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Technical information: 

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — JANUARY 2017 

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 227,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was 

little changed at 4.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in 

retail trade, construction, and financial activities. 

Changes to The Employment Situation Data 

Establishment survey data have been revised as a result of the annual benchmarking process 

and the updating of seasonal adjustment factors using an improved methodology to select 

models. Also, household survey data for January 2017 reflect updated population estimates. 

See the notes beginning on page 4 for more information about these changes. 

 

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

January 2015 – January 2017

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month 

change, seasonally adjusted, 

January 2015 – January 2017

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Household Survey Data 

Both the number of unemployed persons, at 7.6 million, and the unemployment rate, at 4.8 percent, 

were little changed in January. (See table A-1. For information about annual population adjustments to 

the household survey estimates, see the note on page 5 and tables B and C.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for Asians (3.7 percent) increased in 

January. The jobless rates for adult men (4.4 percent), adult women (4.4 percent), teenagers (15.0 

percent), Whites (4.3 percent), Blacks (7.7 percent), and Hispanics (5.9 percent) showed little or no 

change over the month. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 

In January, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially 

unchanged at 1.9 million and accounted for 24.4 percent of the unemployed. Over the year, the number 

of long-term unemployed has declined by 244,000. (See table A-12.) 

After accounting for the annual adjustments to the population controls, the civilian labor force

increased by 584,000 in January, and the labor force participation rate rose by 0.2 percentage point to 

62.9 percent. Total employment, as measured by the household survey, was up by 457,000 over the 

month, and the employment-population ratio edged up to 59.9 percent. (See table A-1. For additional 

information about the effects of the population adjustments, see table C.) 

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

involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in January at 5.8 million. These individuals, who 

would have preferred full-time employment, were working part time because their hours had been cut 

back or because they were unable to find full-time jobs. (See table A-8.) 

In January, 1.8 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, down by 337,000 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 532,000 discouraged workers in January, little changed 

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 1.2 

million persons marginally attached to the labor force in January had not searched for work for reasons 

such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) 

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 227,000 in January. Employment increased in retail trade, 

construction, and financial activities. (See table B-1. For information about the annual benchmark 

process, see the note on page 4 and table A.) 

Retail trade employment increased by 46,000 over the month and by 229,000 over the year. Three 

industries added jobs in January—clothing and clothing accessories stores (+18,000), electronics and 

appliance stores (+8,000), and furniture and home furnishings stores (+6,000). 
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Employment in construction rose by 36,000 in January, following little change in December. 

Residential building added 9,000 jobs over the month, and employment continued to trend up among 

residential specialty trade contractors (+11,000). Over the past 12 months, construction has added 

170,000 jobs. 

Financial activities added 32,000 jobs in January, with gains in real estate (+10,000), insurance carriers 

and related activities (+9,000), and credit intermediation and related activities (+9,000). Financial 

activities added an average of 15,000 jobs per month in 2016. 

In January, employment in professional and technical services rose by 23,000, about in line with the 

average monthly gain in 2016. Over the month, job gains occurred in computer systems design and 

related services (+13,000). 

Employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in January (+30,000). This 

industry added 286,000 jobs over the past 12 months. 

Employment in health care also continued to trend up in January (+18,000), following a gain of 41,000 

in December. The industry has added 374,000 jobs over the past 12 months. 

Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, manufacturing, wholesale 

trade, transportation and warehousing, information, and government, showed little change over the 

month. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 34.4 hours in 

January. In manufacturing, the workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 40.8 hours, while overtime edged 

down by 0.1 hour to 3.2 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees 

on private nonfarm payrolls was 33.6 hours for the sixth consecutive month. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

In January, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 3 cents to 

$26.00, following a 6-cent increase in December. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 

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

employees increased by 4 cents to $21.84. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was revised down from +204,000 to 

+164,000, and the change for December was revised up from +156,000 to +157,000. With these 

revisions, employment gains in November and December combined were 39,000 lower than previously 

reported. Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses since the last 

published estimates and from the recalculation of seasonal factors. The annual benchmark process also 

contributed to the November and December revisions. Over the past 3 months, job gains have averaged 

183,000 per month. 

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The Employment Situation for February is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 10, 2017, 

at 8:30 a.m. (EST). 

 
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Revisions to Establishment Survey Data 

In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data released today have been 

benchmarked to reflect comprehensive counts of payroll jobs for March 2016. These counts are 

derived principally from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), which counts 

 jobs covered by the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax system. The benchmark process results in 

revisions to not seasonally adjusted data from April 2015 forward. Seasonally adjusted data from 

January 2012 forward are subject to revision. In addition, data for some series prior to 2012, both 

seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, incorporate other revisions. 

The total nonfarm employment level for March 2016 was revised downward by 60,000 (-81,000 on 

a not seasonally adjusted basis, or -0.1 percent). On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the absolute average 

benchmark revision over the past 10 years is 0.3 percent. 

The effect of these revisions on the underlying trend in nonfarm payroll employment was minor. 

For example, the over-the-year change in total nonfarm employment for 2016 was revised from 

2,157,000 to 2,242,000 (seasonally adjusted). Table A presents revised total nonfarm employment 

 data on a seasonally adjusted basis from January to December 2016. 

All revised historical establishment survey data are available on the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/ces/data.htm. In addition, an article that discusses the benchmark and post-benchmark 

revisions and other technical issues is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm. 

 

Table A. Revisions in total nonfarm employment, January-December 2016, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

As previously 

published As revised Difference

As 

previously 

published

As revised Difference

2016

January................................. 143,314 143,211 -103 168 126 -42

February............................... 143,547 143,448 -99 233 237 4

March................................... 143,733 143,673 -60 186 225 39

Apri...................................... 143,877 143,826 -51 144 153 9

May...................................... 143,901 143,869 -32 24 43 19

June...................................... 144,172 144,166 -6 271 297 26

July...................................... 144,424 144,457 33 252 291 39

August.................................. 144,600 144,633 33 176 176 0

September............................. 144,808 144,882 74 208 249 41

October................................. 144,943 145,006 63 135 124 -11

November............................. 145,147 145,170 23 204 164 -40

December (p)........................ 145,303 145,327 24 156 157 1

p = preliminary.

Year and month

Level Over-the-month change
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Adjustments to Population Estimates for the Household Survey 

Effective with data for January 2017, updated population estimates were incorporated into the household 

survey. Population estimates for the household survey are developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. Each 

year, the Census Bureau updates the estimates to reflect new information and assumptions about the 

growth of the population since the previous decennial census. The change in population reflected in the 

new estimates results from adjustments for net international migration, updated vital statistics, and 

estimation methodology improvements. 

In accordance with usual practice, BLS will not revise the official household survey estimates for 

December 2016 and earlier months. To show the impact of the population adjustments, however, 

differences in selected December 2016 labor force series based on the old and new population estimates 

are shown in table B. 

The adjustments decreased the estimated size of December’s civilian noninstitutional population by 

831,000, the civilian labor force by 508,000, employment by 487,000, and unemployment by 21,000. 

The number of persons not in the labor force was lowered by 323,000. The unemployment rate, 

employment-population ratio, and labor force participation rate were unaffected. 

Data users are cautioned that these annual population adjustments can affect the comparability of 

household data series over time. Table C shows the effect of the introduction of new population 

estimates on the comparison of selected labor force measures between December 2016 and January 

2017. Additional information on the population adjustments and their effect on national labor force 

estimates is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cps-pop-control-adjustments.pdf. 

Table B. Effect of the updated population controls on December 2016 estimates by sex, race, and 

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Category Total Men Women White

Black or 

African 

American

Asian

Hispanic or 

Latino 

ethnicity

Civilian noninstitutional population........ -831 -403 -428 -469 -76 -258 -352

 Civilian labor force........................... -508 -272 -236 -277 -44 -168 -244

 Participation rate......................... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 Employed...................................... -487 -260 -227 -264 -41 -164 -230

 Employment-population ratio........ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0

 Unemployed.................................. -21 -12 -9 -13 -3 -4 -14

 Unemployment rate..................... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 Not in labor force............................. -323 -131 -192 -192 -34 -90 -109

 NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or

African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose

ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
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Table C. December 2016-January 2017 changes in selected labor force measures, with adjustments for

 population control effects

(Numbers in thousands)

Category Dec-Jan change, as 

published

2017 population 

control effect

Dec-Jan change, after 

removing the population 

control effect 1

Civilian noninstitutional population........ -660 -831 171

 Civilian labor force........................... 76 -508 584

 Participation rate......................... 0.2 0.0 0.2

 Employed...................................... -30 -487 457

 Employment-population ratio........ 0.2 0.0 0.2

 Unemployed.................................. 106 -21 127

 Unemployment rate..................... 0.1 0.0 0.1

 Not in labor force............................. -736 -323 -413

1 This Dec-Jan change is calculated by subtracting the population control effect from the over-the-month 

change in the published seasonally adjusted estimates.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Change from:

Dec. 2016-

Jan. 2017

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population........................................... 252,397 254,540 254,742 254,082 –

Civilian labor force........................................................... 158,362 159,456 159,640 159,716 –

Participation rate.......................................................... 62.7 62.6 62.7 62.9 –

Employed................................................................... 150,533 152,048 152,111 152,081 –

Employment-population ratio.......................................... 59.6 59.7 59.7 59.9 –

Unemployed............................................................... 7,829 7,409 7,529 7,635 –

Unemployment rate.................................................... 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.8 –

Not in labor force............................................................ 94,036 95,084 95,102 94,366 –

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over...................................................... 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.8 –

Adult men (20 years and over)............................................ 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.4 –

Adult women (20 years and over)......................................... 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.4 –

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................ 16.0 15.2 14.7 15.0 –

White.......................................................................... 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.3 –

Black or African American.................................................. 8.8 8.0 7.8 7.7 –

Asian.......................................................................... 3.7 3.0 2.6 3.7 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................................. 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.9 –

Total, 25 years and over...................................................... 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 –

Less than a high school diploma.......................................... 7.4 7.9 7.9 7.7 –

High school graduates, no college........................................ 5.3 4.9 5.1 5.3 –

Some college or associate degree........................................ 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.8 –

Bachelor’s degree and higher.............................................. 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.5 –

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.................. 3,686 3,542 3,639 3,713 –

Job leavers...................................................................... 768 934 905 862 –

Reentrants....................................................................... 2,458 2,266 2,219 2,170 –

New entrants.................................................................... 834 728 783 813 –

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks............................................................. 2,257 2,415 2,379 2,468 –

5 to 14 weeks................................................................... 2,287 2,133 2,156 2,089 –

15 to 26 weeks................................................................. 1,140 1,073 1,199 1,192 –

27 weeks and over............................................................. 2,094 1,856 1,831 1,850 –

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons.............................................. 6,035 5,659 5,598 5,840 –

Slack work or business conditions........................................ 3,582 3,485 3,401 3,583 –

Could only find part-time work............................................. 2,133 1,902 1,873 1,944 –

Part time for noneconomic reasons.......................................... 20,301 21,059 21,251 20,487 –

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force....................................... 2,089 1,932 1,684 1,752 –

Discouraged workers........................................................ 623 591 426 532 –

- December - January changes in household data are not shown due to the introduction of updated population controls.

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 Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 164 157 227

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 178 165 237

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 35 15 45

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -15 7 2 4

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 28 2 36

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 0 11 5

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3 12 6

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4 1.4 3.1 3.3

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 -3 -1 -1

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 143 150 192

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 5.6 1.2 3.0

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.4 -12.9 33.5 45.9

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -13.9 21.8 19.3 -4.0

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.7 0.3 0.4 -0.6

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -12 -4 3

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 12 23 32

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5 46 32 39

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -43.2 25.5 -12.8 14.8

Education and health services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 31 45 24

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.7 28.2 44.1 32.1

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 44 17 34

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -4 7 -17 16

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 -14 -8 -10

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 179 148 183

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 178 158 193

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.4 49.6 49.6 49.5

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.0 48.2 48.2 48.1

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

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.6 34.3 34.4 34.4

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.37 $25.91 $25.97 $26.00

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $877.80 $888.71 $893.37 $894.40

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.2 105.8 106.2 106.4

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 -0.1 0.4 0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.5 131.0 131.9 132.3

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 -0.2 0.7 0.3

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (261 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 51.5 61.5 58.8

Manufacturing (78 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.3 48.7 55.1 48.1

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

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

1. 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 500,000. However, the household survey has a 

more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes self-employed workers 

whose businesses are unincorporated, 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. For more information on the differences 

between the two surveys, please visit https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ces_cps_trends.htm. 

2. 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. Data on the foreign and native born are published each month in table A-7 of The 

Employment Situation news release. 

3. 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 

https://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 

https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm. 

4. 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 statewide total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all states, size classes, and 

industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 

 
5. 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. 

6. 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. 

7. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who want a job but are not currently 

looking for work? 

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

including those who are not currently looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged 

workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include 

discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each 

month in table A-15 of The Employment Situation news release. For more information about these 

alternative measures, please visit https://www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm#altmeasures. 

8. How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates? 

In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period that includes the 12th of the 

month. Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on average weekly hours than 

on employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid time during the pay period, including 

pay for holidays, sick leave, or other time off. The impact of severe weather on hours estimates 

typically, but not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some 

employees may be off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, 

while some workers, such as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. 

Typically, it is not possible to precisely quantify the effect of extreme weather on payroll 

employment estimates. In order for severe weather conditions to reduce employment estimates, 

employees have to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. Employees 

who receive pay for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll 

employment figures. For more information on how often employees are paid, please visit 

https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-3/how-frequently-do-private-businesses-pay-workers.htm. 

In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that includes the 12th 

of the month. Persons who miss the entire week's work for weather-related events are counted as 

employed whether or not they are paid for the time off. The household survey collects data on the 

number of persons who had a job but were not at work due to bad weather. It also provides a measure 

of the number of persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours due to bad weather. 

Current and historical data are available on the household survey's most requested statistics page, 

please visit https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln.
Technical Note 

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household 

survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (CES; 

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 

eligible 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. Each month the 

CES program surveys about 147,000 businesses and 

government agencies, representing approximately 634,000 

individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry 

data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on 

nonfarm payrolls. 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 persons 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 

https://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 non-supervisory 

employees in private service-providing industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an 

establishment’s principal activity in accordance with the 

2012 version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

survey can be found at https://www.bls.gov/ces/. 

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, self-employed workers whose businesses 

are unincorporated, 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 month-to-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 age-sex components; this 

differs from the unemployment estimate that would be 

obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the 

duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current 

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

used to adjust only the current month's data. In the 

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. 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 

component of this difference that occurs because samples 

differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

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 115,000. 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 -65,000 to +165,000 

(50,000 +/- 115,000). 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-themonth 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 6.0 percent, the 90-percent 

confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment 

as measured by the household survey is about +/- 300,000, 

and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is 

about +/- 0.2 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 sample-based 
estimation in order to offset the missing employment gains 

from business births. This is incorporated into the samplebased 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 percent 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

Jan.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252,397 254,742 254,082 252,397 254,091 254,321 254,540 254,742 254,082

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,347 158,968 158,676 158,362 159,830 159,643 159,456 159,640 159,716

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.3 62.4 62.5 62.7 62.9 62.8 62.6 62.7 62.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,037 151,798 150,527 150,533 151,926 151,902 152,048 152,111 152,081

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 59.6 59.2 59.6 59.8 59.7 59.7 59.7 59.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,309 7,170 8,149 7,829 7,904 7,740 7,409 7,529 7,635

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 4.5 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,051 95,774 95,406 94,036 94,261 94,678 95,084 95,102 94,366

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,166 5,449 5,934 5,977 6,082 5,889 5,837 5,662 5,739

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,926 123,099 122,781 121,926 122,775 122,889 122,998 123,099 122,781

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,360 84,463 84,234 84,236 85,042 84,994 84,860 84,979 85,096

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.4 68.6 68.6 69.1 69.3 69.2 69.0 69.0 69.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,792 80,368 79,721 80,084 80,735 80,717 80,826 80,861 81,013

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 65.3 64.9 65.7 65.8 65.7 65.7 65.7 66.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,569 4,095 4,514 4,152 4,307 4,278 4,034 4,118 4,083

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 4.8 5.4 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,566 38,636 38,546 37,690 37,732 37,895 38,139 38,120 37,685

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,483 114,603 114,297 113,483 114,289 114,401 114,506 114,603 114,297

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,731 81,640 81,551 81,319 81,988 81,967 81,817 81,983 82,113

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 71.2 71.4 71.7 71.7 71.6 71.5 71.5 71.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,644 77,984 77,483 77,670 78,191 78,232 78,330 78,379 78,503

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.5 68.0 67.8 68.4 68.4 68.4 68.4 68.4 68.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,087 3,656 4,068 3,648 3,798 3,735 3,486 3,605 3,609

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,753 32,963 32,746 32,164 32,301 32,434 32,690 32,620 32,184

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,471 131,643 131,301 130,471 131,317 131,432 131,542 131,643 131,301

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,986 74,505 74,441 74,126 74,788 74,648 74,597 74,661 74,621

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.7 56.6 56.7 56.8 57.0 56.8 56.7 56.7 56.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,246 71,430 70,806 70,449 71,191 71,185 71,222 71,250 71,069

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.8 54.3 53.9 54.0 54.2 54.2 54.1 54.1 54.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,741 3,075 3,635 3,676 3,597 3,463 3,375 3,411 3,552

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 4.1 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,485 57,138 56,860 56,345 56,529 56,783 56,945 56,982 56,681

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,263 123,383 123,052 122,263 123,066 123,179 123,285 123,383 123,052

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,242 71,794 71,663 71,205 71,856 71,784 71,737 71,831 71,686

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.4 58.3 58.2 58.2 58.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,904 68,984 68,423 67,959 68,702 68,698 68,712 68,760 68,550

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5 55.9 55.6 55.6 55.8 55.8 55.7 55.7 55.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,338 2,810 3,240 3,246 3,154 3,085 3,025 3,071 3,136

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 3.9 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,022 51,589 51,389 51,059 51,210 51,395 51,548 51,552 51,366

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,651 16,756 16,734 16,651 16,737 16,741 16,749 16,756 16,734

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,375 5,534 5,462 5,838 5,987 5,892 5,903 5,826 5,917

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.3 33.0 32.6 35.1 35.8 35.2 35.2 34.8 35.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,490 4,831 4,620 4,904 5,034 4,972 5,006 4,972 5,028

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 28.8 27.6 29.5 30.1 29.7 29.9 29.7 30.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885 704 842 934 953 920 897 854 890

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.5 12.7 15.4 16.0 15.9 15.6 15.2 14.7 15.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,276 11,221 11,272 10,812 10,750 10,849 10,846 10,930 10,816

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

Jan.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197,639 198,845 198,453 197,639 198,509 198,633 198,745 198,845 198,453

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,578 124,081 123,921 124,427 124,826 124,700 124,578 124,616 124,675

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.5 62.4 62.4 63.0 62.9 62.8 62.7 62.7 62.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,800 118,992 118,097 119,072 119,391 119,310 119,370 119,263 119,311

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.6 59.8 59.5 60.2 60.1 60.1 60.1 60.0 60.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,779 5,090 5,824 5,354 5,435 5,391 5,208 5,354 5,364

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

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,061 74,764 74,532 73,212 73,683 73,932 74,168 74,229 73,778

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,515 64,895 64,905 65,036 65,283 65,259 65,124 65,146 65,345

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.5 71.4 71.6 72.0 72.0 71.9 71.7 71.7 72.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,611 62,194 61,910 62,495 62,589 62,592 62,608 62,476 62,730

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 68.4 68.3 69.2 69.0 68.9 68.9 68.7 69.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,904 2,700 2,995 2,540 2,693 2,668 2,516 2,669 2,615

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 4.2 4.6 3.9 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.1 4.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,811 54,856 54,844 54,778 54,871 54,852 54,808 54,872 54,798

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.7 57.4 57.5 57.6 57.5 57.4 57.4 57.4 57.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,570 52,966 52,582 52,627 52,799 52,774 52,783 52,813 52,646

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 55.4 55.1 55.4 55.3 55.3 55.2 55.2 55.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,242 1,890 2,262 2,151 2,072 2,078 2,026 2,059 2,152

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 3.4 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,252 4,330 4,171 4,613 4,672 4,589 4,645 4,599 4,531

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 35.1 33.8 37.5 37.8 37.2 37.6 37.2 36.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,619 3,832 3,604 3,950 4,002 3,944 3,979 3,974 3,934

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.4 31.0 29.2 32.1 32.4 31.9 32.2 32.2 31.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 499 567 663 670 645 666 625 597

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.9 11.5 13.6 14.4 14.3 14.1 14.3 13.6 13.2

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,679 32,105 32,063 31,679 31,987 32,028 32,068 32,105 32,063

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,355 19,779 19,830 19,512 19,826 19,801 19,856 19,844 19,993

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.1 61.6 61.8 61.6 62.0 61.8 61.9 61.8 62.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,602 18,307 18,262 17,803 18,181 18,104 18,262 18,292 18,445

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.6 57.0 57.0 56.2 56.8 56.5 56.9 57.0 57.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,753 1,472 1,569 1,709 1,646 1,696 1,594 1,552 1,548

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 7.4 7.9 8.8 8.3 8.6 8.0 7.8 7.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,324 12,327 12,232 12,167 12,161 12,228 12,212 12,261 12,070

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,778 9,023 9,028 8,845 9,000 9,011 9,018 9,056 9,106

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.6 67.4 67.5 67.1 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.7 68.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,983 8,337 8,318 8,106 8,264 8,223 8,328 8,366 8,437

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.6 62.3 62.2 61.5 62.0 61.6 62.3 62.5 63.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 686 710 738 736 789 691 690 669

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.2 8.8 7.7 7.6 7.3

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,927 10,088 10,105 9,943 10,074 10,079 10,135 10,094 10,124

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.0 62.2 62.5 62.1 62.4 62.3 62.6 62.3 62.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,134 9,459 9,431 9,156 9,370 9,367 9,418 9,410 9,450

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.1 58.4 58.3 57.2 58.0 57.9 58.2 58.1 58.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792 629 673 788 703 712 716 683 673

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 6.2 6.7 7.9 7.0 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 668 698 723 752 710 703 694 764

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0 26.5 27.8 29.0 29.9 28.2 27.9 27.6 30.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 511 512 541 546 515 516 515 558

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4 20.3 20.4 21.7 21.7 20.5 20.5 20.5 22.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 157 186 183 206 196 187 178 205

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5 23.5 26.7 25.2 27.4 27.5 26.6 25.7 26.9

See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

Jan.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,816 15,433 15,157 14,816 15,310 15,344 15,323 15,433 15,157

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,189 9,681 9,617 9,207 9,760 9,797 9,634 9,678 9,641

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.0 62.7 63.5 62.1 63.7 63.8 62.9 62.7 63.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,846 9,428 9,250 8,868 9,381 9,462 9,342 9,423 9,281

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.7 61.1 61.0 59.9 61.3 61.7 61.0 61.1 61.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 253 367 339 379 334 292 256 360

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7 2.6 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.4 3.0 2.6 3.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,627 5,752 5,540 5,608 5,550 5,547 5,690 5,755 5,517

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

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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

Jan.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population................ 40,215 41,190 40,922 40,215 40,919 41,011 41,102 41,190 40,922

Civilian labor force................................ 26,353 27,032 26,927 26,456 27,063 26,931 26,990 27,079 27,044

Participation rate............................... 65.5 65.6 65.8 65.8 66.1 65.7 65.7 65.7 66.1

Employed....................................... 24,605 25,450 25,146 24,903 25,331 25,389 25,448 25,486 25,453

Employment-population ratio............... 61.2 61.8 61.4 61.9 61.9 61.9 61.9 61.9 62.2

Unemployed.................................... 1,747 1,582 1,781 1,553 1,732 1,542 1,541 1,594 1,590

Unemployment rate......................... 6.6 5.9 6.6 5.9 6.4 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.9

Not in labor force................................. 13,862 14,158 13,995 13,759 13,856 14,080 14,113 14,111 13,879

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 14,532 14,832 14,837 14,596 14,833 14,861 14,881 14,821 14,898

Participation rate............................... 80.2 79.9 80.5 80.5 80.4 80.4 80.3 79.8 80.9

Employed....................................... 13,658 14,059 13,966 13,884 14,035 14,118 14,113 14,102 14,187

Employment-population ratio............... 75.3 75.7 75.8 76.6 76.1 76.4 76.2 75.9 77.0

Unemployed.................................... 874 773 872 713 798 743 768 720 711

Unemployment rate......................... 6.0 5.2 5.9 4.9 5.4 5.0 5.2 4.9 4.8

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 10,655 11,062 11,022 10,650 11,001 10,912 10,971 11,083 11,028

Participation rate............................... 58.1 58.8 59.0 58.0 58.9 58.3 58.5 58.9 59.0

Employed....................................... 9,993 10,435 10,290 10,025 10,296 10,314 10,411 10,424 10,336

Employment-population ratio............... 54.5 55.5 55.1 54.6 55.1 55.1 55.5 55.4 55.3

Unemployed.................................... 662 627 732 625 705 598 560 659 692

Unemployment rate......................... 6.2 5.7 6.6 5.9 6.4 5.5 5.1 5.9 6.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................ 1,166 1,138 1,068 1,210 1,229 1,158 1,138 1,175 1,117

Participation rate............................... 31.2 29.8 28.0 32.4 32.4 30.5 29.9 30.8 29.3

Employed....................................... 955 956 890 995 1,000 958 924 960 930

Employment-population ratio............... 25.6 25.1 23.4 26.6 26.3 25.2 24.3 25.2 24.4

Unemployed.................................... 211 182 178 215 229 200 214 215 187

Unemployment rate......................... 18.1 16.0 16.6 17.8 18.6 17.3 18.8 18.3 16.7

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

columns.

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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

Jan.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................. 11,030 10,461 10,627 10,997 10,803 10,657 10,587 10,483 10,533

Participation rate.................................. 46.0 44.9 45.7 45.9 45.6 45.3 45.1 45.0 45.3

Employed.......................................... 10,079 9,621 9,677 10,188 9,881 9,872 9,753 9,660 9,725

Employment-population ratio................. 42.0 41.3 41.6 42.5 41.7 42.0 41.5 41.4 41.8

Unemployed....................................... 951 840 950 809 922 784 834 823 808

Unemployment rate............................ 8.6 8.0 8.9 7.4 8.5 7.4 7.9 7.9 7.7

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................. 35,195 35,535 35,191 35,394 35,720 35,871 35,833 35,661 35,443

Participation rate.................................. 57.5 57.5 57.5 57.8 57.4 57.8 57.7 57.7 57.9

Employed.......................................... 33,121 33,710 33,116 33,531 33,877 33,912 34,068 33,860 33,580

Employment-population ratio................. 54.1 54.6 54.1 54.8 54.4 54.6 54.9 54.8 54.9

Unemployed....................................... 2,073 1,825 2,076 1,863 1,843 1,959 1,765 1,801 1,863

Unemployment rate............................ 5.9 5.1 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.5 4.9 5.1 5.3

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................. 37,952 38,188 37,982 37,987 37,963 38,119 38,189 38,244 38,007

Participation rate.................................. 66.2 66.0 65.6 66.3 67.2 66.4 66.4 66.1 65.7

Employed.......................................... 36,220 36,795 36,436 36,379 36,378 36,666 36,702 36,773 36,563

Employment-population ratio................. 63.2 63.6 63.0 63.5 64.4 63.9 63.8 63.6 63.2

Unemployed....................................... 1,732 1,394 1,547 1,608 1,584 1,453 1,486 1,472 1,444

Unemployment rate............................ 4.6 3.6 4.1 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.8

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................. 52,806 54,095 54,369 52,733 54,310 54,064 53,899 54,032 54,271

Participation rate.................................. 73.9 73.6 73.9 73.8 74.2 74.1 73.7 73.6 73.8

Employed.......................................... 51,458 52,843 52,987 51,409 52,942 52,683 52,656 52,699 52,925

Employment-population ratio................. 72.1 71.9 72.1 72.0 72.3 72.2 72.0 71.7 72.0

Unemployed....................................... 1,348 1,252 1,382 1,324 1,367 1,380 1,243 1,333 1,346

Unemployment rate............................ 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.5

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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,034 20,674 19,028 18,653 2,006 2,021

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,709 10,258 9,465 9,080 1,245 1,179

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.9 49.6 49.7 48.7 62.0 58.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,206 9,798 9,030 8,664 1,177 1,134

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.5 47.4 47.5 46.4 58.7 56.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 461 435 416 68 45

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.6 5.4 3.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,325 10,416 9,563 9,573 761 842

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,802 4,067 3,119 3,394 683 673

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,155 3,342 2,629 2,878 525 463

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.0 82.2 84.3 84.8 76.9 68.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,975 3,131 2,491 2,695 484 437

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.3 77.0 79.9 79.4 70.9 64.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 211 138 184 41 27

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 6.3 5.3 6.4 7.9 5.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647 725 490 515 158 209

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,350 3,298 2,851 2,756 499 542

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,710 2,556 2,349 2,191 360 365

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.9 77.5 82.4 79.5 72.2 67.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,607 2,469 2,256 2,109 351 360

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.8 74.9 79.1 76.5 70.4 66.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 87 94 82 9 5

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 3.4 4.0 3.7 2.5 1.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 742 502 565 138 177

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,673 8,218 8,363 7,921 310 297

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,215 1,832 2,138 1,750 77 83

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5 22.3 25.6 22.1 24.8 27.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,125 1,754 2,056 1,681 68 73

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 21.3 24.6 21.2 22.1 24.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 78 82 69 9 10

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 4.3 3.8 3.9 11.1 11.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,458 6,386 6,225 6,171 233 214

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,209 5,091 4,695 4,582 514 509

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,630 2,528 2,349 2,261 282 267

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.5 49.7 50.0 49.3 54.8 52.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500 2,444 2,227 2,180 273 264

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.0 48.0 47.4 47.6 53.1 51.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 85 122 81 9 3

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 3.3 5.2 3.6 3.2 1.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,579 2,563 2,346 2,321 232 242

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222,523 224,320 98,416 99,556 124,107 124,765

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,803 146,479 73,011 74,235 71,792 72,243

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 65.3 74.2 74.6 57.8 57.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,316 139,086 69,049 70,288 68,268 68,798

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.7 62.0 70.2 70.6 55.0 55.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,486 7,393 3,962 3,948 3,524 3,445

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 5.0 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,720 77,842 25,405 25,320 52,315 52,521

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.
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

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population...................................................... 29,022 29,964 223,375 224,118

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 5,650 5,847 151,697 152,828

Participation rate..................................................................... 19.5 19.5 67.9 68.2

Employed............................................................................. 5,039 5,206 143,999 145,321

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 17.4 17.4 64.5 64.8

Unemployed.......................................................................... 611 641 7,698 7,508

Unemployment rate............................................................... 10.8 11.0 5.1 4.9

Not in labor force....................................................................... 23,373 24,116 71,678 71,290

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,389 2,479 76,138 76,763

Participation rate..................................................................... 32.2 33.0 81.5 82.1

Employed............................................................................. 2,074 2,181 72,084 72,724

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 28.0 29.0 77.2 77.8

Unemployed.......................................................................... 315 298 4,053 4,039

Unemployment rate............................................................... 13.2 12.0 5.3 5.3

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,021 5,032 17,242 16,721

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 2,237 2,320 67,667 67,814

Participation rate..................................................................... 28.4 28.7 70.2 70.5

Employed............................................................................. 1,990 2,053 64,346 64,631

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 25.3 25.4 66.7 67.2

Unemployed.......................................................................... 247 267 3,321 3,183

Unemployment rate............................................................... 11.0 11.5 4.9 4.7

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,629 5,765 28,753 28,410

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 1,024 1,049 7,892 8,252

Participation rate..................................................................... 7.4 7.3 23.5 24.0

Employed............................................................................. 975 972 7,569 7,966

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 7.1 6.8 22.5 23.1

Unemployed.......................................................................... 49 77 324 286

Unemployment rate............................................................... 4.8 7.3 4.1 3.5

Not in labor force....................................................................... 12,723 13,319 25,684 26,159

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

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 41,028 41,379 20,068 20,148 20,960 21,231

Civilian labor force.................................................. 26,681 27,144 15,576 15,683 11,105 11,461

Participation rate.................................................. 65.0 65.6 77.6 77.8 53.0 54.0

Employed.......................................................... 25,328 25,721 14,824 14,883 10,503 10,837

Employment-population ratio................................. 61.7 62.2 73.9 73.9 50.1 51.0

Unemployed....................................................... 1,353 1,423 752 799 601 624

Unemployment rate............................................ 5.1 5.2 4.8 5.1 5.4 5.4

Not in labor force.................................................... 14,347 14,235 4,492 4,465 9,856 9,770

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 211,369 212,703 101,858 102,633 109,511 110,070

Civilian labor force.................................................. 130,665 131,532 67,784 68,552 62,882 62,980

Participation rate.................................................. 61.8 61.8 66.5 66.8 57.4 57.2

Employed.......................................................... 123,710 124,806 63,967 64,837 59,742 59,969

Employment-population ratio................................. 58.5 58.7 62.8 63.2 54.6 54.5

Unemployed....................................................... 6,956 6,726 3,817 3,715 3,139 3,011

Unemployment rate............................................ 5.3 5.1 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.8

Not in labor force.................................................... 80,704 81,171 34,074 34,081 46,629 47,090

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

Jan.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................. 2,200 2,180 2,225 2,401 2,429 2,317 2,431 2,356 2,418

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 1,381 1,366 1,460 1,551 1,522 1,493 1,559 1,470 1,633

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 792 797 747 833 890 817 833 857 795

Unpaid family workers........................... 27 18 18 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries.......................... 146,838 149,617 148,302 148,090 149,526 149,604 149,752 149,811 149,582

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 138,298 140,753 139,942 139,329 140,739 140,806 140,968 140,773 140,952

Government..................................... 20,956 21,029 21,083 20,661 20,809 20,698 20,938 20,865 20,796

Private industries............................... 117,342 119,724 118,859 118,698 119,990 120,073 120,016 119,916 120,189

Private households.......................... 714 680 731 – – – – – –

Other industries.............................. 116,628 119,044 118,128 117,999 119,241 119,325 119,290 119,206 119,467

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 8,500 8,800 8,313 8,697 8,599 8,731 8,716 8,991 8,552

Unpaid family workers........................... 39 64 47 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 6,406 5,707 6,226 6,035 5,874 5,850 5,659 5,598 5,840

Slack work or business conditions............. 3,941 3,478 3,966 3,582 3,587 3,481 3,485 3,401 3,583

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,054 1,828 1,902 2,133 1,972 2,093 1,902 1,873 1,944

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 20,554 21,711 20,612 20,301 20,742 20,765 21,059 21,251 20,487

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 6,234 5,561 6,127 5,902 5,770 5,748 5,550 5,476 5,769

Slack work or business conditions............. 3,851 3,362 3,909 3,511 3,510 3,415 3,424 3,310 3,535

Could only find part-time work.................. 2,038 1,824 1,895 2,116 1,959 2,082 1,870 1,862 1,947

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 20,265 21,335 20,277 19,968 20,409 20,455 20,696 20,818 20,136

1

Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

2 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.

3 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.

4 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

Jan.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,037 151,798 150,527 150,533 151,926 151,902 152,048 152,111 152,081

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,490 4,831 4,620 4,904 5,034 4,972 5,006 4,972 5,028

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,515 1,661 1,643 1,682 1,832 1,665 1,682 1,723 1,813

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,975 3,170 2,977 3,217 3,186 3,283 3,318 3,253 3,219

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,547 146,967 145,907 145,629 146,892 146,930 147,042 147,139 147,054

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,669 13,999 13,691 14,053 14,004 13,889 14,000 14,071 14,070

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,878 132,968 132,215 131,587 132,845 133,100 133,166 133,065 132,956

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,047 98,417 97,656 97,547 98,205 98,442 98,453 98,495 98,190

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,096 34,219 33,926 33,287 33,979 33,934 33,952 34,185 34,136

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,366 31,564 31,406 31,503 31,567 31,604 31,741 31,611 31,553

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,584 32,634 32,324 32,758 32,659 32,904 32,760 32,698 32,502

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,832 34,551 34,560 34,040 34,641 34,658 34,713 34,570 34,765

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,792 80,368 79,721 80,084 80,735 80,717 80,826 80,861 81,013

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,148 2,384 2,237 2,413 2,545 2,485 2,495 2,482 2,509

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 753 769 816 840 754 769 786 871

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,435 1,631 1,468 1,593 1,714 1,725 1,728 1,699 1,641

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,644 77,984 77,483 77,670 78,191 78,232 78,330 78,379 78,503

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,915 7,152 7,028 7,200 7,188 7,122 7,206 7,246 7,302

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,728 70,832 70,455 70,487 70,969 71,128 71,186 71,114 71,202

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,865 52,529 52,196 52,391 52,515 52,627 52,700 52,737 52,705

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,823 18,328 18,287 18,034 18,237 18,223 18,228 18,374 18,472

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,853 16,988 16,886 17,012 16,979 17,038 17,137 17,054 17,048

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,189 17,213 17,023 17,345 17,299 17,365 17,334 17,309 17,185

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,864 18,303 18,259 18,096 18,454 18,502 18,486 18,377 18,497

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,246 71,430 70,806 70,449 71,191 71,185 71,222 71,250 71,069

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,342 2,446 2,383 2,491 2,489 2,487 2,510 2,490 2,518

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 908 874 866 992 911 914 938 942

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,540 1,538 1,509 1,623 1,472 1,558 1,590 1,554 1,578

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,904 68,984 68,423 67,959 68,702 68,698 68,712 68,760 68,550

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,754 6,847 6,663 6,853 6,816 6,767 6,794 6,825 6,767

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,150 62,136 61,760 61,100 61,877 61,972 61,981 61,951 61,754

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,182 45,889 45,460 45,156 45,690 45,815 45,753 45,758 45,485

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,273 15,891 15,639 15,252 15,743 15,710 15,724 15,812 15,664

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,514 14,577 14,520 14,491 14,588 14,566 14,603 14,557 14,505

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,396 15,421 15,301 15,413 15,359 15,539 15,426 15,389 15,317

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,968 16,248 16,300 15,944 16,187 16,157 16,227 16,193 16,269

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,942 45,254 45,344 45,229 45,647 45,331 45,268 45,252 45,593

Married women, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,046 35,712 35,444 34,991 35,495 35,404 35,342 35,478 35,402

Women who maintain families2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,753 9,998 9,906 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,411 123,570 123,015 123,116 124,253 124,190 124,213 124,248 124,705

Part-time workers4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,627 28,228 27,512 27,394 27,684 27,770 27,854 27,895 27,405

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,314 7,675 7,405 7,470 7,845 7,758 7,812 7,554 7,562

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

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,796 5,835 5,713 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,291 9,596 9,060 9,531 9,488 9,549 9,549 9,848 9,347

1 Refers to persons in opposite-sex married couples only.

2 Refers to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an opposite-sex spouse.

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

4 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

Jan.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over........................... 7,829 7,529 7,635 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.8

16 to 19 years..................................... 934 854 890 16.0 15.9 15.6 15.2 14.7 15.0

16 to 17 years.................................. 368 368 345 18.0 17.4 19.8 18.1 17.6 16.0

18 to 19 years.................................. 565 490 546 14.9 15.3 13.5 14.2 13.1 14.5

20 years and over................................ 6,894 6,675 6,745 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.4

20 to 24 years.................................. 1,254 1,255 1,267 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.1 8.2 8.3

25 years and over.............................. 5,575 5,412 5,414 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9

25 to 54 years............................... 4,300 4,130 4,173 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1

25 to 34 years............................. 1,798 1,699 1,767 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.9

35 to 44 years............................. 1,295 1,305 1,297 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.5 4.0 3.9

45 to 54 years............................. 1,207 1,127 1,109 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.3

55 years and over........................... 1,302 1,287 1,268 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.5

Men, 16 years and over............................ 4,152 4,118 4,083 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.8

16 to 19 years..................................... 504 513 474 17.3 16.7 17.9 18.0 17.1 15.9

16 to 17 years.................................. 200 210 181 19.7 19.1 22.0 23.3 21.1 17.2

18 to 19 years.................................. 304 296 293 16.0 15.6 16.2 16.1 14.8 15.1

20 years and over................................ 3,648 3,605 3,609 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.4

20 to 24 years.................................. 712 737 752 9.0 9.2 9.7 9.1 9.2 9.3

25 years and over.............................. 2,898 2,873 2,829 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.8

25 to 54 years............................... 2,189 2,166 2,190 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0

25 to 34 years............................. 955 914 951 5.0 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.9

35 to 44 years............................. 635 680 683 3.6 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.8 3.9

45 to 54 years............................. 599 572 555 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1

55 years and over........................... 709 707 639 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.3

Women, 16 years and over........................ 3,676 3,411 3,552 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.8

16 to 19 years..................................... 430 340 416 14.7 15.1 13.2 12.2 12.0 14.2

16 to 17 years.................................. 168 158 164 16.2 15.8 18.0 13.1 14.4 14.8

18 to 19 years.................................. 261 194 253 13.8 14.9 10.2 12.1 11.1 13.8

20 years and over................................ 3,246 3,071 3,136 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.4

20 to 24 years.................................. 542 517 515 7.3 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.1

25 years and over.............................. 2,677 2,539 2,585 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0

25 to 54 years............................... 2,110 1,964 1,983 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.2

25 to 34 years............................. 843 784 816 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.7 5.0

35 to 44 years............................. 660 624 613 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.6 4.1 4.1

45 to 54 years............................. 607 555 554 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.5

55 years and over........................... 582 596 615 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.6

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present1

.................... 1,228 1,275 1,284 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7

Married women, spouse present1................. 1,090 1,070 1,119 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.1

Women who maintain families2.................... 744 621 660 7.1 6.4 6.1 6.2 5.8 6.3

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers3................................... 6,347 6,094 6,223 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.8

Part-time workers4.................................. 1,450 1,435 1,395 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.5 4.9 4.8

1 Refers to persons in opposite-sex couples only.

2 Data are not seasonally adjusted. Refers to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an opposite-sex spouse.

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

jobs.

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

part-time jobs.

NOTE: Detail 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

Jan.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 4,287 3,668 4,361 3,686 3,930 3,749 3,542 3,639 3,713

On temporary layoff.............................. 1,314 1,117 1,518 927 1,068 994 896 1,033 1,062

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 2,974 2,550 2,843 2,759 2,862 2,755 2,646 2,606 2,651

Permanent job losers.......................... 1,986 1,863 2,093 1,889 1,963 1,906 1,903 1,902 1,981

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . .. 988 687 750 870 899 848 743 704 670

Job leavers........................................... 774 842 864 768 900 945 934 905 862

Reentrants............................................ 2,537 2,003 2,224 2,458 2,327 2,339 2,266 2,219 2,170

New entrants......................................... 711 657 701 834 802 791 728 783 813

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 51.6 51.2 53.5 47.6 49.4 47.9 47.4 48.2 49.1

On temporary layoff.............................. 15.8 15.6 18.6 12.0 13.4 12.7 12.0 13.7 14.0

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 35.8 35.6 34.9 35.6 36.0 35.2 35.4 34.5 35.1

Job leavers........................................... 9.3 11.7 10.6 9.9 11.3 12.1 12.5 12.0 11.4

Reentrants............................................ 30.5 27.9 27.3 31.7 29.2 29.9 30.3 29.4 28.7

New entrants......................................... 8.6 9.2 8.6 10.8 10.1 10.1 9.7 10.4 10.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.3

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

Reentrants............................................ 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4

New entrants......................................... 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

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

Jan.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 2,574 2,251 2,824 2,257 2,584 2,393 2,415 2,379 2,468

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 2,438 1,974 2,216 2,287 2,220 2,273 2,133 2,156 2,089

15 weeks and over.................................. 3,297 2,945 3,109 3,234 3,127 3,130 2,929 3,030 3,043

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 1,144 1,176 1,201 1,140 1,164 1,167 1,073 1,199 1,192

27 weeks and over............................... 2,153 1,769 1,908 2,094 1,963 1,964 1,856 1,831 1,850

Average (mean) duration, in weeks............... 27.6 25.8 23.7 29.0 27.3 27.0 26.2 26.0 25.1

Median duration, in weeks......................... 10.5 10.5 9.6 11.2 10.3 10.2 10.2 10.3 10.2

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 31.0 31.4 34.6 29.0 32.6 30.7 32.3 31.4 32.5

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 29.3 27.5 27.2 29.4 28.0 29.2 28.5 28.5 27.5

15 weeks and over.................................. 39.7 41.1 38.2 41.6 39.4 40.1 39.2 40.0 40.0

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 13.8 16.4 14.7 14.7 14.7 15.0 14.4 15.8 15.7

27 weeks and over............................... 25.9 24.7 23.4 26.9 24.7 25.2 24.8 24.2 24.4

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

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Total, 16 years and over1............................................. 149,037 150,527 8,309 8,149 5.3 5.1

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 59,014 59,921 1,404 1,425 2.3 2.3

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 24,829 25,051 572 644 2.3 2.5

Professional and related occupations.......................... 34,185 34,871 832 781 2.4 2.2

Service occupations................................................ 25,739 25,772 1,766 1,741 6.4 6.3

Sales and office occupations...................................... 33,579 33,750 1,870 1,770 5.3 5.0

Sales and related occupations.................................. 15,571 15,971 822 883 5.0 5.2

Office and administrative support occupations............... 18,007 17,778 1,049 888 5.5 4.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations........................................................ 13,327 13,745 1,249 1,241 8.6 8.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................... 906 1,019 166 181 15.5 15.1

Construction and extraction occupations...................... 7,465 7,591 863 872 10.4 10.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........... 4,955 5,134 220 187 4.3 3.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations........................................................ 17,379 17,338 1,281 1,250 6.9 6.7

Production occupations.......................................... 8,340 8,196 541 558 6.1 6.4

Transportation and material moving occupations............ 9,040 9,142 739 693 7.6 7.0

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

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 8,309 8,149 5.3 5.1

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.................................. 6,496 6,403 5.2 5.1

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.................................... 79 51 8.1 6.8

Construction.......................................................................... 729 859 8.5 9.4

Manufacturing........................................................................ 669 633 4.3 4.2

Durable goods..................................................................... 426 431 4.4 4.5

Nondurable goods................................................................ 243 202 4.2 3.6

Wholesale and retail trade......................................................... 1,230 1,164 6.0 5.5

Transportation and utilities......................................................... 337 308 5.1 4.7

Information............................................................................ 129 137 4.6 4.9

Financial activities................................................................... 295 319 3.1 3.3

Professional and business services............................................... 886 953 5.6 5.7

Education and health services..................................................... 751 623 3.2 2.7

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 1,056 1,093 7.7 7.9

Other services........................................................................ 336 264 5.2 4.0

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers......................... 196 198 13.0 12.4

Government workers................................................................... 512 485 2.4 2.2

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............ 394 362 4.0 3.8

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

Jan.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Sept.

2016

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,

as a percent of the civilian labor force......... 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.9

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force......................................... 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.3

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate)................................................ 5.3 4.5 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.8

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged

workers, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus discouraged workers................. 5.7 4.8 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.1

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. . . . . . . .. 6.5 5.5 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.8

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..................................... 10.5 9.1 10.1 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.3 9.2 9.4

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

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

Jan.

2016

Jan.

2017

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force........................................... 95,051 95,406 38,566 38,546 56,485 56,860

Persons who currently want a job................................ 6,166 5,934 2,939 2,713 3,227 3,221

Marginally attached to the labor force1

........................ 2,089 1,752 1,172 903 917 849

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 623 532 413 305 210 227

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. .. 1,466 1,220 759 598 707 622

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4

............................................. 7,314 7,405 3,560 3,658 3,754 3,747

Percent of total employed.......................................... 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.6 5.3 5.3

Primary job full time, secondary job part time................... 3,925 3,904 2,162 2,129 1,763 1,776

Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,976 1,961 676 693 1,300 1,268

Primary and secondary jobs both full time....................... 232 302 130 188 102 114

Hours vary on primary or secondary job......................... 1,122 1,190 560 635 562 556

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

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Change

from:

Dec.2016 -

Jan.2017p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,088 146,393 146,168 143,220 143,211 145,170 145,327 145,554 227

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,108 123,615 123,531 121,124 121,097 122,876 123,041 123,278 237

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,266 19,870 19,669 19,340 19,754 19,762 19,777 19,822 45

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 673 669 665 728 666 668 672 4

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.5 51.8 50.1 48.3 51.4 50.5 50.6 49.8 -0.8

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670.4 620.8 618.4 616.3 676.9 615.1 616.9 621.8 4.9

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.6 179.0 177.7 177.1 186.2 178.5 177.3 177.4 0.1

Mining, except oil and gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.0 182.2 179.6 178.0 187.4 181.3 182.2 184.0 1.8

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.4 50.1 50.2 50.1 55.5 49.7 49.7 49.9 0.2

Metal ore mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.6 39.1 39.3 39.2 39.6 39.2 39.1 39.1 0.0

Nonmetallic mineral mining and

quarrying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.0 93.0 90.1 88.7 92.3 92.4 93.4 95.0 1.6

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.8 259.6 261.1 261.2 303.3 255.3 257.4 260.4 3.0

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,252 6,869 6,658 6,417 6,639 6,771 6,773 6,809 36

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,415.0 1,514.5 1,491.4 1,461.8 1,468.5 1,501.3 1,502.3 1,515.2 12.9

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688.5 762.6 751.0 730.5 716.9 752.1 752.8 761.8 9.0

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726.5 751.9 740.4 731.3 751.6 749.2 749.5 753.4 3.9

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . 838.2 971.2 885.8 829.6 943.3 943.2 932.6 938.9 6.3

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,998.6 4,383.3 4,280.8 4,126.0 4,227.0 4,326.7 4,338.5 4,354.5 16.0

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . 1,727.4 1,914.6 1,880.9 1,811.9 1,838.0 1,895.3 1,910.0 1,921.3 11.3

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . 2,271.2 2,468.7 2,399.9 2,314.1 2,389.0 2,431.4 2,428.5 2,433.2 4.7

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,293 12,328 12,342 12,258 12,387 12,325 12,336 12,341 5

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,721 7,694 7,711 7,677 7,766 7,695 7,707 7,713 6

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.3 395.4 395.5 391.4 390.5 393.3 395.4 395.4 0.0

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390.5 413.2 407.0 399.4 405.4 409.9 412.6 414.8 2.2

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.8 374.3 377.2 376.5 383.7 374.6 375.2 375.1 -0.1

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,435.9 1,416.0 1,422.0 1,417.3 1,442.9 1,418.0 1,419.7 1,417.5 -2.2

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,095.4 1,070.7 1,075.7 1,075.2 1,096.1 1,072.6 1,074.5 1,076.5 2.0

Computer and electronic products. . . . . . . . . . . 1,050.9 1,040.6 1,041.5 1,034.8 1,054.9 1,041.1 1,040.0 1,037.2 -2.8

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . 162.9 162.5 162.4 160.5 163.8 162.7 162.5 161.9 -0.6

Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.5 84.9 84.1 84.2 86.6 84.8 84.1 84.3 0.2

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369.5 362.3 363.9 359.8 370.7 362.2 362.5 359.6 -2.9

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.1 395.5 396.4 395.9 398.7 396.1 396.2 396.9 0.7

Miscellaneous computer and electronic

products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 35.4 34.7 34.4 35.1 35.3 34.7 34.5 -0.2

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . 384.8 382.8 382.7 383.0 385.3 383.0 382.9 383.7 0.8

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,618.1 1,620.8 1,625.1 1,618.6 1,624.7 1,621.3 1,622.3 1,625.3 3.0

Motor vehicles and parts2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929.3 941.8 947.3 943.6 933.6 941.5 944.6 947.9 3.3

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.8 388.0 391.1 392.9 389.7 390.8 393.4 395.8 2.4

Miscellaneous durable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589.8 592.0 593.1 587.9 592.8 590.2 591.2 591.2 0.0

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,572 4,634 4,631 4,581 4,621 4,630 4,629 4,628 -1

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,516.2 1,563.4 1,563.6 1,545.2 1,540.1 1,562.1 1,563.0 1,566.3 3.3

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.6 112.7 112.2 111.3 116.7 112.5 112.1 111.6 -0.5

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.4 114.3 112.8 111.8 117.0 113.3 112.8 113.3 0.5

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.4 130.4 129.8 125.2 133.6 129.4 128.9 126.9 -2.0

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372.6 367.9 368.8 368.6 373.5 368.2 368.2 368.7 0.5

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . 450.0 444.3 444.1 438.0 452.0 442.1 441.9 440.3 -1.6

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.5 111.7 110.0 107.9 112.8 111.1 111.2 111.0 -0.2

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.6 811.1 812.9 807.1 809.1 811.9 809.7 809.8 0.1

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693.6 693.6 696.6 693.0 697.3 696.2 698.1 698.7 0.6

Miscellaneous nondurable goods

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.3 284.9 280.3 272.8 268.8 283.4 283.0 281.6 -1.4

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,842 103,745 103,862 101,784 101,343 103,114 103,264 103,456 192

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,907 27,819 28,101 27,246 27,072 27,346 27,400 27,444 44

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,810.5 5,900.3 5,895.8 5,843.9 5,855.5 5,886.8 5,888.0 5,891.0 3.0

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,916.4 2,931.5 2,935.0 2,917.5 2,930.4 2,931.9 2,932.8 2,934.8 2.0

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,005.3 2,063.8 2,053.8 2,028.9 2,030.6 2,052.0 2,051.6 2,052.4 0.8

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

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Change

from:

Dec.2016 -

Jan.2017p

Wholesale trade - Continued

Electronic markets and agents and

brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888.8 905.0 907.0 897.5 894.5 902.9 903.6 903.8 0.2

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,619.5 16,243.7 16,382.0 15,835.7 15,718.1 15,867.7 15,901.2 15,947.1 45.9

Motor vehicle and parts dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,943.8 1,998.6 1,995.0 1,984.9 1,968.4 1,999.5 2,002.8 2,008.2 5.4

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,258.9 1,296.6 1,294.1 1,291.5 1,267.8 1,294.8 1,295.9 1,299.5 3.6

Other motor vehicle dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.2 148.5 145.4 142.6 151.5 152.0 152.2 153.2 1.0

Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores. . . 543.7 553.5 555.5 550.8 549.1 552.8 554.7 555.5 0.8

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . 469.5 488.8 494.4 487.9 468.6 476.0 478.6 484.6 6.0

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 546.0 532.2 532.6 527.2 525.3 511.1 512.4 520.0 7.6

Building material and garden supply

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,187.6 1,250.0 1,242.6 1,217.9 1,253.1 1,281.1 1,283.2 1,284.7 1.5

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,040.5 3,113.7 3,121.7 3,082.2 3,061.2 3,100.2 3,102.8 3,107.3 4.5

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039.9 1,073.9 1,080.4 1,067.9 1,037.9 1,060.0 1,063.9 1,065.4 1.5

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906.8 929.8 929.7 921.1 917.1 929.4 933.7 934.8 1.1

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . 1,361.2 1,425.5 1,490.4 1,365.4 1,356.0 1,325.8 1,342.0 1,360.3 18.3

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.6 670.2 693.0 622.8 624.4 617.0 619.9 616.2 -3.7

General merchandise stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,155.2 3,344.8 3,389.0 3,200.5 3,144.4 3,191.2 3,187.1 3,188.5 1.4

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,334.3 1,408.9 1,448.4 1,320.5 1,310.5 1,309.7 1,303.2 1,297.4 -5.8

Other general merchandise stores. . . . . . . . 1,820.9 1,935.9 1,940.6 1,880.0 1,833.8 1,881.4 1,883.9 1,891.1 7.2

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815.1 847.8 839.6 810.5 833.5 833.2 829.7 830.5 0.8

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526.3 568.4 573.6 547.4 528.2 543.2 545.1 546.6 1.5

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,921.9 5,118.9 5,266.3 5,012.4 4,942.4 5,034.6 5,053.9 5,049.9 -4.0

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.4 477.4 477.1 477.2 469.4 479.0 479.6 480.6 1.0

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.4 212.7 210.9 209.4 221.1 212.3 211.0 210.4 -0.6

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.7 63.4 63.3 62.3 64.8 64.6 64.5 64.6 0.1

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,428.3 1,472.7 1,465.3 1,437.3 1,455.4 1,462.2 1,463.9 1,462.5 -1.4

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489.4 488.8 485.4 481.6 478.8 473.3 470.6 471.6 1.0

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.2 48.4 48.5 48.1 51.2 48.5 48.5 48.2 -0.3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . 24.3 28.9 29.3 24.7 33.4 34.6 35.4 35.2 -0.2

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . 654.8 663.8 666.9 655.3 658.1 660.4 664.8 659.2 -5.6

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645.5 704.2 854.8 670.5 624.0 660.1 668.2 660.8 -7.4

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878.9 958.6 964.8 946.0 886.2 939.6 947.4 956.8 9.4

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554.7 556.1 556.9 554.0 556.2 556.5 556.9 556.3 -0.6

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,724 2,780 2,773 2,730 2,763 2,768 2,764 2,767 3

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . 727.0 731.1 732.9 726.1 729.4 729.1 729.2 729.5 0.3

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.8 431.3 415.1 391.2 406.9 425.7 417.6 421.0 3.4

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271.1 266.9 265.0 264.5 272.3 266.3 265.1 265.8 0.7

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.9 788.3 791.5 781.4 806.1 785.1 785.0 781.2 -3.8

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.9 299.1 303.9 300.8 296.9 298.9 301.5 302.7 1.2

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.7 263.5 265.0 265.8 251.4 263.3 265.2 267.1 1.9

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,152 8,337 8,370 8,339 8,207 8,342 8,365 8,397 32

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,077.8 6,181.3 6,208.8 6,202.2 6,089.4 6,175.9 6,196.1 6,215.9 19.8

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . 18.3 18.5 18.9 18.8 18.4 18.5 18.8 18.8 0.0

Credit intermediation and related

activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,586.1 2,628.5 2,644.0 2,645.0 2,588.5 2,629.7 2,639.6 2,648.5 8.9

Depository credit intermediation1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,687.4 1,701.5 1,709.2 1,713.5 1,687.1 1,704.0 1,709.7 1,715.6 5.9

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,297.7 1,306.7 1,313.2 1,315.8 1,296.8 1,308.9 1,311.2 1,315.2 4.0

Nondepository credit intermediation. . . . . . . 604.1 620.6 625.5 623.7 605.0 619.2 622.3 623.5 1.2

Activities related to credit intermediation.. . 294.6 306.4 309.3 307.8 296.4 306.5 307.6 309.4 1.8

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments, and funds and trusts. . . . . . . . 917.4 931.2 934.3 931.0 921.1 931.5 933.7 935.6 1.9

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . 2,556.0 2,603.1 2,611.6 2,607.4 2,561.4 2,596.2 2,604.0 2,613.0 9.0

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,073.9 2,155.9 2,160.8 2,136.3 2,117.7 2,165.8 2,169.0 2,180.8 11.8

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514.0 1,581.4 1,585.6 1,570.6 1,537.8 1,584.2 1,585.8 1,596.0 10.2

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.8 550.9 551.6 542.8 556.3 558.3 559.9 561.6 1.7

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . 23.1 23.6 23.6 22.9 23.6 23.3 23.3 23.2 -0.1

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

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Change

from:

Dec.2016 -

Jan.2017p

Private service-providing - Continued

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,539 20,564 20,516 20,069 19,877 20,380 20,412 20,451 39

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . 8,754.8 8,992.7 9,035.0 9,027.6 8,747.0 8,988.2 9,010.5 9,033.2 22.7

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,111.0 1,124.7 1,130.4 1,117.4 1,119.4 1,122.5 1,125.8 1,124.9 -0.9

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . 1,052.2 965.6 996.3 1,063.7 974.7 1,000.3 997.9 990.8 -7.1

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . 1,389.1 1,424.3 1,426.5 1,413.8 1,403.9 1,422.0 1,428.5 1,434.4 5.9

Specialized design services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.6 142.1 143.0 139.8 138.0 141.0 141.2 142.1 0.9

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,944.1 2,034.4 2,027.3 2,035.8 1,950.7 2,024.5 2,030.7 2,043.2 12.5

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,314.5 1,418.4 1,421.9 1,386.8 1,329.7 1,404.2 1,406.4 1,406.2 -0.2

Scientific research and development

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665.8 692.8 695.1 692.2 672.4 693.3 695.6 698.5 2.9

Advertising and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.0 490.5 490.6 484.2 488.4 488.3 487.5 488.2 0.7

Other professional and technical services. . . 658.5 699.9 703.9 693.9 669.9 692.2 696.9 705.0 8.1

Management of companies and enterprises. . . 2,218.0 2,253.2 2,266.8 2,254.2 2,225.0 2,252.6 2,258.9 2,262.3 3.4

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,565.9 9,318.1 9,213.7 8,787.3 8,905.0 9,139.6 9,142.7 9,155.0 12.3

Administrative and support services. . . . . . . . . 8,174.5 8,907.4 8,802.9 8,381.6 8,506.2 8,729.0 8,730.4 8,742.3 11.9

Office administrative services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 481.7 509.0 509.9 507.1 484.6 507.5 509.6 509.0 -0.6

Facilities support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.9 141.5 140.7 140.3 140.3 141.5 141.1 141.5 0.4

Employment services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,392.2 3,768.3 3,756.6 3,477.6 3,537.6 3,630.8 3,620.2 3,635.2 15.0

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,762.3 3,103.2 3,090.0 2,846.9 2,886.9 2,979.0 2,966.2 2,981.0 14.8

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902.0 941.7 942.4 920.3 899.2 919.9 921.4 922.0 0.6

Travel arrangement and reservation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.8 216.2 214.0 211.5 212.1 216.6 215.0 216.5 1.5

Investigation and security services. . . . . . . . 880.0 915.4 918.4 902.1 887.5 905.5 910.3 911.8 1.5

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . 1,866.1 2,102.3 2,015.0 1,918.5 2,035.2 2,092.6 2,100.9 2,096.3 -4.6

Other support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.8 313.0 305.9 304.2 309.6 314.6 311.7 310.1 -1.6

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391.4 410.7 410.8 405.7 398.8 410.6 412.3 412.7 0.4

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,193 23,074 23,027 22,709 22,334 22,821 22,866 22,890 24

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,402.8 3,782.7 3,699.4 3,460.3 3,501.2 3,593.0 3,594.4 3,585.6 -8.8

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,789.8 19,291.5 19,327.1 19,248.7 18,832.3 19,227.7 19,271.8 19,303.9 32.1

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,200.0 15,604.0 15,645.5 15,567.6 15,242.9 15,558.4 15,598.9 15,617.2 18.3

Ambulatory health care services. . . . . . . . . . 6,942.2 7,200.8 7,226.7 7,182.1 6,966.2 7,172.3 7,198.4 7,209.4 11.0

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,492.7 2,562.9 2,575.9 2,552.6 2,497.1 2,552.6 2,558.5 2,559.3 0.8

Offices of dentists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912.5 938.6 937.7 936.9 915.2 935.3 937.5 939.4 1.9

Offices of other health practitioners. . . . . 827.3 882.4 886.5 881.5 831.9 879.8 885.3 887.5 2.2

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.2 875.6 884.6 884.1 832.1 874.0 880.5 885.3 4.8

Medical and diagnostic laboratories. . . . 259.9 263.9 263.1 260.4 260.8 263.5 262.5 261.3 -1.2

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,333.9 1,384.8 1,386.2 1,380.7 1,340.6 1,377.2 1,382.5 1,387.0 4.5

Other ambulatory health care

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.7 292.6 292.7 285.9 288.5 289.8 291.7 289.7 -2.0

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,966.8 5,080.3 5,086.4 5,071.0 4,972.1 5,067.3 5,076.5 5,080.7 4.2

Nursing and residential care facilities. . . . . 3,291.0 3,322.9 3,332.4 3,314.5 3,304.6 3,318.8 3,324.0 3,327.1 3.1

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,639.3 1,647.4 1,652.1 1,641.9 1,645.7 1,643.0 1,646.6 1,645.4 -1.2

Residential mental health facilities. . . . . . 608.6 614.8 616.2 613.5 611.3 614.5 615.3 616.2 0.9

Community care facilities for the

elderly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882.5 895.1 900.1 895.6 884.8 896.1 898.2 900.6 2.4

Other residential care facilities. . . . . . . . . . 160.6 165.6 164.0 163.5 162.7 165.2 163.9 164.9 1.0

Social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,589.8 3,687.5 3,681.6 3,681.1 3,589.4 3,669.3 3,672.9 3,686.7 13.8

Individual and family services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,189.3 2,261.6 2,260.4 2,263.0 2,193.3 2,258.3 2,261.0 2,272.1 11.1

Emergency and other relief services. . . . . . 160.2 163.8 166.7 167.8 160.6 164.8 166.1 167.9 1.8

Vocational rehabilitation services. . . . . . . . . 333.9 336.9 336.8 334.9 337.4 337.5 336.8 338.3 1.5

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906.4 925.2 917.7 915.4 898.1 908.6 909.0 908.5 -0.5

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,747 15,466 15,397 15,044 15,443 15,739 15,756 15,790 34

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,951.2 2,101.8 2,059.9 1,989.5 2,199.5 2,256.3 2,247.7 2,256.8 9.1

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . 399.6 434.5 424.2 398.9 450.7 450.0 450.4 454.3 3.9

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.1 154.3 153.5 147.3 155.5 160.2 161.2 161.9 0.7

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . 1,409.5 1,513.0 1,482.2 1,443.3 1,593.3 1,646.1 1,636.1 1,640.6 4.5

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . 12,795.5 13,364.3 13,337.5 13,054.4 13,243.2 13,482.2 13,507.9 13,533.6 25.7

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

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Change

from:

Dec.2016 -

Jan.2017p

Accommodation and food services -

Continued

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,841.8 1,889.8 1,885.4 1,847.3 1,940.6 1,948.0 1,949.2 1,945.0 -4.2

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . 10,953.7 11,474.5 11,452.1 11,207.1 11,302.6 11,534.2 11,558.7 11,588.6 29.9

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,580 5,705 5,678 5,647 5,647 5,718 5,701 5,717 16

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272.8 1,286.2 1,276.5 1,278.5 1,287.1 1,290.9 1,288.3 1,293.7 5.4

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,403.5 1,459.1 1,463.7 1,445.8 1,421.8 1,460.7 1,463.1 1,465.4 2.3

Membership associations and organizations. . . 2,903.4 2,959.9 2,937.3 2,922.4 2,937.7 2,966.6 2,949.8 2,958.1 8.3

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,980 22,778 22,637 22,096 22,114 22,294 22,286 22,276 -10

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,755.0 2,797.0 2,830.0 2,797.0 2,771.0 2,811.0 2,816.0 2,820.0 4.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,159.9 2,185.5 2,192.6 2,185.2 2,172.2 2,193.2 2,194.9 2,198.3 3.4

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595.5 611.9 637.4 611.3 599.1 617.7 621.1 621.5 0.4

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,999.0 5,270.0 5,193.0 4,963.0 5,088.0 5,088.0 5,081.0 5,072.0 -9.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,337.2 2,599.7 2,527.1 2,304.6 2,412.2 2,410.0 2,410.1 2,402.7 -7.4

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 2,662.0 2,670.4 2,665.9 2,658.6 2,675.5 2,677.7 2,670.5 2,669.7 -0.8

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,226.0 14,711.0 14,614.0 14,336.0 14,255.0 14,395.0 14,389.0 14,384.0 -5.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,985.9 8,279.8 8,249.0 8,027.0 7,882.9 7,933.6 7,938.2 7,935.5 -2.7

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 6,239.6 6,431.3 6,365.2 6,309.1 6,372.0 6,460.9 6,450.3 6,448.7 -1.6

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2

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

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 34.6 34.3 34.4 34.4

Goods-producing.................................................................... 40.4 40.2 40.1 40.2

Mining and logging................................................................ 43.5 43.6 43.6 43.6

Construction....................................................................... 39.3 39.1 38.8 38.9

Manufacturing..................................................................... 40.7 40.6 40.7 40.8

Durable goods.................................................................. 41.2 41.1 41.2 41.2

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 39.9 39.8 39.9 40.0

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.4 33.2 33.3 33.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 34.6 34.2 34.4 34.3

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.9 38.9 38.9 38.9

Retail trade...................................................................... 31.3 30.8 31.1 30.9

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 39.1 38.8 38.8 38.9

Utilities........................................................................... 42.5 41.8 42.5 42.4

Information......................................................................... 36.2 36.0 36.2 36.5

Financial activities................................................................ 37.7 37.5 37.5 37.4

Professional and business services............................................ 36.3 36.0 36.1 36.2

Education and health services.................................................. 32.9 32.9 32.9 32.9

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 26.2 26.1 26.0 26.0

Other services..................................................................... 31.9 31.9 31.9 31.8

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2

Durable goods....................................................................... 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3

Nondurable goods................................................................... 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.1

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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Total private............................................... $25.37 $25.91 $25.97 $26.00 $877.80 $888.71 $893.37 $894.40

Goods-producing....................................... 26.52 27.14 27.26 27.32 1,071.41 1,091.03 1,093.13 1,098.26

Mining and logging.................................. 31.93 32.09 32.50 32.90 1,388.96 1,399.12 1,417.00 1,434.44

Construction.......................................... 27.63 28.34 28.43 28.52 1,085.86 1,108.09 1,103.08 1,109.43

Manufacturing........................................ 25.61 26.22 26.34 26.36 1,042.33 1,064.53 1,072.04 1,075.49

Durable goods.................................... 26.96 27.49 27.62 27.63 1,110.75 1,129.84 1,137.94 1,138.36

Nondurable goods................................ 23.27 24.03 24.13 24.17 928.47 956.39 962.79 966.80

Private service-providing.............................. 25.10 25.62 25.68 25.70 838.34 850.58 855.14 855.81

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 22.09 22.57 22.54 22.61 764.31 771.89 775.38 775.52

Wholesale trade.................................. 29.02 29.79 29.92 29.96 1,128.88 1,158.83 1,163.89 1,165.44

Retail trade........................................ 17.75 18.07 17.97 18.04 555.58 556.56 558.87 557.44

Transportation and warehousing............... 23.06 23.48 23.48 23.53 901.65 911.02 911.02 915.32

Utilities............................................. 37.89 38.33 38.71 39.01 1,610.33 1,602.19 1,645.18 1,654.02

Information........................................... 36.04 37.31 37.44 37.43 1,304.65 1,343.16 1,355.33 1,366.20

Financial activities................................... 32.08 32.58 32.65 32.31 1,209.42 1,221.75 1,224.38 1,208.39

Professional and business services.............. 30.52 31.14 31.21 31.24 1,107.88 1,121.04 1,126.68 1,130.89

Education and health services..................... 25.54 25.91 26.01 26.03 840.27 852.44 855.73 856.39

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 14.60 15.06 15.13 15.21 382.52 393.07 393.38 395.46

Other services....................................... 22.82 23.34 23.40 23.56 727.96 744.55 746.46 749.21

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Percent

change

from:

Dec.

2016 -

Jan.

2017p

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Percent

change

from:

Dec.

2016 -

Jan.

2017p

Total private..................................... 105.2 105.8 106.2 106.4 0.2 127.5 131.0 131.9 132.3 0.3

Goods-producing............................. 90.9 90.5 90.4 90.8 0.4 109.0 111.0 111.3 112.1 0.7

Mining and logging........................ 99.5 91.2 91.5 92.1 0.7 127.6 117.6 119.4 121.6 1.8

Construction................................ 89.9 91.3 90.6 91.3 0.8 108.0 112.4 111.9 113.1 1.1

Manufacturing.............................. 90.7 90.0 90.3 90.6 0.3 108.0 109.8 110.6 111.0 0.4

Durable goods........................... 90.1 89.0 89.4 89.5 0.1 107.9 108.7 109.7 109.8 0.1

Nondurable goods...................... 92.0 92.0 92.2 92.4 0.2 108.6 112.1 112.9 113.3 0.4

Private service-providing.................... 108.9 110.1 110.6 110.8 0.2 132.8 137.1 138.1 138.4 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 101.9 101.7 102.5 102.4 -0.1 121.1 123.6 124.4 124.6 0.2

Wholesale trade......................... 99.4 99.9 99.9 100.0 0.1 120.4 124.2 124.8 125.0 0.2

Retail trade.............................. 99.9 99.3 100.5 100.1 -0.4 117.3 118.6 119.3 119.4 0.1

Transportation and warehousing...... 110.6 111.8 112.2 112.4 0.2 129.4 133.2 133.7 134.3 0.4

Utilities.................................... 102.3 100.6 102.4 102.1 -0.3 128.0 127.5 131.0 131.5 0.4

Information................................. 91.3 91.0 91.4 92.2 0.9 117.2 120.9 121.8 122.9 0.9

Financial activities......................... 101.3 102.5 102.7 102.9 0.2 126.8 130.2 130.8 129.6 -0.9

Professional and business services..... 113.5 115.4 115.9 116.4 0.4 140.3 145.6 146.5 147.4 0.6

Education and health services........... 120.0 122.6 122.8 123.0 0.2 147.4 152.8 153.7 154.0 0.2

Leisure and hospitality.................... 115.4 117.2 116.9 117.1 0.2 136.0 142.4 142.7 143.7 0.7

Other services............................. 103.9 105.2 104.9 104.8 -0.1 129.9 134.5 134.5 135.4 0.7

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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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Total nonfarm............................................. 70,755 71,945 72,030 72,084 49.4 49.6 49.6 49.5

Total private............................................ 58,092 59,166 59,250 59,307 48.0 48.2 48.2 48.1

Goods-producing.................................... 4,311 4,332 4,345 4,351 21.8 21.9 22.0 22.0

Mining and logging............................... 106 98 99 99 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.7

Construction....................................... 828 847 852 857 12.5 12.5 12.6 12.6

Manufacturing..................................... 3,377 3,387 3,394 3,395 27.3 27.5 27.5 27.5

Durable goods.................................. 1,805 1,805 1,810 1,811 23.2 23.5 23.5 23.5

Nondurable goods............................. 1,572 1,582 1,584 1,584 34.0 34.2 34.2 34.2

Private service-providing........................... 53,781 54,834 54,905 54,956 53.1 53.2 53.2 53.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............. 10,978 11,082 11,078 11,066 40.6 40.5 40.4 40.3

Wholesale trade................................ 1,727.4 1,741.8 1,743.1 1,744.7 29.5 29.6 29.6 29.6

Retail trade..................................... 7,936.9 7,979.5 7,969.0 7,964.6 50.5 50.3 50.1 49.9

Transportation and warehousing............. 1,180.6 1,231.3 1,236.4 1,228.4 23.9 24.5 24.5 24.3

Utilities........................................... 133.1 129.8 129.1 128.7 23.9 23.3 23.2 23.1

Information......................................... 1,105 1,109 1,105 1,103 40.0 40.1 40.0 39.9

Financial activities................................ 4,678 4,736 4,742 4,754 57.0 56.8 56.7 56.6

Professional and business services............ 8,868 9,140 9,146 9,162 44.6 44.8 44.8 44.8

Education and health services.................. 17,196 17,582 17,628 17,642 77.0 77.0 77.1 77.1

Leisure and hospitality........................... 8,003 8,183 8,203 8,223 51.8 52.0 52.1 52.1

Other services..................................... 2,953 3,002 3,003 3,006 52.3 52.5 52.7 52.6

Government............................................. 12,663 12,779 12,780 12,777 57.3 57.3 57.3 57.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Total private............................................................................... 99,833 101,164 101,383 101,633

Goods-producing....................................................................... 14,269 14,200 14,242 14,303

Mining and logging.................................................................. 525 466 468 473

Construction.......................................................................... 5,028 5,095 5,125 5,173

Manufacturing........................................................................ 8,716 8,639 8,649 8,657

Durable goods..................................................................... 5,349 5,287 5,299 5,307

Nondurable goods................................................................ 3,367 3,352 3,350 3,350

Private service-providing.............................................................. 85,564 86,964 87,141 87,330

Trade, transportation, and utilities................................................. 22,764 22,971 23,021 23,053

Wholesale trade................................................................... 4,690.6 4,712.7 4,710.4 4,706.3

Retail trade........................................................................ 13,351.4 13,450.7 13,471.5 13,523.9

Transportation and warehousing................................................ 4,275.7 4,359.7 4,391.5 4,377.2

Utilities.............................................................................. 445.9 447.4 447.3 446.0

Information............................................................................ 2,228 2,232 2,229 2,230

Financial activities................................................................... 6,351 6,481 6,513 6,537

Professional and business services............................................... 16,312 16,667 16,688 16,737

Education and health services..................................................... 19,603 20,016 20,068 20,091

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 13,611 13,860 13,897 13,946

Other services........................................................................ 4,695 4,737 4,725 4,736

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.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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 Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 33.7 33.6 33.6 33.6

Goods-producing.................................................................... 41.3 41.2 41.0 41.0

Mining and logging................................................................ 46.1 45.5 45.4 45.2

Construction....................................................................... 39.8 39.8 39.2 39.2

Manufacturing..................................................................... 41.9 41.8 41.8 41.8

Durable goods.................................................................. 42.3 42.2 42.3 42.2

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 41.1 41.1 41.1 41.3

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.5 32.4 32.3 32.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 33.7 33.5 33.5 33.5

Wholesale trade................................................................ 38.5 38.8 38.8 38.8

Retail trade...................................................................... 30.0 29.7 29.7 29.7

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 39.0 38.5 38.7 38.7

Utilities........................................................................... 42.9 42.0 42.9 43.0

Information......................................................................... 35.8 35.4 35.8 36.0

Financial activities................................................................ 37.1 36.9 37.1 36.9

Professional and business services............................................ 35.6 35.3 35.3 35.4

Education and health services.................................................. 32.2 32.2 32.2 32.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 24.9 25.1 24.8 24.9

Other services..................................................................... 30.7 30.8 30.8 30.8

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2

Durable goods....................................................................... 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4

Nondurable goods................................................................... 4.1 4.1 4.0 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.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Total private............................................... $21.32 $21.74 $21.80 $21.84 $718.48 $730.46 $732.48 $733.82

Goods-producing....................................... 22.22 22.79 22.81 22.86 917.69 938.95 935.21 937.26

Mining and logging.................................. 26.84 27.07 27.41 27.61 1,237.32 1,231.69 1,244.41 1,247.97

Construction.......................................... 25.41 26.24 26.23 26.30 1,011.32 1,044.35 1,028.22 1,030.96

Manufacturing........................................ 20.16 20.60 20.64 20.65 844.70 861.08 862.75 863.17

Durable goods.................................... 21.23 21.62 21.64 21.70 898.03 912.36 915.37 915.74

Nondurable goods................................ 18.42 18.96 19.01 18.95 757.06 779.26 781.31 782.64

Private service-providing.............................. 21.13 21.52 21.59 21.63 686.73 697.25 697.36 700.81

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 18.88 19.13 19.19 19.19 636.26 640.86 642.87 642.87

Wholesale trade.................................. 23.97 24.36 24.45 24.46 922.85 945.17 948.66 949.05

Retail trade........................................ 14.98 15.18 15.29 15.26 449.40 450.85 454.11 453.22

Transportation and warehousing............... 20.93 20.98 20.83 20.93 816.27 807.73 806.12 809.99

Utilities............................................. 34.64 35.58 35.80 35.98 1,486.06 1,494.36 1,535.82 1,547.14

Information........................................... 29.61 30.31 30.44 30.41 1,060.04 1,072.97 1,089.75 1,094.76

Financial activities................................... 25.85 26.28 26.35 26.38 959.04 969.73 977.59 973.42

Professional and business services.............. 25.13 25.72 25.79 25.83 894.63 907.92 910.39 914.38

Education and health services..................... 22.32 22.73 22.77 22.83 718.70 731.91 733.19 735.13

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 12.66 13.01 13.04 13.13 315.23 326.55 323.39 326.94

Other services....................................... 19.19 19.55 19.56 19.71 589.13 602.14 602.45 607.07

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.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Percent

change

from:

Dec.

2016 -

Jan.

2017p

Jan.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Jan.

2017p

Percent

change

from:

Dec.

2016 -

Jan.

2017p

Total private..................................... 112.1 113.2 113.5 113.8 0.3 159.7 164.5 165.3 166.1 0.5

Goods-producing............................. 90.1 89.4 89.2 89.6 0.4 122.5 124.8 124.6 125.4 0.6

Mining and logging........................ 128.6 112.7 112.9 113.6 0.6 200.8 177.4 180.0 182.4 1.3

Construction................................ 100.2 101.5 100.6 101.5 0.9 137.5 143.9 142.5 144.2 1.2

Manufacturing.............................. 83.8 82.9 83.0 83.1 0.1 110.5 111.7 112.0 112.2 0.2

Durable goods........................... 85.0 83.9 84.2 84.2 0.0 112.7 113.2 113.8 114.0 0.2

Nondurable goods...................... 81.5 81.2 81.1 81.5 0.5 106.1 108.8 109.0 109.2 0.2

Private service-providing.................... 118.4 120.0 119.9 120.5 0.5 171.6 177.1 177.5 178.7 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 106.9 107.3 107.5 107.7 0.2 144.0 146.4 147.2 147.4 0.1

Wholesale trade......................... 106.3 107.7 107.6 107.5 -0.1 150.2 154.5 155.0 154.9 -0.1

Retail trade.............................. 101.4 101.1 101.3 101.7 0.4 130.2 131.6 132.7 133.0 0.2

Transportation and warehousing...... 125.5 126.3 127.9 127.5 -0.3 166.7 168.2 169.0 169.3 0.2

Utilities.................................... 97.8 96.1 98.1 98.1 0.0 141.4 142.7 146.6 147.3 0.5

Information................................. 91.0 90.2 91.1 91.6 0.5 133.4 135.3 137.2 137.9 0.5

Financial activities......................... 110.9 112.6 113.8 113.6 -0.2 176.4 182.0 184.4 184.3 -0.1

Professional and business services..... 130.1 131.9 132.0 132.8 0.6 194.6 201.8 202.6 204.1 0.7

Education and health services........... 134.6 137.4 137.8 137.9 0.1 198.3 206.2 207.1 207.8 0.3

Leisure and hospitality.................... 124.1 127.4 126.2 127.2 0.8 178.5 188.3 186.9 189.7 1.5

Other services............................. 101.1 102.3 102.1 102.3 0.2 141.3 145.8 145.5 146.9 1.0

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.

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.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2016 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.