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                    THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MAY 1999
   
   
   The unemployment rate, at 4.2 percent, was little changed in May, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
The number of nonfarm payroll jobs edged up by 11,000, following a large
increase of 343,000 in April (as revised).  In May, substantial job losses
occurred in manufacturing and construction, while the services industry had
a relatively small gain.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons, 5.8 million, and the unemployment
rate, 4.2 percent, were little changed in May.  The rate has been below 4.5
percent since November 1998.  Over the month, jobless rates declined for
adult women (3.6 percent) and teenagers (12.6 percent).  Unemployment rates
for adult men (3.6 percent), whites (3.7 percent), blacks (7.5 percent),
and Hispanics (6.7 percent) were virtually unchanged in May.  (See tables
A-1 and A-2.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The civilian labor force, at 139.0 million, and the labor force
participation rate, at 67.0 percent, were essentially unchanged from April.
Total employment, at 133.2 million, also was little changed.  The
employment-population ratio--the proportion of the population age 16 and
over with jobs--remained at 64.2 percent in May.  (See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.9 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in May.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.9 percent of the total
employed, compared with 6.2 percent a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.1 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in May.  These were people who wanted and were


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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Apr.-
      Category        |  1998  | 1999 1/|           1999           | May
                      |________|________|________ _________________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |   May  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 138,285| 139,144| 138,816| 139,091| 139,019|    -72
  Employment..........| 132,166| 133,191| 133,033| 133,069| 133,224|    155
  Unemployment........|   6,120|   5,953|   5,783|   6,022|   5,795|   -227
Not in labor force....|  67,813|  67,732|  68,220|  68,145|  68,408|    263
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.4|     4.3|     4.2|     4.3|     4.2|   -0.1
  Adult men...........|     3.6|     3.4|     3.2|     3.4|     3.6|     .2
  Adult women.........|     4.0|     3.8|     3.9|     4.1|     3.6|    -.5
  Teenagers...........|    14.9|    14.6|    14.3|    14.1|    12.6|   -1.5
  White...............|     3.8|     3.7|     3.6|     3.8|     3.7|    -.1
  Black...............|     8.4|     8.0|     8.1|     7.7|     7.5|    -.2
  Hispanic origin.....|     7.4|     6.4|     5.8|     6.9|     6.7|    -.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA 2/|                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 126,865| 127,640| 127,813|p128,156|p128,167|    p11
  Goods-producing 3/..|  25,319|  25,310|  25,285| p25,289| p25,197|   p-92
    Construction......|   6,100|   6,213|   6,232|  p6,276|  p6,236|   p-40
    Manufacturing.....|  18,645|  18,542|  18,503| p18,475| p18,430|   p-45
  Service-producing 3/| 101,545| 102,331| 102,528|p102,867|p102,970|   p103
    Retail trade......|  22,453|  22,605|  22,611| p22,738| p22,755|    p17
    Services..........|  38,069|  38,442|  38,556| p38,699| p38,770|    p71
    Government........|  19,945|  20,044|  20,087| p20,099| p20,092|    p-7
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 4/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.6|    34.6|    34.5|   p34.4|   p34.5|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|    41.6|    41.5|   p41.6|   p41.7|    p.1
    Overtime..........|     4.5|     4.5|     4.5|    p4.3|    p4.6|    p.3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 4/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   146.2|   147.0|   146.8|  p147.0|  p147.3|   p0.3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 4/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $12.94|  $13.07|  $13.11| p$13.14| p$13.19| p$0.05
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  447.84|  451.79|  452.30| p452.02| p455.06|  p3.04
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Beginning in January 1999, household data reflect revised population
controls used in the Current Population Survey.
    2/ Establishment data have been revised to reflect March 1998 benchmarks
and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors.
    3/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    4/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
p=preliminary.

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available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months
but were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in
the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of discouraged workers--a
subset of the marginally attached who were not currently looking for work
specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them--was
256,000 in May.  (See table A-10.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment was little changed in May at 128.2 million,
seasonally adjusted, after a large increase of 343,000 (as revised) in
April.  In May, job losses in the goods-producing industries were offset by
modest growth in the service-producing sector.  (See table B-1.)
   
   In the goods-producing sector, construction employment fell by 40,000 in
May, after seasonal adjustment.  It had risen by about the same amount in
April (as revised).  Construction employment has fluctuated in recent
months in part because of the unusual weather patterns this past winter.
Since October 1998, however, the industry has added 194,000 jobs, about in
line with the gain over the October 1997-May 1998 period.
   
   Manufacturing employment continued to decline in May, with a loss of
45,000 jobs.  Factory employment has decreased by 453,000 since its recent
peak in March 1998.  Over the month, large declines continued in industrial
machinery (-8,000), apparel (-8,000), and aircraft (-6,000).  Smaller
losses occurred in electrical equipment, textiles, paper, and printing and
publishing.
   
   Job losses also continued in mining.  Employment in the industry fell by
7,000 in May and has declined by 39,000 thus far in 1999.  Most of the
recent decline has been concentrated in oil and gas extraction.
   
   In the service-producing sector, the services industry added 71,000 jobs
in May, well below its average monthly gain of 125,000 over the prior 12
months.  Business services added 42,000 jobs in May, with increases in
personnel supply (13,000) and computer services (16,000) equal to their
monthly averages over the prior 12 months.  Growth in engineering and
management services (13,000) fell short of its recent pace.  Employment in
health services was about unchanged in May, following a large increase in
April.  Both hotels and agricultural services had less seasonal hiring than
normal, resulting in seasonally adjusted losses for May.
   
   Retail trade employment was little changed in May, following a sharp
rise in April.  Over the month, declines occurred in food stores (-13,000)
and in building materials and garden supplies (-5,000).  Eating and
drinking places added 23,000 jobs in May, after a larger gain in April.
Although movements in retail employment have varied widely from month to
month this year, average monthly growth thus far in 1999 (46,000) exceeds
the 1998 monthly average (32,000).
   
   Employment in transportation and public utilities increased by 13,000 in
May, slightly below the industry's average growth over the prior 12 months.
Transportation industries added 12,000 jobs, with trucking and air
transportation each gaining 5,000.  Communications continued its moderate
growth trend.

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   In May, finance, insurance, and real estate added 12,000 jobs, well
below its monthly average of 22,000 in the prior 12 months.  Job growth in
both finance and insurance has slowed this year compared with 1998.
Wholesale trade employment edged down by 3,000 in May, compared with an
average gain of 14,000 in the prior 12 months.
   
   Government employment was little changed over the month.  A decline in
federal employment (-16,000) reflected the completion of some preliminary
work on the decennial census.  Local government education added 19,000 jobs.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged up 0.1 hour in May to 34.5 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek also was up 0.1 hour to 41.7 hours.
Factory overtime increased by 0.3 hour to 4.6 hours per week.  (See
table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.2 percent to 147.3
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index remained at 106.5
in May.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 5 cents in May to $13.19, seasonally
adjusted.  Average weekly earnings rose by 0.7 percent in May to $455.06,
seasonally adjusted.  Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 3.6
percent and average weekly earnings rose by 3.0 percent.  (See table B-3.)
  
  
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   The Employment Situation for June 1999 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, July 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).


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 |                   Corrections to Earnings Data                     |
 |  The average hourly earnings series for wholesale and retail       |
 |trade released on May 7 contained errors.  The errors have been     |
 |corrected for this release.  The corrections resulted in substantial|
 |upward revisions to the wholesale and retail trade average hourly   |
 |earnings data for March and April 1999.  The total private          |
 |hourly earnings series was revised only slightly, due partially     |
 |to offsetting, downward revisions in other industry series that     |
 |reflect the routine incorporation of additional sample reports, as  |
 |well as the introduction of seasonal factor updates this month.     |
 |Additional information may be obtained by calling 202-606-6555      |
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                  Revisions to Establishment Survey Data
                                     
   In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data have
been revised to reflect comprehensive universe counts of payroll jobs
(benchmarks).  These counts are derived principally from unemployment
insurance tax records for March 1998; the benchmark process resulted in
revisions to all unadjusted data series from April 1997 forward, the time
period since the last benchmark was established.  All seasonally adjusted
data beginning with January 1994 also have been revised, in accordance with
the usual practice of revising 5 years of data.

   Table B presents revised total nonfarm employment data on a seasonally
adjusted basis for the period January 1998 through February 1999.  The
revised data for April 1998 forward incorporate the effect of applying the
rate of change measured by the sample to the new benchmark level, as well
as updated bias adjustments and new seasonal adjustment factors.  In terms
of data revisions, the seasonally unadjusted total nonfarm employment level
for March 1998 was raised by 44,000 (47,000 on a seasonally adjusted
basis).  The previously published level for February 1999 was revised
upward by 137,000 (60,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis).

   The June 1999 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain an article
that discusses the benchmark and post-benchmark revisions.  This issue also
will provide revised seasonal adjustment factors for March through October
1999 and revised estimates for all regularly published tables containing
national establishment survey data on employment, hours, and earnings.

   The BLS public database on the Internet, LABSTAT, contains all
historical data revised as a result of this benchmark and updated seasonal
adjustment factors.  The data can be accessed through the Current
Employment Statistics (CES) home page at http://stats.bls.gov/ceshome.htm.

   Further information on the revisions released today may be obtained by
calling 202-606-6555 or via the Internet on the CES home page.

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Table B.  Revisions in total nonfarm employment, seasonally adjusted,
January 1998-February 1999

(In thousands)
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                        |                  |             |
     Year and month     |   As previously  |  As revised | Difference
                        |     published    |             |
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                        |                  |             |
1998:                   |                  |             |
                        |                  |             |
    January.............|      124,640     |   124,580   |    -60
    February............|      124,832     |   124,773   |    -59
    March...............|      124,914     |   124,961   |     47
    April...............|      125,234     |   125,220   |    -14
    May.................|      125,562     |   125,478   |    -84
    June................|      125,751     |   125,689   |    -62
    July................|      125,869     |   125,808   |    -61
    August..............|      126,191     |   126,170   |    -21
    September...........|      126,363     |   126,361   |     -2
    October.............|      126,527     |   126,567   |     40
    November............|      126,804     |   126,841   |     37
    December............|      127,118     |   127,186   |     68
                        |                  |             |
1999:                   |                  |             |
                        |                  |             |
    January.............|      127,335     |   127,378   |     43
    February............|      127,670     |   127,730   |     60
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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
50,000 households  conducted by the Bureau of the Census  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.  In June 1999,
the sample included about 390,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 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 employment-population 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-producing sector.

                                  - 6 -
 
 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.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in   "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

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 month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  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
376,000.  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 -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
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.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 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
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, 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 $17.00 per issue or
$35.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-606-STAT; TDD phone:
202-606-5897; TDD message referral phone:  1-800-326-2577.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 204,899 207,236 207,427 204,899 206,719 206,873 207,036 207,236 207,427
    Civilian labor force............................ 137,240 138,240 138,919 137,369 139,347 139,271 138,816 139,091 139,019
          Participation rate........................    67.0    66.7    67.0    67.0    67.4    67.3    67.0    67.1    67.0
      Employed...................................... 131,476 132,552 133,411 131,330 133,396 133,144 133,033 133,069 133,224
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.2    64.0    64.3    64.1    64.5    64.4    64.3    64.2    64.2
        Agriculture.................................   3,552   3,320   3,489   3,351   3,299   3,328   3,281   3,384   3,295
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 127,924 129,232 129,923 127,979 130,097 129,817 129,752 129,685 129,929
      Unemployed....................................   5,764   5,688   5,507   6,039   5,950   6,127   5,783   6,022   5,795
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     4.1     4.0     4.4     4.3     4.4     4.2     4.3     4.2
    Not in labor force..............................  67,659  68,996  68,508  67,530  67,372  67,602  68,220  68,145  68,408
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,591  99,465  99,563  98,591  99,198  99,279  99,362  99,465  99,563
    Civilian labor force............................  73,853  73,837  74,376  73,792  74,599  74,504  74,234  74,234  74,316
          Participation rate........................    74.9    74.2    74.7    74.8    75.2    75.0    74.7    74.6    74.6
      Employed......................................  70,856  70,877  71,470  70,603  71,459  71,276  71,352  71,225  71,198
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.9    71.3    71.8    71.6    72.0    71.8    71.8    71.6    71.5
      Unemployed....................................   2,997   2,959   2,906   3,189   3,140   3,228   2,881   3,010   3,118
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     4.0     3.9     4.3     4.2     4.3     3.9     4.1     4.2
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  90,622  91,302  91,368  90,622  91,124  91,189  91,215  91,302  91,368
    Civilian labor force............................  69,752  69,848  70,069  69,608  70,295  70,174  69,951  69,991  69,932
          Participation rate........................    77.0    76.5    76.7    76.8    77.1    77.0    76.7    76.7    76.5
      Employed......................................  67,413  67,463  67,738  67,084  67,884  67,577  67,713  67,608  67,399
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.4    73.9    74.1    74.0    74.5    74.1    74.2    74.0    73.8
        Agriculture.................................   2,482   2,339   2,356   2,331   2,312   2,212   2,222   2,353   2,212
        Nonagricultural industries..................  64,930  65,124  65,382  64,753  65,572  65,365  65,492  65,255  65,186
      Unemployed....................................   2,339   2,385   2,331   2,524   2,411   2,598   2,238   2,383   2,534
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.4     3.4     3.3     3.6     3.4     3.7     3.2     3.4     3.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,308 107,771 107,864 106,308 107,521 107,593 107,674 107,771 107,864
    Civilian labor force............................  63,387  64,403  64,543  63,577  64,748  64,767  64,582  64,857  64,704
          Participation rate........................    59.6    59.8    59.8    59.8    60.2    60.2    60.0    60.2    60.0
      Employed......................................  60,619  61,675  61,941  60,727  61,937  61,869  61,680  61,845  62,026
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.0    57.2    57.4    57.1    57.6    57.5    57.3    57.4    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   2,767   2,729   2,602   2,850   2,810   2,899   2,902   3,012   2,677
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.4     4.2     4.0     4.5     4.3     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.1
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,668  99,923 100,008  98,668  99,686  99,746  99,833  99,923 100,008
    Civilian labor force............................  59,434  60,604  60,609  59,583  60,718  60,622  60,533  60,788  60,729
          Participation rate........................    60.2    60.7    60.6    60.4    60.9    60.8    60.6    60.8    60.7
      Employed......................................  57,216  58,354  58,524  57,235  58,466  58,291  58,183  58,320  58,520
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.0    58.4    58.5    58.0    58.7    58.4    58.3    58.4    58.5
        Agriculture.................................     774     777     835     767     808     839     834     801     831
        Nonagricultural industries..................  56,442  57,577  57,689  56,468  57,659  57,452  57,349  57,519  57,689
      Unemployed....................................   2,218   2,250   2,086   2,348   2,251   2,330   2,350   2,468   2,209
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.7     3.7     3.4     3.9     3.7     3.8     3.9     4.1     3.6
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,609  16,011  16,051  15,609  15,909  15,939  15,988  16,011  16,051
    Civilian labor force............................   8,054   7,787   8,240   8,178   8,334   8,475   8,331   8,312   8,358
          Participation rate........................    51.6    48.6    51.3    52.4    52.4    53.2    52.1    51.9    52.1
      Employed......................................   6,847   6,735   7,150   7,011   7,046   7,276   7,136   7,141   7,306
          Employment-population ratio...............    43.9    42.1    44.5    44.9    44.3    45.7    44.6    44.6    45.5
        Agriculture.................................     296     204     297     253     179     277     224     230     252
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,552   6,531   6,852   6,758   6,867   6,999   6,912   6,911   7,054
      Unemployed....................................   1,207   1,052   1,091   1,167   1,288   1,199   1,195   1,171   1,052
          Unemployment rate.........................    15.0    13.5    13.2    14.3    15.5    14.1    14.3    14.1    12.6

    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 1999, 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, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 171,257 172,730 172,859 171,257 172,394 172,491 172,597 172,730 172,859
    Civilian labor force............................ 115,261 115,633 116,198 115,312 116,529 116,610 116,284 116,370 116,254
        Participation rate..........................    67.3    66.9    67.2    67.3    67.6    67.6    67.4    67.4    67.3
      Employed...................................... 111,127 111,439 112,160 110,959 112,135 112,189 112,144 111,917 111,985
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.9    64.5    64.9    64.8    65.0    65.0    65.0    64.8    64.8
      Unemployed....................................   4,134   4,194   4,038   4,353   4,394   4,420   4,140   4,454   4,269
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.6     3.6     3.5     3.8     3.8     3.8     3.6     3.8     3.7
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  59,488  59,548  59,635  59,338  59,751  59,799  59,698  59,664  59,500
        Participation rate..........................    77.4    77.1    77.1    77.2    77.5    77.5    77.3    77.2    77.0
      Employed......................................  57,746  57,758  57,904  57,452  57,920  57,830  58,010  57,874  57,615
        Employment-population ratio.................    75.1    74.8    74.9    74.7    75.1    75.0    75.1    74.9    74.5
      Unemployed....................................   1,743   1,790   1,732   1,886   1,831   1,969   1,688   1,790   1,884
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.9     3.0     2.9     3.2     3.1     3.3     2.8     3.0     3.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  48,920  49,486  49,549  49,048  49,759  49,721  49,602  49,672  49,669
        Participation rate..........................    59.7    59.8    59.8    59.8    60.2    60.1    59.9    60.0    60.0
      Employed......................................  47,416  47,862  48,067  47,423  48,110  48,109  47,983  47,862  48,067
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.8    57.8    58.0    57.8    58.2    58.2    58.0    57.8    58.0
      Unemployed....................................   1,504   1,624   1,482   1,625   1,650   1,612   1,620   1,811   1,602
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.1     3.3     3.0     3.3     3.3     3.2     3.3     3.6     3.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,853   6,599   7,014   6,926   7,019   7,090   6,984   7,034   7,085
        Participation rate..........................    55.2    52.1    55.3    55.8    55.6    56.1    55.2    55.5    55.8
      Employed......................................   5,965   5,819   6,189   6,084   6,105   6,250   6,151   6,181   6,302
        Employment-population ratio.................    48.1    45.9    48.8    49.0    48.4    49.5    48.6    48.8    49.7
      Unemployed....................................     888     780     825     842     913     840     833     853     783
        Unemployment rate...........................    13.0    11.8    11.8    12.2    13.0    11.8    11.9    12.1    11.0
          Men.......................................    14.3    12.2    12.1    14.0    14.1    12.2    12.7    12.6    11.9
          Women.....................................    11.5    11.4    11.4    10.1    11.9    11.4    11.1    11.6    10.1
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,317  24,765  24,798  24,317  24,665  24,697  24,729  24,765  24,798
    Civilian labor force............................  15,709  16,159  16,248  15,760  16,356  16,242  16,212  16,286  16,303
        Participation rate..........................    64.6    65.2    65.5    64.8    66.3    65.8    65.6    65.8    65.7
      Employed......................................  14,336  14,979  15,058  14,351  15,085  14,900  14,904  15,029  15,079
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.0    60.5    60.7    59.0    61.2    60.3    60.3    60.7    60.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,373   1,180   1,190   1,409   1,271   1,342   1,308   1,257   1,224
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.7     7.3     7.3     8.9     7.8     8.3     8.1     7.7     7.5
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,009   7,092   7,209   7,005   7,210   7,160   7,065   7,118   7,206
        Participation rate..........................    72.2    71.7    72.8    72.2    73.3    72.7    71.6    72.0    72.8
      Employed......................................   6,549   6,661   6,754   6,523   6,782   6,682   6,656   6,681   6,727
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.5    67.4    68.2    67.2    68.9    67.8    67.4    67.6    68.0
      Unemployed....................................     460     431     455     482     428     477     409     437     479
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.6     6.1     6.3     6.9     5.9     6.7     5.8     6.1     6.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,762   8,222   8,144   7,792   8,114   8,082   8,129   8,241   8,177
        Participation rate..........................    63.7    66.3    65.6    64.0    65.7    65.3    65.6    66.4    65.8
      Employed......................................   7,130   7,681   7,631   7,146   7,579   7,509   7,545   7,681   7,653
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.6    61.9    61.4    58.7    61.3    60.7    60.9    61.9    61.6
      Unemployed....................................     631     541     513     646     535     573     584     560     524
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.1     6.6     6.3     8.3     6.6     7.1     7.2     6.8     6.4
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     938     845     895     963   1,032   1,000   1,018     927     920
        Participation rate..........................    38.5    34.1    36.1    39.5    41.8    40.5    41.2    37.5    37.1
      Employed......................................     657     637     674     682     725     708     702     667     699
        Employment-population ratio.................    26.9    25.7    27.2    27.9    29.3    28.6    28.4    26.9    28.2
      Unemployed....................................     282     208     222     281     307     293     316     260     222
        Unemployment rate...........................    30.0    24.6    24.8    29.2    29.8    29.2    31.0    28.1    24.1
          Men.......................................    30.7    30.2    25.1    31.2    34.2    31.6    32.9    33.0    26.2
          Women.....................................    29.4    19.7    24.5    27.4    25.0    27.0    29.1    23.5    22.0
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  20,975  21,483  21,548  20,975  21,296  21,355  21,414  21,483  21,548
    Civilian labor force............................  14,328  14,434  14,498  14,378  14,511  14,591  14,570  14,543  14,535
        Participation rate..........................    68.3    67.2    67.3    68.5    68.1    68.3    68.0    67.7    67.5
      Employed......................................  13,426  13,474  13,613  13,387  13,550  13,610  13,732  13,541  13,558
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.0    62.7    63.2    63.8    63.6    63.7    64.1    63.0    62.9
      Unemployed....................................     902     960     885     991     960     980     838   1,002     977
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.3     6.7     6.1     6.9     6.6     6.7     5.8     6.9     6.7

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January
  1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                May     Apr.      May      May     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May  
                                               1998     1999     1999     1998     1999     1999     1999     1999     1999  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   29,931   27,991   28,298   29,931   28,901   28,112   28,442   27,991   28,298
    Civilian labor force....................   12,942   11,971   12,052   12,630   12,379   12,164   12,094   11,753   11,743
        Percent of population...............     43.2     42.8     42.6     42.2     42.8     43.3     42.5     42.0     41.5
      Employed..............................   12,147   11,170   11,332   11,762   11,459   11,257   11,356   10,972   10,959
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.6     39.9     40.0     39.3     39.7     40.0     39.9     39.2     38.7
      Unemployed............................      796      802      720      868      920      907      739      781      784
        Unemployment rate...................      6.1      6.7      6.0      6.9      7.4      7.5      6.1      6.6      6.7
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,706   57,945   57,931   57,706   57,477   57,062   57,805   57,945   57,931
    Civilian labor force....................   37,627   37,551   37,548   37,488   37,590   37,261   37,740   37,577   37,416
        Percent of population...............     65.2     64.8     64.8     65.0     65.4     65.3     65.3     64.8     64.6
      Employed..............................   36,366   36,253   36,346   36,071   36,291   35,979   36,448   36,253   36,058
        Employment-population ratio.........     63.0     62.6     62.7     62.5     63.1     63.1     63.1     62.6     62.2
      Unemployed............................    1,261    1,297    1,202    1,417    1,299    1,282    1,292    1,324    1,359
        Unemployment rate...................      3.4      3.5      3.2      3.8      3.5      3.4      3.4      3.5      3.6
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   42,024   43,059   42,742   42,024   43,154   43,911   43,028   43,059   42,742
    Civilian labor force....................   31,114   31,889   31,640   31,411   32,399   32,465   31,892   32,160   31,930
        Percent of population...............     74.0     74.1     74.0     74.7     75.1     73.9     74.1     74.7     74.7
      Employed..............................   30,193   30,953   30,795   30,447   31,470   31,462   30,989   31,202   31,043
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.8     71.9     72.0     72.5     72.9     71.6     72.0     72.5     72.6
      Unemployed............................      921      936      845      964      929    1,003      903      958      886
        Unemployment rate...................      3.0      2.9      2.7      3.1      2.9      3.1      2.8      3.0      2.8
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   42,090   44,289   44,442   42,090   43,516   43,949   43,859   44,289   44,442
    Civilian labor force....................   33,930   35,418   35,650   34,028   34,950   35,040   34,997   35,493   35,771
        Percent of population...............     80.6     80.0     80.2     80.8     80.3     79.7     79.8     80.1     80.5
      Employed..............................   33,397   34,776   35,037   33,451   34,325   34,368   34,345   34,742   35,107
        Employment-population ratio.........     79.3     78.5     78.8     79.5     78.9     78.2     78.3     78.4     79.0
      Unemployed............................      533      642      613      577      624      673      652      752      664
        Unemployment rate...................      1.6      1.8      1.7      1.7      1.8      1.9      1.9      2.1      1.9

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 131,476 132,552 133,411 131,330 133,396 133,144 133,033 133,069 133,224
    Married men, spouse present.....................  42,556  43,104  42,839  42,560  43,542  43,016  43,114  43,190  42,882
    Married women, spouse present...................  32,838  33,351  33,487  32,815  33,652  33,092  33,134  33,285  33,487
    Women who maintain families.....................   7,943   8,163   8,127   7,854   8,076   8,113   8,148   8,050   8,039
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  38,672  40,526  40,477  38,681  39,836  39,531  39,900  40,504  40,500
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,247  38,711  38,868  38,493  38,846  39,254  38,893  38,866  39,103
    Service occupations.............................  17,749  17,779  18,075  17,776  18,070  18,163  18,074  17,868  18,111
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,839  14,533  14,519  14,766  14,751  14,742  14,661  14,518  14,432
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,250  17,550  17,794  18,284  18,476  18,021  18,177  17,656  17,813
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,719   3,454   3,678   3,487   3,422   3,490   3,417   3,539   3,441
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,070   1,925   2,067   1,920   1,987   1,895   1,893   1,908   1,919
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,430   1,367   1,387   1,391   1,298   1,381   1,376   1,439   1,348
      Unpaid family workers.........................      52      28      35      50      30      44      39      31      33
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 118,753 120,331 121,110 118,852 121,115 121,066 121,005 120,785 121,168
        Government..................................  18,287  18,952  18,766  18,162  18,913  18,782  18,699  18,709  18,672
        Private industries.......................... 100,467 101,379 102,344 100,690 102,202 102,283 102,306 102,076 102,496
          Private households........................     975     899     899     992     881     849     917     941     910
          Other industries..........................  99,491 100,479 101,445  99,698 101,321 101,434 101,389 101,135 101,586
      Self-employed workers.........................   9,068   8,839   8,748   9,012   8,830   8,658   8,650   8,813   8,687
      Unpaid family workers.........................     103      62      65      95     121     114     125      63      60
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,602   3,316   3,281   3,754   3,562   3,426   3,564   3,408   3,422
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,005   1,926   1,835   2,119   2,093   1,984   2,045   1,920   1,946
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,299   1,082   1,122   1,317   1,115   1,141   1,208   1,124   1,137
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,035  19,788  19,136  18,544  18,485  18,642  18,545  18,882  18,632
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,478   3,130   3,127   3,608   3,413   3,298   3,374   3,224   3,247
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,937   1,835   1,748   2,033   1,989   1,906   1,955   1,831   1,838
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,265   1,051   1,092   1,286   1,094   1,108   1,159   1,092   1,111
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,411  19,181  18,568  17,956  17,921  18,061  17,944  18,320  18,098

      NOTE: 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.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   6,039   6,022   5,795    4.4     4.3     4.4     4.2     4.3     4.2 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,524   2,383   2,534    3.6     3.4     3.7     3.2     3.4     3.6 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,348   2,468   2,209    3.9     3.7     3.8     3.9     4.1     3.6 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,167   1,171   1,052   14.3    15.5    14.1    14.3    14.1    12.6 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,032   1,010   1,033    2.4     2.3     2.4     2.1     2.3     2.4 
     Married women, spouse present..................     942   1,006     870    2.8     2.8     2.8     2.7     2.9     2.5 
     Women who maintain families....................     635     623     514    7.5     6.1     6.5     6.7     7.2     6.0 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,877   4,805   4,592    4.3     4.1     4.3     4.0     4.2     4.0 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,194   1,214   1,247    4.9     5.2     4.9     4.9     4.9     5.1 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     673     796     827    1.7     1.8     1.9     1.9     1.9     2.0 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,558   1,584   1,331    3.9     3.8     3.9     3.8     3.9     3.3 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     684     580     623    4.4     3.5     4.4     3.6     3.8     4.1 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,287   1,220   1,233    6.6     5.9     6.0     5.9     6.5     6.5 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     242     278     300    6.5     7.7     7.8     6.9     7.3     8.0 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,773   4,645   4,521    4.5     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.4     4.2 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,334   1,257   1,256    4.6     4.6     4.7     4.3     4.5     4.4 
         Mining.....................................      10      56      33    1.6     7.4     7.7     5.3     9.3     5.9 
         Construction...............................     562     520     515    8.0     7.3     7.5     6.7     7.4     7.2 
         Manufacturing..............................     762     682     708    3.6     3.5     3.7     3.4     3.3     3.4 
           Durable goods............................     380     390     410    3.0     3.4     3.3     2.9     3.1     3.3 
           Nondurable goods.........................     382     292     298    4.6     3.8     4.3     4.1     3.7     3.6 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,439   3,387   3,264    4.5     4.2     4.2     4.2     4.3     4.1 
         Transportation and public utilities........     233     211     248    3.1     2.5     3.2     2.9     2.8     3.3 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,417   1,455   1,435    5.3     5.2     5.2     5.4     5.4     5.3 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     168     264     170    2.1     2.4     2.4     1.9     3.2     2.1 
         Services...................................   1,621   1,458   1,410    4.7     4.1     4.0     4.2     4.1     3.9 
     Government workers.............................     442     473     504    2.4     2.2     2.3     2.1     2.5     2.6 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     167     205     230    8.0     9.6    11.3     9.5     9.7    10.7 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
    NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,634   2,378   2,494   2,608   2,353   2,601   2,478   2,788   2,467
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,597   1,671   1,469   1,967   2,071   1,944   1,891   1,867   1,816
   15 weeks and over................................   1,534   1,638   1,544   1,509   1,469   1,550   1,434   1,446   1,523
      15 to 26 weeks................................     724     928     845     671     753     766     736     773     794
      27 weeks and over.............................     809     711     699     838     716     784     697     673     729
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    15.0    14.0    13.6    14.7    13.4    13.8    13.5    13.1    13.4
   Median duration, in weeks........................     5.9     7.4     6.4     6.1     6.9     7.0     6.9     6.1     6.7
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    45.7    41.8    45.3    42.9    39.9    42.7    42.7    45.7    42.5
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    27.7    29.4    26.7    32.3    35.1    31.9    32.6    30.6    31.3
     15 weeks and over..............................    26.6    28.8    28.0    24.8    24.9    25.4    24.7    23.7    26.2
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    12.6    16.3    15.3    11.0    12.8    12.6    12.7    12.7    13.7
       27 weeks and over............................    14.0    12.5    12.7    13.8    12.1    12.9    12.0    11.0    12.6

     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,517   2,633   2,362   2,822   2,696   2,738   2,563   2,700   2,663
    On temporary layoff.............................     608     835     609     816     864     849     812     838     821
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,908   1,797   1,753   2,006   1,832   1,889   1,751   1,862   1,842
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,357   1,263   1,295   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     551     534     458   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     664     754     699     749     699     751     780     841     789
  Reentrants........................................   2,098   1,874   2,052   2,081   1,993   2,110   1,988   2,044   2,040
  New entrants......................................     486     427     394     505     537     509     431     469     415
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    43.7    46.3    42.9    45.8    45.5    44.8    44.5    44.6    45.1
     On temporary layoff............................    10.5    14.7    11.1    13.3    14.6    13.9    14.1    13.9    13.9
     Not on temporary layoff........................    33.1    31.6    31.8    32.6    30.9    30.9    30.4    30.8    31.2
   Job leavers......................................    11.5    13.3    12.7    12.2    11.8    12.3    13.5    13.9    13.4
   Reentrants.......................................    36.4    33.0    37.3    33.8    33.6    34.5    34.5    33.8    34.5
   New entrants.....................................     8.4     7.5     7.2     8.2     9.1     8.3     7.5     7.7     7.0
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.8     1.9     1.7     2.1     1.9     2.0     1.8     1.9     1.9
   Job leavers......................................      .5      .5      .5      .5      .5      .5      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.4     1.5     1.5     1.4     1.5     1.4     1.5     1.5
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .3      .3      .4      .4      .4      .3      .3      .3

    1 Not available.
    NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 May   Apr.    May    May   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May 
                                                                1998   1999   1999   1998   1999   1999   1999   1999   1999 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
     the civilian                                                                                                            
     labor force..............................................    1.1    1.2    1.1    1.1    1.1    1.1    1.0    1.0    1.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
     a percent of the                                                                                                        
     civilian labor force.....................................    1.8    1.9    1.7    2.1    1.9    2.0    1.8    1.9    1.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
     force                                                                                                                   
     (official unemployment rate).............................    4.2    4.1    4.0    4.4    4.3    4.4    4.2    4.3    4.2
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
     of the civilian                                                                                                         
      labor force plus discouraged workers....................    4.4    4.3    4.1   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
     other marginally                                                                                                        
      attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
     force plus all marginally                                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.0    5.0    4.8   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
     plus total employed                                                                                                     
      part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the                                                                    
     civilian labor force plus                                                                                               
      all marginally attached workers.........................    7.6    7.4    7.1   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
    NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  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 1999, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   6,039   6,022   5,795    4.4     4.3     4.4     4.2     4.3     4.2 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,215   2,217   2,092   10.2    10.1    10.2    10.0    10.0     9.4 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,167   1,171   1,052   14.3    15.5    14.1    14.3    14.1    12.6 
        16 to 17 years..............................     535     572     531   16.3    18.4    15.5    16.6    16.9    15.9 
        18 to 19 years..............................     640     608     531   13.1    13.1    13.1    12.8    12.3    10.6 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,048   1,046   1,040    7.7     6.9     7.7     7.4     7.6     7.5 
    25 years and over...............................   3,845   3,792   3,718    3.3     3.2     3.3     3.1     3.2     3.2 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,385   3,271   3,218    3.4     3.3     3.4     3.1     3.3     3.2 
      55 years and over.............................     423     513     462    2.5     2.9     2.9     2.9     2.9     2.6 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,189   3,010   3,118    4.3     4.2     4.3     3.9     4.1     4.2 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,263   1,192   1,180   11.1    10.7    10.1     9.9    10.5    10.2 
        16 to 19 years..............................     665     627     584   15.9    16.9    14.6    15.0    14.8    13.3 
          16 to 17 years............................     309     332     313   18.3    19.7    15.3    16.9    19.2    17.7 
          18 to 19 years............................     361     310     277   14.5    14.7    14.1    13.6    12.2    10.6 
        20 to 24 years..............................     598     565     597    8.3     7.1     7.5     7.0     8.0     8.3 
      25 years and over.............................   1,949   1,827   1,958    3.1     3.0     3.2     2.7     2.9     3.1 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,677   1,562   1,662    3.2     3.1     3.3     2.8     2.9     3.1 
        55 years and over...........................     238     258     261    2.5     2.8     3.0     2.6     2.6     2.7 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,850   3,012   2,677    4.5     4.3     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.1 
      16 to 24 years................................     952   1,025     912    9.2     9.5    10.2    10.0     9.5     8.6 
        16 to 19 years..............................     502     544     468   12.6    13.9    13.7    13.6    13.4    11.8 
          16 to 17 years............................     226     240     217   14.2    16.9    15.7    16.2    14.5    13.8 
          18 to 19 years............................     279     298     255   11.6    11.5    12.1    11.9    12.5    10.6 
        20 to 24 years..............................     450     481     444    7.0     6.7     8.0     7.8     7.1     6.7 
      25 years and over.............................   1,896   1,965   1,760    3.6     3.4     3.3     3.4     3.6     3.2 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,708   1,709   1,556    3.7     3.5     3.5     3.5     3.7     3.4 
        55 years and over...........................     185     256     201    2.5     3.1     2.7     3.2     3.3     2.6 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        May       May       May       May       May       May   
                                                                        1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   67,659    68,508    24,738    25,187    42,921    43,321 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    5,313     5,267     2,237     2,323     3,076     2,944 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,213     1,148       570       506       644       642 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      268       256       161       134       106       122 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      946       892       408       373       537       520 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    8,126     7,895     4,438     4,117     3,688     3,778 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      6.2       5.9       6.3       5.8       6.1       6.1 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,660     4,420     2,811     2,595     1,849     1,825 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,571     1,639       496       493     1,075     1,146 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      265       264       206       190        59        74 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,606     1,537       912       823       694       714 

    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 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                May     Mar.    Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                1998    1999   1999p   1999p    1998    1999    1999    1999   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                             
               Total......................... 126,139 126,867 128,011 128,852 125,478 127,378 127,730 127,813 128,156 128,167
                                                                                                                             
            Total private.................... 105,969 106,385 107,543 108,350 105,715 107,386 107,676 107,726 108,057 108,075
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  25,418  24,773  25,045  25,241  25,379  25,315  25,329  25,285  25,289  25,197
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................     595     540     533     532     595     560     553     550     538     531
         Metal mining........................    50.4    49.1    48.6    48.8      50      50      50      50      49      49
         Coal mining.........................    92.6    87.1    85.8    85.2      93      89      88      87      86      85
         Oil and gas extraction..............   340.4   300.2   289.6   286.8     343     312     306     305     294     289
         Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   111.1   103.4   108.5   111.0     109     109     109     108     109     108
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   5,993   5,806   6,102   6,302   5,932   6,170   6,238   6,232   6,276   6,236
         General building contractors........ 1,358.4 1,358.1 1,390.7 1,423.0   1,361   1,410   1,426   1,429   1,426   1,425
         Heavy construction, except building.   865.6   761.6   845.8   890.7     833     871     869     864     874     857
         Special trade contractors........... 3,768.5 3,686.2 3,865.8 3,988.1   3,738   3,889   3,943   3,939   3,976   3,954
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  18,830  18,427  18,410  18,407  18,852  18,585  18,538  18,503  18,475  18,430
           Production workers................  12,984  12,666  12,646  12,648  12,999  12,773  12,730  12,714  12,692  12,659
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  11,234  10,991  10,984  10,978  11,225  11,050  11,027  11,014  10,995  10,969
           Production workers................   7,702   7,522   7,517   7,516   7,686   7,548   7,529   7,527   7,516   7,499
         Lumber and wood products............   809.2   813.4   814.5   821.0     811     826     827     827     825     823
         Furniture and fixtures..............   531.5   535.9   536.7   537.1     531     534     535     535     536     537
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   565.3   556.4   568.8   574.4     561     569     571     569     570     570
         Primary metal industries............   715.1   693.1   690.9   688.5     716     696     695     693     692     689
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   233.1   222.7   221.8   221.6   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
         Fabricated metal products........... 1,506.6 1,488.5 1,487.0 1,488.0   1,507   1,495   1,491   1,490   1,489   1,489
         Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,220.9 2,144.1 2,136.6 2,129.4   2,215   2,148   2,146   2,139   2,132   2,124
           Computer and office equipment.....   381.1   359.1   359.3   357.5     381     362     362     360     361     358
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................ 1,714.2 1,658.4 1,655.1 1,651.6   1,718   1,663   1,659   1,659   1,658   1,655
           Electronic components and                                                                                         
              accessories....................   668.1   636.9   633.6   633.8     668     637     636     636     634     634
         Transportation equipment............ 1,903.0 1,874.4 1,864.4 1,860.0   1,897   1,884   1,871   1,873   1,863   1,854
           Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,006.7   994.1   997.5   999.9   1,001     996     989     992     996     994
           Aircraft and parts................   523.8   509.7   501.7   495.8     525     517     510     511     503     497
         Instruments and related products....   872.8   843.1   842.4   841.4     874     849     847     844     843     842
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   395.0   383.8   387.3   386.2     395     386     385     385     387     386
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   7,596   7,436   7,426   7,429   7,627   7,535   7,511   7,489   7,480   7,461
           Production workers................   5,282   5,144   5,129   5,132   5,313   5,225   5,201   5,187   5,176   5,160
         Food and kindred products........... 1,658.1 1,654.0 1,647.8 1,658.8   1,687   1,699   1,695   1,693   1,688   1,688
         Tobacco products....................    37.7    38.1    36.4    35.1      41      40      40      39      38      38
         Textile mill products...............   605.4   569.3   567.4   564.5     604     579     575     571     567     563
         Apparel and other textile products..   776.1   700.3   697.2   693.7     773     718     707     702     699     691
         Paper and allied products...........   675.9   659.7   658.7   657.3     678     664     664     662     662     659
         Printing and publishing............. 1,563.9 1,553.7 1,553.3 1,550.1   1,566   1,561   1,559   1,557   1,555   1,552
         Chemicals and allied products....... 1,044.3 1,034.6 1,034.0 1,035.5   1,044   1,041   1,041   1,037   1,038   1,036
         Petroleum and coal products.........   141.4   135.4   137.7   139.8     141     139     139     139     139     139
         Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,008.7 1,015.4 1,018.8 1,019.7   1,009   1,016   1,015   1,014   1,019   1,020
         Leather and leather products........    84.6    75.4    74.9    74.9      84      78      76      75      75      75
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing....................... 100,721 102,094 102,966 103,611 100,099 102,063 102,401 102,528 102,867 102,970
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   6,589   6,685   6,721   6,778   6,577   6,708   6,723   6,732   6,752   6,765
         Transportation......................   4,264   4,336   4,371   4,420   4,254   4,356   4,367   4,378   4,397   4,409
           Railroad transportation...........   231.3   232.4   234.1   235.9     230     233     233     235     234     235
           Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
              transit........................   483.1   491.4   493.6   500.6     465     474     475     476     483     482
           Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,732.6 1,758.9 1,775.3 1,800.9   1,738   1,786   1,789   1,796   1,800   1,805
           Water transportation..............   180.9   171.1   177.5   181.4     179     182     181     177     180     180
           Transportation by air............. 1,169.1 1,206.7 1,210.5 1,219.2   1,175   1,204   1,213   1,218   1,220   1,225
           Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.7    13.7    13.7    13.8      14      14      14      14      14      14
           Transportation services...........   453.6   461.9   465.9   468.4     453     463     462     462     466     468
         Communications and public utilities.   2,325   2,349   2,350   2,358   2,323   2,352   2,356   2,354   2,355   2,356
           Communications.................... 1,468.4 1,503.5 1,507.5 1,514.3   1,467   1,502   1,507   1,506   1,510   1,513
           Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
              services.......................   856.7   845.8   842.5   843.9     856     850     849     848     845     843
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   6,822   6,909   6,948   6,971   6,814   6,924   6,937   6,947   6,965   6,962
         Durable goods.......................   4,038   4,091   4,111   4,127   4,032   4,088   4,100   4,103   4,113   4,120
         Nondurable goods....................   2,784   2,818   2,837   2,844   2,782   2,836   2,837   2,844   2,852   2,842
       Retail trade..........................  22,265  22,174  22,489  22,786  22,237  22,556  22,648  22,611  22,738  22,755
         Building materials and garden                                                                                       
            supplies.........................   985.3   949.8   992.3 1,022.0     942     972     979     982     982     977
         General merchandise stores.......... 2,642.7 2,688.7 2,717.3 2,724.3   2,725   2,773   2,781   2,794   2,815   2,806
           Department stores................. 2,349.3 2,396.0 2,425.5 2,432.6   2,422   2,470   2,475   2,489   2,516   2,507
         Food stores......................... 3,460.6 3,443.6 3,448.4 3,462.4   3,478   3,481   3,492   3,490   3,493   3,480
         Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
            stations......................... 2,338.9 2,370.0 2,387.5 2,409.8   2,333   2,377   2,390   2,392   2,398   2,404
           New and used car dealers.......... 1,044.4 1,066.7 1,072.1 1,077.7   1,044   1,061   1,065   1,069   1,074   1,078
         Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,116.3 1,129.8 1,133.9 1,138.0   1,142   1,152   1,167   1,167   1,162   1,164
         Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
            stores........................... 1,007.1 1,060.6 1,069.7 1,073.5   1,019   1,055   1,064   1,070   1,081   1,086
         Eating and drinking places.......... 7,886.2 7,663.1 7,853.0 8,039.0   7,736   7,843   7,855   7,785   7,863   7,886
         Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,827.9 2,868.3 2,887.1 2,917.2   2,862   2,903   2,920   2,931   2,944   2,952
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,372   7,547   7,586   7,625   7,374   7,570   7,581   7,595   7,614   7,626
         Finance.............................   3,569   3,681   3,691   3,703   3,574   3,675   3,681   3,690   3,700   3,708
           Depository institutions........... 2,039.4 2,045.1 2,045.4 2,051.6   2,043   2,049   2,051   2,051   2,052   2,055
             Commercial banks................ 1,467.0 1,463.5 1,464.1 1,468.5   1,470   1,469   1,470   1,469   1,469   1,472
             Savings institutions............   258.2   257.6   257.2   257.3     258     258     258     258     257     257
           Nondepository institutions........   647.5   711.9   716.0   719.0     647     705     708     712     717     719
             Mortgage bankers and brokers....   320.0   367.8   370.6   374.3     319     362     365     368     370     373
           Security and commodity brokers....   636.6   661.0   665.4   668.3     639     663     661     664     668     671
           Holding and other investment                                                                                      
              offices........................   245.3   262.5   264.0   263.7     245     258     261     263     263     263
         Insurance...........................   2,333   2,388   2,392   2,396   2,336   2,383   2,386   2,392   2,395   2,398
           Insurance carriers................ 1,589.5 1,627.5 1,629.3 1,632.4   1,592   1,627   1,628   1,632   1,631   1,635
           Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
              service........................   743.7   760.0   762.6   763.1     744     756     758     760     764     763
         Real estate.........................   1,470   1,478   1,503   1,526   1,464   1,512   1,514   1,513   1,519   1,520
                                                                                                                             
       Services2.............................  37,503  38,297  38,754  38,949  37,334  38,313  38,458  38,556  38,699  38,770
         Agricultural services...............   747.6   663.5   761.3   805.0     694     747     751     747     756     748
         Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,791.5 1,715.4 1,744.8 1,798.2   1,774   1,785   1,786   1,789   1,792   1,781
         Personal services................... 1,187.6 1,260.1 1,265.6 1,189.3   1,197   1,205   1,201   1,200   1,203   1,198
         Business services................... 8,489.8 8,829.5 8,928.6 9,033.0   8,513   8,869   8,922   8,963   9,015   9,057
           Services to buildings.............   954.2   966.7   977.5   989.2     948     971     971     973     979     982
           Personnel supply services......... 3,194.6 3,235.5 3,294.6 3,349.9   3,212   3,308   3,331   3,343   3,355   3,368
             Help supply services............ 2,841.9 2,864.0 2,918.8 2,970.6   2,858   2,933   2,954   2,967   2,981   2,987
           Computer and data processing                                                                                      
              services....................... 1,569.7 1,738.5 1,751.6 1,762.8   1,573   1,708   1,724   1,734   1,750   1,766
         Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,138.6 1,173.8 1,177.0 1,183.6   1,137   1,168   1,175   1,176   1,178   1,182
         Miscellaneous repair services.......   380.0   389.6   395.9   398.9     380     392     392     393     396     399
         Motion pictures.....................   573.0   582.0   582.7   588.1     573     573     582     580     585     588
         Amusement and recreation services... 1,669.3 1,514.9 1,651.8 1,769.2   1,584   1,653   1,656   1,660   1,671   1,679
         Health services..................... 9,823.3 9,918.8 9,938.2 9,945.3   9,830   9,905   9,919   9,932   9,951   9,952
           Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
              doctors........................ 1,789.9 1,845.7 1,852.7 1,855.8   1,793   1,840   1,844   1,850   1,856   1,859
           Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
              facilities..................... 1,761.9 1,750.2 1,748.6 1,750.5   1,766   1,756   1,755   1,754   1,753   1,755
           Hospitals......................... 3,912.2 3,957.9 3,960.0 3,961.3   3,918   3,954   3,959   3,963   3,966   3,967
           Home health care services.........   677.8   652.0   655.8   655.3     675     645     651     653     655     653
         Legal services......................   962.5   989.5   992.0   992.1     968     989     992     995     998     998
         Educational services................ 2,196.6 2,385.8 2,390.7 2,298.9   2,164   2,218   2,237   2,243   2,247   2,265
         Social services..................... 2,649.4 2,752.4 2,772.5 2,787.9   2,624   2,721   2,734   2,744   2,756   2,762
           Child day care services...........   620.8   642.2   647.4   653.9     600     621     625     627     629     633
           Residential care..................   743.9   768.5   772.9   774.7     744     765     768     769     773     775
         Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
           gardens...........................    95.5    88.9    93.0    97.1      92      94      94      95      94      93
         Membership organizations............ 2,356.7 2,378.7 2,380.8 2,390.7   2,357   2,385   2,389   2,392   2,393   2,391
         Engineering and management services. 3,153.1 3,361.5 3,386.0 3,378.5   3,158   3,316   3,335   3,354   3,370   3,383
           Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
              services.......................   898.5   923.3   928.7   934.2     901     926     930     933     938     936
           Management and public relations... 1,018.1 1,117.7 1,131.0 1,143.0   1,016   1,103   1,111   1,123   1,131   1,141
         Services, nec.......................    50.9    54.7    55.6    56.0   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                             
       Government............................  20,170  20,482  20,468  20,502  19,763  19,992  20,054  20,087  20,099  20,092
         Federal.............................   2,676   2,697   2,681   2,673   2,675   2,702   2,713   2,710   2,689   2,673
           Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,821.9 1,824.5 1,810.0 1,803.3   1,812   1,822   1,834   1,831   1,809   1,794
         State...............................   4,659   4,800   4,812   4,749   4,597   4,644   4,670   4,680   4,690   4,687
           Education......................... 1,969.1 2,086.1 2,088.5 2,012.8   1,908   1,920   1,941   1,948   1,958   1,951
           Other State government............ 2,689.6 2,714.3 2,723.4 2,736.5   2,689   2,724   2,729   2,732   2,732   2,736
         Local...............................  12,835  12,985  12,975  13,080  12,491  12,646  12,671  12,697  12,720  12,732
           Education......................... 7,419.4 7,592.4 7,553.3 7,593.6   7,052   7,165   7,181   7,200   7,203   7,222
           Other local government............ 5,415.1 5,392.3 5,421.3 5,486.7   5,439   5,481   5,490   5,497   5,517   5,510

       1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       p = preliminary.
       NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 1998 benchmarks and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors.




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     Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                May     Mar.    Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                1998    1999   1999p   1999p    1998    1999    1999    1999   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................   34.6    34.2    34.3    34.6    34.7    34.6    34.6    34.5    34.4    34.5 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   41.2    40.5    40.9    41.1    41.1    41.1    41.0    40.8    40.8    41.0 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   44.3    42.2    43.2    43.9    44.3    42.9    43.0    42.9    43.7    43.8 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   39.3    37.7    38.6    39.3    38.9    39.5    39.2    38.5    38.6    38.9 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   41.8    41.4    41.6    41.7    41.8    41.6    41.6    41.5    41.6    41.7 
           Overtime hours....................    4.6     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.5     4.5     4.5     4.3     4.6 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   42.5    42.0    42.2    42.3    42.4    42.2    42.2    42.0    42.1    42.2 
           Overtime hours....................    4.8     4.5     4.7     4.6     4.8     4.6     4.6     4.6     4.4     4.6 
                                                                                                                             
         Lumber and wood products............   41.3    40.8    41.2    41.4    41.1    41.7    41.1    41.2    41.2    41.2 
         Furniture and fixtures..............   40.1    40.0    40.2    39.7    40.8    40.4    40.3    40.3    40.4    40.3 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   44.0    42.2    43.2    43.8    43.6    43.8    43.4    42.9    43.1    43.4 
         Primary metal industries............   44.5    43.9    44.2    44.3    44.3    43.7    43.8    43.9    44.1    44.2 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   45.4    43.9    44.8    44.9    45.3    43.8    43.8    43.9    44.7    44.8 
         Fabricated metal products...........   42.5    41.8    42.1    42.1    42.5    42.1    42.1    42.1    41.8    42.1 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   43.1    42.1    42.2    42.2    43.0    42.1    42.1    41.9    41.9    42.1 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   41.2    40.8    41.0    41.3    41.4    41.2    41.2    41.0    41.0    41.6 
         Transportation equipment............   43.7    43.9    44.2    43.9    43.3    43.5    44.0    43.7    44.0    43.5 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   44.1    45.1    45.6    45.1    43.3    44.3    45.0    44.7    45.1    44.3 
         Instruments and related products....   41.3    41.4    41.6    41.5    41.4    41.2    41.3    41.2    41.8    41.7 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.9    40.0    40.0    40.1    40.1    39.6    39.7    39.8    39.7    40.2 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   40.8    40.6    40.7    40.8    40.9    40.8    40.8    40.8    40.9    41.0 
           Overtime hours....................    4.2     4.2     4.2     4.3     4.4     4.4     4.3     4.4     4.2     4.5 
                                                                                                                             
         Food and kindred products...........   41.5    41.1    41.2    41.7    41.7    41.8    41.7    41.7    41.9    41.9 
         Tobacco products....................   39.0    38.1    38.2    38.9    39.1    38.1    38.5    38.8    38.4    39.0 
         Textile mill products...............   41.1    40.3    40.9    40.6    41.2    40.8    40.6    40.4    41.0    40.7 
         Apparel and other textile products..   37.4    37.4    37.6    37.9    37.4    37.0    37.5    37.4    37.5    37.9 
         Paper and allied products...........   43.3    43.4    43.6    43.4    43.5    43.5    43.5    43.7    43.6    43.6 
         Printing and publishing.............   38.1    37.9    38.1    37.9    38.4    38.2    38.1    37.9    38.1    38.2 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   42.9    42.8    42.7    42.9    43.1    42.9    42.8    42.8    43.0    43.1 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   42.9    43.7    42.9    42.3    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.9    41.8    41.7    41.7    41.8    41.4    41.7    41.8    41.4    41.7 
         Leather and leather products........   37.4    37.6    37.8    37.9    37.5    37.3    37.7    37.7    38.0    38.0 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   32.8    32.6    32.6    33.0    33.0    32.9    33.0    32.8    32.8    32.8 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   39.5    38.8    38.7    38.9    39.7    39.3    39.2    39.1    39.1    38.9 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   38.4    38.2    38.3    38.6    38.4    38.4    38.5    38.4    38.4    38.3 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................   29.0    28.6    28.7    29.1    29.1    29.0    29.2    29.0    29.0    29.1 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.1    36.0    35.9    36.4    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   32.5    32.4    32.4    32.8    32.7    32.7    32.7    32.6    32.5    32.6 

       1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
     nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
     estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
     payrolls.
       2 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       p = preliminary.
       NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 1998 benchmarks and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
     industry
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                      Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                 May       Mar.      Apr.      May       May       Mar.      Apr.      May   
                                                 1998      1999     1999p     1999p      1998      1999     1999p     1999p  
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  $12.71    $13.12    $13.16    $13.20    $439.77   $448.70   $451.39   $456.72 
             Seasonally adjusted.............   12.73     13.11     13.14     13.19     441.73    452.30    452.02    455.06 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   14.29     14.53     14.64     14.75     588.75    588.47    598.78    606.23 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   16.67     17.01     16.94     16.85     738.48    717.82    731.81    739.72 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   16.44     16.79     16.85     17.04     646.09    632.98    650.41    669.67 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   13.48     13.73     13.80     13.84     563.46    568.42    574.08    577.13 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   13.97     14.20     14.27     14.32     593.73    596.40    602.19    605.74 
         Lumber and wood products............   11.05     11.31     11.38     11.42     456.37    461.45    468.86    472.79 
         Furniture and fixtures..............   10.80     11.10     11.14     11.17     433.08    444.00    447.83    443.45 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.58     13.70     13.74     13.86     597.52    578.14    593.57    607.07 
         Primary metal industries............   15.55     15.53     15.65     15.73     691.98    681.77    691.73    696.84 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   18.56     18.56     18.66     18.82     842.62    814.78    835.97    845.02 
         Fabricated metal products...........   13.03     13.33     13.37     13.44     553.78    557.19    562.88    565.82 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   14.38     14.81     14.85     14.93     619.78    623.50    626.67    630.05 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   13.02     13.27     13.34     13.40     536.42    541.42    546.94    553.42 
         Transportation equipment............   17.61     17.66     17.87     17.87     769.56    775.27    789.85    784.49 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.07     17.98     18.30     18.22     796.89    810.90    834.48    821.72 
         Instruments and related products....   13.78     13.97     14.07     14.10     569.11    578.36    585.31    585.15 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   10.80     11.19     11.25     11.27     430.92    447.60    450.00    451.93 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   12.72     13.03     13.08     13.12     518.98    529.02    532.36    535.30 
         Food and kindred products...........   11.78     11.93     12.07     12.10     488.87    490.32    497.28    504.57 
         Tobacco products....................   20.24     19.33     19.98     20.87     789.36    736.47    763.24    811.84 
         Textile mill products...............   10.37     10.62     10.67     10.72     426.21    427.99    436.40    435.23 
         Apparel and other textile products..    8.47      8.78      8.84      8.83     316.78    328.37    332.38    334.66 
         Paper and allied products...........   15.51     15.78     15.83     15.95     671.58    684.85    690.19    692.23 
         Printing and publishing.............   13.33     13.73     13.73     13.74     507.87    520.37    523.11    520.75 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   17.11     17.18     17.27     17.35     734.02    735.30    737.43    744.32 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   20.81     21.59     21.57     21.31     892.75    943.48    925.35    901.41 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   11.85     12.20     12.20     12.24     496.52    509.96    508.74    510.41 
         Leather and leather products........    9.31      9.55      9.59      9.57     348.19    359.08    362.50    362.70 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   12.19     12.67     12.69     12.71     399.83    413.04    413.69    419.43 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  $15.18    $15.51    $15.57    $15.58    $599.61   $601.79   $602.56   $606.06 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   14.00     14.34     14.48     14.53     537.60    547.79    554.58    560.86 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................    8.69      9.00      9.03      9.04     252.01    257.40    259.16    263.06 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   13.99     14.53     14.61     14.76     505.04    523.08    524.50    537.26 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   12.76     13.33     13.32     13.34     414.70    431.89    431.57    437.55 

       1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
       p = preliminary.
       NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 1998 benchmarks and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors.




                ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA
                
                
                Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
                payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                         Percent  
                                                    May     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May      change  
                            Industry               1998     1999     1999     1999     1999p    1999p     from:   
                                                                                                        Apr. 1999-
                                                                                                         May 1999 
                                                                                                                  
                Total private:                                                                                    
                   Current dollars..............   $12.73   $13.04   $13.06   $13.11   $13.14   $13.19      0.4   
                   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.74     7.83     7.84     7.86     7.83     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                                  
                  Goods-producing...............    14.29    14.53    14.56    14.61    14.67    14.75       .5   
                    Mining......................    16.72    17.07    16.97    17.00    16.88    16.90       .1   
                    Construction................    16.50    16.80    16.83    16.92    16.97    17.10       .8   
                    Manufacturing...............    13.48    13.64    13.67    13.71    13.79    13.84       .4   
                      Excluding overtime4.......    12.77    12.93    12.97    13.00    13.09    13.13       .3   
                                                                                                                  
                  Service-producing.............    12.22    12.56    12.58    12.63    12.65    12.70       .4   
                    Transportation and public                                                                     
                       utilities................    15.27    15.49    15.51    15.53    15.60    15.68       .5   
                    Wholesale trade.............    14.02    14.36    14.36    14.42    14.44    14.48       .3   
                    Retail trade................     8.70     8.93     8.95     8.98     9.03     9.05       .2   
                    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
                       estate...................    14.00    14.46    14.49    14.51    14.58    14.64       .4   
                    Services....................    12.79    13.17    13.22    13.27    13.28    13.33       .4   

                  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
                  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
                deflate this series.
                  3 Change was -.4 percent from March 1999 to April 1999, the latest month available.
                  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
                    N.A. = not available.
                  p = preliminary.
                  NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 1998 benchmarks and recomputed seasonal
                adjustment factors.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
     industry
     
     (1982=100)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                May   Mar.    Apr.      May     May    Jan.    Feb.   Mar.    Apr.      May  
                                               1998   1999    1999p    1999p   1998    1999    1999   1999    1999p    1999p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  145.0  143.5   145.7    148.3   145.0  146.8   147.3   146.8   147.0    147.3 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  116.3  110.5   113.1    114.9   115.8  115.2   115.0   114.2   114.2    114.3 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   57.3   48.6    49.1     49.8    57.2   51.8    51.0    50.5    50.4     49.6 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................  166.4  151.3   164.8    174.5   162.3  171.9   171.9   169.1   169.2    170.0 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  109.4  105.8   106.2    106.3   109.6  107.1   106.8   106.5   106.5    106.5 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  114.1  110.1   110.8    110.8   113.7  111.0   110.8   110.4   110.4    110.4 
         Lumber and wood products............  145.2  143.9   145.4    147.6   144.7  149.5   147.6   147.9   147.5    147.3 
         Furniture and fixtures..............  133.8  134.5   135.3    134.1   135.6  135.3   134.9   135.2   135.6    135.6 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....  117.4  110.8   116.0    119.1   115.2  117.8   117.0   115.4   116.2    117.0 
         Primary metal industries............   94.5   89.9    90.3     90.0    94.2   89.9    90.0    90.0    90.1     90.0 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   73.6   68.0    69.1     69.4    73.6   68.0    68.0    68.2    69.0     69.2 
         Fabricated metal products...........  119.8  116.3   116.9    117.1   120.0  117.7   117.2   117.0   116.1    117.0 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..  111.6  105.6   105.4    104.8   110.9  105.4   105.2   104.4   104.1    104.1 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................  109.9  104.8   105.1    105.4   110.7  105.9   105.2   105.1   105.3    106.4 
         Transportation equipment............  129.9  126.4   126.6    125.7   127.7  125.1   125.9   125.3   125.3    123.7 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......  166.6  165.1   167.6    167.3   161.8  161.0   162.7   162.7   164.6    162.5 
         Instruments and related products....   76.7   75.4    75.7     75.0    77.0   75.0    75.2    74.7    76.1     75.4 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  103.9  100.4   101.2    101.3   104.2   99.5    99.8   100.0   100.5    101.4 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................  102.9   99.9    99.8    100.1   103.9  101.8   101.5   101.2   101.2    101.1 
         Food and kindred products...........  114.5  114.0   113.4    115.4   117.9  119.3   118.8   118.8   118.8    118.8 
         Tobacco products....................   55.1   54.0    51.1     48.6    62.0   58.5    57.2    55.7    55.2     54.1 
         Textile mill products...............   87.7   80.7    81.6     80.7    87.8   83.1    82.0    81.1    81.8     80.7 
         Apparel and other textile products..   68.5   61.3    61.4     61.6    68.3   62.3    62.1    61.5    61.5     61.4 
         Paper and allied products...........  108.7  105.6   105.9    105.4   109.6  107.1   106.7   107.0   106.7    106.3 
         Printing and publishing.............  124.4  121.7   121.8    120.8   125.6  123.4   122.8   121.9   121.9    121.9 
         Chemicals and allied products.......  103.1  101.8   101.4    102.1   103.6  102.4   102.0   101.8   102.4    102.5 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   76.3   74.1    74.3     74.5    76.1   76.2    77.4    76.4    74.9     74.2 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..  148.6  148.9   149.0    149.4   148.2  147.8   148.5   148.8   147.8    149.2 
         Leather and leather products........   36.8   32.5    32.5     32.2    36.9   32.7    33.0    32.4    32.7     32.1 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................  157.8  158.3   160.3    163.2   158.1  161.0   161.8   161.5   161.7    162.1 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  131.6  131.6   131.6    133.7   132.2  134.1   134.1   133.8   134.0    133.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................  128.5  129.8   130.8    132.2   128.5  130.6   131.3   131.3   131.5    130.9 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................  139.8  136.8   139.5    143.4   140.1  141.3   142.9   141.9   142.7    143.2 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...  135.1  137.4   137.8    140.6   135.8  139.1   139.6   139.3   139.2    139.0 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................  193.5  196.1   198.8    201.8   193.7  198.3   198.9   198.8   198.9    199.8 

       1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
       p = preliminary.
       NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 1998 benchmarks and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors.




      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
      
      
      Table B-6.  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, 356 industries1
                              
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   63.8    58.0    54.6    56.5    47.5    54.8    55.6    59.1    57.9    56.9    55.2    57.7 
           1996..............   49.6    64.9    59.4    55.1    61.9    60.8    57.0    62.5    57.3    63.5    59.7    61.2 
           1997..............   56.2    61.0    61.9    62.8    58.8    56.3    60.7    61.0    59.4    65.4    63.6    62.1 
           1998..............   63.8    57.9    58.8    60.5    55.9    57.9    58.0    55.8    54.6    52.9    59.1    58.6 
           1999..............   54.4    58.3    52.1   p59.0   p49.4                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   63.8    62.9    58.0    53.5    53.9    52.7    59.3    61.0    59.4    58.6    57.3    55.3 
           1996..............   62.6    62.5    63.3    63.1    63.1    64.3    64.3    62.2    64.6    64.2    66.2    63.2 
           1997..............   63.8    63.6    67.7    67.3    62.6    61.7    61.4    66.2    67.3    69.9    70.8    71.2 
           1998..............   66.7    66.2    64.5    63.9    61.4    58.7    60.0    58.4    57.6    57.6    59.0    60.4 
           1999..............   60.7    55.9   p59.7   p52.7                                                                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   66.7    59.7    58.6    56.5    59.0    60.0    57.7    61.0    60.5    59.3    61.7    63.2 
           1996..............   62.6    65.2    64.5    65.2    64.7    64.6    67.0    65.4    65.9    66.7    66.9    66.7 
           1997..............   67.4    68.3    65.6    67.0    65.6    64.9    66.3    68.4    69.7    71.3    71.3    71.9 
           1998..............   70.6    66.9    65.9    62.4    62.6    61.1    58.0    59.8    60.0    60.8    60.8    58.0 
           1999..............  p61.1   p58.3                                                                                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1995..............   63.6    62.4    62.6    63.3    61.7    61.9    58.7    62.2    62.2    61.5    63.5    65.4 
           1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    68.7    66.9 
           1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    69.7    69.8    71.3 
           1998..............   70.4    68.3    67.1    64.0    62.1    61.7    61.8    63.8    59.8   p59.6   p58.7         
           1999..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
                              
                                                          Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                              
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   57.2    50.4    47.1    52.9    41.4    45.3    45.0    51.1    48.6    51.1    45.3    48.2 
           1996..............   42.4    55.4    46.8    41.0    55.8    51.4    47.1    56.5    48.9    55.0    50.7    54.0 
           1997..............   50.0    52.9    53.6    56.1    52.2    53.2    51.1    55.4    53.6    62.2    61.2    55.4 
           1998..............   58.6    51.8    50.4    50.4    40.6    46.8    40.3    45.3    42.1    36.3    39.9    45.0 
           1999..............   40.3    42.4    39.6   p46.0   p37.4                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   55.4    51.4    44.2    41.7    43.5    37.4    42.1    43.9    48.2    46.8    44.6    41.4 
           1996..............   46.8    46.0    43.5    46.0    48.2    51.1    51.8    49.6    53.2    52.5    55.0    50.7 
           1997..............   51.8    51.4    57.6    56.8    54.3    51.8    53.6    55.4    59.7    68.3    65.8    64.4 
           1998..............   59.4    57.9    51.8    44.2    41.7    34.9    37.4    37.1    38.1    34.2    35.6    35.3 
           1999..............   37.4    31.7   p37.8   p30.2                                                                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   55.4    45.7    43.2    38.1    41.7    42.8    41.0    42.1    43.5    43.2    44.2    45.0 
           1996..............   41.4    46.0    45.7    47.1    46.0    48.6    52.9    50.4    51.8    51.4    52.5    51.8 
           1997..............   54.7    54.0    51.4    54.3    52.5    52.2    55.4    61.2    61.5    64.7    66.2    65.1 
           1998..............   59.7    49.3    48.2    36.7    36.7    36.7    28.4    31.3    33.5    35.3    32.7    28.1 
           1999..............  p32.0   p29.5                                                                                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1995..............   46.0    44.2    46.0    47.8    41.0    41.7    38.5    38.8    36.3    38.5    39.9    44.6 
           1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.3    50.7 
           1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.5    55.4    57.2 
           1998..............   54.0    49.3    46.0    40.6    35.6    33.8    30.9    32.0    26.6   p27.0   p25.5         
           1999..............                                                                                                

        1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
      centered within the span. 
        p = preliminary.
        NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
      unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
      employment.  Data have been revised to reflect March 1998 benchmarks and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors.