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 Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted,

 October 2000 - September 2003

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: SEPTEMBER 2003

The unemployment rate remained at 6.1 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment

was little changed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The

number of jobs in manufacturing declined at a slower pace than in recent months, while employment in

temporary help services continued to trend upward.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

The number of unemployed persons, 9.0 million, was about unchanged in September, and the unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, the same as in August.

Unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.7 percent), adult women (5.3 percent),

teenagers (17.5 percent), whites (5.3 percent), blacks (11.2 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.5 percent)—were little changed in September. The unemployment rate for Asians was 6.2 percent, not seasonally

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

In September, there were 2.1 million unemployed persons who had been looking for work for 27 weeks

or longer, representing 23.2 percent of the total unemployed. Since November 2001, the proportion of longterm unemployed has increased by about 9 percentage points. (See table A-9.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Aug.-

Category 2003 Sept.

II III July Aug. Sept. change 

HOUSEHOLD DATA Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................................. 146,685 146,539 146,540 146,530 146,545 15

Employment................................................................... 137,638 137,559 137,478 137,625 137,573 -52

Unemployment................................................................... 9,047 8,980 9,062 8,905 8,973 68

Not in labor force................................................................... 74,090 74,974 74,712 74,977 75,234 257

All workers............................................................... 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.1 0.0

Adult men........................................................... 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.7 -.1

Adult women........................................................ 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3 .1

Teenagers........................................................ 18.6 17.5 18.4 16.6 17.5 .9

White .................................................................. 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.3 -.1

Black or African American .................................... 11.2 11.1 11.1 10.9 11.2 .3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 8.0 7.8 8.2 7.8 7.5 -.3

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 129,984 p129,838 129,846 p129,805 p129,862 p57

Goods-producing 1........................................................ 22,093 p21,976 22,001 p21,972 p21,955 p-17

Construction............................................................. 6,782 p6,821 6,804 p6,823 p6,837 p14

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,744 p14,591 14,631 p14,585 p14,556 p-29

Service-providing 1............................................................... 107,891 p107,862 107,845 p107,833 p107,907 p74

Retail trade........................................................ 14,981 p14,962 14,958 p14,959 p14,969 p10

Professional and business services......... 15,999 p16,082 16,063 p16,058 p16,124 p66

Education and health services.............................. 16,498 p16,507 16,487 p16,512 p16,521 p9

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 12,036 p12,048 12,051 p12,048 p12,045 p-3

Government........................................................ 21,495 p21,452 21,458 p21,456 p21,441 p-15

Hours of work 2

Total private.............................................................. 33.7 p33.7 33.6 p33.7 p33.7 p0.0

Manufacturing............................................................ 40.2 p40.2 40.1 p40.2 p40.4 p.2

Overtime........................................................ 4.0 p4.1 4.1 p4.0 p4.2 p.2

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 2

Total private..........................................................98.7 p98.5 98.3 p98.6 p98.6 p0.0

Earnings 2

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $15.34 p$15.45 $15.43 p$15.46 p$15.45 p-$0.01

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 517.07 p520.04 518.45 p521.00 p520.67 p-.33

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 2 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

 p=preliminary.

Unemployment rates

Employment

2003
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Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

 Both total employment (137.6 million) and the employment-population ratio (62.0 percent) were about

unchanged in September. The employment-population ratio was down by 1.0 percentage point over the

year. Both the civilian labor force, 146.5 million, and the labor force participation rate, 66.1 percent, also

were little changed in September. (See table A-1.)

The number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons rose in September to 5.0 million,

seasonally adjusted. These persons indicated that they would like to work full time but worked part time

because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. The total number

of persons at work part time, including both the economic and noneconomic categories, was essentially

unchanged at 24.0 million. (See table A-5.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

In September, 1.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, 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. Of the 1.5 million,

388,000 were discouraged workers—persons who were not currently looking for work specifically because

they believed no jobs were available for them. The number of discouraged workers in September was about

the same as a year earlier. The other 1.2 million marginally attached had not searched for work because they

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

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (+57,000) in September at 129.9 million. Over the

month, manufacturing job losses continued, although at a slower pace. Professional and business services

added jobs, as temporary help employment increased for the fifth consecutive month. (See table B-1.)

Manufacturing employment decreased by 29,000 in September. Although small declines occurred

throughout most of the sector, September’s loss was below the average for the prior 12 months (-54,000).

Most of the easing in September occurred among durable goods industries.

Professional and business services added 66,000 jobs in September; half of the gain occurred in

temporary help services. Since April, temporary help has added 147,000 jobs. Architectural and

engineering services employment increased by 9,000 in September.

Health care and social assistance had a small employment increase over the month (15,000). Job gains

in this industry averaged 23,000 a month during the first half of this year, compared with a monthly average

of 13,000 since June.

Within transportation and warehousing, air transportation added 3,000 jobs in September. Employment

in retail trade was little changed; however, employment increased in two of its component industries—motor

vehicle and parts dealers (8,000) and building material and garden supply stores (7,000).

Construction employment continued to trend up. Since February, the industry has added 137,000 jobs,

with most of the gains among special trade contractors.

Employment in financial activities remains on an upward trend, though at a reduced pace. For the past

4 months, job gains have averaged about 5,000 per month, compared with 16,000 per month from August

2002 to May 2003.
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Employment in government was little changed over the month. Seasonal hiring was weak in local educa-

 tion, and, after seasonal adjustment, employment decreased by 44,000 in September. However, the decline

was partially offset by a gain of 17,000 jobs in local government, excluding education.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

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

unchanged over the month at 33.7 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek increased by

0.2 hour in September to 40.4 hours, seasonally adjusted. Manufacturing overtime also rose by 0.2 hour

to 4.2 hours. (See table B-2.)

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls held at 98.6 in September (2002=100). The manufacturing index increased by 0.2 percent over the

month to 94.2. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

down by 1 cent over the month to $15.45, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings were down by

0.1 percent in September to $520.67. Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 2.7 percent and

average weekly earnings increased by 2.1 percent. (See table B-3.)

The Employment Situation for October 2003 is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 7, at

8:30 A.M. (EST).

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Benchmark Revisions to the Payroll Survey

In accordance with annual practice, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has completed preliminary

tabulations of the universe counts for the first quarter of this year. The tabulations indicate that the

estimate of total nonfarm payroll employment will require a downward revision of approximately

145,000, or one-tenth of one percent, for the March 2003 reference month. The historical average

for benchmark revisions over the last 10 years has been plus or minus three-tenths of one percent.

BLS will publish data revised to the March 2003 benchmark on February 6, 2004, with the release

of data for January 2004. Previously, the revised data were published in June of each year; earlier

receipt and tabulation of the benchmark source data now make it feasible to accelerate the

publication date to February, beginning in 2004.

Change in Seasonal Adjustment Procedures for the Household Survey

Effective with the release of December 2003 estimates in January 2004, BLS will convert to the

use of concurrent seasonal adjustment to produce seasonally adjusted Current Population Survey

(CPS) labor force estimates. Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all available monthly estimates,

including those for the current month, in developing seasonal factors. Currently, seasonal factors for

the CPS data are projected twice a year. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjustment,

BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CPS data. BLS introduced the use of concurrent

seasonal adjustment for the nonfarm payroll data in June 2003 with the release of data for May 2003.
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.

In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted. 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.

The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments for the

household survey are recalculated twice a year; the factors are calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

period. For the establishment survey, a concurrent seasonal adjustment

methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each

month for the three most recent monthly estimates, using all relevant

data, up to and including the data for the current month. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

minus 290,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases

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

interval on the monthly change would range from -190,000 to 390,000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

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

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

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

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from

zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per

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charging to Mastercard or Visa.

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

Sept.

2002

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 218,107 221,507 221,779 218,107 220,768 221,014 221,252 221,507 221,779

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 145,167 146,967 146,166 145,634 146,485 147,096 146,540 146,530 146,545

 Participation rate ............................................................... 66.6 66.3 65.9 66.8 66.4 66.6 66.2 66.2 66.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 137,377 138,137 137,731 137,312 137,487 137,738 137,478 137,625 137,573

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 63.0 62.4 62.1 63.0 62.3 62.3 62.1 62.1 62.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 7,790 8,830 8,436 8,321 8,998 9,358 9,062 8,905 8,973

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.4 6.0 5.8 5.7 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 72,940 74,540 75,612 72,473 74,283 73,918 74,712 74,977 75,234

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,500 5,030 4,637 4,702 4,744 4,668 4,921 4,840 4,837

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 104,863 106,604 106,744 104,863 106,238 106,362 106,475 106,604 106,744

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 77,710 78,640 78,216 78,013 78,088 78,372 78,182 78,160 78,485

 Participation rate ............................................................... 74.1 73.8 73.3 74.4 73.5 73.7 73.4 73.3 73.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,596 74,032 73,715 73,402 72,981 73,071 73,043 73,195 73,475

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 70.2 69.4 69.1 70.0 68.7 68.7 68.6 68.7 68.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,114 4,608 4,501 4,610 5,107 5,301 5,139 4,965 5,010

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.3 5.9 5.8 5.9 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.4 6.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 27,154 27,964 28,528 26,851 28,150 27,990 28,293 28,443 28,259

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 96,732 98,434 98,568 96,732 98,083 98,196 98,304 98,434 98,568

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 73,976 74,727 74,773 74,108 74,506 74,692 74,581 74,561 74,905

 Participation rate ............................................................... 76.5 75.9 75.9 76.6 76.0 76.1 75.9 75.7 76.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 70,514 70,733 70,923 70,213 70,144 70,130 70,193 70,203 70,610

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 72.9 71.9 72.0 72.6 71.5 71.4 71.4 71.3 71.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,462 3,994 3,850 3,895 4,362 4,562 4,388 4,357 4,295

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.7 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 22,756 23,707 23,794 22,623 23,577 23,504 23,724 23,873 23,662

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 113,243 114,903 115,035 113,243 114,531 114,653 114,778 114,903 115,035

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 67,457 68,327 67,951 67,621 68,397 68,724 68,359 68,370 68,060

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.6 59.5 59.1 59.7 59.7 59.9 59.6 59.5 59.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 63,781 64,105 64,016 63,910 64,506 64,667 64,435 64,430 64,098

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.3 55.8 55.6 56.4 56.3 56.4 56.1 56.1 55.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,676 4,222 3,935 3,711 3,891 4,057 3,923 3,940 3,962

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.4 6.2 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 45,786 46,576 47,084 45,622 46,134 45,928 46,419 46,533 46,975

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 105,421 106,957 107,080 105,421 106,613 106,724 106,839 106,957 107,080

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 63,908 64,521 64,627 63,858 64,733 65,148 64,819 64,831 64,554

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.6 60.3 60.4 60.6 60.7 61.0 60.7 60.6 60.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 60,732 60,859 61,193 60,675 61,436 61,753 61,462 61,470 61,120

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.6 56.9 57.1 57.6 57.6 57.9 57.5 57.5 57.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,176 3,663 3,434 3,184 3,297 3,395 3,357 3,361 3,434

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

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 41,513 42,436 42,453 41,563 41,880 41,576 42,020 42,126 42,526

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 15,954 16,116 16,131 15,954 16,072 16,095 16,109 16,116 16,131

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,283 7,719 6,766 7,667 7,246 7,256 7,140 7,139 7,086

 Participation rate ............................................................... 45.6 47.9 41.9 48.1 45.1 45.1 44.3 44.3 43.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,131 6,546 5,615 6,425 5,907 5,855 5,823 5,952 5,842

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 38.4 40.6 34.8 40.3 36.8 36.4 36.1 36.9 36.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,152 1,173 1,151 1,243 1,339 1,401 1,317 1,187 1,243

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 15.8 15.2 17.0 16.2 18.5 19.3 18.4 16.6 17.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,671 8,397 9,365 8,287 8,826 8,839 8,969 8,977 9,046

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 2003, 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

Sept.

2002

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

WHITE 2

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 180,146 181,512 181,696 180,146 181,021 181,184 181,341 181,512 181,696

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,218 120,894 120,088 120,502 120,420 120,881 120,623 120,669 120,307

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.7 66.6 66.1 66.9 66.5 66.7 66.5 66.5 66.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 114,476 114,531 114,093 114,373 113,882 114,203 114,044 114,141 113,934

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.5 63.1 62.8 63.5 62.9 63.0 62.9 62.9 62.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,743 6,364 5,994 6,129 6,539 6,678 6,580 6,528 6,373

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.8 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 59,927 60,617 61,608 59,644 60,601 60,303 60,717 60,843 61,389

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,304 62,587 62,531 62,298 62,305 62,447 62,526 62,532 62,496

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.8 76.4 76.2 76.8 76.2 76.3 76.4 76.3 76.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,675 59,608 59,773 59,328 59,064 59,064 59,167 59,190 59,407

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 73.6 72.7 72.8 73.1 72.3 72.2 72.3 72.2 72.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,629 2,979 2,759 2,970 3,241 3,384 3,359 3,342 3,088

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.2 4.8 4.4 4.8 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.9

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 51,830 51,814 51,921 51,817 52,155 52,400 52,146 52,138 51,909

 Participation rate ................................................................. 60.0 59.6 59.6 60.0 60.1 60.3 60.0 59.9 59.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 49,579 49,289 49,533 49,563 49,770 50,104 49,867 49,853 49,521

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.4 56.7 56.9 57.3 57.3 57.7 57.4 57.3 56.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,251 2,525 2,388 2,255 2,385 2,297 2,279 2,285 2,388

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,084 6,493 5,636 6,387 5,961 6,034 5,952 5,998 5,902

 Participation rate ................................................................. 48.3 51.8 44.9 50.7 47.6 48.2 47.5 47.8 47.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,222 5,633 4,788 5,482 5,048 5,036 5,010 5,098 5,006

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 41.5 44.9 38.2 43.5 40.3 40.2 40.0 40.7 39.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 863 860 848 905 913 998 942 901 896

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 14.2 13.2 15.0 14.2 15.3 16.5 15.8 15.0 15.2

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 2

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,675 25,742 25,784 25,675 25,624 25,664 25,702 25,742 25,784

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,660 16,626 16,616 16,789 16,618 16,717 16,540 16,579 16,724

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.9 64.6 64.4 65.4 64.9 65.1 64.4 64.4 64.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 15,113 14,794 14,855 15,148 14,819 14,746 14,697 14,769 14,853

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.9 57.5 57.6 59.0 57.8 57.5 57.2 57.4 57.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,546 1,832 1,761 1,641 1,799 1,971 1,842 1,810 1,871

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.3 11.0 10.6 9.8 10.8 11.8 11.1 10.9 11.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,016 9,116 9,168 8,886 9,007 8,947 9,162 9,163 9,060

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,406 7,339 7,399 7,466 7,346 7,447 7,336 7,344 7,454

 Participation rate ................................................................. 72.3 71.2 71.7 72.9 71.7 72.5 71.3 71.3 72.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,775 6,607 6,648 6,762 6,524 6,604 6,590 6,578 6,620

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 66.1 64.1 64.4 66.0 63.6 64.3 64.1 63.9 64.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 631 733 751 704 821 843 746 766 834

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.5 10.0 10.2 9.4 11.2 11.3 10.2 10.4 11.2

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,408 8,497 8,443 8,422 8,461 8,500 8,432 8,510 8,445

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.6 65.1 64.6 64.7 65.1 65.3 64.7 65.2 64.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,728 7,637 7,682 7,737 7,784 7,675 7,614 7,684 7,678

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 59.4 58.5 58.8 59.5 59.9 59.0 58.4 58.9 58.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 680 860 761 685 677 826 819 826 767

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.1 10.1 9.0 8.1 8.0 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 845 789 774 901 811 770 771 725 826

 Participation rate ................................................................. 34.9 33.0 32.4 37.2 34.1 32.3 32.3 30.4 34.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 610 550 526 649 511 467 493 507 555

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 25.2 23.0 22.0 26.8 21.5 19.6 20.7 21.2 23.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 234 239 249 252 300 302 278 218 271

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 27.7 30.3 32.1 28.0 37.0 39.3 36.0 30.0 32.8

ASIAN 2

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,933 9,351 9,297 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,763 6,195 6,125 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.1 66.2 65.9 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,398 5,828 5,747 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.4 62.3 61.8 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 365 367 378 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.4 5.9 6.2 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,170 3,156 3,172 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

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

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected

more than one race group are not included. Prior to 2003, persons who reported more

than one race were included in the group they identified as the main race.

3 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 2003, 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

Sept.

2002

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 26,184 27,701 27,808 26,184 27,391 27,494 27,597 27,701 27,808

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 18,104 18,825 18,831 18,103 18,811 18,856 18,750 18,829 18,859

 Participation rate ................................................................. 69.1 68.0 67.7 69.1 68.7 68.6 67.9 68.0 67.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 16,831 17,386 17,513 16,739 17,264 17,271 17,206 17,370 17,448

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.3 62.8 63.0 63.9 63.0 62.8 62.3 62.7 62.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,273 1,439 1,317 1,363 1,548 1,586 1,544 1,460 1,411

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.0 7.6 7.0 7.5 8.2 8.4 8.2 7.8 7.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,080 8,876 8,977 8,082 8,580 8,638 8,847 8,872 8,949

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,044 10,761 10,853 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 83.4 83.6 84.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 9,466 10,098 10,262 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 78.6 78.4 79.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 578 664 591 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.8 6.2 5.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,941 7,067 7,108 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.7 57.6 57.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,486 6,495 6,520 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 55.8 52.9 52.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 455 573 588 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.6 8.1 8.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 1,119 996 870 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 44.6 39.0 34.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 878 794 732 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 35.0 31.1 28.6 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 241 203 138 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 21.5 20.3 15.9 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 2003, 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

Sept.

2002

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,492 12,553 12,636 12,381 12,703 12,498 12,537 12,639 12,576

 Participation rate ................................................................... 45.0 45.2 45.0 44.6 44.7 44.8 45.5 45.5 44.8

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,602 11,484 11,638 11,404 11,536 11,286 11,446 11,453 11,488

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 41.8 41.4 41.4 41.1 40.6 40.4 41.5 41.3 40.9

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 890 1,069 998 977 1,167 1,211 1,091 1,185 1,088

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 7.1 8.5 7.9 7.9 9.2 9.7 8.7 9.4 8.6

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,137 37,741 38,044 38,198 37,823 37,977 37,847 37,914 38,068

 Participation rate ................................................................... 64.2 63.5 63.7 64.3 63.9 64.1 64.0 63.8 63.7

 Employed ................................................................................ 36,404 35,775 36,209 36,286 35,729 35,778 35,786 35,883 36,038

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 61.2 60.2 60.6 61.0 60.4 60.3 60.5 60.4 60.3

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,733 1,966 1,835 1,912 2,094 2,199 2,061 2,031 2,031

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.5 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.5 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.3

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 33,847 33,972 34,023 33,818 34,191 34,329 34,310 33,856 33,938

 Participation rate ................................................................... 73.5 72.7 72.9 73.5 73.6 73.2 72.2 72.4 72.7

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,339 32,326 32,423 32,266 32,542 32,648 32,594 32,271 32,304

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 70.3 69.1 69.5 70.1 70.1 69.6 68.6 69.0 69.2

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,509 1,646 1,599 1,552 1,649 1,681 1,717 1,585 1,634

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.8

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 38,718 39,795 39,857 38,664 39,576 39,966 39,614 40,012 39,813

 Participation rate ................................................................... 78.3 77.1 77.7 78.2 77.8 78.3 77.5 77.5 77.6

 Employed ................................................................................ 37,565 38,371 38,552 37,536 38,351 38,743 38,387 38,752 38,537

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 75.9 74.3 75.1 75.9 75.4 75.9 75.1 75.1 75.1

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,153 1,425 1,305 1,128 1,224 1,224 1,226 1,260 1,276

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.0 3.6 3.3 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, 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

Sept.

2002

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,432 2,546 2,494 2,315 2,157 2,213 2,193 2,348 2,362

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,418 1,541 1,576 1,310 1,198 1,226 1,216 1,384 1,445

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 997 972 900 974 948 1,005 946 937 878

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 17 32 18 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 134,945 135,591 135,237 134,979 135,424 135,357 135,204 135,215 135,329

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 125,665 125,861 125,580 125,766 126,202 126,034 125,727 125,661 125,754

 Government .......................................................................... 19,715 19,148 19,722 19,746 19,552 19,701 19,631 19,651 19,739

 Private industries .................................................................. 105,950 106,713 105,858 106,022 106,683 106,275 106,135 105,940 105,967

 Private households ............................................................. 751 865 784 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 105,199 105,848 105,074 105,259 105,907 105,441 105,240 105,060 105,212

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 9,190 9,621 9,545 9,048 9,065 9,250 9,306 9,538 9,394

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 90 110 111 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 3,929 4,377 4,455 4,356 4,592 4,499 4,649 4,449 4,975

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,541 2,835 2,878 2,814 3,058 3,153 3,112 3,017 3,203

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,153 1,149 1,336 1,177 1,265 1,257 1,304 1,188 1,365

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,219 17,186 19,296 18,928 19,083 19,548 19,027 19,564 18,993

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 3,848 4,279 4,368 4,266 4,478 4,390 4,566 4,360 4,847

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 2,488 2,772 2,828 2,755 3,003 3,074 3,079 2,963 3,145

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,141 1,131 1,325 1,172 1,234 1,237 1,276 1,179 1,367

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 18,858 16,821 18,924 18,555 18,664 19,184 18,610 19,142 18,619

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. 

Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system

derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into the Current

Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls

used in the household survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2002

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 137,377 138,137 137,731 137,312 137,487 137,738 137,478 137,625 137,573

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 6,131 6,546 5,615 6,425 5,907 5,855 5,823 5,952 5,842

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,368 2,710 2,262 2,358 2,333 2,291 2,289 2,362 2,254

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,763 3,836 3,353 4,060 3,547 3,568 3,538 3,562 3,594

 20 years and over ................................................................... 131,246 131,591 132,116 130,888 131,580 131,883 131,655 131,673 131,730

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,335 13,636 13,294 13,432 13,455 13,473 13,379 13,393 13,395

 25 years and over ................................................................. 117,911 117,956 118,822 117,406 118,139 118,414 118,288 118,434 118,319

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 97,360 96,882 97,432 97,025 97,111 97,357 97,213 97,185 97,078

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,533 30,239 30,419 30,365 30,392 30,410 30,437 30,311 30,261

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 35,193 34,747 34,942 35,160 34,849 34,858 34,742 34,843 34,923

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 31,635 31,896 32,071 31,500 31,871 32,089 32,034 32,031 31,894

 55 years and over ............................................................... 20,550 21,073 21,390 20,381 21,028 21,057 21,074 21,249 21,241

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 73,596 74,032 73,715 73,402 72,981 73,071 73,043 73,195 73,475

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 3,082 3,299 2,792 3,189 2,837 2,941 2,850 2,992 2,864

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,139 1,345 1,073 1,134 1,073 1,089 1,089 1,162 1,069

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,943 1,954 1,718 2,055 1,760 1,850 1,757 1,812 1,801

 20 years and over ................................................................... 70,514 70,733 70,923 70,213 70,144 70,130 70,193 70,203 70,610

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,049 7,161 7,015 7,050 7,076 7,012 6,962 6,947 7,029

 25 years and over ................................................................. 63,465 63,572 63,909 63,077 63,077 63,118 63,253 63,328 63,520

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 52,356 52,218 52,460 52,066 51,911 51,961 51,994 51,977 52,160

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,737 16,661 16,767 16,614 16,660 16,668 16,711 16,587 16,646

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 19,014 18,864 18,986 18,953 18,685 18,670 18,724 18,757 18,934

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,605 16,693 16,707 16,499 16,566 16,623 16,559 16,632 16,581

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,109 11,354 11,449 11,012 11,166 11,157 11,259 11,351 11,360

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 63,781 64,105 64,016 63,910 64,506 64,667 64,435 64,430 64,098

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 3,049 3,247 2,823 3,235 3,070 2,914 2,973 2,960 2,978

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,229 1,365 1,188 1,224 1,259 1,203 1,200 1,199 1,185

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,820 1,882 1,635 2,005 1,787 1,718 1,781 1,750 1,793

 20 years and over ................................................................... 60,732 60,859 61,193 60,675 61,436 61,753 61,462 61,470 61,120

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,286 6,475 6,280 6,382 6,378 6,461 6,416 6,445 6,366

 25 years and over ................................................................. 54,446 54,384 54,913 54,328 55,062 55,295 55,035 55,106 54,799

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,004 44,665 44,972 44,959 45,200 45,396 45,220 45,208 44,918

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,795 13,579 13,652 13,751 13,731 13,742 13,726 13,724 13,615

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 16,179 15,883 15,956 16,207 16,164 16,188 16,019 16,086 15,990

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,029 15,202 15,364 15,001 15,305 15,466 15,475 15,399 15,313

 55 years and over ............................................................... 9,442 9,719 9,941 9,369 9,862 9,900 9,816 9,898 9,881

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 44,464 44,753 44,809 44,129 44,542 44,371 44,739 44,620 44,522

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,572 34,168 34,635 34,479 34,443 34,600 34,612 34,655 34,562

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,578 8,483 8,396 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 113,733 114,894 113,568 113,375 112,821 112,904 113,316 112,954 113,206

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 23,644 23,243 24,163 23,901 24,676 24,990 24,458 24,981 24,419

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 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

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

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Sept.

2002

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,321 8,905 8,973 5.7 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.1

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,243 1,187 1,243 16.2 18.5 19.3 18.4 16.6 17.5

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 568 544 542 19.4 18.5 21.6 20.8 18.7 19.4

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 663 676 687 14.0 19.0 17.9 17.0 15.9 16.1

 20 years and over ................................................................... 7,079 7,718 7,729 5.1 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.5

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,433 1,537 1,636 9.6 10.5 10.7 10.3 10.3 10.9

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,632 6,210 6,111 4.6 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,797 5,252 5,217 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,853 2,040 2,042 5.8 6.0 6.5 6.1 6.3 6.3

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,677 1,836 1,766 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.8

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,267 1,375 1,409 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2

 55 years and over ............................................................... 819 915 869 3.9 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.9

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,610 4,965 5,010 5.9 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.4 6.4

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 716 608 715 18.3 20.8 20.1 20.9 16.9 20.0

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 310 303 312 21.5 21.5 23.8 22.8 20.7 22.6

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 401 328 403 16.3 20.9 17.7 19.5 15.3 18.3

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,895 4,357 4,295 5.3 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.7

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 827 838 954 10.5 11.4 11.7 11.7 10.8 11.9

 25 years and over ................................................................. 3,062 3,530 3,371 4.6 5.2 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.0

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,592 3,010 2,878 4.7 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.2

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,000 1,224 1,167 5.7 6.0 6.7 6.4 6.9 6.6

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 887 1,023 967 4.5 5.3 5.6 5.2 5.2 4.9

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 705 762 745 4.1 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.3

 55 years and over ............................................................... 470 520 493 4.1 4.8 5.5 4.6 4.4 4.2

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,711 3,940 3,962 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.8

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 527 579 528 14.0 16.2 18.5 16.0 16.4 15.1

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 258 241 230 17.4 15.8 19.5 18.9 16.7 16.3

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 262 348 285 11.5 17.1 18.0 14.5 16.6 13.7

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,184 3,361 3,434 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 606 699 682 8.7 9.4 9.5 8.9 9.8 9.7

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,570 2,680 2,740 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.8

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,205 2,242 2,339 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.7 5.0

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 853 816 875 5.8 5.9 6.2 5.8 5.6 6.0

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 790 813 800 4.6 4.7 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.8

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 562 613 664 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 4.2

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 350 453 391 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.2 4.5 3.8

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,652 1,785 1,716 3.6 3.9 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.7

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,300 1,383 1,427 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.8 4.0

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 648 778 775 7.0 8.3 8.7 9.0 8.4 8.5

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,990 7,530 7,484 5.8 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.2

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,336 1,395 1,512 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.8

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 2003, 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

Sept.

2002

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,123 4,789 4,500 4,608 5,074 5,010 4,951 4,942 5,014

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 721 1,030 763 1,044 1,226 1,199 1,198 1,080 1,108

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,402 3,760 3,737 3,565 3,848 3,811 3,753 3,862 3,905

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,606 2,928 2,956 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 796 832 781 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 853 869 895 808 772 893 792 782 847

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,316 2,465 2,404 2,321 2,499 2,687 2,529 2,540 2,408

New entrants ............................................................................ 498 706 637 542 634 648 670 628 700

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 ......... 52.9 54.2 53.3 55.7 56.5 54.2 55.4 55.6 55.9

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 9.3 11.7 9.0 12.6 13.7 13.0 13.4 12.1 12.4

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 43.7 42.6 44.3 43.1 42.9 41.3 42.0 43.4 43.5

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 11.0 9.8 10.6 9.8 8.6 9.7 8.9 8.8 9.4

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 29.7 27.9 28.5 28.0 27.8 29.1 28.3 28.6 26.9

 New entrants ........................................................................... 6.4 8.0 7.5 6.5 7.1 7.0 7.5 7.1 7.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 2.8 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4

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

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

 New entrants ........................................................................... .3 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .5

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, 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

Sept.

2002

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,736 2,740 2,682 2,782 3,056 3,009 2,730 2,727 2,739

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,302 2,780 2,514 2,558 2,605 2,936 2,699 2,595 2,783

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 2,752 3,310 3,240 3,019 3,250 3,572 3,592 3,572 3,524

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,203 1,307 1,268 1,359 1,321 1,536 1,633 1,637 1,421

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,549 2,003 1,973 1,660 1,930 2,036 1,959 1,935 2,102

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 17.5 19.1 19.5 17.8 19.2 19.8 19.3 19.0 19.7

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 9.5 10.0 10.2 9.5 10.1 12.3 10.0 9.6 10.1

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 35.1 31.0 31.8 33.3 34.3 31.6 30.3 30.7 30.3

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 29.5 31.5 29.8 30.6 29.2 30.9 29.9 29.2 30.8

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 35.3 37.5 38.4 36.1 36.5 37.5 39.8 40.2 39.0

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 15.4 14.8 15.0 16.3 14.8 16.1 18.1 18.4 15.7

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 19.9 22.7 23.4 19.9 21.7 21.4 21.7 21.8 23.2

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, 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

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2003

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 137,377 137,731 7,790 8,436 5.4 5.8

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 47,735 47,835 1,617 1,602 3.3 3.2

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 19,807 19,706 705 616 3.4 3.0

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 27,928 28,129 913 986 3.2 3.4

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 21,601 21,667 1,436 1,567 6.2 6.7

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,325 35,153 2,020 2,206 5.4 5.9

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 15,838 15,825 960 1,079 5.7 6.4

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,487 19,328 1,059 1,126 5.2 5.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 14,176 15,099 982 1,061 6.5 6.6

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 1,133 1,286 95 103 7.7 7.4

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 8,286 8,620 657 651 7.3 7.0

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 4,758 5,194 230 307 4.6 5.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,540 17,977 1,226 1,333 6.2 6.9

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,923 9,526 659 755 6.2 7.3

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,617 8,451 567 578 6.2 6.4

1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed

Forces are included in the unemployed total.

 NOTE: Occupations reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational classification

system derived from the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system into the Current

Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, 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

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2003

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 7,790 8,436 5.4 5.8

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 6,404 6,857 5.7 6.1

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 42 25 7.9 4.6

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 615 681 7.0 7.6

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,076 1,175 6.1 6.8

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 681 788 6.2 7.3

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 395 386 6.1 5.9

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,171 1,229 5.9 5.9

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 235 255 4.2 4.7

 Information ........................................................................................................ 231 248 6.3 7.0

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 299 305 3.3 3.3

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 1,007 975 7.8 8.0

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 562 649 3.2 3.7

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 885 978 7.9 8.8

 Other services .................................................................................................. 281 338 4.8 5.5

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 92 98 6.3 6.2

Government workers ......................................................................................... 530 556 2.6 2.7

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 266 287 2.5 2.6

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

 NOTE: Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system

derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into the Current

Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, 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

Sept.

2002

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

May 

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003

Sept.

2003

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 1.9 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.4

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 2.8 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 5.4 6.0 5.8 5.7 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.1

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 5.6 6.3 6.0 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 6.3 7.1 6.8 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

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

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

 all marginally attached workers ........................................................................................... 9.0 10.0 9.8 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

1 Data not available.

 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 2003, 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

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2003

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2003

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 72,940 75,612 27,154 28,528 45,786 47,084

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,500 4,637 2,007 2,019 2,493 2,619

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,501 1,544 743 738 758 805

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 392 388 243 234 149 154

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,109 1,156 500 504 609 651

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,305 7,160 3,774 3,598 3,532 3,562

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 5.5 5.6

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,883 3,673 2,206 2,066 1,676 1,607

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,590 1,651 502 482 1,088 1,169

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 303 268 222 189 81 79

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,510 1,539 835 839 675 700

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 child-care 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 2003, 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

Sept.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Sept.

2002

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Change

from:

Aug. 2003-

Sept. 2003

Total nonfarm ............................. 130,603 129,601 129,606 130,096 130,289 129,986 129,903 129,846 129,805 129,862 57

Total private ........................................ 109,277 109,240 109,301 108,894 108,763 108,502 108,427 108,388 108,349 108,421 72

Goods-producing ............................................ 22,811 22,322 22,391 22,269 22,497 22,098 22,061 22,001 21,972 21,955 -17

Natural resources and mining .................................. 584 576 577 571 573 566 569 566 564 562 -2

Logging ............................................................ 71.4 66.4 66.9 66.1 67.5 64.8 65.7 64.0 63.3 62.7 -.6

Mining .................................................................... 512.1 509.9 510.5 505.3 505.7 501.4 502.8 502.1 500.7 498.8 -1.9

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 121.7 126.7 126.3 125.4 121.4 125.2 125.7 125.3 124.8 125.0 .2

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 214.9 214.4 214.2 210.8 210.7 208.2 208.9 209.6 209.0 206.8 -2.2

Coal mining ...................................................... 74.4 74.0 73.0 71.1 74.3 72.6 73.2 73.7 72.8 71.0 -1.8

Support activities for mining .............................. 175.5 168.8 170.0 169.1 173.6 168.0 168.2 167.2 166.9 167.0 .1

Construction ............................................................. 6,959 7,103 7,133 7,075 6,728 6,786 6,800 6,804 6,823 6,837 14

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,624.6 1,658.6 1,662.8 1,651.8 1,587.9 1,615.0 1,609.7 1,606.7 1,608.9 1,615.9 7.0

Heavy and civil engineering construction ......... 986.2 976.7 988.3 987.7 919.3 902.8 905.8 910.8 915.1 917.3 2.2

Specialty trade contractors ................................ 4,348.4 4,467.9 4,481.4 4,435.1 4,220.7 4,267.8 4,284.1 4,286.3 4,299.0 4,303.3 4.3

Manufacturing ........................................................... 15,268 14,643 14,681 14,623 15,196 14,746 14,692 14,631 14,585 14,556 -29

Production workers ....................................... 10,783 10,242 10,294 10,260 10,715 10,342 10,299 10,257 10,224 10,191 -33

Durable goods ....................................................... 9,458 9,026 9,051 9,017 9,435 9,114 9,081 9,034 9,014 8,997 -17

Production workers ....................................... 6,512 6,164 6,204 6,181 6,492 6,244 6,221 6,188 6,180 6,159 -21

Wood products ................................................... 562.0 549.2 548.8 545.6 554.5 544.9 541.0 540.8 536.9 538.3 1.4

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 527.4 510.8 512.3 508.2 517.9 505.1 505.0 501.1 501.1 498.2 -2.9

Primary metals .................................................... 509.9 474.7 477.5 476.6 507.5 486.4 482.0 478.5 476.6 474.9 -1.7

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,541.0 1,469.0 1,471.9 1,468.4 1,537.8 1,482.3 1,476.4 1,470.7 1,468.7 1,465.2 -3.5

Machinery ........................................................... 1,220.2 1,169.6 1,165.7 1,161.9 1,223.8 1,181.2 1,175.8 1,171.9 1,167.6 1,166.0 -1.6

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,488.4 1,400.1 1,393.0 1,385.0 1,492.9 1,413.0 1,407.7 1,398.1 1,394.0 1,390.2 -3.8

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 242.0 224.5 221.5 220.6 243.3 226.7 226.5 223.6 222.4 222.3 -.1

Communications equipment ........................... 185.1 171.9 169.8 169.0 186.0 174.4 173.3 171.9 171.0 170.1 -.9

Semiconductors and electronic components . 517.1 481.8 480.1 475.3 519.2 487.7 485.1 480.9 479.7 477.0 -2.7

Electronic instruments ..................................... 445.6 429.9 430.8 428.8 445.8 431.5 429.9 429.0 429.0 429.2 .2

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 493.8 466.1 462.7 461.1 492.0 469.3 467.7 465.9 461.6 459.8 -1.8

Transportation equipment .................................. 1,822.1 1,739.0 1,772.4 1,766.5 1,818.0 1,777.6 1,774.3 1,760.2 1,764.8 1,762.6 -2.2

Furniture and related products .......................... 600.2 575.0 574.9 574.3 599.8 576.4 574.1 574.2 572.3 573.1 .8

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 693.1 672.1 671.7 669.8 690.9 677.8 676.6 673.0 670.8 668.7 -2.1

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,810 5,617 5,630 5,606 5,761 5,632 5,611 5,597 5,571 5,559 -12

Production workers ....................................... 4,271 4,078 4,090 4,079 4,223 4,098 4,078 4,069 4,044 4,032 -12

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,550.4 1,533.9 1,559.2 1,557.5 1,518.0 1,512.4 1,517.5 1,520.9 1,520.9 1,522.7 1.8

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 210.3 198.5 199.7 198.8 205.3 195.4 194.5 194.4 194.5 193.7 -.8

Textile mills ......................................................... 292.1 263.5 260.3 259.0 289.6 272.7 270.1 264.7 259.5 257.3 -2.2

Textile product mills ........................................... 196.4 185.3 179.1 179.9 195.2 188.7 186.4 184.2 178.5 179.8 1.3

Apparel ................................................................ 356.8 299.5 299.0 298.6 352.0 313.2 307.8 301.2 297.7 294.1 -3.6

Leather and allied products ............................... 48.5 42.8 43.0 42.7 48.7 44.4 43.3 43.5 43.0 42.9 -.1

Paper and paper products ................................. 549.9 528.8 528.4 526.4 547.7 531.9 530.6 527.3 526.2 524.5 -1.7

Printing and related support activities ............... 702.3 694.2 691.3 686.2 702.4 695.3 694.1 692.2 689.8 686.4 -3.4

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 121.3 120.6 119.4 118.9 119.2 119.3 118.4 118.0 117.1 117.0 -.1

Chemicals ........................................................... 926.8 921.2 917.3 908.2 930.5 920.6 916.5 917.7 915.5 912.6 -2.9

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 854.9 828.8 832.8 829.8 852.2 837.7 831.7 833.3 828.6 827.6 -1.0

Service-providing ............................................ 107,792 107,279 107,215 107,827 107,792 107,888 107,842 107,845 107,833 107,907 74

Private service-providing ............................ 86,466 86,918 86,910 86,625 86,266 86,404 86,366 86,387 86,377 86,466 89

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,394 25,177 25,188 25,176 25,430 25,282 25,238 25,211 25,201 25,218 17

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,634.7 5,588.2 5,575.1 5,552.6 5,625.2 5,582.0 5,570.6 5,560.1 5,550.8 5,545.5 -5.3

Durable goods .................................................... 2,997.7 2,954.8 2,948.9 2,932.2 2,995.7 2,952.2 2,947.5 2,940.4 2,934.7 2,930.6 -4.1

Nondurable goods .............................................. 2,022.0 2,013.9 2,007.9 2,002.1 2,013.3 2,009.9 2,004.1 2,001.4 1,998.4 1,994.9 -3.5

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 615.0 619.5 618.3 618.3 616.2 619.9 619.0 618.3 617.7 620.0 2.3

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

Sept.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Sept.

2002

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Change

from:

Aug. 2003-

Sept. 2003

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,937.9 14,920.1 14,934.2 14,889.2 15,016.0 14,979.0 14,964.2 14,958.0 14,959.1 14,969.1 10.0

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,893.6 1,898.1 1,895.6 1,899.5 1,882.6 1,879.2 1,877.9 1,883.2 1,881.7 1,889.3 7.6

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,256.8 1,253.0 1,253.6 1,257.6 1,253.0 1,244.3 1,246.0 1,249.0 1,248.8 1,252.9 4.1

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 540.1 539.2 537.6 538.8 543.5 545.4 546.5 543.9 542.2 543.2 1.0

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 519.0 511.7 513.1 514.2 524.6 523.8 522.9 519.6 519.8 520.3 .5

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,178.9 1,231.1 1,222.6 1,209.0 1,182.2 1,188.5 1,194.2 1,196.5 1,203.1 1,209.7 6.6

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,850.4 2,815.8 2,807.7 2,789.2 2,851.7 2,822.5 2,812.8 2,801.7 2,797.3 2,790.6 -6.7

Health and personal care stores ....................... 948.1 966.1 966.5 964.1 949.7 965.7 967.9 965.8 965.0 966.1 1.1

Gasoline stations ................................................ 907.2 915.1 918.5 908.7 903.6 908.8 908.6 904.0 907.3 905.5 -1.8

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,284.9 1,270.4 1,280.5 1,256.3 1,304.4 1,280.7 1,277.5 1,277.6 1,276.9 1,276.6 -.3

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 653.3 624.6 629.6 632.0 657.8 645.2 642.0 640.8 638.6 636.4 -2.2

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,763.3 2,777.9 2,793.1 2,804.2 2,809.2 2,833.1 2,831.5 2,838.9 2,846.3 2,851.4 5.1

Department stores .......................................... 1,658.3 1,639.2 1,650.1 1,657.8 1,694.5 1,690.3 1,689.9 1,690.3 1,692.7 1,693.6 .9

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 957.5 941.7 939.1 938.0 960.8 944.1 941.8 942.5 940.3 941.1 .8

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 441.6 428.4 430.3 435.2 445.9 442.0 440.6 443.5 440.6 438.9 -1.7

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,221.8 4,074.2 4,084.7 4,144.0 4,188.4 4,128.5 4,113.9 4,103.7 4,101.0 4,112.9 11.9

Air transportation ................................................ 565.1 504.1 506.7 510.1 559.0 516.4 510.0 502.4 503.0 506.2 3.2

Rail transportation .............................................. 215.3 217.7 215.8 217.0 215.5 216.1 217.2 217.1 214.8 216.6 1.8

Water transportation ........................................... 51.8 52.2 52.5 50.5 50.4 50.3 50.1 50.0 49.8 49.2 -.6

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,349.6 1,338.7 1,352.2 1,346.7 1,330.4 1,324.4 1,326.9 1,324.0 1,330.3 1,328.9 -1.4

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 368.5 297.3 294.8 355.5 364.7 350.4 345.4 347.4 346.6 348.9 2.3

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 40.4 39.8 39.1 38.3 40.5 40.3 39.7 39.5 38.9 38.6 -.3

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 30.3 37.8 37.3 33.1 26.7 29.1 29.9 29.5 29.3 29.1 -.2

Support activities for transportation ................... 528.0 522.4 521.3 522.1 525.1 527.8 523.2 520.2 517.5 521.1 3.6

Couriers and messengers .................................. 554.2 555.4 552.3 553.7 558.6 560.8 560.9 560.6 558.7 558.8 .1

Warehousing and storage .................................. 518.6 508.8 512.7 517.0 517.5 512.9 510.6 513.0 512.1 515.5 3.4

Utilities ................................................................... 599.9 594.8 593.5 589.8 600.1 592.3 589.5 589.6 590.4 590.0 -.4

Information ................................................................ 3,370 3,294 3,280 3,245 3,383 3,294 3,285 3,278 3,264 3,260 -4

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 963.9 943.7 942.8 939.2 965.1 947.2 945.1 941.4 942.2 940.9 -1.3

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 376.0 385.3 380.0 362.0 384.0 373.4 371.7 373.7 367.8 370.1 2.3

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 330.6 323.7 323.3 324.7 330.5 324.4 324.2 324.1 322.9 324.3 1.4

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 34.0 34.9 34.6 34.3 33.9 33.5 34.0 34.5 34.3 34.1 -.2

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,179.2 1,130.5 1,126.1 1,118.0 1,180.2 1,138.1 1,132.5 1,127.8 1,122.5 1,119.6 -2.9

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 440.2 431.0 428.2 422.1 443.1 431.4 432.1 430.9 429.0 425.4 -3.6

Other information services ................................. 46.0 45.2 45.3 45.1 46.3 45.5 45.1 45.1 45.3 45.5 .2

Financial activities .................................................... 7,841 8,053 8,041 7,978 7,851 7,971 7,972 7,981 7,979 7,989 10

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,802.8 5,955.7 5,942.5 5,914.4 5,820.8 5,923.2 5,923.3 5,928.6 5,925.7 5,935.8 10.1

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.9 22.2 22.1 22.0 23.0 22.2 22.1 22.1 22.0 22.0 .0

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,685.0 2,803.2 2,800.5 2,779.3 2,696.5 2,781.8 2,783.5 2,789.4 2,789.8 2,791.9 2.1

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,736.3 1,784.9 1,782.5 1,765.0 1,741.4 1,767.9 1,768.5 1,771.5 1,771.7 1,771.4 -.3

Commercial banking .................................... 1,282.0 1,314.7 1,313.3 1,296.7 1,285.7 1,302.4 1,302.3 1,304.1 1,304.1 1,301.9 -2.2

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 798.1 802.4 800.4 798.1 797.6 796.9 796.7 796.6 794.8 798.3 3.5

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,212.3 2,245.4 2,236.6 2,231.6 2,219.0 2,239.4 2,238.9 2,238.1 2,236.2 2,240.0 3.8

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 84.5 82.5 82.9 83.4 84.7 82.9 82.1 82.4 82.9 83.6 .7

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,038.6 2,097.3 2,098.5 2,063.1 2,030.4 2,047.8 2,048.6 2,052.7 2,053.6 2,053.4 -.2

Real estate .......................................................... 1,355.3 1,396.2 1,399.2 1,377.1 1,350.7 1,367.3 1,365.2 1,368.9 1,370.5 1,372.1 1.6

Rental and leasing services ............................... 655.7 671.5 669.5 655.7 652.1 651.4 654.2 654.6 653.6 651.3 -2.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 27.6 29.6 29.8 30.3 27.6 29.1 29.2 29.2 29.5 30.0 .5

Professional and business services ........................ 16,156 16,161 16,239 16,262 16,008 16,002 16,006 16,063 16,058 16,124 66

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,658.3 6,650.6 6,638.7 6,609.6 6,714.8 6,698.1 6,674.9 6,661.6 6,652.1 6,680.2 28.1

Legal services .................................................. 1,110.7 1,136.9 1,126.1 1,117.4 1,116.2 1,125.6 1,125.2 1,122.8 1,121.2 1,123.6 2.4

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 815.2 785.9 789.4 790.0 876.4 866.0 848.9 847.9 850.3 854.4 4.1

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,254.1 1,262.6 1,258.9 1,252.1 1,248.8 1,241.4 1,236.0 1,240.9 1,238.5 1,247.1 8.6

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,148.0 1,130.9 1,125.0 1,120.8 1,150.7 1,146.6 1,142.0 1,130.6 1,123.6 1,126.0 2.4

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 736.3 739.1 742.7 742.7 736.1 734.0 731.8 735.0 735.9 740.7 4.8

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

Sept.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Sept.

2002

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Change

from:

Aug. 2003-

Sept. 2003

Professional and business services-Continued

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,711.8 1,704.2 1,698.7 1,699.1 1,706.0 1,696.0 1,690.8 1,698.5 1,691.1 1,693.5 2.4

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,785.6 7,805.7 7,901.8 7,953.6 7,587.3 7,608.3 7,639.8 7,702.5 7,714.9 7,750.2 35.3

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,468.3 7,477.4 7,579.0 7,632.6 7,273.6 7,288.6 7,323.0 7,380.3 7,396.8 7,432.1 35.3

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,408.5 3,392.1 3,494.8 3,574.9 3,255.2 3,291.7 3,318.3 3,374.8 3,379.0 3,409.5 30.5

Temporary help services ............................. 2,314.5 2,254.9 2,325.6 2,396.4 2,202.1 2,177.6 2,207.9 2,226.6 2,244.5 2,277.7 33.2

Business support services .............................. 733.7 737.8 741.6 742.1 742.8 747.9 747.8 745.0 749.6 751.8 2.2

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,660.2 1,693.8 1,688.1 1,663.7 1,611.0 1,596.3 1,601.8 1,609.9 1,615.0 1,612.4 -2.6

Waste management and remediation services 317.3 328.3 322.8 321.0 313.7 319.7 316.8 322.2 318.1 318.1 .0

Education and health services ................................ 16,204 16,201 16,179 16,433 16,273 16,509 16,503 16,487 16,512 16,521 9

Educational services ............................................. 2,627.3 2,396.3 2,362.4 2,607.9 2,671.3 2,718.1 2,689.7 2,676.7 2,674.1 2,668.8 -5.3

Health care and social assistance ........................13,576.6 13,805.1 13,816.3 13,824.9 13,601.4 13,790.7 13,813.2 13,810.0 13,837.4 13,852.2 14.8

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,672.0 4,788.6 4,800.0 4,788.7 4,675.0 4,764.8 4,777.4 4,781.6 4,790.0 4,792.5 2.5

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,000.8 2,057.1 2,061.8 2,054.1 2,001.3 2,045.9 2,050.2 2,052.7 2,055.2 2,055.7 .5

Outpatient care centers ................................... 409.5 413.3 414.0 411.3 411.1 413.1 414.7 412.9 413.9 413.3 -.6

Home health care services ............................. 682.3 709.7 710.7 713.9 681.9 705.3 709.0 711.1 712.2 712.7 .5

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,172.2 4,240.1 4,242.5 4,238.2 4,173.7 4,218.1 4,227.0 4,226.8 4,236.6 4,240.2 3.6

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,748.0 2,793.8 2,797.3 2,789.4 2,751.7 2,787.9 2,790.7 2,787.2 2,789.4 2,794.1 4.7

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,579.2 1,586.9 1,586.6 1,586.2 1,579.6 1,587.0 1,589.6 1,586.0 1,584.0 1,586.8 2.8

1 Social assistance ................................................ 1,984.4 1,982.6 1,976.5 2,008.6 2,001.0 2,019.9 2,018.1 2,014.4 2,021.4 2,025.4 4.0

Child day care services ................................... 723.8 679.3 688.1 728.3 725.7 724.9 722.7 729.3 731.2 731.6 .4

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,171 12,656 12,634 12,240 11,975 12,026 12,039 12,051 12,048 12,045 -3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,833.4 2,047.5 2,009.5 1,824.5 1,772.9 1,759.2 1,758.4 1,763.8 1,763.0 1,771.0 8.0

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 360.1 373.8 371.9 361.1 353.6 348.8 346.5 347.4 347.0 354.5 7.5

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 112.3 120.1 117.8 110.5 111.4 109.8 109.8 110.0 109.9 109.7 -.2

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,361.0 1,553.6 1,519.8 1,352.9 1,307.9 1,300.6 1,302.1 1,306.4 1,306.1 1,306.8 .7

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,337.2 10,608.7 10,624.3 10,415.8 10,201.7 10,266.7 10,280.4 10,286.9 10,284.6 10,274.4 -10.2

Accommodations ................................................ 1,827.0 1,928.8 1,917.6 1,796.7 1,778.2 1,763.6 1,769.1 1,778.6 1,769.3 1,749.2 -20.1

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,510.2 8,679.9 8,706.7 8,619.1 8,423.5 8,503.1 8,511.3 8,508.3 8,515.3 8,525.2 9.9

Other services .......................................................... 5,330 5,376 5,349 5,291 5,346 5,320 5,323 5,316 5,315 5,309 -6

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,232.9 1,225.4 1,226.7 1,221.8 1,233.7 1,215.1 1,218.6 1,219.5 1,222.7 1,222.2 -.5

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,244.1 1,229.6 1,228.0 1,222.8 1,240.0 1,226.3 1,225.0 1,224.6 1,223.3 1,219.8 -3.5

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,852.7 2,920.9 2,894.7 2,846.7 2,871.9 2,878.7 2,879.5 2,872.1 2,869.3 2,867.0 -2.3

Government .............................................................. 21,326 20,361 20,305 21,202 21,526 21,484 21,476 21,458 21,456 21,441 -15

Federal ................................................................... 2,773 2,767 2,755 2,739 2,774 2,761 2,749 2,747 2,746 2,750 4

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,940.6 1,952.8 1,943.3 1,929.6 1,937.7 1,937.0 1,928.2 1,928.9 1,930.6 1,937.9 7.3

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 832.4 813.7 811.7 809.1 836.1 823.6 821.1 817.7 815.6 812.1 -3.5

State government .................................................. 4,964 4,668 4,677 4,893 4,993 4,941 4,925 4,920 4,919 4,927 8

State government education .............................. 2,178.6 1,900.3 1,914.2 2,145.1 2,212.5 2,180.8 2,174.3 2,175.5 2,177.0 2,179.4 2.4

State government, excluding education ............ 2,785.5 2,768.0 2,763.2 2,748.2 2,780.5 2,759.9 2,751.1 2,744.7 2,742.0 2,747.3 5.3

Local government .................................................. 13,589 12,926 12,873 13,570 13,759 13,782 13,802 13,791 13,791 13,764 -27

Local government education ............................. 7,529.7 6,621.1 6,647.5 7,511.3 7,683.9 7,689.1 7,718.7 7,723.5 7,728.6 7,685.0 -43.6

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,059.0 6,304.9 6,225.9 6,058.5 6,075.1 6,092.6 6,083.5 6,067.2 6,062.6 6,079.3 16.7

1

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

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Sept.

2002

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Change

from:

Aug. 2003-

Sept. 2003

Total private ....................................... 34.2 33.8 34.0 33.8 33.9 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.7 33.7 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.4 39.5 40.1 40.4 40.0 39.7 39.8 39.6 39.7 39.9 .2

Natural resources and mining .............................. 43.5 43.2 44.1 44.5 43.0 43.8 43.7 43.2 43.7 44.0 .3

Construction ............................................................ 39.3 39.0 39.6 39.1 38.7 38.5 38.4 38.3 38.6 38.4 -.2

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.8 39.6 40.2 40.9 40.5 40.2 40.3 40.1 40.2 40.4 .2

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.2 .2

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.1 39.9 40.6 41.2 40.8 40.5 40.7 40.5 40.5 40.8 .3

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.5 3.8 4.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.3 .2

Wood products .................................................. 40.6 40.7 40.8 41.1 39.9 39.9 40.3 40.7 40.4 40.4 .0

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.9 42.0 42.7 42.7 42.0 42.4 42.2 41.6 42.1 41.9 -.2

Primary metals .................................................. 42.5 41.1 41.6 42.5 42.1 42.2 42.0 41.7 41.8 42.1 .3

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.9 39.9 40.5 40.9 40.7 40.6 40.5 40.5 40.5 40.7 .2

Machinery .......................................................... 40.5 39.8 40.5 41.0 40.5 40.6 40.9 40.3 40.6 41.0 .4

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.5 39.9 41.0 41.0 40.3 40.5 40.5 40.5 41.2 40.7 -.5

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.1 39.7 40.1 40.3 40.0 40.3 41.0 40.4 40.4 40.3 -.1

Transportation equipment ............................... 43.0 39.7 40.9 42.5 42.6 41.2 41.4 41.3 40.7 41.9 1.2

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.1 38.9 39.5 39.6 38.8 38.4 38.9 38.9 39.1 39.2 .1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.6 37.9 38.2 38.5 38.5 38.1 38.6 38.4 38.3 38.5 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.4 39.2 39.7 40.3 39.9 39.7 39.7 39.4 39.6 39.8 .2

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.5 4.0 4.1 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.1 .2

Food manufacturing ......................................... 40.2 38.9 39.5 40.1 39.4 39.3 39.4 39.0 39.2 39.3 .1

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 38.6 38.9 39.2 39.4 37.9 39.0 39.0 38.5 38.9 38.8 -.1

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.5 36.8 38.7 39.5 40.2 38.4 38.6 37.7 38.7 39.2 .5

Textile product mills ......................................... 38.8 39.7 40.1 40.9 38.9 39.0 39.1 39.8 39.9 40.7 .8

Apparel ............................................................... 36.9 34.3 34.8 35.3 36.9 35.4 35.0 34.6 34.7 35.3 .6

Leather and allied products ............................ 38.0 39.1 38.9 38.5 37.9 39.3 38.8 39.8 39.0 38.6 -.4

Paper and paper products .............................. 42.4 40.9 41.0 41.8 41.8 41.4 41.4 41.2 41.2 41.2 .0

Printing and related support activities ........... 39.0 37.7 38.1 38.8 38.4 37.9 38.1 38.0 38.0 38.1 .1

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 43.5 44.2 43.8 44.9 42.9 44.1 44.1 43.9 44.2 44.4 .2

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.7 41.7 42.2 42.8 42.5 42.2 42.2 42.1 42.3 42.6 .3

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.7 39.3 40.0 40.6 40.4 40.3 40.1 40.0 40.1 40.3 .2

Private service-providing ............................. 32.8 32.5 32.6 32.3 32.6 32.4 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 34.0 33.8 33.9 33.7 33.7 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.5 33.5 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 38.4 37.7 38.0 37.9 38.0 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.8 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.0 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.6 30.8 30.9 .1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 37.3 36.9 37.1 37.2 37.1 36.6 36.6 36.9 36.8 36.9 .1

Utilities ................................................................... 41.4 40.9 40.9 40.5 41.0 40.9 41.0 40.9 40.8 40.2 -.6

Information ............................................................... 36.7 36.4 36.5 36.3 36.3 36.4 36.4 36.4 36.4 36.2 -.2

Financial activities .................................................. 36.2 35.2 35.4 35.2 35.6 35.6 35.5 35.5 35.5 35.4 -.1

Professional and business services .................... 34.6 34.0 34.1 33.8 34.4 34.1 34.1 34.0 33.9 34.0 .1

Education and health services ............................. 32.7 32.5 32.7 32.7 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.7 32.7 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 26.0 26.1 26.3 25.3 25.9 25.6 25.5 25.3 25.4 25.5 .1

Other services ......................................................... 32.2 31.8 31.9 31.7 32.1 31.8 31.8 31.7 31.7 31.7 .0

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

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

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

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and 

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Sept.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Sept.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Total private ....................................... $15.11 $15.32 $15.36 $15.48 $516.76 $517.82 $522.24 $523.22

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.05 15.43 15.46 15.45 510.20 518.45 521.00 520.67

Goods-producing .......................................... 16.53 16.84 16.91 16.99 667.81 665.18 678.09 686.40

Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.32 17.61 17.60 17.68 753.42 760.75 776.16 786.76

Construction ............................................................ 18.79 18.99 19.05 19.15 738.45 740.61 754.38 748.77

Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.41 15.69 15.77 15.87 628.73 621.32 633.95 649.08

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.16 16.31 16.48 16.61 664.18 650.77 669.09 684.33

Wood products .................................................. 12.42 12.81 12.78 12.84 504.25 521.37 521.42 527.72

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 15.54 15.83 15.81 15.82 666.67 664.86 675.09 675.51

Primary metals .................................................. 17.84 18.23 18.11 18.25 758.20 749.25 753.38 775.63

Fabricated metal products .............................. 14.79 15.00 15.04 15.08 604.91 598.50 609.12 616.77

Machinery .......................................................... 16.05 16.39 16.35 16.36 650.03 652.32 662.18 670.76

Computer and electronic products ................ 16.34 16.76 16.79 16.78 661.77 668.72 688.39 687.98

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.01 14.29 14.45 14.58 561.80 567.31 579.45 587.57

Transportation equipment ............................... 20.83 20.77 21.32 21.60 895.69 824.57 871.99 918.00

Furniture and related products ....................... 12.77 12.98 13.05 13.13 499.31 504.92 515.48 519.95

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.05 13.25 13.24 13.44 503.73 502.18 505.77 517.44

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.25 14.72 14.67 14.72 575.70 577.02 582.40 593.22

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.61 12.81 12.77 12.88 506.92 498.31 504.42 516.49

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 17.61 17.74 17.57 17.10 679.75 690.09 688.74 673.74

Textile mills ........................................................ 11.76 11.97 11.94 12.09 476.28 440.50 462.08 477.56

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.11 11.29 11.47 11.46 431.07 448.21 459.95 468.71

Apparel ............................................................... 9.16 9.68 9.75 9.81 338.00 332.02 339.30 346.29

Leather and allied products ............................ 10.87 11.57 11.70 11.69 413.06 452.39 455.13 450.07

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.09 17.59 17.45 17.53 724.62 719.43 715.45 732.75

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.15 15.41 15.40 15.52 590.85 580.96 586.74 602.18

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 23.33 23.21 23.02 23.51 1,014.86 1,025.88 1,008.28 1,055.60

Chemicals .......................................................... 18.11 18.53 18.60 18.56 773.30 772.70 784.92 794.37

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 13.62 14.37 14.25 14.30 554.33 564.74 570.00 580.58

Private service-providing ............................. 14.71 14.91 14.93 15.05 482.49 484.58 486.72 486.12

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.17 14.31 14.33 14.43 481.78 483.68 485.79 486.29

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.12 17.29 17.32 17.38 657.41 651.83 658.16 658.70

Retail trade ........................................................... 11.81 11.90 11.90 12.03 368.47 372.47 373.66 372.93

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 15.86 16.38 16.36 16.35 591.58 604.42 606.96 608.22

Utilities ................................................................... 24.28 24.60 24.77 25.11 1,005.19 1,006.14 1,013.09 1,016.96

Information ............................................................... 20.56 21.10 21.21 21.26 754.55 768.04 774.17 771.74

Financial activities .................................................. 16.47 17.24 17.31 17.24 596.21 606.85 612.77 606.85

Professional and business services .................... 16.91 17.11 17.06 17.13 585.09 581.74 581.75 578.99

Education and health services ............................. 15.39 15.69 15.77 15.84 503.25 509.93 515.68 517.97

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.62 8.66 8.67 8.77 224.12 226.03 228.02 221.88

Other services ......................................................... 13.84 13.89 13.90 13.97 445.65 441.70 443.41 442.85

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

Sept.

2002

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Percent

change from:

Aug. 2003-

Sept. 2003

Current dollars .............................................. $15.05 $15.35 $15.38 $15.43 $15.46 $15.45 -0.1

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.24 8.31 8.30 8.32 8.30 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.44 16.76 16.79 16.81 16.87 16.89 .1

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.29 17.55 17.60 17.62 17.66 17.65 -.1

Construction ............................................................................ 18.65 18.95 18.96 18.96 18.99 19.02 .2

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 15.38 15.68 15.72 15.73 15.80 15.84 .3

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 14.62 14.92 14.98 14.96 15.05 15.06 .1

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.12 16.37 16.42 16.42 16.51 16.56 .3

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.22 14.61 14.63 14.66 14.70 14.70 .0

Private service-providing ............................................. 14.67 14.97 15.00 15.06 15.08 15.06 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.10 14.31 14.34 14.40 14.40 14.40 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.05 17.29 17.34 17.36 17.40 17.41 .1

Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.75 11.90 11.92 11.96 11.98 11.98 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 15.83 16.25 16.30 16.40 16.36 16.35 -.1

Utilities ................................................................................... 24.09 24.48 24.62 24.73 24.93 24.89 -.2

Information ............................................................................... 20.43 21.09 21.13 21.26 21.32 21.16 -.8

Financial activities .................................................................. 16.40 17.02 17.17 17.33 17.34 17.27 -.4

Professional and business services .................................... 16.89 17.24 17.22 17.23 17.25 17.22 -.2

Education and health services ............................................. 15.36 15.64 15.67 15.72 15.78 15.82 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.61 8.73 8.75 8.76 8.76 8.77 .1

Other services ......................................................................... 13.81 13.97 13.98 13.98 13.99 14.00 .1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and time and one-half.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. N.A. = not available.

3 Change was -.2 percent from July 2003 to Aug. 2003, the p = preliminary.

latest month available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Sept.

2002

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Percent

change from:

Aug. 2003-

Sept. 2003

Total private ....................................... 101.2 99.8 100.4 99.3 99.9 98.7 98.7 98.3 98.6 98.6 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 102.3 97.0 98.9 99.1 99.5 96.3 96.3 95.6 95.7 96.0 .3

Natural resources and mining .............................. 100.7 97.7 99.5 98.7 97.4 96.9 96.7 95.4 95.8 95.5 -.3

Construction ............................................................ 106.1 106.0 108.2 105.8 100.2 99.2 99.1 98.9 99.8 99.4 -.4

Manufacturing ......................................................... 100.7 92.8 94.7 96.0 99.3 95.1 95.0 94.1 94.0 94.2 .2

Durable goods ..................................................... 100.2 92.1 94.3 95.4 99.2 94.7 94.8 93.8 93.7 94.1 .4

Wood products .................................................. 102.8 100.0 100.4 100.2 99.5 97.3 97.5 98.3 97.1 96.9 -.2

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 103.9 96.8 98.9 97.8 99.3 96.2 95.7 93.6 94.9 93.5 -1.5

Primary metals .................................................. 100.2 89.6 91.3 93.1 98.7 94.6 93.4 91.8 91.6 91.9 .3

Fabricated metal products .............................. 100.1 92.6 94.3 95.2 99.5 95.3 94.7 94.3 94.2 94.5 .3

Machinery .......................................................... 98.2 91.8 93.3 94.4 98.7 94.8 95.0 93.6 94.1 94.9 .9

Computer and electronic products ................ 99.8 92.9 95.1 94.6 99.8 95.8 95.3 94.6 95.9 94.4 -1.6

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 98.8 90.0 90.4 90.5 98.1 92.6 93.7 91.9 91.1 90.2 -1.0

Transportation equipment ............................... 100.7 88.1 93.4 96.6 99.5 94.0 94.4 93.4 92.5 94.8 2.5

Furniture and related products ....................... 98.5 92.9 94.5 94.7 97.8 92.1 92.9 93.0 93.1 93.6 .5

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 100.0 92.8 93.4 94.2 99.3 94.6 95.6 94.4 93.6 93.8 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 101.4 93.9 95.4 96.6 99.0 95.6 95.1 94.2 94.1 94.3 .2

Food manufacturing ......................................... 103.7 98.5 101.7 103.2 99.1 98.1 98.6 97.9 98.2 98.6 .4

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 101.4 88.2 89.0 89.3 95.3 87.4 85.7 85.3 84.5 83.6 -1.1

Textile mills ........................................................ 99.6 80.6 83.9 85.5 97.8 87.7 87.4 83.2 83.6 84.1 .6

Textile product mills ......................................... 99.2 94.8 92.1 95.8 98.8 95.0 93.5 94.6 91.6 94.9 3.6

Apparel ............................................................... 100.7 75.6 76.3 77.6 99.0 82.3 79.2 77.4 75.8 75.8 .0

Leather and allied products ............................ 98.3 87.3 87.6 86.2 98.3 91.2 87.1 91.0 87.8 86.9 -1.0

Paper and paper products .............................. 101.3 92.5 92.9 94.4 99.3 94.4 94.0 93.0 92.9 92.5 -.4

Printing and related support activities ........... 100.2 95.4 95.9 96.7 98.7 96.3 96.5 95.8 95.4 95.1 -.3

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 102.7 102.3 100.6 102.2 99.1 100.2 99.6 98.8 99.0 99.1 .1

Chemicals .......................................................... 100.1 98.5 99.3 99.9 100.2 99.3 99.0 99.3 99.7 100.0 .3

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 100.7 93.3 95.6 96.6 99.5 97.2 96.1 95.5 95.4 95.6 .2

Private service-providing ............................. 101.0 100.5 100.7 99.3 100.2 99.4 99.5 99.2 99.5 99.5 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 100.6 98.9 99.1 98.4 100.0 98.1 97.9 97.8 98.1 98.1 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 100.9 97.5 97.9 97.1 99.8 97.7 97.3 97.1 97.0 96.8 -.2

Retail trade ........................................................... 100.0 100.2 100.6 98.8 99.7 99.0 98.9 98.2 98.9 99.2 .3

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 101.8 96.5 97.2 99.1 100.4 97.1 96.8 97.3 96.7 97.5 .8

Utilities ................................................................... 101.2 99.5 99.5 97.8 100.4 98.7 98.6 98.5 98.5 97.2 -1.3

Information ............................................................... 98.6 100.1 100.0 98.1 98.1 99.4 99.6 99.5 99.4 98.7 -.7

Financial activities .................................................. 101.6 101.7 102.1 100.4 100.3 101.5 101.3 101.4 101.5 101.3 -.2

Professional and business services .................... 101.9 99.3 100.1 99.2 100.2 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.3 98.9 .6

Education and health services ............................. 100.9 99.9 100.2 101.7 100.8 101.8 101.8 101.7 102.4 102.3 -.1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 102.2 106.7 107.3 99.6 100.2 98.9 98.8 98.1 98.5 98.8 .3

Other services ......................................................... 99.8 99.5 99.1 97.2 99.9 98.1 98.3 97.9 97.8 97.6 -.2

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2002

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Sept.

2002

May

2003

June

2003

July

2003

Aug.

2003p

Sept.

2003p

Percent

change from:

Aug. 2003-

Sept. 2003

Total private ....................................... 102.3 102.3 103.2 102.8 100.5 101.3 101.5 101.5 102.0 101.9 -0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 103.6 100.0 102.4 103.1 100.2 98.8 99.0 98.4 98.8 99.3 .5

Natural resources and mining .............................. 101.2 99.9 101.6 101.3 97.8 98.8 98.8 97.6 98.2 97.9 -.3

Construction ............................................................ 107.7 108.8 111.3 109.4 101.0 101.6 101.5 101.2 102.4 102.1 -.3

Manufacturing ......................................................... 101.4 95.2 97.6 99.6 99.9 97.5 97.6 96.8 97.2 97.6 .4

Durable goods ..................................................... 101.1 93.8 97.1 98.9 99.8 96.8 97.2 96.2 96.6 97.3 .7

Nondurable goods ............................................... 102.0 97.7 98.9 100.4 99.4 98.6 98.3 97.5 97.7 97.9 .2

Private service-providing ............................. 102.0 102.9 103.3 102.6 101.0 102.2 102.4 102.5 103.0 102.9 -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 101.7 101.0 101.4 101.3 100.6 100.2 100.2 100.5 100.7 100.8 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 101.8 99.4 100.0 99.5 100.3 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.4 99.3 -.1

Retail trade ........................................................... 101.2 102.2 102.5 101.9 100.4 100.9 101.0 100.6 101.5 101.8 .3

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 102.4 100.2 100.8 102.7 100.8 100.0 100.0 101.1 100.3 101.0 .7

Utilities ................................................................... 102.6 102.3 102.9 102.5 101.0 100.9 101.4 101.8 102.6 101.0 -1.6

Information ............................................................... 100.2 104.4 104.9 103.1 99.1 103.6 104.0 104.6 104.7 103.2 -1.4

Financial activities .................................................. 103.5 108.4 109.3 107.0 101.7 106.8 107.5 108.7 108.9 108.2 -.6

Professional and business services .................... 102.5 101.1 101.6 101.1 100.7 101.1 101.0 101.0 100.9 101.3 .4

Education and health services ............................. 102.1 103.0 103.9 105.9 101.7 104.6 104.8 105.1 106.2 106.4 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 102.8 107.8 108.6 101.9 100.6 100.8 100.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 .4

Other services ......................................................... 100.7 100.7 100.4 98.9 100.5 99.9 100.1 99.7 99.7 99.6 -.1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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:

1999 ........................................................ 56.3 64.7 56.7 65.8 64.2 61.9 63.3 59.9 57.6 64.4 69.1 64.4

2000 ........................................................ 65.5 60.3 65.5 58.8 47.7 61.7 65.5 52.9 52.3 54.1 57.7 53.2

2001 ........................................................ 52.3 49.6 48.6 36.5 41.4 38.1 35.6 38.5 39.0 35.6 37.8 36.0

2002 ........................................................ 40.5 37.4 37.6 41.0 41.7 43.7 39.0 41.7 43.3 43.9 42.4 37.2

2003 ........................................................ 44.2 36.7 44.1 46.9 43.3 37.2 43.2 39.6 47.1 p p

Over 3-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 61.5 64.9 61.0 65.8 66.4 69.1 66.9 64.4 62.2 62.9 66.7 69.6

2000 ........................................................ 70.1 66.0 68.3 68.3 58.5 56.3 58.1 62.2 55.9 53.1 54.0 58.3

2001 ........................................................ 54.9 50.7 50.5 43.5 37.2 36.0 36.2 35.8 34.5 32.2 31.7 30.9

2002 ........................................................ 34.4 38.3 36.5 35.4 36.7 38.8 39.7 41.4 38.1 39.0 37.8 34.9

2003 ........................................................ 36.0 35.6 36.0 41.2 43.0 40.6 37.6 33.8 40.1 p p

Over 6-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 66.9 64.9 63.7 64.0 65.6 65.8 66.7 66.2 69.4 68.7 66.4 66.5

2000 ........................................................ 67.6 68.7 71.4 71.9 68.5 66.2 67.3 60.4 58.3 55.0 61.0 55.2

2001 ........................................................ 53.2 51.4 50.7 47.1 42.8 38.8 37.6 34.5 31.1 32.9 31.3 31.7

2002 ........................................................ 30.6 29.9 31.1 31.3 33.3 35.8 36.9 37.4 37.8 39.9 38.3 35.8

2003 ........................................................ 37.4 36.5 35.1 34.7 37.4 36.5 38.7 34.4 40.6 p p

Over 12-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 70.5 68.7 68.2 68.0 68.3 68.3 68.0 68.0 67.8 69.1 68.3 69.1

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 30.2 30.4 30.6 30.8 31.8 31.5 30.0 33.5 33.3

2003 ........................................................ 33.8 33.3 34.5 35.4 36.5 35.4 35.8 34.5 37.9 p p

Over 1-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 42.3 38.7 33.3 39.3 52.4 34.5 50.0 40.5 41.7 50.6 56.0 51.8

2000 ........................................................ 50.6 53.6 54.8 42.9 39.9 53.6 62.5 28.6 24.4 35.1 41.1 38.7

2001 ........................................................ 24.4 22.0 24.4 14.3 14.3 19.6 14.3 13.7 17.9 16.7 16.7 9.5

2002 ........................................................ 19.0 22.6 20.8 33.9 30.4 32.1 34.5 25.0 31.0 19.6 21.4 25.0

2003 ........................................................ 36.3 19.0 27.4 20.2 30.4 25.6 31.5 22.0 28.6 p p

Over 3-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 33.9 40.5 37.5 35.7 41.7 43.5 42.3 38.1 41.1 44.6 49.4 56.5

2000 ........................................................ 54.2 54.8 58.3 51.8 41.7 41.1 54.8 48.2 29.2 25.6 25.0 42.3

2001 ........................................................ 34.5 24.4 17.9 14.3 11.9 14.3 10.7 7.7 8.3 9.5 8.9 8.3

2002 ........................................................ 11.9 11.9 16.7 20.2 21.4 20.2 28.6 25.6 25.6 17.9 14.9 10.7

2003 ........................................................ 14.9 15.5 19.6 16.7 17.9 14.3 20.2 16.1 19.6 p p

Over 6-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 37.5 32.7 30.4 33.3 36.9 38.1 38.1 34.5 40.5 46.4 41.1 48.2

2000 ........................................................ 47.0 51.2 56.5 57.1 49.4 47.6 56.0 44.0 36.9 35.1 34.5 31.0

2001 ........................................................ 23.8 24.4 20.8 17.9 14.9 11.9 13.7 9.5 8.3 6.5 6.5 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.7 8.9 7.7 8.9 12.5 16.7 19.6 19.6 23.8 17.9 16.7 13.7

2003 ........................................................ 13.7 14.3 12.5 11.9 12.5 15.5 13.1 14.9 13.7 p p

Over 12-month span:

1999 ........................................................ 35.7 32.1 29.8 32.1 32.7 32.1 34.5 32.1 33.3 39.3 41.1 42.9

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 7.1 7.7 5.4 6.0 8.9 7.7 9.5 13.1 13.1

2003 ........................................................ 13.7 15.5 16.7 13.1 15.5 16.1 13.1 13.1 12.5 p p

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