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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

December 2003 – November 2006

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4.0

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5.0

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6.0

6.5

2004 2005 2006

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

December 2003 – November 2006

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2004 2005 2006

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2006

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 132,000 in November, and the unemployment rate was essentially

unchanged at 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.

Job gains continued in several service-providing industries, including professional and business services, food

services, and health care. Employment declined in construction and manufacturing.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons (6.8 million) and the unemployment rate (4.5 percent) were

about unchanged in November. Over the year, these measures have declined from 7.6 million and 5.0 percent, respectively.

In November, unemployment rates for all major worker groups—adult men (3.9 percent), adult women

(4.0 percent), teenagers (15.1 percent), whites (3.9 percent), blacks (8.6 percent), and Hispanics (4.9 percent)—showed little or no change over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.2 percent, not

seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

In November, total employment, at 145.6 million, was essentially unchanged, and the employmentpopulation ratio remained at 63.3 percent. The civilian labor force rose by 383,000 to 152.4 million; the

labor force participation rate, at 66.3 percent, was about the same as in October. (See table A-1.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

OctoberNovember

II III September October November change

Civilian labor force................................................. 151,041 151,677 151,799 151,998 152,381 383

Employment................................................................... 144,009 144,586 144,850 145,287 145,564 277

Unemployment................................................................... 7,032 7,091 6,949 6,711 6,817 106

Not in labor force................................................................... 77,392 77,490 77,621 77,677 77,524 -153

All workers............................................................... 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5 0.1

Adult men........................................................... 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.9 .1

Adult women........................................................ 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 4.0 .1

Teenagers........................................................ 147 16.1 16.4 15.4 15.1 -.3

White .................................................................. 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 .0

Black or African American....................................9.1 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.6 .0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 5.2 5.3 5.4 4.7 4.9 .2

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 135,128 135,595 135,807 p 135,886 p 136,018 p 132

Goods-producing 1........................................................ 22,420 22,422 22,419 p 22,357 p 22,317 p -40

Construction............................................................. 7,502 7,509 7,511 p 7,487 p 7,458 p -29

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,246 14,230 14,223 p 14,179 p 14,164 p -15

Service-providing 1 ............................................................... 112,708 113,173 113,388 p 113,529 p 113,701 p 172

Retail trade 2 ........................................................ 15,236 15,214 15,207 p 15,209 p 15,230 p 20

Professional and business services......... 17,269 17,394 17,415 p 17,444 p 17,487 p 43

Education and health services.............................. 17,677 17,801 17,863 p 17,886 p 17,927 p 41

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 13,009 13,097 13,129 p 13,174 p 13,205 p 31

Government........................................................ 21,931 22,022 22,076 p 22,104 p 22,122 p 18

Total private.............................................................. 33.9 33.8 33.8 p 33.9 p 33.9 p 0.0

Manufacturing............................................................ 41.2 41.3 41.1 p 41.2 p 41.1 p -.1

Overtime........................................................ 4.6 4.4 4.3 p 4.3 p 4.2 p -.1

 

Total private..........................................................104.9 105.2 105.2 p 105.5 p 105.6 p 0.1

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $16.64 $16.81 $16.85 p $16.91 p $16.94 p $0.03

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 563.54 568.62 569.53 p 573.25 p 574.27 p 1.02

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data.

 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

2006 2006

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

 p = preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA Employment

Unemployment rates 

Labor force status

Category

Quarterly averages Monthly data
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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in

November, about unchanged from a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work

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

they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there

were 349,000 discouraged workers in November, little changed from a year earlier. Discouraged workers

were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The

other 1.0 million marginally attached had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for

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

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 132,000 in November to 136.0 million. This followed

increases of 203,000 in September and 79,000 in October (as revised). Thus far this year, payroll

employment has grown by an average of 149,000 per month. In November, employment rose in several

service-providing industries and in mining; employment declined in construction and continued to trend

downward in manufacturing. (See table B-1.)

Professional and business services employment increased by 43,000 in November and has risen by

426,000 over the year. Job growth has occurred in a number of industries, including architectural and

engineering services, management consulting, and computer systems design. Employment in temporary help

services was flat over the month and has changed little since January.

Health care employment rose by 28,000 in November. Hospitals and doctors’ offices each added

6,000 jobs. Over the year, health care employment has increased by 309,000.

In leisure and hospitality, employment growth continued in food services and drinking places. This

industry added 34,000 jobs in November, raising total job gains over the last 12 months to 295,000.

Employment in wholesale trade continued to trend up in November. Employment in this industry has

risen by 288,000 since its most recent low in August 2003. Within retail trade, employment grew over the

month in clothing and accessory stores; health and personal care stores; sporting goods, hobby, book, and

music stores; and nonstore retailers (which include catalog and internet retailers). General merchandise stores

continued to lose jobs (-12,000 after seasonal adjustment); since August 2005, employment in this industry

has decreased by 107,000.

In the goods-producing sector, mining employment grew by 4,000 in November with gains in support

activities for oil and gas. Employment in mining has grown by 136,000 since its most recent low in April

2003.

Construction employment declined by 29,000 in November, following a loss of similar size in October.

The November decline was spread across all component industries. Since peaking in February of this year,

employment in residential specialty trades was down by 109,000. Employment in nonresidential specialty

trades edged down in November, after trending up during the first 10 months of the year.

Manufacturing employment continued to trend down (-15,000) in November. Motor vehicles and

parts lost 7,000 jobs. Employment continued to fall in two construction-related industries: wood products

(-6,000) and furniture and related products (-5,000). Computer and electronic products manufacturing

added 5,000 jobs over the month.
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

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

unchanged at 33.9 hours in November. The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime both fell by

0.1 hour to 41.1 and 4.2 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.)

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

payrolls increased by 0.1 percent in November to 105.6 (2002=100). The manufacturing index fell by

0.4 percent to 95.5. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

3 cents, or 0.2 percent, in November to $16.94. Average weekly earnings also rose by 0.2 percent in

November to $574.27. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 4.1 percent, and average

weekly earnings increased by 4.4 percent. (See table B-3.)

______________________________

The Employment Situation for December 2006 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 5, 2007,

at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 2007 are as follows:

 November 2006 Household Survey Reference Week

The November 2006 reference week for the household survey was the week of November

5th, a week earlier than the usual reference period, which is the week that includes the 12th day

of the month. This is the first time there has been a change in the November reference week.

The change was made, in part, so that the household interviews, which are done during the week

following the reference period, would not be conducted during the Thanksgiving holiday. The

Census Bureau, which collects the household survey data for BLS, requested this change to

improve survey operations.

 The establishment survey reference period and data collection operations were not modified

and were not affected by this change.

Feb. 2 May 4 Aug. 3 Nov. 2

March 9 June 1 Sept. 7 Dec. 7

April 6 July 6 Oct. 5

In accordance with usual practice, the Employment Situation release for December, scheduled

for January 5, 2007, will incorporate annual revisions in seasonally adjusted unemployment and

other labor force series from the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data for the most recent

5 years are subject to revision.

Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data
Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

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

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

successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from

less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2005

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

July

2006

Aug.

2006

Sept.

2006

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 227,204 229,675 229,905 227,204 228,912 229,167 229,420 229,675 229,905

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 150,239 152,397 152,590 150,183 151,534 151,698 151,799 151,998 152,381

 Participation rate ............................................................... 66.1 66.4 66.4 66.1 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 142,968 146,125 146,014 142,611 144,329 144,579 144,850 145,287 145,564

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.9 63.6 63.5 62.8 63.0 63.1 63.1 63.3 63.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 7,271 6,272 6,576 7,572 7,205 7,119 6,949 6,711 6,817

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.8 4.1 4.3 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 76,964 77,278 77,315 77,021 77,379 77,469 77,621 77,677 77,524

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,466 4,661 4,476 4,887 4,901 4,918 4,658 4,782 4,829

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 109,745 111,059 111,180 109,745 110,657 110,792 110,925 111,059 111,180

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 80,296 81,652 81,689 80,394 81,024 81,249 81,542 81,585 81,758

 Participation rate ............................................................... 73.2 73.5 73.5 73.3 73.2 73.3 73.5 73.5 73.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 76,481 78,399 78,210 76,410 77,162 77,423 77,911 77,968 78,121

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 69.7 70.6 70.3 69.6 69.7 69.9 70.2 70.2 70.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,816 3,253 3,479 3,984 3,862 3,827 3,631 3,617 3,637

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.8 4.0 4.3 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 29,449 29,407 29,491 29,351 29,633 29,542 29,383 29,474 29,422

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 101,383 102,549 102,656 101,383 102,187 102,308 102,428 102,549 102,656

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 76,756 78,145 78,161 76,722 77,308 77,550 77,831 77,897 78,087

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.7 76.2 76.1 75.7 75.7 75.8 76.0 76.0 76.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,593 75,420 75,247 73,441 74,082 74,358 74,864 74,904 75,066

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 72.6 73.5 73.3 72.4 72.5 72.7 73.1 73.0 73.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,163 2,725 2,914 3,282 3,226 3,192 2,966 2,994 3,021

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.1 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 24,626 24,404 24,495 24,660 24,878 24,758 24,597 24,652 24,569

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 117,459 118,616 118,724 117,459 118,255 118,376 118,495 118,616 118,724

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 69,943 70,745 70,900 69,789 70,510 70,449 70,257 70,413 70,623

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.5 59.6 59.7 59.4 59.6 59.5 59.3 59.4 59.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 66,488 67,727 67,804 66,200 67,168 67,156 66,939 67,318 67,443

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.6 57.1 57.1 56.4 56.8 56.7 56.5 56.8 56.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,455 3,018 3,097 3,588 3,342 3,293 3,318 3,094 3,180

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.9 4.3 4.4 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 47,516 47,871 47,824 47,670 47,745 47,927 48,238 48,203 48,101

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 109,332 110,349 110,445 109,332 110,026 110,134 110,241 110,349 110,445

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 66,510 67,268 67,408 66,223 66,872 66,878 66,718 66,830 66,998

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.8 61.0 61.0 60.6 60.8 60.7 60.5 60.6 60.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 63,572 64,728 64,778 63,170 64,035 64,131 63,927 64,230 64,303

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 58.1 58.7 58.7 57.8 58.2 58.2 58.0 58.2 58.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,938 2,540 2,630 3,053 2,837 2,747 2,791 2,600 2,695

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.4 3.8 3.9 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 42,822 43,081 43,036 43,109 43,154 43,256 43,523 43,519 43,446

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,489 16,776 16,804 16,489 16,700 16,725 16,751 16,776 16,804

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,973 6,984 7,021 7,238 7,353 7,269 7,250 7,270 7,296

 Participation rate ............................................................... 42.3 41.6 41.8 43.9 44.0 43.5 43.3 43.3 43.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,803 5,978 5,989 6,000 6,211 6,089 6,058 6,152 6,195

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 35.2 35.6 35.6 36.4 37.2 36.4 36.2 36.7 36.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,170 1,006 1,031 1,238 1,142 1,180 1,192 1,118 1,101

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 16.8 14.4 14.7 17.1 15.5 16.2 16.4 15.4 15.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,516 9,792 9,783 9,251 9,347 9,456 9,501 9,507 9,508

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2005

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

July

2006

Aug.

2006

Sept.

2006

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 185,187 186,840 186,988 185,187 186,329 186,500 186,669 186,840 186,988

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 122,880 124,498 124,635 122,813 123,946 124,070 124,032 124,334 124,492

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.4 66.6 66.7 66.3 66.5 66.5 66.4 66.5 66.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 117,921 120,053 119,995 117,598 118,846 118,956 119,125 119,498 119,613

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.7 64.3 64.2 63.5 63.8 63.8 63.8 64.0 64.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,959 4,445 4,640 5,215 5,100 5,114 4,907 4,836 4,878

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.0 3.6 3.7 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 62,307 62,341 62,353 62,374 62,383 62,430 62,636 62,506 62,496

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 63,896 64,950 64,972 63,827 64,351 64,532 64,568 64,754 64,905

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.1 76.6 76.6 76.0 76.2 76.3 76.3 76.4 76.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,674 63,023 62,895 61,498 62,028 62,193 62,441 62,600 62,709

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 73.5 74.4 74.2 73.3 73.4 73.5 73.8 73.9 73.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,223 1,927 2,077 2,328 2,323 2,340 2,126 2,155 2,196

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.5 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.4

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 53,238 53,844 53,879 53,037 53,542 53,527 53,490 53,628 53,589

 Participation rate ................................................................. 60.1 60.4 60.4 59.9 60.2 60.1 60.0 60.1 60.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 51,292 52,044 52,066 50,976 51,547 51,600 51,532 51,749 51,690

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.0 58.4 58.3 57.6 57.9 58.0 57.8 58.0 57.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,946 1,800 1,813 2,061 1,994 1,927 1,958 1,879 1,899

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.7 3.3 3.4 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,746 5,705 5,785 5,949 6,053 6,011 5,975 5,952 5,997

 Participation rate ................................................................. 45.1 44.2 44.7 46.7 47.0 46.6 46.3 46.1 46.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,955 4,986 5,034 5,123 5,270 5,163 5,152 5,150 5,214

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 38.9 38.6 38.9 40.2 40.9 40.1 39.9 39.9 40.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 791 718 751 826 783 848 823 802 783

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 13.8 12.6 13.0 13.9 12.9 14.1 13.8 13.5 13.1

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 26,705 27,153 27,193 26,705 27,021 27,065 27,109 27,153 27,193

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 17,197 17,460 17,489 17,118 17,369 17,344 17,191 17,368 17,429

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.4 64.3 64.3 64.1 64.3 64.1 63.4 64.0 64.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 15,395 16,041 16,021 15,299 15,714 15,822 15,617 15,872 15,932

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.6 59.1 58.9 57.3 58.2 58.5 57.6 58.5 58.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,802 1,420 1,469 1,819 1,655 1,521 1,574 1,496 1,497

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.5 8.1 8.4 10.6 9.5 8.8 9.2 8.6 8.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,509 9,692 9,704 9,587 9,652 9,722 9,918 9,785 9,764

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,634 7,810 7,831 7,556 7,735 7,721 7,719 7,734 7,769

 Participation rate ................................................................. 71.1 71.5 71.6 70.4 71.2 70.9 70.8 70.8 71.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,910 7,191 7,220 6,849 7,039 7,073 7,083 7,089 7,155

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.3 65.8 66.0 63.8 64.8 65.0 64.9 64.9 65.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 724 618 611 707 696 648 637 645 614

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.5 7.9 7.8 9.4 9.0 8.4 8.3 8.3 7.9

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,735 8,762 8,814 8,714 8,757 8,787 8,642 8,723 8,791

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.9 64.2 64.6 64.8 64.5 64.6 63.5 64.0 64.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,960 8,181 8,177 7,927 8,076 8,154 7,973 8,116 8,149

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 59.2 60.0 59.9 58.9 59.5 60.0 58.5 59.5 59.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 775 581 637 787 681 633 670 607 643

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.9 6.6 7.2 9.0 7.8 7.2 7.7 7.0 7.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 827 889 844 848 877 836 829 911 869

 Participation rate ................................................................. 32.9 34.3 32.5 33.8 34.1 32.4 32.1 35.2 33.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 524 669 624 523 600 596 562 666 629

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 20.9 25.8 24.0 20.8 23.3 23.1 21.8 25.7 24.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 303 220 220 326 278 240 267 244 240

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 36.6 24.7 26.1 38.4 31.6 28.8 32.2 26.8 27.6

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 10,044 10,209 10,214 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,642 6,781 6,779 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.1 66.4 66.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,403 6,597 6,565 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.7 64.6 64.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 239 184 214 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.6 2.7 3.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,403 3,428 3,435 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Nov.

2005

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

July

2006

Aug.

2006

Sept.

2006

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 29,552 30,416 30,508 29,552 30,140 30,232 30,324 30,416 30,508

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 20,274 20,902 21,048 20,214 20,663 20,628 20,669 20,824 20,964

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.6 68.7 69.0 68.4 68.6 68.2 68.2 68.5 68.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 19,052 19,977 20,006 18,991 19,578 19,528 19,556 19,848 19,934

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.5 65.7 65.6 64.3 65.0 64.6 64.5 65.3 65.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,222 925 1,042 1,223 1,085 1,100 1,113 976 1,030

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.0 4.4 5.0 6.1 5.3 5.3 5.4 4.7 4.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,278 9,514 9,460 9,338 9,477 9,604 9,655 9,592 9,543

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 11,626 12,043 12,127 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.3 84.9 85.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 11,072 11,634 11,664 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 80.3 82.0 82.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 554 409 463 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.8 3.4 3.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,585 7,830 7,839 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 58.2 58.5 58.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,096 7,449 7,437 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 54.4 55.6 55.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 489 381 402 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.4 4.9 5.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 1,063 1,029 1,081 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 39.0 36.3 38.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 883 894 904 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 32.4 31.5 31.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 180 136 177 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 16.9 13.2 16.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

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

Nov.

2005

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

July

2006

Aug.

2006

Sept.

2006

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,595 12,561 12,684 12,529 12,780 12,780 12,681 12,743 12,666

 Participation rate ................................................................... 45.7 45.9 46.4 45.4 47.1 46.2 45.7 46.6 46.4

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,678 11,908 11,869 11,602 11,868 11,897 11,864 12,004 11,847

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 42.3 43.5 43.4 42.1 43.8 43.0 42.8 43.9 43.4

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 917 653 815 927 912 883 816 739 819

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 7.3 5.2 6.4 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.4 5.8 6.5

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,542 38,581 38,828 38,372 38,403 38,328 38,429 38,456 38,577

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.6 63.6 63.6 63.4 63.7 63.2 63.3 63.4 63.2

 Employed ................................................................................ 36,770 37,156 37,212 36,547 36,694 36,588 36,798 36,875 36,927

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 60.7 61.2 60.9 60.4 60.9 60.3 60.6 60.8 60.5

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,771 1,425 1,617 1,825 1,709 1,740 1,630 1,581 1,650

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.6 3.7 4.2 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.3

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 35,326 35,958 35,382 35,411 35,359 35,327 35,454 35,726 35,454

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.1 72.9 72.2 72.3 71.4 72.1 72.5 72.4 72.4

 Employed ................................................................................ 33,999 34,796 34,232 34,059 34,068 34,037 34,175 34,504 34,274

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.4 70.5 69.9 69.5 68.8 69.5 69.8 69.9 69.9

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,326 1,162 1,150 1,352 1,290 1,291 1,279 1,222 1,180

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.8 3.2 3.3 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 41,659 43,192 43,550 41,600 42,735 42,650 42,797 42,811 43,313

 Participation rate ................................................................... 78.2 78.2 78.6 78.1 77.7 77.7 77.9 77.5 78.1

 Employed ................................................................................ 40,771 42,413 42,799 40,665 41,839 41,886 41,929 41,997 42,515

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 76.5 76.8 77.2 76.3 76.0 76.3 76.3 76.0 76.7

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 888 779 752 936 896 764 868 814 798

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.1 1.8 1.7 2.2 2.1 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.8

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2005

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

July

2006

Aug.

2006

Sept.

2006

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,117 2,211 2,104 2,154 2,260 2,202 2,143 2,140 2,162

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,164 1,282 1,226 1,187 1,370 1,256 1,196 1,232 1,269

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 923 916 856 928 877 904 932 891 872

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 30 13 23 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 140,851 143,915 143,910 140,427 142,047 142,406 142,790 143,263 143,411

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 131,366 133,930 134,084 131,001 132,417 132,785 133,004 133,448 133,609

 Government .......................................................................... 20,321 20,879 20,952 20,224 20,336 20,314 20,483 20,630 20,752

 Private industries .................................................................. 111,045 113,051 113,132 110,787 112,114 112,436 112,500 112,782 112,828

 Private households ............................................................. 750 750 732 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 110,295 112,301 112,400 110,039 111,269 111,582 111,743 112,011 112,063

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,376 9,871 9,725 9,274 9,572 9,620 9,679 9,685 9,690

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 109 114 101 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 4,067 4,010 4,054 4,175 4,261 4,147 4,056 4,278 4,153

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,570 2,633 2,687 2,595 2,658 2,683 2,614 2,775 2,711

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,198 1,160 1,100 1,246 1,202 1,161 1,137 1,198 1,150

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 20,792 20,223 20,995 19,612 19,501 19,624 19,622 19,422 19,763

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .................................................. 3,977 3,954 3,947 4,105 4,143 4,071 3,946 4,208 4,067

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,518 2,594 2,620 2,567 2,578 2,635 2,547 2,714 2,662

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,191 1,152 1,085 1,230 1,197 1,158 1,133 1,195 1,128

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 20,423 19,890 20,667 19,235 19,170 19,220 19,269 19,101 19,394

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

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

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

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

bad weather.

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

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

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2005

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

July

2006

Aug.

2006

Sept.

2006

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 142,968 146,125 146,014 142,611 144,329 144,579 144,850 145,287 145,564

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,803 5,978 5,989 6,000 6,211 6,089 6,058 6,152 6,195

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,231 2,495 2,470 2,285 2,431 2,394 2,435 2,562 2,518

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,572 3,483 3,519 3,694 3,778 3,697 3,593 3,612 3,660

 20 years and over ................................................................... 137,165 140,148 140,025 136,610 138,118 138,490 138,791 139,134 139,369

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,947 13,875 13,913 13,931 13,828 14,052 13,944 13,834 13,862

 25 years and over ................................................................. 123,218 126,273 126,111 122,731 124,305 124,537 124,910 125,333 125,558

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 99,214 100,933 100,735 98,849 99,554 99,720 99,906 100,282 100,331

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 31,144 31,507 31,498 30,920 31,086 31,097 31,145 31,230 31,235

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,614 34,835 34,778 34,513 34,429 34,573 34,556 34,651 34,659

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 33,457 34,591 34,459 33,416 34,038 34,051 34,205 34,401 34,437

 55 years and over ............................................................... 24,004 25,340 25,377 23,883 24,752 24,816 25,005 25,052 25,227

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 76,481 78,399 78,210 76,410 77,162 77,423 77,911 77,968 78,121

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,887 2,979 2,964 2,970 3,079 3,064 3,046 3,064 3,055

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,056 1,150 1,185 1,062 1,226 1,193 1,172 1,175 1,188

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,831 1,828 1,779 1,890 1,842 1,867 1,859 1,887 1,851

 20 years and over ................................................................... 73,593 75,420 75,247 73,441 74,082 74,358 74,864 74,904 75,066

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,305 7,439 7,400 7,330 7,370 7,504 7,503 7,426 7,423

 25 years and over ................................................................. 66,288 67,980 67,847 66,142 66,723 66,914 67,343 67,467 67,668

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 53,527 54,460 54,383 53,419 53,619 53,730 53,938 54,106 54,241

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 17,203 17,335 17,315 17,103 17,065 17,025 17,200 17,161 17,195

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,783 18,883 18,828 18,745 18,702 18,753 18,697 18,779 18,793

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 17,541 18,242 18,240 17,571 17,853 17,951 18,041 18,166 18,253

 55 years and over ............................................................... 12,762 13,521 13,464 12,723 13,104 13,185 13,405 13,361 13,427

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 66,488 67,727 67,804 66,200 67,168 67,156 66,939 67,318 67,443

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,916 2,999 3,026 3,031 3,132 3,025 3,012 3,088 3,140

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,175 1,344 1,285 1,223 1,205 1,201 1,263 1,387 1,330

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,741 1,655 1,741 1,804 1,936 1,830 1,734 1,725 1,809

 20 years and over ................................................................... 63,572 64,728 64,778 63,170 64,035 64,131 63,927 64,230 64,303

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,642 6,435 6,513 6,601 6,458 6,547 6,441 6,409 6,439

 25 years and over ................................................................. 56,930 58,292 58,265 56,589 57,582 57,623 57,567 57,866 57,889

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,688 46,473 46,352 45,430 45,934 45,991 45,968 46,175 46,090

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,941 14,173 14,183 13,817 14,021 14,071 13,945 14,069 14,039

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,831 15,952 15,950 15,768 15,728 15,820 15,859 15,872 15,866

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,916 16,348 16,219 15,845 16,185 16,100 16,164 16,235 16,184

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,243 11,819 11,913 11,159 11,648 11,632 11,600 11,690 11,799

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 45,635 45,762 45,956 45,480 45,558 45,484 45,613 45,477 45,785

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 35,331 35,766 35,824 34,910 35,309 35,295 35,436 35,257 35,353

Women who maintain families .................................................. 9,033 9,088 9,008 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 117,459 121,199 120,507 117,860 119,818 119,888 120,437 120,859 120,851

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 25,509 24,926 25,507 24,814 24,599 24,711 24,531 24,515 24,738

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders ........................................................... 7,586 7,865 7,863 7,545 7,455 7,494 7,648 7,560 7,758

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

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

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

week.

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

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

Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

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

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Nov.

2005

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

July

2006

Aug.

2006

Sept.

2006

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 7,572 6,711 6,817 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,238 1,118 1,101 17.1 15.5 16.2 16.4 15.4 15.1

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 624 547 530 21.4 16.7 19.2 18.0 17.6 17.4

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 613 548 572 14.2 14.7 14.5 15.4 13.2 13.5

 20 years and over ................................................................... 6,335 5,594 5,716 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,274 1,284 1,278 8.4 8.5 8.2 8.0 8.5 8.4

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,042 4,302 4,437 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.4

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,255 3,541 3,667 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.5

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,634 1,538 1,428 5.0 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.4

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,407 1,032 1,247 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.5 2.9 3.5

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,214 971 991 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.8

 55 years and over ............................................................... 774 769 768 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 3,984 3,617 3,637 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.4

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 702 623 616 19.1 17.1 17.2 17.9 16.9 16.8

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 327 291 281 23.6 16.9 18.4 19.3 19.9 19.1

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 350 303 318 15.6 17.6 16.7 17.2 13.8 14.6

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,282 2,994 3,021 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.9

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 737 730 706 9.1 8.7 9.0 8.3 8.9 8.7

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,522 2,241 2,306 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,112 1,840 1,902 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.4

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 798 840 798 4.5 4.8 4.2 4.1 4.7 4.4

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 707 532 636 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.4 2.8 3.3

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 608 468 469 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.5 2.5

 55 years and over ............................................................... 410 401 404 3.1 3.2 2.9 2.6 2.9 2.9

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,588 3,094 3,180 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.5

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 535 494 485 15.0 13.9 15.3 14.9 13.8 13.4

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 296 256 249 19.5 16.5 20.1 16.8 15.6 15.8

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 263 246 255 12.7 11.7 12.2 13.4 12.5 12.3

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,053 2,600 2,695 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.0

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 537 555 572 7.5 8.3 7.3 7.6 8.0 8.2

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,519 2,061 2,131 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.6

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,142 1,702 1,765 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.7

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 837 699 631 5.7 4.8 4.6 5.2 4.7 4.3

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 699 500 611 4.2 4.0 4.1 3.7 3.1 3.7

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 606 503 523 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.1

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 357 351 361 3.1 3.5 3.2 3.3 2.9 2.9

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,210 1,043 1,072 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,187 1,018 974 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 700 631 671 7.2 7.4 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.9

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,018 5,386 5,497 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.4

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,514 1,311 1,321 5.7 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1

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

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

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

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

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2005

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

July

2006

Aug.

2006

Sept.

2006

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 3,329 2,724 3,025 3,455 3,370 3,305 3,179 3,062 3,142

On temporary layoff .............................................................. 744 659 808 899 933 886 873 952 963

Not on temporary layoff ........................................................ 2,585 2,065 2,217 2,556 2,437 2,420 2,306 2,110 2,179

Permanent job losers ........................................................ 1,894 1,434 1,530 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Persons who completed temporary jobs .......................... 691 632 686 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 889 802 772 900 857 861 810 793 789

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,423 2,206 2,232 2,538 2,358 2,277 2,299 2,251 2,302

New entrants ............................................................................ 630 540 547 679 629 650 641 597 592

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed ..................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ 45.8 43.4 46.0 45.6 46.7 46.6 45.9 45.7 46.0

On temporary layoff ............................................................ 10.2 10.5 12.3 11.9 12.9 12.5 12.6 14.2 14.1

Not on temporary layoff ...................................................... 35.6 32.9 33.7 33.8 33.8 34.1 33.3 31.5 31.9

Job leavers ............................................................................. 12.2 12.8 11.7 11.9 11.9 12.1 11.7 11.8 11.6

Reentrants .............................................................................. 33.3 35.2 33.9 33.5 32.7 32.1 33.2 33.6 33.7

New entrants .......................................................................... 8.7 8.6 8.3 9.0 8.7 9.2 9.3 8.9 8.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ........ 2.2 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1

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

Reentrants .............................................................................. 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

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

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2005

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

July

2006

Aug.

2006

Sept.

2006

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,617 2,468 2,323 2,779 2,704 2,617 2,581 2,585 2,516

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,263 1,855 2,171 2,268 2,175 2,215 2,080 2,062 2,152

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 2,391 1,948 2,082 2,492 2,338 2,394 2,294 2,073 2,160

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,041 898 965 1,108 998 1,066 1,027 996 1,016

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,350 1,050 1,116 1,383 1,340 1,328 1,267 1,077 1,144

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 17.8 16.7 16.6 17.6 17.3 17.4 17.4 16.5 16.4

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 8.5 7.9 8.2 8.5 8.2 8.5 8.2 8.1 8.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed ..................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 36.0 39.4 35.3 36.9 37.5 36.2 37.1 38.5 36.9

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 31.1 29.6 33.0 30.1 30.1 30.6 29.9 30.7 31.5

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 32.9 31.1 31.7 33.0 32.4 33.1 33.0 30.8 31.6

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 14.3 14.3 14.7 14.7 13.8 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.9

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 18.6 16.7 17.0 18.3 18.6 18.4 18.2 16.0 16.8

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2005

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

Nov.

2006

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 142,968 146,014 7,271 6,576 4.8 4.3

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 49,964 51,714 1,067 919 2.1 1.7

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,991 21,905 453 373 2.1 1.7

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,973 29,809 614 546 2.1 1.8

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 23,151 23,506 1,667 1,477 6.7 5.9

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 36,188 36,639 1,720 1,617 4.5 4.2

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 16,480 17,095 815 763 4.7 4.3

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,708 19,543 905 854 4.4 4.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 15,652 15,998 939 926 5.7 5.5

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 952 896 124 138 11.5 13.4

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 9,501 9,629 613 619 6.1 6.0

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,199 5,473 203 168 3.7 3.0

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,013 18,158 1,202 1,059 6.3 5.5

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,392 9,121 683 521 6.8 5.4

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,621 9,037 519 538 5.7 5.6

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2005

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

Nov.

2006

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 7,271 6,576 4.8 4.3

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 5,711 5,246 4.9 4.4

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 18 22 2.9 2.9

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 564 618 5.7 6.0

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 823 702 4.9 4.3

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 493 426 4.6 4.2

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 330 276 5.5 4.6

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,013 1,018 4.7 4.8

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 199 183 3.5 3.1

 Information ........................................................................................................ 172 137 5.1 3.9

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 268 229 2.8 2.3

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 711 658 5.5 4.9

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 677 536 3.6 2.8

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 966 836 8.1 7.1

 Other services .................................................................................................. 300 306 4.9 5.0

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 118 125 9.6 9.6

Government workers ......................................................................................... 494 400 2.4 1.9

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 319 257 3.0 2.3

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2005

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

July

2006

Aug.

2006

Sept.

2006

Oct.

2006

Nov.

2006

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4

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

force .................................................................................................................................. 2.2 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1

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

rate) .................................................................................................................................. 4.8 4.1 4.3 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5

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

discouraged workers ........................................................................................................ 5.1 4.3 4.5 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.7

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

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers .................... 5.7 5.0 5.2 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.3

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

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

workers ............................................................................................................................. 8.4 7.6 7.8 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.0 8.1 8.0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Labor Review. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Nov.

2005

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

Nov.

2006

Nov.

2005

Nov.

2006

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 76,964 77,315 29,449 29,491 47,516 47,824

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,466 4,476 1,963 2,017 2,503 2,458

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,415 1,366 724 716 691 649

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ..................................... 404 349 217 202 186 147

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,011 1,016 507 515 504 502

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,586 7,863 3,854 3,808 3,732 4,055

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.3 5.4 5.0 4.9 5.6 6.0

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 4,059 4,165 2,220 2,311 1,839 1,854

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,687 1,780 549 484 1,137 1,296

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 278 297 199 198 79 99

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,523 1,584 865 798 659 786

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Nov. 

2005

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2005

 July 

2006

 Aug. 

2006

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

Change

from:

Oct. 2006-

Nov. 2006p

Total nonfarm ............................. 135,316 136,078 136,785 137,103 134,231 135,374 135,604 135,807 135,886 136,018 132

Total private ........................................ 112,985 114,137 114,329 114,489 112,351 113,404 113,584 113,731 113,782 113,896 114

Goods-producing ............................................ 22,402 22,705 22,598 22,428 22,264 22,420 22,427 22,419 22,357 22,317 -40

Natural resources and mining .................................. 645 695 700 700 641 680 683 685 691 695 4

Logging ........................................................... 64.2 64.2 64.2 63.9 62.1 62.3 61.6 60.7 60.8 61.2 .4

Mining .................................................................... 581.1 631.0 635.5 636.1 579.3 617.7 621.0 624.5 630.4 634.2 3.8

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 128.5 139.1 140.6 141.5 128.9 137.2 139.1 139.5 141.4 142.2 .8

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 216.8 224.7 224.7 221.4 215.0 220.1 218.9 219.9 220.7 219.6 -1.1

Coal mining ...................................................... 75.2 78.6 79.1 78.4 75.1 78.2 78.5 78.4 79.1 78.7 -.4

Support activities for mining .............................. 235.8 267.2 270.2 273.2 235.4 260.4 263.0 265.1 268.3 272.4 4.1

Construction ............................................................. 7,524 7,738 7,692 7,553 7,409 7,504 7,512 7,511 7,487 7,458 -29

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,738.8 1,787.9 1,778.9 1,753.8 1,722.4 1,756.9 1,755.8 1,757.2 1,749.4 1,740.2 -9.2

Residential building ......................................... 969.1 1,002.5 998.2 982.5 963.6 977.3 982.4 986.3 983.9 977.9 -6.0

Nonresidential building .................................... 769.7 785.4 780.7 771.3 758.8 779.6 773.4 770.9 765.5 762.3 -3.2

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 1,005.3 1,054.8 1,056.6 1,015.7 977.1 983.0 985.0 990.9 995.0 990.4 -4.6

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,779.7 4,894.9 4,856.5 4,783.2 4,709.4 4,764.1 4,771.4 4,762.6 4,743.0 4,727.5 -15.5

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 2,370.9 2,359.2 2,318.7 2,278.5 2,339.4 2,323.4 2,317.6 2,297.2 2,269.0 2,259.5 -9.5

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,408.8 2,535.7 2,537.8 2,504.7 2,370.0 2,440.7 2,453.8 2,465.4 2,474.0 2,468.0 -6.0

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,233 14,272 14,206 14,175 14,214 14,236 14,232 14,223 14,179 14,164 -15

Production workers ....................................... 10,131 10,235 10,172 10,142 10,103 10,212 10,212 10,187 10,141 10,126 -15

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,970 9,021 8,989 8,973 8,960 9,011 9,014 9,011 8,986 8,973 -13

Production workers ....................................... 6,287 6,393 6,358 6,346 6,274 6,394 6,397 6,381 6,354 6,345 -9

Wood products ................................................... 556.6 547.0 536.2 527.1 556.7 550.8 546.0 541.0 534.4 528.5 -5.9

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 505.6 505.4 504.6 498.9 502.0 501.4 500.7 496.5 497.7 496.4 -1.3

Primary metals .................................................... 470.7 469.3 467.5 468.3 471.5 474.6 473.4 469.8 468.8 468.6 -.2

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,525.7 1,555.1 1,553.3 1,552.8 1,524.1 1,551.0 1,551.8 1,555.2 1,550.8 1,552.6 1.8

Machinery ........................................................... 1,163.6 1,195.0 1,199.6 1,199.6 1,164.4 1,191.4 1,194.8 1,197.0 1,199.6 1,199.9 .3

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,322.2 1,327.0 1,324.7 1,328.1 1,322.0 1,327.6 1,329.4 1,329.0 1,327.0 1,331.8 4.8

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 206.0 203.1 203.1 203.4 206.3 203.1 203.2 202.8 203.5 204.1 .6

Communications equipment ........................... 148.4 146.7 146.4 147.7 148.0 147.1 147.4 147.7 146.6 148.4 1.8

Semiconductors and electronic components . 450.2 463.4 461.4 461.8 450.6 462.7 463.0 462.9 462.4 464.1 1.7

Electronic instruments ..................................... 442.3 445.4 445.1 446.3 442.0 445.4 446.4 446.8 446.0 447.1 1.1

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 434.3 444.4 443.6 444.1 434.3 444.0 445.1 445.5 445.8 445.7 -.1

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,776.3 1,772.9 1,754.3 1,752.2 1,771.8 1,765.1 1,766.9 1,770.6 1,757.5 1,749.2 -8.3

Motor vehicles and parts2................................. 1,095.7 1,074.6 1,054.9 1,051.9 1,092.4 1,069.0 1,070.6 1,070.1 1,057.9 1,051.0 -6.9

Furniture and related products .......................... 557.8 545.8 541.3 534.3 558.4 550.4 547.3 545.4 541.5 536.3 -5.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 656.7 659.3 663.8 667.2 654.7 655.0 658.5 660.6 662.6 664.3 1.7

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,263 5,251 5,217 5,202 5,254 5,225 5,218 5,212 5,193 5,191 -2

Production workers ....................................... 3,844 3,842 3,814 3,796 3,829 3,818 3,815 3,806 3,787 3,781 -6

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,474.1 1,505.5 1,493.1 1,483.9 1,465.0 1,468.8 1,468.0 1,474.0 1,470.9 1,472.0 1.1

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 193.2 202.0 201.8 198.1 193.4 196.5 197.1 197.7 198.4 198.0 -.4

Textile mills ......................................................... 210.0 190.5 188.1 186.3 210.9 195.8 193.4 190.0 188.4 187.0 -1.4

Textile product mills ........................................... 172.9 166.3 167.1 166.6 174.5 169.1 168.4 167.9 167.4 166.9 -.5

Apparel ................................................................ 253.7 244.8 240.6 240.7 253.7 249.0 243.6 243.2 241.6 240.7 -.9

Leather and allied products ............................... 39.5 37.3 37.4 37.4 39.5 37.1 36.8 37.2 37.2 37.0 -.2

Paper and paper products ................................. 479.4 465.8 463.3 462.7 478.5 470.2 467.2 465.4 463.9 462.7 -1.2

Printing and related support activities ............... 647.4 638.7 639.1 638.6 644.8 639.0 640.3 638.1 638.7 638.9 .2

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 112.3 119.5 119.2 117.4 112.3 116.6 116.8 117.2 117.6 117.4 -.2

Chemicals ........................................................... 879.7 894.1 894.3 896.2 881.5 893.0 897.5 895.8 897.0 898.0 1.0

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 801.1 786.5 773.1 773.9 799.4 790.1 788.9 785.5 772.3 772.1 -.2

See footnotes at the end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Nov. 

2005

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2005

 July 

2006

 Aug. 

2006

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

Change

from:

Oct. 2006-

Nov. 2006p

Service-providing .............................................. 112,914 113,373 114,187 114,675 111,967 112,954 113,177 113,388 113,529 113,701 172

Private service-providing ............................... 90,583 91,432 91,731 92,061 90,087 90,984 91,157 91,312 91,425 91,579 154

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 26,445 26,006 26,156 26,560 26,006 26,052 26,052 26,073 26,079 26,113 34

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,790.7 5,872.6 5,870.9 5,880.7 5,782.7 5,847.0 5,854.6 5,868.0 5,865.2 5,876.5 11.3

Durable goods .................................................... 3,011.7 3,065.5 3,069.0 3,069.7 3,010.5 3,051.0 3,058.0 3,069.0 3,069.2 3,072.0 2.8

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,035.6 2,046.8 2,041.5 2,049.3 2,028.9 2,039.6 2,039.5 2,040.6 2,036.9 2,043.4 6.5

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 743.4 760.3 760.4 761.7 743.3 756.4 757.1 758.4 759.1 761.1 2.0

Retail trade ............................................................ 15,684.5 15,099.2 15,239.9 15,634.1 15,292.9 15,222.2 15,212.3 15,207.3 15,209.2 15,229.6 20.4

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,914.4 1,917.8 1,913.7 1,909.0 1,914.3 1,907.3 1,906.7 1,907.3 1,907.0 1,908.9 1.9

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,254.5 1,248.9 1,245.5 1,242.7 1,254.5 1,245.7 1,243.6 1,242.6 1,241.9 1,242.6 .7

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 600.0 584.9 594.8 607.7 583.3 594.8 594.3 592.2 593.2 591.2 -2.0

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 564.5 519.5 527.4 545.6 541.2 530.5 527.1 525.8 523.8 522.8 -1.0

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,267.2 1,305.9 1,304.2 1,288.1 1,281.6 1,316.5 1,313.2 1,313.9 1,314.4 1,311.0 -3.4

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,832.0 2,811.4 2,825.9 2,854.8 2,806.6 2,808.8 2,813.5 2,818.2 2,822.1 2,824.3 2.2

Health and personal care stores ....................... 972.5 956.9 959.5 976.1 964.7 959.3 960.0 962.4 960.3 968.1 7.8

Gasoline stations ................................................ 868.2 862.8 855.7 858.5 869.1 863.3 858.5 859.1 855.0 858.5 3.5

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,500.3 1,409.9 1,436.0 1,529.7 1,434.5 1,434.0 1,437.5 1,436.9 1,443.6 1,456.5 12.9

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores ................................................................ 675.1 615.7 623.8 671.8 641.5 624.2 628.1 622.6 623.3 631.2 7.9

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 3,111.5 2,789.1 2,851.1 3,015.1 2,920.4 2,859.8 2,850.8 2,841.6 2,836.1 2,823.9 -12.2

Department stores .......................................... 1,743.0 1,520.3 1,567.8 1,696.8 1,595.2 1,571.4 1,565.0 1,560.2 1,556.3 1,552.2 -4.1

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 912.2 888.2 894.8 900.3 897.3 892.7 889.9 889.7 888.8 885.7 -3.1

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 466.6 437.1 453.0 477.4 438.4 431.0 432.7 437.6 441.6 447.5 5.9

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,410.5 4,473.6 4,486.5 4,486.1 4,370.2 4,423.2 4,425.3 4,437.4 4,444.9 4,446.7 1.8

Air transportation ................................................ 488.7 491.8 491.0 485.3 488.9 487.7 488.1 488.8 488.5 484.1 -4.4

Rail transportation .............................................. 228.6 227.1 225.7 225.9 227.8 227.3 226.7 226.1 225.1 224.8 -.3

Water transportation ........................................... 62.1 67.1 66.3 66.1 63.6 64.2 64.6 66.0 66.3 67.5 1.2

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,412.3 1,451.7 1,450.0 1,442.9 1,403.7 1,427.1 1,427.4 1,430.8 1,432.5 1,432.7 .2

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 411.5 399.8 402.9 403.8 394.9 391.6 388.7 391.3 389.6 388.9 -.7

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 37.1 38.2 39.0 38.2 37.2 38.4 38.6 38.2 38.9 38.4 -.5

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 26.7 37.2 32.0 27.5 31.4 30.5 31.5 31.2 31.4 31.7 .3

Support activities for transportation ................... 554.2 566.9 568.1 569.1 553.9 564.9 565.4 566.9 568.4 570.7 2.3

Couriers and messengers .................................. 586.2 581.4 591.9 602.5 576.8 583.6 584.4 587.4 591.8 593.7 1.9

Warehousing and storage .................................. 603.1 612.4 619.6 624.8 592.0 607.9 609.9 610.7 612.4 614.2 1.8

Utilities ................................................................... 559.0 560.2 558.6 559.4 560.1 559.8 559.8 560.1 559.6 560.2 .6

Information ................................................................ 3,071 3,049 3,055 3,069 3,064 3,052 3,062 3,060 3,062 3,059 -3

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 906.3 898.7 901.1 905.3 902.8 900.8 901.2 898.9 901.6 903.2 1.6

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 385.9 370.1 369.1 372.8 383.5 375.7 379.8 375.7 375.1 370.1 -5.0

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 327.2 329.3 329.8 331.6 325.7 328.0 328.2 329.1 329.0 329.7 .7

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 30.3 31.0 31.2 31.4 30.1 29.5 30.6 31.0 31.3 31.5 .2

Telecommunications .......................................... 993.9 988.3 993.9 994.7 995.1 986.3 990.1 991.9 994.0 991.8 -2.2

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 377.7 381.6 380.3 382.7 376.7 381.8 382.8 383.2 381.1 382.2 1.1

Other information services ................................. 49.4 49.5 49.8 50.5 49.9 50.0 49.4 49.9 50.2 50.6 .4

Financial activities .................................................... 8,208 8,359 8,349 8,358 8,217 8,321 8,333 8,360 8,360 8,371 11

Finance and insurance .......................................... 6,063.6 6,159.8 6,171.9 6,180.5 6,066.7 6,142.3 6,150.9 6,172.7 6,179.4 6,184.5 5.1

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 20.9 21.8 21.8 21.8 20.9 21.7 21.7 21.8 21.8 21.8 .0

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,891.2 2,937.0 2,943.6 2,946.3 2,895.8 2,925.7 2,927.2 2,942.9 2,947.3 2,948.2 .9

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,788.6 1,823.2 1,828.2 1,830.0 1,793.3 1,818.3 1,821.4 1,828.2 1,834.2 1,834.2 .0

Commercial banking .................................... 1,305.2 1,329.3 1,334.7 1,335.9 1,309.0 1,322.9 1,325.7 1,332.3 1,338.6 1,338.3 -.3

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 790.9 798.1 802.9 804.0 790.7 798.7 799.4 802.1 803.9 804.6 .7

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,273.5 2,311.0 2,312.1 2,316.7 2,271.8 2,304.9 2,310.9 2,313.7 2,314.3 2,317.9 3.6

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 87.1 91.9 91.5 91.7 87.5 91.3 91.7 92.2 92.1 92.0 -.1

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,144.2 2,198.9 2,177.3 2,177.6 2,150.2 2,178.6 2,182.0 2,187.2 2,180.8 2,186.3 5.5

Real estate .......................................................... 1,475.3 1,509.6 1,494.9 1,497.7 1,478.4 1,499.7 1,500.3 1,501.1 1,496.0 1,501.4 5.4

Rental and leasing services ............................... 641.0 658.9 652.2 649.4 643.9 649.3 651.9 656.0 654.7 654.4 -.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 27.9 30.4 30.2 30.5 27.9 29.6 29.8 30.1 30.1 30.5 .4

See footnotes at the end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Nov. 

2005

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2005

 July 

2006

 Aug. 

2006

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

Change

from:

Oct. 2006-

Nov. 2006p

Professional and business services ........................ 17,194 17,550 17,615 17,591 17,061 17,364 17,402 17,415 17,444 17,487 43

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 7,068.8 7,236.5 7,280.6 7,313.8 7,087.2 7,281.1 7,295.5 7,306.0 7,320.4 7,342.2 21.8

Legal services .................................................. 1,160.6 1,154.7 1,159.6 1,160.7 1,160.0 1,158.5 1,160.5 1,159.3 1,160.1 1,160.5 .4

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 791.9 810.2 813.5 829.2 847.5 870.8 869.4 880.7 882.4 887.5 5.1

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,342.7 1,395.7 1,398.3 1,402.0 1,335.3 1,382.2 1,386.6 1,388.2 1,389.5 1,395.3 5.8

Computer systems design and related

services .......................................................... 1,212.3 1,275.2 1,283.0 1,285.5 1,204.9 1,267.8 1,274.6 1,278.2 1,279.5 1,281.6 2.1

Management and technical consulting

services .......................................................... 863.4 895.7 915.4 919.6 861.4 886.5 892.0 896.4 910.6 915.4 4.8

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,750.9 1,792.9 1,789.2 1,794.7 1,743.2 1,789.1 1,790.7 1,795.9 1,798.4 1,798.3 -.1

Administrative and waste services ....................... 8,373.8 8,520.5 8,544.9 8,482.1 8,230.5 8,294.2 8,315.4 8,313.0 8,325.3 8,346.2 20.9

1 Administrative and support services ................. 8,042.8 8,182.3 8,204.1 8,142.3 7,897.8 7,959.1 7,983.4 7,977.7 7,986.4 8,005.8 19.4

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,791.3 3,780.0 3,800.9 3,776.2 3,663.7 3,648.1 3,663.8 3,649.6 3,643.1 3,656.6 13.5

Temporary help services ............................. 2,715.0 2,698.9 2,720.6 2,692.1 2,616.2 2,596.6 2,600.5 2,589.4 2,591.1 2,595.9 4.8

Business support services .............................. 759.5 767.9 785.2 788.3 754.7 766.8 770.5 772.3 779.4 780.8 1.4

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,772.4 1,839.5 1,823.3 1,787.0 1,755.4 1,777.9 1,775.9 1,773.6 1,778.3 1,778.3 .0

Waste management and remediation services 331.0 338.2 340.8 339.8 332.7 335.1 332.0 335.3 338.9 340.4 1.5

Education and health services ................................ 17,709 17,784 18,059 18,163 17,481 17,735 17,805 17,863 17,886 17,927 41

Educational services ............................................. 3,016.0 2,862.9 3,058.7 3,103.3 2,820.2 2,856.9 2,889.1 2,907.6 2,897.1 2,905.2 8.1

Health care and social assistance ........................14,692.5 14,920.8 15,000.7 15,059.9 14,661.2 14,877.6 14,915.7 14,955.3 14,989.0 15,021.3 32.3

3 Health care ............................................................ 12,446.3 12,658.9 12,711.1 12,760.8 12,423.8 12,615.6 12,642.7 12,678.2 12,705.0 12,732.7 27.7

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 5,186.1 5,293.8 5,325.5 5,355.7 5,172.7 5,271.7 5,287.0 5,311.0 5,324.5 5,340.8 16.3

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,134.4 2,190.0 2,199.4 2,211.7 2,128.4 2,180.3 2,182.8 2,197.5 2,199.5 2,205.7 6.2

Outpatient care centers ................................... 484.0 491.8 493.9 495.8 482.4 489.2 491.5 492.9 494.9 495.5 .6

Home health care services ............................. 828.0 852.9 862.6 870.2 824.3 845.6 850.9 856.1 861.1 864.7 3.6

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,383.1 4,455.8 4,462.0 4,473.1 4,379.2 4,434.0 4,445.1 4,456.1 4,461.6 4,467.9 6.3

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,877.1 2,909.3 2,923.6 2,932.0 2,871.9 2,909.9 2,910.6 2,911.1 2,918.9 2,924.0 5.1

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,587.7 1,592.2 1,597.5 1,600.4 1,582.5 1,593.0 1,590.3 1,590.7 1,594.2 1,594.9 .7

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,246.2 2,261.9 2,289.6 2,299.1 2,237.4 2,262.0 2,273.0 2,277.1 2,284.0 2,288.6 4.6

Child day care services ................................... 803.6 783.4 798.7 798.2 792.9 781.9 789.7 787.1 787.5 787.3 -.2

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,601 13,293 13,093 12,929 12,881 13,062 13,099 13,129 13,174 13,205 31

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,764.2 1,988.8 1,886.6 1,774.2 1,907.5 1,913.7 1,916.1 1,911.3 1,924.7 1,916.9 -7.8

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 354.0 391.4 379.5 360.3 362.8 376.5 375.1 372.2 374.8 371.8 -3.0

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 118.1 127.0 127.4 122.3 121.0 123.9 124.4 125.2 125.9 125.7 -.2

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,292.1 1,470.4 1,379.7 1,291.6 1,423.7 1,413.3 1,416.6 1,413.9 1,424.0 1,419.4 -4.6

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,836.8 11,304.5 11,206.0 11,154.3 10,973.9 11,148.0 11,182.6 11,217.3 11,249.7 11,288.4 38.7

Accommodations ................................................ 1,755.5 1,850.5 1,808.1 1,771.4 1,811.1 1,806.5 1,809.9 1,821.6 1,825.3 1,830.4 5.1

Food services and drinking places .................... 9,081.3 9,454.0 9,397.9 9,382.9 9,162.8 9,341.5 9,372.7 9,395.7 9,424.4 9,458.0 33.6

Other services .......................................................... 5,355 5,391 5,404 5,391 5,377 5,398 5,404 5,412 5,420 5,417 -3

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,225.9 1,252.4 1,252.7 1,244.9 1,232.0 1,245.9 1,252.5 1,254.3 1,254.8 1,253.5 -1.3

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,265.9 1,269.8 1,270.3 1,265.8 1,271.1 1,271.2 1,268.2 1,273.3 1,274.1 1,272.9 -1.2

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,862.9 2,869.2 2,880.9 2,880.5 2,873.6 2,880.9 2,883.0 2,884.8 2,890.8 2,890.8 .0

Government .............................................................. 22,331 21,941 22,456 22,614 21,880 21,970 22,020 22,076 22,104 22,122 18

Federal ................................................................... 2,721 2,713 2,700 2,702 2,728 2,716 2,708 2,707 2,703 2,704 1

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,945.2 1,948.4 1,934.3 1,933.1 1,953.1 1,943.2 1,940.3 1,940.0 1,935.4 1,936.3 .9

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 776.2 765.0 766.1 768.8 774.9 772.9 767.5 767.4 767.5 767.8 .3

State government .................................................. 5,185 5,084 5,215 5,242 5,032 5,039 5,055 5,079 5,076 5,080 4

State government education .............................. 2,422.2 2,296.1 2,434.0 2,462.1 2,256.6 2,256.1 2,268.6 2,291.1 2,286.5 2,289.3 2.8

State government, excluding education ............ 2,762.7 2,788.3 2,780.6 2,779.8 2,775.8 2,783.0 2,786.1 2,788.0 2,789.2 2,790.9 1.7

Local government .................................................. 14,425 14,144 14,541 14,670 14,120 14,215 14,257 14,290 14,325 14,338 13

Local government education ............................. 8,253.2 7,857.7 8,274.8 8,394.4 7,899.3 7,940.2 7,973.2 7,995.5 8,020.7 8,031.1 10.4

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,172.1 6,285.8 6,266.0 6,276.0 6,220.6 6,274.7 6,284.0 6,294.6 6,304.2 6,307.1 2.9

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

vehicle parts.

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing

and residential care facilities.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Nov. 

2005

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2005

 July 

2006

 Aug. 

2006

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

Change

from:

Oct. 2006-

Nov. 2006p

Total private ....................................... 33.8 33.9 34.2 33.8 33.8 33.9 33.8 33.8 33.9 33.9 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.6 40.8 40.9 40.5 40.4 40.7 40.6 40.3 40.6 40.5 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 45.2 45.6 46.4 45.7 45.0 46.0 45.3 45.1 45.8 45.9 .1

Construction ............................................................ 39.2 39.3 39.8 38.8 39.2 38.8 39.0 38.5 39.2 38.9 -.3

Manufacturing ......................................................... 41.2 41.4 41.3 41.3 40.8 41.4 41.3 41.1 41.2 41.1 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 -.1

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.7 41.6 41.6 41.5 41.3 41.8 41.6 41.3 41.4 41.4 .0

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 -.1

Wood products .................................................. 40.9 39.6 39.7 38.8 40.5 40.1 39.9 39.4 39.5 39.2 -.3

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 44.2 43.5 43.2 42.5 43.5 43.6 43.3 43.0 42.7 42.6 -.1

Primary metals .................................................. 43.7 43.7 43.5 44.1 43.5 44.0 43.7 43.6 43.6 44.1 .5

Fabricated metal products .............................. 41.5 41.6 41.8 41.5 41.2 41.6 41.7 41.4 41.5 41.3 -.2

Machinery .......................................................... 42.3 42.5 42.7 42.6 42.0 42.9 42.7 42.3 42.7 42.6 -.1

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.9 40.6 40.7 40.6 40.3 40.6 40.5 40.4 40.5 40.3 -.2

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 41.6 41.3 41.5 41.4 41.0 41.5 41.0 40.9 41.0 40.9 -.1

Transportation equipment ............................... 42.9 43.1 42.7 42.7 42.7 43.5 42.9 42.6 42.5 42.5 .0

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 42.6 42.7 42.1 42.0 42.4 43.0 42.5 42.1 41.8 41.8 .0

Furniture and related products ....................... 38.7 39.3 39.2 39.2 38.5 38.6 39.0 38.8 39.2 39.1 -.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.8 38.7 38.8 39.2 38.6 38.7 38.7 38.6 38.7 39.0 .3

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.4 41.1 40.8 40.9 40.0 40.8 40.7 40.7 40.7 40.6 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.3 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 39.5 40.8 40.6 40.9 39.0 40.1 39.8 40.2 40.3 40.3 .0

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 40.4 40.8 40.4 40.8 40.1 41.7 41.1 40.8 40.9 40.8 -.1

Textile mills ........................................................ 41.0 40.9 40.4 40.8 40.6 40.8 41.1 40.7 40.7 40.7 .0

Textile product mills ......................................... 39.9 39.9 39.1 40.4 39.6 40.3 40.4 39.8 39.3 40.1 .8

Apparel ............................................................... 36.1 36.5 37.3 37.0 35.9 36.7 36.6 36.6 37.0 36.8 -.2

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.8 38.6 38.8 39.1 39.5 39.2 39.6 38.8 38.7 38.5 -.2

Paper and paper products .............................. 42.9 43.3 43.0 43.0 42.5 43.5 43.4 42.9 42.8 42.6 -.2

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.7 39.7 39.7 39.2 38.3 39.1 39.1 39.2 39.4 39.1 -.3

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 46.6 45.9 45.5 46.4 45.8 45.6 45.4 45.1 45.2 45.6 .4

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.6 42.9 42.3 41.8 42.3 42.8 42.7 43.0 42.5 41.8 -.7

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.4 41.0 40.7 40.7 40.1 41.0 40.9 40.7 40.7 40.8 .1

Private service-providing ............................. 32.3 32.4 32.7 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.5 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.2 33.5 33.6 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.5 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.8 37.9 38.4 38.0 37.8 38.0 38.0 37.9 38.0 38.0 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.3 30.6 30.4 30.4 30.6 30.4 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.6 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.0 37.0 37.1 37.3 36.8 36.9 37.0 36.8 36.8 37.0 .2

Utilities ................................................................... 41.7 41.7 42.2 42.0 41.2 41.6 41.7 41.3 41.8 41.9 .1

Information ............................................................... 36.6 36.8 37.2 36.7 36.5 36.8 36.8 36.8 36.8 36.7 -.1

Financial activities .................................................. 35.7 35.4 36.4 35.5 35.9 35.7 35.5 35.7 35.8 35.7 -.1

Professional and business services .................... 34.3 34.6 35.1 34.8 34.3 34.6 34.7 34.7 34.8 34.8 .0

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

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.4 25.6 26.0 25.4 25.7 25.6 25.6 25.8 25.7 25.7 .0

Other services ......................................................... 30.8 30.8 31.0 30.8 30.9 30.8 30.9 30.8 30.9 30.8 -.1

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining

and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and

nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.

These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the

total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, motor

vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

 Nov. 

2005

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2005

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

Total private ....................................... $16.30 $16.88 $16.99 $16.95 $550.94 $572.23 $581.06 $572.91

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 16.28 16.85 16.91 16.94 550.26 569.53 573.25 574.27

Goods-producing .......................................... 17.76 18.19 18.25 18.24 721.06 742.15 746.43 738.72

Natural resources and mining .............................. 18.90 20.05 20.30 20.27 854.28 914.28 941.92 926.34

Construction ............................................................ 19.61 20.35 20.43 20.43 768.71 799.76 813.11 792.68

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.70 16.90 16.91 16.95 688.04 699.66 698.38 700.04

Durable goods ..................................................... 17.54 17.82 17.82 17.87 731.42 741.31 741.31 741.61

Wood products .................................................. 13.32 13.56 13.57 13.73 544.79 536.98 538.73 532.72

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.55 16.52 16.63 16.58 731.51 718.62 718.42 704.65

Primary metals .................................................. 19.21 19.64 19.42 19.91 839.48 858.27 844.77 878.03

Fabricated metal products .............................. 16.01 16.21 16.27 16.26 664.42 674.34 680.09 674.79

Machinery .......................................................... 17.01 17.26 17.44 17.54 719.52 733.55 744.69 747.20

Computer and electronic products ................ 18.60 19.22 19.25 19.23 760.74 780.33 783.48 780.74

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 15.42 15.61 15.66 15.52 641.47 644.69 649.89 642.53

Transportation equipment ............................... 22.55 22.59 22.48 22.46 967.40 973.63 959.90 959.04

Furniture and related products ....................... 13.45 13.96 14.01 14.00 520.52 548.63 549.19 548.80

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 14.12 14.48 14.49 14.43 547.86 560.38 562.21 565.66

Nondurable goods ............................................... 15.28 15.33 15.37 15.39 617.31 630.06 627.10 629.45

Food manufacturing ......................................... 13.06 13.15 13.14 13.24 515.87 536.52 533.48 541.52

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 18.76 18.23 18.46 18.48 757.90 743.78 745.78 753.98

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.48 12.59 12.82 12.88 511.68 514.93 517.93 525.50

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.78 11.97 11.80 12.05 470.02 477.60 461.38 486.82

Apparel ............................................................... 10.41 10.60 10.60 10.58 375.80 386.90 395.38 391.46

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.57 11.44 11.64 11.58 460.49 441.58 451.63 452.78

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.87 18.12 18.17 18.10 766.62 784.60 781.31 778.30

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.73 15.81 15.88 15.92 608.75 627.66 630.44 624.06

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.64 24.12 24.45 24.47 1,148.22 1,107.11 1,112.48 1,135.41

Chemicals .......................................................... 19.68 19.41 19.55 19.54 838.37 832.69 826.97 816.77

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.78 15.09 15.05 15.04 597.11 618.69 612.54 612.13

Private service-providing ............................. 15.90 16.52 16.64 16.61 513.57 535.25 544.13 538.16

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 15.00 15.56 15.57 15.41 498.00 521.26 523.15 514.69

Wholesale trade ................................................... 18.46 19.08 19.12 19.12 697.79 723.13 734.21 726.56

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.28 12.71 12.71 12.55 372.08 388.93 386.38 381.52

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.88 17.42 17.38 17.29 624.56 644.54 644.80 644.92

Utilities ................................................................... 27.37 27.52 27.60 27.51 1,141.33 1,147.58 1,164.72 1,155.42

Information ............................................................... 22.45 23.65 23.68 23.62 821.67 870.32 880.90 866.85

Financial activities .................................................. 18.17 19.02 19.23 19.15 648.67 673.31 699.97 679.83

Professional and business services .................... 18.25 19.16 19.49 19.37 625.98 662.94 684.10 674.08

Education and health services ............................. 16.94 17.48 17.50 17.58 550.55 568.10 572.25 569.59

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 9.29 9.73 9.80 9.90 235.97 249.09 254.80 251.46

Other services ......................................................... 14.46 14.70 14.71 14.76 445.37 452.76 456.01 454.61

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total Private:

 Nov. 

2005

 July 

2006

 Aug. 

2006

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2006-

Nov. 2006p

Current dollars ................................................ $16.28 $16.76 $16.81 $16.85 $16.91 $16.94 0.2

Constant (1982) dollars 2................................. 8.15 8.16 8.16 8.24 8.32 N.A.

Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.74 18.00 18.06 18.07 18.15 18.18 .2

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 18.95 19.89 20.06 20.16 20.31 20.28 -.1

Construction ............................................................................ 19.59 20.06 20.11 20.18 20.24 20.34 .5

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.68 16.80 16.85 16.84 16.90 16.91 .1

.....................................................

4 Excluding overtime 15.79 15.93 16.00 16.00 16.06 16.09 .2

Durable goods ..................................................................... 17.50 17.69 17.74 17.75 17.79 17.80 .1

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 15.29 15.28 15.32 15.29 15.38 15.39 .1

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.89 16.43 16.47 16.53 16.58 16.62 .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 15.04 15.48 15.49 15.51 15.52 15.50 -.1

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 18.45 18.94 19.00 19.10 19.06 19.10 .2

Retail trade ........................................................................... 12.35 12.66 12.65 12.66 12.69 12.66 -.2

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.85 17.36 17.34 17.37 17.36 17.32 -.2

Utilities ................................................................................... 27.15 27.57 27.47 27.37 27.51 27.45 -.2

Information ............................................................................... 22.40 23.34 23.40 23.49 23.52 23.55 .1

Financial activities .................................................................. 18.20 18.79 18.86 19.02 19.10 19.17 .4

Professional and business services .................................... 18.29 19.15 19.17 19.29 19.39 19.46 .4

Education and health services ............................................. 16.95 17.36 17.44 17.46 17.51 17.58 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 9.24 9.61 9.67 9.72 9.77 9.84 .7

Other services ......................................................................... 14.46 14.60 14.61 14.68 14.69 14.73 .3

3( )

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical

Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.

3 Change was 1.0 percent from Sept. 2006 to Oct. 2006, the latest

month available.

4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate

of time and one-half.

N.A. = not available.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Nov. 

2005

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2005

 July 

2006

 Aug. 

2006

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2006-

Nov. 2006p

Total private ....................................... 104.2 105.9 107.1 106.0 103.5 105.2 105.1 105.2 105.5 105.6 0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 101.9 104.3 103.8 101.9 100.5 102.6 102.4 101.4 101.6 101.2 -.4

Natural resources and mining .............................. 117.5 128.4 130.9 128.7 116.0 126.1 124.7 124.6 127.0 127.8 .6

Construction ............................................................ 113.9 117.4 117.8 112.5 111.7 112.0 112.7 110.9 112.2 110.9 -1.2

Manufacturing ......................................................... 95.8 97.2 96.4 96.1 94.6 97.0 96.8 96.1 95.9 95.5 -.4

Durable goods ..................................................... 98.5 99.9 99.4 99.0 97.4 100.4 100.0 99.0 98.8 98.7 -.1

Wood products .................................................. 103.4 97.2 94.9 91.1 102.4 99.5 98.1 95.5 94.0 92.1 -2.0

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 102.1 100.6 99.3 96.4 99.5 100.3 99.1 97.4 96.8 96.2 -.6

Primary metals .................................................. 95.5 95.5 94.5 95.5 95.2 97.0 96.3 95.4 94.8 95.7 .9

Fabricated metal products .............................. 101.1 104.0 104.3 103.5 100.3 103.6 104.1 103.5 103.4 102.9 -.5

Machinery .......................................................... 99.7 104.2 105.4 105.2 99.0 104.7 104.7 104.1 105.4 105.4 .0

Computer and electronic products ................ 102.3 106.6 106.4 106.6 100.3 106.2 106.3 106.1 106.0 105.9 -.1

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 89.0 91.3 91.7 91.4 87.7 91.9 91.1 90.6 91.0 90.6 -.4

Transportation equipment ............................... 99.5 101.2 99.0 99.0 98.8 102.5 101.0 99.8 98.9 98.6 -.3

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 96.2 93.8 90.5 89.9 95.4 95.1 93.9 92.2 90.2 89.5 -.8

Furniture and related products ....................... 89.7 89.6 88.0 87.2 89.2 89.0 89.4 88.5 88.4 87.4 -1.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 91.7 92.0 93.0 94.7 90.7 91.2 92.0 92.0 92.4 93.3 1.0

Nondurable goods ............................................... 91.5 93.0 91.6 91.4 90.2 91.7 91.4 91.2 90.8 90.4 -.4

Food manufacturing ......................................... 97.4 102.9 101.6 101.8 95.2 97.9 97.2 98.8 98.8 99.0 .2

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 99.5 103.0 100.9 99.8 98.9 101.5 100.3 99.7 99.7 99.7 .0

Textile mills ........................................................ 69.6 64.3 62.6 62.7 69.2 65.6 65.6 63.8 63.2 62.9 -.5

Textile product mills ......................................... 93.8 88.9 87.5 90.1 94.2 91.4 91.0 89.7 88.2 89.6 1.6

Apparel ............................................................... 65.1 65.8 66.2 65.8 64.5 66.8 65.7 65.4 65.8 65.4 -.6

Leather and allied products ............................ 82.1 73.7 73.6 74.1 81.0 75.4 74.9 73.6 72.9 72.3 -.8

Paper and paper products .............................. 88.1 87.1 85.8 85.3 87.1 88.0 87.4 85.9 85.3 84.5 -.9

Printing and related support activities ........... 92.0 94.8 95.4 93.7 90.5 93.2 93.5 93.6 94.4 93.3 -1.2

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 102.7 101.8 99.0 98.4 100.6 101.4 99.0 97.9 97.2 97.2 .0

Chemicals .......................................................... 97.5 99.7 98.0 96.1 96.9 100.2 100.7 100.3 98.8 96.5 -2.3

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 93.1 92.6 90.6 90.9 92.1 93.3 93.1 91.9 90.4 90.9 .6

Private service-providing ............................. 104.8 106.4 107.8 107.2 104.5 105.8 106.1 106.2 106.7 106.9 .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 103.4 102.3 103.4 104.6 102.0 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.4 102.8 .4

Wholesale trade ................................................... 102.9 104.9 106.3 105.5 102.8 104.8 104.8 104.8 105.1 105.4 .3

Retail trade ........................................................... 103.0 99.6 100.1 103.0 101.1 99.9 99.5 99.7 100.2 100.6 .4

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 106.8 108.6 109.3 109.6 105.0 107.0 107.5 107.0 107.1 107.6 .5

Utilities ................................................................... 96.0 96.5 97.5 97.2 95.1 96.2 96.5 95.6 96.8 97.2 .4

Information ............................................................... 100.6 101.2 102.5 101.6 100.3 101.5 101.8 101.8 101.8 101.4 -.4

Financial activities .................................................. 104.8 107.0 110.1 107.7 105.6 107.4 107.1 108.0 108.5 108.5 .0

Professional and business services .................... 108.5 112.1 114.2 113.0 107.6 110.8 111.3 111.5 111.9 112.2 .3

Education and health services ............................. 108.0 108.7 111.0 110.7 106.6 108.3 108.5 109.2 109.2 109.5 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 103.0 110.3 110.1 106.1 106.7 108.1 108.5 109.6 109.5 109.8 .3

Other services ......................................................... 95.1 96.3 97.2 96.4 95.8 96.4 96.8 96.7 97.2 96.9 -.3

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and

motor vehicle parts.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by

the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours

estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours

and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

 Nov. 

2005

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2005

 July 

2006

 Aug. 

2006

 Sept. 

2006

 Oct. 

2006p

 Nov. 

2006p

Percent

change from:

Oct. 2006-

Nov. 2006p

Total private ....................................... 113.7 119.7 121.7 120.2 112.8 118.0 118.2 118.6 119.4 119.7 0.3

Goods-producing .......................................... 110.8 116.2 116.0 113.8 109.2 113.1 113.2 112.2 112.9 112.6 -.3

Natural resources and mining .............................. 129.1 149.8 154.6 151.7 127.8 145.9 145.5 146.1 150.1 150.8 .5

Construction ............................................................ 120.6 129.0 129.9 124.1 118.1 121.3 122.4 120.9 122.6 121.8 -.7

Manufacturing ......................................................... 104.6 107.5 106.6 106.6 103.2 106.6 106.7 105.8 106.0 105.6 -.4

Durable goods ..................................................... 107.9 111.2 110.6 110.4 106.4 110.9 110.7 109.7 109.8 109.7 -.1

Nondurable goods ............................................... 98.8 100.7 99.5 99.4 97.5 99.1 99.0 98.6 98.7 98.3 -.4

Private service-providing ............................. 114.4 120.8 123.2 122.4 114.0 119.4 120.0 120.6 121.5 122.1 .5

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 110.6 113.6 114.8 114.9 109.4 112.9 113.0 113.2 113.3 113.7 .4

Wholesale trade ................................................... 111.9 117.9 119.7 118.8 111.7 116.9 117.3 117.9 118.0 118.6 .5

Retail trade ........................................................... 108.4 108.5 109.0 110.8 107.0 108.4 107.9 108.2 108.9 109.1 .2

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 114.4 120.1 120.5 120.2 112.3 117.9 118.2 117.9 118.0 118.3 .3

Utilities ................................................................... 109.7 110.8 112.3 111.6 107.7 110.7 110.7 109.2 111.2 111.4 .2

Information ............................................................... 111.8 118.5 120.1 118.8 111.2 117.2 117.9 118.4 118.5 118.2 -.3

Financial activities .................................................. 117.8 125.9 130.9 127.5 118.9 124.8 124.8 127.0 128.1 128.6 .4

Professional and business services .................... 117.8 127.8 132.4 130.3 117.1 126.2 127.0 127.9 129.1 129.9 .6

Education and health services ............................. 120.3 124.9 127.7 127.9 118.8 123.6 124.3 125.3 125.7 126.6 .7

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 111.5 125.1 125.8 122.5 114.9 121.1 122.3 124.2 124.7 126.0 1.0

Other services ......................................................... 100.2 103.1 104.2 103.7 100.9 102.5 103.1 103.4 104.1 104.0 -.1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls

by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate

payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory

worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries

1

1

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Over 1-month span:

Over 3-month span:

Over 6-month span:

Over 12-month span:

Time span

2002 ......................................................... 40.8 36.5 38.3 38.7 40.1 46.0 43.7 43.3 41.7 41.9 41.5 36.0

2003 ......................................................... 44.1 37.9 34.9 38.3 42.8 38.8 37.6 39.7 50.7 49.8 52.0 51.3

2004 ......................................................... 51.6 49.5 62.4 65.5 62.4 57.7 52.7 52.0 57.0 54.3 55.0 54.1

2005 ......................................................... 50.7 57.7 56.7 54.7 54.5 56.7 59.2 54.1 51.4 53.4 61.7 58.6

2006 ......................................................... 61.0 59.9 58.5 64.4 55.8 56.8 53.8 53.1 55.2 p 55.0 p 57.2

2002 ......................................................... 34.5 36.2 35.6 35.8 34.9 38.8 38.5 44.8 37.6 39.7 37.2 39.6

2003 ......................................................... 40.6 34.2 34.7 32.7 35.3 41.7 38.5 33.8 42.6 47.8 49.8 50.5

2004 ......................................................... 54.3 53.4 57.6 63.1 69.4 68.3 58.8 55.6 57.4 56.5 59.9 55.2

2005 ......................................................... 52.9 56.7 59.2 60.4 56.8 60.8 60.4 59.7 57.9 52.2 57.0 63.7

2006 ......................................................... 66.2 65.5 63.3 63.7 63.8 59.7 56.7 58.8 55.0 p 57.0 p 55.4

2002 ......................................................... 30.2 30.6 31.5 30.9 32.0 36.3 35.8 37.6 34.5 36.0 36.7 35.3

2003 ......................................................... 34.4 31.8 31.8 34.0 32.7 36.2 33.3 32.4 40.5 45.3 46.4 47.7

2004 ......................................................... 49.8 52.3 54.7 60.8 63.3 63.8 63.1 63.5 59.0 61.3 55.9 55.6

2005 ......................................................... 55.4 57.7 57.4 58.8 55.2 58.6 60.8 59.5 60.6 57.7 58.5 60.6

2006 ......................................................... 61.2 61.5 63.1 67.6 65.5 65.8 62.9 59.9 60.3 p 59.0 p 56.8

2002 ......................................................... 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ......................................................... 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2

2004 ......................................................... 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.4 50.7 57.7 57.0 55.2 56.7 58.3 60.1 60.3

2005 ......................................................... 60.1 61.0 59.5 58.6 58.6 59.4 60.8 61.0 60.8 58.3 58.8 62.1

2006 ......................................................... 61.3 61.0 62.2 62.6 64.0 65.3 60.8 62.6 64.0 p 65.3 p 63.3

2002 ......................................................... 19.6 21.4 18.5 29.2 25.0 30.4 36.9 25.6 28.6 17.9 17.9 19.6

2003 ......................................................... 32.7 19.6 19.6 10.7 23.2 19.0 19.6 29.2 28.6 36.3 42.3 40.5

2004 ......................................................... 44.0 47.6 44.6 64.9 53.6 45.8 56.5 52.4 41.7 42.3 39.9 39.3

2005 ......................................................... 39.3 38.7 38.7 42.3 44.6 34.5 47.6 35.7 45.2 43.5 50.0 52.4

2006 ......................................................... 59.5 48.8 49.4 57.7 50.0 60.7 45.2 39.9 44.6 p 41.1 p 45.8

2002 ......................................................... 9.5 9.5 11.3 17.9 14.9 17.9 22.6 25.6 22.6 17.3 9.5 11.9

2003 ......................................................... 18.5 11.3 12.5 8.3 7.7 11.3 14.9 15.5 16.7 27.4 32.1 35.7

2004 ......................................................... 43.5 42.3 43.5 53.6 57.7 58.9 53.6 48.8 48.2 40.5 38.1 31.0

2005 ......................................................... 35.7 39.9 42.9 39.9 37.5 41.1 39.3 35.7 39.9 36.3 36.9 50.0

2006 ......................................................... 56.0 51.8 48.8 50.6 48.8 51.2 48.8 49.4 39.9 p 39.9 p 37.5

2002 ......................................................... 7.1 8.3 7.7 8.3 8.3 11.9 12.5 11.9 13.7 8.9 7.1 7.7

2003 ......................................................... 11.3 11.3 8.3 9.5 10.7 9.5 6.0 8.9 13.7 18.5 24.4 23.8

2004 ......................................................... 28.6 33.3 33.3 45.8 47.6 51.2 56.0 51.8 48.2 49.4 39.3 35.7

2005 ......................................................... 36.9 36.9 35.1 33.3 33.3 32.7 36.9 36.9 41.1 41.7 39.3 42.3

2006 ......................................................... 37.5 45.8 45.2 51.2 48.2 51.8 45.2 45.2 49.4 p 44.0 p 44.0

2002 ......................................................... 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ......................................................... 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7

2004 ......................................................... 13.1 14.3 13.1 20.2 23.2 35.7 36.9 38.1 36.3 44.0 44.6 44.6

2005 ......................................................... 44.6 44.6 41.7 40.5 39.9 33.3 32.7 31.0 32.1 39.3 35.7 40.5

2006 ......................................................... 41.1 39.9 39.9 42.9 41.7 46.4 42.9 42.9 45.8 p 47.0 p 44.0

1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and

unadjusted data for the 12-month span.

p = preliminary.

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing

plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where

50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing

and decreasing employment.