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Technical information: 

Household data: (202) 691-6378 • cpsinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cps

Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 • cesinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/ces 

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION – AUGUST 2010

Nonfarm payroll employment changed little (-54,000) in August, and the unemployment rate was 

about unchanged at 9.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Government 

employment fell, as 114,000 temporary workers hired for the decennial census completed their work. 

Private-sector payroll employment continued to trend up modestly (+67,000). 

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

August 2008 – August 2010

Household Survey Data

The number of unemployed persons (14.9 million) and the unemployment rate (9.6 percent) were 

little changed in August. From May through August, the jobless rate remained in the range of 9.5 to 9.7 

percent. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for adult men (9.8 percent), adult women 

(8.0 percent), teenagers (26.3 percent), whites (8.7 percent), blacks (16.3 percent), and Hispanics (12.0 

percent) showed little change in August. The jobless rate for Asians was 7.2 percent, not seasonally 

adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 
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The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) declined by 323,000 over 

the month to 6.2 million. In August, 42.0 percent of unemployed persons had been jobless for 27 weeks 

or more. (See table A-12.) 

In August, the civilian labor force participation rate (64.7 percent) and the employment-population 

ratio (58.5 percent) were essentially unchanged. (See table A-1.) 

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as 

involuntary part-time workers) increased by 331,000 over the month to 8.9 million. These individuals 

were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a fulltime job. (See table A-8.) 

About 2.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in August, little changed from 

a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, 

wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They 

were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the 

survey. (See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 1.1 million discouraged workers in August, an increase of 

352,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not 

currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.3 

million persons marginally attached to the labor force had not searched for work in the 4 weeks 

preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities.

Establishment Survey Data

Total nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (-54,000) in August. Government employment 

fell by 121,000, reflecting the departure of 114,000 temporary Census 2010 workers from federal 

government payrolls. Total private employment continued to trend up modestly over the month 

(+67,000). Since its most recent low in December 2009, private-sector employment has risen by 

763,000. (See table B-1.) 

Employment in health care increased by 28,000 in August, with the largest gains occurring in 

ambulatory health care services (+17,000) and hospitals (+9,000). Thus far in 2010, the health care 

industry has added an average of 20,000 jobs per month, about in line with the average monthly job 

growth in 2009. 

Mining employment rose by 8,000 in August. Since a recent low in October 2009, employment in the 

industry has increased by 72,000. Support activities for mining has accounted for about three-fourths of 

the gain. 

Manufacturing employment declined by 27,000 over the month. A decline in motor vehicles and parts 

(-22,000) offset a gain of similar magnitude in July as the industry departed somewhat from its usual 

layoff and recall pattern for annual retooling. 

Within professional and business services, employment in temporary help services was up by 17,000. 

This industry has added 392,000 jobs since a recent employment low in September 2009. 
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Construction employment was up (+19,000) in August. This change partially reflected the return to 

payrolls of 10,000 workers who were on strike in July. 

Employment in retail trade was about unchanged over the month. A job gain among motor vehicle and 

parts dealers (+8,000) was essentially offset by losses in building materials and garden supply stores 

(-6,000). 

Employment in other private-sector industries, including wholesale trade, transportation and 

warehousing, information, financial activities, and leisure and hospitality, showed little change in 

August. 

Over the month, government employment fell by 121,000, largely reflecting the loss of 114,000 

temporary workers hired for Census 2010. The number of temporary Census 2010 workers peaked in 

May at 564,000 but has declined to 82,000 in August. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged over the month 

at 34.2 hours. The manufacturing workweek for all employees increased by 0.1 hour to 40.2 hours, and 

factory overtime was up by 0.1 hour. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory 

employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour to 33.5 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

Average hourly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 6 cents, or 0.3 

percent, to $22.66 in August. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 1.7 

percent. In August, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory 

employees increased by 3 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $19.08. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for June was revised from -221,000 to -175,000, and 

the change for July was revised from -131,000 to -54,000. 

The Employment Situation for September is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 8, 2010,

at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Change from:

July 2010-

Aug. 2010

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population............................................ 236,087 237,690 237,890 238,099 209

Civilian labor force............................................................ 154,426 153,741 153,560 154,110 550

Participation rate........................................................... 65.4 64.7 64.6 64.7 0.1

Employed.................................................................... 139,433 139,119 138,960 139,250 290

Employment-population ratio........................................... 59.1 58.5 58.4 58.5 0.1

Unemployed................................................................. 14,993 14,623 14,599 14,860 261

Unemployment rate..................................................... 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.6 0.1

Not in labor force............................................................. 81,661 83,949 84,330 83,989 -341

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over....................................................... 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.6 0.1

Adult men (20 years and over).............................................. 10.2 9.9 9.7 9.8 0.1

Adult women (20 years and over).......................................... 7.7 7.8 7.9 8.0 0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................. 25.7 25.7 26.1 26.3 0.2

White........................................................................... 8.9 8.6 8.6 8.7 0.1

Black or African American................................................... 15.2 15.4 15.6 16.3 0.7

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................. 7.5 7.7 8.2 7.2 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.................................................. 13.0 12.4 12.1 12.0 -0.1

Total, 25 years and over....................................................... 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.3 0.2

Less than a high school diploma........................................... 15.5 14.1 13.8 14.0 0.2

High school graduates, no college......................................... 9.8 10.8 10.1 10.3 0.2

Some college or associate degree......................................... 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.7 0.4

Bachelor’s degree and higher............................................... 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.6 0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs................... 9,814 9,114 9,125 9,305 180

Job leavers....................................................................... 835 900 900 874 -26

Reentrants........................................................................ 3,294 3,308 3,393 3,411 18

New entrants..................................................................... 1,096 1,140 1,188 1,259 71

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks.............................................................. 2,992 2,769 2,839 2,760 -79

5 to 14 weeks.................................................................... 4,093 3,121 3,060 3,635 575

15 to 26 weeks.................................................................. 2,825 2,208 2,151 2,235 84

27 weeks and over.............................................................. 5,024 6,751 6,572 6,249 -323

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons............................................... 9,077 8,627 8,529 8,860 331

Slack work or business conditions.......................................... 6,895 6,165 6,119 6,380 261

Could only find part-time work.............................................. 2,065 2,101 2,246 2,347 101

Part time for noneconomic reasons........................................... 18,768 17,870 18,157 18,558 401

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force........................................ 2,270 2,591 2,622 2,370 –

Discouraged workers......................................................... 758 1,207 1,185 1,110 –

- Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not

necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with

the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -212 -175 -54 -54

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -215 61 107 67

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -130 1 37 0

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -9 6 7 8

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -64 -9 -4 19

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -57 4 34 -27

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -46 7 33 -24

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -8.4 -5.1 22.3 -21.6

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -11 -3 1 -3

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -85 60 70 67

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -8.7 4.7 8.3 4.1

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -15.3 -16.2 7.4 -4.9

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1.1 12.1 11.6 -7.4

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -9 -14 4 -1

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -24 -11 -11 -4

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -34 33 -3 20

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -15.7 18.6 -0.9 16.8

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 30 34 45

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.0 22.6 29.6 40.2

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -18 30 11 13

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -9 -7 10 3

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -236 -161 -121

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 49.7 49.7 49.7

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.4 48.2 48.2 48.2

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.3 82.4 82.4 82.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 34.1 34.2 34.2

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22.28 $ 22.55 $ 22.60 $ 22.66

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 753.06 $ 768.96 $ 772.92 $ 774.97

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.1 92.0 92.4 92.4

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.2 -0.2 0.4 0.0

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.8 99.0 99.6 99.9

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 -0.2 0.6 0.3

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 33.4 33.4 33.5

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18.69 $ 19.02 $ 19.05 $ 19.08

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 618.64 $ 635.27 $ 636.27 $ 639.18

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.0 99.1 99.2 99.5

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.2 -0.2 0.1 0.3

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.3 125.9 126.2 126.9

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.6

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.9 53.7 56.7 53.0

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 48.8 53.0 47.0

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing

industries.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours.

4 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average

aggregate weekly payrolls.

5 Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance

between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.

p Preliminary
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates

Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment 

and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller 

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

much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 100,000 is statistically 

significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the 

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

establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural 

workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household 

survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups.

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?

It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However, neither the 

establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Therefore, it 

is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The establishment survey does not 

collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which identify 

the foreign and native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the foreign born. 

Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating 

additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. 

The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 

2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit 

www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. 

On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors 

estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records.

The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. 

Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?

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

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

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

to achieve that goal. 

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?

Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment 

change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that 

forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the 

net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The 

establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not 
immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth 

of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new 

businesses to the survey twice a year. 

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

benefits? 

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

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

(People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement 

or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 

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

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

those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In 

addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not 

officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment Situation news release. 
Technical 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 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 U.S. Bureau 

of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of nonagricultural business establishments. The sample includes about 

140,000 businesses and government agencies representing 

approximately 410,000 worksites and is drawn from a sampling frame of roughly 8.9 million unemployment insurance 

tax accounts. The active sample includes approximately 

one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. 

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

particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the 

reference period 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 employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. 

Additional information about the household survey can be 

found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm. 

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

offices, and stores, as well as from 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 

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and 

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

logging, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in private service-providing industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment's principal activity in accordance with the 2007 

version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

survey can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/#technical. 

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 are 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 regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such 

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a 

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal 

developments, such as declines in employment or increases 

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

spot. For example, in the household survey, 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. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

declines by about 20 percent at the end of the spring term 

and later rises with the start of the fall term, obscuring the 

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a 

more useful tool with which to analyze changes in monthto-month economic activity. 

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, 

such as total payroll employment, employment in most 

major sectors, 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 agesex 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. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

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 nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

100,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment 

increases by 50,000 from one month to the next. The 90-

percent confidence interval on the monthly change would 

range from -50,000 to +150,000 (50,000 +/- 100,000). 

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 nonfarm 

employment had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, 

the reported nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, 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 nonfarm employment had, in fact, 

risen that month. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 

percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly 

change in unemployment as measured by the household 

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

the unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.19 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 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all 

respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely 

basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in 

the collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates 

for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete 

returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled 

preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive 

revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample 

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered 

final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

estimation procedure with two components is used to 
account for business births. The first component excludes 

employment losses from business deaths from samplebased estimation in order to offset the missing employment 

gains from business births. This is incorporated into the 

sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting 

sample units going out of business, but imputing to them 

the same employment trend as the other firms in the 

sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net 

birth/death employment. 

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 5 years. 

The sample-based estimates from the establishment 

survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to 

universe counts of payroll employment obtained from 

administrative records of the unemployment insurance 

program. The difference between the March sample-based 

employment estimates and the March universe counts is 

known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough 

proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also 

incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over 

the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total 

nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a 

range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
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 adjusted1

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236,087 237,890 238,099 236,087 237,329 237,499 237,690 237,890 238,099

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,897 155,270 154,678 154,426 154,715 154,393 153,741 153,560 154,110

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.6 65.3 65.0 65.4 65.2 65.0 64.7 64.6 64.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,074 140,134 139,919 139,433 139,455 139,420 139,119 138,960 139,250

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 58.9 58.8 59.1 58.8 58.7 58.5 58.4 58.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,823 15,137 14,759 14,993 15,260 14,973 14,623 14,599 14,860

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 9.7 9.5 9.7 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,190 82,620 83,421 81,661 82,614 83,107 83,949 84,330 83,989

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,728 6,143 6,083 5,609 5,951 5,734 5,895 5,886 5,972

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,288 115,207 115,317 114,288 114,910 115,001 115,102 115,207 115,317

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,704 83,071 82,685 82,466 82,453 82,245 82,017 81,962 82,299

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.4 72.1 71.7 72.2 71.8 71.5 71.3 71.1 71.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,341 74,749 74,592 73,436 73,548 73,639 73,375 73,454 73,608

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.0 64.9 64.7 64.3 64.0 64.0 63.7 63.8 63.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,363 8,323 8,093 9,031 8,905 8,606 8,642 8,507 8,691

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 10.0 9.8 11.0 10.8 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,583 32,135 32,632 31,821 32,457 32,756 33,084 33,245 33,017

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,651 106,641 106,761 105,651 106,301 106,407 106,522 106,641 106,761

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,132 79,356 79,426 79,196 79,356 79,237 79,110 78,971 79,332

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 74.4 74.4 75.0 74.7 74.5 74.3 74.1 74.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,728 72,068 72,215 71,142 71,358 71,477 71,316 71,332 71,521

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.9 67.6 67.6 67.3 67.1 67.2 66.9 66.9 67.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,403 7,287 7,211 8,055 7,998 7,760 7,793 7,638 7,811

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 9.2 9.1 10.2 10.1 9.8 9.9 9.7 9.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,519 27,286 27,335 26,455 26,945 27,170 27,412 27,671 27,429

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,799 122,683 122,783 121,799 122,419 122,499 122,589 122,683 122,783

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,192 72,199 71,993 71,960 72,262 72,148 71,724 71,598 71,811

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 58.8 58.6 59.1 59.0 58.9 58.5 58.4 58.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,733 65,385 65,327 65,997 65,907 65,781 65,743 65,506 65,642

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.0 53.3 53.2 54.2 53.8 53.7 53.6 53.4 53.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,460 6,814 6,666 5,962 6,355 6,367 5,981 6,092 6,169

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 9.4 9.3 8.3 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.5 8.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,607 50,484 50,789 49,839 50,157 50,350 50,865 51,085 50,972

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,405 114,372 114,481 113,405 114,066 114,160 114,264 114,372 114,481

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,830 68,717 68,766 68,847 69,265 69,128 68,859 68,747 68,844

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.7 60.1 60.1 60.7 60.7 60.6 60.3 60.1 60.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,091 62,775 62,845 63,552 63,552 63,505 63,516 63,314 63,356

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.6 54.9 54.9 56.0 55.7 55.6 55.6 55.4 55.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,739 5,942 5,921 5,295 5,712 5,623 5,343 5,433 5,488

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 8.6 8.6 7.7 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.9 8.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,575 45,654 45,715 44,558 44,801 45,032 45,405 45,625 45,637

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,031 16,877 16,857 17,031 16,962 16,932 16,904 16,877 16,857

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,935 7,197 6,486 6,383 6,094 6,028 5,772 5,843 5,934

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.7 42.6 38.5 37.5 35.9 35.6 34.1 34.6 35.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,255 5,290 4,859 4,740 4,544 4,438 4,286 4,315 4,373

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 31.3 28.8 27.8 26.8 26.2 25.4 25.6 25.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680 1,907 1,627 1,643 1,550 1,590 1,486 1,528 1,561

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 26.5 25.1 25.7 25.4 26.4 25.7 26.1 26.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,096 9,679 10,371 10,648 10,867 10,905 11,132 11,034 10,923

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

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

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 adjusted1

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191,086 192,109 192,245 191,086 191,749 191,856 191,979 192,109 192,245

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,290 126,152 125,710 126,038 125,779 125,429 124,959 125,060 125,362

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 65.7 65.4 66.0 65.6 65.4 65.1 65.1 65.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,173 115,183 114,941 114,784 114,484 114,359 114,163 114,300 114,470

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.3 60.0 59.8 60.1 59.7 59.6 59.5 59.5 59.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,118 10,969 10,769 11,254 11,295 11,070 10,797 10,760 10,893

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.9 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,796 65,957 66,535 65,048 65,970 66,427 67,019 67,049 66,883

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,506 65,603 65,602 65,640 65,556 65,419 65,349 65,412 65,590

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.4 74.9 74.9 75.5 75.1 74.9 74.7 74.7 74.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,896 60,213 60,221 59,514 59,504 59,639 59,561 59,662 59,738

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.9 68.8 68.7 68.5 68.2 68.3 68.1 68.2 68.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,610 5,389 5,381 6,126 6,052 5,780 5,788 5,750 5,852

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 8.2 8.2 9.3 9.2 8.8 8.9 8.8 8.9

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,971 54,634 54,751 55,036 55,184 55,062 54,883 54,818 54,848

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.3 59.6 59.7 60.4 60.3 60.1 59.9 59.8 59.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,763 50,429 50,548 51,211 51,123 50,981 50,971 50,943 50,979

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.7 55.0 55.1 56.2 55.9 55.7 55.6 55.5 55.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,207 4,205 4,203 3,825 4,061 4,081 3,911 3,875 3,869

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.0 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,813 5,915 5,357 5,362 5,040 4,948 4,728 4,830 4,924

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.6 46.0 41.7 41.2 38.9 38.3 36.7 37.5 38.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,513 4,540 4,173 4,060 3,857 3,739 3,630 3,695 3,752

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.7 35.3 32.5 31.2 29.8 28.9 28.2 28.7 29.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300 1,375 1,184 1,303 1,183 1,209 1,097 1,135 1,172

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.4 23.2 22.1 24.3 23.5 24.4 23.2 23.5 23.8

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,290 28,718 28,755 28,290 28,624 28,653 28,685 28,718 28,755

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,658 18,066 17,991 17,596 17,951 17,983 17,768 17,651 17,879

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.4 62.9 62.6 62.2 62.7 62.8 61.9 61.5 62.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,005 15,059 15,052 14,914 14,985 15,189 15,036 14,896 14,967

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.0 52.4 52.3 52.7 52.4 53.0 52.4 51.9 52.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,653 3,007 2,939 2,682 2,966 2,794 2,732 2,755 2,911

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.0 16.6 16.3 15.2 16.5 15.5 15.4 15.6 16.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,632 10,652 10,764 10,694 10,673 10,670 10,917 11,067 10,877

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,951 8,088 8,131 7,913 8,130 8,184 8,062 8,004 8,082

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.7 69.5 69.8 69.4 70.2 70.6 69.4 68.8 69.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,682 6,749 6,813 6,569 6,668 6,782 6,656 6,667 6,687

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 58.0 58.5 57.6 57.6 58.5 57.3 57.3 57.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,269 1,339 1,318 1,344 1,462 1,402 1,406 1,337 1,395

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.0 16.6 16.2 17.0 18.0 17.1 17.4 16.7 17.3

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,957 9,161 9,123 8,976 9,146 9,106 9,070 9,005 9,103

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 63.5 63.1 63.2 63.6 63.3 62.9 62.4 63.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,833 7,854 7,835 7,885 7,894 7,977 7,998 7,847 7,902

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 54.4 54.2 55.5 54.9 55.4 55.5 54.4 54.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,124 1,307 1,288 1,091 1,252 1,128 1,072 1,157 1,202

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 14.3 14.1 12.2 13.7 12.4 11.8 12.9 13.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749 817 737 708 675 694 636 643 693

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.9 30.8 27.8 26.4 25.3 26.0 23.9 24.2 26.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 456 404 460 423 430 382 382 379

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.2 17.2 15.3 17.2 15.8 16.2 14.4 14.4 14.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 361 332 247 252 263 254 261 314

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.7 44.2 45.1 35.0 37.3 38.0 39.9 40.6 45.4

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,931 11,200 11,265 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,252 7,342 7,311 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.3 65.6 64.9 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,709 6,742 6,783 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.4 60.2 60.2 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 601 528 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 8.2 7.2 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,679 3,857 3,955 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced

annually with the release of January data.
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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 adjusted1

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population.................. 33,017 33,747 33,836 33,017 33,498 33,578 33,662 33,747 33,836

Civilian labor force................................. 22,417 22,908 22,832 22,320 22,684 22,789 22,674 22,738 22,729

Participation rate................................. 67.9 67.9 67.5 67.6 67.7 67.9 67.4 67.4 67.2

Employed......................................... 19,511 20,110 20,116 19,411 19,850 19,953 19,854 19,987 20,002

Employment-population ratio................ 59.1 59.6 59.5 58.8 59.3 59.4 59.0 59.2 59.1

Unemployed...................................... 2,906 2,798 2,716 2,908 2,834 2,836 2,820 2,751 2,726

Unemployment rate........................... 13.0 12.2 11.9 13.0 12.5 12.4 12.4 12.1 12.0

Not in labor force................................... 10,599 10,839 11,004 10,697 10,814 10,789 10,989 11,009 11,107

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 12,788 13,065 13,049 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 83.2 83.2 82.8 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 11,209 11,735 11,694 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 73.0 74.7 74.2 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,578 1,330 1,355 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 12.3 10.2 10.4 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 8,470 8,650 8,718 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 58.3 58.5 58.8 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 7,536 7,599 7,708 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 51.9 51.4 52.0 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 934 1,050 1,010 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 11.0 12.1 11.6 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................. 1,160 1,193 1,065 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 37.0 36.8 32.8 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 766 775 714 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 24.4 23.9 22.0 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 394 418 351 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 34.0 35.0 33.0 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................... 12,240 11,823 11,750 12,323 12,122 12,133 12,095 12,048 11,819

Participation rate.................................... 47.0 46.4 46.1 47.4 46.4 45.8 45.4 47.3 46.4

Employed............................................ 10,433 10,286 10,189 10,414 10,335 10,319 10,391 10,390 10,165

Employment-population ratio................... 40.1 40.4 40.0 40.0 39.5 39.0 39.0 40.8 39.9

Unemployed......................................... 1,807 1,538 1,562 1,909 1,787 1,814 1,704 1,658 1,654

Unemployment rate.............................. 14.8 13.0 13.3 15.5 14.7 15.0 14.1 13.8 14.0

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................... 37,926 37,583 38,156 38,073 38,849 38,433 38,107 37,941 38,314

Participation rate.................................... 61.6 61.0 61.7 61.9 62.4 62.0 62.0 61.6 61.9

Employed............................................ 34,391 33,844 34,458 34,324 34,728 34,251 33,993 34,113 34,373

Employment-population ratio................... 55.9 54.9 55.7 55.8 55.8 55.2 55.3 55.4 55.6

Unemployed......................................... 3,535 3,739 3,698 3,749 4,120 4,182 4,114 3,829 3,940

Unemployment rate.............................. 9.3 9.9 9.7 9.8 10.6 10.9 10.8 10.1 10.3

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................... 36,588 36,884 37,074 36,667 36,552 36,832 36,586 36,713 37,068

Participation rate.................................... 71.2 70.3 70.5 71.3 70.8 71.0 70.7 70.0 70.5

Employed............................................ 33,485 33,715 33,751 33,645 33,535 33,780 33,579 33,652 33,850

Employment-population ratio................... 65.1 64.3 64.2 65.4 65.0 65.1 64.9 64.1 64.4

Unemployed......................................... 3,103 3,169 3,323 3,022 3,017 3,052 3,007 3,061 3,218

Unemployment rate.............................. 8.5 8.6 9.0 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.7

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................... 45,868 46,042 45,733 45,817 45,879 45,718 46,246 46,015 45,676

Participation rate.................................... 77.1 76.2 75.9 77.0 77.3 77.3 77.3 76.2 75.8

Employed............................................ 43,495 43,725 43,460 43,650 43,642 43,581 44,200 43,924 43,582

Employment-population ratio................... 73.1 72.4 72.1 73.4 73.5 73.6 73.8 72.7 72.3

Unemployed......................................... 2,373 2,317 2,273 2,167 2,237 2,136 2,046 2,091 2,094

Unemployment rate.............................. 5.2 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.6

1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2 Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service,

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,137 21,965 20,378 20,176 1,759 1,789

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,063 11,910 10,916 10,783 1,147 1,127

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.5 54.2 53.6 53.4 65.2 63.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,130 10,871 10,065 9,828 1,065 1,043

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.3 49.5 49.4 48.7 60.5 58.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933 1,039 851 955 82 84

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 8.7 7.8 8.9 7.1 7.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,074 10,055 9,462 9,393 612 662

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,947 2,181 1,581 1,780 366 401

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,644 1,854 1,354 1,576 290 278

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.5 85.0 85.7 88.5 79.3 69.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,459 1,679 1,201 1,428 257 252

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 77.0 76.0 80.2 70.4 62.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 175 153 149 33 26

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 9.4 11.3 9.4 11.2 9.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 327 227 204 76 123

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,027 2,954 2,546 2,515 481 439

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,683 2,518 2,297 2,194 386 323

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.6 85.2 90.2 87.2 80.2 73.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,490 2,333 2,131 2,031 358 302

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.2 79.0 83.7 80.7 74.5 68.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 185 166 164 27 21

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.5 7.1 6.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 437 249 321 95 116

World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,338 10,923 10,952 10,558 387 364

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,239 3,986 4,115 3,889 124 97

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.4 36.5 37.6 36.8 32.1 26.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,930 3,593 3,817 3,502 113 91

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.7 32.9 34.9 33.2 29.1 24.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 393 298 387 12 6

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 9.9 7.2 10.0 9.3 6.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,099 6,937 6,837 6,669 263 268

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,825 5,907 5,300 5,322 525 585

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,497 3,552 3,150 3,123 347 429

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.0 60.1 59.4 58.7 66.0 73.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,252 3,266 2,916 2,868 337 398

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 55.3 55.0 53.9 64.1 68.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 286 235 255 10 31

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 8.0 7.4 8.2 2.9 7.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,328 2,355 2,149 2,199 179 156

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205,074 207,255 89,360 90,634 115,714 116,621

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,266 140,472 70,433 70,744 69,833 69,728

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.4 67.8 78.8 78.1 60.3 59.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,995 127,411 63,285 63,956 63,710 63,455

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.9 61.5 70.8 70.6 55.1 54.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,271 13,061 7,148 6,788 6,123 6,273

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 9.3 10.1 9.6 8.8 9.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,807 66,783 18,927 19,890 45,881 46,892

NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S.

Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August

2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time

periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and

another period are classified only in the wartime period. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population....................................................... 26,993 26,045 209,094 212,054

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 5,989 5,738 148,907 148,940

Participation rate...................................................................... 22.2 22.0 71.2 70.2

Employed.............................................................................. 4,978 4,841 135,096 135,078

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 18.4 18.6 64.6 63.7

Unemployed........................................................................... 1,011 897 13,811 13,863

Unemployment rate................................................................ 16.9 15.6 9.3 9.3

Not in labor force........................................................................ 21,003 20,307 60,186 63,114

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,731 2,682 76,346 76,245

Participation rate...................................................................... 38.0 37.6 84.2 83.4

Employed.............................................................................. 2,198 2,243 68,767 68,885

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 30.6 31.4 75.9 75.4

Unemployed........................................................................... 534 439 7,578 7,360

Unemployment rate................................................................ 19.5 16.4 9.9 9.7

Not in labor force........................................................................ 4,459 4,456 14,304 15,134

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,408 2,225 66,844 66,775

Participation rate...................................................................... 32.2 30.7 72.1 71.4

Employed.............................................................................. 2,012 1,844 60,976 60,687

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 26.9 25.4 65.8 64.9

Unemployed........................................................................... 396 381 5,868 6,088

Unemployment rate................................................................ 16.4 17.1 8.8 9.1

Not in labor force........................................................................ 5,076 5,029 25,860 26,762

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 850 831 5,718 5,920

Participation rate...................................................................... 6.9 7.1 22.2 21.8

Employed.............................................................................. 768 754 5,353 5,506

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 6.2 6.5 20.8 20.3

Unemployed........................................................................... 82 77 365 415

Unemployment rate................................................................ 9.6 9.3 6.4 7.0

Not in labor force........................................................................ 11,469 10,823 20,023 21,217

NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing

even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition;

has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or

shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 35,312 36,347 17,683 18,237 17,629 18,110

Civilian labor force................................................... 24,142 24,644 14,314 14,616 9,828 10,028

Participation rate................................................... 68.4 67.8 80.9 80.1 55.8 55.4

Employed........................................................... 21,695 22,415 12,847 13,360 8,847 9,055

Employment-population ratio.................................. 61.4 61.7 72.7 73.3 50.2 50.0

Unemployed........................................................ 2,447 2,229 1,466 1,256 981 974

Unemployment rate............................................. 10.1 9.0 10.2 8.6 10.0 9.7

Not in labor force..................................................... 11,170 11,703 3,370 3,621 7,800 8,082

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 200,774 201,752 96,604 97,080 104,170 104,672

Civilian labor force................................................... 130,755 130,034 68,391 68,069 62,364 61,965

Participation rate................................................... 65.1 64.5 70.8 70.1 59.9 59.2

Employed........................................................... 118,379 117,504 61,494 61,232 56,885 56,272

Employment-population ratio.................................. 59.0 58.2 63.7 63.1 54.6 53.8

Unemployed........................................................ 12,375 12,530 6,897 6,837 5,479 5,693

Unemployment rate............................................. 9.5 9.6 10.1 10.0 8.8 9.2

Not in labor force..................................................... 70,020 71,718 28,213 29,011 41,806 42,708

NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or

one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are persons who were born in the

United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Updated

population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................... 2,241 2,416 2,327 2,095 2,254 2,228 2,120 2,192 2,188

Wage and salary workers......................... 1,368 1,485 1,409 1,252 1,397 1,363 1,289 1,329 1,300

Self-employed workers............................ 847 884 886 821 823 821 808 825 855

Unpaid family workers............................. 26 47 31 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries............................ 137,833 137,717 137,592 137,285 137,199 137,207 136,857 136,599 136,974

Wage and salary workers......................... 128,493 128,707 128,656 128,168 128,183 128,197 127,900 127,881 128,314

Government...................................... 20,665 20,326 20,062 21,124 21,440 21,270 21,242 20,978 20,575

Private industries................................ 107,828 108,381 108,595 107,094 106,706 106,906 106,740 106,869 107,760

Private households............................ 859 692 678 – – – – – –

Other industries............................... 106,969 107,689 107,916 106,273 105,977 106,204 106,065 106,270 107,118

Self-employed workers............................ 9,269 8,927 8,884 9,032 8,910 8,952 8,889 8,779 8,678

Unpaid family workers............................. 71 83 52 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME1

All industries

Part time for economic reasons2................... 8,835 8,737 8,628 9,077 9,152 8,809 8,627 8,529 8,860

Slack work or business conditions............... 6,497 5,994 6,031 6,895 6,268 6,143 6,165 6,119 6,380

Could only find part-time work.................... 1,917 2,360 2,183 2,065 2,489 2,326 2,101 2,246 2,347

Part time for noneconomic reasons3

.............. 16,921 16,635 16,888 18,768 18,140 17,929 17,870 18,157 18,558

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons2

................... 8,712 8,610 8,509 8,946 9,049 8,661 8,472 8,386 8,730

Slack work or business conditions............... 6,406 5,907 5,953 6,797 6,213 6,041 6,074 6,018 6,304

Could only find part-time work.................... 1,900 2,346 2,159 2,046 2,486 2,306 2,086 2,192 2,320

Part time for noneconomic reasons3

.............. 16,590 16,313 16,546 18,383 17,798 17,627 17,580 17,774 18,161

1 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs for the

entire week.

2 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions,

inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand.

3 Refers to persons who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training,

retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during

the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.

- Data not available.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of

the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,074 140,134 139,919 139,433 139,455 139,420 139,119 138,960 139,250

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,255 5,290 4,859 4,740 4,544 4,438 4,286 4,315 4,373

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,949 1,698 1,637 1,694 1,453 1,429 1,380 1,345 1,402

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,306 3,591 3,223 3,043 3,073 2,992 2,899 2,984 2,975

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,819 134,844 135,060 134,693 134,911 134,982 134,833 134,646 134,877

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,015 13,275 13,202 12,714 12,509 12,818 12,698 12,670 12,838

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,804 121,569 121,858 122,042 122,352 122,203 122,263 122,109 122,074

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,896 93,780 94,027 94,903 94,487 94,227 94,270 94,062 94,005

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,018 30,405 30,429 29,951 30,208 30,162 30,157 30,278 30,318

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,445 30,470 30,612 31,444 30,874 30,844 30,772 30,604 30,584

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,433 32,906 32,986 33,507 33,405 33,221 33,341 33,180 33,104

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,908 27,789 27,831 27,140 27,865 27,976 27,993 28,047 28,069

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,341 74,749 74,592 73,436 73,548 73,639 73,375 73,454 73,608

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,613 2,680 2,377 2,294 2,189 2,162 2,059 2,122 2,087

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991 905 808 833 698 679 631 667 667

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,622 1,776 1,569 1,464 1,500 1,479 1,434 1,472 1,428

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,728 72,068 72,215 71,142 71,358 71,477 71,316 71,332 71,521

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,723 6,857 6,857 6,483 6,357 6,565 6,473 6,434 6,571

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,005 65,211 65,358 64,685 64,945 64,922 64,862 64,937 64,952

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,842 50,624 50,750 50,501 50,363 50,317 50,264 50,340 50,321

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,376 16,616 16,689 16,219 16,370 16,272 16,274 16,403 16,478

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,925 16,702 16,725 16,822 16,661 16,686 16,649 16,644 16,601

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,541 17,306 17,336 17,460 17,332 17,359 17,341 17,293 17,242

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,163 14,588 14,608 14,184 14,582 14,605 14,598 14,597 14,631

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,733 65,385 65,327 65,997 65,907 65,781 65,743 65,506 65,642

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,642 2,609 2,482 2,446 2,355 2,275 2,227 2,192 2,286

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958 794 829 861 755 750 749 678 735

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,685 1,816 1,654 1,579 1,573 1,513 1,466 1,512 1,547

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,091 62,775 62,845 63,552 63,552 63,505 63,516 63,314 63,356

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,292 6,418 6,345 6,231 6,152 6,253 6,225 6,236 6,267

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,799 56,358 56,500 57,358 57,407 57,282 57,401 57,172 57,122

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,053 43,157 43,277 44,402 44,124 43,910 44,006 43,722 43,684

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,642 13,789 13,740 13,732 13,837 13,890 13,882 13,875 13,840

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,520 13,768 13,887 14,623 14,213 14,158 14,123 13,960 13,983

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,892 15,600 15,650 16,047 16,073 15,862 16,000 15,887 15,862

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,746 13,201 13,223 12,956 13,283 13,371 13,396 13,450 13,438

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,859 43,367 43,512 43,847 43,205 43,322 43,333 43,369 43,433

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,672 33,886 33,721 35,151 34,643 34,238 34,332 34,304 34,213

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,777 8,829 8,714 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,863 113,974 113,508 112,117 112,091 112,716 112,646 112,076 111,822

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,211 26,160 26,411 27,636 27,167 26,750 26,755 27,082 27,705

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,772 6,579 6,515 7,079 7,029 7,239 7,002 6,546 6,814

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.9

1 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.

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

- Data not available.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated

population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over............................. 14,993 14,599 14,860 9.7 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.6

16 to 19 years...................................... 1,643 1,528 1,561 25.7 25.4 26.4 25.7 26.1 26.3

16 to 17 years.................................... 612 586 643 26.5 29.2 29.8 29.2 30.4 31.4

18 to 19 years.................................... 1,023 924 933 25.2 24.1 24.6 24.0 23.6 23.9

20 years and over.................................. 13,350 13,072 13,299 9.0 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.8 9.0

20 to 24 years.................................... 2,270 2,345 2,249 15.1 17.2 14.7 15.3 15.6 14.9

25 years and over............................... 11,124 10,784 11,062 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.3

25 to 54 years................................. 9,113 8,684 8,782 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.5

25 to 34 years.............................. 3,483 3,336 3,287 10.4 10.2 10.5 10.3 9.9 9.8

35 to 44 years.............................. 2,802 2,659 2,564 8.2 8.1 8.1 7.8 8.0 7.7

45 to 54 years.............................. 2,827 2,689 2,931 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.5 8.1

55 years and over............................. 1,983 2,066 2,215 6.8 7.0 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.3

Men, 16 years and over.............................. 9,031 8,507 8,691 11.0 10.8 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.6

16 to 19 years...................................... 976 869 880 29.9 29.3 28.1 29.2 29.0 29.7

16 to 17 years.................................... 350 321 328 29.6 32.2 32.4 32.8 32.5 33.0

18 to 19 years.................................... 625 535 558 29.9 27.8 26.3 27.4 26.7 28.1

20 years and over.................................. 8,055 7,638 7,811 10.2 10.1 9.8 9.9 9.7 9.8

20 to 24 years.................................... 1,329 1,438 1,377 17.0 19.9 16.1 17.8 18.3 17.3

25 years and over............................... 6,773 6,270 6,476 9.5 8.9 9.1 9.0 8.8 9.1

25 to 54 years................................. 5,624 5,047 5,126 10.0 9.3 9.5 9.4 9.1 9.2

25 to 34 years.............................. 2,108 1,957 1,919 11.5 10.9 11.4 11.5 10.7 10.4

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,772 1,505 1,493 9.5 8.5 8.6 8.3 8.3 8.3

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,743 1,584 1,713 9.1 8.5 8.4 8.6 8.4 9.0

55 years and over............................. 1,149 1,223 1,350 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.7 8.4

Women, 16 years and over.......................... 5,962 6,092 6,169 8.3 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.5 8.6

16 to 19 years...................................... 667 659 681 21.4 21.4 24.6 22.3 23.1 22.9

16 to 17 years.................................... 262 266 315 23.3 26.2 27.4 25.8 28.2 30.0

18 to 19 years.................................... 399 389 374 20.2 20.2 22.9 20.3 20.5 19.5

20 years and over.................................. 5,295 5,433 5,488 7.7 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.9 8.0

20 to 24 years.................................... 941 907 872 13.1 14.3 13.2 12.6 12.7 12.2

25 years and over............................... 4,352 4,514 4,586 7.1 7.6 7.6 7.2 7.3 7.4

25 to 54 years................................. 3,489 3,637 3,656 7.3 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.7 7.7

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,375 1,379 1,368 9.1 9.4 9.5 8.9 9.0 9.0

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,030 1,153 1,071 6.6 7.6 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.1

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,084 1,105 1,217 6.3 6.9 6.8 6.4 6.5 7.1

55 years and over1

........................... 919 984 977 6.7 5.7 5.9 6.5 6.9 6.9

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present....................... 3,344 3,054 3,179 7.1 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.8

Married women, spouse present.................... 2,041 2,103 2,188 5.5 6.3 6.3 5.9 5.8 6.0

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,225 1,362 1,346 12.2 11.0 11.6 12.1 13.4 13.4

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2.................................... 13,181 12,675 12,845 10.5 10.6 10.4 10.2 10.2 10.3

Part-time workers3................................... 1,845 1,863 2,005 6.3 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.4 6.7

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

2 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.

3 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time

jobs.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of

the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 9,316 8,964 8,894 9,814 9,246 9,223 9,114 9,125 9,305

On temporary layoff................................ 1,526 1,281 1,359 1,704 1,359 1,478 1,424 1,268 1,480

Not on temporary layoff............................ 7,790 7,682 7,535 8,110 7,887 7,746 7,690 7,857 7,825

Permanent job losers............................ 6,406 6,383 6,214 6,654 6,494 6,410 6,404 6,518 6,480

Persons who completed temporary jobs...... 1,384 1,300 1,321 1,408 1,393 1,336 1,287 1,339 1,345

Job leavers............................................. 909 935 943 835 938 969 900 900 874

Reentrants............................................. 3,386 3,591 3,492 3,294 3,739 3,453 3,308 3,393 3,411

New entrants.......................................... 1,212 1,647 1,430 1,096 1,231 1,206 1,140 1,188 1,259

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 62.8 59.2 60.3 65.3 61.0 62.1 63.0 62.5 62.7

On temporary layoff................................ 10.3 8.5 9.2 11.3 9.0 9.9 9.8 8.7 10.0

Not on temporary layoff............................ 52.6 50.8 51.1 53.9 52.0 52.2 53.2 53.8 52.7

Job leavers............................................. 6.1 6.2 6.4 5.6 6.2 6.5 6.2 6.2 5.9

Reentrants............................................. 22.8 23.7 23.7 21.9 24.7 23.3 22.9 23.2 23.0

New entrants.......................................... 8.2 10.9 9.7 7.3 8.1 8.1 7.9 8.1 8.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 6.0 5.8 5.7 6.4 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.0

Job leavers............................................. 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Reentrants............................................. 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2

New entrants.......................................... 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8

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

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 2,867 3,111 2,632 2,992 2,682 2,752 2,769 2,839 2,760

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 4,322 3,507 3,939 4,093 2,991 3,019 3,121 3,060 3,635

15 weeks and over.................................... 7,633 8,519 8,189 7,849 8,969 8,924 8,959 8,722 8,484

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 2,572 1,978 1,916 2,825 2,253 2,161 2,208 2,151 2,235

27 weeks and over................................. 5,061 6,541 6,273 5,024 6,716 6,763 6,751 6,572 6,249

Average (mean) duration, in weeks................ 25.1 32.6 33.1 25.2 33.0 34.4 35.2 34.2 33.6

Median duration, in weeks........................... 15.5 20.3 19.6 15.5 21.6 23.2 25.5 22.2 19.9

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 19.3 20.6 17.8 20.0 18.3 18.7 18.6 19.4 18.5

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 29.2 23.2 26.7 27.4 20.4 20.5 21.0 20.9 24.4

15 weeks and over.................................... 51.5 56.3 55.5 52.6 61.3 60.7 60.3 59.7 57.0

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 17.4 13.1 13.0 18.9 15.4 14.7 14.9 14.7 15.0

27 weeks and over................................. 34.1 43.2 42.5 33.6 45.9 46.0 45.5 44.9 42.0

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

Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Total, 16 years and over1

............................................. 140,074 139,919 14,823 14,759 9.6 9.5

Management, professional, and related occupations............ 51,724 50,879 2,925 2,762 5.4 5.1

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations...................................................... 21,849 20,741 1,141 1,067 5.0 4.9

Professional and related occupations........................... 29,875 30,138 1,785 1,695 5.6 5.3

Service occupations.................................................. 25,115 25,228 2,797 2,998 10.0 10.6

Sales and office occupations....................................... 34,132 33,429 3,252 3,345 8.7 9.1

Sales and related occupations................................... 15,902 15,367 1,511 1,519 8.7 9.0

Office and administrative support occupations................. 18,230 18,062 1,741 1,826 8.7 9.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations......................................................... 13,561 13,743 2,176 2,136 13.8 13.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 984 1,092 182 117 15.6 9.6

Construction and extraction occupations....................... 7,613 7,665 1,555 1,498 17.0 16.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations............. 4,964 4,985 439 522 8.1 9.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations......................................................... 15,542 16,640 2,421 2,046 13.5 10.9

Production occupations........................................... 7,691 8,243 1,366 1,078 15.1 11.6

Transportation and material moving occupations.............. 7,852 8,397 1,055 968 11.8 10.3

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

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

Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 14,823 14,759 9.6 9.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers................................... 11,729 11,285 9.8 9.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction..................................... 93 93 11.8 10.9

Construction........................................................................... 1,542 1,483 16.5 17.0

Manufacturing......................................................................... 1,866 1,463 11.8 9.5

Durable goods...................................................................... 1,297 984 13.0 10.0

Nondurable goods................................................................. 569 479 9.7 8.6

Wholesale and retail trade.......................................................... 1,794 1,909 8.8 9.3

Transportation and utilities.......................................................... 547 440 9.8 7.3

Information............................................................................ 358 302 10.7 9.7

Financial activities.................................................................... 566 606 6.0 6.7

Professional and business services................................................ 1,560 1,524 11.0 10.5

Education and health services...................................................... 1,239 1,430 6.0 6.7

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 1,636 1,507 12.0 10.8

Other services........................................................................ 528 530 8.2 8.3

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......................... 195 114 13.1 7.9

Government workers.................................................................... 1,118 1,292 5.1 6.0

Self-employed and unpaid family workers........................................... 569 638 5.3 6.1

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

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

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Aug.

2010

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as

a percent of the civilian labor force.............. 4.9 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.5

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force........................................... 6.0 5.8 5.7 6.4 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.0

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate).................................................. 9.6 9.7 9.5 9.7 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.6

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

discouraged workers............................... 10.0 10.4 10.2 10.1 10.6 10.3 10.2 10.2 10.3

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,

plus all other persons marginally attached to

the labor force, as a percent of the civilian

labor force plus all persons marginally attached

to the labor force................................... 10.9 11.2 10.9 11.0 11.3 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic reasons,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all

persons marginally attached to the labor

force.................................................. 16.5 16.8 16.4 16.8 17.1 16.6 16.5 16.5 16.7

NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those 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 past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a

job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-16. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

Aug.

2009

Aug.

2010

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force............................................. 81,190 83,421 31,583 32,632 49,607 50,789

Persons who currently want a job.................................. 5,728 6,083 2,572 2,785 3,156 3,298

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,270 2,370 1,197 1,292 1,072 1,078

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 758 1,110 480 704 278 405

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. . .. 1,512 1,260 717 587 795 673

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4............................................. 6,772 6,515 3,206 3,226 3,566 3,289

Percent of total employed........................................... 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.3 5.4 5.0

Primary job full time, secondary job part time.................... 3,545 3,431 1,776 1,855 1,769 1,576

Primary and secondary jobs both part time....................... 1,683 1,617 555 586 1,127 1,031

Primary and secondary jobs both full time........................ 291 267 176 173 116 94

Hours vary on primary or secondary job.......................... 1,214 1,167 666 603 548 563

1 Data refer to persons who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week,

but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks.

2 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as 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 number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined.

4 Includes a small number of persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.

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

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

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Change

from:

July 2010-

Aug. 2010p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,871 131,346 130,077 130,149 130,082 130,419 130,365 130,311 -54

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,531 108,634 108,772 108,903 107,563 107,696 107,803 107,870 67

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,646 18,248 18,348 18,443 18,245 17,994 18,031 18,031 0

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 732 747 752 678 726 733 741 8

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1 48.0 49.3 49.8 49.4 48.2 48.3 48.1 -0.2

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637.4 683.9 697.6 702.5 628.6 677.7 685.0 692.5 7.5

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.4 166.5 166.3 168.3 160.1 164.7 165.1 166.8 1.7

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.9 220.1 222.3 223.7 207.4 214.1 214.5 216.2 1.7

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.2 82.8 83.0 83.5 81.0 82.9 83.0 83.1 0.1

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.1 297.3 309.0 310.5 261.1 298.9 305.4 309.5 4.1

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,185 5,786 5,862 5,914 5,885 5,596 5,592 5,611 19

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,385.5 1,294.9 1,302.2 1,306.1 1,332.2 1,264.9 1,257.4 1,254.6 -2.8

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647.3 600.7 596.3 598.9 617.9 582.2 574.8 572.2 -2.6

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738.2 694.2 705.9 707.2 714.3 682.7 682.6 682.4 -0.2

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . 894.4 855.0 869.3 888.4 830.5 807.9 809.9 820.5 10.6

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,905.3 3,635.8 3,690.5 3,719.7 3,722.3 3,523.5 3,524.4 3,535.4 11.0

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . 1,671.2 1,599.1 1,609.8 1,605.3 1,584.9 1,536.9 1,528.9 1,521.7 -7.2

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . . 2,234.1 2,036.7 2,080.7 2,114.4 2,137.4 1,986.6 1,995.5 2,013.7 18.2

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,772 11,730 11,739 11,777 11,682 11,672 11,706 11,679 -27

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,186 7,197 7,200 7,218 7,151 7,166 7,199 7,175 -24

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360.5 360.5 356.8 356.3 350.2 354.2 349.2 346.2 -3.0

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4 394.2 394.1 394.2 391.6 384.5 383.6 382.8 -0.8

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354.2 371.9 372.3 375.1 353.9 372.7 373.7 374.4 0.7

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,289.8 1,305.8 1,314.8 1,322.3 1,284.2 1,306.1 1,315.4 1,313.7 -1.7

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,001.7 999.1 1,002.2 1,003.3 1,002.9 999.3 1,001.1 1,000.2 -0.9

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,115.0 1,099.5 1,102.9 1,104.6 1,113.3 1,098.0 1,099.5 1,102.1 2.6

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . . 161.1 158.5 160.1 161.4 161.2 159.2 160.0 160.9 0.9

Communication equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.9 122.1 121.1 122.1 120.1 121.5 120.9 122.0 1.1

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.2 366.5 368.1 370.4 365.8 366.4 368.1 370.2 2.1

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.8 406.1 407.3 405.4 417.4 404.6 404.4 403.8 -0.6

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . 371.0 370.5 373.0 374.0 369.8 369.5 371.2 372.1 0.9

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330.7 1,355.4 1,343.0 1,350.1 1,331.1 1,345.8 1,371.6 1,350.2 -21.4

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655.1 689.1 673.7 682.3 654.7 681.5 703.8 682.2 -21.6

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.2 366.5 364.9 362.3 372.8 361.6 358.8 357.8 -1.0

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582.2 574.0 576.0 576.0 581.5 574.0 575.3 575.0 -0.3

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,586 4,533 4,539 4,559 4,531 4,506 4,507 4,504 -3

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,498.6 1,464.6 1,483.5 1,498.2 1,463.3 1,461.8 1,462.5 1,461.2 -1.3

Beverages and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . 191.8 186.2 184.8 185.4 187.2 182.4 180.6 181.0 0.4

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.0 124.4 123.4 122.9 122.1 123.6 123.9 122.1 -1.8

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.9 123.5 122.9 122.9 124.6 123.2 123.2 123.0 -0.2

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.0 166.6 164.1 167.5 166.8 163.9 164.5 164.9 0.4

Leather and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 29.0 28.0 29.7 29.1 28.8 28.4 29.3 0.9

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.3 400.8 400.4 399.8 402.7 398.7 397.7 398.0 0.3

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . 513.7 497.0 494.9 494.1 513.4 495.5 496.1 493.4 -2.7

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.2 117.7 117.7 117.2 115.4 113.9 113.6 113.3 -0.3

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794.7 784.1 782.7 780.1 793.2 779.6 778.9 778.8 -0.1

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.4 638.7 636.2 641.6 613.5 634.3 637.1 638.7 1.6

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,885 90,386 90,424 90,460 89,318 89,702 89,772 89,839 67

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,831 24,808 24,777 24,788 24,819 24,741 24,766 24,757 -9

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,612.2 5,612.1 5,620.7 5,621.1 5,588.2 5,579.9 5,588.2 5,592.3 4.1

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,811.0 2,780.2 2,791.8 2,791.8 2,799.3 2,767.6 2,774.8 2,775.1 0.3

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,982.4 1,989.1 1,984.6 1,983.3 1,972.8 1,973.9 1,972.6 1,974.5 1.9

Electronic markets and agents and brokers.. . 818.8 842.8 844.3 846.0 816.1 838.4 840.8 842.7 1.9

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,497.0 14,442.2 14,442.5 14,463.0 14,477.0 14,431.3 14,438.7 14,433.8 -4.9

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,648.5 1,648.8 1,646.2 1,657.3 1,628.0 1,631.7 1,628.9 1,636.7 7.8

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022.4 1,022.4 1,021.2 1,028.0 1,012.6 1,016.5 1,015.6 1,019.1 3.5

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . 437.4 435.7 434.4 432.6 441.2 441.3 439.1 436.9 -2.2

See footnotes at end of table.
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

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Change

from:

July 2010-

Aug. 2010p

Retail trade - Continued

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.3 470.9 471.9 475.5 482.4 479.6 479.7 481.4 1.7

Building material and garden supply stores.. . 1,164.0 1,200.8 1,171.2 1,145.3 1,149.6 1,145.7 1,141.9 1,136.1 -5.8

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,843.7 2,824.3 2,820.8 2,822.0 2,832.3 2,803.3 2,804.2 2,807.5 3.3

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 982.8 977.7 973.7 974.1 983.6 974.5 973.5 974.2 0.7

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843.2 829.3 837.8 836.5 830.3 820.4 823.7 822.0 -1.7

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . 1,366.7 1,368.0 1,390.6 1,402.3 1,354.4 1,391.0 1,391.7 1,390.5 -1.2

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611.7 591.6 586.4 601.1 619.6 609.8 609.3 606.8 -2.5

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,926.2 2,913.6 2,927.1 2,928.8 2,955.2 2,941.8 2,954.5 2,949.8 -4.7

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,447.5 1,454.5 1,462.2 1,471.2 1,471.7 1,488.7 1,493.3 1,493.6 0.3

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785.4 770.8 773.3 775.1 780.3 768.3 769.9 769.8 -0.1

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.1 410.7 409.1 412.4 420.1 423.9 422.3 422.1 -0.2

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,160.0 4,194.5 4,157.6 4,148.7 4,194.8 4,174.4 4,186.0 4,178.6 -7.4

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.7 455.7 456.2 457.8 457.6 453.8 453.2 453.8 0.6

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.0 218.7 220.9 220.4 217.7 218.9 219.8 220.5 0.7

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.2 66.2 66.7 66.1 62.5 64.1 63.5 63.3 -0.2

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272.7 1,248.7 1,257.6 1,263.2 1,251.0 1,234.5 1,239.5 1,239.9 0.4

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.2 419.1 371.1 351.3 417.6 418.1 429.5 417.5 -12.0

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.5 39.2 39.2 39.5 41.4 39.2 39.1 39.4 0.3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . . 36.3 35.1 37.6 37.0 28.0 28.8 28.7 28.6 -0.1

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . . 541.2 547.5 550.7 551.4 539.8 546.5 548.6 549.2 0.6

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.5 520.1 515.1 517.7 540.6 523.1 520.8 522.5 1.7

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639.7 644.2 642.5 644.3 638.6 647.4 643.3 643.9 0.6

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561.8 559.1 556.0 554.9 559.3 555.0 552.9 552.5 -0.4

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,779 2,724 2,726 2,719 2,776 2,711 2,715 2,714 -1

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . 782.3 760.7 763.0 763.2 781.1 760.9 761.3 761.6 0.3

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.9 356.6 362.8 358.4 347.6 345.1 351.4 352.2 0.8

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.7 294.6 294.9 297.4 296.3 294.8 296.2 297.8 1.6

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967.0 925.6 919.0 916.2 966.8 925.5 920.1 916.5 -3.6

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.0 246.2 245.2 242.6 251.1 245.5 245.5 244.2 -1.3

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.1 140.1 141.5 141.6 133.0 139.3 140.9 141.2 0.3

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,746 7,636 7,640 7,626 7,695 7,591 7,580 7,576 -4

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,728.5 5,661.0 5,659.8 5,653.3 5,718.9 5,649.9 5,643.3 5,642.9 -0.4

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . . 21.2 21.2 21.4 21.4 21.0 21.2 21.2 21.2 0.0

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,584.0 2,565.9 2,570.7 2,566.7 2,578.6 2,562.3 2,560.0 2,561.0 1.0

Depository credit intermediation1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,759.6 1,756.6 1,761.5 1,762.2 1,752.5 1,753.8 1,753.5 1,754.9 1.4

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,316.6 1,315.2 1,319.8 1,320.2 1,311.9 1,313.0 1,314.0 1,315.6 1.6

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799.2 800.5 802.0 800.9 798.6 797.9 799.2 799.8 0.6

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . 2,236.7 2,188.2 2,181.8 2,181.0 2,233.4 2,183.4 2,179.0 2,177.7 -1.3

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. . . 87.4 85.2 83.9 83.3 87.3 85.1 83.9 83.2 -0.7

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,017.2 1,975.4 1,979.8 1,972.5 1,975.8 1,941.2 1,936.8 1,932.9 -3.9

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,427.0 1,397.6 1,400.0 1,396.4 1,402.8 1,379.8 1,377.5 1,374.5 -3.0

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.9 553.6 555.6 551.9 547.2 537.4 535.5 534.6 -0.9

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . . 26.3 24.2 24.2 24.2 25.8 24.0 23.8 23.8 0.0

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,528 16,786 16,806 16,871 16,371 16,697 16,694 16,714 20

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,405.6 7,361.4 7,386.7 7,387.9 7,450.6 7,407.5 7,416.7 7,428.8 12.1

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,120.5 1,115.0 1,115.5 1,107.1 1,116.5 1,101.1 1,101.4 1,102.4 1.0

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . . 844.8 818.5 816.5 823.7 921.3 894.5 895.7 899.4 3.7

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . 1,316.2 1,286.8 1,292.5 1,293.2 1,301.6 1,277.0 1,277.2 1,277.2 0.0

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,425.8 1,441.9 1,459.3 1,463.9 1,421.4 1,447.2 1,455.5 1,459.5 4.0

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990.8 988.3 992.6 990.8 987.8 987.6 986.6 986.9 0.3

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . 1,856.7 1,839.9 1,835.0 1,834.3 1,845.1 1,825.5 1,821.6 1,819.1 -2.5

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,265.7 7,584.9 7,584.1 7,648.3 7,075.6 7,463.6 7,455.8 7,465.6 9.8

See footnotes at end of table.
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

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Change

from:

July 2010-

Aug. 2010p

Administrative and waste services - Continued

Administrative and support services1

. . . . . . . . 6,909.5 7,225.6 7,219.2 7,284.9 6,725.1 7,108.9 7,099.2 7,109.5 10.3

Employment services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,464.2 2,803.2 2,781.6 2,840.7 2,381.7 2,791.8 2,770.9 2,773.1 2.2

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,795.9 2,109.3 2,093.5 2,164.7 1,733.6 2,100.7 2,099.8 2,116.6 16.8

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796.8 780.1 784.5 785.3 809.1 793.7 797.2 796.8 -0.4

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . 1,836.7 1,840.5 1,851.4 1,843.7 1,735.0 1,728.8 1,735.8 1,738.1 2.3

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.2 359.3 364.9 363.4 350.5 354.7 356.6 356.1 -0.5

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,894 19,353 19,257 19,290 19,221 19,532 19,566 19,611 45

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,779.2 2,959.1 2,864.9 2,848.3 3,088.7 3,146.4 3,151.4 3,156.3 4.9

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,114.4 16,394.2 16,391.7 16,441.2 16,132.6 16,385.2 16,414.8 16,455.0 40.2

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,589.5 13,768.7 13,811.4 13,833.5 13,558.6 13,748.1 13,770.9 13,799.1 28.2

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 5,798.2 5,920.3 5,944.4 5,956.6 5,789.0 5,911.8 5,929.7 5,946.6 16.9

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,287.6 2,314.0 2,320.4 2,326.7 2,283.8 2,315.4 2,318.4 2,323.7 5.3

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544.1 552.0 555.0 557.8 544.2 551.9 554.0 556.7 2.7

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,029.0 1,067.6 1,073.6 1,074.0 1,028.1 1,064.8 1,070.9 1,073.7 2.8

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,687.8 4,719.4 4,728.2 4,735.2 4,675.4 4,714.6 4,713.2 4,721.8 8.6

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,103.5 3,129.0 3,138.8 3,141.7 3,094.2 3,121.7 3,128.0 3,130.7 2.7

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,654.6 1,658.9 1,662.6 1,662.5 1,649.4 1,655.3 1,657.4 1,656.4 -1.0

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,524.9 2,625.5 2,580.3 2,607.7 2,574.0 2,637.1 2,643.9 2,655.9 12.0

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808.4 849.2 797.5 820.7 855.7 864.3 864.8 868.5 3.7

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,708 13,677 13,799 13,774 13,083 13,100 13,111 13,124 13

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,159.6 2,154.0 2,221.7 2,167.6 1,901.9 1,907.1 1,908.7 1,903.8 -4.9

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . . 424.5 431.6 451.0 448.3 398.6 407.8 414.8 417.1 2.3

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks. . . 140.9 141.5 145.0 141.0 129.9 129.4 129.7 129.3 -0.4

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . . 1,594.2 1,580.9 1,625.7 1,578.3 1,373.4 1,369.9 1,364.2 1,357.4 -6.8

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,547.9 11,522.5 11,577.4 11,605.9 11,180.9 11,193.3 11,202.6 11,219.9 17.3

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,879.7 1,843.0 1,910.2 1,913.7 1,754.0 1,762.2 1,773.6 1,778.7 5.1

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . 9,668.2 9,679.5 9,667.2 9,692.2 9,426.9 9,431.1 9,429.0 9,441.2 12.2

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,399 5,402 5,419 5,392 5,353 5,330 5,340 5,343 3

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,154.3 1,156.4 1,156.3 1,157.8 1,148.0 1,145.2 1,147.3 1,149.8 2.5

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,287.8 1,288.2 1,278.4 1,268.4 1,278.5 1,269.3 1,266.8 1,262.2 -4.6

Membership associations and organizations. . . . 2,956.9 2,957.7 2,984.0 2,966.2 2,926.6 2,915.8 2,925.8 2,931.0 5.2

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,340 22,712 21,305 21,246 22,519 22,723 22,562 22,441 -121

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,833.0 3,192.0 3,067.0 2,940.0 2,815.0 3,173.0 3,030.0 2,919.0 -111.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,142.4 2,539.4 2,408.5 2,290.8 2,120.4 2,518.0 2,379.2 2,268.3 -110.9

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690.4 652.5 658.2 649.4 694.4 655.3 650.9 650.3 -0.6

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,905.0 4,951.0 4,877.0 4,892.0 5,172.0 5,159.0 5,174.0 5,160.0 -14.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,075.3 2,161.4 2,093.7 2,117.3 2,367.4 2,394.5 2,415.5 2,409.3 -6.2

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 2,829.4 2,789.1 2,783.4 2,774.3 2,804.7 2,764.8 2,758.0 2,750.7 -7.3

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,602.0 14,569.0 13,361.0 13,414.0 14,532.0 14,391.0 14,358.0 14,362.0 4.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,930.2 8,026.3 6,770.2 6,861.6 8,034.0 8,005.6 7,987.9 7,977.5 -10.4

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 6,672.0 6,542.5 6,590.6 6,552.8 6,497.9 6,385.6 6,370.2 6,384.2 14.0

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

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Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.8 34.1 34.2 34.2

Goods-producing..................................................................... 38.6 39.3 39.4 39.5

Mining and logging................................................................ 42.5 43.1 43.4 43.6

Construction........................................................................ 37.2 37.4 37.5 37.6

Manufacturing...................................................................... 39.1 40.1 40.1 40.2

Durable goods................................................................... 39.1 40.3 40.4 40.4

Nondurable goods............................................................... 39.0 39.6 39.5 39.8

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.9 33.1 33.1 33.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.3

Wholesale trade................................................................. 37.8 38.2 38.2 38.3

Retail trade....................................................................... 31.3 31.2 31.3 31.3

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 38.1 38.4 38.5 38.5

Utilities............................................................................ 40.9 41.1 41.1 41.4

Information.......................................................................... 36.5 36.7 36.6 36.6

Financial activities................................................................. 36.5 37.1 37.0 37.0

Professional and business services............................................. 34.9 35.2 35.4 35.4

Education and health services................................................... 32.9 32.9 32.9 32.9

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 25.6 25.7 25.8 25.9

Other services...................................................................... 31.5 31.9 31.9 31.9

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 2.3 2.9 2.9 3.0

Durable goods........................................................................ 2.0 2.9 2.9 2.9

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.2

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Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Total private................................................. $22.28 $22.55 $22.60 $22.66 $ 753.06 $ 768.96 $ 772.92 $ 774.97

Goods-producing........................................ 23.88 23.98 24.03 24.12 921.77 942.41 946.78 952.74

Mining and logging................................... 27.52 27.40 27.48 27.78 1,169.60 1,180.94 1,192.63 1,211.21

Construction........................................... 24.92 25.14 25.17 25.20 927.02 940.24 943.88 947.52

Manufacturing......................................... 23.14 23.22 23.28 23.38 904.77 931.12 933.53 939.88

Durable goods...................................... 24.69 24.68 24.74 24.88 965.38 994.60 999.50 1,005.15

Nondurable goods................................. 20.70 20.87 20.90 20.95 807.30 826.45 825.55 833.81

Private service-providing............................... 21.89 22.21 22.25 22.31 720.18 735.15 736.48 738.46

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 19.41 19.74 19.76 19.84 661.88 675.11 677.77 680.51

Wholesale trade.................................... 25.64 26.23 26.34 26.47 969.19 1,001.99 1,006.19 1,013.80

Retail trade.......................................... 15.45 15.57 15.58 15.63 483.59 485.78 487.65 489.22

Transportation and warehousing................. 20.42 20.96 20.94 20.96 778.00 804.86 806.19 806.96

Utilities............................................... 33.12 32.83 32.81 33.05 1,354.61 1,349.31 1,348.49 1,368.27

Information............................................. 29.58 30.46 30.43 30.53 1,079.67 1,117.88 1,113.74 1,117.40

Financial activities.................................... 26.48 27.13 27.23 27.32 966.52 1,006.52 1,007.51 1,010.84

Professional and business services................ 27.20 27.23 27.32 27.40 949.28 958.50 967.13 969.96

Education and health services...................... 22.45 22.84 22.91 22.96 738.61 751.44 753.74 755.38

Leisure and hospitality............................... 13.00 13.06 13.07 13.10 332.80 335.64 337.21 339.29

Other services......................................... 19.70 19.90 19.88 19.90 620.55 634.81 634.17 634.81

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Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Percent

change

from:

July

2010-

Aug.

2010p

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Percent

change

from:

July

2010 -

Aug.

2010p

Total private....................................... 91.1 92.0 92.4 92.4 0.0 96.8 99.0 99.6 99.9 0.3

Goods-producing............................... 80.2 80.6 80.9 81.1 0.2 86.6 87.3 87.9 88.5 0.7

Mining and logging.......................... 90.5 98.3 100.0 101.5 1.5 100.0 108.2 110.3 113.2 2.6

Construction.................................. 75.4 72.1 72.3 72.7 0.6 81.7 78.8 79.0 79.6 0.8

Manufacturing................................ 82.2 84.2 84.4 84.5 0.1 88.4 90.9 91.4 91.8 0.4

Durable goods............................ 78.7 81.3 81.9 81.6 -0.4 86.3 89.1 90.0 90.2 0.2

Nondurable goods........................ 88.2 89.1 88.9 89.5 0.7 92.6 94.3 94.2 95.1 1.0

Private service-providing...................... 94.4 95.4 95.4 95.5 0.1 100.1 102.6 102.9 103.2 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 92.0 92.0 92.3 92.3 0.0 96.1 97.7 98.2 98.5 0.3

Wholesale trade........................... 92.2 93.0 93.1 93.5 0.4 98.6 101.8 102.4 103.2 0.8

Retail trade................................ 92.0 91.4 91.8 91.7 -0.1 94.0 94.1 94.5 94.8 0.3

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 91.5 91.7 92.2 92.1 -0.1 94.8 97.6 98.0 97.9 -0.1

Utilities..................................... 98.9 98.7 98.3 98.9 0.6 108.3 107.0 106.6 108.0 1.3

Information................................... 92.5 90.9 90.8 90.7 -0.1 97.5 98.5 98.3 98.6 0.3

Financial activities........................... 92.5 92.8 92.4 92.4 0.0 95.7 98.3 98.2 98.5 0.3

Professional and business services....... 89.9 92.4 92.9 93.1 0.2 99.0 102.0 102.9 103.3 0.4

Education and health services............. 102.9 104.6 104.8 105.0 0.2 108.2 111.9 112.4 113.0 0.5

Leisure and hospitality...................... 95.6 96.1 96.5 97.0 0.5 100.2 101.2 101.8 102.5 0.7

Other services............................... 93.4 94.2 94.4 94.4 0.0 104.5 106.4 106.5 106.7 0.2

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding

2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Total nonfarm............................................... 64,943 64,837 64,779 64,719 49.9 49.7 49.7 49.7

Total private.............................................. 52,072 51,912 51,932 51,948 48.4 48.2 48.2 48.2

Goods-producing...................................... 4,232 4,144 4,154 4,148 23.2 23.0 23.0 23.0

Mining and logging................................. 98 101 101 103 14.5 13.9 13.8 13.9

Construction........................................ 789 736 735 733 13.4 13.2 13.1 13.1

Manufacturing....................................... 3,345 3,307 3,318 3,312 28.6 28.3 28.3 28.4

Durable goods................................... 1,775 1,744 1,755 1,750 24.8 24.3 24.4 24.4

Nondurable goods............................... 1,570 1,563 1,563 1,562 34.7 34.7 34.7 34.7

Private service-providing............................. 47,840 47,768 47,778 47,800 53.6 53.3 53.2 53.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities............... 10,173 10,038 10,039 10,018 41.0 40.6 40.5 40.5

Wholesale trade................................. 1,698.8 1,678.0 1,677.4 1,679.0 30.4 30.1 30.0 30.0

Retail trade....................................... 7,324.4 7,227.4 7,225.1 7,210.1 50.6 50.1 50.0 50.0

Transportation and warehousing.............. 1,008.3 997.5 1,002.1 995.2 24.0 23.9 23.9 23.8

Utilities............................................ 141.5 135.1 134.2 133.3 25.3 24.3 24.3 24.1

Information.......................................... 1,157 1,106 1,110 1,112 41.7 40.8 40.9 41.0

Financial activities.................................. 4,566 4,472 4,461 4,456 59.3 58.9 58.9 58.8

Professional and business services............. 7,392 7,426 7,413 7,413 45.2 44.5 44.4 44.4

Education and health services................... 14,880 15,067 15,092 15,124 77.4 77.1 77.1 77.1

Leisure and hospitality............................. 6,854 6,849 6,857 6,872 52.4 52.3 52.3 52.4

Other services...................................... 2,818 2,810 2,806 2,805 52.6 52.7 52.5 52.5

Government.............................................. 12,871 12,925 12,847 12,771 57.2 56.9 56.9 56.9

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Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Total private................................................................................ 88,575 88,767 88,852 88,908

Goods-producing........................................................................ 13,120 12,958 12,972 12,970

Mining and logging................................................................... 493 542 550 553

Construction........................................................................... 4,435 4,220 4,205 4,222

Manufacturing......................................................................... 8,192 8,196 8,217 8,195

Durable goods...................................................................... 4,886 4,914 4,937 4,915

Nondurable goods................................................................. 3,306 3,282 3,280 3,280

Private service-providing............................................................... 75,455 75,809 75,880 75,938

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................................................. 21,020 20,964 20,980 20,955

Wholesale trade.................................................................... 4,502.2 4,486.8 4,486.0 4,487.1

Retail trade......................................................................... 12,416.8 12,418.5 12,426.9 12,419.7

Transportation and warehousing................................................. 3,652.4 3,618.5 3,629.4 3,609.6

Utilities............................................................................... 448.4 440.6 438.1 438.2

Information............................................................................ 2,218 2,179 2,183 2,184

Financial activities.................................................................... 5,950 5,856 5,844 5,837

Professional and business services................................................ 13,346 13,684 13,691 13,708

Education and health services...................................................... 16,873 17,119 17,153 17,198

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 11,568 11,549 11,559 11,581

Other services........................................................................ 4,480 4,458 4,470 4,475

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.1 33.4 33.4 33.5

Goods-producing..................................................................... 39.4 40.2 40.3 40.5

Mining and logging................................................................ 43.3 44.8 44.8 45.5

Construction........................................................................ 38.0 38.2 38.2 38.4

Manufacturing...................................................................... 40.0 41.0 41.1 41.2

Durable goods................................................................... 40.0 41.3 41.4 41.4

Nondurable goods............................................................... 39.9 40.5 40.7 40.9

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.0 32.2 32.3 32.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 32.8 33.3 33.5 33.5

Wholesale trade................................................................. 37.5 37.8 38.0 38.1

Retail trade....................................................................... 29.8 30.1 30.4 30.3

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 36.1 37.4 37.5 37.5

Utilities............................................................................ 41.9 42.2 42.3 42.2

Information.......................................................................... 36.5 36.6 36.3 36.3

Financial activities................................................................. 36.1 36.3 36.1 36.4

Professional and business services............................................. 34.7 35.0 35.1 35.1

Education and health services................................................... 32.2 32.2 32.1 32.2

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 24.7 24.7 24.8 24.8

Other services...................................................................... 30.5 30.7 30.9 30.9

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 3.0 3.9 3.8 3.9

Durable goods........................................................................ 2.8 3.9 3.8 3.8

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.3 3.8 3.7 4.0

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Total private................................................. $18.69 $19.02 $19.05 $19.08 $ 618.64 $ 635.27 $ 636.27 $ 639.18

Goods-producing........................................ 19.95 20.22 20.25 20.29 786.03 812.84 816.08 821.75

Mining and logging................................... 23.27 23.91 23.94 23.95 1,007.59 1,071.17 1,072.51 1,089.73

Construction........................................... 22.70 23.17 23.23 23.29 862.60 885.09 887.39 894.34

Manufacturing......................................... 18.31 18.54 18.56 18.57 732.40 760.14 762.82 765.08

Durable goods...................................... 19.45 19.70 19.72 19.75 778.00 813.61 816.41 817.65

Nondurable goods................................. 16.63 16.78 16.79 16.78 663.54 679.59 683.35 686.30

Private service-providing............................... 18.42 18.76 18.79 18.83 589.44 604.07 606.92 608.21

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 16.54 16.85 16.84 16.86 542.51 561.11 564.14 564.81

Wholesale trade.................................... 20.98 21.51 21.58 21.55 786.75 813.08 820.04 821.06

Retail trade.......................................... 13.04 13.23 13.22 13.22 388.59 398.22 401.89 400.57

Transportation and warehousing................. 18.82 19.15 19.13 19.19 679.40 716.21 717.38 719.63

Utilities............................................... 29.71 30.31 30.40 30.49 1,244.85 1,279.08 1,285.92 1,286.68

Information............................................. 25.67 25.75 25.97 25.84 936.96 942.45 942.71 937.99

Financial activities.................................... 20.90 21.39 21.45 21.47 754.49 776.46 774.35 781.51

Professional and business services................ 22.45 22.79 22.85 22.95 779.02 797.65 802.04 805.55

Education and health services...................... 19.55 19.97 20.03 20.08 629.51 643.03 642.96 646.58

Leisure and hospitality............................... 11.16 11.34 11.35 11.35 275.65 280.10 281.48 281.48

Other services......................................... 16.65 16.89 16.85 16.87 507.83 518.52 520.67 521.28

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Percent

change

from:

July

2010 -

Aug.

2010p

Aug.

2009

June

2010

July

2010p

Aug.

2010p

Percent

change

from:

July

2010 -

Aug.

2010p

Total private....................................... 98.0 99.1 99.2 99.5 0.3 122.3 125.9 126.2 126.9 0.6

Goods-producing............................... 79.0 79.6 79.9 80.3 0.5 96.5 98.6 99.1 99.7 0.6

Mining and logging.......................... 113.4 129.0 130.9 133.7 2.1 153.5 179.4 182.3 186.2 2.1

Construction.................................. 84.4 80.7 80.4 81.2 1.0 103.4 101.0 100.9 102.1 1.2

Manufacturing................................ 75.2 77.1 77.5 77.5 0.0 90.1 93.5 94.1 94.1 0.0

Durable goods............................ 73.4 76.2 76.8 76.4 -0.5 89.2 93.8 94.5 94.3 -0.2

Nondurable goods........................ 77.7 78.3 78.7 79.0 0.4 91.3 92.9 93.3 93.7 0.4

Private service-providing...................... 103.2 104.4 104.8 104.9 0.1 130.4 134.3 135.0 135.4 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 96.1 97.3 98.0 97.9 -0.1 113.4 117.0 117.7 117.7 0.0

Wholesale trade........................... 99.4 99.9 100.4 100.7 0.3 122.9 126.6 127.6 127.8 0.2

Retail trade................................ 93.7 94.6 95.6 95.3 -0.3 104.7 107.3 108.4 107.9 -0.5

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 99.3 101.9 102.5 101.9 -0.6 118.5 123.8 124.3 124.0 -0.2

Utilities..................................... 96.1 95.1 94.8 94.6 -0.2 119.2 120.3 120.3 120.4 0.1

Information................................... 92.4 91.0 90.5 90.5 0.0 117.4 116.1 116.3 115.8 -0.4

Financial activities........................... 102.8 101.7 101.0 101.7 0.7 132.8 134.5 133.9 135.0 0.8

Professional and business services....... 103.8 107.3 107.7 107.8 0.1 138.6 145.6 146.4 147.3 0.6

Education and health services............. 117.2 118.9 118.8 119.5 0.6 150.6 156.1 156.4 157.7 0.8

Leisure and hospitality...................... 104.7 104.6 105.1 105.3 0.2 132.7 134.6 135.4 135.7 0.2

Other services............................... 95.9 96.0 96.9 97.0 0.1 116.3 118.2 119.0 119.2 0.2

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding

2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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