.03    664.81    673.66    702.99

Professional and business services..............  18.38     18.94     19.14     19.48     635.95    659.11    664.16    683.75

Education and health services...................  16.90     17.41     17.48     17.49     554.32    565.83    568.10    571.92

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.26      9.58      9.72      9.75     239.83    251.95    248.83    252.53

Other services..................................  14.45     14.51     14.70     14.72     447.95    451.26    452.76    456.32

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.

 
  
   
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Oct.     June     July     Aug.    Sept.    Oct.  change from:
                                                   2005     2006     2006     2006    2006p    2006p  Sept.2006-
                                                                                                      Oct. 2006p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $16.28   $16.69   $16.76   $16.81   $16.85   $16.91      0.4
         Constant (1982) dollars (2)............   8.09     8.17     8.16     8.16     8.24     N.A.      (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  17.74    17.99    18.00    18.06    18.08    18.15       .4

Natural resources and mining....................  19.04    19.85    19.89    20.06    20.17    20.30       .6

Construction....................................  19.58    20.02    20.06    20.11    20.17    20.20       .1

Manufacturing...................................  16.71    16.80    16.80    16.85    16.86    16.92       .4
   Excluding overtime (4).......................  15.82    15.91    15.93    16.00    16.02    16.08       .4

 Durable goods..................................  17.51    17.68    17.69    17.74    17.77    17.83       .3

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.35    15.30    15.28    15.32    15.30    15.36       .4

     Private service-providing..................  15.89    16.34    16.43    16.47    16.52    16.58       .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.05    15.38    15.48    15.49    15.53    15.57       .3

 Wholesale trade................................  18.32    18.84    18.94    19.00    19.10    19.08      -.1

 Retail trade...................................  12.43    12.60    12.66    12.65    12.67    12.72       .4

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.82    17.19    17.36    17.34    17.40    17.45       .3

 Utilities......................................  27.17    27.47    27.57    27.47    27.33    27.62      1.1

Information.....................................  22.65    23.24    23.34    23.40    23.45    23.50       .2

Financial activities............................  18.09    18.69    18.79    18.86    19.03    19.12       .5

Professional and business services..............  18.30    18.98    19.15    19.17    19.29    19.40       .6

Education and health services...................  16.90    17.33    17.36    17.44    17.45    17.49       .2

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.22     9.57     9.61     9.67     9.69     9.71       .2

Other services..................................  14.46    14.56    14.60    14.61    14.67    14.69       .1

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was 1.0 percent from Aug. 2006 to Sept. 2006, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Oct.   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.    Oct.   June   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   change from:
                                                2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2006   2006   2006   2006p  2006p   Sept. 2006-
                                                                                                                        Oct. 2006p

        Total private.........................  104.7  107.1  105.9  107.0   103.1  105.1  105.2  105.1  105.2  105.5       0.3

    Goods-producing...........................  102.0  105.5  104.3  104.2    99.6  102.4  102.6  102.4  101.4  102.0        .6

Natural resources and mining..................  120.8  129.0  128.4  129.9   117.6  125.4  126.1  124.7  124.4  126.1       1.4

Construction..................................  114.2  121.2  117.4  118.0   108.5  112.7  112.0  112.7  111.0  112.5       1.4

Manufacturing.................................   95.6   97.4   97.3   96.8    94.7   96.9   97.0   96.8   96.1   96.1        .0

 Durable goods................................   98.1  100.4  100.0   99.9    97.7  100.0  100.4  100.0   99.1   99.4        .3
  Wood products...............................  103.9  100.8   97.5   96.2   102.4   98.6   99.5   98.1   96.1   95.0      -1.1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................  101.5  102.8  100.9  100.9    97.2  100.5  100.3   99.1   97.9   98.0        .1
  Primary metals..............................   94.7   95.5   96.0   94.9    95.0   97.1   97.0   96.3   95.6   95.3       -.3
  Fabricated metal products...................  101.2  104.1  104.1  104.4   100.5  102.8  103.6  104.1  103.5  103.6        .1
  Machinery...................................   99.6  103.3  104.6  105.8   100.3  102.9  104.7  104.7  104.4  105.8       1.3
  Computer and electronic products............  100.3  105.7  106.7  107.1    99.8  106.8  106.2  106.3  106.2  106.7        .5
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   88.8   91.3   90.6   90.6    88.1   91.6   91.9   91.1   90.0   90.1        .1
  Transportation equipment....................   99.5  101.0  101.1  100.1    98.8  101.8  102.5  101.0   99.9   99.9        .0
   Motor vehicles and parts (2)...............   97.1   94.3   93.9   90.8    96.4   96.6   95.1   93.9   92.4   90.4      -2.2
  Furniture and related products..............   90.0   91.3   88.9   88.2    91.0   90.1   89.0   89.4   87.8   88.6        .9
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   92.1   92.4   91.8   92.9    91.5   91.4   91.2   92.0   91.8   92.2        .4

 Nondurable goods.............................   91.4   92.5   93.0   91.6    90.2   91.6   91.7   91.4   91.2   90.7       -.5
  Food manufacturing..........................   97.2  100.4  103.0  101.4    94.5   97.2   97.9   97.2   98.7   98.4       -.3
  Beverages and tobacco products..............  102.1  104.0  102.7  101.6   100.3   99.8  101.5  100.3   99.7  100.3        .6
  Textile mills...............................   68.9   66.0   64.3   62.5    69.3   66.1   65.6   65.6   63.7   63.0      -1.1
  Textile product mills.......................   92.0   90.0   88.9   86.4    92.2   91.6   91.4   91.0   89.0   87.3      -1.9
  Apparel.....................................   64.5   66.0   65.7   66.4    64.0   66.8   66.8   65.7   65.3   65.9        .9
  Leather and allied products.................   81.0   74.7   73.7   72.9    79.6   75.4   75.4   74.9   73.3   72.3      -1.4
  Paper and paper products....................   88.5   87.8   87.0   86.2    87.9   88.0   88.0   87.4   86.0   85.9       -.1
  Printing and related support activities.....   92.0   93.1   94.5   95.3    90.8   93.8   93.2   93.5   93.7   94.3        .6
  Petroleum and coal products.................  107.4  101.1  101.8   97.9   105.3  101.3  101.4   99.0   97.9   96.2      -1.7
  Chemicals...................................   97.2  100.6  100.0   98.2    97.9   99.9  100.2  100.7  100.6   99.3      -1.3
  Plastics and rubber products................   92.4   92.9   92.6   90.6    91.9   93.2   93.3   93.1   91.6   90.3      -1.4

     Private service-providing................  105.2  107.5  106.4  108.0   104.1  105.7  105.8  106.1  106.2  106.6        .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  102.4  102.9  102.3  103.3   101.3  102.2  102.3  102.3  102.2  102.3        .1

 Wholesale trade..............................  103.7  105.3  105.1  106.6   102.3  104.7  104.8  104.8  105.0  105.3        .3

 Retail trade.................................  100.4  100.8   99.6  100.0   100.0   99.9   99.9   99.5   99.7   99.7        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............  106.6  107.1  108.3  110.2   104.3  106.7  107.0  107.5  106.7  107.7        .9

 Utilities....................................   95.4   97.2   96.8   97.9    94.9   95.3   96.2   96.5   95.9   97.1       1.3

Information...................................  100.9  102.6  101.5  102.3   100.5  101.2  101.5  101.8  102.1  101.7       -.4

Financial activities..........................  106.8  107.6  107.1  110.4   105.8  107.0  107.4  107.1  108.0  108.8        .7

Professional and business services............  109.3  113.3  112.4  114.2   106.9  110.6  110.8  111.3  111.4  111.9        .4

Education and health services.................  108.4  106.6  108.6  110.9   107.0  108.4  108.3  108.5  109.0  109.1        .1

Leisure and hospitality.......................  106.4  117.2  110.3  109.5   106.2  107.8  108.1  108.5  109.6  109.5       -.1

Other services................................   95.7   98.2   96.3   97.2    95.8   96.7   96.4   96.8   96.7   97.2        .5

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Oct.   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.    Oct.   June   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   change from:
                                                2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2006   2006   2006   2006p  2006p   Sept. 2006-
                                                                                                                        Oct. 2006p

        Total private.........................  114.5  119.7  119.6  121.6   112.3  117.4  118.0  118.2  118.6  119.3       0.6

    Goods-producing...........................  111.3  117.0  116.3  116.4   108.2  112.8  113.1  113.2  112.3  113.3        .9

Natural resources and mining..................  133.6  149.5  149.7  153.3   130.2  144.8  145.9  145.5  145.9  148.8       2.0

Construction..................................  121.8  132.4  129.1  130.0   114.7  121.8  121.3  122.4  120.9  122.7       1.5

Manufacturing.................................  104.4  107.1  107.6  107.3   103.5  106.4  106.6  106.7  106.0  106.3        .3

 Durable goods................................  107.3  111.0  111.4  111.5   106.8  110.4  110.9  110.7  109.9  110.6        .6

 Nondurable goods.............................   98.8   99.8  100.7   99.3    97.9   99.0   99.1   99.0   98.6   98.5       -.1

     Private service-providing................  115.2  120.5  120.6  123.6   113.6  118.6  119.4  120.0  120.5  121.4        .7

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  110.2  113.3  113.5  115.0   108.8  112.2  112.9  113.0  113.3  113.6        .3

 Wholesale trade..............................  112.5  117.4  118.2  120.1   110.4  116.2  116.9  117.3  118.1  118.4        .3

 Retail trade.................................  106.9  109.1  108.5  109.0   106.6  107.9  108.4  107.9  108.2  108.7        .5

 Transportation and warehousing...............  113.8  117.9  119.7  122.2   111.3  116.3  117.9  118.2  117.8  119.2       1.2

 Utilities....................................  108.6  110.3  111.1  113.3   107.6  109.3  110.7  110.7  109.4  112.0       2.4

Information...................................  113.9  118.5  118.4  119.8   112.7  116.4  117.2  117.9  118.5  118.3       -.2

Financial activities..........................  120.3  124.9  126.0  131.5   118.4  123.7  124.8  124.8  127.1  128.6       1.2

Professional and business services............  119.6  127.6  128.0  132.3   116.4  124.9  126.2  127.0  127.9  129.1        .9

Education and health services.................  120.5  122.0  124.7  127.5   118.8  123.5  123.6  124.3  125.1  125.5        .3

Leisure and hospitality.......................  114.9  130.9  125.0  124.5   114.2  120.3  121.1  122.3  123.8  123.9        .1

Other services................................  100.8  103.8  103.1  104.2   100.9  102.6  102.5  103.1  103.4  104.1        .7

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries (1)

Over 1-month span:
     2002 ..............   40.8     36.5     38.3     38.7     40.1     46.0     43.7     43.3     41.7     41.9     41.5     36.0
     2003 ..............   44.1     37.9     34.9     38.3     42.8     38.8     37.6     39.7     50.7     49.8     52.0     51.3
     2004 ..............   51.6     49.5     62.4     65.5     62.4     57.7     52.7     52.0     57.0     54.3     55.0     54.1
     2005 ..............   50.7     57.7     56.7     54.7     54.5     56.7     59.2     54.1     51.4     53.4     61.7     58.6
     2006 ..............   61.0     59.9     58.5     64.4     55.8     56.8     53.8     53.1    p55.9    p54.9

Over 3-month span:
     2002 ..............   34.5     36.2     35.6     35.8     34.9     38.8     38.5     44.8     37.6     39.7     37.2     39.6
     2003 ..............   40.6     34.2     34.7     32.7     35.3     41.7     38.5     33.8     42.6     47.8     49.8     50.5
     2004 ..............   54.3     53.4     57.6     63.1     69.4     68.3     58.8     55.6     57.4     56.5     59.9     55.2
     2005 ..............   52.9     56.7     59.2     60.4     56.8     60.8     60.4     59.7     57.9     52.2     57.0     63.7
     2006 ..............   66.2     65.5     63.3     63.7     63.8     59.7     56.7     58.8    p56.1    p55.6

Over 6-month span:
     2002 ..............   30.2     30.6     31.5     30.9     32.0     36.3     35.8     37.6     34.5     36.0     36.7     35.3
     2003 ..............   34.4     31.8     31.8     34.0     32.7     36.2     33.3     32.4     40.5     45.3     46.4     47.7
     2004 ..............   49.8     52.3     54.7     60.8     63.3     63.8     63.1     63.5     59.0     61.3     55.9     55.6
     2005 ..............   55.4     57.7     57.4     58.8     55.2     58.6     60.8     59.5     60.6     57.7     58.5     60.6
     2006 ..............   61.2     61.5     63.1     67.6     65.5     65.8     62.9     59.9    p59.7    p58.1

Over 12-month span:
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.4     30.2     29.1     32.0     31.3     30.0     29.5     32.9     34.7
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.4     50.7     57.7     57.0     55.2     56.7     58.3     60.1     60.3
     2005 ..............   60.1     61.0     59.5     58.6     58.6     59.4     60.8     61.0     60.8     58.3     58.8     62.1
     2006 ..............   61.3     61.0     62.2     62.6     64.0     65.3     60.8     62.6    p63.8    p64.0

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries (1)

Over 1-month span:
     2002 ..............   19.6     21.4     18.5     29.2     25.0     30.4     36.9     25.6     28.6     17.9     17.9     19.6
     2003 ..............   32.7     19.6     19.6     10.7     23.2     19.0     19.6     29.2     28.6     36.3     42.3     40.5
     2004 ..............   44.0     47.6     44.6     64.9     53.6     45.8     56.5     52.4     41.7     42.3     39.9     39.3
     2005 ..............   39.3     38.7     38.7     42.3     44.6     34.5     47.6     35.7     45.2     43.5     50.0     52.4
     2006 ..............   59.5     48.8     49.4     57.7     50.0     60.7     45.2     39.9    p44.0    p44.0

Over 3-month span:
     2002 ..............    9.5      9.5     11.3     17.9     14.9     17.9     22.6     25.6     22.6     17.3      9.5     11.9
     2003 ..............   18.5     11.3     12.5      8.3      7.7     11.3     14.9     15.5     16.7     27.4     32.1     35.7
     2004 ..............   43.5     42.3     43.5     53.6     57.7     58.9     53.6     48.8     48.2     40.5     38.1     31.0
     2005 ..............   35.7     39.9     42.9     39.9     37.5     41.1     39.3     35.7     39.9     36.3     36.9     50.0
     2006 ..............   56.0     51.8     48.8     50.6     48.8     51.2     48.8     49.4    p37.5    p38.1

Over 6-month span:
     2002 ..............    7.1      8.3      7.7      8.3      8.3     11.9     12.5     11.9     13.7      8.9      7.1      7.7
     2003 ..............   11.3     11.3      8.3      9.5     10.7      9.5      6.0      8.9     13.7     18.5     24.4     23.8
     2004 ..............   28.6     33.3     33.3     45.8     47.6     51.2     56.0     51.8     48.2     49.4     39.3     35.7
     2005 ..............   36.9     36.9     35.1     33.3     33.3     32.7     36.9     36.9     41.1     41.7     39.3     42.3
     2006 ..............   37.5     45.8     45.2     51.2     48.2     51.8     45.2     45.2    p47.6    p42.3

Over 12-month span:
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      6.5      7.1      3.6      4.8      6.0      4.8      7.1      4.8      8.3
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     20.2     23.2     35.7     36.9     38.1     36.3     44.0     44.6     44.6
     2005 ..............   44.6     44.6     41.7     40.5     39.9     33.3     32.7     31.0     32.1     39.3     35.7     40.5
     2006 ..............   41.1     39.9     39.9     42.9     41.7     46.4     42.9     42.9    p45.8    p45.2

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.