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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: FEBRUARY 2004

Nonfarm employment was little changed (+21,000) in February, and the unemployment rate remained at

5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment

levels in most of the major industries were little changed over the month.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

The number of unemployed persons was 8.2 million in February, and the unemployment rate held at

5.6 percent, seasonally adjusted. Both measures are below their recent highs of June 2003. Unemployment rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.1 percent), adult women (4.9 percent), teenagers

(16.6 percent), whites (4.9 percent), blacks (9.8 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.4 percent)—showed

little or no change over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 4.7 percent in February, not

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

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment was down in February to 138.3 million, and the employment-population ratio—the

proportion of the population age 16 and older with jobs—declined to 62.2 percent. The ratio was at or

near that level for most of 2003. Over the month, the civilian labor force decreased by 392,000 to 146.5

million, and the labor force participation rate fell to 65.9 percent. (See table A-1.)

The number of persons who work part time for economic reasons edged down in February to 4.4 million, seasonally adjusted. This category includes persons who indicated that they would like to work full time

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Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

March 2001 – February 2004

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Percent

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

March 2001 – February 2004

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Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

March 2001 – February 2004

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

March 2001 – February 2004
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Jan.-

Category 2003 Feb.

III IV Dec. Jan. 1 Feb. change 

HOUSEHOLD DATA Labor force status

Civilian labor force.................................... 146,628 146,986 146,878 146,863 146,471 -392

Employment....................................... 137,647 138,369 138,479 138,566 138,301 -265 

Unemployment.................................... 8,981 8,616 8,398 8,297 8,170 -127

Not in labor force.................................... 74,885 75,290 75,631 75,298 75,886 588

All workers........................................... 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 0.0

Adult men.......................................... 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.1 .0

Adult women....................................... 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.9 -.1

Teenagers.......................................... 17.5 16.3 16.1 16.7 16.6 -.1

White .............................................. 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9 .0

Black or African American ..................... 11.0 10.7 10.3 10.5 9.8 -.7

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity..................... 7.8 7.1 6.6 7.3 7.4 .1

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment................................. 129,820 130,002 130,035 p130,132 p130,153 p21

Goods-producing 2................................. 21,718 21,676 21,668 p21,688 p21,663 p-25

Construction.................................... 6,738 6,766 6,774 p6,808 p6,784 p-24

Manufacturing................................. 14,410 14,340 14,324 p14,311 p14,308 p-3

Service-providing 2.............................. 108,102 108,326 108,367 p108,444 p108,490 p46

Retail trade.................................... 14,912 14,915 14,876 p14,936 p14,949 p13

Professional and business services......... 16,023 16,114 16,159 p16,149 p16,159 p10

Education and health services............... 16,594 16,705 16,731 p16,743 p16,756 p13

Leisure and hospitality........................ 12,120 12,172 12,192 p12,211 p12,202 p-9

Government.................................... 21,560 21,549 21,544 p21,538 p21,559 p21

Hours of work 3

Total private............................................. 33.6 33.7 33.6 p33.8 p33.8 p0.0

Manufacturing..................................... 40.2 40.6 40.6 p40.9 p41.0 p.1

Overtime....................................... 4.1 4.4 4.5 p4.5 p4.5 p.0

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

Total private............................................. 98.2 98.7 98.4 p99.0 p98.9 p-0.1

Earnings 3

Average hourly earnings, total private............ $15.41 $15.45 $15.45 p$15.49 p$15.52 p$0.03

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 517.67 520.55 519.12 p523.56 p524.58 p1.02

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

Population Survey.

 2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

 p=preliminary.

Unemployment rates 

Employment

2003 2004
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but were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find fulltime jobs. (See table A-5.)

About 7.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one job in February. These multiple

jobholders represented 5.3 percent of the total employed, down from 5.6 percent a year earlier. (See table

A-13.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

In February, about 1.7 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, about the same as a

year earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available to work and

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

because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. There were 484,000

discouraged workers in February, also about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of

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

available for them. The other 1.2 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as

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

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (+21,000) in February, at 130.2 million, seasonally

adjusted. Since August 2003, payroll employment has risen by 364,000. (See table B-1.)

Construction employment declined by 24,000 in February, partly offsetting a large increase in January.

Since last March, construction employment has risen by 123,000. In February, job losses were spread

throughout the component industries.

Manufacturing employment was about unchanged over the month; the pace of job losses in this sector

has slowed in recent months. Since August, job losses in manufacturing have averaged 16,000 a month,

compared with an average loss of 62,000 for the first 8 months of 2003. In February, a small employment

gain in durable goods manufacturing was offset by a continuing decline in nondurable goods.

Within the financial activities sector, securities, commodity contracts, and investments added 4,000 jobs

in February. While employment in the securities industry has grown by 18,000 since last August, credit intermediation (which includes mortgage banking) has lost 22,000 jobs over the same period.

Employment in retail trade was little changed in February. Since October, employment in this industry

has shown no net change.

Within professional and business services, employment in temporary help services rose by 32,000 over

the month, after a small loss in January. Since April 2003, the temporary help industry has added 215,000

jobs.

Private education and health services employment was little changed in February but increased by

291,000 over the past 12 months. Within health care and social assistance, hospitals lost 5,000 jobs in

February. This partly offset a gain of 10,000 in social assistance employment, which was concentrated in

child day care services. Within government, state government added 20,000 jobs in February, largely in

state education.
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in February at 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.1 hour

to 41.0 hours, and has risen by 0.9 hour since last July. Manufacturing overtime was unchanged in February

at 4.5 hours, but has increased since last summer. (See table B-2.)

The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 percent to 98.9 in February (2002=100). The manufacturing index increased by

0.1 percent over the month to 94.2. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

3 cents over the month to $15.52, seasonally adjusted. The increase for January was 4 cents, as revised.

Average weekly earnings rose by 0.2 percent in February to $524.58. Over the year, average hourly

earnings increased by 1.6 percent, and average weekly earnings increased by 1.9 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for March 2004 is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 2, at

8:30 A.M. (EST).
Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

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

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

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

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from

zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Feb.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004 

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 220,114 222,161 222,357 220,114 222,039 222,279 222,509 222,161 222,357

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 145,693 146,068 146,154 145,898 146,892 147,187 146,878 146,863 146,471

 Participation rate ............................................................... 66.2 65.7 65.7 66.3 66.2 66.2 66.0 66.1 65.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 136,433 136,924 137,384 137,318 138,095 138,533 138,479 138,566 138,301

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 62.0 61.6 61.8 62.4 62.2 62.3 62.2 62.4 62.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 9,260 9,144 8,770 8,581 8,797 8,653 8,398 8,297 8,170

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 74,421 76,093 76,203 74,216 75,147 75,093 75,631 75,298 75,886

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,495 4,913 4,622 4,580 4,885 4,572 4,714 4,747 4,746

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 105,895 107,072 107,177 105,895 106,879 107,003 107,123 107,072 107,177

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 77,658 78,320 78,014 77,915 78,530 78,799 78,661 78,823 78,337

 Participation rate ............................................................... 73.3 73.1 72.8 73.6 73.5 73.6 73.4 73.6 73.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 72,237 73,096 73,003 73,132 73,643 73,915 74,085 74,343 73,901

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 68.2 68.3 68.1 69.1 68.9 69.1 69.2 69.4 69.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,421 5,224 5,012 4,783 4,887 4,883 4,576 4,480 4,436

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 7.0 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 28,237 28,752 29,163 27,980 28,348 28,204 28,462 28,249 28,840

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 97,762 98,866 98,966 97,762 98,696 98,814 98,927 98,866 98,966

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 74,206 74,965 74,719 74,241 74,942 75,188 75,044 75,171 74,797

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.9 75.8 75.5 75.9 75.9 76.1 75.9 76.0 75.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 69,518 70,371 70,318 70,174 70,726 70,964 71,099 71,329 70,969

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.1 71.2 71.1 71.8 71.7 71.8 71.9 72.1 71.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,688 4,594 4,402 4,068 4,216 4,224 3,945 3,842 3,828

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.1

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 23,556 23,901 24,246 23,521 23,754 23,626 23,882 23,694 24,168

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 114,219 115,089 115,180 114,219 115,160 115,276 115,386 115,089 115,180

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 68,036 67,749 68,140 67,984 68,362 68,388 68,217 68,040 68,134

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.6 58.9 59.2 59.5 59.4 59.3 59.1 59.1 59.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 64,196 63,828 64,381 64,186 64,452 64,618 64,394 64,223 64,400

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.2 55.5 55.9 56.2 56.0 56.1 55.8 55.8 55.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,839 3,920 3,758 3,798 3,910 3,770 3,823 3,817 3,734

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

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 46,184 47,340 47,040 46,236 46,799 46,888 47,169 47,050 47,046

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 106,322 107,131 107,216 106,322 107,197 107,303 107,404 107,131 107,216

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 64,622 64,434 64,832 64,359 64,899 64,917 64,846 64,515 64,629

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.8 60.1 60.5 60.5 60.5 60.5 60.4 60.2 60.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,278 61,050 61,592 61,106 61,524 61,597 61,521 61,260 61,456

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

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,344 3,385 3,240 3,253 3,375 3,320 3,326 3,255 3,172

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 41,701 42,697 42,384 41,964 42,299 42,387 42,558 42,617 42,587

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,030 16,164 16,175 16,030 16,145 16,162 16,178 16,164 16,175

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,866 6,669 6,603 7,298 7,051 7,082 6,987 7,177 7,045

 Participation rate ............................................................... 42.8 41.3 40.8 45.5 43.7 43.8 43.2 44.4 43.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,637 5,503 5,475 6,039 5,846 5,972 5,859 5,977 5,875

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 35.2 34.0 33.8 37.7 36.2 37.0 36.2 37.0 36.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,229 1,166 1,128 1,260 1,205 1,109 1,128 1,200 1,170

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 17.9 17.5 17.1 17.3 17.1 15.7 16.1 16.7 16.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,164 9,495 9,572 8,731 9,094 9,080 9,191 8,987 9,130

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

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

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

household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Feb.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004 

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 180,599 181,879 182,001 180,599 181,871 182,032 182,185 181,879 182,001

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,128 120,099 120,336 120,247 120,736 121,041 120,751 120,723 120,540

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.5 66.0 66.1 66.6 66.4 66.5 66.3 66.4 66.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 113,376 113,348 113,834 114,118 114,535 114,783 114,678 114,765 114,602

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.8 62.3 62.5 63.2 63.0 63.1 62.9 63.1 63.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 6,752 6,751 6,502 6,129 6,200 6,258 6,073 5,958 5,938

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 60,470 61,780 61,665 60,352 61,135 60,991 61,434 61,156 61,460

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,210 62,549 62,494 62,245 62,694 62,913 62,752 62,799 62,603

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 58,652 59,066 59,123 59,273 59,623 59,777 59,794 59,969 59,763

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 72.0 71.9 71.9 72.7 72.6 72.7 72.6 73.0 72.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,558 3,483 3,371 2,973 3,072 3,136 2,957 2,830 2,840

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.7 5.6 5.4 4.8 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.5

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,210 52,005 52,281 51,896 52,183 52,210 52,199 51,954 51,993

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 49,944 49,599 50,051 49,678 49,892 49,932 49,941 49,668 49,797

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.7 56.9 57.4 57.4 57.2 57.2 57.2 57.0 57.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,265 2,406 2,230 2,217 2,291 2,279 2,258 2,286 2,197

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,709 5,545 5,561 6,106 5,858 5,918 5,800 5,970 5,944

 Participation rate ................................................................. 45.7 44.1 44.2 48.9 46.7 47.1 46.1 47.5 47.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,780 4,683 4,661 5,167 5,020 5,074 4,942 5,128 5,042

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 38.3 37.3 37.1 41.4 40.0 40.4 39.3 40.8 40.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 929 862 900 939 838 843 857 842 902

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 16.3 15.5 16.2 15.4 14.3 14.3 14.8 14.1 15.2

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,519 25,867 25,900 25,519 25,825 25,860 25,894 25,867 25,900

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,294 16,420 16,274 16,417 16,589 16,524 16,365 16,602 16,404

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.8 63.5 62.8 64.3 64.2 63.9 63.2 64.2 63.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,491 14,655 14,650 14,665 14,696 14,812 14,679 14,866 14,804

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 56.8 56.7 56.6 57.5 56.9 57.3 56.7 57.5 57.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,803 1,765 1,624 1,751 1,893 1,712 1,686 1,736 1,600

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 11.1 10.7 10.0 10.7 11.4 10.4 10.3 10.5 9.8

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,225 9,447 9,626 9,103 9,236 9,336 9,529 9,265 9,495

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,298 7,453 7,284 7,308 7,385 7,414 7,382 7,450 7,305

 Participation rate ................................................................. 71.5 71.9 70.1 71.6 71.4 71.6 71.2 71.8 70.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,479 6,662 6,552 6,553 6,611 6,668 6,695 6,737 6,620

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.5 64.2 63.1 64.2 63.9 64.4 64.6 65.0 63.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 818 791 732 755 774 746 687 713 684

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 11.2 10.6 10.1 10.3 10.5 10.1 9.3 9.6 9.4

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,260 8,275 8,369 8,312 8,425 8,401 8,276 8,358 8,418

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.8 63.2 63.8 64.2 64.4 64.1 63.1 63.8 64.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,502 7,522 7,628 7,559 7,596 7,639 7,471 7,595 7,674

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.9 57.5 58.2 58.4 58.0 58.3 56.9 58.0 58.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 758 752 740 753 829 762 805 762 745

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.2 9.1 8.8 9.1 9.8 9.1 9.7 9.1 8.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 736 692 621 796 779 710 707 794 682

 Participation rate ................................................................. 31.1 28.8 25.8 33.7 32.5 29.6 29.4 33.1 28.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 510 471 470 553 489 505 514 533 510

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 21.6 19.6 19.5 23.4 20.4 21.0 21.4 22.2 21.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 226 221 151 243 290 205 193 261 171

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 30.7 32.0 24.3 30.6 37.3 28.9 27.3 32.9 25.1

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,036 9,337 9,334 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,006 6,213 6,190 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.5 66.5 66.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,645 5,892 5,900 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.5 63.1 63.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 361 321 290 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.0 5.2 4.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,031 3,124 3,144 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Feb.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004 

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 27,095 27,619 27,705 27,095 27,913 28,016 28,116 27,619 27,705

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 18,638 18,715 18,682 18,596 18,940 19,125 19,035 18,811 18,693

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.8 67.8 67.4 68.6 67.9 68.3 67.7 68.1 67.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 17,083 17,169 17,170 17,160 17,556 17,709 17,784 17,441 17,303

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.0 62.2 62.0 63.3 62.9 63.2 63.3 63.2 62.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,555 1,546 1,512 1,436 1,383 1,416 1,250 1,370 1,389

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.3 8.3 8.1 7.7 7.3 7.4 6.6 7.3 7.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,456 8,904 9,023 8,498 8,974 8,891 9,082 8,807 9,012

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,629 10,782 10,709 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.6 84.0 83.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 9,854 10,001 9,917 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 78.4 77.9 77.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 775 782 792 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.3 7.2 7.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,068 7,033 7,036 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 58.9 57.6 57.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,491 6,468 6,547 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 54.0 53.0 53.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 577 565 490 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.2 8.0 7.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 941 899 937 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 37.4 34.9 36.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 738 699 707 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 29.3 27.2 27.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 203 200 230 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 21.6 22.2 24.5 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

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

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004 

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,299 12,376 12,191 12,631 12,672 12,764 12,712 12,356 12,526

 Participation rate ................................................................... 43.7 44.4 44.1 44.8 45.7 45.6 44.9 44.3 45.4

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,028 11,050 10,965 11,513 11,551 11,677 11,678 11,271 11,455

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 39.2 39.7 39.7 40.9 41.6 41.7 41.2 40.4 41.5

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,271 1,326 1,227 1,117 1,121 1,087 1,034 1,085 1,071

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 10.3 10.7 10.1 8.8 8.8 8.5 8.1 8.8 8.5

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 37,886 38,013 37,985 37,798 37,887 38,241 37,958 37,662 37,898

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.8 63.5 63.4 63.6 63.6 63.6 63.5 63.0 63.3

 Employed ................................................................................ 35,525 35,837 35,802 35,751 35,807 36,179 35,868 35,829 35,998

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 59.8 59.9 59.8 60.2 60.1 60.2 60.0 59.9 60.1

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 2,361 2,176 2,182 2,047 2,080 2,061 2,090 1,832 1,900

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.5 4.9 5.0

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 34,519 33,770 34,357 34,169 33,841 33,727 33,932 33,810 34,026

 Participation rate ................................................................... 73.6 72.4 72.8 72.9 72.4 72.4 72.2 72.5 72.1

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,799 32,130 32,792 32,552 32,222 32,114 32,400 32,276 32,536

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 70.0 68.9 69.5 69.4 68.9 68.9 69.0 69.2 68.9

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,719 1,640 1,565 1,618 1,619 1,613 1,532 1,535 1,489

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.4

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 39,370 40,290 40,148 39,089 40,504 40,536 40,515 40,450 39,917

 Participation rate ................................................................... 78.8 78.1 78.2 78.3 78.0 78.7 79.0 78.4 77.7

 Employed ................................................................................ 38,201 39,055 38,984 37,924 39,267 39,292 39,291 39,277 38,748

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 76.5 75.7 75.9 75.9 75.6 76.3 76.6 76.1 75.5

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,169 1,235 1,165 1,165 1,237 1,244 1,224 1,173 1,169

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9

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

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

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004 

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 1,983 1,999 1,956 2,205 2,410 2,418 2,245 2,163 2,190

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,038 1,087 1,067 1,197 1,465 1,440 1,294 1,220 1,246

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 924 900 872 964 938 953 919 929 912

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 21 13 17 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 134,451 134,925 135,428 135,166 135,722 136,172 136,180 136,306 136,166

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 125,402 125,433 126,122 125,823 126,183 126,466 126,661 126,664 126,572

 Government .......................................................................... 19,850 19,800 19,791 19,479 19,797 19,609 19,694 19,681 19,497

 Private industries .................................................................. 105,552 105,633 106,331 106,243 106,400 106,876 107,110 107,019 107,008

 Private households ............................................................. 639 811 791 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 104,913 104,822 105,540 105,556 105,662 106,129 106,382 106,204 106,173

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 8,959 9,396 9,196 9,248 9,460 9,541 9,477 9,501 9,498

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 90 96 111 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 5,061 5,270 4,764 4,711 4,800 4,880 4,788 4,714 4,437

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,396 3,459 3,098 3,107 3,030 3,226 3,205 2,996 2,865

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,328 1,420 1,429 1,246 1,356 1,350 1,295 1,380 1,347

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,360 19,229 19,653 18,546 18,935 19,110 18,561 18,905 18,900

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,931 5,152 4,655 4,589 4,690 4,782 4,727 4,613 4,328

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,317 3,382 3,032 3,028 2,964 3,153 3,144 2,911 2,778

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,309 1,416 1,421 1,234 1,349 1,353 1,279 1,399 1,340

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,032 18,910 19,327 18,353 18,628 18,752 18,367 18,636 18,691

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

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

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

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

bad weather.

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

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

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

survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004 

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 136,433 136,924 137,384 137,318 138,095 138,533 138,479 138,566 138,301

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,637 5,503 5,475 6,039 5,846 5,972 5,859 5,977 5,875

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 2,103 2,117 2,079 2,347 2,227 2,361 2,292 2,367 2,330

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,533 3,386 3,395 3,713 3,607 3,592 3,562 3,605 3,573

 20 years and over ................................................................... 130,796 131,421 131,909 131,279 132,250 132,561 132,620 132,589 132,426

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,243 13,349 13,366 13,482 13,437 13,371 13,413 13,609 13,582

 25 years and over ................................................................. 117,553 118,072 118,543 117,841 118,785 119,106 119,168 118,930 118,869

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 96,644 96,455 96,644 96,924 97,233 97,422 97,436 97,161 96,982

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,317 29,976 29,972 30,481 30,296 30,389 30,340 30,326 30,178

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,769 34,310 34,403 34,869 34,829 34,909 34,819 34,506 34,486

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 31,558 32,168 32,269 31,575 32,107 32,125 32,277 32,328 32,319

 55 years and over ............................................................... 20,909 21,617 21,899 20,917 21,552 21,683 21,732 21,769 21,886

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 72,237 73,096 73,003 73,132 73,643 73,915 74,085 74,343 73,901

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,719 2,724 2,685 2,959 2,917 2,951 2,986 3,014 2,931

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,016 975 957 1,149 1,101 1,189 1,153 1,157 1,105

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,702 1,750 1,728 1,829 1,796 1,779 1,817 1,862 1,850

 20 years and over ................................................................... 69,518 70,371 70,318 70,174 70,726 70,964 71,099 71,329 70,969

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,003 7,018 7,007 7,170 7,038 7,050 7,048 7,198 7,155

 25 years and over ................................................................. 62,515 63,353 63,311 63,046 63,670 63,876 64,061 64,167 63,903

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 51,411 51,716 51,681 51,852 52,168 52,293 52,441 52,416 52,179

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,489 16,515 16,382 16,673 16,660 16,747 16,740 16,773 16,608

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,584 18,493 18,529 18,739 18,828 18,844 18,857 18,712 18,683

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,338 16,709 16,770 16,440 16,681 16,702 16,843 16,931 16,889

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,104 11,637 11,630 11,194 11,501 11,583 11,620 11,751 11,724

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 64,196 63,828 64,381 64,186 64,452 64,618 64,394 64,223 64,400

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,918 2,779 2,790 3,080 2,928 3,021 2,873 2,963 2,944

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,087 1,142 1,122 1,198 1,126 1,172 1,139 1,210 1,225

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,831 1,637 1,667 1,884 1,812 1,813 1,745 1,743 1,723

 20 years and over ................................................................... 61,278 61,050 61,592 61,106 61,524 61,597 61,521 61,260 61,456

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,240 6,331 6,360 6,312 6,398 6,321 6,365 6,411 6,427

 25 years and over ................................................................. 55,038 54,719 55,232 54,795 55,116 55,230 55,107 54,763 54,966

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,233 44,738 44,963 45,073 45,065 45,130 44,996 44,745 44,803

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,828 13,462 13,591 13,807 13,637 13,642 13,599 13,554 13,570

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 16,185 15,817 15,873 16,131 16,001 16,065 15,962 15,794 15,803

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,220 15,460 15,499 15,135 15,427 15,423 15,434 15,397 15,430

 55 years and over ............................................................... 9,805 9,981 10,269 9,723 10,051 10,100 10,112 10,018 10,162

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 44,199 45,122 44,843 44,458 44,684 45,152 45,431 45,490 45,128

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,782 34,729 34,681 34,546 34,993 35,076 35,034 34,585 34,502

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,461 8,479 8,666 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 111,856 112,171 112,692 113,188 113,677 114,024 114,597 113,976 114,037

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 24,577 24,753 24,692 23,861 24,460 24,569 24,023 24,306 24,081

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

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

week.

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

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

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

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

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Feb.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004 

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,581 8,297 8,170 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,260 1,200 1,170 17.3 17.1 15.7 16.1 16.7 16.6

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 527 527 497 18.3 20.2 17.5 18.3 18.2 17.6

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 717 672 663 16.2 15.2 14.7 14.7 15.7 15.7

 20 years and over ................................................................... 7,321 7,097 7,000 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,414 1,475 1,421 9.5 10.1 10.4 9.6 9.8 9.5

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,889 5,623 5,595 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.5

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 5,064 4,811 4,732 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.7

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,855 1,835 1,802 5.7 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.6

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,901 1,630 1,631 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.5

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,308 1,346 1,299 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9

 55 years and over ............................................................... 839 827 859 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.8

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,783 4,480 4,436 6.1 6.2 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.7

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 715 638 609 19.5 18.7 18.3 17.4 17.5 17.2

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 279 277 266 19.5 20.4 18.3 18.4 19.3 19.4

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 433 360 344 19.2 17.9 18.1 16.9 16.2 15.7

 20 years and over ................................................................... 4,068 3,842 3,828 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.1

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 758 847 794 9.6 10.8 11.2 10.4 10.5 10.0

 25 years and over ................................................................. 3,287 2,995 3,045 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.5

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,790 2,557 2,598 5.1 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.7

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,007 987 1,060 5.7 6.5 6.3 5.9 5.6 6.0

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 997 865 880 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.5

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 786 706 658 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.8

 55 years and over ............................................................... 497 438 448 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.7

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,798 3,817 3,734 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.5

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 545 562 561 15.0 15.4 13.0 14.7 15.9 16.0

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 248 249 231 17.1 20.1 16.6 18.2 17.1 15.9

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 284 312 319 13.1 12.5 11.1 12.2 15.2 15.6

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,253 3,255 3,172 5.1 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.9

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 656 628 627 9.4 9.3 9.6 8.8 8.9 8.9

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,602 2,628 2,550 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.4

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,274 2,254 2,134 4.8 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.5

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 848 848 742 5.8 6.1 6.0 6.1 5.9 5.2

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 904 766 751 5.3 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.6 4.5

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 522 640 641 3.3 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.0

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 337 423 415 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 4.1 3.9

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,705 1,566 1,579 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.4

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,294 1,338 1,290 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.6

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 837 764 766 9.0 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.3 8.1

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 7,175 6,886 6,816 6.0 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.6

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,392 1,397 1,308 5.5 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.2

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

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

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

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

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

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004 

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 5,487 5,195 4,888 4,806 4,877 4,719 4,618 4,382 4,323

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 1,543 1,580 1,450 1,141 1,097 1,055 1,060 1,028 1,064

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,944 3,614 3,438 3,665 3,780 3,664 3,558 3,353 3,258

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,950 2,727 2,629 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 994 887 809 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 792 822 841 783 789 931 783 804 827

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,499 2,536 2,491 2,418 2,518 2,440 2,366 2,509 2,424

New entrants ............................................................................ 482 591 550 589 653 619 694 681 676

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 59.3 56.8 55.7 55.9 55.2 54.2 54.6 52.3 52.4

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 16.7 17.3 16.5 13.3 12.4 12.1 12.5 12.3 12.9

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 42.6 39.5 39.2 42.6 42.8 42.1 42.0 40.0 39.5

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 8.6 9.0 9.6 9.1 8.9 10.7 9.3 9.6 10.0

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 27.0 27.7 28.4 28.1 28.5 28.0 28.0 30.0 29.4

 New entrants ........................................................................... 5.2 6.5 6.3 6.9 7.4 7.1 8.2 8.1 8.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0

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

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

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

1 Data not available.

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

household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004 

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,679 3,031 2,318 2,782 2,733 2,622 2,627 2,612 2,468

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 3,132 2,591 2,912 2,586 2,585 2,556 2,450 2,394 2,412

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,450 3,522 3,540 3,176 3,478 3,484 3,403 3,365 3,274

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,507 1,535 1,605 1,292 1,460 1,448 1,513 1,467 1,403

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 1,943 1,988 1,935 1,884 2,018 2,036 1,890 1,898 1,871

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 18.6 19.0 20.3 18.7 19.4 20.0 19.6 19.8 20.3

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 10.2 10.4 10.9 9.5 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.7 10.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 28.9 33.2 26.4 32.6 31.1 30.3 31.0 31.2 30.3

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 33.8 28.3 33.2 30.3 29.4 29.5 28.9 28.6 29.6

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 37.3 38.5 40.4 37.2 39.5 40.2 40.1 40.2 40.2

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 16.3 16.8 18.3 15.1 16.6 16.7 17.8 17.5 17.2

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 21.0 21.7 22.1 22.0 22.9 23.5 22.3 22.7 22.9

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Feb.

2003

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Feb.

2004

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 136,433 137,384 9,260 8,770 6.4 6.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 48,348 48,580 1,534 1,367 3.1 2.7

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,058 20,112 603 523 2.9 2.5

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,290 28,467 930 844 3.2 2.9

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 21,173 21,586 1,800 1,742 7.8 7.5

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,577 35,358 2,087 2,051 5.5 5.5

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 15,614 15,998 1,046 1,051 6.3 6.2

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,963 19,360 1,041 1,001 5.0 4.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 13,335 13,960 1,653 1,433 11.0 9.3

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 878 875 172 173 16.4 16.5

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 7,391 7,941 1,169 1,015 13.7 11.3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,067 5,144 312 245 5.8 4.6

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 18,001 17,901 1,681 1,591 8.5 8.2

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,654 9,599 860 808 8.2 7.8

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,347 8,301 821 783 9.0 8.6

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

Forces are included in the unemployed total.

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

household survey.

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

Industry

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Feb.

2003

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Feb.

2004

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 9,260 8,770 6.4 6.0

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 7,820 7,301 6.9 6.4

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 41 24 7.1 5.0

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 1,173 1,039 14.0 11.6

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,229 1,094 6.7 6.3

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 791 706 6.9 6.5

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 438 388 6.5 6.0

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,238 1,369 6.1 6.5

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 316 291 5.8 5.5

 Information ........................................................................................................ 321 194 8.6 5.8

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 310 363 3.4 3.8

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 1,140 964 8.9 7.7

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 576 608 3.2 3.4

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 1,145 987 10.0 8.9

 Other services .................................................................................................. 331 366 5.7 5.9

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 172 168 14.7 14.2

Government workers ......................................................................................... 483 490 2.4 2.4

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 304 260 3.0 2.5

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

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

household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004

Feb.

2004 

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

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 7.4 7.3 7.1 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7

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

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

 all marginally attached workers ........................................................................................... 10.8 10.9 10.3 10.1 10.2 10.1 9.9 9.9 9.6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Feb.

2003

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Feb.

2004

Feb.

2003

Feb.

2004

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 74,421 76,203 28,237 29,163 46,184 47,040

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,495 4,622 1,948 2,113 2,547 2,509

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,590 1,691 819 881 770 810

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 450 484 269 293 181 192

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,139 1,206 550 588 589 618

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,620 7,235 3,808 3,606 3,812 3,629

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.6 5.3 5.3 4.9 5.9 5.6

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 4,122 3,713 2,292 2,055 1,830 1,658

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,720 1,753 518 577 1,202 1,176

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 220 287 141 179 79 107

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,523 1,458 836 785 687 674

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

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

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

reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

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

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Change

from:

Jan. 2004-

Feb. 2004

Total nonfarm ............................. 128,660 130,862 128,185 128,773 130,031 129,944 130,027 130,035 130,132 130,153 21

Total private ........................................ 106,735 108,967 106,740 106,910 108,406 108,384 108,483 108,491 108,594 108,594 0

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,458 21,609 21,168 21,129 22,005 21,674 21,686 21,668 21,688 21,663 -25

Natural resources and mining .................................. 559 570 556 557 574 569 571 570 569 571 2

Logging ............................................................ 68.5 67.0 62.7 61.9 70.1 67.9 67.6 65.9 64.6 63.8 -.8

Mining .................................................................... 490.9 503.3 492.9 494.8 503.4 501.5 503.4 504.3 504.8 506.7 1.9

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 119.8 124.1 126.8 127.7 120.5 124.1 123.9 124.6 126.6 127.6 1.0

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 193.9 200.5 191.8 191.9 202.1 202.1 202.4 202.0 200.2 200.4 .2

Coal mining ...................................................... 70.5 70.5 69.8 70.0 70.8 69.6 69.5 69.8 69.9 70.3 .4

Support activities for mining .............................. 177.2 178.7 174.3 175.2 180.8 175.3 177.1 177.7 178.0 178.7 .7

Construction ............................................................. 6,224 6,699 6,398 6,352 6,661 6,754 6,771 6,774 6,808 6,784 -24

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,500.9 1,582.7 1,532.8 1,520.8 1,570.6 1,579.4 1,583.9 1,585.1 1,591.2 1,588.6 -2.6

Heavy and civil engineering construction ......... 793.9 885.1 818.8 811.7 909.1 910.8 918.8 920.7 927.9 923.9 -4.0

Specialty trade contractors ................................ 3,929.6 4,231.1 4,046.4 4,019.2 4,181.0 4,263.7 4,268.6 4,268.4 4,289.1 4,271.0 -18.1

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,675 14,340 14,214 14,220 14,770 14,351 14,344 14,324 14,311 14,308 -3

Production workers ....................................... 10,334 10,060 9,951 9,952 10,406 10,058 10,048 10,044 10,029 10,015 -14

Durable goods ....................................................... 9,081 8,882 8,819 8,835 9,129 8,854 8,874 8,868 8,867 8,875 8

Production workers ....................................... 6,248 6,094 6,038 6,044 6,282 6,066 6,089 6,079 6,077 6,071 -6

Wood products ................................................... 531.1 534.2 526.0 529.0 541.4 533.4 536.3 536.6 536.4 539.0 2.6

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 480.4 483.5 474.7 470.6 498.3 486.6 489.7 487.5 492.3 488.5 -3.8

Primary metals .................................................... 490.1 465.6 462.0 461.1 491.4 463.4 464.1 464.6 461.9 461.4 -.5

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,493.5 1,473.5 1,470.9 1,473.8 1,498.4 1,461.3 1,468.1 1,471.2 1,473.7 1,477.9 4.2

Machinery ........................................................... 1,178.1 1,143.0 1,137.2 1,139.8 1,176.9 1,137.0 1,142.5 1,140.4 1,137.9 1,138.0 .1

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,395.1 1,335.0 1,331.9 1,333.8 1,397.3 1,332.8 1,334.4 1,332.2 1,333.5 1,334.5 1.0

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 231.1 218.0 218.9 218.6 232.2 219.3 219.1 217.8 219.9 219.4 -.5

Communications equipment ........................... 162.7 153.5 154.8 155.5 162.4 153.9 154.4 153.0 154.9 155.3 .4

Semiconductors and electronic components . 475.1 452.0 449.9 451.5 475.8 449.4 451.2 451.3 450.7 451.8 1.1

Electronic instruments ..................................... 436.1 425.8 424.2 423.3 436.0 425.1 425.2 425.3 423.3 422.7 -.6

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 470.7 452.1 449.1 447.8 472.2 450.8 450.9 451.2 449.7 448.5 -1.2

Transportation equipment .................................. 1,794.4 1,772.0 1,754.0 1,763.0 1,799.3 1,765.5 1,766.5 1,762.7 1,761.2 1,766.2 5.0

Furniture and related products .......................... 577.7 570.7 567.3 568.1 580.2 568.2 568.9 569.3 570.0 570.3 .3

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 669.7 652.3 645.6 647.5 673.2 655.2 652.7 651.9 650.3 650.4 .1

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,594 5,458 5,395 5,385 5,641 5,497 5,470 5,456 5,444 5,433 -11

Production workers ....................................... 4,086 3,966 3,913 3,908 4,124 3,992 3,959 3,965 3,952 3,944 -8

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,495.3 1,513.2 1,479.5 1,471.0 1,517.5 1,528.2 1,508.3 1,506.3 1,498.7 1,496.6 -2.1

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 198.0 196.8 193.9 190.8 203.2 201.0 198.3 198.3 197.9 196.3 -1.6

Textile mills ......................................................... 275.3 239.7 237.7 235.2 276.6 247.0 245.1 241.0 238.7 236.4 -2.3

Textile product mills ........................................... 185.5 173.8 174.7 174.2 187.8 172.6 175.2 174.3 176.9 175.7 -1.2

Apparel ................................................................ 326.6 295.1 288.8 293.5 331.2 299.7 297.7 297.7 296.0 297.2 1.2

Leather and allied products ............................... 46.4 44.0 43.8 44.1 47.1 43.7 44.1 44.3 44.2 44.3 .1

Paper and paper products ................................. 526.1 511.5 508.2 506.1 527.9 513.3 511.7 510.3 509.7 508.3 -1.4

Printing and related support activities ............... 681.7 672.4 666.4 664.3 685.5 673.3 673.1 670.1 669.9 668.0 -1.9

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 113.8 110.7 110.7 109.5 117.4 112.6 112.0 112.4 114.3 112.9 -1.4

Chemicals ........................................................... 917.6 895.5 889.7 893.9 918.3 899.1 897.6 895.9 892.7 894.0 1.3

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 827.3 805.7 801.5 802.2 828.5 806.3 806.5 805.8 804.6 803.4 -1.2

Service-providing ............................................ 107,202 109,253 107,017 107,644 108,026 108,270 108,341 108,367 108,444 108,490 46

Private service-providing ............................ 85,277 87,358 85,572 85,781 86,401 86,710 86,797 86,823 86,906 86,931 25

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 24,984 25,875 25,116 24,937 25,352 25,272 25,261 25,211 25,287 25,295 8

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,585.2 5,604.1 5,566.8 5,568.3 5,628.7 5,581.6 5,592.7 5,598.4 5,607.2 5,607.3 .1

Durable goods .................................................... 2,950.5 2,948.2 2,939.4 2,940.0 2,967.1 2,932.0 2,943.9 2,945.8 2,953.3 2,954.5 1.2

Nondurable goods .............................................. 1,987.8 1,992.8 1,969.6 1,969.1 2,011.5 1,992.4 1,989.2 1,991.8 1,992.3 1,990.8 -1.5

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 646.9 663.1 657.8 659.2 650.1 657.2 659.6 660.8 661.6 662.0 .4

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Change

from:

Jan. 2004-

Feb. 2004

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,648.0 15,486.7 14,842.1 14,675.5 14,924.8 14,948.1 14,921.7 14,876.0 14,936.3 14,949.0 12.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,854.6 1,886.4 1,870.5 1,876.6 1,876.2 1,889.7 1,892.9 1,893.7 1,894.8 1,898.9 4.1

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,244.0 1,256.9 1,252.0 1,256.8 1,250.5 1,259.6 1,258.9 1,259.5 1,261.2 1,263.8 2.6

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 543.2 568.6 546.5 541.3 546.7 540.2 544.8 547.2 545.1 544.5 -.6

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 517.5 536.4 515.1 509.9 516.2 506.5 512.8 511.9 507.6 507.9 .3

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,117.0 1,193.2 1,168.6 1,165.8 1,176.5 1,204.0 1,210.0 1,209.5 1,221.6 1,227.0 5.4

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,824.1 2,858.0 2,821.5 2,811.4 2,852.8 2,838.7 2,821.4 2,813.9 2,830.5 2,836.0 5.5

Health and personal care stores ....................... 933.4 967.5 956.7 953.2 937.7 948.3 951.6 952.6 955.1 957.0 1.9

Gasoline stations ................................................ 871.7 872.7 867.4 860.3 883.2 873.8 875.2 871.1 874.1 871.3 -2.8

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,256.0 1,411.0 1,311.2 1,273.0 1,292.1 1,302.6 1,297.1 1,301.0 1,302.3 1,308.2 5.9

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 639.0 703.6 642.4 623.3 652.9 642.0 641.3 633.2 636.0 636.7 .7

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,729.2 3,080.7 2,803.4 2,723.3 2,816.9 2,842.9 2,826.4 2,793.4 2,817.7 2,812.8 -4.9

Department stores .......................................... 1,588.3 1,799.5 1,604.7 1,531.5 1,638.8 1,623.5 1,612.6 1,601.3 1,594.8 1,582.8 -12.0

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 932.8 958.5 914.5 914.7 940.9 933.5 930.9 924.4 927.6 923.5 -4.1

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 429.5 450.1 424.3 422.7 432.7 425.9 417.3 424.1 423.9 425.2 1.3

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,168.7 4,205.8 4,129.7 4,115.5 4,214.0 4,162.9 4,168.0 4,157.0 4,163.7 4,158.3 -5.4

Air transportation ................................................ 550.6 514.6 505.2 506.2 556.7 506.1 511.5 512.9 509.3 510.6 1.3

Rail transportation .............................................. 213.3 216.5 214.0 213.8 215.1 215.2 215.5 215.5 215.4 215.6 .2

Water transportation ........................................... 51.5 48.9 47.7 45.9 53.5 52.2 50.9 50.0 49.5 47.8 -1.7

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,293.5 1,344.4 1,313.7 1,311.7 1,325.3 1,329.3 1,335.7 1,338.7 1,342.0 1,342.3 .3

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 391.0 398.6 390.1 390.0 380.8 389.2 385.7 385.0 382.7 380.9 -1.8

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 40.5 38.9 38.6 38.3 40.8 39.0 38.7 38.8 38.6 38.5 -.1

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 20.7 24.7 23.7 24.3 24.8 29.0 28.7 29.4 29.8 30.6 .8

Support activities for transportation ................... 518.4 514.1 507.6 509.4 520.4 514.3 512.4 511.6 512.2 511.8 -.4

Couriers and messengers .................................. 565.0 579.9 570.9 558.7 569.3 565.0 564.7 559.0 564.6 562.4 -2.2

Warehousing and storage .................................. 524.2 525.2 518.2 517.2 527.3 523.6 524.2 516.1 519.6 517.8 -1.8

Utilities ................................................................... 582.1 578.4 577.7 577.6 584.9 579.2 578.9 579.3 579.8 580.2 .4

Information ................................................................ 3,221 3,189 3,150 3,151 3,233 3,166 3,172 3,175 3,162 3,164 2

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 937.7 922.8 913.0 911.4 938.8 918.0 918.4 917.4 914.0 912.5 -1.5

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 363.8 392.5 375.5 375.8 370.5 373.4 382.7 385.2 378.8 382.3 3.5

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 324.9 331.5 328.1 329.4 326.4 326.0 327.0 329.5 329.1 330.6 1.5

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 29.8 30.0 30.4 31.5 30.1 29.9 30.4 30.4 31.0 32.1 1.1

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,106.3 1,060.0 1,058.4 1,054.0 1,108.4 1,065.2 1,062.2 1,061.2 1,060.4 1,056.0 -4.4

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 410.3 403.4 397.5 401.4 410.9 404.8 402.6 402.6 400.6 403.0 2.4

Other information services ................................. 48.1 48.4 47.3 47.1 48.2 48.3 48.2 48.2 47.6 47.4 -.2

Financial activities .................................................... 7,884 7,975 7,924 7,935 7,933 7,990 7,985 7,981 7,978 7,987 9

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,883.4 5,915.5 5,897.6 5,910.3 5,894.4 5,930.2 5,922.7 5,916.5 5,915.2 5,923.9 8.7

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.8 22.5 22.4 22.3 22.8 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.4 22.4 .0

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,751.2 2,784.6 2,777.8 2,776.4 2,755.6 2,801.0 2,790.3 2,783.3 2,783.0 2,784.0 1.0

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,737.4 1,755.3 1,758.4 1,759.2 1,742.4 1,760.1 1,758.1 1,757.1 1,759.6 1,764.6 5.0

Commercial banking .................................... 1,274.6 1,277.8 1,279.0 1,278.4 1,278.4 1,284.4 1,280.5 1,278.9 1,280.0 1,282.4 2.4

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 765.8 771.4 771.4 774.9 768.8 762.0 769.1 771.9 773.3 777.0 3.7

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,260.2 2,256.3 2,246.7 2,256.0 2,263.9 2,264.7 2,261.2 2,258.1 2,256.6 2,259.9 3.3

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 83.4 80.7 79.3 80.7 83.3 80.0 79.6 80.7 79.9 80.6 .7

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,001.0 2,059.0 2,026.6 2,024.5 2,038.7 2,060.2 2,062.7 2,064.0 2,063.2 2,062.7 -.5

Real estate .......................................................... 1,350.2 1,394.3 1,374.1 1,374.5 1,373.3 1,390.6 1,394.5 1,395.7 1,397.5 1,397.3 -.2

Rental and leasing services ............................... 624.5 634.7 623.3 620.5 638.8 639.9 639.0 638.3 635.8 635.2 -.6

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 26.3 30.0 29.2 29.5 26.6 29.7 29.2 30.0 29.9 30.2 .3

Professional and business services ........................ 15,657 16,136 15,785 15,874 15,906 16,070 16,114 16,159 16,149 16,159 10

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,730.0 6,650.0 6,682.8 6,734.6 6,635.4 6,624.1 6,647.9 6,669.3 6,654.5 6,657.1 2.6

Legal services .................................................. 1,127.7 1,142.4 1,131.0 1,130.5 1,133.8 1,140.4 1,142.9 1,140.5 1,138.7 1,137.4 -1.3

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 982.1 791.1 900.6 944.2 837.8 801.5 810.6 826.6 814.6 812.2 -2.4

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,210.3 1,230.7 1,216.2 1,217.3 1,231.3 1,230.9 1,233.9 1,235.2 1,235.1 1,238.2 3.1

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,115.3 1,109.8 1,105.0 1,102.3 1,113.2 1,107.0 1,105.7 1,105.7 1,103.8 1,101.1 -2.7

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 736.6 770.5 755.1 759.9 742.3 755.6 760.6 764.0 764.2 766.0 1.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Change

from:

Jan. 2004-

Feb. 2004

Professional and business services-Continued

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,663.7 1,682.7 1,660.6 1,656.0 1,680.2 1,669.1 1,671.6 1,670.2 1,674.9 1,671.7 -3.2

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,262.8 7,802.8 7,441.4 7,483.4 7,590.4 7,776.3 7,794.5 7,819.2 7,819.9 7,829.7 9.8

1 Administrative and support services ................. 6,950.1 7,480.8 7,127.2 7,168.3 7,269.9 7,456.0 7,473.7 7,496.3 7,498.1 7,507.2 9.1

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,078.5 3,495.5 3,245.0 3,293.7 3,261.4 3,402.0 3,427.6 3,461.3 3,465.0 3,485.9 20.9

Temporary help services ............................. 2,039.6 2,378.1 2,181.6 2,225.9 2,176.6 2,291.7 2,319.4 2,355.3 2,342.2 2,374.2 32.0

Business support services .............................. 748.9 756.3 733.7 741.7 744.2 753.5 746.7 745.1 739.1 739.2 .1

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,477.8 1,573.1 1,499.3 1,486.7 1,610.6 1,639.6 1,639.4 1,635.9 1,632.5 1,626.2 -6.3

Waste management and remediation services 312.7 322.0 314.2 315.1 320.5 320.3 320.8 322.9 321.8 322.5 .7

Education and health services ................................ 16,569 16,889 16,637 16,856 16,465 16,678 16,705 16,731 16,743 16,756 13

Educational services ............................................. 2,803.9 2,858.5 2,654.7 2,861.7 2,673.7 2,707.7 2,723.1 2,728.0 2,729.4 2,730.2 .8

Health care and social assistance ........................13,765.0 14,030.1 13,982.6 13,994.5 13,791.3 13,970.0 13,981.5 14,003.2 14,013.3 14,025.9 12.6

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,710.6 4,842.0 4,824.3 4,829.2 4,728.2 4,812.8 4,818.7 4,831.0 4,837.9 4,847.3 9.4

Offices of physicians ....................................... 1,983.4 2,036.8 2,029.1 2,028.1 1,987.8 2,018.5 2,023.3 2,030.0 2,031.6 2,032.8 1.2

Outpatient care centers ................................... 420.8 425.7 428.1 430.4 421.6 423.3 426.4 425.0 428.8 430.6 1.8

Home health care services ............................. 703.0 743.5 735.8 730.8 709.2 737.7 735.7 739.9 738.1 737.7 -.4

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,218.1 4,288.3 4,283.5 4,277.4 4,224.9 4,268.9 4,278.1 4,283.9 4,288.1 4,283.5 -4.6

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,764.0 2,800.3 2,784.8 2,775.5 2,771.9 2,794.2 2,792.8 2,793.0 2,789.8 2,787.2 -2.6

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,577.3 1,585.7 1,576.1 1,571.0 1,580.7 1,585.2 1,584.1 1,581.7 1,578.7 1,576.7 -2.0

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,072.3 2,099.5 2,090.0 2,112.4 2,066.3 2,094.1 2,091.9 2,095.3 2,097.5 2,107.9 10.4

Child day care services ................................... 766.0 777.3 770.1 783.0 756.0 771.6 766.3 770.0 767.3 774.9 7.6

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 11,599 11,927 11,642 11,695 12,116 12,147 12,178 12,192 12,211 12,202 -9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,630.3 1,654.1 1,596.1 1,601.6 1,815.9 1,796.9 1,799.4 1,795.2 1,796.1 1,785.4 -10.7

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 348.2 354.6 334.5 339.0 373.4 369.6 371.7 368.8 367.5 364.3 -3.2

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 107.0 109.4 105.2 105.2 115.3 114.2 113.3 113.1 113.5 113.5 .0

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,175.1 1,190.1 1,156.4 1,157.4 1,327.2 1,313.1 1,314.4 1,313.3 1,315.1 1,307.6 -7.5

Accommodations and food services .................... 9,968.5 10,273.3 10,046.1 10,093.5 10,299.9 10,350.4 10,378.9 10,396.3 10,414.4 10,416.6 2.2

Accommodations ................................................ 1,713.7 1,691.2 1,662.0 1,673.6 1,797.5 1,733.7 1,751.7 1,763.0 1,753.4 1,751.1 -2.3

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,254.8 8,582.1 8,384.1 8,419.9 8,502.4 8,616.7 8,627.2 8,633.3 8,661.0 8,665.5 4.5

Other services .......................................................... 5,363 5,367 5,318 5,333 5,396 5,387 5,382 5,374 5,376 5,368 -8

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,229.2 1,224.3 1,223.2 1,223.5 1,234.0 1,237.6 1,234.4 1,228.5 1,232.9 1,229.3 -3.6

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,251.0 1,251.2 1,233.6 1,233.9 1,263.8 1,254.6 1,254.1 1,250.2 1,249.4 1,247.7 -1.7

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,883.1 2,891.6 2,860.7 2,876.0 2,898.4 2,895.2 2,893.9 2,895.7 2,893.6 2,891.2 -2.4

Government .............................................................. 21,925 21,895 21,445 21,863 21,625 21,560 21,544 21,544 21,538 21,559 21

Federal ................................................................... 2,771 2,739 2,706 2,706 2,787 2,736 2,723 2,720 2,724 2,721 -3

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,954.9 1,921.5 1,914.1 1,917.1 1,968.8 1,932.9 1,924.9 1,928.9 1,930.7 1,929.1 -1.6

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 815.9 817.4 791.9 788.7 818.6 803.3 798.1 791.4 793.0 791.6 -1.4

State government .................................................. 5,133 5,119 4,933 5,142 5,028 5,031 5,023 5,027 5,016 5,036 20

State government education .............................. 2,379.4 2,395.4 2,207.6 2,409.1 2,260.1 2,290.4 2,282.5 2,285.7 2,273.9 2,291.7 17.8

State government, excluding education ............ 2,753.9 2,723.9 2,725.4 2,732.5 2,767.6 2,740.4 2,740.0 2,740.9 2,741.7 2,744.5 2.8

Local government .................................................. 14,021 14,037 13,806 14,015 13,810 13,793 13,798 13,797 13,798 13,802 4

Local government education ............................. 8,009.8 7,999.4 7,799.5 8,000.1 7,701.5 7,687.0 7,684.5 7,687.1 7,686.6 7,690.9 4.3

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,011.6 6,037.9 6,006.5 6,015.1 6,108.3 6,105.9 6,113.1 6,109.7 6,111.6 6,111.2 -.4

1

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

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Change

from:

Jan. 2004-

Feb. 2004

Total private ....................................... 33.6 33.6 33.3 33.8 33.7 33.7 33.8 33.6 33.8 33.8 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 39.0 40.1 39.8 39.7 39.5 39.9 40.1 39.9 40.2 40.2 .0

Natural resources and mining .............................. 42.9 43.5 43.4 43.1 43.5 43.7 43.9 43.6 44.3 43.7 -.6

Construction ............................................................ 36.3 37.4 37.6 37.3 37.7 38.4 38.5 38.1 38.5 38.5 .0

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.1 41.3 40.7 40.7 40.4 40.5 40.8 40.6 40.9 41.0 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.0 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 .0

Durable goods ..................................................... 40.4 41.9 41.2 41.3 40.7 40.9 41.3 41.2 41.4 41.5 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.0 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 .0

Wood products .................................................. 39.2 41.1 40.1 40.6 40.0 40.6 41.2 41.0 41.0 41.3 .3

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 41.0 41.9 41.5 41.6 42.1 42.1 42.4 42.3 42.5 42.5 .0

Primary metals .................................................. 42.3 43.5 43.2 42.9 42.5 42.3 42.7 42.7 43.0 43.0 .0

Fabricated metal products .............................. 40.3 41.7 41.3 41.0 40.5 40.8 40.9 40.8 41.3 41.1 -.2

Machinery .......................................................... 40.7 41.9 41.6 42.0 40.8 40.9 41.1 41.1 41.7 41.9 .2

Computer and electronic products ................ 39.7 41.3 40.5 41.1 39.9 40.7 40.7 40.4 40.8 41.3 .5

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.5 42.0 40.9 40.6 40.7 40.9 40.8 40.7 41.0 40.7 -.3

Transportation equipment ............................... 41.9 43.7 42.7 42.7 42.0 41.9 42.7 42.7 42.7 42.7 .0

Furniture and related products ....................... 38.3 40.4 39.3 39.1 38.6 39.1 39.9 39.7 39.6 39.4 -.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.4 39.2 38.9 38.8 38.5 38.3 38.9 38.5 39.1 38.9 -.2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 39.5 40.5 39.8 39.8 39.9 39.9 40.1 39.9 40.1 40.2 .1

Overtime hours ............................................ 3.9 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.3 .0

Food manufacturing ......................................... 38.5 39.7 39.1 38.6 39.2 39.3 39.2 39.1 39.5 39.3 -.2

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 38.2 38.9 39.1 39.8 39.4 38.8 39.9 39.1 40.0 40.7 .7

Textile mills ........................................................ 39.6 40.2 40.0 39.9 39.7 39.1 40.0 39.7 39.9 39.9 .0

Textile product mills ......................................... 38.7 40.6 39.1 39.7 39.2 40.4 40.0 39.8 39.5 40.1 .6

Apparel ............................................................... 35.6 36.0 35.1 36.1 35.7 35.8 36.2 35.8 35.6 36.1 .5

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.3 40.8 39.5 39.4 39.4 38.9 39.3 40.3 39.8 39.5 -.3

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.3 42.7 41.9 41.6 41.7 41.5 41.9 41.8 41.9 42.0 .1

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.0 38.7 38.0 38.1 38.3 38.5 38.4 38.2 38.4 38.4 .0

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 45.1 44.1 44.3 44.2 45.2 44.9 45.6 44.2 44.1 44.3 .2

Chemicals .......................................................... 42.6 42.9 42.6 42.9 42.7 42.0 42.7 42.5 42.7 42.8 .1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.0 41.2 40.5 40.7 40.3 40.6 40.7 40.4 40.7 40.9 .2

Private service-providing ............................. 32.5 32.2 31.9 32.5 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.2 32.4 32.4 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.3 33.6 33.0 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.6 33.5 33.6 33.6 .0

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.8 37.8 37.5 38.1 37.7 38.0 38.0 37.8 37.9 38.0 .1

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.5 31.0 30.2 30.4 30.8 30.9 30.9 30.8 31.0 30.8 -.2

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.4 36.9 36.3 37.0 36.7 37.1 37.0 36.7 36.9 37.2 .3

Utilities ................................................................... 41.2 40.7 40.8 41.1 41.2 41.0 41.4 40.8 40.8 41.0 .2

Information ............................................................... 36.3 36.1 35.9 36.5 36.2 36.1 36.3 36.2 36.2 36.4 .2

Financial activities .................................................. 36.1 35.2 35.3 36.1 35.6 35.5 35.5 35.3 35.7 35.5 -.2

Professional and business services .................... 34.4 33.7 33.6 34.5 34.2 34.0 34.1 33.8 34.1 34.3 .2

Education and health services ............................. 32.6 32.3 32.3 32.6 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.6 25.2 24.9 25.8 25.6 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.7 .0

Other services ......................................................... 31.8 31.0 30.9 31.2 31.7 31.3 31.2 31.0 31.1 31.1 .0

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

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

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

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Feb.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Feb.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Total private ....................................... $15.34 $15.48 $15.56 $15.60 $515.42 $520.13 $518.15 $527.28

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.27 15.45 15.49 15.52 514.60 519.12 523.56 524.58

Goods-producing .......................................... 16.54 17.03 16.94 16.94 645.06 682.90 674.21 672.52

Natural resources and mining .............................. 17.35 17.97 17.95 17.87 744.32 781.70 779.03 770.20

Construction ............................................................ 18.70 19.10 19.01 19.04 678.81 714.34 714.78 710.19

Manufacturing ......................................................... 15.62 16.05 15.98 15.98 626.36 662.87 650.39 650.39

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.35 16.78 16.66 16.66 660.54 703.08 686.39 688.06

Wood products .................................................. 12.52 12.93 12.89 12.87 490.78 531.42 516.89 522.52

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 15.48 15.98 16.03 16.04 634.68 669.56 665.25 667.26

Primary metals .................................................. 17.98 18.39 18.38 18.30 760.55 799.97 794.02 785.07

Fabricated metal products .............................. 14.92 15.23 15.21 15.17 601.28 635.09 628.17 621.97

Machinery .......................................................... 16.14 16.62 16.52 16.49 656.90 696.38 687.23 692.58

Computer and electronic products ................ 16.57 16.85 16.81 16.99 657.83 695.91 680.81 698.29

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.20 14.68 14.46 14.53 575.10 616.56 591.41 589.92

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.16 21.74 21.40 21.34 886.60 950.04 913.78 911.22

Furniture and related products ....................... 12.91 13.08 12.93 12.93 494.45 528.43 508.15 505.56

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.15 13.60 13.69 13.76 504.96 533.12 532.54 533.89

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.48 14.88 14.90 14.88 571.96 602.64 593.02 592.22

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.68 12.95 12.91 12.89 488.18 514.12 504.78 497.55

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 17.68 18.58 18.94 18.70 675.38 722.76 740.55 744.26

Textile mills ........................................................ 11.93 12.21 12.12 12.13 472.43 490.84 484.80 483.99

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.09 11.44 11.44 11.36 429.18 464.46 447.30 450.99

Apparel ............................................................... 9.32 9.80 9.76 9.61 331.79 352.80 342.58 346.92

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.59 11.90 11.94 11.81 455.49 485.52 471.63 465.31

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.11 17.60 17.63 17.55 706.64 751.52 738.70 730.08

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.31 15.56 15.53 15.57 581.78 602.17 590.14 593.22

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.23 24.06 24.08 24.26 1,092.77 1,061.05 1,066.74 1,072.29

Chemicals .......................................................... 18.28 18.79 18.86 18.86 778.73 806.09 803.44 809.09

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 13.96 14.47 14.40 14.41 558.40 596.16 583.20 586.49

Private service-providing ............................. 15.02 15.07 15.19 15.25 488.15 485.25 484.56 495.63

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.36 14.31 14.49 14.58 478.19 480.82 478.17 486.97

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.35 17.46 17.57 17.62 655.83 659.99 658.88 671.32

Retail trade ........................................................... 11.92 11.87 11.97 12.04 363.56 367.97 361.49 366.02

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.22 16.33 16.46 16.53 590.41 602.58 597.50 611.61

Utilities ................................................................... 24.21 25.26 25.30 25.22 997.45 1,028.08 1,032.24 1,036.54

Information ............................................................... 20.80 21.10 21.18 21.26 755.04 761.71 760.36 775.99

Financial activities .................................................. 16.96 17.26 17.35 17.47 612.26 607.55 612.46 630.67

Professional and business services .................... 17.39 17.29 17.41 17.52 598.22 582.67 584.98 604.44

Education and health services ............................. 15.59 15.86 15.93 15.94 508.23 512.28 514.54 519.64

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.82 8.94 8.89 8.92 225.79 225.29 221.36 230.14

Other services ......................................................... 14.01 13.88 13.88 13.88 445.52 430.28 428.89 433.06

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p= preliminary.
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Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2004-

Feb. 2004

Current dollars .............................................. $15.27 $15.43 $15.46 $15.45 $15.49 $15.52 0.2

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.25 8.28 8.32 8.30 8.27 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 16.64 16.90 16.94 16.97 17.01 17.04 .2

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 17.34 17.72 17.79 17.91 17.88 17.87 -.1

Construction ............................................................................ 18.81 19.06 19.06 19.04 19.11 19.16 .3

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 15.62 15.83 15.89 15.93 15.95 15.98 .2

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 14.83 15.03 15.06 15.09 15.12 15.15 .2

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.35 16.54 16.58 16.64 16.63 16.66 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.49 14.72 14.79 14.81 14.86 14.89 .2

Private service-providing ............................................. 14.89 15.03 15.06 15.05 15.08 15.12 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.28 14.41 14.44 14.41 14.45 14.49 .3

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.28 17.47 17.47 17.46 17.54 17.55 .1

Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.86 11.95 11.97 11.95 11.94 11.99 .4

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.18 16.32 16.35 16.33 16.46 16.48 .1

Utilities ................................................................................... 24.26 25.17 25.36 25.13 25.27 25.31 .2

Information ............................................................................... 20.74 21.21 21.10 20.99 21.14 21.21 .3

Financial activities .................................................................. 16.79 17.29 17.30 17.30 17.35 17.31 -.2

Professional and business services .................................... 17.17 17.25 17.29 17.25 17.27 17.31 .2

Education and health services ............................................. 15.56 15.73 15.77 15.81 15.86 15.90 .3

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.78 8.78 8.82 8.84 8.85 8.87 .2

Other services ......................................................................... 13.98 13.80 13.81 13.80 13.80 13.79 -.1

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

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

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

3 Change was -0.4 percent from Dec. 2003 to Jan. 2004, the p = preliminary.

latest month available.
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Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2004-

Feb. 2004

Total private ....................................... 96.8 98.9 95.6 97.2 98.8 98.7 99.0 98.4 99.0 98.9 -0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 91.8 95.3 92.0 91.5 96.1 95.1 95.6 95.2 95.9 95.7 -.2

Natural resources and mining .............................. 93.7 96.9 93.9 93.2 97.8 97.3 97.7 97.1 98.6 97.3 -1.3

Construction ............................................................ 84.7 94.9 89.9 88.2 96.0 98.4 99.0 98.2 99.6 99.3 -.3

Manufacturing ......................................................... 95.1 95.4 93.0 93.0 96.5 93.5 94.1 93.6 94.1 94.2 .1

Durable goods ..................................................... 94.8 95.9 93.5 93.8 96.1 93.2 94.5 94.1 94.5 94.7 .2

Wood products .................................................. 93.8 98.9 94.8 96.7 97.6 97.3 99.7 99.2 99.0 100.2 1.2

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 88.5 91.5 89.2 88.6 95.1 92.6 93.6 93.6 95.6 94.7 -.9

Primary metals .................................................. 96.0 93.6 92.4 91.4 96.7 90.3 91.5 91.7 91.8 91.7 -.1

Fabricated metal products .............................. 95.5 97.4 96.1 95.8 96.3 94.3 95.1 95.0 96.3 96.3 .0

Machinery .......................................................... 96.2 95.7 94.1 95.6 95.9 92.8 94.2 93.5 94.3 94.9 .6

Computer and electronic products ................ 94.0 92.0 89.6 90.3 94.4 90.7 90.8 89.4 90.1 90.4 .3

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 94.8 93.3 90.1 88.8 95.6 90.1 90.3 90.0 90.2 89.0 -1.3

Transportation equipment ............................... 96.9 99.8 96.6 96.9 97.3 95.2 97.0 96.8 97.1 97.0 -.1

Furniture and related products ....................... 92.5 96.0 92.8 92.4 93.8 92.6 94.5 94.1 93.9 93.5 -.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 95.1 93.4 91.1 91.1 95.9 91.3 92.7 91.6 92.4 91.8 -.6

Nondurable goods ............................................... 95.1 94.6 91.7 91.6 96.9 93.8 93.5 93.2 93.3 93.4 .1

Food manufacturing ......................................... 95.3 99.1 95.3 93.4 98.5 98.9 96.5 97.1 97.5 96.9 -.6

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 87.9 85.8 86.0 86.4 93.2 87.3 88.1 87.4 89.7 90.7 1.1

Textile mills ........................................................ 92.0 81.0 79.9 78.5 93.0 81.0 82.3 80.4 80.0 79.1 -1.1

Textile product mills ......................................... 94.1 93.6 90.8 91.5 96.2 92.2 92.6 91.9 92.5 92.9 .4

Apparel ............................................................... 87.0 76.9 73.8 77.0 88.8 78.1 78.9 77.6 77.0 78.1 1.4

Leather and allied products ............................ 95.4 92.5 88.8 90.2 97.0 88.5 90.0 92.2 90.8 91.0 .2

Paper and paper products .............................. 94.3 93.8 90.9 89.9 95.6 91.4 91.9 91.5 91.2 91.1 -.1

Printing and related support activities ........... 95.1 95.2 92.2 92.3 96.5 94.7 94.2 93.6 93.9 93.5 -.4

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 99.4 96.1 96.2 95.6 103.4 98.4 100.1 97.8 99.1 98.8 -.3

Chemicals .......................................................... 100.4 99.4 98.1 99.8 100.5 97.6 98.9 98.6 98.7 99.4 .7

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 95.9 95.7 93.5 94.1 96.8 94.7 94.7 94.0 94.4 94.8 .4

Private service-providing ............................. 98.4 99.9 96.6 98.6 99.6 99.5 99.8 99.1 99.8 99.8 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 96.5 101.4 96.1 96.4 98.7 98.7 98.6 98.0 98.5 98.6 .1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 97.6 97.5 95.8 97.2 98.1 97.7 97.9 97.4 97.6 97.8 .2

Retail trade ........................................................... 95.7 103.7 96.0 95.4 98.7 99.3 99.0 98.3 99.3 98.7 -.6

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 97.2 99.7 96.0 97.5 99.2 99.1 98.8 97.6 98.5 99.2 .7

Utilities ................................................................... 98.4 96.8 97.0 97.7 98.8 98.0 98.8 97.2 97.4 97.9 .5

Information ............................................................... 97.5 97.7 96.0 97.8 97.4 96.8 97.7 97.5 96.9 97.6 .7

Financial activities .................................................. 101.9 100.2 99.7 102.0 101.2 101.6 101.3 100.7 101.6 101.0 -.6

Professional and business services .................... 97.5 98.4 95.6 98.7 98.9 99.0 99.4 98.7 99.5 100.1 .6

Education and health services ............................. 102.5 102.8 101.1 103.3 101.2 101.6 102.0 102.1 102.0 102.0 .0

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 95.0 96.4 92.7 96.6 99.6 100.0 100.5 100.2 100.8 100.7 -.1

Other services ......................................................... 98.5 95.4 94.0 95.0 98.8 96.7 96.3 95.4 95.6 95.4 -.2

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by nonsupervisory worker employment.

dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the
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Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Feb.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Feb.

2003

Oct.

2003

Nov.

2003

Dec.

2003

Jan.

2004p

Feb.

2004p

Percent

change from:

Jan. 2004-

Feb. 2004

Total private ....................................... 99.3 102.4 99.6 101.4 101.0 101.9 102.4 101.7 102.6 102.7 0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 93.0 99.4 95.5 94.9 97.9 98.4 99.2 98.9 99.9 99.9 .0

Natural resources and mining .............................. 94.5 101.2 98.0 96.9 98.6 100.3 101.1 101.1 102.6 101.1 -1.5

Construction ............................................................ 85.5 97.9 92.3 90.7 97.5 101.3 101.9 100.9 102.8 102.7 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 97.2 100.1 97.1 97.2 98.6 96.8 97.8 97.5 98.2 98.5 .3

Durable goods ..................................................... 96.8 100.5 97.2 97.5 98.1 96.3 97.8 97.8 98.1 98.5 .4

Nondurable goods ............................................... 97.3 99.5 96.6 96.3 99.2 97.6 97.7 97.5 98.0 98.3 .3

Private service-providing ............................. 101.5 103.4 100.8 103.3 101.8 102.7 103.2 102.5 103.4 103.6 .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 98.9 103.5 99.3 100.2 100.6 101.5 101.5 100.7 101.6 101.9 .3

Wholesale trade ................................................... 99.7 100.3 99.2 100.9 99.9 100.6 100.7 100.2 100.9 101.1 .2

Retail trade ........................................................... 97.8 105.5 98.5 98.5 100.3 101.7 101.5 100.7 101.6 101.4 -.2

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 100.0 103.3 100.3 102.3 101.8 102.6 102.5 101.1 102.8 103.7 .9

Utilities ................................................................... 99.4 102.0 102.4 102.8 100.1 103.0 104.6 101.9 102.7 103.4 .7

Information ............................................................... 100.4 102.1 100.7 102.9 100.0 101.6 102.1 101.3 101.4 102.5 1.1

Financial activities .................................................. 106.9 106.9 106.9 110.2 105.0 108.6 108.3 107.7 109.0 108.1 -.8

Professional and business services .................... 100.9 101.2 99.0 102.9 101.0 101.6 102.2 101.3 102.3 103.1 .8

Education and health services ............................. 105.1 107.2 105.9 108.3 103.5 105.1 105.7 106.1 106.4 106.6 .2

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 97.7 100.4 96.1 100.5 101.9 102.3 103.4 103.3 104.0 104.2 .2

Other services ......................................................... 100.6 96.4 95.1 96.1 100.6 97.3 96.9 96.0 96.1 95.9 -.2

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates

p = preliminary. are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly 

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. 

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by 
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Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

Time Span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1

Over 1-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 61.9 62.9 63.3 59.5 46.9 61.7 63.1 52.5 51.1 53.4 56.8 53.8

2001 ........................................................ 52.2 47.8 50.4 34.4 41.4 39.2 37.1 38.8 38.3 32.4 36.7 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 40.1 35.1 41.0 41.5 41.7 47.8 44.1 44.1 42.8 39.0 38.7 34.5

2003 ........................................................ 41.2 35.1 38.1 41.4 42.8 40.1 40.5 39.7 49.3 46.0 51.1 49.1

2004 ........................................................

p 51.1 p 50.9

Over 3-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 69.2 66.2 67.8 68.3 60.1 58.1 56.3 61.5 56.5 53.2 52.9 56.8

2001 ........................................................ 52.7 50.4 50.4 43.5 38.8 34.9 36.2 37.9 34.7 35.3 30.8 32.0

2002 ........................................................ 34.0 37.4 35.1 36.2 36.7 39.4 39.9 40.8 38.7 37.1 34.4 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 36.5 32.6 36.3 35.1 40.5 42.6 37.4 35.4 40.1 45.5 50.5 51.1

2004 ........................................................

p 53.2 p 52.5

Over 6-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 67.3 69.1 72.5 72.5 67.4 67.8 66.7 60.8 59.0 55.0 59.7 54.0

2001 ........................................................ 51.8 50.0 51.8 47.3 43.5 41.5 38.1 35.4 32.2 33.1 31.5 31.1

2002 ........................................................ 29.5 30.0 31.1 31.1 31.7 37.1 37.2 39.0 34.7 36.5 35.3 33.3

2003 ........................................................ 33.6 31.1 31.7 31.7 33.5 37.8 36.2 36.5 40.5 39.4 42.6 41.7

2004 ........................................................

p 47.7 p 52.2

Over 12-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 70.9 69.2 73.2 71.0 69.8 71.0 70.0 70.3 70.3 65.6 63.8 62.1

2001 ........................................................ 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 36.2 34.4 34.7 33.1 37.6 37.4 33.1 35.4

2004 ........................................................

p 36.9 p 42.3

Over 1-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 48.2 58.3 50.0 50.0 41.1 57.1 60.7 28.6 25.0 35.1 39.9 41.1

2001 ........................................................ 22.6 22.0 21.4 16.1 15.5 23.2 13.7 14.3 19.0 17.9 14.9 10.1

2002 ........................................................ 21.4 18.5 23.8 35.1 29.8 32.7 40.5 28.0 31.0 11.9 15.5 17.9

2003 ........................................................ 26.2 15.5 22.6 13.7 26.2 25.0 28.0 26.2 27.4 28.6 51.2 45.8

2004 ........................................................

p 39.9 p 51.8

Over 3-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 53.6 53.6 56.0 54.8 44.0 44.0 51.2 47.6 32.7 25.0 23.2 38.7

2001 ........................................................ 35.7 21.4 16.1 14.3 13.1 13.7 11.9 8.9 8.3 13.1 8.9 10.1

2002 ........................................................ 9.5 10.1 11.3 17.9 17.3 19.0 28.0 22.0 23.8 15.5 6.5 4.8

2003 ........................................................ 13.7 13.1 16.7 10.1 13.1 14.9 16.1 16.1 16.1 24.4 27.4 41.7

2004 ........................................................

p 45.2 p 51.8

Over 6-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 44.0 52.4 55.4 57.7 47.6 51.8 56.0 45.2 39.3 34.5 32.1 27.4

2001 ........................................................ 22.0 23.8 22.0 20.8 14.3 13.7 14.3 10.1 10.7 5.4 7.1 4.8

2002 ........................................................ 6.5 8.9 7.7 8.3 7.7 14.3 14.9 10.7 12.5 10.1 8.9 8.9

2003 ........................................................ 11.3 9.5 6.0 7.1 8.9 13.1 8.9 13.1 13.1 16.7 19.0 19.6

2004 ........................................................

p 27.4 p 38.7

Over 12-month span:

2000 ........................................................ 41.7 39.3 47.0 50.0 46.4 52.4 51.8 49.4 46.4 40.5 35.1 33.3

2001 ........................................................ 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ........................................................ 10.7 6.0 6.5 5.4 8.3 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.7 11.9 9.5 11.3

2004 ........................................................

p 9.5 p 16.7

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1

1Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment,

spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with

p= preliminary. increasing and decreasing employment. 

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment