Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-10-1076 

8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, August 6, 2010 

Technical information: 

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

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

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION – JULY 2010 

Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 131,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was 

unchanged at 9.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Federal government employment fell, as 143,000 temporary workers hired for the decennial census completed their work. 

Private-sector payroll employment edged up by 71,000. 

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

July 2008 – July 2010

Household Survey Data 

Both the number of unemployed persons, at 14.6 million, and the unemployment rate, at 9.5 percent, 

were unchanged in July. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for adult men (9.7 percent), adult women 

(7.9 percent), teenagers (26.1 percent), whites (8.6 percent), blacks (15.6 percent), and Hispanics (12.1 

percent) showed little or no change in July. The jobless rate for Asians was 8.2 percent, not seasonally 

adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 
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In July, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was little changed 

at 6.6 million. These individuals made up 44.9 percent of unemployed persons. (See table A-12.) 

The civilian labor force participation rate (64.6 percent) and the employment-population ratio (58.4 

percent) were essentially unchanged in July; however, these measures have declined by 0.6 percentage 

point and 0.4 point, respectively, since April. (See table A-1.) 

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was essentially unchanged over the month at 8.5 million but has declined by 

623,000 since April. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or 

because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) 

About 2.6 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in July, an increase of 340,000 

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

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

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

survey. (See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 1.2 million discouraged workers in July, up by 389,000 

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

currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.4 million persons marginally attached to the labor force had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding 

the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) 

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 131,000 in July, reflecting the departure of 143,000 

temporary Census 2010 workers from federal government payrolls. Total private employment edged 

up over the month (+71,000). Thus far this year, private sector employment has increased by 630,000, 

with about two-thirds of the gain occurring in March and April. (See table B-1.) 

Manufacturing employment increased by 36,000 over the month. Motor vehicles and parts had fewer 

seasonal layoffs than normal for July, contributing to a seasonally adjusted employment increase of 

21,000. The industry had added 32,000 jobs in the first 6 months of the year. In July, employment in 

fabricated metals rose by 9,000. Manufacturing employment has expanded by 183,000 since December 

2009. 

Health care added 27,000 jobs in July. Over the past 12 months, health care employment has risen by 

231,000. 

In July, employment in transportation and warehousing edged up by 12,000. Since a recent low in 

February, transportation and warehousing has added 56,000 jobs. 

Mining employment rose by 7,000 in July, with the gain concentrated in support activities for mining. 

Mining has added 63,000 jobs since October 2009. 

Employment in professional and business services was little changed (-13,000) in July. The number of 

jobs in temporary help services showed little movement (-6,000) over the month. 
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Employment in financial activities continued to trend down in July, with a decline of 17,000. So far this 

year, monthly job losses in the industry have averaged 12,000, compared with an average monthly job 

loss of 29,000 for all of 2009. 

Construction employment changed little (-11,000) in July; 10,000 construction workers were off 

payrolls due to strike activity. 

Employment in other private-sector industries, including wholesale trade, retail trade, information, 

and leisure and hospitality showed little change in July. 

Government employment fell by 202,000 in July, largely reflecting the loss of 143,000 temporary 

workers hired for Census 2010. Employment in both state and local governments edged down over the 

month. 

In July, the average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour to 

34.2 hours. The manufacturing workweek for all employees increased by 0.1 hour to 40.1 hours, 

following a decrease of 0.5 hour in June. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory 

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

B-7.) 

Average hourly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 4 cents, or 0.2 

percent, to $22.59 in July. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 1.8 

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

increased by 2 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $19.04. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for May was revised from +433,000 to +432,000, and 

the change for June was revised from -125,000 to -221,000. 

The Employment Situation for August is scheduled to be released on Friday, September 3, 2010, 

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

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category July

2009

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Change from:

June 2010-

July 2010

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population............................................ 235,870 237,499 237,690 237,890 200

Civilian labor force............................................................ 154,351 154,393 153,741 153,560 -181

Participation rate........................................................... 65.4 65.0 64.7 64.6 -0.1

Employed.................................................................... 139,817 139,420 139,119 138,960 -159

Employment-population ratio........................................... 59.3 58.7 58.5 58.4 -0.1

Unemployed................................................................. 14,534 14,973 14,623 14,599 -24

Unemployment rate..................................................... 9.4 9.7 9.5 9.5 0.0

Not in labor force............................................................. 81,519 83,107 83,949 84,330 381

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over....................................................... 9.4 9.7 9.5 9.5 0.0

Adult men (20 years and over).............................................. 9.8 9.8 9.9 9.7 -0.2

Adult women (20 years and over).......................................... 7.6 8.1 7.8 7.9 0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................. 24.5 26.4 25.7 26.1 0.4

White........................................................................... 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.6 0.0

Black or African American................................................... 14.7 15.5 15.4 15.6 0.2

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................. 8.3 7.5 7.7 8.2 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.................................................. 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.1 -0.3

Total, 25 years and over....................................................... 8.1 8.4 8.2 8.1 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma........................................... 15.3 15.0 14.1 13.8 -0.3

High school graduates, no college......................................... 9.4 10.9 10.8 10.1 -0.7

Some college or associate degree......................................... 8.0 8.3 8.2 8.3 0.1

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

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs................... 9,549 9,223 9,114 9,125 11

Job leavers....................................................................... 882 969 900 900 0

Reentrants........................................................................ 3,306 3,453 3,308 3,393 85

New entrants..................................................................... 994 1,206 1,140 1,188 48

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks.............................................................. 3,181 2,752 2,769 2,839 70

5 to 14 weeks.................................................................... 3,539 3,019 3,121 3,060 -61

15 to 26 weeks.................................................................. 2,847 2,161 2,208 2,151 -57

27 weeks and over.............................................................. 4,972 6,763 6,751 6,572 -179

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons............................................... 8,808 8,809 8,627 8,529 -98

Slack work or business conditions.......................................... 6,831 6,143 6,165 6,119 -46

Could only find part-time work.............................................. 1,826 2,326 2,101 2,246 145

Part time for noneconomic reasons........................................... 18,993 17,929 17,870 18,157 287

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force........................................ 2,282 2,223 2,591 2,622 –

Discouraged workers......................................................... 796 1,083 1,207 1,185 –

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

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

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

the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -346 432 -221 -131

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -297 51 31 71

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -128 21 -3 33

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5 11 5 8

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -80 -29 -21 -11

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -43 39 13 36

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -25 36 15 36

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.0 9.3 -2.4 20.7

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -18 3 -2 0

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -169 30 34 38

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -15.8 -1.0 2.2 8.4

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -53.5 -5.8 -20.5 6.7

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -27.3 8.7 15.0 12.2

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -12 -2 -14 1

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -23 -9 -12 -17

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -48 26 23 -13

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -8.8 30.4 11.2 -5.6

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 25 26 30

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.2 18.8 21.1 27.8

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -4 -15 21 6

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5 4 -4 6

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -49 381 -252 -202

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 49.8 49.7 49.7

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.4 48.3 48.2 48.2

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

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

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

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22.20 $ 22.55 $ 22.55 $ 22.59

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 750.36 $771.21 $ 768.96 $ 772.58

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.3 92.2 92.0 92.3

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

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.6 99.2 98.9 99.5

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.1 0.6 -0.3 0.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

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

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18.62 $ 19.00 $ 19.02 $ 19.04

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 616.32 $636.50 $ 635.27 $ 637.84

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.2 99.3 99.0 99.4

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.3 -0.3 0.4

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.1 126.1 125.9 126.4

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 0.6 -0.2 0.4

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4 56.1 55.2 55.6

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.5 65.9 53.0 50.0

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

industries.

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

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

aggregate weekly payrolls.

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

between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.

p Preliminary
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates

Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups.

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?

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

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

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

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

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

Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?

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

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

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

to achieve that goal. 

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?

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

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

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

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

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

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

businesses to the survey twice a year. 

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

benefits? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) 

and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment 

that appears in the "A" tables, marked HOUSEHOLD 

DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households 

conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau 

of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

The establishment survey provides information on 

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

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

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

140,000 businesses and government agencies representing 

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

tax accounts. The active sample includes approximately 

one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. 

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

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

reference period is generally the calendar week that 

contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment 

survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 

12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the 

calendar week. 

Coverage, definitions, and differences between 

surveys 

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force. 

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked 

in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or 

worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or 

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: they had no employment during the 

reference week; they were available for work at that time; 

and they made specific efforts to find employment 

sometime during the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting 

recall need not be looking for work to be counted as 

unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the 

household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for 

or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. 

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or 

unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment 

rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor 

force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force 

as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. 

Additional information about the household survey can be 

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

offices, and stores, as well as from federal, state, and local 

government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are 

those who received pay for any part of the reference pay 

period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are 

counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are 

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and 

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

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

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

version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

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

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

the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from 

the surveys. Among these are: 

 The household survey includes agricultural 

workers, the self-employed, unpaid family 

workers, and private household workers among the 

employed. These groups are excluded from the 

establishment survey. 

 The household survey includes people on unpaid 

leave among the employed. The establishment 

survey does not. 

 The household survey is limited to workers 16 

years of age and older. The establishment survey is 

not limited by age. 

 The household survey has no duplication of 

individuals, because individuals are counted only 

once, even if they hold more than one job. In the 

establishment survey, employees working at more 

than one job and thus appearing on more than one 

payroll are counted separately for each appearance. 
Seasonal adjustment 

Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor 

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

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

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

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

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal 

developments, such as declines in employment or increases 

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

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

number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely 

to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative 

to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of 

economic activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

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

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

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a 

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

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, 

such as total payroll employment, employment in most 

major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are 

computed by aggregating independently adjusted 

component series. For example, total unemployment is 

derived by summing the adjusted series for four major agesex components; this differs from the unemployment 

estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the 

total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 

detailed age categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

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

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

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

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

revisions to historical data are made once a year. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling 

error. When a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may 

differ from the "true" population values they represent. The 

exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the 

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured 

by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-

percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate 

based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard 

errors from the "true" population value because of sampling 

error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-

percent level of confidence. 

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly 

change in total nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

100,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment 

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

percent confidence interval on the monthly change would 

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

These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by 

these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent 

chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies within 

this interval. Since this range includes values of less than 

zero, we could not say with confidence that nonfarm 

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

the reported nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, then 

all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval 

would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least 

a 90-percent chance) that nonfarm employment had, in fact, 

risen that month. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 

percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly 

change in unemployment as measured by the household 

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

the unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.19 percentage point. 

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the 

size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a 

small number of observations. The precision of estimates 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all 

respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely 

basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in 

the collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates 

for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete 

returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled 

preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive 

revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample 

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered 

final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

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

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

gains from business births. This is incorporated into the 

sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting 

sample units going out of business, but imputing to them 

the same employment trend as the other firms in the 

sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net 

birth/death employment. 

The second component is an ARIMA time series 

model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death 

employment not accounted for by the imputation. The 

historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA 

model was derived from the unemployment insurance 

universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual 

residual net of births and deaths over the past 5 years. 

The sample-based estimates from the establishment 

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

universe counts of payroll employment obtained from 

administrative records of the unemployment insurance 

program. The difference between the March sample-based 

employment estimates and the March universe counts is 

known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough 

proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also 

incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over 

the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total 

nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a 

range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

July

2009

June

2010

July

2010

July

2009

Mar.

2010

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235,870 237,690 237,890 235,870 237,159 237,329 237,499 237,690 237,890

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,255 154,767 155,270 154,351 153,910 154,715 154,393 153,741 153,560

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.2 65.1 65.3 65.4 64.9 65.2 65.0 64.7 64.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,055 139,882 140,134 139,817 138,905 139,455 139,420 139,119 138,960

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.8 58.9 58.9 59.3 58.6 58.8 58.7 58.5 58.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,201 14,885 15,137 14,534 15,005 15,260 14,973 14,623 14,599

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 9.6 9.7 9.4 9.7 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,614 82,923 82,620 81,519 83,249 82,614 83,107 83,949 84,330

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,244 6,461 6,143 5,978 6,044 5,951 5,734 5,895 5,886

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,173 115,102 115,207 114,173 114,821 114,910 115,001 115,102 115,207

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,375 82,669 83,071 82,255 81,895 82,453 82,245 82,017 81,962

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 71.8 72.1 72.0 71.3 71.8 71.5 71.3 71.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,861 74,148 74,749 73,613 73,092 73,548 73,639 73,375 73,454

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.6 64.4 64.9 64.5 63.7 64.0 64.0 63.7 63.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,515 8,521 8,323 8,642 8,803 8,905 8,606 8,642 8,507

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 10.3 10.0 10.5 10.7 10.8 10.5 10.5 10.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,798 32,432 32,135 31,919 32,926 32,457 32,756 33,084 33,245

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,530 106,522 106,641 105,530 106,198 106,301 106,407 106,522 106,641

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,337 79,201 79,356 78,984 78,796 79,356 79,237 79,110 78,971

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 74.4 74.4 74.8 74.2 74.7 74.5 74.3 74.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,911 71,773 72,068 71,255 70,913 71,358 71,477 71,316 71,332

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.1 67.4 67.6 67.5 66.8 67.1 67.2 66.9 66.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,427 7,428 7,287 7,728 7,882 7,998 7,760 7,793 7,638

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 9.4 9.2 9.8 10.0 10.1 9.8 9.9 9.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,193 27,321 27,286 26,547 27,403 26,945 27,170 27,412 27,671

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,696 122,589 122,683 121,696 122,339 122,419 122,499 122,589 122,683

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,880 72,098 72,199 72,096 72,015 72,262 72,148 71,724 71,598

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 58.8 58.8 59.2 58.9 59.0 58.9 58.5 58.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,194 65,735 65,385 66,205 65,813 65,907 65,781 65,743 65,506

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.4 53.6 53.3 54.4 53.8 53.8 53.7 53.6 53.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,686 6,363 6,814 5,892 6,203 6,355 6,367 5,981 6,092

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 8.8 9.4 8.2 8.6 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,816 50,491 50,484 49,600 50,323 50,157 50,350 50,865 51,085

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,296 114,264 114,372 113,296 113,974 114,066 114,160 114,264 114,372

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,993 68,761 68,717 68,910 69,027 69,265 69,128 68,859 68,747

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.9 60.2 60.1 60.8 60.6 60.7 60.6 60.3 60.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,182 63,277 62,775 63,685 63,495 63,552 63,505 63,516 63,314

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 55.4 54.9 56.2 55.7 55.7 55.6 55.6 55.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,811 5,484 5,942 5,225 5,532 5,712 5,623 5,343 5,433

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4 8.0 8.6 7.6 8.0 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,303 45,504 45,654 44,386 44,947 44,801 45,032 45,405 45,625

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,044 16,904 16,877 17,044 16,987 16,962 16,932 16,904 16,877

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,925 6,806 7,197 6,457 6,087 6,094 6,028 5,772 5,843

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.5 40.3 42.6 37.9 35.8 35.9 35.6 34.1 34.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,962 4,833 5,290 4,877 4,496 4,544 4,438 4,286 4,315

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.0 28.6 31.3 28.6 26.5 26.8 26.2 25.4 25.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,963 1,973 1,907 1,581 1,591 1,550 1,590 1,486 1,528

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 29.0 26.5 24.5 26.1 25.4 26.4 25.7 26.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,118 10,098 9,679 10,586 10,899 10,867 10,905 11,132 11,034

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

July

2009

June

2010

July

2010

July

2009

Mar.

2010

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,944 191,979 192,109 190,944 191,648 191,749 191,856 191,979 192,109

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,069 125,761 126,152 125,911 125,054 125,779 125,429 124,959 125,060

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.5 65.5 65.7 65.9 65.3 65.6 65.4 65.1 65.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,861 114,782 115,183 114,984 114,108 114,484 114,359 114,163 114,300

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.7 59.8 60.0 60.2 59.5 59.7 59.6 59.5 59.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,209 10,979 10,969 10,927 10,945 11,295 11,070 10,797 10,760

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

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,875 66,218 65,957 65,033 66,594 65,970 66,427 67,019 67,049

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,692 65,412 65,603 65,609 64,973 65,556 65,419 65,349 65,412

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.7 74.8 74.9 75.6 74.5 75.1 74.9 74.7 74.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,091 59,941 60,213 59,642 59,208 59,504 59,639 59,561 59,662

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.2 68.5 68.8 68.7 67.9 68.2 68.3 68.1 68.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,602 5,471 5,389 5,967 5,765 6,052 5,780 5,788 5,750

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 8.4 8.2 9.1 8.9 9.2 8.8 8.9 8.8

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,853 54,721 54,634 54,960 55,104 55,184 55,062 54,883 54,818

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.2 59.7 59.6 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.1 59.9 59.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,696 50,700 50,429 51,202 51,103 51,123 50,981 50,971 50,943

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.6 55.3 55.0 56.2 55.9 55.9 55.7 55.6 55.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,157 4,022 4,205 3,759 4,000 4,061 4,081 3,911 3,875

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 7.3 7.7 6.8 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,525 5,628 5,915 5,342 4,977 5,040 4,948 4,728 4,830

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.1 43.6 46.0 41.0 38.4 38.9 38.3 36.7 37.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,075 4,141 4,540 4,140 3,797 3,857 3,739 3,630 3,695

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.9 32.1 35.3 31.8 29.3 29.8 28.9 28.2 28.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,450 1,486 1,375 1,202 1,180 1,183 1,209 1,097 1,135

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2 26.4 23.2 22.5 23.7 23.5 24.4 23.2 23.5

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,252 28,685 28,718 28,252 28,591 28,624 28,653 28,685 28,718

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,085 17,960 18,066 17,651 17,871 17,951 17,983 17,768 17,651

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.0 62.6 62.9 62.5 62.5 62.7 62.8 61.9 61.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,218 15,157 15,059 15,050 14,920 14,985 15,189 15,036 14,896

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.9 52.8 52.4 53.3 52.2 52.4 53.0 52.4 51.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,867 2,803 3,007 2,600 2,951 2,966 2,794 2,732 2,755

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.9 15.6 16.6 14.7 16.5 16.5 15.5 15.4 15.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,167 10,725 10,652 10,601 10,720 10,673 10,670 10,917 11,067

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,976 8,107 8,088 7,875 8,134 8,130 8,184 8,062 8,004

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.1 69.8 69.5 69.2 70.4 70.2 70.6 69.4 68.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,693 6,717 6,749 6,617 6,592 6,668 6,782 6,656 6,667

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 57.8 58.0 58.1 57.0 57.6 58.5 57.3 57.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,283 1,390 1,339 1,258 1,542 1,462 1,402 1,406 1,337

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1 17.1 16.6 16.0 19.0 18.0 17.1 17.4 16.7

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,154 9,098 9,161 9,030 9,021 9,146 9,106 9,070 9,005

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 63.1 63.5 63.7 62.8 63.6 63.3 62.9 62.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,951 8,035 7,854 7,958 7,907 7,894 7,977 7,998 7,847

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 55.7 54.4 56.1 55.1 54.9 55.4 55.5 54.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,203 1,063 1,307 1,071 1,115 1,252 1,128 1,072 1,157

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1 11.7 14.3 11.9 12.4 13.7 12.4 11.8 12.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955 756 817 746 716 675 694 636 643

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 28.4 30.8 27.8 26.7 25.3 26.0 23.9 24.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 405 456 476 421 423 430 382 382

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.4 15.2 17.2 17.7 15.7 15.8 16.2 14.4 14.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 351 361 270 294 252 263 254 261

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.9 46.4 44.2 36.2 41.1 37.3 38.0 39.9 40.6

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,903 11,210 11,200 – – – – – –

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

July

2009

June

2010

July

2010

July

2009

Mar.

2010

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,394 7,315 7,342 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.8 65.3 65.6 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,780 6,749 6,742 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 60.2 60.2 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 566 601 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 7.7 8.2 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,509 3,895 3,857 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

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

annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

July

2009

June

2010

July

2010

July

2009

Mar.

2010

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population.................. 32,926 33,662 33,747 32,926 33,414 33,498 33,578 33,662 33,747

Civilian labor force................................. 22,695 22,724 22,908 22,540 22,707 22,684 22,789 22,674 22,738

Participation rate................................. 68.9 67.5 67.9 68.5 68.0 67.7 67.9 67.4 67.4

Employed......................................... 19,849 19,922 20,110 19,748 19,848 19,850 19,953 19,854 19,987

Employment-population ratio................ 60.3 59.2 59.6 60.0 59.4 59.3 59.4 59.0 59.2

Unemployed...................................... 2,846 2,802 2,798 2,792 2,859 2,834 2,836 2,820 2,751

Unemployment rate........................... 12.5 12.3 12.2 12.4 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.4 12.1

Not in labor force................................... 10,232 10,938 10,839 10,386 10,706 10,814 10,789 10,989 11,009

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 12,824 12,965 13,065 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 83.7 82.7 83.2 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 11,384 11,500 11,735 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 74.3 73.4 74.7 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,440 1,466 1,330 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 11.2 11.3 10.2 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 8,553 8,700 8,650 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 59.1 59.0 58.5 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 7,541 7,741 7,599 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 52.1 52.5 51.4 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,013 958 1,050 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 11.8 11.0 12.1 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................. 1,317 1,059 1,193 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 42.1 32.7 36.8 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 924 681 775 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 29.6 21.0 23.9 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 393 378 418 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 29.8 35.7 35.0 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2009

June

2010

July

2010

July

2009

Mar.

2010

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................... 12,142 12,330 11,823 12,412 11,775 12,122 12,133 12,095 12,048

Participation rate.................................... 47.3 46.3 46.4 48.3 46.1 46.4 45.8 45.4 47.3

Employed............................................ 10,352 10,727 10,286 10,518 10,067 10,335 10,319 10,391 10,390

Employment-population ratio................... 40.3 40.3 40.4 40.9 39.4 39.5 39.0 39.0 40.8

Unemployed......................................... 1,790 1,603 1,538 1,894 1,708 1,787 1,814 1,704 1,658

Unemployment rate.............................. 14.7 13.0 13.0 15.3 14.5 14.7 15.0 14.1 13.8

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................... 37,832 37,742 37,583 38,163 38,855 38,849 38,433 38,107 37,941

Participation rate.................................... 61.7 61.4 61.0 62.2 62.0 62.4 62.0 62.0 61.6

Employed............................................ 34,269 33,957 33,844 34,571 34,654 34,728 34,251 33,993 34,113

Employment-population ratio................... 55.9 55.2 54.9 56.4 55.3 55.8 55.2 55.3 55.4

Unemployed......................................... 3,563 3,786 3,739 3,593 4,201 4,120 4,182 4,114 3,829

Unemployment rate.............................. 9.4 10.0 9.9 9.4 10.8 10.6 10.9 10.8 10.1

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................... 36,839 36,383 36,884 36,600 36,582 36,552 36,832 36,586 36,713

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

Employed............................................ 33,800 33,411 33,715 33,684 33,586 33,535 33,780 33,579 33,652

Employment-population ratio................... 65.3 64.5 64.3 65.1 65.0 65.0 65.1 64.9 64.1

Unemployed......................................... 3,039 2,972 3,169 2,915 2,996 3,017 3,052 3,007 3,061

Unemployment rate.............................. 8.2 8.2 8.6 8.0 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.3

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................... 45,751 45,911 46,042 45,680 45,800 45,879 45,718 46,246 46,015

Participation rate.................................... 76.9 76.7 76.2 76.8 77.2 77.3 77.3 77.3 76.2

Employed............................................ 43,330 43,868 43,725 43,527 43,549 43,642 43,581 44,200 43,924

Employment-population ratio................... 72.9 73.3 72.4 73.2 73.4 73.5 73.6 73.8 72.7

Unemployed......................................... 2,422 2,043 2,317 2,153 2,251 2,237 2,136 2,046 2,091

Unemployment rate.............................. 5.3 4.5 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.5

1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

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

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

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

July

2009

July

2010

July

2009

July

2010

July

2009

July

2010

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,168 21,997 20,410 20,210 1,758 1,787

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,095 11,857 10,942 10,739 1,153 1,118

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 53.9 53.6 53.1 65.6 62.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,139 10,863 10,078 9,809 1,062 1,053

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.3 49.4 49.4 48.5 60.4 58.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955 994 864 930 91 65

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 8.4 7.9 8.7 7.9 5.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,073 10,140 9,468 9,471 605 669

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,937 2,161 1,559 1,758 377 402

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,632 1,824 1,347 1,529 286 295

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.3 84.4 86.4 87.0 75.7 73.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,472 1,609 1,221 1,346 251 262

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.0 74.5 78.3 76.6 66.5 65.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 215 126 183 35 32

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 11.8 9.3 12.0 12.1 11.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 336 213 229 92 108

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,968 2,897 2,499 2,441 469 456

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,641 2,473 2,249 2,125 392 349

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.0 85.4 90.0 87.1 83.7 76.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,436 2,293 2,073 1,969 362 325

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.1 79.2 83.0 80.7 77.4 71.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 180 175 156 30 24

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 7.3 7.8 7.3 7.5 6.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 423 251 316 77 108

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,382 10,971 10,993 10,596 389 375

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,316 3,985 4,183 3,879 133 106

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 36.3 38.1 36.6 34.1 28.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,996 3,654 3,868 3,551 128 104

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 33.3 35.2 33.5 33.0 27.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 331 315 328 4 2

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 8.3 7.5 8.5 3.2 2.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,067 6,986 6,810 6,717 257 269

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,882 5,968 5,359 5,415 523 553

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,506 3,574 3,164 3,206 342 368

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.6 59.9 59.0 59.2 65.5 66.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,235 3,306 2,916 2,943 320 363

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.0 55.4 54.4 54.4 61.1 65.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 268 248 262 23 6

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 7.5 7.8 8.2 6.6 1.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,375 2,394 2,195 2,209 181 185

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204,913 207,265 89,230 90,554 115,683 116,712

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,217 140,908 70,916 70,999 70,300 69,908

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.9 68.0 79.5 78.4 60.8 59.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,779 127,573 63,690 64,035 64,089 63,538

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.4 61.6 71.4 70.7 55.4 54.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,437 13,335 7,226 6,965 6,211 6,371

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 9.5 10.2 9.8 8.8 9.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,696 66,357 18,314 19,554 45,382 46,803

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

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

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

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

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

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

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

July

2009

July

2010

July

2009

July

2010

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population....................................................... 27,027 26,000 208,842 211,890

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 6,217 5,603 150,039 149,668

Participation rate...................................................................... 23.0 21.5 71.8 70.6

Employed.............................................................................. 5,275 4,684 135,780 135,450

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 19.5 18.0 65.0 63.9

Unemployed........................................................................... 942 919 14,259 14,218

Unemployment rate................................................................ 15.1 16.4 9.5 9.5

Not in labor force........................................................................ 20,810 20,397 58,804 62,223

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,820 2,606 77,013 76,808

Participation rate...................................................................... 39.7 36.2 85.0 84.2

Employed.............................................................................. 2,370 2,167 69,188 69,198

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 33.3 30.1 76.3 75.8

Unemployed........................................................................... 450 439 7,825 7,609

Unemployment rate................................................................ 16.0 16.8 10.2 9.9

Not in labor force........................................................................ 4,290 4,602 13,642 14,432

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,575 2,192 67,421 67,036

Participation rate...................................................................... 33.5 30.3 72.9 71.7

Employed.............................................................................. 2,153 1,801 61,368 60,827

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 28.0 24.9 66.4 65.1

Unemployed........................................................................... 422 391 6,054 6,210

Unemployment rate................................................................ 16.4 17.8 9.0 9.3

Not in labor force........................................................................ 5,103 5,046 25,025 26,460

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 821 805 5,604 5,824

Participation rate...................................................................... 6.7 7.0 21.8 21.4

Employed.............................................................................. 752 716 5,224 5,425

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 6.1 6.2 20.3 20.0

Unemployed........................................................................... 70 89 380 399

Unemployment rate................................................................ 8.5 11.1 6.8 6.8

Not in labor force........................................................................ 11,417 10,749 20,137 21,331

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

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

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

July

2009

July

2010

July

2009

July

2010

July

2009

July

2010

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 35,216 36,207 17,658 18,266 17,558 17,942

Civilian labor force................................................... 24,289 24,586 14,388 14,746 9,902 9,841

Participation rate................................................... 69.0 67.9 81.5 80.7 56.4 54.8

Employed........................................................... 21,856 22,249 12,905 13,340 8,951 8,909

Employment-population ratio.................................. 62.1 61.5 73.1 73.0 51.0 49.7

Unemployed........................................................ 2,433 2,337 1,483 1,405 951 932

Unemployment rate............................................. 10.0 9.5 10.3 9.5 9.6 9.5

Not in labor force..................................................... 10,926 11,621 3,270 3,520 7,656 8,101

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 200,654 201,683 96,516 96,941 104,138 104,741

Civilian labor force................................................... 131,966 130,684 68,988 68,326 62,978 62,358

Participation rate................................................... 65.8 64.8 71.5 70.5 60.5 59.5

Employed........................................................... 119,199 117,884 61,956 61,408 57,243 56,476

Employment-population ratio.................................. 59.4 58.5 64.2 63.3 55.0 53.9

Unemployed........................................................ 12,767 12,800 7,032 6,918 5,735 5,882

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

Not in labor force..................................................... 68,688 70,999 27,528 28,615 41,160 42,384

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

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

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2009

June

2010

July

2010

July

2009

Mar.

2010

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................... 2,361 2,311 2,416 2,138 2,217 2,254 2,228 2,120 2,192

Wage and salary workers......................... 1,392 1,401 1,485 1,236 1,374 1,397 1,363 1,289 1,329

Self-employed workers............................ 926 854 884 867 851 823 821 808 825

Unpaid family workers............................. 42 56 47 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries............................ 138,694 137,572 137,717 137,629 136,715 137,199 137,207 136,857 136,599

Wage and salary workers......................... 129,619 128,339 128,707 128,849 127,712 128,183 128,197 127,900 127,881

Government...................................... 20,766 21,026 20,326 21,330 21,281 21,440 21,270 21,242 20,978

Private industries................................ 108,853 107,312 108,381 107,464 106,447 106,706 106,906 106,740 106,869

Private households............................ 923 697 692 – – – – – –

Other industries............................... 107,930 106,616 107,689 106,631 105,682 105,977 106,204 106,065 106,270

Self-employed workers............................ 9,007 9,123 8,927 8,793 8,949 8,910 8,952 8,889 8,779

Unpaid family workers............................. 68 110 83 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME1

All industries

Part time for economic reasons2................... 9,103 8,867 8,737 8,808 9,054 9,152 8,809 8,627 8,529

Slack work or business conditions............... 6,711 6,004 5,994 6,831 6,177 6,268 6,143 6,165 6,119

Could only find part-time work.................... 1,978 2,380 2,360 1,826 2,388 2,489 2,326 2,101 2,246

Part time for noneconomic reasons3

.............. 17,235 16,847 16,635 18,993 18,379 18,140 17,929 17,870 18,157

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons2

................... 8,977 8,734 8,610 8,664 8,946 9,049 8,661 8,472 8,386

Slack work or business conditions............... 6,606 5,924 5,907 6,713 6,099 6,213 6,041 6,074 6,018

Could only find part-time work.................... 1,974 2,355 2,346 1,789 2,406 2,486 2,306 2,086 2,192

Part time for noneconomic reasons3

.............. 16,869 16,504 16,313 18,610 18,066 17,798 17,627 17,580 17,774

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

entire week.

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

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

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

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2009

June

2010

July

2010

July

2009

Mar.

2010

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,055 139,882 140,134 139,817 138,905 139,455 139,420 139,119 138,960

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,962 4,833 5,290 4,877 4,496 4,544 4,438 4,286 4,315

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,136 1,554 1,698 1,695 1,402 1,453 1,429 1,380 1,345

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,826 3,279 3,591 3,186 3,093 3,073 2,992 2,899 2,984

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,093 135,049 134,844 134,941 134,409 134,911 134,982 134,833 134,646

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,342 13,087 13,275 12,758 12,601 12,509 12,818 12,698 12,670

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,751 121,962 121,569 122,332 121,731 122,352 122,203 122,263 122,109

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,873 94,137 93,780 95,202 94,053 94,487 94,227 94,270 94,062

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,128 30,232 30,405 30,061 30,080 30,208 30,162 30,157 30,278

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,421 30,714 30,470 31,566 30,730 30,874 30,844 30,772 30,604

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,324 33,192 32,906 33,575 33,244 33,405 33,221 33,341 33,180

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,878 27,825 27,789 27,130 27,678 27,865 27,976 27,993 28,047

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,861 74,148 74,749 73,613 73,092 73,548 73,639 73,375 73,454

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,950 2,375 2,680 2,357 2,179 2,189 2,162 2,059 2,122

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,092 748 905 816 689 698 679 631 667

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,857 1,627 1,776 1,547 1,492 1,500 1,479 1,434 1,472

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,911 71,773 72,068 71,255 70,913 71,358 71,477 71,316 71,332

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,930 6,747 6,857 6,517 6,410 6,357 6,565 6,473 6,434

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,980 65,026 65,211 64,791 64,503 64,945 64,922 64,862 64,937

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,771 50,425 50,624 50,576 50,003 50,363 50,317 50,264 50,340

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,399 16,358 16,616 16,238 16,261 16,370 16,272 16,274 16,403

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,923 16,664 16,702 16,882 16,593 16,661 16,686 16,649 16,644

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,448 17,404 17,306 17,455 17,149 17,332 17,359 17,341 17,293

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,210 14,600 14,588 14,215 14,500 14,582 14,605 14,598 14,597

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,194 65,735 65,385 66,205 65,813 65,907 65,781 65,743 65,506

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,012 2,458 2,609 2,519 2,317 2,355 2,275 2,227 2,192

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,043 806 794 879 713 755 750 749 678

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,969 1,652 1,816 1,639 1,601 1,573 1,513 1,466 1,512

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,182 63,277 62,775 63,685 63,495 63,552 63,505 63,516 63,314

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,412 6,340 6,418 6,240 6,191 6,152 6,253 6,225 6,236

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,770 56,937 56,358 57,541 57,229 57,407 57,282 57,401 57,172

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,102 43,712 43,157 44,627 44,050 44,124 43,910 44,006 43,722

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,728 13,874 13,789 13,823 13,819 13,837 13,890 13,882 13,875

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,498 14,049 13,768 14,684 14,137 14,213 14,158 14,123 13,960

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,876 15,788 15,600 16,120 16,094 16,073 15,862 16,000 15,887

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,668 13,225 13,201 12,915 13,179 13,283 13,371 13,396 13,450

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,900 43,397 43,367 43,955 43,083 43,205 43,322 43,333 43,369

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,872 34,211 33,886 35,321 34,887 34,643 34,238 34,332 34,304

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,751 8,929 8,829 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,184 113,856 113,974 112,394 111,256 112,091 112,716 112,646 112,076

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,871 26,026 26,160 27,782 27,549 27,167 26,750 26,755 27,082

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,282 6,899 6,579 7,247 6,959 7,029 7,239 7,002 6,546

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

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

July

2009

June

2010

July

2010

July

2009

Mar.

2010

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over............................. 14,534 14,623 14,599 9.4 9.7 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.5

16 to 19 years...................................... 1,581 1,486 1,528 24.5 26.1 25.4 26.4 25.7 26.1

16 to 17 years.................................... 596 568 586 26.0 29.6 29.2 29.8 29.2 30.4

18 to 19 years.................................... 970 915 924 23.3 24.4 24.1 24.6 24.0 23.6

20 years and over.................................. 12,953 13,137 13,072 8.8 9.1 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.8

20 to 24 years.................................... 2,301 2,300 2,345 15.3 15.8 17.2 14.7 15.3 15.6

25 years and over............................... 10,807 10,896 10,784 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.1

25 to 54 years................................. 8,786 8,802 8,684 8.4 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.5

25 to 34 years.............................. 3,360 3,464 3,336 10.1 10.0 10.2 10.5 10.3 9.9

35 to 44 years.............................. 2,731 2,621 2,659 8.0 8.6 8.1 8.1 7.8 8.0

45 to 54 years.............................. 2,696 2,717 2,689 7.4 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.5

55 years and over............................. 1,963 2,073 2,066 6.7 6.9 7.0 7.1 6.9 6.9

Men, 16 years and over.............................. 8,642 8,642 8,507 10.5 10.7 10.8 10.5 10.5 10.4

16 to 19 years...................................... 914 849 869 27.9 29.7 29.3 28.1 29.2 29.0

16 to 17 years.................................... 325 308 321 28.5 30.9 32.2 32.4 32.8 32.5

18 to 19 years.................................... 580 540 535 27.3 29.1 27.8 26.3 27.4 26.7

20 years and over.................................. 7,728 7,793 7,638 9.8 10.0 10.1 9.8 9.9 9.7

20 to 24 years.................................... 1,349 1,404 1,438 17.1 18.4 19.9 16.1 17.8 18.3

25 years and over............................... 6,487 6,432 6,270 9.1 9.0 8.9 9.1 9.0 8.8

25 to 54 years................................. 5,347 5,241 5,047 9.6 9.5 9.3 9.5 9.4 9.1

25 to 34 years.............................. 2,038 2,110 1,957 11.2 11.2 10.9 11.4 11.5 10.7

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,658 1,499 1,505 8.9 8.8 8.5 8.6 8.3 8.3

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,651 1,631 1,584 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.6 8.4

55 years and over............................. 1,140 1,191 1,223 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.7

Women, 16 years and over.......................... 5,892 5,981 6,092 8.2 8.6 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.5

16 to 19 years...................................... 667 637 659 20.9 22.4 21.4 24.6 22.3 23.1

16 to 17 years.................................... 271 260 266 23.6 28.3 26.2 27.4 25.8 28.2

18 to 19 years.................................... 389 374 389 19.2 19.5 20.2 22.9 20.3 20.5

20 years and over.................................. 5,225 5,343 5,433 7.6 8.0 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.9

20 to 24 years.................................... 952 896 907 13.2 13.0 14.3 13.2 12.6 12.7

25 years and over............................... 4,320 4,464 4,514 7.0 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.2 7.3

25 to 54 years................................. 3,439 3,561 3,637 7.2 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.7

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,322 1,353 1,379 8.7 8.6 9.4 9.5 8.9 9.0

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,072 1,122 1,153 6.8 8.4 7.6 7.4 7.4 7.6

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,045 1,086 1,105 6.1 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.4 6.5

55 years and over1

........................... 974 912 984 7.1 6.0 5.7 5.9 6.5 6.9

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present....................... 3,281 3,168 3,054 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.6

Married women, spouse present.................... 2,041 2,133 2,103 5.5 6.0 6.3 6.3 5.9 5.8

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,266 1,228 1,362 12.6 11.3 11.0 11.6 12.1 13.4

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2.................................... 12,742 12,727 12,675 10.2 10.5 10.6 10.4 10.2 10.2

Part-time workers3................................... 1,788 1,836 1,863 6.0 6.7 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.4

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

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

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

jobs.

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

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

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2009

June

2010

July

2010

July

2009

Mar.

2010

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 9,447 8,769 8,964 9,549 9,354 9,246 9,223 9,114 9,125

On temporary layoff................................ 1,804 1,213 1,281 1,670 1,595 1,359 1,478 1,424 1,268

Not on temporary layoff............................ 7,643 7,556 7,682 7,880 7,758 7,887 7,746 7,690 7,857

Permanent job losers............................ 6,320 6,297 6,383 6,411 6,393 6,494 6,410 6,404 6,518

Persons who completed temporary jobs...... 1,323 1,258 1,300 1,343 1,366 1,393 1,336 1,287 1,339

Job leavers............................................. 917 847 935 882 894 938 969 900 900

Reentrants............................................. 3,464 3,628 3,591 3,306 3,544 3,739 3,453 3,308 3,393

New entrants.......................................... 1,373 1,642 1,647 994 1,197 1,231 1,206 1,140 1,188

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 62.1 58.9 59.2 64.8 62.4 61.0 62.1 63.0 62.5

On temporary layoff................................ 11.9 8.1 8.5 11.3 10.6 9.0 9.9 9.8 8.7

Not on temporary layoff............................ 50.3 50.8 50.8 53.5 51.8 52.0 52.2 53.2 53.8

Job leavers............................................. 6.0 5.7 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.5 6.2 6.2

Reentrants............................................. 22.8 24.4 23.7 22.4 23.6 24.7 23.3 22.9 23.2

New entrants.......................................... 9.0 11.0 10.9 6.8 8.0 8.1 8.1 7.9 8.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 6.0 5.7 5.8 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9

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

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

New entrants.......................................... 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8

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

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2009

June

2010

July

2010

July

2009

Mar.

2010

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 3,456 3,409 3,111 3,181 2,646 2,682 2,752 2,769 2,839

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 4,091 2,848 3,507 3,539 3,228 2,991 3,019 3,121 3,060

15 weeks and over.................................... 7,654 8,627 8,519 7,819 8,983 8,969 8,924 8,959 8,722

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 2,720 2,207 1,978 2,847 2,436 2,253 2,161 2,208 2,151

27 weeks and over................................. 4,934 6,420 6,541 4,972 6,547 6,716 6,763 6,751 6,572

Average (mean) duration, in weeks................ 24.1 32.8 32.6 25.3 31.2 33.0 34.4 35.2 34.2

Median duration, in weeks........................... 14.7 21.6 20.3 15.9 20.0 21.6 23.2 25.5 22.2

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 22.7 22.9 20.6 21.9 17.8 18.3 18.7 18.6 19.4

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 26.9 19.1 23.2 24.3 21.7 20.4 20.5 21.0 20.9

15 weeks and over.................................... 50.4 58.0 56.3 53.8 60.5 61.3 60.7 60.3 59.7

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 17.9 14.8 13.1 19.6 16.4 15.4 14.7 14.9 14.7

27 weeks and over................................. 32.5 43.1 43.2 34.2 44.1 45.9 46.0 45.5 44.9

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

July

2009

July

2010

July

2009

July

2010

July

2009

July

2010

Total, 16 years and over1

............................................. 141,055 140,134 15,201 15,137 9.7 9.7

Management, professional, and related occupations............ 51,810 50,974 3,034 2,687 5.5 5.0

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations...................................................... 21,893 21,015 1,126 1,045 4.9 4.7

Professional and related occupations........................... 29,917 29,959 1,909 1,642 6.0 5.2

Service occupations.................................................. 25,831 25,314 2,756 2,903 9.6 10.3

Sales and office occupations....................................... 34,066 33,588 3,221 3,494 8.6 9.4

Sales and related occupations................................... 16,016 15,400 1,450 1,723 8.3 10.1

Office and administrative support occupations................. 18,050 18,188 1,771 1,771 8.9 8.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations......................................................... 13,500 13,886 2,334 2,117 14.7 13.2

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 1,048 1,160 155 142 12.9 10.9

Construction and extraction occupations....................... 7,492 7,775 1,686 1,470 18.4 15.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations............. 4,961 4,950 493 506 9.0 9.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations......................................................... 15,847 16,372 2,434 2,256 13.3 12.1

Production occupations........................................... 7,685 8,304 1,397 1,161 15.4 12.3

Transportation and material moving occupations.............. 8,163 8,068 1,037 1,095 11.3 11.9

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

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

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

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

July

2009

July

2010

July

2009

July

2010

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 15,201 15,137 9.7 9.7

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers................................... 11,967 11,555 9.9 9.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction..................................... 95 79 12.6 10.1

Construction........................................................................... 1,687 1,528 18.2 17.3

Manufacturing......................................................................... 1,988 1,556 12.4 10.0

Durable goods...................................................................... 1,379 1,028 13.7 10.4

Nondurable goods................................................................. 609 528 10.1 9.2

Wholesale and retail trade.......................................................... 1,854 2,023 9.0 9.8

Transportation and utilities.......................................................... 511 537 8.8 9.2

Information............................................................................ 373 344 11.5 10.6

Financial activities.................................................................... 570 582 6.1 6.4

Professional and business services................................................ 1,531 1,447 10.9 10.0

Education and health services...................................................... 1,269 1,420 6.1 6.6

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 1,600 1,570 11.2 11.4

Other services........................................................................ 490 469 7.4 7.4

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......................... 180 134 12.1 8.7

Government workers.................................................................... 1,129 1,187 5.1 5.5

Self-employed and unpaid family workers........................................... 552 614 5.2 5.8

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

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

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2009

June

2010

July

2010

July

2009

Mar.

2010

Apr.

2010

May

2010

June

2010

July

2010

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as

a percent of the civilian labor force.............. 4.9 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force........................................... 6.0 5.7 5.8 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate).................................................. 9.7 9.6 9.7 9.4 9.7 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.5

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

discouraged workers............................... 10.2 10.3 10.4 9.9 10.3 10.6 10.3 10.2 10.2

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,

plus all other persons marginally attached to

the labor force, as a percent of the civilian

labor force plus all persons marginally attached

to the labor force................................... 11.0 11.1 11.2 10.7 11.1 11.3 11.0 11.0 11.0

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic reasons,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all

persons marginally attached to the labor

force.................................................. 16.8 16.7 16.8 16.4 16.9 17.1 16.6 16.5 16.5

NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are

available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a

job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for

full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

July

2009

July

2010

July

2009

July

2010

July

2009

July

2010

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force............................................. 79,614 82,620 30,798 32,135 48,816 50,484

Persons who currently want a job.................................. 6,244 6,143 2,793 2,801 3,451 3,343

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,282 2,622 1,138 1,385 1,144 1,237

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 796 1,185 476 742 320 443

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. . .. 1,486 1,437 663 644 823 793

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4............................................. 7,282 6,579 3,529 3,206 3,753 3,373

Percent of total employed........................................... 5.2 4.7 4.7 4.3 5.7 5.2

Primary job full time, secondary job part time.................... 3,807 3,424 1,972 1,821 1,835 1,603

Primary and secondary jobs both part time....................... 1,796 1,679 621 557 1,175 1,122

Primary and secondary jobs both full time........................ 332 283 194 199 138 84

Hours vary on primary or secondary job.......................... 1,292 1,144 707 604 585 540

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

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

2 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling

or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.

3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation

problems, as well as a number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined.

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

Change

from:

June 2010-

July 2010p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,971 131,222 131,345 129,954 130,294 130,594 130,373 130,242 -131

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,697 107,846 108,640 108,731 107,778 107,635 107,666 107,737 71

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,667 17,982 18,252 18,348 18,375 17,993 17,990 18,023 33

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 718 731 747 687 720 725 733 8

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 47.0 48.0 49.4 49.1 48.7 48.2 48.4 0.2

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647.2 670.7 683.1 697.3 637.4 671.1 676.7 684.1 7.4

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.3 165.0 166.0 166.0 161.0 165.3 164.0 164.3 0.3

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.6 216.0 219.9 222.7 208.6 213.3 213.5 214.0 0.5

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.6 82.6 82.8 83.3 80.9 82.8 83.0 83.3 0.3

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.3 289.7 297.2 308.6 267.8 292.5 299.2 305.8 6.6

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,225 5,646 5,784 5,857 5,949 5,605 5,584 5,573 -11

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,391.1 1,269.6 1,295.7 1,298.2 1,344.1 1,271.2 1,261.6 1,249.9 -11.7

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649.5 583.3 601.7 594.6 625.3 584.0 579.7 569.8 -9.9

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741.6 686.3 694.0 703.6 718.8 687.2 681.9 680.1 -1.8

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . 892.9 826.3 854.3 865.9 834.6 802.8 805.5 804.8 -0.7

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,940.8 3,549.9 3,633.8 3,693.1 3,770.7 3,530.8 3,516.9 3,517.9 1.0

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . 1,681.7 1,554.0 1,598.8 1,610.1 1,598.9 1,542.6 1,536.6 1,529.6 -7.0

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . . 2,259.1 1,995.9 2,035.0 2,083.0 2,171.8 1,988.2 1,980.3 1,988.3 8.0

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,745 11,618 11,737 11,744 11,739 11,668 11,681 11,717 36

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,177 7,133 7,202 7,206 7,197 7,159 7,174 7,210 36

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359.4 353.1 360.7 357.0 352.4 353.3 354.7 350.0 -4.7

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.6 388.5 393.9 395.2 393.5 386.0 384.6 384.6 0.0

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.6 367.7 371.9 371.6 353.8 370.0 372.5 373.2 0.7

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,286.8 1,289.3 1,306.1 1,314.1 1,291.4 1,300.2 1,308.0 1,317.1 9.1

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005.2 988.5 998.8 1,001.7 1,008.6 996.3 1,000.1 1,003.2 3.1

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,125.7 1,093.2 1,100.0 1,104.0 1,122.8 1,096.0 1,097.9 1,099.0 1.1

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . . 163.1 158.8 158.6 160.3 163.2 158.9 159.0 159.7 0.7

Communication equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.0 120.3 122.2 121.7 120.8 120.5 121.6 121.1 -0.5

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369.3 363.3 367.1 368.6 369.2 365.1 366.6 367.8 1.2

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.4 404.5 405.9 407.4 419.9 404.7 404.5 404.5 0.0

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . 372.1 368.4 370.9 373.2 370.9 369.7 369.7 371.3 1.6

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,307.4 1,349.5 1,357.0 1,348.1 1,341.6 1,351.7 1,349.2 1,376.8 27.6

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626.5 686.8 690.3 674.6 663.1 686.6 684.2 704.9 20.7

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.1 361.2 366.5 365.0 377.5 360.1 361.6 358.7 -2.9

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582.8 573.2 575.8 576.4 584.5 575.6 575.3 575.9 0.6

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,568 4,485 4,535 4,538 4,542 4,509 4,507 4,507 0

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,477.8 1,439.7 1,465.4 1,481.9 1,460.3 1,460.9 1,462.0 1,461.2 -0.8

Beverages and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . 191.5 182.5 186.1 185.4 186.8 183.2 182.3 181.0 -1.3

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.7 123.9 124.4 124.3 122.8 123.5 123.9 124.9 1.0

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.9 122.6 123.3 122.8 124.9 123.2 123.0 123.1 0.1

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.0 164.5 167.6 165.0 168.2 164.9 164.7 165.3 0.6

Leather and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 28.5 29.0 28.0 29.0 28.3 28.7 28.1 -0.6

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.0 398.3 401.1 400.6 403.9 399.0 398.7 397.5 -1.2

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . 515.0 496.2 497.2 494.7 517.9 497.3 495.9 496.4 0.5

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.3 115.0 117.7 117.7 115.6 113.8 114.0 113.7 -0.3

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801.3 781.3 784.0 782.0 797.3 782.1 779.1 777.9 -1.2

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613.4 632.9 639.2 636.0 615.3 632.6 634.7 637.4 2.7

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,030 89,864 90,388 90,383 89,403 89,642 89,676 89,714 38

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,845 24,684 24,806 24,780 24,845 24,742 24,736 24,761 25

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,626.2 5,577.9 5,610.1 5,617.8 5,596.9 5,575.2 5,577.4 5,585.8 8.4

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,820.1 2,767.9 2,778.7 2,789.0 2,808.0 2,772.2 2,766.1 2,773.6 7.5

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,990.4 1,978.8 1,988.9 1,984.8 1,975.6 1,971.5 1,973.0 1,971.2 -1.8

Electronic markets and agents and brokers.. . 815.7 831.2 842.5 844.0 813.3 831.5 838.3 841.0 2.7

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,489.9 14,386.3 14,438.7 14,443.1 14,492.3 14,447.5 14,427.0 14,433.7 6.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,646.2 1,642.4 1,648.3 1,644.9 1,624.9 1,633.3 1,628.1 1,623.4 -4.7

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,018.0 1,015.9 1,021.9 1,019.3 1,008.9 1,014.5 1,013.8 1,010.6 -3.2

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . 439.9 433.4 435.5 435.2 445.9 441.2 441.8 441.2 -0.6

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

Change

from:

June 2010-

July 2010p

Retail trade - Continued

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.8 471.9 472.0 472.7 482.0 480.3 479.9 479.5 -0.4

Building material and garden supply stores.. . 1,187.4 1,224.9 1,200.9 1,171.8 1,155.0 1,163.3 1,146.9 1,143.8 -3.1

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,850.7 2,805.3 2,823.3 2,821.8 2,834.4 2,807.2 2,801.7 2,802.7 1.0

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 985.5 974.1 978.0 976.0 984.6 976.2 974.7 974.9 0.2

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839.2 824.6 828.7 836.0 826.8 822.8 819.7 822.2 2.5

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . 1,357.8 1,348.5 1,366.7 1,393.6 1,361.1 1,390.1 1,391.3 1,394.3 3.0

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593.7 590.3 592.8 587.1 619.4 609.0 611.0 610.3 -0.7

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,923.3 2,891.0 2,910.7 2,923.4 2,956.9 2,933.6 2,940.2 2,951.1 10.9

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,435.5 1,442.7 1,451.9 1,459.5 1,467.8 1,482.0 1,486.1 1,490.5 4.4

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783.4 771.0 770.9 771.9 780.3 769.5 767.9 768.5 0.6

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.0 408.9 410.9 408.7 421.0 421.0 423.8 421.8 -2.0

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,165.3 4,162.3 4,198.0 4,164.1 4,195.9 4,162.3 4,177.3 4,189.5 12.2

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.3 453.5 455.8 455.1 457.0 452.9 452.9 451.2 -1.7

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.5 216.2 218.7 219.7 217.0 216.4 219.0 218.7 -0.3

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 63.9 66.4 66.1 61.8 63.7 64.4 63.3 -1.1

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,271.4 1,228.0 1,248.1 1,258.4 1,254.5 1,234.5 1,234.3 1,240.2 5.9

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359.2 434.0 419.4 371.7 418.7 414.6 419.7 430.3 10.6

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.2 38.8 39.2 39.7 40.9 39.1 39.2 39.3 0.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . . 37.1 30.4 36.8 39.8 28.3 29.1 30.0 30.0 0.0

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . . 539.8 541.8 549.6 552.3 538.7 545.2 548.4 550.7 2.3

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.5 516.1 520.2 515.3 539.6 521.3 522.5 519.7 -2.8

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.8 639.6 643.8 646.0 639.4 645.5 646.9 646.1 -0.8

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.2 557.0 559.0 555.3 559.8 556.6 554.7 552.2 -2.5

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,793 2,728 2,724 2,722 2,785 2,725 2,711 2,712 1

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . 790.0 759.3 760.7 762.4 788.1 762.5 760.6 760.3 -0.3

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.9 362.9 356.5 358.1 345.6 354.8 345.7 349.5 3.8

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.1 293.4 294.6 294.8 298.2 294.9 294.7 295.4 0.7

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 969.1 925.5 925.7 919.0 968.9 927.5 925.2 919.4 -5.8

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.0 248.5 246.1 245.4 249.3 246.6 245.5 245.8 0.3

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.6 138.5 140.3 141.9 134.4 138.9 139.6 141.6 2.0

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,786 7,590 7,637 7,633 7,719 7,602 7,590 7,573 -17

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,759.3 5,644.2 5,660.0 5,658.0 5,738.1 5,653.4 5,647.8 5,640.0 -7.8

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . . 21.1 21.3 21.2 21.4 20.9 21.2 21.2 21.3 0.1

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,599.3 2,558.7 2,566.3 2,570.3 2,587.3 2,562.7 2,561.9 2,558.8 -3.1

Depository credit intermediation1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,764.1 1,749.0 1,757.0 1,761.5 1,755.6 1,752.2 1,753.6 1,752.9 -0.7

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,321.4 1,309.4 1,315.6 1,320.1 1,315.3 1,312.3 1,312.9 1,313.7 0.8

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.1 794.2 800.3 801.7 800.6 797.4 797.8 799.1 1.3

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . 2,248.3 2,185.2 2,187.0 2,180.9 2,241.9 2,186.9 2,181.8 2,177.0 -4.8

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. . . 87.5 84.8 85.2 83.7 87.4 85.2 85.1 83.8 -1.3

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,026.4 1,945.5 1,977.0 1,975.0 1,980.8 1,948.4 1,941.9 1,932.9 -9.0

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,431.4 1,384.7 1,399.4 1,396.6 1,404.7 1,387.8 1,380.8 1,374.5 -6.3

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568.5 536.6 553.4 554.2 550.1 536.3 537.1 534.5 -2.6

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . . 26.5 24.2 24.2 24.2 26.0 24.3 24.0 23.9 -0.1

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,518 16,632 16,780 16,784 16,405 16,664 16,687 16,674 -13

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,439.4 7,321.6 7,357.2 7,378.7 7,464.9 7,405.5 7,400.8 7,405.6 4.8

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,131.4 1,101.5 1,115.4 1,115.2 1,117.5 1,104.3 1,101.1 1,100.3 -0.8

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . . 847.3 834.7 818.4 818.0 921.0 898.1 893.2 893.2 0.0

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . 1,320.8 1,275.0 1,281.6 1,287.6 1,305.7 1,278.2 1,271.5 1,272.3 0.8

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,426.2 1,441.3 1,440.7 1,454.9 1,423.6 1,446.5 1,445.9 1,451.7 5.8

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993.8 973.1 987.9 995.6 988.0 979.3 988.6 990.4 1.8

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . 1,857.7 1,821.2 1,842.0 1,835.5 1,849.0 1,825.5 1,828.0 1,824.2 -3.8

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,221.3 7,488.8 7,580.6 7,570.2 7,091.3 7,432.7 7,458.2 7,444.4 -13.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

Change

from:

June 2010-

July 2010p

Administrative and waste services - Continued

Administrative and support services1

. . . . . . . . 6,864.6 7,135.1 7,221.5 7,204.6 6,741.0 7,078.9 7,103.4 7,087.1 -16.3

Employment services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,413.2 2,760.7 2,798.5 2,772.3 2,398.7 2,764.1 2,787.8 2,764.5 -23.3

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,755.2 2,081.1 2,103.2 2,085.7 1,749.3 2,082.1 2,093.3 2,087.7 -5.6

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796.1 786.0 779.9 781.5 809.4 793.2 793.3 795.8 2.5

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . 1,852.5 1,798.5 1,841.1 1,848.8 1,738.6 1,730.3 1,728.5 1,732.7 4.2

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.7 353.7 359.1 365.6 350.3 353.8 354.8 357.3 2.5

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,878 19,566 19,359 19,250 19,186 19,502 19,528 19,558 30

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,794.0 3,183.7 2,960.0 2,855.4 3,085.8 3,138.9 3,144.4 3,146.5 2.1

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,083.7 16,381.8 16,399.3 16,395.0 16,100.6 16,362.6 16,383.7 16,411.5 27.8

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,580.5 13,715.1 13,768.8 13,814.4 13,540.8 13,731.6 13,745.6 13,772.2 26.6

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 5,793.0 5,902.5 5,920.6 5,950.5 5,779.3 5,905.4 5,911.6 5,934.7 23.1

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,284.4 2,309.6 2,314.2 2,318.2 2,280.0 2,314.4 2,314.9 2,316.0 1.1

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.8 550.1 552.4 554.0 543.0 550.5 551.7 552.8 1.1

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027.3 1,066.3 1,067.3 1,076.5 1,025.7 1,064.5 1,065.2 1,074.4 9.2

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,692.7 4,697.7 4,718.9 4,726.2 4,675.2 4,708.9 4,711.9 4,709.6 -2.3

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,094.8 3,114.9 3,129.3 3,137.7 3,086.3 3,117.3 3,122.1 3,127.9 5.8

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,648.6 1,653.4 1,659.3 1,661.5 1,645.4 1,654.3 1,656.0 1,657.9 1.9

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,503.2 2,666.7 2,630.5 2,580.6 2,559.8 2,631.0 2,638.1 2,639.3 1.2

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788.6 889.0 854.2 800.5 849.4 863.9 866.2 863.6 -2.6

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,773 13,303 13,674 13,796 13,101 13,070 13,091 13,097 6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,207.5 1,968.3 2,153.5 2,227.5 1,905.9 1,889.4 1,908.1 1,914.8 6.7

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . . 431.9 429.4 432.1 457.6 401.9 408.3 409.3 419.8 10.5

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks. . . 144.3 134.1 142.3 145.8 129.8 128.9 130.0 130.4 0.4

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . . 1,631.3 1,404.8 1,579.1 1,624.1 1,374.2 1,352.2 1,368.8 1,364.6 -4.2

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,565.3 11,334.5 11,520.7 11,568.3 11,195.4 11,180.1 11,182.8 11,182.0 -0.8

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,884.6 1,741.3 1,840.2 1,905.5 1,755.4 1,749.2 1,758.9 1,768.7 9.8

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . 9,680.7 9,593.2 9,680.5 9,662.8 9,440.0 9,430.9 9,423.9 9,413.3 -10.6

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,437 5,361 5,408 5,418 5,362 5,337 5,333 5,339 6

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,157.6 1,159.7 1,157.3 1,158.5 1,149.1 1,150.2 1,145.3 1,147.6 2.3

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,291.9 1,286.9 1,291.7 1,283.7 1,280.2 1,273.5 1,274.0 1,274.1 0.1

Membership associations and organizations. . . . 2,987.1 2,914.3 2,958.5 2,975.8 2,932.2 2,913.1 2,914.1 2,917.6 3.5

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,274 23,376 22,705 21,223 22,516 22,959 22,707 22,505 -202

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,854.0 3,396.0 3,192.0 3,055.0 2,816.0 3,396.0 3,171.0 3,017.0 -154.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,142.0 2,741.1 2,539.4 2,396.6 2,113.9 2,738.2 2,516.8 2,368.7 -148.1

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711.8 654.6 652.5 658.2 701.7 657.9 654.2 648.6 -5.6

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,850.0 5,208.0 4,934.0 4,815.0 5,154.0 5,157.0 5,144.0 5,134.0 -10.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,021.2 2,434.4 2,144.0 2,032.7 2,351.5 2,387.2 2,377.9 2,375.5 -2.4

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 2,828.5 2,773.4 2,790.3 2,782.3 2,802.0 2,769.3 2,765.8 2,758.2 -7.6

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,570.0 14,772.0 14,579.0 13,353.0 14,546.0 14,406.0 14,392.0 14,354.0 -38.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,834.7 8,381.8 8,032.5 6,750.4 8,048.9 8,007.5 8,007.2 7,980.1 -27.1

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 6,734.8 6,390.5 6,546.9 6,602.5 6,497.5 6,398.1 6,384.9 6,373.8 -11.1

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

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Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.8 34.2 34.1 34.2

Goods-producing..................................................................... 38.5 39.6 39.3 39.4

Mining and logging................................................................ 41.8 43.8 43.1 43.5

Construction........................................................................ 37.4 37.4 37.3 37.4

Manufacturing...................................................................... 38.8 40.5 40.0 40.1

Durable goods................................................................... 39.0 40.7 40.3 40.4

Nondurable goods............................................................... 38.7 40.0 39.6 39.5

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.9 33.1 33.1 33.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 34.1 34.2 34.2 34.3

Wholesale trade................................................................. 37.8 38.2 38.2 38.2

Retail trade....................................................................... 31.3 31.2 31.2 31.3

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 38.2 38.5 38.3 38.4

Utilities............................................................................ 40.7 41.6 41.2 41.3

Information.......................................................................... 36.4 36.8 36.8 36.8

Financial activities................................................................. 36.5 37.0 37.1 37.1

Professional and business services............................................. 34.9 35.4 35.3 35.4

Education and health services................................................... 32.9 32.9 32.9 32.9

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 25.5 25.7 25.7 25.8

Other services...................................................................... 31.5 31.9 31.9 31.9

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 2.2 3.0 2.9 2.9

Durable goods........................................................................ 2.0 3.0 2.9 2.9

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 2.6 3.1 3.0 3.0

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Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

Total private................................................. $22.20 $22.55 $22.55 $22.59 $ 750.36 $ 771.21 $ 768.96 $ 772.58

Goods-producing........................................ 23.79 24.02 23.97 24.02 915.92 951.19 942.02 946.39

Mining and logging................................... 27.16 27.56 27.36 27.40 1,135.29 1,207.13 1,179.22 1,191.90

Construction........................................... 24.86 25.17 25.15 25.19 929.76 941.36 938.10 942.11

Manufacturing......................................... 23.06 23.27 23.21 23.27 894.73 942.44 928.40 933.13

Durable goods...................................... 24.58 24.74 24.68 24.75 958.62 1,006.92 994.60 999.90

Nondurable goods................................. 20.63 20.89 20.84 20.86 798.38 835.60 825.26 823.97

Private service-providing............................... 21.82 22.20 22.22 22.25 717.88 734.82 735.48 736.48

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 19.33 19.77 19.74 19.76 659.15 676.13 675.11 677.77

Wholesale trade.................................... 25.50 26.22 26.20 26.28 963.90 1,001.60 1,000.84 1,003.90

Retail trade.......................................... 15.41 15.63 15.59 15.60 482.33 487.66 486.41 488.28

Transportation and warehousing................. 20.36 20.93 20.97 20.94 777.75 805.81 803.15 804.10

Utilities............................................... 32.84 33.13 32.81 32.79 1,336.59 1,378.21 1,351.77 1,354.23

Information............................................. 29.46 30.33 30.42 30.25 1,072.34 1,116.14 1,119.46 1,113.20

Financial activities.................................... 26.44 27.12 27.12 27.17 965.06 1,003.44 1,006.15 1,008.01

Professional and business services................ 27.10 27.17 27.25 27.36 945.79 961.82 961.93 968.54

Education and health services...................... 22.39 22.82 22.83 22.91 736.63 750.78 751.11 753.74

Leisure and hospitality............................... 12.94 13.07 13.07 13.09 329.97 335.90 335.90 337.72

Other services......................................... 19.60 19.84 19.91 19.89 617.40 632.90 635.13 634.49

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Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

Percent

change

from:

June

2010-

July

2010p

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

Percent

change

from:

June

2010 -

July

2010p

Total private....................................... 91.3 92.2 92.0 92.3 0.3 96.6 99.2 98.9 99.5 0.6

Goods-producing............................... 80.6 81.2 80.5 80.9 0.5 86.7 88.1 87.3 87.8 0.6

Mining and logging.......................... 90.2 99.1 98.2 100.2 2.0 98.4 109.6 107.9 110.2 2.1

Construction.................................. 76.7 72.2 71.8 71.8 0.0 82.8 79.0 78.4 78.6 0.3

Manufacturing................................ 81.9 85.0 84.1 84.5 0.5 87.9 92.0 90.7 91.5 0.9

Durable goods............................ 79.0 82.0 81.4 82.0 0.7 86.3 90.1 89.2 90.1 1.0

Nondurable goods........................ 87.7 90.0 89.1 88.9 -0.2 91.8 95.4 94.2 94.0 -0.2

Private service-providing...................... 94.5 95.3 95.3 95.4 0.1 99.9 102.5 102.6 102.8 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 92.1 92.0 91.9 92.3 0.4 95.8 97.9 97.7 98.2 0.5

Wholesale trade........................... 92.3 92.9 93.0 93.1 0.1 98.2 101.7 101.6 102.1 0.5

Retail trade................................ 92.1 91.5 91.4 91.7 0.3 93.8 94.6 94.2 94.6 0.4

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 91.7 91.7 91.6 92.1 0.5 94.8 97.4 97.4 97.8 0.4

Utilities..................................... 98.6 100.2 98.9 98.7 -0.2 106.9 109.6 107.2 106.9 -0.3

Information................................... 92.6 91.6 91.1 91.1 0.0 97.1 98.9 98.7 98.2 -0.5

Financial activities........................... 92.8 92.7 92.8 92.6 -0.2 95.8 98.1 98.2 98.2 0.0

Professional and business services....... 90.0 92.8 92.6 92.8 0.2 98.9 102.1 102.3 102.9 0.6

Education and health services............. 102.7 104.4 104.6 104.7 0.1 107.8 111.6 111.8 112.4 0.5

Leisure and hospitality...................... 95.3 95.8 96.0 96.4 0.4 99.5 101.1 101.2 101.8 0.6

Other services............................... 93.6 94.3 94.3 94.4 0.1 104.1 106.2 106.5 106.5 0.0

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

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

2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

Total nonfarm............................................... 65,032 64,975 64,839 64,758 49.9 49.8 49.7 49.7

Total private.............................................. 52,148 51,934 51,915 51,914 48.4 48.3 48.2 48.2

Goods-producing...................................... 4,258 4,155 4,149 4,160 23.2 23.1 23.1 23.1

Mining and logging................................. 98 100 101 100 14.3 13.9 13.9 13.6

Construction........................................ 795 739 737 736 13.4 13.2 13.2 13.2

Manufacturing....................................... 3,365 3,316 3,311 3,324 28.7 28.4 28.3 28.4

Durable goods................................... 1,788 1,754 1,749 1,766 24.8 24.5 24.4 24.5

Nondurable goods............................... 1,577 1,562 1,562 1,558 34.7 34.6 34.7 34.6

Private service-providing............................. 47,890 47,779 47,766 47,754 53.6 53.3 53.3 53.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities............... 10,212 10,048 10,044 10,049 41.1 40.6 40.6 40.6

Wholesale trade................................. 1,708.1 1,677.6 1,676.5 1,674.6 30.5 30.1 30.1 30.0

Retail trade....................................... 7,344.6 7,237.5 7,230.9 7,234.3 50.7 50.1 50.1 50.1

Transportation and warehousing.............. 1,017.2 997.8 1,001.0 1,005.5 24.2 24.0 24.0 24.0

Utilities............................................ 141.9 135.4 135.1 134.1 25.3 24.3 24.4 24.3

Information.......................................... 1,164 1,112 1,105 1,106 41.8 40.8 40.8 40.8

Financial activities.................................. 4,580 4,478 4,469 4,456 59.3 58.9 58.9 58.8

Professional and business services............. 7,400 7,416 7,422 7,399 45.1 44.5 44.5 44.4

Education and health services................... 14,851 15,056 15,065 15,084 77.4 77.2 77.1 77.1

Leisure and hospitality............................. 6,863 6,862 6,848 6,853 52.4 52.5 52.3 52.3

Other services...................................... 2,820 2,807 2,813 2,807 52.6 52.6 52.7 52.6

Government.............................................. 12,884 13,041 12,924 12,844 57.2 56.8 56.9 57.1

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Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

Total private................................................................................ 88,760 88,712 88,754 88,800

Goods-producing........................................................................ 13,226 12,951 12,955 12,967

Mining and logging................................................................... 503 537 543 551

Construction........................................................................... 4,493 4,226 4,210 4,186

Manufacturing......................................................................... 8,230 8,188 8,202 8,230

Durable goods...................................................................... 4,920 4,901 4,919 4,949

Nondurable goods................................................................. 3,310 3,287 3,283 3,281

Private service-providing............................................................... 75,534 75,761 75,799 75,833

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................................................. 21,056 20,968 20,976 20,997

Wholesale trade.................................................................... 4,511.4 4,482.3 4,484.8 4,483.0

Retail trade......................................................................... 12,440.7 12,428.9 12,424.7 12,438.5

Transportation and warehousing................................................. 3,655.2 3,613.2 3,625.8 3,637.5

Utilities............................................................................... 449.0 443.1 440.5 437.8

Information............................................................................ 2,226 2,183 2,178 2,177

Financial activities.................................................................... 5,969 5,873 5,853 5,832

Professional and business services................................................ 13,371 13,646 13,672 13,671

Education and health services...................................................... 16,839 17,085 17,114 17,140

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 11,584 11,539 11,544 11,549

Other services........................................................................ 4,489 4,467 4,462 4,467

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.1 33.5 33.4 33.5

Goods-producing..................................................................... 39.3 40.5 40.2 40.3

Mining and logging................................................................ 42.9 45.4 44.6 44.7

Construction........................................................................ 37.8 38.1 38.2 38.1

Manufacturing...................................................................... 39.9 41.5 41.0 41.1

Durable goods................................................................... 39.9 41.7 41.3 41.4

Nondurable goods............................................................... 39.8 41.1 40.5 40.6

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.0 32.3 32.2 32.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 32.9 33.3 33.3 33.5

Wholesale trade................................................................. 37.4 38.0 37.9 38.0

Retail trade....................................................................... 29.9 30.2 30.1 30.4

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 36.2 37.1 37.3 37.2

Utilities............................................................................ 41.9 42.2 42.3 42.4

Information.......................................................................... 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.5

Financial activities................................................................. 35.9 36.2 36.2 36.2

Professional and business services............................................. 34.6 35.1 35.0 35.1

Education and health services................................................... 32.2 32.2 32.2 32.1

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 24.7 24.8 24.7 24.9

Other services...................................................................... 30.4 30.9 30.8 30.9

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 3.0 3.9 3.8 3.8

Durable goods........................................................................ 2.8 3.9 3.8 3.8

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.3 4.0 3.8 3.7

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

Total private................................................. $18.62 $19.00 $19.02 $19.04 $ 616.32 $ 636.50 $ 635.27 $ 637.84

Goods-producing........................................ 19.92 20.21 20.21 20.24 782.86 818.51 812.44 815.67

Mining and logging................................... 23.31 23.81 23.91 23.87 1,000.00 1,080.97 1,066.39 1,066.99

Construction........................................... 22.69 23.12 23.17 23.22 857.68 880.87 885.09 884.68

Manufacturing......................................... 18.26 18.56 18.53 18.57 728.57 770.24 759.73 763.23

Durable goods...................................... 19.40 19.73 19.69 19.73 774.06 822.74 813.20 816.82

Nondurable goods................................. 16.56 16.80 16.76 16.79 659.09 690.48 678.78 681.67

Private service-providing............................... 18.34 18.74 18.76 18.78 586.88 605.30 604.07 606.59

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 16.44 16.87 16.86 16.85 540.88 561.77 561.44 564.48

Wholesale trade.................................... 20.86 21.49 21.50 21.54 780.16 816.62 814.85 818.52

Retail trade.......................................... 12.96 13.22 13.24 13.24 387.50 399.24 398.52 402.50

Transportation and warehousing................. 18.75 19.31 19.18 19.17 678.75 716.40 715.41 713.12

Utilities............................................... 29.45 30.42 30.31 30.45 1,233.96 1,283.72 1,282.11 1,291.08

Information............................................. 25.48 25.77 25.68 25.83 930.02 943.18 939.89 942.80

Financial activities.................................... 20.79 21.36 21.37 21.40 746.36 773.23 773.59 774.68

Professional and business services................ 22.39 22.77 22.78 22.87 774.69 799.23 797.30 802.74

Education and health services...................... 19.51 19.92 19.98 20.05 628.22 641.42 643.36 643.61

Leisure and hospitality............................... 11.12 11.34 11.34 11.33 274.66 281.23 280.10 282.12

Other services......................................... 16.57 16.81 16.88 16.84 503.73 519.43 519.90 520.36

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

Percent

change

from:

June

2010 -

July

2010p

July

2009

May

2010

June

2010p

July

2010p

Percent

change

from:

June

2010 -

July

2010p

Total private....................................... 98.2 99.3 99.0 99.4 0.4 122.1 126.1 125.9 126.4 0.4

Goods-producing............................... 79.4 80.2 79.6 79.9 0.4 96.9 99.2 98.5 99.0 0.5

Mining and logging.......................... 114.7 129.6 128.7 130.9 1.7 155.5 179.4 179.0 181.7 1.5

Construction.................................. 85.0 80.6 80.5 79.9 -0.7 104.2 100.6 100.7 100.1 -0.6

Manufacturing................................ 75.4 78.0 77.2 77.6 0.5 90.0 94.7 93.5 94.3 0.9

Durable goods............................ 73.7 76.8 76.3 77.0 0.9 89.3 94.6 93.8 94.8 1.1

Nondurable goods........................ 77.6 79.6 78.3 78.5 0.3 90.8 94.5 92.8 93.1 0.3

Private service-providing...................... 103.4 104.6 104.4 104.7 0.3 130.0 134.4 134.2 134.9 0.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 96.6 97.3 97.4 98.1 0.7 113.3 117.1 117.1 117.9 0.7

Wholesale trade........................... 99.4 100.3 100.1 100.3 0.2 122.1 127.0 126.8 127.3 0.4

Retail trade................................ 94.2 95.0 94.7 95.7 1.1 104.6 107.7 107.4 108.6 1.1

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 99.6 100.9 101.8 101.9 0.1 118.5 123.6 123.9 123.9 0.0

Utilities..................................... 96.2 95.6 95.3 95.0 -0.3 118.3 121.4 120.6 120.7 0.1

Information................................... 92.8 91.2 91.0 90.7 -0.3 117.0 116.4 115.7 116.0 0.3

Financial activities........................... 102.5 101.7 101.4 101.0 -0.4 131.8 134.4 134.0 133.7 -0.2

Professional and business services....... 103.7 107.3 107.2 107.5 0.3 138.1 145.4 145.4 146.3 0.6

Education and health services............. 117.0 118.7 118.9 118.7 -0.2 150.0 155.4 156.1 156.4 0.2

Leisure and hospitality...................... 104.9 104.9 104.5 105.4 0.9 132.4 135.1 134.6 135.6 0.7

Other services............................... 95.7 96.8 96.4 96.8 0.4 115.6 118.6 118.6 118.8 0.2

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

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

2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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