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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MAY 2004

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 248,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at

5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The May

increase in payroll employment follows gains of 346,000 in April and 353,000 in March (as revised). Job

growth in May again was widespread, as increases continued in construction, manufacturing, and several

service-providing industries.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

The number of unemployed persons was essentially unchanged at 8.2 million in May, and the unemployment rate held at 5.6 percent. The unemployment rate has been either 5.6 or 5.7 percent in each month

since December 2003. The unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.2 percent),

adult women (4.8 percent), teenagers (17.2 percent), whites (5.0 percent), blacks (9.9 percent), and

Hispanics or Latinos (7.0 percent)—were little changed in May. The unemployment rate for Asians was

4.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment was 138.8 million in May, and the employment-population ratio—the proportion of the

population age 16 and over with jobs—remained at 62.2 percent. The civilian labor force participation rate

was 65.9 percent for the fourth consecutive month. (See table A-1.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Apr.-

Category 2003 2004 1 May

IV I Mar. Apr. May change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................................. 146,986 146,661 146,650 146,741 146,974 233

Employment................................................................... 138,369 138,388 138,298 138,576 138,772 196

Unemployment................................................................... 8,616 8,273 8,352 8,164 8,203 39

Not in labor force................................................................... 75,290 75,695 75,900 76,016 75,993 -23

All workers............................................................... 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 0.0

Adult men........................................................... 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2 .2

Adult women........................................................ 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 -.2

Teenagers........................................................ 16.3 16.6 16.5 16.9 17.2 .3

White .................................................................. 5.1 5.0 5.1 4.9 5.0 .1

Black or African American .................................... 10.7 10.1 10.2 9.7 9.9 .2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 7.1 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.0 -.2

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 130,002 130,367 130,630 p130,976 p131,224 p248

Goods-producing 2........................................................ 21,676 21,719 21,778 p21,830 p21,902 p72

Construction............................................................. 6,766 6,819 6,853 p6,872 p6,909 p37

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,340 14,326 14,344 p14,373 p14,405 p32

Service-providing 2............................................................... 108,326 108,648 108,852 p109,146 p109,322 p176

Retail trade........................................................ 14,915 14,974 15,013 p15,041 p15,060 p19

Professional and business services......... 16,114 16,202 16,237 p16,367 p16,431 p64

Education and health services.............................. 16,705 16,774 16,813 p16,852 p16,896 p44

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 12,172 12,239 12,271 p12,313 p12,353 p40

Government........................................................ 21,549 21,540 21,553 p21,574 p21,547 p-27

Total private.............................................................. 33.7 33.8 33.8 p33.8 p33.8 p0.0

Manufacturing............................................................ 40.6 41.0 40.9 p40.7 p41.1 p.4

Overtime........................................................ 4.4 4.6 4.6 p4.6 p4.7 p.1

 

Total private..........................................................98.7 99.3 99.5 p99.9 p100.2 p0.3

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $15.45 $15.52 $15.55 p$15.59 p$15.64 p$0.05

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 520.55 524.58 525.59 p526.94 p528.63 p1.69

 1 Beginning in January 2004, household data reflect revised population controls used in the Current 

Population Survey.

 2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

 p=preliminary.

Unemployment rates 

Employment

2004

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3
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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force was 1.5 million in May, about

the same as a year earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available

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

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

476,000 discouraged workers in May, also about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset

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

were available for them. The other 1.1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons

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

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 248,000 in May to 131.2 million, seasonally adjusted. Since

its recent low in August 2003, payroll employment has risen by 1.4 million; 947,000 of this increase occurred

over the last 3 months. Job growth was widespread in May, with gains continuing in construction, manufacturing, and several service-providing industries. (See table B-1.)

In May, construction employment increased by 37,000, with most of the gain occurring in specialty trade

contracting and the construction of buildings. Since March 2003, the construction industry has added about

a quarter-million jobs.

Manufacturing employment grew by 32,000 in May. Since January, manufacturing has added 91,000

jobs, mostly in its durable goods component. In May, employment rose in three construction-related manufacturing industries: fabricated metal products, wood products, and nonmetallic mineral products (such as

concrete and cement). Employment also increased in computer and electronic products.

Mining employment continued to rise in May. Since January, the industry has added 18,000 jobs.

In the service-providing sector, professional and business services added 64,000 jobs in May. Employment in temporary help services continued to rise (31,000) and has grown by 299,000 (or 14 percent) since

April 2003.

Strong employment increases in health care and social assistance continued in May with a gain of 36,000.

Over the year, this industry has added 274,000 jobs. Hospitals and ambulatory health care services, such as

outpatient care centers, accounted for two-thirds of May’s employment gain.

Within the leisure and hospitality industry, food services added 33,000 jobs over the month. Since the

beginning of the year, employment in food services has increased by an average of 32,000 a month, more

than double the average monthly increase in 2003.

Employment in financial activities rose by 15,000 in May, reflecting continued increases in real estate

and in credit intermediation. Retail employment continued to trend upward in May; over the year, the

industry has added 142,000 jobs. Within retail trade, employment edged up in May in building material

and garden supply stores, food and beverage stores, and clothing stores. Wholesale trade employment

also edged up in May; the industry has added 55,000 jobs since October 2003.

In the information sector, telecommunications employment was down by 5,000 in May. Since its peak

in March 2001, the telecommunications industry has shed 283,000 jobs, a fifth of its total.
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was

unchanged in May at 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.4 hour

to 41.1 hours, more than offsetting declines in March and April. Manufacturing overtime edged up by 0.1

hour to 4.7 hours in May. (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 May to 100.2 (2002=100). The manufacturing index was up by

1.3 percent over the month to 95.5. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

5 cents in May to $15.64, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings were up by 0.3 percent over the

month to $528.63. Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 2.2 percent, and average weekly

earnings increased by 2.5 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for June 2004 is scheduled to be released on Friday, July 2,

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

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

as well as Federal, State, and local government entities. Employees on

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

minus 290,000. 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 -190,000 to 390,000

(100,000 +/- 290,000). These figures do not mean that the sample

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the

monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, and for the

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

recent 2 months are based on 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 business, but imputing to them the

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from

zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

May

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

 2004 

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 220,768 222,757 222,967 220,768 222,161 222,357 222,550 222,757 222,967

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 146,067 146,260 146,659 146,462 146,863 146,471 146,650 146,741 146,974

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 137,567 138,423 138,867 137,505 138,566 138,301 138,298 138,576 138,772

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.3 62.1 62.3 62.3 62.4 62.2 62.1 62.2 62.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 8,500 7,837 7,792 8,957 8,297 8,170 8,352 8,164 8,203

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.8 5.4 5.3 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 74,701 76,497 76,308 74,306 75,298 75,886 75,900 76,016 75,993

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 5,482 4,598 5,371 4,727 4,747 4,746 4,843 4,744 4,656

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 106,238 107,392 107,504 106,238 107,072 107,177 107,281 107,392 107,504

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 77,870 78,147 78,381 78,121 78,823 78,337 78,542 78,501 78,600

 Participation rate ............................................................... 73.3 72.8 72.9 73.5 73.6 73.1 73.2 73.1 73.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,131 73,774 74,089 73,049 74,343 73,901 74,006 74,053 74,035

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 68.8 68.7 68.9 68.8 69.4 69.0 69.0 69.0 68.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,739 4,373 4,292 5,072 4,480 4,436 4,536 4,448 4,566

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.1 5.6 5.5 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 28,367 29,244 29,123 28,117 28,249 28,840 28,739 28,891 28,904

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 98,083 99,170 99,279 98,083 98,866 98,966 99,065 99,170 99,279

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 74,410 74,806 74,965 74,523 75,171 74,797 75,018 74,871 75,048

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 70,338 71,060 71,306 70,182 71,329 70,969 71,128 71,118 71,162

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.7 71.7 71.8 71.6 72.1 71.7 71.8 71.7 71.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,072 3,746 3,659 4,341 3,842 3,828 3,890 3,753 3,886

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.5 5.0 4.9 5.8 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 23,674 24,364 24,314 23,560 23,694 24,168 24,047 24,299 24,231

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 114,531 115,365 115,463 114,531 115,089 115,180 115,269 115,365 115,463

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 68,197 68,112 68,278 68,342 68,040 68,134 68,108 68,240 68,374

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.5 59.0 59.1 59.7 59.1 59.2 59.1 59.2 59.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 64,436 64,649 64,778 64,456 64,223 64,400 64,292 64,523 64,737

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.3 56.0 56.1 56.3 55.8 55.9 55.8 55.9 56.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,761 3,464 3,500 3,885 3,817 3,734 3,816 3,717 3,637

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 46,334 47,253 47,185 46,189 47,050 47,046 47,161 47,126 47,089

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 106,613 107,389 107,483 106,613 107,131 107,216 107,299 107,389 107,483

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,678 64,853 64,807 64,699 64,515 64,629 64,687 64,785 64,813

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.7 60.4 60.3 60.7 60.2 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,507 61,841 61,872 61,397 61,260 61,456 61,373 61,571 61,721

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.7 57.6 57.6 57.6 57.2 57.3 57.2 57.3 57.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,170 3,012 2,935 3,302 3,255 3,172 3,314 3,215 3,092

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.9 4.6 4.5 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 41,935 42,536 42,676 41,914 42,617 42,587 42,613 42,604 42,670

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,072 16,198 16,205 16,072 16,164 16,175 16,186 16,198 16,205

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,979 6,600 6,888 7,240 7,177 7,045 6,945 7,085 7,113

 Participation rate ............................................................... 43.4 40.7 42.5 45.0 44.4 43.6 42.9 43.7 43.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,722 5,522 5,690 5,926 5,977 5,875 5,797 5,888 5,888

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 35.6 34.1 35.1 36.9 37.0 36.3 35.8 36.3 36.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,257 1,078 1,198 1,314 1,200 1,170 1,148 1,197 1,225

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 18.0 16.3 17.4 18.1 16.7 16.6 16.5 16.9 17.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,092 9,597 9,317 8,832 8,987 9,130 9,240 9,113 9,092

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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

May

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

 2004 

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 181,021 182,252 182,384 181,021 181,879 182,001 182,121 182,252 182,384

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,135 120,317 120,703 120,470 120,723 120,540 120,542 120,675 120,984

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.4 66.0 66.2 66.6 66.4 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 114,016 114,557 115,049 113,978 114,765 114,602 114,433 114,712 114,976

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.0 62.9 63.1 63.0 63.1 63.0 62.8 62.9 63.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 6,119 5,760 5,654 6,491 5,958 5,938 6,109 5,963 6,008

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

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 60,886 61,935 61,681 60,551 61,156 61,460 61,579 61,577 61,400

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,271 62,620 62,698 62,346 62,799 62,603 62,672 62,660 62,758

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,288 59,787 59,957 59,130 59,969 59,763 59,736 59,831 59,817

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 72.5 72.6 72.7 72.4 73.0 72.6 72.6 72.6 72.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,982 2,833 2,741 3,216 2,830 2,840 2,936 2,829 2,941

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.8 4.5 4.4 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.7

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,074 52,097 52,216 52,139 51,954 51,993 52,016 52,035 52,245

 Participation rate ................................................................. 60.0 59.7 59.8 60.1 59.6 59.7 59.6 59.6 59.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 49,829 50,020 50,210 49,781 49,668 49,797 49,710 49,839 50,116

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.4 57.3 57.5 57.4 57.0 57.1 57.0 57.1 57.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,245 2,077 2,006 2,358 2,286 2,197 2,306 2,196 2,130

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.3 4.0 3.8 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,791 5,600 5,789 5,985 5,970 5,944 5,854 5,981 5,981

 Participation rate ................................................................. 46.3 44.5 46.0 47.8 47.5 47.3 46.5 47.5 47.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,899 4,749 4,882 5,068 5,128 5,042 4,987 5,042 5,043

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 39.2 37.7 38.8 40.5 40.8 40.1 39.6 40.0 40.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 892 851 907 917 842 902 867 939 938

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 15.4 15.2 15.7 15.3 14.1 15.2 14.8 15.7 15.7

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,624 25,967 26,002 25,624 25,867 25,900 25,932 25,967 26,002

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,559 16,374 16,374 16,614 16,602 16,404 16,595 16,485 16,442

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.6 63.1 63.0 64.8 64.2 63.3 64.0 63.5 63.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,817 14,856 14,797 14,838 14,866 14,804 14,909 14,878 14,818

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.8 57.2 56.9 57.9 57.5 57.2 57.5 57.3 57.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,742 1,518 1,577 1,776 1,736 1,600 1,686 1,607 1,624

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.5 9.3 9.6 10.7 10.5 9.8 10.2 9.7 9.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,066 9,593 9,629 9,011 9,265 9,495 9,337 9,482 9,560

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,305 7,256 7,311 7,349 7,450 7,305 7,367 7,302 7,356

 Participation rate ................................................................. 71.3 69.7 70.1 71.7 71.8 70.3 70.8 70.1 70.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,532 6,602 6,661 6,541 6,737 6,620 6,689 6,626 6,674

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.7 63.4 63.8 63.8 65.0 63.7 64.3 63.6 64.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 773 654 650 808 713 684 678 676 683

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.6 9.0 8.9 11.0 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.3 9.3

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,482 8,512 8,349 8,463 8,358 8,418 8,492 8,502 8,342

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.3 64.8 63.5 65.1 63.8 64.2 64.7 64.7 63.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,784 7,809 7,648 7,783 7,595 7,674 7,700 7,763 7,642

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 59.9 59.4 58.1 59.9 58.0 58.5 58.7 59.1 58.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 698 703 701 680 762 745 792 739 700

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.0 9.1 8.8 9.3 8.7 8.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 771 606 714 802 794 682 737 681 744

 Participation rate ................................................................. 32.5 25.1 29.6 33.7 33.1 28.3 30.6 28.2 30.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 501 445 488 514 533 510 521 489 502

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 21.1 18.4 20.2 21.6 22.2 21.2 21.6 20.3 20.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 270 161 226 287 261 171 217 193 242

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 35.1 26.6 31.7 35.8 32.9 25.1 29.4 28.3 32.5

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,204 9,444 9,486 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,081 6,230 6,188 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.1 66.0 65.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,768 5,956 5,926 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.7 63.1 62.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 313 274 262 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.1 4.4 4.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,123 3,214 3,299 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 2004, data reflect

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

May

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

 2004 

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 27,391 27,879 27,968 27,391 27,619 27,705 27,791 27,879 27,968

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 18,667 19,080 19,254 18,763 18,811 18,693 19,010 19,064 19,313

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.1 68.4 68.8 68.5 68.1 67.5 68.4 68.4 69.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 17,288 17,798 18,037 17,247 17,441 17,303 17,596 17,693 17,958

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.1 63.8 64.5 63.0 63.2 62.5 63.3 63.5 64.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,378 1,283 1,217 1,516 1,370 1,389 1,414 1,371 1,355

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.4 6.7 6.3 8.1 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,725 8,798 8,714 8,628 8,807 9,012 8,781 8,815 8,654

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,694 10,963 11,022 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.1 84.5 84.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,007 10,304 10,423 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 78.7 79.5 80.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 687 658 599 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.4 6.0 5.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,031 7,242 7,308 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 57.9 58.8 59.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,493 6,780 6,872 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 53.5 55.0 55.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 539 462 436 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.7 6.4 6.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 942 876 924 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 37.2 33.8 35.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 788 714 742 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 31.1 27.5 28.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 153 162 182 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 16.3 18.5 19.7 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

 2004 

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,954 12,258 12,497 12,664 12,356 12,526 12,390 12,019 12,212

 Participation rate ................................................................... 45.6 45.1 45.6 44.6 44.3 45.4 45.1 44.2 44.5

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,914 11,271 11,522 11,514 11,271 11,455 11,302 10,977 11,140

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 41.9 41.5 42.0 40.5 40.4 41.5 41.1 40.4 40.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,040 987 975 1,150 1,085 1,071 1,088 1,042 1,072

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 8.0 8.1 7.8 9.1 8.8 8.5 8.8 8.7 8.8

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 37,774 37,627 37,799 37,889 37,662 37,898 37,749 37,724 37,870

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.8 62.6 62.9 64.0 63.0 63.3 63.2 62.8 63.0

 Employed ................................................................................ 35,836 35,651 36,042 35,798 35,829 35,998 35,765 35,745 35,964

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 60.5 59.3 60.0 60.5 59.9 60.1 59.9 59.5 59.9

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,938 1,976 1,757 2,091 1,832 1,900 1,984 1,979 1,906

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.1 5.3 4.6 5.5 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.0

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 33,668 34,446 34,191 34,136 33,810 34,026 34,354 34,580 34,575

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.5 72.8 72.3 73.5 72.5 72.1 72.8 73.0 73.1

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,107 33,051 32,898 32,480 32,276 32,536 32,726 33,152 33,183

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.1 69.8 69.5 69.9 69.2 68.9 69.3 70.0 70.2

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,561 1,394 1,293 1,656 1,535 1,489 1,628 1,428 1,392

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.6 4.0 3.8 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.1 4.0

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 39,801 40,359 40,252 39,575 40,450 39,917 40,371 40,185 40,104

 Participation rate ................................................................... 78.2 78.0 77.8 77.8 78.4 77.7 77.9 77.6 77.5

 Employed ................................................................................ 38,678 39,265 39,168 38,356 39,277 38,748 39,197 39,006 38,927

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 76.0 75.8 75.7 75.4 76.1 75.5 75.6 75.3 75.2

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,123 1,094 1,084 1,219 1,173 1,169 1,174 1,179 1,177

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9

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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

 2004 

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,221 2,220 2,335 2,194 2,163 2,190 2,161 2,245 2,298

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,222 1,252 1,299 1,205 1,220 1,246 1,234 1,268 1,277

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 978 944 1,013 951 929 912 896 934 976

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 22 24 24 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 135,346 136,203 136,532 135,311 136,306 136,166 136,122 136,384 136,488

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 126,138 126,989 127,103 126,043 126,664 126,572 126,811 127,094 126,999

 Government .......................................................................... 19,711 20,117 19,897 19,573 19,681 19,497 19,936 19,917 19,759

 Private industries .................................................................. 106,428 106,872 107,206 106,519 107,019 107,008 106,833 107,142 107,256

 Private households ............................................................. 732 727 683 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 105,696 106,145 106,523 105,738 106,204 106,173 106,035 106,377 106,514

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,088 9,139 9,342 9,155 9,501 9,498 9,210 9,228 9,365

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 119 75 87 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,409 4,411 4,427 4,610 4,714 4,437 4,733 4,574 4,665

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,915 2,745 2,673 3,069 2,996 2,865 3,011 2,819 2,853

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,218 1,429 1,427 1,264 1,380 1,347 1,427 1,439 1,467

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,363 19,568 20,015 19,073 18,905 18,900 19,006 19,000 19,621

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,298 4,325 4,370 4,498 4,613 4,328 4,622 4,471 4,605

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,849 2,687 2,631 3,012 2,911 2,778 2,927 2,756 2,812

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,189 1,419 1,424 1,236 1,399 1,340 1,414 1,431 1,476

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,004 19,263 19,680 18,653 18,636 18,691 18,693 18,664 19,220

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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

 2004 

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 137,567 138,423 138,867 137,505 138,566 138,301 138,298 138,576 138,772

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,722 5,522 5,690 5,926 5,977 5,875 5,797 5,888 5,888

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,179 2,032 1,999 2,318 2,367 2,330 2,191 2,256 2,152

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,543 3,490 3,692 3,578 3,605 3,573 3,590 3,634 3,713

 20 years and over ................................................................... 131,845 132,901 133,177 131,579 132,589 132,426 132,501 132,689 132,883

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,310 13,662 13,547 13,445 13,609 13,582 13,602 13,767 13,669

 25 years and over ................................................................. 118,535 119,239 119,631 118,126 118,930 118,869 118,832 118,886 119,198

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 97,398 97,387 97,675 97,099 97,161 96,982 96,871 97,124 97,343

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,459 30,376 30,494 30,389 30,326 30,178 30,260 30,316 30,396

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,996 34,606 34,786 34,858 34,506 34,486 34,425 34,421 34,611

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 31,943 32,406 32,395 31,853 32,328 32,319 32,186 32,388 32,336

 55 years and over ............................................................... 21,137 21,851 21,956 21,027 21,769 21,886 21,961 21,762 21,856

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 73,131 73,774 74,089 73,049 74,343 73,901 74,006 74,053 74,035

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,793 2,714 2,784 2,867 3,014 2,931 2,878 2,935 2,873

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,029 925 902 1,079 1,157 1,105 999 1,044 967

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,764 1,789 1,881 1,779 1,862 1,850 1,858 1,886 1,897

 20 years and over ................................................................... 70,338 71,060 71,306 70,182 71,329 70,969 71,128 71,118 71,162

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,019 7,171 7,110 7,069 7,198 7,155 7,202 7,235 7,165

 25 years and over ................................................................. 63,318 63,889 64,196 63,096 64,167 63,903 63,879 63,839 63,969

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 52,072 52,288 52,557 51,910 52,416 52,179 52,107 52,283 52,377

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,711 16,693 16,831 16,655 16,773 16,608 16,693 16,685 16,758

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,733 18,680 18,779 18,701 18,712 18,683 18,632 18,656 18,728

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,628 16,915 16,947 16,554 16,931 16,889 16,781 16,942 16,890

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,246 11,601 11,639 11,186 11,751 11,724 11,772 11,556 11,593

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 64,436 64,649 64,778 64,456 64,223 64,400 64,292 64,523 64,737

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,929 2,808 2,906 3,059 2,963 2,944 2,919 2,952 3,016

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,150 1,106 1,096 1,239 1,210 1,225 1,192 1,212 1,185

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,779 1,701 1,810 1,799 1,743 1,723 1,732 1,747 1,816

 20 years and over ................................................................... 61,507 61,841 61,872 61,397 61,260 61,456 61,373 61,571 61,721

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,291 6,491 6,437 6,375 6,411 6,427 6,400 6,532 6,504

 25 years and over ................................................................. 55,217 55,350 55,435 55,031 54,763 54,966 54,953 55,047 55,229

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,326 45,100 45,118 45,190 44,745 44,803 44,764 44,841 44,966

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,748 13,682 13,663 13,734 13,554 13,570 13,566 13,631 13,637

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 16,263 15,926 16,007 16,157 15,794 15,803 15,793 15,765 15,883

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,315 15,492 15,448 15,298 15,397 15,430 15,405 15,446 15,446

 55 years and over ............................................................... 9,891 10,250 10,317 9,841 10,018 10,162 10,189 10,205 10,263

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 44,545 44,637 44,754 44,476 45,490 45,128 45,043 44,735 44,723

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,496 34,488 34,504 34,494 34,585 34,502 34,256 34,339 34,522

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,581 8,765 8,769 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 112,983 113,386 113,946 112,841 113,976 114,037 113,951 114,094 113,894

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 24,584 25,037 24,921 24,580 24,306 24,081 24,273 24,397 24,820

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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

May

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

 2004 

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,957 8,164 8,203 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,314 1,197 1,225 18.1 16.7 16.6 16.5 16.9 17.2

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 536 573 593 18.8 18.2 17.6 19.4 20.2 21.6

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 792 624 642 18.1 15.7 15.7 14.5 14.7 14.7

 20 years and over ................................................................... 7,643 6,967 6,978 5.5 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.0 5.0

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,565 1,392 1,465 10.4 9.8 9.5 9.6 9.2 9.7

 25 years and over ................................................................. 6,095 5,578 5,510 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 5,132 4,679 4,625 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.5

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,950 1,760 1,800 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.5 5.6

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,828 1,597 1,522 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.2

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,355 1,321 1,303 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.9

 55 years and over ............................................................... 959 851 891 4.4 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 5,072 4,448 4,566 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.8

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 731 695 680 20.3 17.5 17.2 18.3 19.1 19.1

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 295 319 294 21.5 19.3 19.4 22.3 23.4 23.3

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 443 373 378 19.9 16.2 15.7 15.8 16.5 16.6

 20 years and over ................................................................... 4,341 3,753 3,886 5.8 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 899 800 821 11.3 10.5 10.0 10.1 10.0 10.3

 25 years and over ................................................................. 3,456 2,947 3,064 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.6

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,906 2,477 2,563 5.3 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.5 4.7

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,085 980 1,071 6.1 5.6 6.0 5.9 5.5 6.0

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,023 817 801 5.2 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.2 4.1

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 798 680 691 4.6 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9

 55 years and over ............................................................... 550 470 501 4.7 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.1

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,885 3,717 3,637 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.3

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 583 502 545 16.0 15.9 16.0 14.7 14.5 15.3

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 241 254 299 16.3 17.1 15.9 16.9 17.3 20.1

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 350 251 264 16.3 15.2 15.6 13.0 12.6 12.7

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,302 3,215 3,092 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.8

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 666 592 644 9.5 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.3 9.0

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,638 2,631 2,446 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.2

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,226 2,202 2,062 4.7 4.8 4.5 4.9 4.7 4.4

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 865 781 729 5.9 5.9 5.2 5.9 5.4 5.1

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 805 780 721 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.9 4.7 4.3

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 556 641 612 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 368 349 351 3.6 4.1 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.3

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,791 1,445 1,437 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,334 1,322 1,185 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.3

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 775 710 701 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.4 7.5 7.4

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 7,521 6,775 6,880 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.7

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,466 1,368 1,372 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.2

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 2004, data

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

 2004 

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,589 4,253 3,778 5,021 4,382 4,323 4,607 4,399 4,211

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 944 943 715 1,197 1,028 1,064 1,040 994 926

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,645 3,311 3,062 3,824 3,353 3,258 3,567 3,405 3,286

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,829 2,560 2,354 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 816 750 709 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 706 796 772 778 804 827 836 822 846

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,587 2,199 2,537 2,506 2,509 2,424 2,424 2,314 2,438

New entrants ............................................................................ 618 589 706 635 681 676 627 645 713

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 ......... 54.0 54.3 48.5 56.2 52.3 52.4 54.2 53.8 51.3

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 11.1 12.0 9.2 13.4 12.3 12.9 12.2 12.1 11.3

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 42.9 42.2 39.3 42.8 40.0 39.5 42.0 41.6 40.0

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 8.3 10.2 9.9 8.7 9.6 10.0 9.8 10.1 10.3

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 30.4 28.1 32.6 28.0 30.0 29.4 28.5 28.3 29.7

 New entrants ........................................................................... 7.3 7.5 9.1 7.1 8.1 8.2 7.4 7.9 8.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 3.1 2.9 2.6 3.4 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9

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

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7

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

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

 2004 

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,974 2,439 2,718 3,033 2,612 2,468 2,589 2,792 2,707

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,155 2,159 1,940 2,617 2,394 2,412 2,414 2,369 2,376

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,371 3,239 3,135 3,294 3,365 3,274 3,320 2,969 3,077

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,467 1,363 1,357 1,380 1,467 1,403 1,332 1,170 1,288

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,905 1,876 1,777 1,914 1,898 1,871 1,988 1,800 1,789

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 19.6 21.0 20.3 19.2 19.8 20.3 20.1 19.7 20.0

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 10.0 11.0 9.9 10.1 10.7 10.3 10.3 9.5 10.0

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 .................................................................. 35.0 31.1 34.9 33.9 31.2 30.3 31.1 34.3 33.2

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 25.4 27.5 24.9 29.3 28.6 29.6 29.0 29.1 29.1

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 39.7 41.3 40.2 36.8 40.2 40.2 39.9 36.5 37.7

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 17.3 17.4 17.4 15.4 17.5 17.2 16.0 14.4 15.8

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 22.4 23.9 22.8 21.4 22.7 22.9 23.9 22.1 21.9

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

May

2003

May

2004

May

2003

May

2004

May

2003

May

2004

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 137,567 138,867 8,500 7,792 5.8 5.3

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 48,041 48,610 1,475 1,378 3.0 2.8

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,067 20,219 612 620 3.0 3.0

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 27,974 28,391 864 758 3.0 2.6

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 22,678 22,840 1,583 1,465 6.5 6.0

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,115 35,162 2,106 1,851 5.7 5.0

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 15,721 15,742 1,009 835 6.0 5.0

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,394 19,420 1,096 1,016 5.4 5.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 13,862 14,336 1,122 1,002 7.5 6.5

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 968 1,012 140 95 12.6 8.6

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 7,967 8,285 722 697 8.3 7.8

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 4,928 5,039 260 210 5.0 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 17,871 17,919 1,575 1,359 8.1 7.0

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,644 9,351 811 689 7.8 6.9

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,228 8,568 764 670 8.5 7.2

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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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

Industry

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

May

2003

May

2004

May

2003

May

2004

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 8,500 7,792 5.8 5.3

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 7,000 6,234 6.2 5.5

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 40 22 7.5 4.3

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 715 665 8.4 7.4

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,150 966 6.5 5.6

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 755 550 6.9 5.2

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 395 416 5.9 6.2

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,247 1,183 6.2 5.8

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 260 230 4.9 4.4

 Information ........................................................................................................ 251 190 6.9 5.7

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 320 302 3.6 3.3

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 1,105 819 8.4 6.5

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 618 570 3.5 3.2

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 955 977 7.9 8.1

 Other services .................................................................................................. 339 310 5.7 5.1

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 133 99 10.2 7.4

Government workers ......................................................................................... 478 468 2.4 2.3

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 271 287 2.6 2.7

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

 2004 

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.1

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.1 2.9 2.6 3.4 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 5.8 5.4 5.3 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 6.1 5.7 5.6 6.4 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.9

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 6.7 6.3 6.3 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.6

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

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

 all marginally attached workers ........................................................................................... 9.7 9.3 9.3 10.1 9.9 9.6 9.9 9.6 9.7

 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

May

2003

May

2004

May

2003

May

2004

May

2003

May

2004

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 74,701 76,308 28,367 29,123 46,334 47,185

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 5,482 5,371 2,570 2,462 2,911 2,909

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,428 1,533 755 786 673 747

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 482 476 310 307 172 169

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 946 1,058 446 479 501 579

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,338 7,258 3,841 3,653 3,498 3,605

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.3 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.4 5.6

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,932 3,859 2,325 2,110 1,606 1,749

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,630 1,649 533 513 1,097 1,136

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 269 251 192 151 77 101

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,464 1,483 772 872 692 611

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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

Change

from:

Apr. 2004-

May 2004p

Total nonfarm ............................. 130,520 129,816 130,975 131,914 129,873 130,194 130,277 130,630 130,976 131,224 248

Total private ........................................ 108,537 107,847 108,997 109,963 108,332 108,667 108,738 109,077 109,402 109,677 275

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,891 21,350 21,624 21,947 21,859 21,696 21,684 21,778 21,830 21,902 72

Natural resources and mining .................................. 568 566 574 586 570 570 572 581 585 588 3

Logging ............................................................ 65.7 61.3 60.7 62.3 68.7 65.1 64.2 65.9 66.5 65.1 -1.4

Mining .................................................................... 502.3 504.4 512.8 523.8 501.6 505.1 508.1 514.9 518.6 523.0 4.4

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 122.7 129.0 130.7 132.2 122.9 126.9 128.9 130.0 131.2 131.9 .7

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 204.4 196.6 202.5 208.0 202.6 200.0 200.6 202.8 204.4 205.9 1.5

Coal mining ...................................................... 70.0 70.1 71.0 72.1 70.6 69.6 70.2 70.6 71.5 71.9 .4

Support activities for mining .............................. 175.2 178.8 179.6 183.6 176.1 178.2 178.6 182.1 183.0 185.2 2.2

Construction ............................................................. 6,760 6,512 6,732 6,961 6,715 6,812 6,791 6,853 6,872 6,909 37

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,576.8 1,548.1 1,575.0 1,621.8 1,578.5 1,593.3 1,590.9 1,607.6 1,611.4 1,622.4 11.0

Heavy and civil engineering construction ......... 932.0 842.2 902.2 953.1 905.2 928.0 924.0 926.8 927.4 928.2 .8

Specialty trade contractors ................................ 4,251.1 4,122.0 4,254.3 4,385.8 4,230.8 4,290.2 4,276.5 4,318.9 4,333.6 4,358.4 24.8

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,563 14,272 14,318 14,400 14,574 14,314 14,321 14,344 14,373 14,405 32

Production workers ....................................... 10,227 10,003 10,055 10,126 10,233 10,035 10,038 10,058 10,091 10,124 33

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,997 8,870 8,916 8,962 8,993 8,869 8,882 8,899 8,927 8,953 26

Production workers ....................................... 6,176 6,082 6,127 6,166 6,168 6,081 6,088 6,101 6,129 6,155 26

Wood products ................................................... 537.3 530.5 534.5 544.5 536.1 536.3 538.4 539.7 539.6 544.3 4.7

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 498.0 480.7 493.9 505.3 494.8 492.7 490.5 493.2 498.3 502.3 4.0

Primary metals .................................................... 480.4 461.4 461.5 463.9 481.3 462.2 462.4 462.0 462.3 464.1 1.8

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,477.5 1,474.5 1,486.3 1,495.1 1,480.6 1,471.8 1,476.6 1,478.5 1,489.0 1,497.7 8.7

Machinery ........................................................... 1,158.1 1,146.8 1,152.5 1,153.7 1,155.2 1,138.7 1,141.2 1,145.1 1,151.1 1,151.5 .4

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,365.2 1,336.0 1,337.1 1,346.8 1,366.4 1,333.2 1,333.9 1,338.0 1,341.2 1,347.7 6.5

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 228.3 218.8 218.1 218.4 228.4 219.4 219.0 218.6 218.4 218.4 .0

Communications equipment ........................... 158.1 154.7 154.9 156.0 157.4 154.8 154.8 155.0 154.9 155.3 .4

Semiconductors and electronic components . 464.6 451.4 452.7 456.8 464.3 450.2 451.4 452.1 453.9 457.1 3.2

Electronic instruments ..................................... 428.1 426.1 426.2 430.2 429.0 423.7 423.3 426.8 428.1 430.9 2.8

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 460.2 446.2 447.0 446.8 461.0 449.8 448.6 446.8 446.7 447.1 .4

Transportation equipment .................................. 1,782.2 1,770.2 1,769.9 1,772.6 1,780.1 1,760.6 1,766.5 1,769.1 1,769.1 1,768.7 -.4

Furniture and related products .......................... 572.9 572.6 578.2 577.5 572.5 571.3 571.2 573.4 576.2 574.9 -1.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 665.3 651.0 655.0 655.6 665.2 652.0 653.0 653.0 653.9 655.1 1.2

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,566 5,402 5,402 5,438 5,581 5,445 5,439 5,445 5,446 5,452 6

Production workers ....................................... 4,051 3,921 3,928 3,960 4,065 3,954 3,950 3,957 3,962 3,969 7

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,496.5 1,474.8 1,472.1 1,485.8 1,517.2 1,500.7 1,502.4 1,504.5 1,505.8 1,508.4 2.6

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 199.8 192.7 193.5 195.7 201.0 197.7 195.9 197.2 197.0 196.5 -.5

Textile mills ......................................................... 267.2 237.8 237.7 237.2 265.6 239.2 237.3 237.1 235.9 235.8 -.1

Textile product mills ........................................... 184.1 179.1 182.3 184.8 182.7 176.9 176.6 179.7 181.2 182.9 1.7

Apparel ................................................................ 321.0 295.1 292.7 293.4 318.5 296.1 297.1 294.3 293.0 290.8 -2.2

Leather and allied products ............................... 46.3 45.1 45.4 45.9 45.7 44.6 44.8 44.8 44.7 44.7 .0

Paper and paper products ................................. 519.2 505.7 504.8 507.4 520.9 509.8 508.0 508.8 508.2 509.0 .8

Printing and related support activities ............... 683.4 661.4 659.4 664.9 683.8 667.6 665.0 664.4 663.3 665.2 1.9

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 116.6 110.8 111.7 114.3 115.5 114.3 112.9 113.1 112.6 113.5 .9

Chemicals ........................................................... 912.3 895.5 895.2 896.0 912.0 893.7 894.7 894.9 896.1 894.3 -1.8

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 819.7 804.3 807.5 812.5 818.0 804.8 803.9 806.3 808.5 811.1 2.6

Service-providing ............................................ 108,629 108,466 109,351 109,967 108,014 108,498 108,593 108,852 109,146 109,322 176

Private service-providing ............................ 86,646 86,497 87,373 88,016 86,473 86,971 87,054 87,299 87,572 87,775 203

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,212 25,092 25,242 25,421 25,302 25,312 25,331 25,415 25,453 25,491 38

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,624.7 5,596.9 5,626.7 5,645.6 5,618.4 5,611.4 5,612.2 5,623.5 5,633.8 5,636.9 3.1

Durable goods .................................................... 2,955.0 2,953.4 2,965.7 2,970.8 2,953.4 2,954.9 2,953.8 2,963.4 2,968.2 2,968.4 .2

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,014.6 1,981.0 1,994.1 2,004.6 2,009.7 1,993.7 1,994.5 1,995.3 1,997.7 1,998.4 .7

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 655.1 662.5 666.9 670.2 655.3 662.8 663.9 664.8 667.9 670.1 2.2

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

Change

from:

Apr. 2004-

May 2004p

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,818.5 14,753.3 14,856.5 14,973.0 14,917.4 14,944.8 14,963.0 15,013.0 15,041.0 15,059.8 18.8

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,882.9 1,893.2 1,908.1 1,914.6 1,880.1 1,895.4 1,900.9 1,906.9 1,911.3 1,911.9 .6

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,251.3 1,261.6 1,262.6 1,260.6 1,252.4 1,261.3 1,262.9 1,263.9 1,264.3 1,262.6 -1.7

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 534.6 540.7 539.2 541.4 541.2 546.4 544.5 544.8 545.4 547.0 1.6

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 502.4 510.1 511.2 505.2 512.2 509.3 508.2 511.7 514.3 513.8 -.5

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,232.5 1,212.0 1,276.3 1,309.7 1,182.1 1,221.4 1,231.4 1,243.5 1,254.0 1,258.9 4.9

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,846.4 2,804.8 2,803.0 2,832.0 2,856.5 2,826.3 2,831.3 2,838.9 2,838.6 2,844.7 6.1

Health and personal care stores ....................... 936.3 952.5 950.9 954.6 940.3 954.1 954.9 958.2 958.3 959.4 1.1

Gasoline stations ................................................ 884.1 862.7 865.4 874.3 883.8 875.1 871.8 873.0 872.6 872.2 -.4

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,268.8 1,285.4 1,294.3 1,309.6 1,296.6 1,304.3 1,311.3 1,321.8 1,328.1 1,334.1 6.0

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 629.3 621.5 616.3 619.1 648.0 635.9 636.8 636.5 635.1 634.9 -.2

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,747.6 2,743.0 2,759.5 2,766.7 2,811.8 2,822.7 2,822.5 2,824.4 2,830.6 2,829.3 -1.3

Department stores .......................................... 1,562.1 1,549.8 1,557.6 1,562.8 1,613.5 1,603.4 1,602.7 1,604.9 1,608.9 1,609.1 .2

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 937.2 906.7 914.4 928.7 936.3 929.6 924.6 926.9 925.6 924.4 -1.2

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 416.4 420.7 417.9 417.1 428.5 424.3 424.8 426.4 427.1 429.2 2.1

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,188.4 4,162.9 4,180.1 4,219.7 4,185.8 4,175.9 4,175.8 4,197.0 4,196.5 4,211.3 14.8

Air transportation ................................................ 527.8 509.9 512.1 513.0 532.6 510.2 511.6 512.9 513.6 513.9 .3

Rail transportation .............................................. 216.2 214.5 216.4 217.2 215.2 215.4 215.7 216.0 216.2 216.7 .5

Water transportation ........................................... 54.3 47.5 50.0 51.5 53.4 50.6 48.8 49.2 50.4 50.7 .3

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,318.9 1,320.4 1,337.3 1,347.9 1,322.0 1,343.6 1,344.1 1,346.4 1,351.2 1,352.4 1.2

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 398.7 394.0 385.7 399.0 381.1 382.3 380.1 380.5 372.6 382.0 9.4

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 40.6 37.7 37.9 38.4 40.8 38.3 38.2 38.1 38.2 38.5 .3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 29.4 25.8 28.6 33.4 28.5 28.7 29.7 31.4 32.0 32.4 .4

Support activities for transportation ................... 519.5 514.4 516.2 516.4 520.7 514.1 515.5 518.5 518.9 519.3 .4

Couriers and messengers .................................. 563.4 569.7 564.9 573.9 569.0 566.9 567.7 572.1 569.9 572.6 2.7

Warehousing and storage .................................. 519.6 529.0 531.0 529.0 522.5 525.8 524.4 531.9 533.5 532.8 -.7

Utilities ................................................................... 580.5 579.3 578.7 582.4 580.7 580.2 580.0 581.2 581.9 582.8 .9

Information ................................................................ 3,198 3,158 3,161 3,178 3,203 3,163 3,169 3,169 3,173 3,176 3

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 925.0 914.4 912.6 910.9 928.8 914.0 915.1 915.3 915.1 913.7 -1.4

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 374.6 374.0 375.1 396.2 374.8 379.7 382.7 381.2 385.9 392.6 6.7

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 325.6 332.6 332.4 334.1 326.7 329.7 331.8 333.0 333.3 335.3 2.0

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 29.1 31.6 32.4 32.7 29.1 30.8 31.9 31.8 32.4 32.8 .4

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,087.0 1,053.3 1,052.7 1,049.0 1,088.3 1,061.3 1,058.2 1,055.0 1,052.9 1,047.5 -5.4

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 408.9 403.6 405.5 405.8 407.9 400.1 401.1 403.7 404.1 405.1 1.0

Other information services ................................. 48.1 48.5 49.8 49.7 47.8 47.8 48.0 48.6 49.5 49.4 -.1

Financial activities .................................................... 7,987 7,958 7,992 8,029 7,987 7,981 7,989 8,003 8,016 8,031 15

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,929.0 5,922.7 5,932.5 5,939.5 5,934.8 5,917.1 5,924.7 5,933.0 5,940.4 5,945.8 5.4

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.7 22.3 22.3 21.4 22.8 22.4 22.4 22.3 22.2 21.5 -.7

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,794.7 2,785.7 2,793.8 2,798.9 2,796.9 2,785.3 2,787.2 2,793.8 2,799.3 2,802.0 2.7

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,750.9 1,758.8 1,760.3 1,763.0 1,752.0 1,758.7 1,762.6 1,762.8 1,763.6 1,765.0 1.4

Commercial banking .................................... 1,280.7 1,280.1 1,283.5 1,285.1 1,281.7 1,280.4 1,283.5 1,284.1 1,285.8 1,286.7 .9

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 757.8 778.1 776.2 779.8 761.1 773.8 778.2 780.8 779.8 782.7 2.9

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,271.7 2,257.5 2,261.3 2,261.5 2,271.7 2,255.8 2,257.4 2,257.1 2,260.4 2,261.7 1.3

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 82.1 79.1 78.9 77.9 82.3 79.8 79.5 79.0 78.7 77.9 -.8

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,057.6 2,035.7 2,059.4 2,089.4 2,051.9 2,063.6 2,064.5 2,069.5 2,075.4 2,084.7 9.3

Real estate .......................................................... 1,383.5 1,384.7 1,401.8 1,422.2 1,383.0 1,397.7 1,400.2 1,405.8 1,412.7 1,421.1 8.4

Rental and leasing services ............................... 645.2 621.8 628.9 638.0 640.4 636.0 634.2 634.1 633.5 634.5 1.0

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 28.9 29.2 28.7 29.2 28.5 29.9 30.1 29.6 29.2 29.1 -.1

Professional and business services ........................ 15,930 16,031 16,334 16,424 15,943 16,172 16,196 16,237 16,367 16,431 64

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,570.9 6,751.7 6,760.1 6,646.7 6,616.7 6,657.9 6,658.1 6,679.8 6,695.7 6,695.2 -.5

Legal services .................................................. 1,133.4 1,131.8 1,134.7 1,136.5 1,136.9 1,138.7 1,139.2 1,138.4 1,140.8 1,141.4 .6

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 773.7 927.7 908.3 762.6 808.8 815.2 813.3 812.8 813.7 796.6 -17.1

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,226.0 1,228.7 1,243.8 1,255.8 1,225.1 1,236.0 1,240.0 1,246.4 1,252.4 1,255.5 3.1

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,114.9 1,104.7 1,102.2 1,105.8 1,115.1 1,104.6 1,099.8 1,103.5 1,102.9 1,107.4 4.5

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 740.9 768.3 776.7 785.6 743.2 765.4 767.9 774.0 781.7 787.2 5.5

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

Change

from:

Apr. 2004-

May 2004p

Professional and business services--Continued

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,674.5 1,664.1 1,672.7 1,680.1 1,677.5 1,675.1 1,675.6 1,676.6 1,679.8 1,682.8 3.0

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,684.9 7,614.7 7,901.5 8,096.8 7,648.7 7,838.5 7,862.4 7,880.1 7,991.8 8,053.3 61.5

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,360.5 7,297.1 7,577.8 7,772.1 7,325.9 7,517.5 7,539.6 7,556.8 7,667.0 7,730.1 63.1

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,245.0 3,348.2 3,477.0 3,572.8 3,276.1 3,473.8 3,493.8 3,492.3 3,562.2 3,602.8 40.6

Temporary help services ............................. 2,178.1 2,268.2 2,367.1 2,440.3 2,199.7 2,344.3 2,370.4 2,380.3 2,426.9 2,458.2 31.3

Business support services .............................. 745.4 748.0 747.4 752.9 748.3 739.0 739.8 746.0 747.9 753.0 5.1

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,696.2 1,542.6 1,678.2 1,749.4 1,628.8 1,637.1 1,639.5 1,646.2 1,673.5 1,681.7 8.2

Waste management and remediation services 324.4 317.6 323.7 324.7 322.8 321.0 322.8 323.3 324.8 323.2 -1.6

Education and health services ................................ 16,634 16,953 17,022 16,989 16,564 16,746 16,764 16,813 16,852 16,896 44

Educational services ............................................. 2,743.4 2,883.1 2,894.4 2,817.5 2,692.0 2,729.3 2,727.4 2,736.0 2,741.7 2,749.5 7.8

Health care and social assistance ........................13,890.2 14,070.1 14,128.0 14,171.7 13,872.3 14,017.1 14,036.8 14,077.1 14,110.6 14,146.6 36.0

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,765.1 4,857.4 4,883.4 4,901.2 4,763.2 4,840.3 4,855.3 4,868.0 4,884.7 4,899.4 14.7

Offices of physicians ....................................... 1,992.8 2,040.4 2,043.7 2,047.8 1,996.3 2,032.3 2,034.4 2,043.5 2,047.3 2,051.5 4.2

Outpatient care centers ................................... 423.7 431.0 433.6 436.7 422.8 427.8 431.1 430.3 432.9 435.9 3.0

Home health care services ............................. 727.2 738.9 748.7 753.5 725.2 740.2 741.5 743.8 748.1 751.6 3.5

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,242.3 4,292.9 4,298.9 4,305.6 4,249.7 4,287.8 4,284.1 4,298.0 4,304.6 4,313.7 9.1

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,783.1 2,793.2 2,799.6 2,805.0 2,784.6 2,792.1 2,791.1 2,798.4 2,803.1 2,806.7 3.6

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,582.9 1,579.0 1,580.5 1,583.5 1,583.9 1,580.3 1,578.7 1,582.1 1,584.0 1,585.6 1.6

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,099.7 2,126.6 2,146.1 2,159.9 2,074.8 2,096.9 2,106.3 2,112.7 2,118.2 2,126.8 8.6

Child day care services ................................... 777.3 789.0 794.9 802.1 758.2 766.3 772.2 773.7 773.3 774.7 1.4

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,276 11,927 12,227 12,561 12,078 12,218 12,229 12,271 12,313 12,353 40

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,869.0 1,656.6 1,755.2 1,875.6 1,794.3 1,801.4 1,796.7 1,798.7 1,798.0 1,804.0 6.0

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 384.7 348.1 369.7 377.8 370.9 369.4 366.5 364.6 364.0 362.4 -1.6

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 116.4 108.0 113.8 119.4 114.3 113.4 113.7 114.2 115.3 116.3 1.0

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,367.9 1,200.5 1,271.7 1,378.4 1,309.1 1,318.6 1,316.5 1,319.9 1,318.7 1,325.3 6.6

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,407.3 10,269.9 10,471.6 10,685.7 10,283.8 10,416.5 10,432.3 10,472.0 10,515.4 10,548.8 33.4

Accommodations ................................................ 1,764.1 1,694.3 1,717.4 1,764.2 1,751.1 1,752.1 1,754.4 1,753.4 1,757.3 1,757.3 .0

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,643.2 8,575.6 8,754.2 8,921.5 8,532.7 8,664.4 8,677.9 8,718.6 8,758.1 8,791.5 33.4

Other services .......................................................... 5,409 5,378 5,395 5,414 5,396 5,379 5,376 5,391 5,398 5,397 -1

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,235.7 1,240.6 1,241.4 1,241.4 1,235.2 1,233.5 1,230.5 1,239.4 1,238.5 1,238.2 -.3

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,269.8 1,247.3 1,259.4 1,272.8 1,259.9 1,251.2 1,247.6 1,255.9 1,258.2 1,260.9 2.7

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,903.1 2,890.2 2,893.9 2,900.0 2,901.1 2,894.5 2,898.3 2,895.2 2,900.8 2,898.0 -2.8

Government .............................................................. 21,983 21,969 21,978 21,951 21,541 21,527 21,539 21,553 21,574 21,547 -27

Federal ................................................................... 2,765 2,698 2,726 2,701 2,769 2,715 2,716 2,710 2,725 2,700 -25

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,953.7 1,910.8 1,941.0 1,917.7 1,953.9 1,921.5 1,923.8 1,921.1 1,938.0 1,916.0 -22.0

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 811.0 786.7 784.8 783.3 815.2 793.1 791.7 789.1 786.5 783.7 -2.8

State government .................................................. 5,076 5,164 5,167 5,084 5,013 5,007 5,018 5,023 5,025 5,025 0

State government education .............................. 2,313.5 2,428.9 2,429.0 2,341.2 2,256.5 2,268.0 2,279.6 2,283.2 2,285.7 2,286.1 .4

State government, excluding education ............ 2,762.6 2,734.8 2,737.8 2,742.3 2,756.4 2,738.9 2,738.4 2,739.7 2,739.3 2,739.1 -.2

Local government .................................................. 14,142 14,107 14,085 14,166 13,759 13,805 13,805 13,820 13,824 13,822 -2

Local government education ............................. 8,039.7 8,075.1 8,039.8 8,061.9 7,657.2 7,692.2 7,694.3 7,704.7 7,706.2 7,702.6 -3.6

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,101.9 6,031.9 6,044.8 6,104.4 6,102.0 6,112.7 6,110.8 6,114.8 6,117.9 6,119.8 1.9

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately. p= preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

Change

from:

Apr. 2004-

May 2004p

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

Goods-producing .......................................... 39.8 40.1 39.7 40.4 39.7 40.2 40.3 40.2 40.0 40.2 .2

Natural resources and mining .............................. 44.0 43.9 43.8 44.5 43.8 44.5 44.1 44.2 44.2 44.3 .1

Construction ............................................................ 38.8 38.4 37.7 38.7 38.5 38.5 38.5 38.6 38.3 38.3 .0

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.2 40.8 40.6 41.1 40.2 41.0 41.0 40.9 40.7 41.1 .4

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.0 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 .1

Durable goods ..................................................... 40.6 41.4 41.1 41.6 40.5 41.5 41.5 41.4 41.2 41.6 .4

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.1 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.1 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.9 .1

Wood products .................................................. 40.2 40.6 40.8 41.7 39.9 40.9 41.1 41.0 41.1 41.3 .2

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.8 42.5 42.5 42.3 42.3 42.5 42.5 42.9 42.4 42.0 -.4

Primary metals .................................................. 42.4 43.1 43.2 43.8 42.3 43.1 43.0 43.2 43.2 43.7 .5

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.6 41.0 40.8 41.2 40.6 41.2 41.2 41.1 41.0 41.2 .2

Machinery .......................................................... 40.7 41.9 41.5 42.3 40.6 41.8 41.8 41.7 41.4 42.2 .8

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.3 40.8 40.3 41.0 40.5 40.8 41.2 40.7 40.6 41.0 .4

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.1 40.6 40.5 41.5 40.3 41.1 40.7 40.8 40.9 41.7 .8

Transportation equipment ............................... 41.5 43.0 42.3 42.7 41.2 42.8 42.9 42.8 42.3 42.6 .3

Furniture and related products ....................... 38.1 39.4 39.5 39.7 38.4 39.7 39.4 39.6 39.6 40.0 .4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.1 38.8 38.3 38.8 38.1 39.0 38.7 38.7 38.3 38.8 .5

Nondurable goods ............................................... 39.5 40.0 39.7 40.2 39.6 40.2 40.3 40.1 40.0 40.3 .3

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.3 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 .1

Food manufacturing ......................................... 39.1 38.7 38.4 39.7 39.3 39.5 39.4 39.3 39.2 39.8 .6

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.3 38.9 39.6 39.6 39.0 39.6 40.3 39.4 39.6 39.3 -.3

Textile mills ........................................................ 38.6 40.6 39.5 40.2 38.5 40.0 40.0 40.2 39.4 40.1 .7

Textile product mills ......................................... 38.9 38.8 38.4 38.0 39.1 39.4 39.9 38.8 38.3 38.2 -.1

Apparel ............................................................... 35.5 36.5 36.3 36.5 35.4 35.7 36.2 36.3 36.2 36.4 .2

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.2 39.9 39.5 39.0 39.2 39.8 39.5 39.4 39.2 39.0 -.2

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.0 41.6 41.8 42.1 41.3 41.9 42.0 41.8 42.0 42.4 .4

Printing and related support activities ........... 37.6 38.5 38.2 38.3 37.9 38.6 38.6 38.4 38.4 38.6 .2

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 43.1 43.5 43.3 43.9 43.9 43.8 44.1 43.7 43.8 44.2 .4

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.1 43.0 42.7 42.9 42.1 42.9 43.2 43.0 43.0 43.1 .1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.4 40.8 40.8 40.9 40.3 40.8 40.9 40.9 40.8 40.9 .1

Private service-providing ............................. 32.2 32.1 32.2 32.6 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 .1

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

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.8 37.7 37.8 38.3 37.9 37.9 38.0 38.0 38.0 38.0 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.8 30.4 30.4 30.8 30.8 31.0 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.8 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.5 36.6 36.5 37.4 36.6 36.9 37.2 36.9 37.0 37.3 .3

Utilities ................................................................... 40.8 41.0 41.0 41.4 40.9 40.8 41.0 41.2 41.2 41.4 .2

Information ............................................................... 36.0 35.9 36.0 36.5 36.3 36.2 36.3 36.3 36.3 36.5 .2

Financial activities .................................................. 35.3 35.2 35.3 36.2 35.6 35.7 35.5 35.5 35.6 35.8 .2

Professional and business services .................... 34.1 34.0 34.1 34.7 34.2 34.1 34.2 34.1 34.2 34.3 .1

Education and health services ............................. 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.6 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.5 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.5 25.4 25.4 25.8 25.7 25.7 25.8 25.7 25.7 25.6 -.1

Other services ......................................................... 31.2 31.0 30.9 31.3 31.4 31.1 31.1 31.2 31.2 31.2 .0

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory p = preliminary.

workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

May

2003

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

May

2003

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

Total private ....................................... $15.27 $15.55 $15.59 $15.64 $513.07 $520.93 $522.27 $531.76

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.31 15.55 15.59 15.64 515.95 525.59 526.94 528.63

Goods-producing .......................................... 16.72 17.00 17.08 17.08 665.46 681.70 678.08 690.03

Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.39 18.17 18.13 18.03 765.16 797.66 794.09 802.34

Construction ............................................................ 18.86 19.07 19.15 19.13 731.77 732.29 721.96 740.33

Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.64 16.01 16.06 16.02 628.73 653.21 652.04 658.42

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.35 16.69 16.72 16.67 663.81 690.97 687.19 693.47

Wood products .................................................. 12.58 12.93 12.99 13.03 505.72 524.96 529.99 543.35

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 15.74 16.02 16.20 16.12 673.67 680.85 688.50 681.88

Primary metals .................................................. 17.95 18.33 18.52 18.35 761.08 790.02 800.06 803.73

Fabricated metal products .............................. 14.93 15.25 15.22 15.20 606.16 625.25 620.98 626.24

Machinery .......................................................... 16.20 16.49 16.54 16.51 659.34 690.93 686.41 698.37

Computer and electronic products ................ 16.58 16.93 16.98 17.02 668.17 690.74 684.29 697.82

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.21 14.68 14.79 14.75 569.82 596.01 599.00 612.13

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.08 21.34 21.36 21.23 874.82 917.62 903.53 906.52

Furniture and related products ....................... 12.89 12.96 13.07 13.05 491.11 510.62 516.27 518.09

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.20 13.78 13.70 13.75 502.92 534.66 524.71 533.50

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.54 14.90 15.01 14.98 574.33 596.00 595.90 602.20

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.74 12.89 12.97 12.89 498.13 498.84 498.05 511.73

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 18.09 19.13 19.65 19.97 710.94 744.16 778.14 790.81

Textile mills ........................................................ 11.95 12.09 12.21 12.08 461.27 490.85 482.30 485.62

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.12 11.37 11.33 11.24 432.57 441.16 435.07 427.12

Apparel ............................................................... 9.49 9.60 9.64 9.53 336.90 350.40 349.93 347.85

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.66 11.64 11.65 11.58 457.07 464.44 460.18 451.62

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.25 17.59 17.83 17.92 707.25 731.74 745.29 754.43

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.25 15.61 15.54 15.53 573.40 600.99 593.63 594.80

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 23.29 24.82 24.55 24.46 1,003.80 1,079.67 1,063.02 1,073.79

Chemicals .......................................................... 18.44 18.87 19.00 19.05 776.32 811.41 811.30 817.25

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.11 14.45 14.59 14.59 570.04 589.56 595.27 596.73

Private service-providing ............................. 14.88 15.16 15.20 15.25 479.14 486.64 489.44 497.15

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.29 14.53 14.64 14.64 478.72 482.40 486.05 493.37

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.27 17.47 17.61 17.65 652.81 658.62 665.66 676.00

Retail trade ........................................................... 11.87 12.03 12.09 12.08 365.60 365.71 367.54 372.06

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.15 16.51 16.74 16.75 589.48 604.27 611.01 626.45

Utilities ................................................................... 24.59 25.36 25.68 25.49 1,003.27 1,039.76 1,052.88 1,055.29

Information ............................................................... 20.92 21.17 21.26 21.36 753.12 760.00 765.36 779.64

Financial activities .................................................. 17.00 17.37 17.43 17.64 600.10 611.42 615.28 638.57

Professional and business services .................... 17.15 17.28 17.26 17.45 584.82 587.52 588.57 605.52

Education and health services ............................. 15.51 15.94 15.99 16.02 497.87 513.27 516.48 522.25

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.74 8.89 8.84 8.87 222.87 225.81 224.54 228.85

Other services ......................................................... 13.82 13.83 13.87 13.93 431.18 428.73 428.58 436.01

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p= preliminary.
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Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

Percent

change from:

Apr. 2004-

May 2004p

Current dollars .............................................. $15.31 $15.49 $15.52 $15.55 $15.59 $15.64 0.3

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.28 8.27 8.27 8.24 8.25 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.76 17.00 17.06 17.08 17.13 17.12 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.47 17.95 18.01 18.10 18.05 18.06 .1

Construction ............................................................................ 18.95 19.11 19.18 19.17 19.21 19.21 .0

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 15.68 15.94 15.99 16.01 16.08 16.07 -.1

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 14.92 15.11 15.14 15.16 15.22 15.20 -.1

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.39 16.63 16.68 16.69 16.75 16.72 -.2

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.58 14.85 14.89 14.93 15.00 15.02 .1

Private service-providing ............................................. 14.92 15.08 15.10 15.13 15.18 15.24 .4

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.30 14.45 14.49 14.50 14.57 14.60 .2

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.32 17.53 17.54 17.54 17.60 17.60 .0

Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.87 11.95 11.98 11.99 12.02 12.05 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.20 16.46 16.52 16.53 16.71 16.77 .4

Utilities ................................................................................... 24.59 25.32 25.35 25.38 25.67 25.47 -.8

Information ............................................................................... 21.01 21.15 21.24 21.25 21.33 21.40 .3

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.02 17.35 17.32 17.41 17.44 17.52 .5

Professional and business services .................................... 17.21 17.24 17.25 17.27 17.29 17.37 .5

Education and health services ............................................. 15.56 15.87 15.90 15.96 16.00 16.07 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.75 8.85 8.86 8.87 8.86 8.88 .2

Other services ......................................................................... 13.82 13.84 13.84 13.87 13.86 13.89 .2

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the 

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and rate of time and one-half.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. N.A. = not available.

3 Change was 0.1 percent from Mar. 2004 to Apr. 2004, the p = preliminary.

latest month available.
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Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

Percent

change from:

Apr. 2004-

May 2004p

Total private ....................................... 98.5 97.3 98.5 101.0 98.6 99.1 99.2 99.5 99.9 100.2 0.3

Goods-producing .......................................... 96.1 93.7 94.4 97.9 95.6 96.0 96.2 96.4 96.2 97.1 .9

Natural resources and mining .............................. 97.3 97.3 98.5 103.1 97.5 99.1 98.2 100.8 101.9 103.3 1.4

Construction ............................................................ 100.1 93.8 95.9 102.6 98.5 99.7 99.6 100.7 100.1 100.6 .5

Manufacturing ......................................................... 94.4 93.7 93.7 95.5 94.4 94.4 94.5 94.4 94.3 95.5 1.3

Durable goods ..................................................... 94.2 94.6 94.6 96.4 93.9 94.8 94.9 94.9 94.9 96.2 1.4

Wood products .................................................. 97.1 96.9 98.2 102.5 96.2 98.7 99.7 99.7 99.9 101.4 1.5

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 96.6 92.6 95.8 98.2 94.6 95.5 95.0 96.5 96.6 96.7 .1

Primary metals .................................................. 94.3 92.1 92.4 94.4 94.1 92.1 92.0 92.4 92.6 94.1 1.6

Fabricated metal products .............................. 95.0 95.9 96.5 98.1 95.2 96.1 96.5 96.4 97.1 98.4 1.3

Machinery .......................................................... 94.1 96.3 95.9 97.9 93.3 94.9 95.1 95.3 95.3 97.4 2.2

Computer and electronic products ................ 92.8 90.7 89.4 91.8 93.2 90.2 90.8 90.5 90.2 91.4 1.3

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 90.7 88.4 88.2 90.0 91.5 90.6 89.0 88.8 88.8 90.5 1.9

Transportation equipment ............................... 94.9 98.1 96.9 98.0 94.1 97.3 97.7 97.4 96.6 97.4 .8

Furniture and related products ....................... 91.0 93.9 95.3 95.6 91.5 94.4 93.8 94.7 95.2 96.2 1.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 93.4 91.6 91.3 92.6 93.4 92.4 91.9 91.7 91.0 92.5 1.6

Nondurable goods ............................................... 94.2 92.4 91.8 93.8 94.8 93.6 93.8 93.5 93.3 94.2 1.0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 96.2 93.9 93.1 97.4 98.4 97.7 97.6 97.6 97.5 99.3 1.8

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 88.5 83.8 86.8 88.5 89.0 88.8 88.5 87.9 88.5 88.5 .0

Textile mills ........................................................ 87.1 80.7 78.5 79.3 86.3 80.3 79.5 79.8 77.6 78.6 1.3

Textile product mills ......................................... 93.6 92.2 93.7 93.7 93.2 92.4 93.1 92.5 92.5 93.2 .8

Apparel ............................................................... 84.8 78.7 78.1 78.6 83.4 77.2 78.8 78.1 77.5 77.0 -.6

Leather and allied products ............................ 94.7 92.9 93.3 93.7 93.1 91.4 91.7 91.5 91.3 91.4 .1

Paper and paper products .............................. 91.6 89.9 90.3 91.4 92.8 91.3 91.2 91.1 91.6 92.5 1.0

Printing and related support activities ........... 94.5 93.2 92.1 93.2 95.1 94.2 93.9 93.4 93.2 94.0 .9

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 96.6 96.4 96.8 102.0 97.8 99.0 98.6 98.9 99.1 101.6 2.5

Chemicals .......................................................... 98.9 99.7 99.3 99.9 98.7 99.0 99.9 99.5 99.7 99.9 .2

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 96.0 94.5 95.0 96.0 95.6 94.6 94.9 94.9 95.0 95.6 .6

Private service-providing ............................. 99.1 98.4 99.8 101.9 99.4 99.9 100.0 100.3 100.7 101.3 .6

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 98.1 96.5 97.2 99.4 98.5 98.7 99.1 99.2 99.3 99.5 .2

Wholesale trade ................................................... 98.2 96.9 97.8 99.6 98.4 97.7 98.0 98.2 98.5 98.7 .2

Retail trade ........................................................... 97.9 96.0 96.7 98.9 98.7 99.4 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.6 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 97.9 97.8 97.9 101.5 98.0 98.8 99.8 99.6 99.9 101.1 1.2

Utilities ................................................................... 97.2 97.4 97.4 98.5 97.4 97.4 97.7 98.2 98.3 98.7 .4

Information ............................................................... 96.5 97.0 97.6 99.4 97.3 97.1 97.8 98.0 98.6 99.5 .9

Financial activities .................................................. 101.0 99.6 100.3 103.5 101.7 101.7 101.0 101.1 101.5 102.3 .8

Professional and business services .................... 98.3 98.6 100.9 103.4 98.6 99.7 100.1 100.2 101.5 102.5 1.0

Education and health services ............................. 100.9 102.7 103.4 104.1 101.1 102.1 102.2 102.4 103.1 103.4 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 100.7 97.1 99.7 104.3 99.7 100.8 101.4 101.3 101.8 101.6 -.2

Other services ......................................................... 96.9 95.5 95.6 97.3 97.3 95.8 95.7 96.5 96.6 96.7 .1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by nonsupervisory worker employment.

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the
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Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

May

2003

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

May

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004p

May

2004p

Percent

change from:

Apr. 2004-

May 2004p

Total private ....................................... 100.7 101.3 102.8 105.7 101.0 102.7 103.0 103.5 104.2 104.9 0.7

Goods-producing .......................................... 98.4 97.6 98.7 102.4 98.1 99.9 100.5 100.8 100.9 101.8 .9

Natural resources and mining .............................. 98.4 102.8 103.8 108.1 99.1 103.4 102.9 106.1 107.0 108.6 1.5

Construction ............................................................ 101.9 96.6 99.2 106.0 100.8 102.9 103.2 104.2 103.8 104.4 .6

Manufacturing ......................................................... 96.5 98.1 98.4 100.1 96.8 98.4 98.8 98.9 99.1 100.4 1.3

Durable goods ..................................................... 96.2 98.6 98.8 100.3 96.0 98.4 98.9 98.9 99.2 100.4 1.2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 96.8 97.3 97.4 99.2 97.7 98.2 98.6 98.6 98.9 100.0 1.1

Private service-providing ............................. 101.3 102.5 104.2 106.7 101.9 103.5 103.7 104.3 105.0 106.1 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 100.0 100.1 101.5 103.8 100.4 101.7 102.4 102.6 103.2 103.6 .4

Wholesale trade ................................................... 99.9 99.7 101.5 103.5 100.4 100.9 101.3 101.5 102.1 102.3 .2

Retail trade ........................................................... 99.6 99.0 100.2 102.4 100.4 101.8 101.9 102.0 102.4 102.8 .4

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 100.3 102.5 104.0 107.9 100.7 103.2 104.6 104.4 105.9 107.6 1.6

Utilities ................................................................... 99.7 103.1 104.4 104.8 100.0 102.9 103.4 104.1 105.3 104.9 -.4

Information ............................................................... 99.9 101.6 102.7 105.1 101.2 101.6 102.8 103.1 104.1 105.4 1.2

Financial activities .................................................. 106.1 107.0 108.1 112.9 107.1 109.1 108.2 108.8 109.5 110.9 1.3

Professional and business services .................... 100.4 101.3 103.6 107.4 101.0 102.3 102.8 103.0 104.4 105.9 1.4

Education and health services ............................. 102.9 107.6 108.7 109.7 103.4 106.5 106.8 107.5 108.4 109.2 .7

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 102.6 100.6 102.7 107.9 101.7 104.0 104.7 104.8 105.1 105.2 .1

Other services ......................................................... 97.6 96.2 96.6 98.7 97.9 96.6 96.5 97.5 97.5 97.8 .3

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly 

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. 

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by 
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Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

Time Span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1

Over 1-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 61.9 62.9 63.3 59.5 46.9 61.7 63.1 52.5 51.1 53.4 56.8 53.8

2001 ........................................................ 52.2 47.8 50.4 34.4 41.4 39.2 37.1 38.8 38.3 32.4 36.7 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 40.1 35.1 41.0 41.5 41.7 47.8 44.1 44.1 42.8 39.0 38.7 34.5

2003 ........................................................ 41.2 35.1 38.1 41.4 42.8 40.1 40.5 39.7 49.3 46.0 51.1 49.1

2004 ........................................................ 52.3 56.1 68.7 p 68.3 p 66.4

Over 3-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 69.2 66.2 67.8 68.3 60.1 58.1 56.3 61.5 56.5 53.2 52.9 56.8

2001 ........................................................ 52.7 50.4 50.4 43.5 38.8 34.9 36.2 37.9 34.7 35.3 30.8 32.0

2002 ........................................................ 34.0 37.4 35.1 36.2 36.7 39.4 39.9 40.8 38.7 37.1 34.4 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 36.5 32.6 36.3 35.1 40.5 42.6 37.4 35.4 40.1 45.5 50.5 51.1

2004 ........................................................ 54.0 55.2 62.8 p 67.4 p 75.4

Over 6-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 67.3 69.1 72.5 72.5 67.4 67.8 66.7 60.8 59.0 55.0 59.7 54.0

2001 ........................................................ 51.8 50.0 51.8 47.3 43.5 41.5 38.1 35.4 32.2 33.1 31.5 31.1

2002 ........................................................ 29.5 30.0 31.1 31.1 31.7 37.1 37.2 39.0 34.7 36.5 35.3 33.3

2003 ........................................................ 33.6 31.1 31.7 31.7 33.5 37.8 36.2 36.5 40.5 39.4 42.6 41.7

2004 ........................................................ 48.9 54.1 59.5 p 65.1 p 70.7

Over 12-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 70.9 69.2 73.2 71.0 69.8 71.0 70.0 70.3 70.3 65.6 63.8 62.1

2001 ........................................................ 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 36.2 34.4 34.7 33.1 37.6 37.4 33.1 35.4

2004 ........................................................ 37.8 43.2 47.3 p 50.7 p 55.2

Over 1-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 48.2 58.3 50.0 50.0 41.1 57.1 60.7 28.6 25.0 35.1 39.9 41.1

2001 ........................................................ 22.6 22.0 21.4 16.1 15.5 23.2 13.7 14.3 19.0 17.9 14.9 10.1

2002 ........................................................ 21.4 18.5 23.8 35.1 29.8 32.7 40.5 28.0 31.0 11.9 15.5 17.9

2003 ........................................................ 26.2 15.5 22.6 13.7 26.2 25.0 28.0 26.2 27.4 28.6 51.2 45.8

2004 ........................................................ 42.9 55.4 60.1 p 66.1 p 64.9

Over 3-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 53.6 53.6 56.0 54.8 44.0 44.0 51.2 47.6 32.7 25.0 23.2 38.7

2001 ........................................................ 35.7 21.4 16.1 14.3 13.1 13.7 11.9 8.9 8.3 13.1 8.9 10.1

2002 ........................................................ 9.5 10.1 11.3 17.9 17.3 19.0 28.0 22.0 23.8 15.5 6.5 4.8

2003 ........................................................ 13.7 13.1 16.7 10.1 13.1 14.9 16.1 16.1 16.1 24.4 27.4 41.7

2004 ........................................................ 48.8 51.8 59.5 p 62.5 p 70.2

Over 6-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 44.0 52.4 55.4 57.7 47.6 51.8 56.0 45.2 39.3 34.5 32.1 27.4

2001 ........................................................ 22.0 23.8 22.0 20.8 14.3 13.7 14.3 10.1 10.7 5.4 7.1 4.8

2002 ........................................................ 6.5 8.9 7.7 8.3 7.7 14.3 14.9 10.7 12.5 10.1 8.9 8.9

2003 ........................................................ 11.3 9.5 6.0 7.1 8.9 13.1 8.9 13.1 13.1 16.7 19.0 19.6

2004 ........................................................ 28.6 36.9 46.4 p 58.3 p 58.3

Over 12-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 41.7 39.3 47.0 50.0 46.4 52.4 51.8 49.4 46.4 40.5 35.1 33.3

2001 ........................................................ 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ........................................................ 10.7 6.0 6.5 5.4 8.3 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.7 11.9 9.5 11.3

2004 ........................................................ 9.5 19.0 16.7 p 25.6 p 32.1

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1

1Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment,

spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with

p= preliminary. increasing and decreasing employment. 

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment