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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JUNE 2004

Nonfarm payroll employment continued to rise in June, and the unemployment rate remained at 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment

increased by 112,000 in June, following larger gains in the prior 3 months.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

The number of unemployed persons, 8.2 million, was essentially unchanged in June, and the unemployment rate held steady at 5.6 percent. The unemployment rate has been 5.6 percent in all but one month

this year. The unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.0 percent), adult women

(5.0 percent), teenagers (16.8 percent), whites (5.0 percent), blacks (10.1 percent), and Hispanics or

Latinos (6.7 percent)—showed little or no change over the month. In June, the unemployment rate for

Asians was 5.0 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment was 139.0 million in June, and the employment-population ratio—the proportion of

the population age 16 and over with jobs—was about unchanged at 62.3 percent. The civilian labor force

participation rate also was little changed at 66.0 percent. (See table A-1.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data MayCategory June

I II Apr. May June change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force.................................... 146,661 146,998 146,741 146,974 147,279 305

Employment....................................... 138,388 138,793 138,576 138,772 139,031 259 

Unemployment.................................... 8,273 8,205 8,164 8,203 8,248 45

Not in labor force.................................... 75,695 75,975 76,016 75,993 75,916 -77

All workers........................................... 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 0.0

Adult men.......................................... 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.0 -.2

Adult women....................................... 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.8 5.0 .2

Teenagers.......................................... 16.6 17.0 16.9 17.2 16.8 -.4

White .............................................. 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0 .0

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

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity..................... 7.4 7.0 7.2 7.0 6.7 -.3

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment................................. 130,367 p131,148 130,954 p131,189 p131,301 p112

Goods-producing 1................................. 21,719 p21,863 21,822 p21,888 p21,878 p-10

Construction.................................... 6,819 p6,898 6,872 p6,911 p6,911 p0

Manufacturing................................. 14,326 p14,377 14,365 p14,389 p14,378 p-11

Service-providing 1.............................. 108,648 p109,285 109,132 p109,301 p109,423 p122

Retail trade.................................... 14,974 p15,051 15,037 p15,055 p15,061 2 p7

Professional and business services......... 16,202 p16,420 16,363 p16,429 p16,468 p39

Education and health services............... 16,774 p16,892 16,854 p16,893 p16,930 p37

Leisure and hospitality........................ 12,239 p12,325 12,303 p12,332 p12,340 p8

Government.................................... 21,540 p21,552 21,572 p21,544 p21,539 p-5

Total private............................................. 33.8 p33.7 33.7 p33.8 p33.6 p-0.2

Manufacturing..................................... 41.0 p40.9 40.7 p41.1 p40.8 p-.3

Overtime....................................... 4.6 p4.6 4.5 p4.6 p4.6 p.0

 

Total private............................................. 99.3 p99.8 99.5 p100.2 p99.6 p-0.6

Average hourly earnings, total private............ $15.52 p$15.62 $15.59 p$15.63 p$15.65 p$0.02

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 524.58 p526.50 525.38 p528.29 p525.84 p-2.45

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 2 Change calculated based on unrounded data.

 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

 p=preliminary.

Unemployment rates 

Employment

2004

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

2004
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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

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

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

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

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

478,000 discouraged workers in June, the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the

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

available for them. The other 1.0 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as

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

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 112,000 in June to 131.3 million, seasonally adjusted,

following larger gains in the prior 3 months. Since August 2003, payroll employment has risen by 1.5 million.

In June, there were job gains in health care and social assistance, professional and technical services, and

transportation and warehousing. Manufacturing employment edged lower following several months of small

increases, and construction employment was flat. (See table B-1.)

Within the service-providing sector, health care and social assistance continued to grow, adding 30,000

jobs over the month. Employment in this industry has increased by 279,000 over the year. In June, employment rose in hospitals and in ambulatory health care services, which includes doctors’ offices and home health

care services. Child day care services added 11,000 jobs.

Employment in professional and technical services increased by 23,000, with small gains in several

component industries, including management and consulting services, architectural and engineering services,

and computer systems design and related services. Employment in temporary help services continued to

trend up in June; the industry has added 306,000 jobs since its recent low in April 2003.

Transportation and warehousing added 19,000 jobs in June. Since August 2003, employment in the

industry has grown by 83,000. In June, employment in truck transportation edged up, and the courier and

messenger industry added 6,000 jobs.

Retail trade employment was little changed in June. Within retail, employment in clothing stores continued

to rise. There were small job losses in building material and garden supply stores and in motor vehicle and

parts dealers. Employment had been growing in both industries. There was little change in employment

elsewhere among private service-providing industries and in government.

In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing employment edged down in June (-11,000) after increasing

by 75,000 over the prior 4 months. In June, durable goods employment was little changed, while the number

of jobs in nondurable goods continued to trend down.

Following 3 months of increases totaling 120,000, employment in construction was unchanged in June.

Construction employment expanded by 250,000 from its recent low point in March 2003 through May 2004.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 0.2 hour in June to 33.6 hours, seasonally adjusted. The workweek in manufacturing fell by 0.3 hour to

40.8 hours, nearly offsetting the gain in May. Manufacturing overtime was unchanged at 4.6 hours. (See

table B-2.)
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The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.6 percent in June to 99.6 (2002=100). The manufacturing index fell by 0.8 percent over

the month to 94.6. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 2 cents in June to $15.65, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings declined by 0.5 percent over

the month to $525.84. Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 2.0 percent, and average weekly

earnings increased by 1.7 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for July 2004 is scheduled to be released on Friday, August 6,

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

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

minus 350,000. 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 -250,000 to 450,000

(100,000 +/- 350,000). 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 +/- 320,000, and for the

monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .22 percentage

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this

reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only

after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from

zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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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

June

2003

May

2004

June

2004

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

 2004 

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 221,014 222,967 223,196 221,014 222,357 222,550 222,757 222,967 223,196

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 148,117 146,659 148,478 146,917 146,471 146,650 146,741 146,974 147,279

 Participation rate ............................................................... 67.0 65.8 66.5 66.5 65.9 65.9 65.9 65.9 66.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 138,468 138,867 139,861 137,673 138,301 138,298 138,576 138,772 139,031

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.7 62.3 62.7 62.3 62.2 62.1 62.2 62.2 62.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 9,649 7,792 8,616 9,245 8,170 8,352 8,164 8,203 8,248

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.5 5.3 5.8 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 72,897 76,308 74,718 74,097 75,886 75,900 76,016 75,993 75,916

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 5,085 5,371 5,000 4,687 4,746 4,843 4,744 4,656 4,635

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 106,362 107,504 107,625 106,362 107,177 107,281 107,392 107,504 107,625

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 79,162 78,381 79,762 78,338 78,337 78,542 78,501 78,600 78,918

 Participation rate ............................................................... 74.4 72.9 74.1 73.7 73.1 73.2 73.1 73.1 73.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,894 74,089 75,279 73,124 73,901 74,006 74,053 74,035 74,476

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 69.5 68.9 69.9 68.8 69.0 69.0 69.0 68.9 69.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,269 4,292 4,483 5,214 4,436 4,536 4,448 4,566 4,442

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.7 5.5 5.6 6.7 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 27,199 29,123 27,863 28,023 28,840 28,739 28,891 28,904 28,707

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 98,196 99,279 99,396 98,196 98,966 99,065 99,170 99,279 99,396

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 74,843 74,965 75,592 74,675 74,797 75,018 74,871 75,048 75,372

 Participation rate ............................................................... 76.2 75.5 76.1 76.0 75.6 75.7 75.5 75.6 75.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 70,562 71,306 71,971 70,190 70,969 71,128 71,118 71,162 71,570

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.9 71.8 72.4 71.5 71.7 71.8 71.7 71.7 72.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,281 3,659 3,620 4,485 3,828 3,890 3,753 3,886 3,802

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.7 4.9 4.8 6.0 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 23,353 24,314 23,804 23,521 24,168 24,047 24,299 24,231 24,023

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 114,653 115,463 115,570 114,653 115,180 115,269 115,365 115,463 115,570

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 68,955 68,278 68,716 68,579 68,134 68,108 68,240 68,374 68,361

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.1 59.1 59.5 59.8 59.2 59.1 59.2 59.2 59.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 64,574 64,778 64,583 64,548 64,400 64,292 64,523 64,737 64,555

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

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,380 3,500 4,133 4,031 3,734 3,816 3,717 3,637 3,806

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.4 5.1 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 45,698 47,185 46,855 46,074 47,046 47,161 47,126 47,089 47,209

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 106,724 107,483 107,586 106,724 107,216 107,299 107,389 107,483 107,586

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,809 64,807 64,751 64,989 64,629 64,687 64,785 64,813 64,893

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.7 60.3 60.2 60.9 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,326 61,872 61,373 61,610 61,456 61,373 61,571 61,721 61,629

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.5 57.6 57.0 57.7 57.3 57.2 57.3 57.4 57.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,483 2,935 3,378 3,379 3,172 3,314 3,215 3,092 3,264

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.4 4.5 5.2 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.8 5.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 41,915 42,676 42,834 41,735 42,587 42,613 42,604 42,670 42,693

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,095 16,205 16,214 16,095 16,175 16,186 16,198 16,205 16,214

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,465 6,888 8,135 7,254 7,045 6,945 7,085 7,113 7,014

 Participation rate ............................................................... 52.6 42.5 50.2 45.1 43.6 42.9 43.7 43.9 43.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,581 5,690 6,517 5,873 5,875 5,797 5,888 5,888 5,832

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 40.9 35.1 40.2 36.5 36.3 35.8 36.3 36.3 36.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,884 1,198 1,617 1,381 1,170 1,148 1,197 1,225 1,181

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 22.3 17.4 19.9 19.0 16.6 16.5 16.9 17.2 16.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 7,629 9,317 8,079 8,841 9,130 9,240 9,113 9,092 9,200

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

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

June

2003

May

2004

June

2004

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

 2004 

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 181,184 182,384 182,531 181,184 182,001 182,121 182,252 182,384 182,531

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 121,690 120,703 122,088 120,816 120,540 120,542 120,675 120,984 121,180

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.2 66.2 66.9 66.7 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.3 66.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 114,868 115,049 115,831 114,222 114,602 114,433 114,712 114,976 115,152

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.4 63.1 63.5 63.0 63.0 62.8 62.9 63.0 63.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 6,822 5,654 6,257 6,594 5,938 6,109 5,963 6,008 6,028

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.6 4.7 5.1 5.5 4.9 5.1 4.9 5.0 5.0

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 59,495 61,681 60,443 60,368 61,460 61,579 61,577 61,400 61,351

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,600 62,698 63,166 62,438 62,603 62,672 62,660 62,758 62,960

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.5 76.0 76.5 76.3 76.1 76.1 76.0 76.1 76.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,453 59,957 60,459 59,119 59,763 59,736 59,831 59,817 60,107

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 72.7 72.7 73.2 72.3 72.6 72.6 72.6 72.5 72.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,147 2,741 2,707 3,319 2,840 2,936 2,829 2,941 2,853

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.0 4.4 4.3 5.3 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.5

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,071 52,216 52,159 52,334 51,993 52,016 52,035 52,245 52,369

 Participation rate ................................................................. 60.0 59.8 59.7 60.3 59.7 59.6 59.6 59.8 59.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 49,716 50,210 49,766 50,041 49,797 49,710 49,839 50,116 50,061

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.2 57.5 57.0 57.6 57.1 57.0 57.1 57.4 57.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,355 2,006 2,393 2,293 2,197 2,306 2,196 2,130 2,308

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.5 3.8 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,018 5,789 6,763 6,043 5,944 5,854 5,981 5,981 5,851

 Participation rate ................................................................. 56.0 46.0 53.7 48.2 47.3 46.5 47.5 47.5 46.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,698 4,882 5,606 5,062 5,042 4,987 5,042 5,043 4,984

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 45.5 38.8 44.5 40.4 40.1 39.6 40.0 40.0 39.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,319 907 1,157 981 902 867 939 938 867

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 18.8 15.7 17.1 16.2 15.2 14.8 15.7 15.7 14.8

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,664 26,002 26,040 25,664 25,900 25,932 25,967 26,002 26,040

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,833 16,374 16,699 16,655 16,404 16,595 16,485 16,442 16,506

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.6 63.0 64.1 64.9 63.3 64.0 63.5 63.2 63.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,810 14,797 14,917 14,729 14,804 14,909 14,878 14,818 14,833

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.7 56.9 57.3 57.4 57.2 57.5 57.3 57.0 57.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,023 1,577 1,782 1,926 1,600 1,686 1,607 1,624 1,673

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 12.0 9.6 10.7 11.6 9.8 10.2 9.7 9.9 10.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,831 9,629 9,342 9,009 9,495 9,337 9,482 9,560 9,534

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,403 7,311 7,412 7,401 7,305 7,367 7,302 7,356 7,394

 Participation rate ................................................................. 72.1 70.1 70.9 72.1 70.3 70.8 70.1 70.5 70.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,627 6,661 6,756 6,586 6,620 6,689 6,626 6,674 6,709

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.5 63.8 64.6 64.1 63.7 64.3 63.6 64.0 64.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 775 650 656 815 684 678 676 683 685

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.5 8.9 8.9 11.0 9.4 9.2 9.3 9.3 9.3

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,512 8,349 8,397 8,485 8,418 8,492 8,502 8,342 8,374

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.4 63.5 63.8 65.2 64.2 64.7 64.7 63.4 63.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,666 7,648 7,618 7,670 7,674 7,700 7,763 7,642 7,626

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.9 58.1 57.8 58.9 58.5 58.7 59.1 58.1 57.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 846 701 779 815 745 792 739 700 748

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.9 8.4 9.3 9.6 8.8 9.3 8.7 8.4 8.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 919 714 890 769 682 737 681 744 738

 Participation rate ................................................................. 38.6 29.6 36.8 32.3 28.3 30.6 28.2 30.8 30.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 517 488 543 473 510 521 489 502 497

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 21.7 20.2 22.5 19.9 21.2 21.6 20.3 20.8 20.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 401 226 347 296 171 217 193 242 241

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 43.7 31.7 39.0 38.5 25.1 29.4 28.3 32.5 32.6

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,237 9,486 9,556 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,211 6,188 6,260 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.2 65.2 65.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,728 5,926 5,947 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.0 62.5 62.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 483 262 313 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.8 4.2 5.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,026 3,299 3,297 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

June

2003

May

2004

June

2004

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

 2004 

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 27,494 27,968 28,059 27,494 27,705 27,791 27,879 27,968 28,059

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 18,921 19,254 19,384 18,840 18,693 19,010 19,064 19,313 19,304

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 17,361 18,037 18,117 17,290 17,303 17,596 17,693 17,958 18,019

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.1 64.5 64.6 62.9 62.5 63.3 63.5 64.2 64.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,560 1,217 1,267 1,550 1,389 1,414 1,371 1,355 1,285

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.2 6.3 6.5 8.2 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,574 8,714 8,674 8,654 9,012 8,781 8,815 8,654 8,755

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,734 11,022 10,993 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.1 84.7 84.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,042 10,423 10,448 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 78.6 80.1 80.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 692 599 546 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.4 5.4 5.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,075 7,308 7,327 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 58.1 59.1 59.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,516 6,872 6,852 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 53.5 55.6 55.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 559 436 475 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.9 6.0 6.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 1,112 924 1,064 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 43.8 35.6 40.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 803 742 818 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 31.6 28.6 31.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 309 182 246 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 27.8 19.7 23.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

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

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

May

2004

June

2004

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

 2004 

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,709 12,497 12,524 12,558 12,526 12,390 12,019 12,212 12,326

 Participation rate ................................................................... 45.5 45.6 45.6 45.0 45.4 45.1 44.2 44.5 44.9

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,619 11,522 11,522 11,374 11,455 11,302 10,977 11,140 11,242

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 41.6 42.0 41.9 40.8 41.5 41.1 40.4 40.6 40.9

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,090 975 1,003 1,184 1,071 1,088 1,042 1,072 1,083

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 8.6 7.8 8.0 9.4 8.5 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.8

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 37,634 37,799 37,816 37,980 37,898 37,749 37,724 37,870 38,088

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.5 62.9 62.9 64.1 63.3 63.2 62.8 63.0 63.3

 Employed ................................................................................ 35,558 36,042 35,943 35,810 35,998 35,765 35,745 35,964 36,137

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 60.0 60.0 59.8 60.4 60.1 59.9 59.5 59.9 60.1

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 2,076 1,757 1,873 2,170 1,900 1,984 1,979 1,906 1,951

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.5 4.6 5.0 5.7 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.0 5.1

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 34,023 34,191 34,397 34,208 34,026 34,354 34,580 34,575 34,516

 Participation rate ................................................................... 72.6 72.3 72.4 73.0 72.1 72.8 73.0 73.1 72.6

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,345 32,898 32,956 32,539 32,536 32,726 33,152 33,183 33,083

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.0 69.5 69.3 69.4 68.9 69.3 70.0 70.2 69.6

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,679 1,293 1,440 1,669 1,489 1,628 1,428 1,392 1,433

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.9 3.8 4.2 4.9 4.4 4.7 4.1 4.0 4.2

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 39,776 40,252 39,963 39,944 39,917 40,371 40,185 40,104 40,175

 Participation rate ................................................................... 77.9 77.8 77.4 78.2 77.7 77.9 77.6 77.5 77.8

 Employed ................................................................................ 38,515 39,168 38,853 38,723 38,748 39,197 39,006 38,927 39,088

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

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,262 1,084 1,110 1,221 1,169 1,174 1,179 1,177 1,086

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.2 2.7 2.8 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7

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

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

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

May

2004

June

2004

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

 2004 

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,372 2,335 2,441 2,229 2,190 2,161 2,245 2,298 2,289

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,352 1,299 1,369 1,220 1,246 1,234 1,268 1,277 1,242

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 979 1,013 1,037 992 912 896 934 976 1,018

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 41 24 35 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 136,097 136,532 137,421 135,348 136,166 136,122 136,384 136,488 136,675

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 126,570 127,103 127,856 125,997 126,572 126,811 127,094 126,999 127,248

 Government .......................................................................... 19,433 19,897 19,808 19,677 19,497 19,936 19,917 19,759 19,984

 Private industries .................................................................. 107,137 107,206 108,048 106,283 107,008 106,833 107,142 107,256 107,234

 Private households ............................................................. 846 683 803 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 106,290 106,523 107,245 105,458 106,173 106,035 106,377 106,514 106,457

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,415 9,342 9,457 9,258 9,498 9,210 9,228 9,365 9,338

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 112 87 108 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,798 4,427 4,623 4,615 4,437 4,733 4,574 4,665 4,513

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,073 2,673 2,729 3,136 2,865 3,011 2,819 2,853 2,803

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,395 1,427 1,520 1,266 1,347 1,427 1,439 1,467 1,404

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 17,942 20,015 18,336 19,382 18,900 19,006 19,000 19,621 19,531

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,702 4,370 4,568 4,500 4,328 4,622 4,471 4,605 4,442

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,013 2,631 2,696 3,064 2,778 2,927 2,756 2,812 2,762

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,372 1,424 1,506 1,244 1,340 1,414 1,431 1,476 1,387

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 17,570 19,680 17,999 18,930 18,691 18,693 18,664 19,220 19,072

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

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

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

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

bad weather.

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

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

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

survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

May

2004

June

2004

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

 2004 

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 138,468 138,867 139,861 137,673 138,301 138,298 138,576 138,772 139,031

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 6,581 5,690 6,517 5,873 5,875 5,797 5,888 5,888 5,832

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,622 1,999 2,334 2,297 2,330 2,191 2,256 2,152 2,080

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,958 3,692 4,184 3,579 3,573 3,590 3,634 3,713 3,748

 20 years and over ................................................................... 131,887 133,177 133,344 131,800 132,426 132,501 132,689 132,883 133,199

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,851 13,547 14,070 13,462 13,582 13,602 13,767 13,669 13,676

 25 years and over ................................................................. 118,036 119,631 119,274 118,370 118,869 118,832 118,886 119,198 119,554

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 97,119 97,675 97,448 97,287 96,982 96,871 97,124 97,343 97,550

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,446 30,494 30,633 30,416 30,178 30,260 30,316 30,396 30,542

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,747 34,786 34,556 34,861 34,486 34,425 34,421 34,611 34,653

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 31,927 32,395 32,259 32,010 32,319 32,186 32,388 32,336 32,355

 55 years and over ............................................................... 20,917 21,956 21,827 21,082 21,886 21,961 21,762 21,856 22,003

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 73,894 74,089 75,279 73,124 73,901 74,006 74,053 74,035 74,476

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 3,332 2,784 3,308 2,935 2,931 2,878 2,935 2,873 2,906

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,293 902 1,116 1,091 1,105 999 1,044 967 956

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 2,039 1,881 2,191 1,848 1,850 1,858 1,886 1,897 1,957

 20 years and over ................................................................... 70,562 71,306 71,971 70,190 70,969 71,128 71,118 71,162 71,570

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,262 7,110 7,499 7,027 7,155 7,202 7,235 7,165 7,244

 25 years and over ................................................................. 63,300 64,196 64,472 63,160 63,903 63,879 63,839 63,969 64,306

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 52,156 52,557 52,756 51,967 52,179 52,107 52,283 52,377 52,543

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,760 16,831 16,969 16,672 16,608 16,693 16,685 16,758 16,856

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,730 18,779 18,830 18,694 18,683 18,632 18,656 18,728 18,787

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,667 16,947 16,957 16,601 16,889 16,781 16,942 16,890 16,900

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,143 11,639 11,716 11,193 11,724 11,772 11,556 11,593 11,763

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 64,574 64,778 64,583 64,548 64,400 64,292 64,523 64,737 64,555

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 3,249 2,906 3,210 2,938 2,944 2,919 2,952 3,016 2,926

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,329 1,096 1,217 1,206 1,225 1,192 1,212 1,185 1,124

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,919 1,810 1,992 1,731 1,723 1,732 1,747 1,816 1,791

 20 years and over ................................................................... 61,326 61,872 61,373 61,610 61,456 61,373 61,571 61,721 61,629

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,589 6,437 6,571 6,435 6,427 6,400 6,532 6,504 6,432

 25 years and over ................................................................. 54,737 55,435 54,802 55,210 54,966 54,953 55,047 55,229 55,248

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 44,963 45,118 44,692 45,320 44,803 44,764 44,841 44,966 45,007

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,686 13,663 13,664 13,744 13,570 13,566 13,631 13,637 13,686

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 16,017 16,007 15,726 16,168 15,803 15,793 15,765 15,883 15,866

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,260 15,448 15,302 15,409 15,430 15,405 15,446 15,446 15,455

 55 years and over ............................................................... 9,774 10,317 10,110 9,889 10,162 10,189 10,205 10,263 10,240

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 44,403 44,754 44,861 44,459 45,128 45,043 44,735 44,723 44,938

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,158 34,504 33,970 34,627 34,502 34,256 34,339 34,522 34,461

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,642 8,769 8,799 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 114,527 113,946 115,727 112,996 114,037 113,951 114,094 113,894 114,269

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 23,941 24,921 24,135 24,862 24,081 24,273 24,397 24,820 24,878

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

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

week.

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

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

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

survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

June

2003

May

2004

June

2004

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

 2004 

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 9,245 8,203 8,248 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,381 1,225 1,181 19.0 16.6 16.5 16.9 17.2 16.8

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 614 593 539 21.1 17.6 19.4 20.2 21.6 20.6

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 755 642 627 17.4 15.7 14.5 14.7 14.7 14.3

 20 years and over ................................................................... 7,864 6,978 7,066 5.6 5.0 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.0

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,581 1,465 1,484 10.5 9.5 9.6 9.2 9.7 9.8

 25 years and over ................................................................. 6,327 5,510 5,575 5.1 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 5,321 4,625 4,639 5.2 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.5

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 2,048 1,800 1,649 6.3 5.6 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.1

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,946 1,522 1,657 5.3 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.6

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,328 1,303 1,333 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0

 55 years and over ............................................................... 969 891 904 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 5,214 4,566 4,442 6.7 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.6

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 729 680 640 19.9 17.2 18.3 19.1 19.1 18.1

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 330 294 282 23.2 19.4 22.3 23.4 23.3 22.8

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 404 378 368 17.9 15.7 15.8 16.5 16.6 15.8

 20 years and over ................................................................... 4,485 3,886 3,802 6.0 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.0

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 909 821 844 11.5 10.0 10.1 10.0 10.3 10.4

 25 years and over ................................................................. 3,608 3,064 2,943 5.4 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.4

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,977 2,563 2,415 5.4 4.7 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.4

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,158 1,071 850 6.5 6.0 5.9 5.5 6.0 4.8

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,080 801 883 5.5 4.5 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.5

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 739 691 682 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

 55 years and over ............................................................... 631 501 528 5.3 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.3

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 4,031 3,637 3,806 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.6

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 652 545 541 18.2 16.0 14.7 14.5 15.3 15.6

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 284 299 258 19.1 15.9 16.9 17.3 20.1 18.7

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 351 264 259 16.8 15.6 13.0 12.6 12.7 12.6

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,379 3,092 3,264 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.8 5.0

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 672 644 640 9.5 8.9 8.9 8.3 9.0 9.0

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,719 2,446 2,632 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.2 4.5

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,344 2,062 2,224 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.7

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 889 729 800 6.1 5.2 5.9 5.4 5.1 5.5

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 866 721 774 5.1 4.5 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.7

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 589 612 651 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.0

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 372 351 404 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.8

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,987 1,437 1,468 4.3 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,391 1,185 1,328 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.7

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 826 701 781 8.7 8.1 8.4 7.5 7.4 8.2

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 7,686 6,880 6,794 6.4 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.6

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,554 1,372 1,450 5.9 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.5

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

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

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

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

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2004, data

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

May

2004

June

2004

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

 2004 

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,775 3,778 3,930 4,972 4,323 4,607 4,399 4,211 4,099

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 1,000 715 868 1,177 1,064 1,040 994 926 1,011

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,774 3,062 3,062 3,795 3,258 3,567 3,405 3,286 3,088

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,849 2,354 2,377 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 925 709 685 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 854 772 890 890 827 836 822 846 902

Reentrants ................................................................................ 3,041 2,537 2,838 2,646 2,424 2,424 2,314 2,438 2,435

New entrants ............................................................................ 980 706 959 642 676 627 645 713 636

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 ......... 49.5 48.5 45.6 54.3 52.4 54.2 53.8 51.3 50.8

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 10.4 9.2 10.1 12.9 12.9 12.2 12.1 11.3 12.5

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 39.1 39.3 35.5 41.5 39.5 42.0 41.6 40.0 38.3

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 8.8 9.9 10.3 9.7 10.0 9.8 10.1 10.3 11.2

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 31.5 32.6 32.9 28.9 29.4 28.5 28.3 29.7 30.2

 New entrants ........................................................................... 10.2 9.1 11.1 7.0 8.2 7.4 7.9 8.7 7.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 3.2 2.6 2.6 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8

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

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 2.1 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7

 New entrants ........................................................................... .7 .5 .6 .4 .5 .4 .4 .5 .4

1 Data not available.

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

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

May

2004

June

2004

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

 2004 

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 3,676 2,718 3,400 2,937 2,468 2,589 2,792 2,707 2,688

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,525 1,940 2,207 2,787 2,412 2,414 2,369 2,376 2,405

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,448 3,135 3,009 3,510 3,274 3,320 2,969 3,077 3,065

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,420 1,357 1,232 1,500 1,403 1,332 1,170 1,288 1,306

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 2,028 1,777 1,777 2,010 1,871 1,988 1,800 1,789 1,759

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 18.4 20.3 18.8 19.6 20.3 20.1 19.7 20.0 19.9

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 8.6 9.9 8.2 11.7 10.3 10.3 9.5 10.0 10.8

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 .................................................................. 38.1 34.9 39.5 31.8 30.3 31.1 34.3 33.2 33.0

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 26.2 24.9 25.6 30.2 29.6 29.0 29.1 29.1 29.5

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 35.7 40.2 34.9 38.0 40.2 39.9 36.5 37.7 37.6

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 14.7 17.4 14.3 16.2 17.2 16.0 14.4 15.8 16.0

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 21.0 22.8 20.6 21.8 22.9 23.9 22.1 21.9 21.6

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

June

2003

June

2004

June

2003

June

2004

June

2003

June

2004

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 138,468 139,861 9,649 8,616 6.5 5.8

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 47,800 48,122 1,730 1,428 3.5 2.9

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,278 20,322 704 518 3.4 2.5

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 27,521 27,800 1,026 911 3.6 3.2

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 23,038 23,374 1,707 1,694 6.9 6.8

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,458 35,500 2,371 2,062 6.3 5.5

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 15,808 15,982 1,116 993 6.6 5.8

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,650 19,517 1,255 1,070 6.0 5.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 14,292 14,976 1,139 1,027 7.4 6.4

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 1,109 1,119 91 101 7.6 8.3

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 8,385 8,888 731 738 8.0 7.7

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 4,799 4,969 317 188 6.2 3.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 17,880 17,889 1,705 1,420 8.7 7.4

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,748 9,314 865 760 8.1 7.5

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,132 8,575 840 660 9.4 7.1

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

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

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

Industry

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

June

2003

June

2004

June

2003

June

2004

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 9,649 8,616 6.5 5.8

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 7,576 6,665 6.6 5.8

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 36 27 6.8 5.0

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 710 668 7.9 7.0

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,232 957 7.0 5.6

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 800 542 7.3 5.1

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 432 415 6.6 6.3

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,434 1,182 6.9 5.8

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 300 227 5.5 4.3

 Information ........................................................................................................ 239 172 6.4 5.0

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 358 335 4.0 3.6

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 1,092 814 8.5 6.5

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 769 769 4.4 4.2

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 1,048 1,189 8.6 9.6

 Other services .................................................................................................. 359 326 5.9 5.4

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 94 106 6.9 7.6

Government workers ......................................................................................... 704 580 3.5 2.8

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 295 306 2.7 2.8

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

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

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

May

2004

June

2004

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004

June

 2004 

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.1

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.2 2.6 2.6 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 6.5 5.3 5.8 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 6.8 5.6 6.1 6.6 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 7.4 6.3 6.7 7.2 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.5

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 ........................................................................................... 10.6 9.3 9.8 10.3 9.6 9.9 9.6 9.7 9.6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Labor Review. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

June

2003

June

2004

June

2003

June

2004

June

2003

June

2004

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 72,897 74,718 27,199 27,863 45,698 46,855

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 5,085 5,000 2,262 2,272 2,823 2,727

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,468 1,492 712 729 756 762

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 478 478 253 297 225 181

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 990 1,013 459 432 531 582

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,313 7,361 3,778 3,726 3,535 3,635

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.9 5.5 5.6

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,809 3,719 2,154 2,099 1,655 1,619

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,563 1,614 500 433 1,063 1,181

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 341 332 237 201 104 131

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,547 1,657 860 962 687 695

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

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

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

Change

from:

May 2004-

June 2004p

Total nonfarm ............................. 130,830 130,978 131,875 132,359 129,859 130,277 130,630 130,954 131,189 131,301 112

Total private ........................................ 109,250 108,996 109,923 110,811 108,292 108,738 109,077 109,382 109,645 109,762 117

Goods-producing ............................................ 22,124 21,627 21,945 22,221 21,805 21,684 21,778 21,822 21,888 21,878 -10

Natural resources and mining .................................. 580 574 586 598 573 572 581 585 588 589 1

Logging ............................................................ 70.8 60.9 63.3 65.1 69.7 64.2 65.9 66.7 65.6 64.3 -1.3

Mining .................................................................... 509.5 513.0 522.9 533.0 503.2 508.1 514.9 518.5 522.7 524.4 1.7

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 125.4 130.7 132.7 133.6 123.7 128.9 130.0 131.0 132.2 131.4 -.8

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 207.0 203.1 208.8 213.3 203.3 200.6 202.8 205.2 207.3 208.2 .9

Coal mining ...................................................... 70.8 70.8 72.5 74.1 70.9 70.2 70.6 71.8 72.7 73.7 1.0

Support activities for mining .............................. 177.1 179.2 181.4 186.1 176.2 178.6 182.1 182.3 183.2 184.8 1.6

Construction ............................................................. 6,940 6,734 6,967 7,141 6,718 6,791 6,853 6,872 6,911 6,911 0

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,614.3 1,575.3 1,621.4 1,664.5 1,572.3 1,590.9 1,607.6 1,609.8 1,620.2 1,620.5 .3

Heavy and civil engineering construction ......... 964.6 901.3 949.7 977.5 907.3 924.0 926.8 924.7 924.5 922.1 -2.4

Specialty trade contractors ................................ 4,361.2 4,256.9 4,395.6 4,499.0 4,238.8 4,276.5 4,318.9 4,337.3 4,366.2 4,368.5 2.3

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,604 14,319 14,392 14,482 14,514 14,321 14,344 14,365 14,389 14,378 -11

Production workers ....................................... 10,252 10,057 10,118 10,190 10,181 10,038 10,058 10,085 10,110 10,103 -7

Durable goods ....................................................... 9,014 8,916 8,958 9,015 8,958 8,882 8,899 8,924 8,946 8,949 3

Production workers ....................................... 6,186 6,127 6,162 6,205 6,142 6,088 6,101 6,126 6,148 6,151 3

Wood products ................................................... 540.8 534.9 545.0 552.2 533.3 538.4 539.7 540.0 544.2 544.3 .1

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 503.4 494.0 504.8 513.6 494.8 490.5 493.2 497.8 501.6 503.3 1.7

Primary metals .................................................... 476.2 461.4 463.4 467.0 475.8 462.4 462.0 462.5 464.1 465.8 1.7

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,481.7 1,485.6 1,493.9 1,503.8 1,474.4 1,476.6 1,478.5 1,486.7 1,494.7 1,495.2 .5

Machinery ........................................................... 1,156.0 1,153.1 1,155.3 1,163.5 1,149.9 1,141.2 1,145.1 1,152.0 1,153.2 1,156.8 3.6

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,363.5 1,337.2 1,344.3 1,350.1 1,359.3 1,333.9 1,338.0 1,339.7 1,344.0 1,343.8 -.2

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 229.1 218.1 218.4 218.5 227.3 219.0 218.6 218.1 218.0 216.4 -1.6

Communications equipment ........................... 156.6 154.8 155.7 157.3 156.5 154.8 155.0 155.1 155.6 156.9 1.3

Semiconductors and electronic components . 462.8 452.9 456.3 459.2 461.5 451.4 452.1 453.4 455.8 457.0 1.2

Electronic instruments ..................................... 428.5 426.2 429.3 432.0 426.9 423.3 426.8 427.5 429.7 430.0 .3

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 461.6 447.1 445.7 449.0 459.7 448.6 446.8 446.5 446.4 446.7 .3

Transportation equipment .................................. 1,786.1 1,770.1 1,771.8 1,776.5 1,775.0 1,766.5 1,769.1 1,768.8 1,767.8 1,765.0 -2.8

Furniture and related products .......................... 575.9 578.0 578.4 581.0 571.1 571.2 573.4 576.5 576.2 575.1 -1.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 668.8 654.8 654.9 658.1 664.3 653.0 653.0 653.0 653.5 652.6 -.9

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,590 5,403 5,434 5,467 5,556 5,439 5,445 5,441 5,443 5,429 -14

Production workers ....................................... 4,066 3,930 3,956 3,985 4,039 3,950 3,957 3,959 3,962 3,952 -10

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,513.7 1,472.1 1,484.5 1,498.5 1,517.8 1,502.4 1,504.5 1,502.7 1,503.8 1,501.3 -2.5

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 203.5 193.5 196.2 202.4 200.4 195.9 197.2 197.8 197.7 198.7 1.0

Textile mills ......................................................... 266.6 237.7 237.7 238.4 262.9 237.3 237.1 235.8 236.0 234.7 -1.3

Textile product mills ........................................... 184.1 182.3 184.5 183.0 181.6 176.6 179.7 180.1 181.7 179.9 -1.8

Apparel ................................................................ 321.0 292.7 292.4 294.6 313.2 297.1 294.3 292.7 290.1 287.4 -2.7

Leather and allied products ............................... 45.2 45.4 45.8 45.2 44.2 44.8 44.8 44.6 44.5 44.1 -.4

Paper and paper products ................................. 522.9 504.5 505.6 507.6 519.2 508.0 508.8 507.0 506.9 504.1 -2.8

Printing and related support activities ............... 685.3 659.8 665.6 668.1 682.2 665.0 664.4 663.6 665.8 664.6 -1.2

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 117.1 111.5 113.7 116.6 114.8 112.9 113.1 112.6 113.3 114.0 .7

Chemicals ........................................................... 912.4 895.6 896.2 898.2 907.9 894.7 894.9 896.4 894.2 892.8 -1.4

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 818.4 807.5 811.5 814.4 811.8 803.9 806.3 807.5 809.4 807.7 -1.7

Service-providing ............................................ 108,706 109,351 109,930 110,138 108,054 108,593 108,852 109,132 109,301 109,423 122

Private service-providing ............................ 87,126 87,369 87,978 88,590 86,487 87,054 87,299 87,560 87,757 87,884 127

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,285 25,232 25,411 25,559 25,266 25,331 25,415 25,448 25,485 25,509 24

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,636.5 5,626.2 5,646.1 5,664.4 5,608.6 5,612.2 5,623.5 5,632.5 5,636.1 5,633.8 -2.3

Durable goods .................................................... 2,962.1 2,965.1 2,971.3 2,986.2 2,948.4 2,953.8 2,963.4 2,967.5 2,968.4 2,970.9 2.5

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,017.6 1,993.3 2,003.6 2,004.4 2,005.1 1,994.5 1,995.3 1,996.3 1,996.9 1,991.3 -5.6

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 656.8 667.8 671.2 673.8 655.1 663.9 664.8 668.7 670.8 671.6 .8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

Change

from:

May 2004-

June 2004p

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,880.1 14,850.3 14,968.4 15,052.4 14,908.0 14,963.0 15,013.0 15,037.1 15,054.7 15,061.4 6.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,894.1 1,908.0 1,916.1 1,923.1 1,881.7 1,900.9 1,906.9 1,910.9 1,912.0 1,909.1 -2.9

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,257.6 1,262.9 1,262.1 1,265.4 1,254.8 1,262.9 1,263.9 1,264.7 1,263.6 1,262.4 -1.2

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 539.8 539.3 539.6 541.0 543.1 544.5 544.8 544.5 545.0 544.6 -.4

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 503.3 511.2 504.2 504.5 511.3 508.2 511.7 514.1 513.1 512.6 -.5

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,238.2 1,271.0 1,304.7 1,301.9 1,187.4 1,231.4 1,243.5 1,247.3 1,250.3 1,248.2 -2.1

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,860.1 2,804.9 2,836.0 2,857.3 2,847.3 2,831.3 2,838.9 2,839.9 2,845.9 2,843.2 -2.7

Health and personal care stores ....................... 945.5 949.8 952.5 964.6 943.2 954.9 958.2 957.9 958.4 961.7 3.3

Gasoline stations ................................................ 891.7 864.7 874.6 880.9 882.6 871.8 873.0 872.4 872.5 871.4 -1.1

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,277.2 1,292.9 1,306.6 1,328.9 1,293.1 1,311.3 1,321.8 1,328.0 1,333.5 1,341.6 8.1

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 625.8 615.9 621.5 618.6 644.8 636.8 636.5 635.8 636.7 636.0 -.7

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,753.2 2,758.9 2,766.5 2,777.1 2,811.2 2,822.5 2,824.4 2,831.0 2,830.2 2,831.5 1.3

Department stores .......................................... 1,565.8 1,557.2 1,561.3 1,559.8 1,612.2 1,602.7 1,604.9 1,607.3 1,606.5 1,603.4 -3.1

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 935.9 915.3 928.3 933.9 934.7 924.6 926.9 927.9 927.3 929.8 2.5

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 415.3 418.4 417.8 420.6 427.6 424.8 426.4 427.4 429.8 431.7 1.9

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,187.0 4,175.7 4,214.3 4,255.9 4,171.6 4,175.8 4,197.0 4,196.5 4,212.2 4,231.4 19.2

Air transportation ................................................ 523.8 511.9 513.1 514.5 523.0 511.6 512.9 513.3 513.6 513.1 -.5

Rail transportation .............................................. 216.6 216.4 216.5 218.3 216.0 215.7 216.0 216.3 216.3 217.2 .9

Water transportation ........................................... 54.8 50.0 51.3 53.9 53.1 48.8 49.2 50.6 50.9 51.9 1.0

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,339.8 1,336.2 1,347.8 1,376.2 1,324.6 1,344.1 1,346.4 1,352.2 1,354.3 1,360.1 5.8

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 378.7 385.5 400.0 386.8 378.3 380.1 380.5 372.3 382.8 385.9 3.1

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 40.6 37.9 38.2 38.7 40.4 38.2 38.1 38.1 38.3 38.4 .1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 34.5 28.7 32.8 37.2 29.1 29.7 31.4 31.1 31.1 30.8 -.3

Support activities for transportation ................... 519.2 515.7 516.3 523.7 517.1 515.5 518.5 519.1 519.8 520.7 .9

Couriers and messengers .................................. 564.3 564.1 572.4 578.9 569.4 567.7 572.1 570.9 574.3 579.9 5.6

Warehousing and storage .................................. 514.7 529.3 525.9 527.7 520.6 524.4 531.9 532.6 530.8 533.4 2.6

Utilities ................................................................... 581.7 579.3 581.7 586.0 577.8 580.0 581.2 582.1 582.1 582.0 -.1

Information ................................................................ 3,207 3,160 3,176 3,194 3,194 3,169 3,169 3,173 3,177 3,178 1

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 926.9 913.5 911.9 917.7 926.4 915.1 915.3 916.3 915.4 916.8 1.4

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 383.3 376.5 393.0 399.1 374.2 382.7 381.2 385.7 390.1 389.4 -.7

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 326.6 332.4 334.3 336.2 326.3 331.8 333.0 333.3 335.4 335.8 .4

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 29.8 32.4 33.0 33.9 29.5 31.9 31.8 32.5 33.0 33.5 .5

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,084.2 1,050.7 1,048.6 1,048.5 1,082.0 1,058.2 1,055.0 1,051.9 1,047.7 1,046.0 -1.7

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 408.2 404.9 405.7 407.9 408.0 401.1 403.7 404.0 405.5 407.0 1.5

Other information services ................................. 47.8 49.8 49.8 50.2 47.5 48.0 48.6 49.6 49.6 49.8 .2

Financial activities .................................................... 8,048 7,995 8,033 8,106 7,988 7,989 8,003 8,015 8,032 8,038 6

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,957.2 5,937.6 5,945.5 5,983.0 5,933.8 5,924.7 5,933.0 5,943.7 5,950.8 5,955.8 5.0

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.8 22.4 21.7 22.0 22.7 22.4 22.3 22.3 21.8 21.9 .1

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,810.0 2,797.5 2,802.3 2,824.1 2,797.6 2,787.2 2,793.8 2,802.1 2,805.3 2,808.9 3.6

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,761.2 1,762.4 1,763.2 1,777.2 1,752.2 1,762.6 1,762.8 1,765.0 1,765.8 1,767.9 2.1

Commercial banking .................................... 1,287.7 1,283.2 1,282.6 1,292.2 1,281.5 1,283.5 1,284.1 1,285.0 1,284.7 1,285.4 .7

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 764.0 777.7 780.6 790.6 760.7 778.2 780.8 781.0 784.0 787.0 3.0

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,278.7 2,261.0 2,263.0 2,268.4 2,271.3 2,257.4 2,257.1 2,259.5 2,261.6 2,260.3 -1.3

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 81.7 79.0 77.9 77.9 81.5 79.5 79.0 78.8 78.1 77.7 -.4

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,090.7 2,057.7 2,087.1 2,123.4 2,053.8 2,064.5 2,069.5 2,071.6 2,081.2 2,082.1 .9

Real estate .......................................................... 1,402.9 1,401.1 1,419.0 1,442.8 1,382.4 1,400.2 1,405.8 1,409.2 1,417.0 1,418.0 1.0

Rental and leasing services ............................... 658.6 627.9 639.0 650.9 642.8 634.2 634.1 633.2 635.1 634.9 -.2

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 29.2 28.7 29.1 29.7 28.6 30.1 29.6 29.2 29.1 29.2 .1

Professional and business services ........................ 16,102 16,335 16,421 16,621 15,967 16,196 16,237 16,363 16,429 16,468 39

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,600.1 6,761.5 6,649.3 6,722.5 6,606.5 6,658.1 6,679.8 6,701.4 6,707.1 6,730.2 23.1

Legal services .................................................. 1,152.6 1,134.4 1,137.1 1,163.4 1,137.4 1,139.2 1,138.4 1,141.9 1,143.4 1,147.5 4.1

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 750.8 908.5 765.1 756.5 802.0 813.3 812.8 818.5 807.5 810.8 3.3

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,236.6 1,245.3 1,258.1 1,280.0 1,220.8 1,240.0 1,246.4 1,254.1 1,258.0 1,262.4 4.4

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,114.5 1,102.0 1,107.0 1,117.0 1,112.4 1,099.8 1,103.5 1,103.5 1,109.2 1,115.5 6.3

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 742.9 776.3 783.7 791.8 741.6 767.9 774.0 780.9 785.3 790.0 4.7

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

Change

from:

May 2004-

June 2004p

Professional and business services--Continued

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,679.3 1,671.8 1,680.8 1,691.3 1,674.9 1,675.6 1,676.6 1,679.7 1,683.3 1,685.9 2.6

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,822.1 7,901.7 8,090.8 8,206.9 7,685.9 7,862.4 7,880.1 7,982.3 8,038.4 8,052.2 13.8

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,496.6 7,578.1 7,764.7 7,875.5 7,364.8 7,539.6 7,556.8 7,657.0 7,713.6 7,725.5 11.9

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,351.9 3,478.7 3,571.8 3,634.9 3,314.6 3,493.8 3,492.3 3,553.7 3,591.3 3,594.6 3.3

Temporary help services ............................. 2,260.0 2,366.7 2,439.4 2,493.8 2,235.4 2,370.4 2,380.3 2,423.8 2,453.3 2,465.4 12.1

Business support services .............................. 742.0 747.5 747.1 753.4 747.8 739.8 746.0 748.6 751.6 757.2 5.6

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,725.0 1,676.9 1,752.3 1,790.8 1,634.8 1,639.5 1,646.2 1,674.5 1,685.2 1,691.0 5.8

Waste management and remediation services 325.5 323.6 326.1 331.4 321.1 322.8 323.3 325.3 324.8 326.7 1.9

Education and health services ................................ 16,398 17,024 16,968 16,755 16,576 16,764 16,813 16,854 16,893 16,930 37

Educational services ............................................. 2,476.3 2,894.7 2,799.3 2,549.4 2,677.7 2,727.4 2,736.0 2,740.8 2,745.1 2,752.1 7.0

Health care and social assistance ........................13,921.2 14,129.1 14,168.2 14,205.1 13,898.4 14,036.8 14,077.1 14,113.1 14,147.9 14,177.4 29.5

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,791.7 4,881.8 4,899.0 4,925.1 4,777.3 4,855.3 4,868.0 4,883.6 4,897.7 4,908.6 10.9

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,003.4 2,042.8 2,046.0 2,053.3 2,001.0 2,034.4 2,043.5 2,046.1 2,049.6 2,051.4 1.8

Outpatient care centers ................................... 425.2 432.9 436.0 435.5 425.0 431.1 430.3 432.2 435.2 435.2 .0

Home health care services ............................. 734.3 748.3 753.2 763.6 729.7 741.5 743.8 748.4 752.2 757.8 5.6

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,266.1 4,299.8 4,306.6 4,327.5 4,259.8 4,284.1 4,298.0 4,305.1 4,314.7 4,320.4 5.7

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,794.5 2,801.2 2,805.7 2,812.4 2,786.7 2,791.1 2,798.4 2,802.8 2,804.8 2,805.0 .2

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,589.0 1,581.5 1,583.5 1,587.9 1,586.1 1,578.7 1,582.1 1,584.0 1,584.8 1,584.9 .1

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,068.9 2,146.3 2,156.9 2,140.1 2,074.6 2,106.3 2,112.7 2,121.6 2,130.7 2,143.4 12.7

Child day care services ................................... 746.6 795.1 800.1 783.3 756.5 772.2 773.7 777.6 779.8 791.1 11.3

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,633 12,226 12,545 12,878 12,097 12,229 12,271 12,303 12,332 12,340 8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 2,031.9 1,754.7 1,871.5 2,019.3 1,792.1 1,796.7 1,798.7 1,791.1 1,791.6 1,786.0 -5.6

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 387.0 367.4 374.4 374.5 366.6 366.5 364.6 361.4 358.7 357.7 -1.0

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 122.9 113.6 118.3 123.4 114.3 113.7 114.2 114.6 115.4 114.7 -.7

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,522.0 1,273.7 1,378.8 1,521.4 1,311.2 1,316.5 1,319.9 1,315.1 1,317.5 1,313.6 -3.9

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,601.3 10,471.1 10,673.5 10,858.5 10,305.1 10,432.3 10,472.0 10,511.8 10,540.3 10,553.6 13.3

Accommodations ................................................ 1,845.4 1,716.3 1,762.1 1,854.0 1,756.0 1,754.4 1,753.4 1,758.5 1,758.9 1,765.2 6.3

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,755.9 8,754.8 8,911.4 9,004.5 8,549.1 8,677.9 8,718.6 8,753.3 8,781.4 8,788.4 7.0

Other services .......................................................... 5,453 5,397 5,424 5,477 5,399 5,376 5,391 5,404 5,409 5,421 12

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,246.4 1,241.2 1,241.9 1,245.3 1,238.9 1,230.5 1,239.4 1,238.2 1,238.3 1,237.0 -1.3

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,271.4 1,260.0 1,279.4 1,284.1 1,258.5 1,247.6 1,255.9 1,260.5 1,267.5 1,269.4 1.9

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,934.8 2,895.9 2,902.6 2,947.6 2,902.0 2,898.3 2,895.2 2,904.8 2,903.1 2,914.5 11.4

Government .............................................................. 21,580 21,982 21,952 21,548 21,567 21,539 21,553 21,572 21,544 21,539 -5

Federal ................................................................... 2,772 2,726 2,705 2,718 2,763 2,716 2,710 2,727 2,706 2,706 0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,963.0 1,940.9 1,921.5 1,936.3 1,949.6 1,923.8 1,921.1 1,939.5 1,920.6 1,922.6 2.0

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 809.0 784.8 783.3 781.3 813.0 791.7 789.1 787.3 785.1 783.4 -1.7

State government .................................................. 4,829 5,166 5,062 4,836 4,996 5,018 5,023 5,019 5,011 5,013 2

State government education .............................. 2,055.4 2,428.8 2,314.7 2,067.0 2,247.9 2,279.6 2,283.2 2,278.3 2,267.9 2,270.0 2.1

State government, excluding education ............ 2,773.7 2,737.5 2,747.0 2,769.0 2,748.0 2,738.4 2,739.7 2,740.6 2,742.7 2,742.9 .2

Local government .................................................. 13,979 14,090 14,185 13,994 13,808 13,805 13,820 13,826 13,827 13,820 -7

Local government education ............................. 7,713.5 8,043.5 8,078.4 7,726.3 7,707.1 7,694.3 7,704.7 7,710.9 7,710.6 7,711.0 .4

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,265.8 6,046.7 6,106.3 6,267.8 6,101.1 6,110.8 6,114.8 6,115.4 6,116.0 6,108.8 -7.2

1

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

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

Change

from:

May 2004-

June 2004p

Total private ....................................... 34.1 33.5 34.0 33.7 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.7 33.8 33.6 -0.2

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

Natural resources and mining .............................. 44.3 43.8 44.2 45.1 43.6 44.1 44.2 44.3 44.2 44.4 .2

Construction ............................................................ 39.0 37.7 38.7 38.6 38.4 38.5 38.6 38.2 38.3 38.1 -.2

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.5 40.6 41.1 41.0 40.3 41.0 40.9 40.7 41.1 40.8 -.3

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.1 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6 .0

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.0 41.1 41.6 41.5 40.7 41.5 41.4 41.2 41.5 41.2 -.3

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.3 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.1 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.7 -.1

Wood products .................................................. 41.0 40.8 41.8 41.6 40.3 41.1 41.0 41.0 41.4 41.0 -.4

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.9 42.3 42.2 42.7 42.1 42.5 42.9 42.3 41.9 42.0 .1

Primary metals .................................................. 42.2 43.2 43.5 43.5 42.0 43.0 43.2 43.1 43.5 43.3 -.2

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.8 40.8 41.3 41.1 40.6 41.2 41.1 41.0 41.3 40.9 -.4

Machinery .......................................................... 41.1 41.6 42.4 42.3 40.9 41.8 41.7 41.6 42.2 42.0 -.2

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.6 40.2 40.6 40.6 40.4 41.2 40.7 40.5 40.7 40.4 -.3

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 41.1 40.5 41.4 41.0 40.8 40.7 40.8 40.8 41.6 40.8 -.8

Transportation equipment ............................... 41.9 42.4 43.0 42.7 41.4 42.9 42.8 42.4 42.7 42.3 -.4

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.0 39.5 39.7 39.5 38.9 39.4 39.6 39.5 39.9 39.5 -.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.5 38.3 38.8 38.2 38.4 38.7 38.7 38.3 38.8 38.2 -.6

Nondurable goods ............................................... 39.8 39.7 40.2 40.2 39.7 40.3 40.1 40.0 40.3 40.1 -.2

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.4 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 39.3 38.4 39.5 39.6 39.3 39.4 39.3 39.1 39.7 39.6 -.1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 39.5 39.8 39.5 39.1 38.8 40.3 39.4 39.6 39.2 38.6 -.6

Textile mills ........................................................ 38.9 39.6 40.2 40.2 38.8 40.0 40.2 39.5 40.1 40.1 .0

Textile product mills ......................................... 39.5 38.4 38.4 39.0 39.0 39.9 38.8 38.3 38.6 38.7 .1

Apparel ............................................................... 35.6 36.0 36.3 36.1 35.1 36.2 36.3 35.9 36.1 35.7 -.4

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.2 39.5 38.4 38.9 38.8 39.5 39.4 39.1 38.5 38.8 .3

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.4 41.8 42.2 42.0 41.4 42.0 41.8 41.9 42.5 42.0 -.5

Printing and related support activities ........... 37.9 38.2 38.3 38.3 38.2 38.6 38.4 38.4 38.6 38.6 .0

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 44.5 43.4 44.7 44.6 44.2 44.1 43.7 43.9 45.1 44.3 -.8

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.4 42.8 42.8 42.7 42.2 43.2 43.0 43.0 42.9 42.5 -.4

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.4 40.8 40.9 41.1 40.1 40.9 40.9 40.7 40.9 40.8 -.1

Private service-providing ............................. 32.7 32.1 32.6 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.2 -.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 34.0 33.2 33.7 33.5 33.5 33.7 33.6 33.5 33.6 33.3 -.3

Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.3 37.8 38.2 37.5 37.8 38.0 38.0 38.0 37.8 37.5 -.3

Retail trade ........................................................... 31.4 30.4 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.9 30.8 30.7 30.8 30.5 -.3

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.0 36.5 37.4 36.9 36.6 37.2 36.9 36.9 37.2 36.8 -.4

Utilities ................................................................... 41.1 41.0 41.3 41.3 41.0 41.0 41.2 41.2 41.4 41.2 -.2

Information ............................................................... 36.7 36.0 36.3 36.4 36.3 36.3 36.3 36.3 36.4 36.4 .0

Financial activities .................................................. 36.2 35.3 36.1 35.3 35.5 35.5 35.5 35.6 35.8 35.5 -.3

Professional and business services .................... 34.7 34.1 34.6 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.1 34.1 34.2 33.9 -.3

Education and health services ............................. 32.5 32.3 32.5 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 26.1 25.4 25.9 25.8 25.5 25.8 25.7 25.7 25.7 25.6 -.1

Other services ......................................................... 31.6 30.9 31.3 30.9 31.4 31.1 31.2 31.1 31.1 30.9 -.2

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

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

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

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

June

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

June

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

Total private ....................................... $15.30 $15.59 $15.63 $15.56 $521.73 $522.27 $531.42 $524.37

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.34 15.59 15.63 15.65 516.96 525.38 528.29 525.84

Goods-producing .......................................... 16.78 17.09 17.10 17.15 672.88 678.47 690.84 691.15

Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.44 18.14 18.06 18.18 772.59 794.53 798.25 819.92

Construction ............................................................ 18.91 19.15 19.14 19.13 737.49 721.96 740.72 738.42

Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.69 16.07 16.04 16.10 635.45 652.44 659.24 660.10

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.41 16.72 16.70 16.77 672.81 687.19 694.72 695.96

Wood products .................................................. 12.70 13.00 13.02 12.98 520.70 530.40 544.24 539.97

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 15.70 16.19 16.15 16.19 673.53 684.84 681.53 691.31

Primary metals .................................................. 18.05 18.52 18.43 18.49 761.71 800.06 801.71 804.32

Fabricated metal products .............................. 14.92 15.21 15.19 15.24 608.74 620.57 627.35 626.36

Machinery .......................................................... 16.30 16.53 16.53 16.54 669.93 687.65 700.87 699.64

Computer and electronic products ................ 16.78 17.01 17.11 17.28 681.27 683.80 694.67 701.57

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.29 14.80 14.82 14.94 587.32 599.40 613.55 612.54

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.21 21.36 21.27 21.37 888.70 905.66 914.61 912.50

Furniture and related products ....................... 12.95 13.09 13.05 13.13 505.05 517.06 518.09 518.64

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.14 13.70 13.76 13.97 505.89 524.71 533.89 533.65

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.56 15.01 14.98 15.01 579.49 595.90 602.20 603.40

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.73 12.96 12.94 12.98 500.29 497.66 511.13 514.01

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 17.70 19.60 19.53 19.30 699.15 780.08 771.44 754.63

Textile mills ........................................................ 11.93 12.23 12.09 12.15 464.08 484.31 486.02 488.43

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.16 11.33 11.26 11.24 440.82 435.07 432.38 438.36

Apparel ............................................................... 9.47 9.66 9.54 9.59 337.13 347.76 346.30 346.20

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.55 11.65 11.50 11.64 452.76 460.18 441.60 452.80

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.20 17.84 17.91 17.80 712.08 745.71 755.80 747.60

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.25 15.54 15.50 15.55 577.98 593.63 593.65 595.57

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 23.45 24.48 24.42 24.31 1,043.53 1,062.43 1,091.57 1,084.23

Chemicals .......................................................... 18.53 19.02 19.06 19.18 785.67 814.06 815.77 818.99

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.20 14.58 14.56 14.61 573.68 594.86 595.50 600.47

Private service-providing ............................. 14.90 15.20 15.24 15.13 487.23 487.92 496.82 488.70

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.33 14.64 14.64 14.58 487.22 486.05 493.37 488.43

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.36 17.60 17.68 17.57 664.89 665.28 675.38 658.88

Retail trade ........................................................... 11.90 12.08 12.07 12.02 373.66 367.23 372.96 370.22

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.25 16.73 16.73 16.81 601.25 610.65 625.70 620.29

Utilities ................................................................... 24.63 25.69 25.56 25.41 1,012.29 1,053.29 1,055.63 1,049.43

Information ............................................................... 20.92 21.24 21.35 21.23 767.76 764.64 775.01 772.77

Financial activities .................................................. 17.19 17.45 17.65 17.49 622.28 615.99 637.17 617.40

Professional and business services .................... 17.20 17.26 17.45 17.25 596.84 588.57 603.77 586.50

Education and health services ............................. 15.54 15.99 15.99 16.03 505.05 516.48 519.68 517.77

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.71 8.84 8.86 8.80 227.33 224.54 229.47 227.04

Other services ......................................................... 13.80 13.87 13.90 13.81 436.08 428.58 435.07 426.73

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p= preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

Percent

change from:

May 2004-

June 2004p

Current dollars .............................................. $15.34 $15.52 $15.55 $15.59 $15.63 $15.65 0.1

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.29 8.27 8.24 8.25 8.21 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.79 17.06 17.08 17.13 17.13 17.17 .2

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.52 18.01 18.10 18.08 18.10 18.24 .8

Construction ............................................................................ 18.97 19.18 19.17 19.20 19.20 19.21 .1

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 15.72 15.99 16.01 16.08 16.08 16.12 .2

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 14.96 15.14 15.16 15.24 15.23 15.26 .2

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.43 16.68 16.69 16.75 16.75 16.79 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.61 14.89 14.93 15.00 15.02 15.06 .3

Private service-providing ............................................. 14.95 15.10 15.13 15.17 15.22 15.24 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.35 14.49 14.50 14.57 14.60 14.62 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.37 17.54 17.54 17.60 17.63 17.67 .2

Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.91 11.98 11.99 12.01 12.04 12.04 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.26 16.52 16.53 16.71 16.76 16.80 .2

Utilities ................................................................................... 24.72 25.35 25.38 25.67 25.51 25.52 .0

Information ............................................................................... 20.98 21.24 21.25 21.29 21.36 21.34 -.1

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.16 17.32 17.41 17.46 17.53 17.58 .3

Professional and business services .................................... 17.16 17.25 17.27 17.29 17.36 17.38 .1

Education and health services ............................................. 15.61 15.90 15.96 15.99 16.05 16.10 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.76 8.86 8.87 8.86 8.87 8.86 -.1

Other services ......................................................................... 13.82 13.84 13.87 13.84 13.85 13.85 .0

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the 

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and rate of time and one-half.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. N.A. = not available.

3 Change was -0.5 percent from Apr. 2004 to May 2004, the p = preliminary.

latest month available.
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Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

Percent

change from:

May 2004-

June 2004p

Total private ....................................... 100.7 98.5 101.1 101.0 98.6 99.2 99.5 99.5 100.2 99.6 -0.6

Goods-producing .......................................... 98.0 94.4 97.9 99.1 95.6 96.2 96.4 96.2 97.0 96.5 -.5

Natural resources and mining .............................. 99.8 98.7 102.4 106.2 97.3 98.2 100.8 102.2 102.6 103.1 .5

Construction ............................................................ 103.8 96.0 102.8 105.4 98.2 99.6 100.7 99.8 100.6 100.1 -.5

Manufacturing ......................................................... 95.3 93.7 95.4 95.9 94.2 94.5 94.4 94.2 95.4 94.6 -.8

Durable goods ..................................................... 95.3 94.6 96.3 96.8 93.9 94.9 94.9 94.8 95.9 95.2 -.7

Wood products .................................................. 99.6 98.2 102.9 104.2 96.5 99.7 99.7 99.7 101.8 101.2 -.6

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 97.7 95.4 98.0 100.8 94.0 95.0 96.5 96.3 96.4 96.8 .4

Primary metals .................................................. 93.0 92.4 93.6 94.4 92.5 92.0 92.4 92.4 93.7 93.7 .0

Fabricated metal products .............................. 95.8 96.4 98.2 98.5 94.7 96.5 96.4 96.9 98.3 97.4 -.9

Machinery .......................................................... 94.7 96.1 98.2 98.8 93.5 95.1 95.3 95.8 97.4 97.3 -.1

Computer and electronic products ................ 93.3 89.2 90.8 91.4 92.4 90.8 90.5 90.0 90.6 90.1 -.6

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 93.4 88.2 89.5 89.3 92.2 89.0 88.8 88.5 90.2 88.5 -1.9

Transportation equipment ............................... 96.0 97.1 98.6 98.0 94.4 97.7 97.4 96.8 97.5 96.4 -1.1

Furniture and related products ....................... 93.5 95.3 95.7 95.5 92.5 93.8 94.7 95.0 95.8 94.5 -1.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 94.9 91.2 92.3 91.4 94.0 91.9 91.7 90.9 92.2 90.6 -1.7

Nondurable goods ............................................... 95.3 91.9 93.7 94.3 94.4 93.8 93.5 93.3 94.0 93.3 -.7

Food manufacturing ......................................... 98.0 93.1 96.7 98.0 98.4 97.6 97.6 97.1 98.8 98.4 -.4

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 89.9 87.3 88.5 91.7 87.7 88.5 87.9 89.1 89.1 89.4 .3

Textile mills ........................................................ 87.7 78.7 79.5 79.8 86.2 79.5 79.8 77.7 78.7 78.3 -.5

Textile product mills ......................................... 94.6 93.6 94.8 95.0 92.0 93.1 92.5 92.3 93.8 92.4 -1.5

Apparel ............................................................... 84.7 77.5 78.0 77.7 81.0 78.8 78.1 76.7 76.0 74.0 -2.6

Leather and allied products ............................ 92.3 93.3 92.2 91.6 87.8 91.7 91.5 90.3 89.7 87.8 -2.1

Paper and paper products .............................. 93.1 90.3 91.4 91.3 92.5 91.2 91.1 91.2 92.3 90.5 -2.0

Printing and related support activities ........... 95.4 92.3 93.3 94.0 95.5 93.9 93.4 93.4 94.0 94.0 .0

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 100.7 97.0 103.4 107.0 97.9 98.6 98.9 99.6 104.1 103.5 -.6

Chemicals .......................................................... 99.3 99.6 99.6 99.7 98.0 99.9 99.5 99.6 99.3 98.2 -1.1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 95.9 95.0 95.9 96.9 94.4 94.9 94.9 94.7 95.5 95.4 -.1

Private service-providing ............................. 101.3 99.5 101.9 101.7 99.2 100.0 100.3 100.4 101.0 100.5 -.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 99.8 97.1 99.5 99.4 98.3 99.1 99.2 99.0 99.5 98.7 -.8

Wholesale trade ................................................... 99.7 97.8 99.4 97.9 97.8 98.0 98.2 98.4 98.2 97.3 -.9

Retail trade ........................................................... 100.3 96.7 99.2 99.4 98.6 99.2 99.3 99.0 99.5 98.6 -.9

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 99.2 97.9 101.5 101.2 97.7 99.8 99.6 99.7 100.9 100.4 -.5

Utilities ................................................................... 98.3 97.5 98.3 98.7 97.3 97.7 98.2 98.3 98.7 97.8 -.9

Information ............................................................... 99.0 97.8 99.4 100.3 97.4 97.8 98.0 98.7 99.6 99.7 .1

Financial activities .................................................. 104.5 100.4 103.2 102.1 101.5 101.0 101.1 101.6 102.3 101.6 -.7

Professional and business services .................... 101.3 101.0 103.2 102.6 98.5 100.1 100.2 101.1 102.0 101.2 -.8

Education and health services ............................. 100.8 103.4 103.7 101.8 101.2 102.2 102.4 102.7 103.0 103.2 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 106.3 99.7 104.6 107.1 99.2 101.4 101.3 101.6 101.8 101.5 -.3

Other services ......................................................... 99.1 95.6 97.4 97.3 97.4 95.7 96.5 96.4 96.6 96.2 -.4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by nonsupervisory worker employment.

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the
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Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

June

2003

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

June

2003

Feb.

2004

Mar.

2004

Apr.

2004

May

2004p

June

2004p

Percent

change from:

May 2004-

June 2004p

Total private ....................................... 103.1 102.8 105.7 105.2 101.2 103.0 103.5 103.8 104.7 104.3 -0.4

Goods-producing .......................................... 100.7 98.8 102.5 104.0 98.2 100.5 100.8 100.9 101.8 101.5 -.3

Natural resources and mining .............................. 101.2 104.1 107.6 112.3 99.2 102.9 106.1 107.4 108.0 109.4 1.3

Construction ............................................................ 106.0 99.3 106.2 108.9 100.6 103.2 104.2 103.5 104.3 103.8 -.5

Manufacturing ......................................................... 97.8 98.5 100.1 101.0 96.8 98.8 98.9 99.1 100.3 99.7 -.6

Durable goods ..................................................... 97.6 98.8 100.4 101.3 96.3 98.9 98.9 99.2 100.2 99.8 -.4

Nondurable goods ............................................... 98.1 97.5 99.1 100.1 97.5 98.6 98.6 98.9 99.8 99.3 -.5

Private service-providing ............................. 103.7 103.9 106.7 105.7 101.9 103.7 104.3 104.6 105.6 105.2 -.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 102.1 101.4 103.9 103.4 100.6 102.4 102.6 102.9 103.6 102.9 -.7

Wholesale trade ................................................... 101.9 101.4 103.5 101.3 100.1 101.3 101.5 102.0 102.0 101.2 -.8

Retail trade ........................................................... 102.3 100.1 102.6 102.4 100.6 101.9 102.0 101.9 102.7 101.7 -1.0

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 102.2 103.9 107.8 107.9 100.8 104.6 104.4 105.6 107.3 107.0 -.3

Utilities ................................................................... 101.1 104.6 104.9 104.7 100.4 103.4 104.1 105.4 105.1 104.1 -1.0

Information ............................................................... 102.5 102.8 105.0 105.4 101.1 102.8 103.1 104.0 105.4 105.3 -.1

Financial activities .................................................. 111.0 108.3 112.6 110.4 107.7 108.2 108.8 109.6 110.9 110.5 -.4

Professional and business services .................... 103.7 103.7 107.1 105.3 100.6 102.8 103.0 104.0 105.4 104.6 -.8

Education and health services ............................. 102.9 108.7 109.0 107.3 103.8 106.8 107.5 108.0 108.7 109.2 .5

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 107.9 102.8 108.1 109.9 101.3 104.7 104.8 105.0 105.2 104.8 -.4

Other services ......................................................... 99.7 96.6 98.6 97.9 98.1 96.5 97.5 97.2 97.4 97.1 -.3

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly 

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. 

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by 
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Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

Time Span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1

Over 1-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 61.9 62.9 63.3 59.5 46.9 61.7 63.1 52.5 51.1 53.4 56.8 53.8

2001 ........................................................ 52.2 47.8 50.4 34.4 41.4 39.2 37.1 38.8 38.3 32.4 36.7 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 40.1 35.1 41.0 41.5 41.7 47.8 44.1 44.1 42.8 39.0 38.7 34.5

2003 ........................................................ 41.2 35.1 38.1 41.4 42.8 40.1 40.5 39.7 49.3 46.0 51.1 49.1

2004 ........................................................ 52.3 56.1 68.7 67.6 p 64.6 p 57.0

Over 3-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 69.2 66.2 67.8 68.3 60.1 58.1 56.3 61.5 56.5 53.2 52.9 56.8

2001 ........................................................ 52.7 50.4 50.4 43.5 38.8 34.9 36.2 37.9 34.7 35.3 30.8 32.0

2002 ........................................................ 34.0 37.4 35.1 36.2 36.7 39.4 39.9 40.8 38.7 37.1 34.4 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 36.5 32.6 36.3 35.1 40.5 42.6 37.4 35.4 40.1 45.5 50.5 51.1

2004 ........................................................ 54.0 55.2 62.8 70.0 p 74.8 p 66.4

Over 6-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 67.3 69.1 72.5 72.5 67.4 67.8 66.7 60.8 59.0 55.0 59.7 54.0

2001 ........................................................ 51.8 50.0 51.8 47.3 43.5 41.5 38.1 35.4 32.2 33.1 31.5 31.1

2002 ........................................................ 29.5 30.0 31.1 31.1 31.7 37.1 37.2 39.0 34.7 36.5 35.3 33.3

2003 ........................................................ 33.6 31.1 31.7 31.7 33.5 37.8 36.2 36.5 40.5 39.4 42.6 41.7

2004 ........................................................ 48.9 54.1 59.5 64.7 p 68.3 p 68.9

Over 12-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 70.9 69.2 73.2 71.0 69.8 71.0 70.0 70.3 70.3 65.6 63.8 62.1

2001 ........................................................ 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 36.2 34.4 34.7 33.1 37.6 37.4 33.1 35.4

2004 ........................................................ 37.8 43.2 47.3 50.7 p 54.3 p 59.0

Over 1-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 48.2 58.3 50.0 50.0 41.1 57.1 60.7 28.6 25.0 35.1 39.9 41.1

2001 ........................................................ 22.6 22.0 21.4 16.1 15.5 23.2 13.7 14.3 19.0 17.9 14.9 10.1

2002 ........................................................ 21.4 18.5 23.8 35.1 29.8 32.7 40.5 28.0 31.0 11.9 15.5 17.9

2003 ........................................................ 26.2 15.5 22.6 13.7 26.2 25.0 28.0 26.2 27.4 28.6 51.2 45.8

2004 ........................................................ 42.9 55.4 60.1 66.1 p 60.7 p 45.8

Over 3-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 53.6 53.6 56.0 54.8 44.0 44.0 51.2 47.6 32.7 25.0 23.2 38.7

2001 ........................................................ 35.7 21.4 16.1 14.3 13.1 13.7 11.9 8.9 8.3 13.1 8.9 10.1

2002 ........................................................ 9.5 10.1 11.3 17.9 17.3 19.0 28.0 22.0 23.8 15.5 6.5 4.8

2003 ........................................................ 13.7 13.1 16.7 10.1 13.1 14.9 16.1 16.1 16.1 24.4 27.4 41.7

2004 ........................................................ 48.8 51.8 59.5 66.1 p 69.0 p 62.5

Over 6-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 44.0 52.4 55.4 57.7 47.6 51.8 56.0 45.2 39.3 34.5 32.1 27.4

2001 ........................................................ 22.0 23.8 22.0 20.8 14.3 13.7 14.3 10.1 10.7 5.4 7.1 4.8

2002 ........................................................ 6.5 8.9 7.7 8.3 7.7 14.3 14.9 10.7 12.5 10.1 8.9 8.9

2003 ........................................................ 11.3 9.5 6.0 7.1 8.9 13.1 8.9 13.1 13.1 16.7 19.0 19.6

2004 ........................................................ 28.6 36.9 46.4 56.5 p 60.1 p 63.1

Over 12-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 41.7 39.3 47.0 50.0 46.4 52.4 51.8 49.4 46.4 40.5 35.1 33.3

2001 ........................................................ 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ........................................................ 10.7 6.0 6.5 5.4 8.3 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.7 11.9 9.5 11.3

2004 ........................................................ 9.5 19.0 16.7 26.2 p 31.5 p 37.5

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1

1Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment,

spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with

p= preliminary. increasing and decreasing employment. 

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment