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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JANUARY 2002

   
   Employment continued to decline in January, and the unemployment rate
decreased to 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment declined 
by 89,000 over the month, as job losses continued in manufacturing and
construction employment also fell.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons declined in January by 337,000, to 7.9
million (after seasonal adjustment).  The unemployment rate decreased by
0.2 percentage point to 5.6 percent, reversing an increase of the same size
in December.  The rate was 1.7 percentage points above its most recent low
of 3.9 percent reached in October 2000.  (See table A-1.)
   
   In January, the unemployment rate for adult women decreased by 0.4 percent-
age point to 4.8 percent after rising by 0.3 percentage point in December.  
Jobless rates for adult men (5.2 percent), teenagers (16.1 percent), whites 
(5.0 percent), blacks (9.8 percent), and Hispanics (8.1 percent) showed little 
or no change.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment fell by 587,000 in January to 133.5 million, after 
seasonal adjustment.  The employment-population ratio dropped by 0.4 percent-
age point to 62.6 percent.  Over the past 12 months, the number of employed 
persons has declined by 2.4 million and the employment-population ratio has 
fallen by 1.8 percentage points.  (See table A-1.)
   
   Over the month, the number of persons working part time despite their
preference for full-time work decreased by 294,000 to 4.0 million, after
seasonal adjustment.  Over the year, however, the number of these persons
working part time for economic reasons has risen by 685,000.  (See table 
A-4.)
   
   The civilian labor force fell by 924,000 in January, to 141.4 million
persons.  The labor force participation rate--the proportion of the
population that is either working or looking for work--fell to 66.4 percent.  
(See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.0 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in January.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.3 percent of the
total employed, the same as a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In January, the number of persons not in the labor force who reported
that they currently want a job rose by 163,000 to 4.8 million, seasonally
adjusted.  These individuals are not counted as unemployed because they had
not searched for work in the 4-week period preceding the survey.  Most had
not searched for over a year.  (See table A-1.)

   About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in January, up from 1.3 million persons a year
ago.  These individuals reported they wanted and were available for work
and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months.  They were not
counted as unemployed, however, because they had not actively searched for
work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of discouraged
workers was 319,000 in January, essentially unchanged from a year earlier.
Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently 

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Dec.-
      Category        |       2001      |       2001      |  2002  | Jan.
                      |_________________|_________________|________|change
                      |   III  |   IV   |  Nov.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 141,700| 142,291| 142,279| 142,314| 141,390|   -924
  Employment..........| 134,839| 134,308| 134,253| 134,055| 133,468|   -587
  Unemployment........|   6,860|   7,983|   8,026|   8,259|   7,922|   -337
Not in labor force....|  70,438|  70,467|  70,488|  70,613|  71,699|  1,086
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.8|     5.6|     5.6|     5.8|     5.6|   -0.2
  Adult men...........|     4.3|     5.0|     5.2|     5.2|     5.2|     .0
  Adult women.........|     4.2|     5.0|     4.9|     5.2|     4.8|    -.4
  Teenagers...........|    15.2|    15.8|    15.7|    16.2|    16.1|    -.1
  White...............|     4.2|     4.9|     5.0|     5.1|     5.0|    -.1
  Black...............|     8.7|     9.9|     9.9|    10.2|     9.8|    -.4
  Hispanic origin.....|     6.4|     7.5|     7.4|     7.9|     8.1|     .2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 132,358|p131,502| 131,427|p131,297|p131,208|   p-89
  Goods-producing 1/..|  24,991| p24,590|  24,577| p24,448| p24,303|  p-145
    Construction......|   6,866|  p6,850|   6,851|  p6,847|  p6,793|   p-54
    Manufacturing.....|  17,556| p17,174|  17,159| p17,037| p16,948|   p-89
  Service-producing 1/| 107,367|p106,912| 106,850|p106,849|p106,905|    p56
    Retail trade......|  23,575| p23,404|  23,424| p23,365| p23,427|    p62
    Services..........|  41,103| p40,942|  40,889| p40,942| p40,940|    p-2
    Government........|  20,973| p21,022|  21,006| p21,063| p21,058|    p-5
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.1|   p34.1|    34.1|   p34.1|   p34.0|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    40.7|   p40.5|    40.3|   p40.6|   p40.5|   p-.1
    Overtime..........|     4.0|    p3.8|     3.7|    p3.8|    p3.9|    p.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   150.3|  p148.8|   148.7|  p148.7|  p148.1|  p-0.6
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $14.40| p$14.53|  $14.54| p$14.59| p$14.59| p$0.00
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  490.93| p495.10|  495.81| p497.52| p496.06| p-1.46
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.
   

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looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available 
for them.  (See table A-10.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Total nonfarm payroll employment fell by 89,000 in January to 131.2
million, seasonally adjusted.  Since the recession began in March 2001,
payroll employment has declined by 1.4 million.  In January, job losses
continued in manufacturing, and construction experienced its first large
employment decline since last April.  Services employment was about
unchanged over the month.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Manufacturing employment fell by 89,000 in January, compared with
average losses of 137,000 a month in the fourth quarter of 2001.  Within
manufacturing, motor vehicle employment decreased by 22,000, reflecting
temporary shutdowns for inventory control.  Large employment declines
continued in industrial machinery (-19,000).  Primary metals and electrical
equipment each lost 11,000 jobs in January, and employment in fabricated
metals fell by 10,000.  In nondurable goods manufacturing, declines
continued in printing and publishing (-8,000) and textile mill products 
(-4,000).
   
   Elsewhere in the goods-producing sector in January, construction 
employment fell by 54,000, despite relatively mild weather across most of 
the country.  The decline was spread throughout special trades (-33,000), 
heavy construction (-16,000), and general building contractors (-5,000).  
Mining lost jobs for the third consecutive month in January.  This industry's 
employment had been on a growth trend since September 1999, reflecting 
expansion in oil and gas extraction.  January's employment decline was 
primarily in metal mining (-2,000).
   
   Employment in the services industry was about unchanged in January,
following a net decline of 192,000 in the fourth quarter of 2001.  Help
supply services employment was essentially unchanged in January; employment
has fallen by 661,000 since its recent peak in September 2000.  Computer
services lost 18,000 jobs in January and has dropped by 34,000 since 
June 2001.  Hotels lost 7,000 jobs in January; since peaking in March 2001, 
employment in this industry has declined by 124,000.  In contrast, employment 
gains continued in health services in January, and social services had an 
above-average increase of 15,000.
   
   Elsewhere in the service-producing sector, employment was unchanged over
the month in transportation and public utilities, following seven
consecutive monthly declines that totaled 211,000.  In January, employment
in air transportation rose after seasonal adjustment because extremely
light holiday-season hiring by air courier services resulted in fewer
layoffs than usual.  Communications continued to lose jobs; since its peak
last July, employment has declined by 26,000.
   
   In finance, both depository institutions and mortgage brokerages
continued to add workers, aided by low interest rates.  Employment in
security and commodity brokerages was little changed in January, following
a large decline in December.
   
   Wholesale trade employment continued its downward trend in January.  The
industry has lost 145,000 jobs since its peak in November 2000.  Employment
in government was essentially unchanged in January.
   
   Following losses that totaled 241,000 in the last 5 months of 2001,
retail trade posted a seasonally adjusted gain of 62,000 jobs in January.
Seasonal hiring for the holidays in department, apparel, and miscellaneous
retail stores (such as toy stores) had been very light.  As a result, there
were fewer seasonal layoffs than usual in January, resulting in large
employment gains after seasonal adjustment.  An employment decline of
22,000 in eating and drinking places more than offset the small gains of
the prior 2 months and brought total job losses in the industry since July 
to 129,000.  In January, car dealers added 4,000 jobs, following similar
increases in November and December.
   
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour in January to 34.0 hours, seasonally 
adjusted.  Following an increase of 0.3 hour in December, the manufacturing 
workweek edged down by 0.1 hour to 40.5 hours in January.  Manufacturing 
overtime was up by 0.1 hour to 3.9 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.4 percent in January to
148.1 (1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The index has fallen by 2.7 percent
from its recent peak in January 2001.  The manufacturing index fell by 0.9
percent to 92.6 in January 2002 and has fallen by 9.7 percent since January
2001.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls were unchanged in January at $14.59, seasonally
adjusted.  This followed a gain of 5 cents (as revised) in December.
Average weekly earnings fell by 0.3 percent in January to $496.06.  Over
the year, average hourly earnings increased by 4.0 percent and average
weekly earnings grew by 2.8 percent.  (See table B-3.)

                       _____________________________
                                     
   The Employment Situation for February 2002 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, March 8, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).


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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
60,000 households  conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2001,
the sample included about 350,000 establishments employing about 39 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.

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 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
292,000.  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 -192,000 to 392,000 (100,000 +/- 292,000).
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 +/- 273,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .19 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(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 $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 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-D 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-H of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.

  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                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2001    2001    2002    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 210,889 212,927 213,089 210,889 212,357 212,581 212,767 212,927 213,089
    Civilian labor force............................ 141,049 141,912 141,074 141,757 142,068 142,280 142,279 142,314 141,390
          Participation rate........................    66.9    66.6    66.2    67.2    66.9    66.9    66.9    66.8    66.4
      Employed...................................... 134,462 134,235 132,139 135,870 135,004 134,615 134,253 134,055 133,468
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.8    63.0    62.0    64.4    63.6    63.3    63.1    63.0    62.6
        Agriculture.................................   2,811   2,946   2,896   3,169   3,181   3,203   3,154   3,246   3,273
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 131,651 131,288 129,244 132,701 131,823 131,412 131,099 130,809 130,195
      Unemployed....................................   6,587   7,678   8,935   5,887   7,064   7,665   8,026   8,259   7,922
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.7     5.4     6.3     4.2     5.0     5.4     5.6     5.8     5.6
    Not in labor force..............................  69,841  71,015  72,014  69,132  70,289  70,301  70,488  70,613  71,699
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,474   4,347   4,872   4,420   4,568   4,673   4,698   4,661   4,824
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,357 102,402 102,484 101,357 102,110 102,229 102,322 102,402 102,484
    Civilian labor force............................  75,149  75,643  75,208  75,678  75,951  76,027  76,023  75,976  75,469
          Participation rate........................    74.1    73.9    73.4    74.7    74.4    74.4    74.3    74.2    73.6
      Employed......................................  71,405  71,311  70,053  72,492  72,177  71,871  71,570  71,577  71,114
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.4    69.6    68.4    71.5    70.7    70.3    69.9    69.9    69.4
      Unemployed....................................   3,744   4,332   5,155   3,186   3,774   4,156   4,453   4,399   4,356
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     5.7     6.9     4.2     5.0     5.5     5.9     5.8     5.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  93,184  94,161  94,228  93,184  93,917  94,015  94,077  94,161  94,228
    Civilian labor force............................  71,161  71,862  71,593  71,374  71,805  71,940  71,935  71,988  71,534
          Participation rate........................    76.4    76.3    76.0    76.6    76.5    76.5    76.5    76.5    75.9
      Employed......................................  68,101  68,172  67,127  68,825  68,696  68,486  68,204  68,276  67,818
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.1    72.4    71.2    73.9    73.1    72.8    72.5    72.5    72.0
        Agriculture.................................   1,907   1,962   1,976   2,132   2,138   2,132   2,082   2,141   2,207
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,194  66,210  65,152  66,693  66,558  66,354  66,122  66,135  65,611
      Unemployed....................................   3,060   3,690   4,466   2,549   3,109   3,454   3,731   3,712   3,716
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.3     5.1     6.2     3.6     4.3     4.8     5.2     5.2     5.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 109,532 110,525 110,605 109,532 110,247 110,353 110,445 110,525 110,605
    Civilian labor force............................  65,899  66,269  65,867  66,079  66,117  66,253  66,256  66,338  65,920
          Participation rate........................    60.2    60.0    59.6    60.3    60.0    60.0    60.0    60.0    59.6
      Employed......................................  63,057  62,923  62,087  63,378  62,827  62,744  62,683  62,478  62,354
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.6    56.9    56.1    57.9    57.0    56.9    56.8    56.5    56.4
      Unemployed....................................   2,842   3,346   3,780   2,701   3,290   3,509   3,573   3,860   3,566
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.3     5.0     5.7     4.1     5.0     5.3     5.4     5.8     5.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,643 102,492 102,550 101,643 102,277 102,371 102,438 102,492 102,550
    Civilian labor force............................  62,164  62,521  62,277  62,071  62,222  62,269  62,321  62,481  62,056
          Participation rate........................    61.2    61.0    60.7    61.1    60.8    60.8    60.8    61.0    60.5
      Employed......................................  59,760  59,665  59,048  59,869  59,463  59,302  59,288  59,205  59,102
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.8    58.2    57.6    58.9    58.1    57.9    57.9    57.8    57.6
        Agriculture.................................     777     798     771     835     823     842     852     859     824
        Nonagricultural industries..................  58,983  58,867  58,277  59,034  58,640  58,460  58,436  58,346  58,277
      Unemployed....................................   2,404   2,856   3,229   2,202   2,759   2,967   3,033   3,276   2,954
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.9     4.6     5.2     3.5     4.4     4.8     4.9     5.2     4.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,063  16,275  16,310  16,063  16,163  16,195  16,252  16,275  16,310
    Civilian labor force............................   7,724   7,529   7,204   8,312   8,041   8,071   8,023   7,845   7,800
          Participation rate........................    48.1    46.3    44.2    51.7    49.7    49.8    49.4    48.2    47.8
      Employed......................................   6,601   6,397   5,964   7,176   6,845   6,827   6,761   6,574   6,548
          Employment-population ratio...............    41.1    39.3    36.6    44.7    42.3    42.2    41.6    40.4    40.1
        Agriculture.................................     126     186     149     202     220     229     220     246     241
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,475   6,211   5,815   6,974   6,625   6,598   6,541   6,328   6,307
      Unemployed....................................   1,123   1,131   1,240   1,136   1,196   1,244   1,262   1,271   1,252
          Unemployment rate.........................    14.5    15.0    17.2    13.7    14.9    15.4    15.7    16.2    16.1

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.







  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                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2001    2001    2002    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 175,246 176,607 176,713 175,246 176,220 176,372 176,500 176,607 176,713
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,622 118,126 117,569 118,097 118,274 118,506 118,566 118,403 117,759
        Participation rate..........................    67.1    66.9    66.5    67.4    67.1    67.2    67.2    67.0    66.6
      Employed...................................... 112,768 112,459 110,796 113,857 113,147 112,878 112,652 112,388 111,876
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.3    63.7    62.7    65.0    64.2    64.0    63.8    63.6    63.3
      Unemployed....................................   4,854   5,667   6,773   4,240   5,127   5,628   5,914   6,015   5,883
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.1     4.8     5.8     3.6     4.3     4.7     5.0     5.1     5.0
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,265  60,779  60,511  60,454  60,751  60,957  60,900  60,875  60,473
        Participation rate..........................    76.7    76.7    76.3    76.9    76.9    77.0    76.9    76.8    76.3
      Employed......................................  57,927  57,950  57,024  58,562  58,428  58,287  58,044  58,051  57,658
        Employment-population ratio.................    73.7    73.1    71.9    74.5    73.9    73.7    73.3    73.3    72.7
      Unemployed....................................   2,338   2,829   3,487   1,892   2,323   2,670   2,856   2,824   2,815
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.9     4.7     5.8     3.1     3.8     4.4     4.7     4.6     4.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,848  50,999  50,941  50,661  50,680  50,762  50,850  50,869  50,698
        Participation rate..........................    60.6    60.3    60.2    60.3    60.1    60.1    60.2    60.2    59.9
      Employed......................................  49,171  48,974  48,610  49,128  48,747  48,695  48,712  48,591  48,562
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.6    57.9    57.5    58.5    57.8    57.7    57.7    57.5    57.4
      Unemployed....................................   1,677   2,025   2,330   1,533   1,933   2,067   2,138   2,278   2,136
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.3     4.0     4.6     3.0     3.8     4.1     4.2     4.5     4.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,509   6,348   6,117   6,982   6,843   6,787   6,816   6,659   6,588
        Participation rate..........................    51.3    49.4    47.5    55.0    53.4    52.9    53.1    51.8    51.2
      Employed......................................   5,670   5,535   5,162   6,167   5,972   5,896   5,896   5,746   5,656
        Employment-population ratio.................    44.7    43.0    40.1    48.6    46.6    45.9    45.9    44.7    44.0
      Unemployed....................................     839     813     955     815     871     891     920     913     932
        Unemployment rate...........................    12.9    12.8    15.6    11.7    12.7    13.1    13.5    13.7    14.2
          Men.......................................    15.8    14.3    16.8    13.1    13.6    14.7    15.8    14.6    13.7
          Women.....................................     9.8    11.3    14.5    10.2    11.7    11.5    11.1    12.8    14.6
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,382  25,752  25,785  25,382  25,644  25,686  25,720  25,752  25,785
    Civilian labor force............................  16,577  16,851  16,623  16,754  16,827  16,748  16,687  16,833  16,769
        Participation rate..........................    65.3    65.4    64.5    66.0    65.6    65.2    64.9    65.4    65.0
      Employed......................................  15,170  15,262  14,906  15,387  15,339  15,144  15,040  15,122  15,119
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.8    59.3    57.8    60.6    59.8    59.0    58.5    58.7    58.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,407   1,589   1,717   1,367   1,488   1,604   1,647   1,711   1,650
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.5     9.4    10.3     8.2     8.8     9.6     9.9    10.2     9.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,372   7,526   7,520   7,419   7,486   7,354   7,385   7,490   7,546
        Participation rate..........................    72.4    72.8    72.7    72.9    72.8    71.4    71.6    72.5    72.9
      Employed......................................   6,800   6,840   6,776   6,901   6,905   6,751   6,739   6,811   6,872
        Employment-population ratio.................    66.8    66.2    65.5    67.8    67.1    65.5    65.3    65.9    66.4
      Unemployed....................................     571     686     745     518     581     603     646     679     674
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.8     9.1     9.9     7.0     7.8     8.2     8.7     9.1     8.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,314   8,453   8,316   8,338   8,431   8,450   8,371   8,456   8,329
        Participation rate..........................    65.2    65.4    64.3    65.4    65.5    65.6    64.9    65.4    64.4
      Employed......................................   7,716   7,811   7,582   7,763   7,783   7,734   7,669   7,720   7,628
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.5    60.4    58.6    60.9    60.5    60.0    59.4    59.7    58.9
      Unemployed....................................     598     642     734     575     648     716     702     736     702
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.2     7.6     8.8     6.9     7.7     8.5     8.4     8.7     8.4
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     891     871     787     997     910     944     931     887     894
        Participation rate..........................    36.3    34.9    31.5    40.6    36.6    37.9    37.3    35.5    35.8
      Employed......................................     654     610     548     723     651     659     632     591     619
        Employment-population ratio.................    26.6    24.4    22.0    29.5    26.2    26.5    25.3    23.7    24.8
      Unemployed....................................     238     262     238     274     259     285     299     296     274
        Unemployment rate...........................    26.7    30.0    30.3    27.5    28.5    30.2    32.1    33.4    30.7
          Men.......................................    27.8    31.3    32.8    27.3    30.8    31.2    31.6    32.0    32.1
          Women.....................................    25.5    28.5    27.2    27.6    26.1    29.1    32.6    34.8    29.0
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  22,769  23,478  23,542  22,769  23,288  23,351  23,417  23,478  23,542
    Civilian labor force............................  15,513  15,994  15,926  15,609  15,811  15,956  15,932  16,013  15,988
        Participation rate..........................    68.1    68.1    67.6    68.6    67.9    68.3    68.0    68.2    67.9
      Employed......................................  14,525  14,760  14,553  14,682  14,785  14,824  14,751  14,753  14,700
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.8    62.9    61.8    64.5    63.5    63.5    63.0    62.8    62.4
      Unemployed....................................     989   1,234   1,373     927   1,026   1,132   1,181   1,260   1,288
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.4     7.7     8.6     5.9     6.5     7.1     7.4     7.9     8.1

    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.  




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                               Jan.     Dec.     Jan.     Jan.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.  
                                               2001     2001     2002     2001     2001     2001     2001     2001     2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   27,957   27,815   28,078   27,957   27,478   27,325   27,504   27,815   28,078
    Civilian labor force....................   12,065   12,195   12,201   12,017   11,981   12,076   12,035   12,257   12,112
        Percent of population...............     43.2     43.8     43.5     43.0     43.6     44.2     43.8     44.1     43.1
      Employed..............................   11,070   11,099   10,970   11,216   11,056   11,139   11,066   11,173   11,126
        Employment-population ratio.........     39.6     39.9     39.1     40.1     40.2     40.8     40.2     40.2     39.6
      Unemployed............................      995    1,097    1,231      801      925      937      969    1,084      986
        Unemployment rate...................      8.2      9.0     10.1      6.7      7.7      7.8      8.1      8.8      8.1
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   58,092   57,520   57,608   58,092   57,400   57,221   57,400   57,520   57,608
    Civilian labor force....................   37,611   37,036   37,128   37,305   36,923   36,912   36,719   36,856   36,675
        Percent of population...............     64.7     64.4     64.4     64.2     64.3     64.5     64.0     64.1     63.7
      Employed..............................   35,950   35,248   34,838   35,917   35,319   35,199   34,882   35,051   34,768
        Employment-population ratio.........     61.9     61.3     60.5     61.8     61.5     61.5     60.8     60.9     60.4
      Unemployed............................    1,661    1,789    2,290    1,388    1,604    1,713    1,837    1,805    1,907
        Unemployment rate...................      4.4      4.8      6.2      3.7      4.3      4.6      5.0      4.9      5.2
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,313   45,362   45,075   44,313   45,424   45,471   45,353   45,362   45,075
    Civilian labor force....................   32,763   33,563   33,126   33,181   33,759   33,373   33,420   33,521   33,516
        Percent of population...............     73.9     74.0     73.5     74.9     74.3     73.4     73.7     73.9     74.4
      Employed..............................   31,704   32,216   31,604   32,210   32,570   32,057   32,018   32,087   32,117
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.5     71.0     70.1     72.7     71.7     70.5     70.6     70.7     71.3
      Unemployed............................    1,059    1,347    1,523      971    1,189    1,316    1,402    1,434    1,398
        Unemployment rate...................      3.2      4.0      4.6      2.9      3.5      3.9      4.2      4.3      4.2
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,790   46,877   46,985   45,790   46,870   47,371   47,225   46,877   46,985
    Civilian labor force....................   36,479   37,071   37,140   36,465   36,918   37,157   37,324   37,101   37,106
        Percent of population...............     79.7     79.1     79.0     79.6     78.8     78.4     79.0     79.1     79.0
      Employed..............................   35,873   36,045   36,013   35,878   36,008   36,153   36,223   35,960   36,013
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.3     76.9     76.6     78.4     76.8     76.3     76.7     76.7     76.6
      Unemployed............................      606    1,026    1,127      587      910    1,004    1,101    1,141    1,093
        Unemployment rate...................      1.7      2.8      3.0      1.6      2.5      2.7      2.9      3.1      2.9

    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.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2001    2001    2002    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 134,462 134,235 132,139 135,870 135,004 134,615 134,253 134,055 133,468
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,048  42,879  42,566  43,304  43,099  42,983  42,861  42,772  42,823
    Married women, spouse present...................  34,180  33,514  33,440  33,932  33,604  33,227  33,330  33,209  33,174
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,299   8,504   8,313   8,391   8,274   8,256   8,331   8,458   8,396
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  41,339  41,953  41,564  41,450  41,813  41,940  41,925  41,890  41,668
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  39,886  38,970  38,480  39,991  38,891  38,626  38,546  38,573  38,557
    Service occupations.............................  17,922  18,408  18,238  18,222  18,402  18,406  18,456  18,532  18,553
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,651  14,513  14,144  14,938  14,857  14,802  14,637  14,507  14,432
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  17,808  17,365  16,719  18,124  17,654  17,596  17,311  17,179  17,032
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   2,856   3,026   2,996   3,317   3,281   3,264   3,267   3,371   3,467
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,721   1,715   1,674   1,971   1,882   1,898   1,865   1,879   1,917
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,070   1,211   1,186   1,186   1,278   1,290   1,276   1,313   1,311
      Unpaid family workers.........................      20      20      35      27      24      26      12      27      49
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 122,969 122,781 121,022 124,128 123,186 122,710 122,507 122,196 122,145
        Government..................................  19,163  19,418  19,238  18,953  19,290  19,223  19,172  19,183  19,047
        Private industries.......................... 103,806 103,364 101,784 105,175 103,896 103,487 103,335 103,013 103,098
          Private households........................     820     743     690     862     804     867     790     736     725
          Other industries.......................... 102,986 102,620 101,094 104,313 103,092 102,620 102,545 102,277 102,373
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,559   8,406   8,114   8,661   8,556   8,505   8,507   8,524   8,213
      Unpaid family workers.........................     124     101     107     112     101      95      77      92      97
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,693   4,388   4,470   3,288   4,148   4,329   4,206   4,267   3,973
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,445   2,943   3,072   2,029   2,796   2,983   2,796   2,809   2,549
        Could only find part-time work..............     895   1,117   1,047     934   1,064   1,108   1,121   1,161   1,089
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,977  19,801  18,566  18,696  18,798  18,644  18,587  18,540  18,291
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,559   4,199   4,249   3,172   4,015   4,222   4,017   4,119   3,781
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,359   2,826   2,955   1,955   2,704   2,898   2,679   2,717   2,448
        Could only find part-time work..............     894   1,103   1,023     935   1,045   1,082   1,096   1,138   1,068
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,509  19,228  18,071  18,139  18,232  18,065  18,007  17,960  17,717

      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.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2001    2001    2002    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,887   8,259   7,922    4.2     5.0     5.4     5.6     5.8     5.6 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,549   3,712   3,716    3.6     4.3     4.8     5.2     5.2     5.2 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,202   3,276   2,954    3.5     4.4     4.8     4.9     5.2     4.8 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,136   1,271   1,252   13.7    14.9    15.4    15.7    16.2    16.1 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,007   1,516   1,544    2.3     2.8     3.1     3.3     3.4     3.5 
     Married women, spouse present..................     889   1,280   1,173    2.6     3.3     3.6     3.6     3.7     3.4 
     Women who maintain families....................     573     731     719    6.4     7.1     6.8     8.0     8.0     7.9 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,693   6,820   6,671    4.0     5.0     5.4     5.6     5.8     5.7 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,183   1,383   1,240    4.9     4.6     5.5     5.6     5.6     5.2 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     744   1,233   1,244    1.8     2.4     2.7     2.8     2.9     2.9 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,433   2,114   2,005    3.5     4.4     4.7     5.1     5.2     4.9 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     581     889     965    3.7     4.9     5.6     5.8     5.8     6.3 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,355   1,738   1,790    7.0     7.7     8.5     9.1     9.2     9.5 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     237     264     298    6.7     7.2     6.4     6.8     7.3     7.9 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,633   6,839   6,505    4.2     5.2     5.8     6.0     6.2     5.9 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,384   2,072   2,055    4.8     6.2     6.7     7.1     7.4     7.4 
         Mining.....................................      12      32      29    2.2     5.0     5.8     5.3     6.1     5.9 
         Construction...............................     545     734     790    6.7     7.8     8.3     8.9     8.9     9.4 
         Manufacturing..............................     827   1,306   1,236    4.1     5.6     6.0     6.4     6.8     6.6 
           Durable goods............................     482     846     798    4.0     5.8     6.5     6.9     7.2     7.0 
           Nondurable goods.........................     345     460     438    4.4     5.4     5.3     5.5     6.1     5.9 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,249   4,767   4,450    4.0     4.9     5.5     5.6     5.8     5.4 
         Transportation and public utilities........     231     497     500    2.9     3.9     6.0     6.1     6.1     6.2 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,360   1,963   1,730    4.9     5.9     6.1     6.4     7.1     6.3 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     189     244     184    2.3     2.8     2.8     3.5     3.0     2.2 
         Services...................................   1,469   2,063   2,037    3.9     4.8     5.5     5.4     5.5     5.4 
     Government workers.............................     422     475     440    2.2     2.2     2.3     2.4     2.4     2.3 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     194     199     219    9.0     7.6     9.0     9.3     9.6    10.3 

    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.






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  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2001    2001    2002    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   3,072   2,641   3,466   2,631   2,807   3,084   3,090   3,024   2,978
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,094   2,749   2,795   1,940   2,366   2,522   2,573   2,724   2,586
   15 weeks and over................................   1,420   2,287   2,673   1,357   1,907   2,042   2,317   2,410   2,546
      15 to 26 weeks................................     707   1,185   1,430     709   1,084   1,136   1,207   1,295   1,418
      27 weeks and over.............................     714   1,103   1,244     648     823     906   1,110   1,115   1,127
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.2    14.8    14.2    12.6    13.3    13.0    14.4    14.5    14.6
   Median duration, in weeks........................     5.5     8.3     8.1     5.9     7.3     7.4     7.6     8.2     8.8
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Total unemployed.................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
     Less than 5 weeks..............................    46.6    34.4    38.8    44.4    39.6    40.3    38.7    37.1    36.7
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    31.8    35.8    31.3    32.7    33.4    33.0    32.2    33.4    31.9
     15 weeks and over..............................    21.6    29.8    29.9    22.9    26.9    26.7    29.0    29.5    31.4
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    10.7    15.4    16.0    12.0    15.3    14.9    15.1    15.9    17.5
       27 weeks and over............................    10.8    14.4    13.9    10.9    11.6    11.8    13.9    13.7    13.9





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2001    2001    2002    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,406   4,420   5,365   2,762   3,595   4,297   4,501   4,492   4,354
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,567   1,183   1,753   1,002   1,114   1,288   1,157   1,107   1,124
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,839   3,237   3,611   1,760   2,481   3,009   3,344   3,385   3,231
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,223   2,463   2,764   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     616     774     848   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     818     814     884     813     819     880     848     908     879
  Reentrants........................................   1,985   2,051   2,270   1,921   2,102   2,113   2,197   2,361   2,191
  New entrants......................................     378     393     417     439     466     466     497     495     479
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    51.7    57.6    60.0    46.5    51.5    55.4    56.0    54.4    55.1
     On temporary layoff............................    23.8    15.4    19.6    16.9    16.0    16.6    14.4    13.4    14.2
     Not on temporary layoff........................    27.9    42.2    40.4    29.7    35.5    38.8    41.6    41.0    40.9
   Job leavers......................................    12.4    10.6     9.9    13.7    11.7    11.3    10.5    11.0    11.1
   Reentrants.......................................    30.1    26.7    25.4    32.4    30.1    27.2    27.3    28.6    27.7
   New entrants.....................................     5.7     5.1     4.7     7.4     6.7     6.0     6.2     6.0     6.1
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.4     3.1     3.8     1.9     2.5     3.0     3.2     3.2     3.1
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.4     1.4     1.6     1.4     1.5     1.5     1.5     1.7     1.5
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3

    1 Not available.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                Jan.   Dec.   Jan.   Jan.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan. 
                                                                2001   2001   2002   2001   2001   2001   2001   2001   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.0    1.6    1.9    1.0    1.3    1.4    1.6    1.7    1.8
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.4    3.1    3.8    1.9    2.5    3.0    3.2    3.2    3.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.7    5.4    6.3    4.2    5.0    5.4    5.6    5.8    5.6
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.9    5.6    6.5   (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........................................    5.5    6.3    7.3   (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.............................    8.1    9.3   10.5   (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.






  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                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Jan.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                       2001    2001    2002    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,887   8,259   7,922    4.2     5.0     5.4     5.6     5.8     5.6 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,188   2,679   2,653    9.5    10.8    11.5    11.7    11.9    11.9 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,136   1,271   1,252   13.7    14.9    15.4    15.7    16.2    16.1 
        16 to 17 years..............................     529     566     487   16.6    16.6    17.4    17.5    18.8    17.0 
        18 to 19 years..............................     589     722     749   11.5    13.9    14.2    14.8    14.8    15.2 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,052   1,408   1,401    7.2     8.6     9.3     9.5     9.6     9.7 
    25 years and over...............................   3,708   5,428   5,268    3.1     3.8     4.2     4.4     4.5     4.4 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,244   4,674   4,655    3.2     3.9     4.4     4.6     4.7     4.7 
      55 years and over.............................     501     773     675    2.7     3.2     3.4     3.5     4.0     3.5 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,186   4,399   4,356    4.2     5.0     5.5     5.9     5.8     5.8 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,226   1,483   1,439   10.2    11.5    12.4    13.0    12.8    12.5 
        16 to 19 years..............................     637     687     640   14.8    16.0    17.2    17.7    17.2    16.3 
          16 to 17 years............................     309     308     249   19.0    18.7    20.3    20.4    20.0    17.6 
          18 to 19 years............................     320     382     383   11.9    14.5    15.1    16.2    15.6    15.1 
        20 to 24 years..............................     589     796     799    7.7     9.1     9.8    10.5    10.5    10.6 
      25 years and over.............................   1,958   2,883   2,908    3.1     3.7     4.2     4.5     4.5     4.5 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,677   2,413   2,532    3.1     3.8     4.3     4.6     4.5     4.7 
        55 years and over...........................     301     447     408    2.9     3.3     3.7     4.1     4.2     3.8 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,701   3,860   3,566    4.1     5.0     5.3     5.4     5.8     5.4 
      16 to 24 years................................     962   1,196   1,214    8.8    10.1    10.5    10.3    11.0    11.3 
        16 to 19 years..............................     499     584     612   12.5    13.6    13.6    13.7    15.1    15.8 
          16 to 17 years............................     220     258     238   14.0    14.3    14.5    14.5    17.6    16.4 
          18 to 19 years............................     269     340     365   11.1    13.3    13.3    13.3    14.0    15.2 
        20 to 24 years..............................     463     612     601    6.7     8.1     8.7     8.3     8.7     8.7 
      25 years and over.............................   1,750   2,545   2,360    3.2     4.0     4.2     4.4     4.6     4.3 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,567   2,261   2,123    3.3     4.0     4.4     4.7     4.8     4.6 
        55 years and over...........................     200     326     267    2.4     3.2     3.2     2.8     3.7     3.0 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.







  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                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Jan.      Jan.      Jan.      Jan.      Jan.      Jan.  
                                                                        2001      2002      2001      2002      2001      2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   69,841    72,014    26,208    27,276    43,633    44,738 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,474     4,872     1,901     2,140     2,573     2,732 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,290     1,509       668       746       622       763 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      303       319       194       198       109       122 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      987     1,190       474       549       513       641 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,134     6,953     3,659     3,633     3,475     3,320 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.3       5.3       5.1       5.2       5.5       5.3 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,001     3,839     2,287     2,187     1,713     1,652 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,480     1,517       405       483     1,075     1,034 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      251       223       173       143        78        80 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,379     1,353       784       811       595       542 

    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.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                           2001    2001   2001p   2002p    2001    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 130,413 132,435 132,128 129,234 132,428 132,230 131,782 131,427 131,297 131,208
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 109,860 110,988 110,739 108,264 111,799 111,249 110,784 110,421 110,234 110,150
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,087  24,696  24,370  23,777  25,633  24,888  24,746  24,577  24,448  24,303
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     539     571     563     550     550     569     569     567     564     562
    Metal mining........................    38.3    34.5    32.7    31.2      39      35      35      34      33      31
    Coal mining.........................    75.5    81.6    82.9    82.4      75      80      81      81      82      82
    Oil and gas extraction..............   322.1   339.8   337.6   332.5     325     342     340     339     336     337
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   103.1   115.3   110.2   104.3     111     112     113     113     113     112
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,379   6,938   6,736   6,362   6,826   6,871   6,852   6,851   6,847   6,793
    General building contractors........ 1,475.9 1,570.9 1,546.6 1,479.9   1,538   1,562   1,560   1,561   1,556   1,551
    Heavy construction, except building.   791.1   966.1   893.2   802.4     921     932     933     942     942     926
    Special trade contractors........... 4,112.1 4,401.0 4,296.6 4,079.7   4,367   4,377   4,359   4,348   4,349   4,316
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,169  17,187  17,071  16,865  18,257  17,448  17,325  17,159  17,037  16,948
      Production workers................  12,309  11,530  11,428  11,262  12,394  11,706  11,626  11,500  11,402  11,340
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,000  10,250  10,177  10,042  11,031  10,460  10,363  10,240  10,153  10,071
      Production workers................   7,425   6,821   6,763   6,648   7,462   6,970   6,897   6,805   6,743   6,684
    Lumber and wood products............   792.9   787.3   779.0   769.2     806     794     789     784     780     783
    Furniture and fixtures..............   551.8   498.0   500.4   496.3     552     513     505     499     500     498
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   562.6   563.8   554.4   538.8     579     567     566     562     558     553
    Primary metal industries............   682.6   620.3   615.3   602.6     681     638     633     619     612     601
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   217.0   203.7   200.8   191.2   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,525.2 1,439.5 1,432.5 1,416.1   1,526   1,464   1,454   1,435   1,427   1,417
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,123.0 1,911.4 1,896.1 1,878.9   2,117   1,965   1,943   1,917   1,893   1,874
      Computer and office equipment.....   372.0   338.3   334.5   331.9     369     344     342     339     334     329
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,735.3 1,500.2 1,481.9 1,466.8   1,735   1,551   1,529   1,499   1,475   1,464
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   713.2   590.5   584.4   580.7     714     613     601     591     583     578
    Transportation equipment............ 1,768.6 1,708.3 1,702.1 1,662.1   1,772   1,735   1,714   1,706   1,693   1,665
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   951.4   906.6   910.4   879.4     952     919     903     903     902     880
      Aircraft and parts................   462.3   457.6   449.0   440.9     462     465     463     456     447     441
    Instruments and related products....   869.4   840.5   837.5   836.6     870     851     849     843     838     837
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   388.5   380.2   378.1   374.2     393     382     381     376     377     379
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,169   6,937   6,894   6,823   7,226   6,988   6,962   6,919   6,884   6,877
      Production workers................   4,884   4,709   4,665   4,614   4,932   4,736   4,729   4,695   4,659   4,656
    Food and kindred products........... 1,658.7 1,697.5 1,680.5 1,659.9   1,684   1,682   1,689   1,691   1,683   1,686
    Tobacco products....................    33.0    34.0    34.2    34.1      32      33      33      33      32      33
    Textile mill products...............   500.7   447.2   443.6   435.6     505     459     454     446     443     439
    Apparel and other textile products..   586.6   536.6   526.7   518.7     599     551     542     533     529     530
    Paper and allied products...........   649.7   627.1   626.2   623.5     651     629     628     627     624     624
    Printing and publishing............. 1,530.4 1,458.0 1,454.8 1,433.3   1,534   1,473   1,465   1,452   1,445   1,437
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,036.8 1,022.8 1,020.0 1,018.7   1,039   1,031   1,027   1,024   1,021   1,021
    Petroleum and coal products.........   122.5   127.3   125.7   122.7     127     128     128     127     127     128
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   984.2   927.2   923.5   918.0     987     941     935     927     921     920
    Leather and leather products........    66.6    59.7    58.4    58.0      68      61      61      59      59      59
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 105,326 107,739 107,758 105,457 106,795 107,342 107,036 106,850 106,849 106,905
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   7,045   6,998   6,980   6,859   7,106   7,070   7,016   6,952   6,919   6,919
    Transportation......................   4,524   4,459   4,449   4,347   4,580   4,528   4,472   4,414   4,390   4,400
      Railroad transportation...........   225.7   224.9   223.4   220.3     229     226     225     224     224     224
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   487.2   496.1   500.1   496.7     479     482     479     480     485     488
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,833.3 1,843.2 1,834.1 1,797.6   1,868   1,838   1,832   1,830   1,831   1,832
      Water transportation..............   189.5   201.9   199.0   193.3     201     205     206     204     205     204
      Transportation by air............. 1,300.3 1,237.9 1,245.1 1,196.3   1,312   1,300   1,264   1,221   1,198   1,206
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.7    14.2    14.2    13.6      14      14      14      14      14      14
      Transportation services...........   474.0   441.2   433.4   429.3     477     463     452     441     433     432
    Communications and public utilities.   2,521   2,539   2,531   2,512   2,526   2,542   2,544   2,538   2,529   2,519
      Communications.................... 1,676.0 1,690.9 1,685.6 1,669.8   1,679   1,695   1,695   1,689   1,684   1,674
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   845.0   848.2   845.1   842.6     847     847     849     849     845     845
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   7,013   6,953   6,946   6,873   7,067   6,988   6,971   6,941   6,933   6,925
    Durable goods.......................   4,178   4,087   4,089   4,053   4,198   4,123   4,114   4,087   4,085   4,073
    Nondurable goods....................   2,835   2,866   2,857   2,820   2,869   2,865   2,857   2,854   2,848   2,852
  Retail trade..........................  23,053  23,784  24,030  23,071  23,415  23,536  23,422  23,424  23,365  23,427
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies.........................   955.7 1,001.1   999.1   968.8   1,007   1,013   1,012   1,010   1,013   1,021
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,814.6 2,992.3 3,057.9 2,815.7   2,789   2,793   2,764   2,778   2,754   2,774
      Department stores................. 2,470.0 2,627.1 2,674.8 2,470.5   2,448   2,450   2,422   2,420   2,410   2,436
    Food stores......................... 3,521.2 3,573.1 3,590.8 3,513.0   3,538   3,538   3,542   3,539   3,530   3,531
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,392.7 2,428.0 2,419.9 2,405.8   2,424   2,435   2,429   2,430   2,431   2,437
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,116.0 1,137.7 1,137.0 1,136.9   1,124   1,133   1,134   1,137   1,141   1,145
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,224.4 1,260.4 1,301.8 1,227.0   1,221   1,224   1,208   1,203   1,197   1,223
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,154.7 1,163.6 1,191.7 1,151.3   1,147   1,138   1,136   1,136   1,143   1,143
    Eating and drinking places.......... 7,849.5 8,124.3 8,164.1 7,863.5   8,157   8,242   8,187   8,198   8,203   8,181
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,140.4 3,241.2 3,305.1 3,125.6   3,132   3,153   3,144   3,130   3,094   3,117
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,540   7,615   7,613   7,581   7,594   7,633   7,634   7,638   7,627   7,636
    Finance.............................   3,728   3,766   3,772   3,768   3,738   3,758   3,761   3,772   3,769   3,779
      Depository institutions........... 2,021.5 2,040.9 2,044.9 2,045.2   2,024   2,039   2,041   2,045   2,044   2,048
        Commercial banks................ 1,415.5 1,425.5 1,428.7 1,428.6   1,418   1,423   1,427   1,428   1,427   1,432
        Savings institutions............   253.0   258.9   259.7   260.2     253     256     257     259     260     261
      Nondepository institutions........   676.0   716.8   727.9   728.7     678     706     712     717     727     732
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   299.3   332.4   341.1   344.2     301     323     326     333     342     347
      Security and commodity brokers....   774.0   749.5   741.2   737.5     777     755     750     751     741     740
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   256.3   259.2   257.9   256.1     259     258     258     259     257     259
    Insurance...........................   2,341   2,353   2,354   2,343   2,346   2,362   2,361   2,356   2,352   2,349
      Insurance carriers................ 1,584.6 1,594.2 1,594.8 1,589.8   1,588   1,601   1,602   1,597   1,594   1,594
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   756.1   759.0   758.7   753.2     758     761     759     759     758     755
    Real estate.........................   1,471   1,496   1,487   1,470   1,510   1,513   1,512   1,510   1,506   1,508
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  40,122  40,942  40,800  40,103  40,984  41,134  40,995  40,889  40,942  40,940
    Agricultural services...............   700.8   839.2   779.5   714.8     818     838     841     840     845     836
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,837.0 1,779.8 1,764.0 1,731.0   1,952   1,913   1,862   1,852   1,843   1,836
    Personal services................... 1,311.5 1,242.6 1,271.6 1,336.6   1,261   1,284   1,281   1,271   1,287   1,286
    Business services................... 9,663.9 9,501.5 9,423.1 9,118.2   9,888   9,581   9,467   9,356   9,343   9,319
      Services to buildings.............   994.3   993.1   985.8   973.4   1,007     997     995     996     992     985
      Personnel supply services......... 3,596.6 3,402.9 3,321.0 3,084.7   3,779   3,488   3,378   3,282   3,247   3,243
        Help supply services............ 3,196.5 3,029.9 2,954.6 2,743.8   3,372   3,106   3,005   2,913   2,889   2,886
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,175.1 2,185.1 2,192.0 2,170.7   2,176   2,200   2,201   2,189   2,189   2,171
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,280.3 1,297.0 1,297.0 1,301.8   1,291   1,306   1,298   1,305   1,304   1,313
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   360.6   360.7   358.5   354.0     365     363     362     360     359     358
    Motion pictures.....................   592.5   574.9   580.8   580.4     600     586     582     584     579     587
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,524.0 1,595.7 1,586.1 1,526.2   1,769   1,766   1,781   1,762   1,772   1,768
    Health services..................... 10187.9 10468.7 10496.6 10485.2  10,211  10,408  10,431  10,458  10,483  10,508
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,951.2 1,999.7 2,006.6 2,007.5   1,953   1,992   1,993   2,000   2,002   2,010
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,800.8 1,840.6 1,844.5 1,841.6   1,806   1,830   1,834   1,837   1,842   1,847
      Hospitals......................... 4,030.6 4,150.5 4,161.2 4,165.3   4,035   4,124   4,135   4,149   4,158   4,168
      Home health care services.........   638.2   662.1   660.9   652.3     646     655     655     657     659     659
    Legal services...................... 1,012.4 1,029.9 1,032.3 1,029.2   1,017   1,030   1,030   1,030   1,032   1,034
    Educational services................ 2,291.2 2,634.6 2,590.6 2,369.8   2,363   2,446   2,436   2,439   2,462   2,448
    Social services..................... 2,969.2 3,114.2 3,119.9 3,102.8   2,985   3,085   3,096   3,100   3,106   3,121
      Child day care services...........   739.5   771.5   771.1   761.8     732     756     757     755     757     755
      Residential care..................   822.4   853.7   853.5   855.0     827     851     854     855     853     860
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................    99.3   108.0   107.6   101.7     109     112     112     110     110     111
    Membership organizations............ 2,451.8 2,489.9 2,494.8 2,466.7   2,487   2,509   2,505   2,505   2,505   2,501
    Engineering and management services. 3,468.2 3,531.9 3,525.5 3,512.5   3,496   3,533   3,538   3,543   3,539   3,541
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,035.6 1,063.1 1,059.1 1,056.5   1,046   1,067   1,069   1,065   1,064   1,067
      Management and public relations... 1,106.8 1,128.4 1,124.4 1,117.1   1,119   1,122   1,124   1,127   1,124   1,130
    Services, nec.......................    50.2    51.5    50.5    50.3   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  20,553  21,447  21,389  20,970  20,629  20,981  20,998  21,006  21,063  21,058
    Federal.............................   2,598   2,608   2,599   2,596   2,613   2,627   2,625   2,607   2,614   2,616
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,738.9 1,763.9 1,756.9 1,755.9   1,755   1,776   1,779   1,777   1,774   1,774
    State...............................   4,712   5,064   5,024   4,836   4,800   4,931   4,919   4,916   4,930   4,929
      Education......................... 1,967.4 2,274.6 2,237.2 2,052.4   2,028   2,129   2,107   2,109   2,117   2,116
      Other State government............ 2,744.1 2,789.5 2,786.5 2,783.9   2,772   2,802   2,812   2,807   2,813   2,813
    Local...............................  13,243  13,775  13,766  13,538  13,216  13,423  13,454  13,483  13,519  13,513
      Education......................... 7,629.5 7,993.7 7,988.6 7,790.1   7,468   7,595   7,607   7,630   7,643   7,627
      Other local government............ 5,613.2 5,781.1 5,777.5 5,747.5   5,748   5,828   5,847   5,853   5,876   5,886

  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.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                           2001    2001   2001p   2002p    2001    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   33.9    34.0    34.4    33.6    34.4    34.1    34.0    34.1    34.1    34.0 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.1    40.2    40.4    39.9    40.5    40.2    40.0    40.0    40.1    40.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   42.5    43.0    43.1    42.2    43.1    43.5    43.1    43.2    43.1    42.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   38.1    38.9    38.3    38.5    39.1    39.1    38.7    39.2    38.8    39.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   40.9    40.7    41.3    40.4    41.0    40.6    40.5    40.3    40.6    40.5 
      Overtime hours....................    4.0     4.0     4.1     3.7     4.2     3.9     3.8     3.7     3.8     3.9 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   41.1    40.9    41.6    40.7    41.3    40.9    40.7    40.4    40.9    40.8 
      Overtime hours....................    4.0     3.8     4.1     3.6     4.1     3.8     3.7     3.6     3.8     3.8 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   39.4    40.6    40.6    39.7    39.8    41.1    40.6    40.5    40.7    40.1 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   39.0    38.7    39.9    39.8    39.2    38.8    38.3    38.4    38.9    40.0 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   41.9    44.1    43.6    43.3    43.0    44.0    43.9    43.8    43.6    44.4 
    Primary metal industries............   43.9    43.2    44.5    43.4    43.8    43.7    43.2    42.6    43.9    43.3 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.7    43.8    43.8    43.3    44.7    45.5    44.0    43.3    43.8    43.2 
    Fabricated metal products...........   41.6    41.2    42.2    41.0    41.7    41.2    41.0    40.7    41.3    41.1 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   41.7    40.2    41.0    40.3    41.5    40.3    40.4    39.9    40.1    40.1 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   40.3    39.3    40.2    38.4    40.3    39.1    39.0    38.8    39.3    38.4 
    Transportation equipment............   41.6    41.8    42.8    42.3    42.0    41.5    41.3    41.3    41.8    42.7 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   41.5    42.7    44.1    43.7    42.1    42.3    41.9    42.2    43.1    44.5 
    Instruments and related products....   41.2    40.6    41.2    40.2    41.0    41.1    40.7    40.3    40.5    40.1 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   37.9    37.3    38.2    37.1    38.3    37.6    37.5    37.1    37.8    37.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.5    40.5    40.8    39.9    40.6    40.2    40.2    40.0    40.2    40.0 
      Overtime hours....................    4.1     4.2     4.2     3.8     4.3     4.1     4.1     3.9     4.0     4.0 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   41.0    41.5    41.6    40.4    41.3    41.0    41.1    40.8    40.9    40.7 
    Tobacco products....................   39.0    40.3    41.3    38.7    40.4    40.0    40.2    39.8    40.6    40.1 
    Textile mill products...............   40.6    39.8    40.5    40.0    40.7    39.8    39.7    39.5    40.0    40.0 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.2    37.0    37.7    36.5    37.6    36.9    36.8    36.9    37.3    36.9 
    Paper and allied products...........   42.2    41.9    42.3    41.6    41.9    41.6    41.5    41.3    41.5    41.4 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.1    38.4    38.4    37.3    38.4    38.1    38.0    37.8    37.9    37.5 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.6    42.4    42.5    41.9    42.6    42.2    42.3    42.1    41.9    42.0 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   44.7    41.8    41.3    40.7    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.1    40.9    42.0    40.9    41.0    40.8    40.5    40.7    41.2    40.9 
    Leather and leather products........   36.6    37.0    37.6    37.7    36.9    36.3    36.0    36.6    37.5    38.1 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.4    32.5    33.0    32.1    32.9    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.7    32.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.2    37.7    38.3    37.2    38.7    37.6    37.8    37.8    38.0    37.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   37.9    38.2    38.6    37.9    38.3    38.3    38.1    38.2    38.3    38.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.2    28.5    29.2    28.0    29.1    28.7    28.7    28.8    28.9    28.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.0    36.0    36.7    35.8    36.2    36.2    36.0    36.2    36.1    36.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.3    32.5    32.9    32.2    32.7    32.6    32.5    32.6    32.7    32.5 

  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 This series is 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.
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                                                                                                
                                            Jan.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.      Jan.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.  
                                            2001      2001     2001p     2002p      2001      2001     2001p     2002p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $14.10    $14.56    $14.64    $14.67    $477.99   $495.04   $503.62   $492.91 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   14.03     14.54     14.59     14.59     482.63    495.81    497.52    496.06 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.60     16.18     16.25     16.18     625.56    650.44    656.50    645.58 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.67     17.79     17.90     18.03     750.98    764.97    771.49    760.87 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   18.17     18.51     18.65     18.48     692.28    720.04    714.30    711.48 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.59     15.07     15.19     15.17     596.73    613.35    627.35    612.87 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.98     15.55     15.68     15.64     615.68    636.00    652.29    636.55 
    Lumber and wood products............   12.13     12.41     12.37     12.36     477.92    503.85    502.22    490.69 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.92     12.40     12.56     12.60     464.88    479.88    501.14    501.48 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   14.65     15.16     15.23     15.35     613.84    668.56    664.03    664.66 
    Primary metal industries............   16.66     17.31     17.26     17.21     731.37    747.79    768.07    746.91 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   20.16     20.75     20.61     20.68     901.15    908.85    902.72    895.44 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.99     14.44     14.63     14.56     581.98    594.93    617.39    596.96 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.73     16.15     16.33     16.34     655.94    649.23    669.53    658.50 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   14.07     14.87     15.01     14.97     567.02    584.39    603.40    574.85 
    Transportation equipment............   18.57     19.51     19.65     19.49     772.51    815.52    841.02    824.43 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.77     19.96     20.19     19.99     778.96    852.29    890.38    873.56 
    Instruments and related products....   14.64     15.03     15.16     15.20     603.17    610.22    624.59    611.04 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.98     12.46     12.67     12.58     454.04    464.76    483.99    466.72 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.97     14.37     14.45     14.47     565.79    581.99    589.56    577.35 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.70     13.11     13.21     13.11     520.70    544.07    549.54    529.64 
    Tobacco products....................   21.34     22.32     22.21     21.87     832.26    899.50    917.27    846.37 
    Textile mill products...............   11.32     11.43     11.52     11.61     459.59    454.91    466.56    464.40 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.39      9.58      9.69      9.73     349.31    354.46    365.31    355.15 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.53     17.13     17.17     17.23     697.57    717.75    726.29    716.77 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.59     14.93     15.04     15.06     555.88    573.31    577.54    561.74 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.34     18.74     18.81     18.93     781.28    794.58    799.43    793.17 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   22.10     22.38     21.95     21.79     987.87    935.48    906.54    886.85 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   13.24     13.53     13.67     13.68     544.16    553.38    574.14    559.51 
    Leather and leather products........   10.51     10.09     10.25     10.22     384.67    373.33    385.40    385.29 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.65     14.09     14.19     14.24     442.26    457.93    468.27    457.10 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   16.56     17.23     17.26     17.30     632.59    649.57    661.06    643.56 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   15.56     15.91     16.16     16.09     589.72    607.76    623.78    609.81 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.69      9.98      9.99     10.05     273.26    284.43    291.71    281.40 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   15.45     16.04     16.21     16.18     556.20    577.44    594.91    579.24 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   14.39     14.92     15.09     15.08     464.80    484.90    496.46    485.58 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                   Jan.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.      change  
            Industry               2001     2001     2001     2001     2001p    2002p     from:   
                                                                                        Dec. 2001-
                                                                                        Jan. 2002 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $14.03   $14.45   $14.47   $14.54   $14.59   $14.59      0.0   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.90     8.02     8.06     8.11     8.16     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.67    16.04    16.05    16.15    16.21    16.24       .2   
    Mining......................    17.49    17.67    17.73    17.85    17.80    17.84       .2   
    Construction................    18.28    18.36    18.38    18.46    18.58    18.55      -.2   
    Manufacturing...............    14.54    14.96    14.97    15.05    15.10    15.13       .2   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.83    14.28    14.31    14.38    14.41    14.43       .1   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.54    13.98    14.01    14.07    14.13    14.12      -.1   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.51    17.02    17.09    17.23    17.23    17.26       .2   
    Wholesale trade.............    15.53    15.95    15.89    15.91    16.04    16.07       .2   
    Retail trade................     9.64     9.87     9.91     9.98     9.99     9.99       .0   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    15.44    16.01    16.05    16.07    16.16    16.16       .0   
    Services....................    14.25    14.76    14.81    14.87    14.94    14.93      -.1   

  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 .6 percent from November 2001 to December 2001, 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.
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                                                                                                
                                          Jan.   Nov.    Dec.     Jan.    Jan.    Sept.   Oct.   Nov.    Dec.     Jan.  
                                          2001   2001    2001p    2002p   2001    2001    2001   2001    2001p    2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  147.0  149.2   150.5    143.1   152.2  149.9   148.9   148.7   148.7    148.1 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  110.1  108.7   107.3    102.5   114.4  109.5   108.3   107.5   107.1    106.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   50.4   55.2    54.2     51.3    52.5   55.1    54.8    54.8    54.1     53.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  168.1  189.2   178.9    167.9   187.6  188.0   185.5   187.9   185.7    188.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  101.4   94.6    95.1     91.6   102.5   95.9    94.9    93.4    93.4     92.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  106.5   97.2    98.1     94.4   107.4   99.4    97.9    96.0    96.2     95.3 
    Lumber and wood products............  133.5  136.2   134.4    129.3   137.4  138.6   136.1   135.1   135.1    133.4 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  134.2  119.2   123.6    122.1   135.2  123.2   119.5   118.3   120.2    123.2 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  111.2  117.4   113.4    109.0   117.8  117.8   117.0   116.0   114.7    115.4 
    Primary metal industries............   88.8   77.9    79.5     76.0    88.3   81.7    79.9    76.5    78.0     75.5 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   67.8   61.5    60.8     57.3    68.2   65.3    63.2    60.6    60.5     57.4 
    Fabricated metal products...........  118.1  109.4   111.2    106.5   118.3  111.1   109.7   107.4   108.3    107.0 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  101.2   85.5    86.4     84.0   100.6   88.2    87.5    85.1    84.2     83.3 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  106.3   86.9    87.5     82.9   106.1   89.6    87.9    85.5    85.2     82.7 
    Transportation equipment............  111.4  107.1   108.8    104.1   113.3  108.0   105.9   105.4   105.6    105.8 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  143.0  139.0   143.5    135.4   146.5  139.9   135.3   136.5   138.5    139.2 
    Instruments and related products....   76.1   70.7    71.7     70.1    75.7   72.9    71.9    70.5    70.5     69.8 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   94.2   89.0    90.6     86.3    96.6   90.2    89.6    87.3    89.3     88.6 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   94.5   91.1    91.0     87.9    95.7   91.0    90.8    89.8    89.6     89.0 
    Food and kindred products...........  113.0  117.0   115.5    111.0   116.0  113.7   115.5   114.5   113.9    113.7 
    Tobacco products....................   47.0   50.5    51.7     49.4    46.0   47.5    47.8    47.3    46.3     49.7 
    Textile mill products...............   70.9   62.0    62.1     60.0    71.2   63.7    62.8    61.4    61.2     60.3 
    Apparel and other textile products..   49.7   44.4    44.4     42.4    51.4   45.7    44.9    44.1    44.1     43.9 
    Paper and allied products...........  101.5   97.5    98.0     96.0   100.9   96.7    96.5    96.2    95.9     95.5 
    Printing and publishing.............  117.9  112.9   112.7    107.5   119.3  113.4   112.5   110.7   110.2    108.4 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   99.6   96.8    96.4     94.8    99.7   96.9    96.8    96.2    95.2     95.1 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   69.8   71.5    69.8     66.6    73.1   73.4    71.6    71.7    71.1     69.5 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  142.0  132.6   135.7    131.2   142.3  134.5   132.6   131.8   132.9    131.9 
    Leather and leather products........   28.0   25.3    24.8     24.9    28.9   25.7    24.9    24.7    24.8     25.7 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  163.6  167.4   169.9    161.4   169.2  168.1   167.1   167.1   167.4    166.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  137.6  135.8   137.3    131.0   140.8  136.7   136.3   135.0   135.1    133.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  129.8  129.9   130.9    127.0   132.3  130.6   129.7   129.3   129.7    129.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  140.5  146.5   151.6    138.7   147.5  145.7   144.8   145.3   145.5    145.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  137.2  138.8   141.4    136.8   139.2  140.0   139.3   140.2   139.5    138.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  205.2  210.8   212.2    203.7   212.4  212.4   211.1   211.1   211.7    210.5 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
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, 353 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   63.2    56.2    59.3    60.2    58.9    57.1    55.4    58.4    54.8    55.0    58.2    56.4 
     1999..............   55.1    59.6    52.8    57.2    58.2    54.2    57.1    54.4    55.2    57.9    59.9    56.8 
     2000..............   55.7    59.3    61.0    54.2    47.7    60.5    57.8    55.1    52.0    54.8    55.1    54.2 
     2001..............   53.7    50.4    55.8    45.0    46.6    44.3    45.5    43.9    44.1    38.7    38.7   p41.2 
     2002..............  p50.1                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   65.3    66.1    64.6    65.7    62.2    57.9    57.5    58.4    59.1    59.2    59.3    59.2 
     1999..............   60.8    57.8    58.5    55.8    58.1    57.9    57.2    59.2    59.8    59.1    61.0    60.6 
     2000..............   61.6    63.3    61.9    56.2    55.1    57.9    61.5    56.4    54.1    53.3    55.7    53.3 
     2001..............   51.7    54.1    48.6    49.2    42.5    42.4    40.5    39.9    38.8    35.8   p35.0   p38.1 
     2002..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   70.4    67.4    65.0    62.5    63.6    60.5    59.2    58.6    57.9    59.6    60.6    59.9 
     1999..............   59.8    59.8    58.2    60.3    56.7    59.2    61.8    60.8    62.2    61.2    62.3    64.9 
     2000..............   63.5    60.6    62.6    63.7    61.5    55.5    56.1    58.6    54.2    54.8    51.8    54.2 
     2001..............   52.0    50.6    48.6    45.3    44.1    38.5    37.1    35.6   p34.4   p35.4                 
     2002..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1998..............   69.7    67.6    67.4    66.0    64.0    62.7    61.9    62.0    60.9    59.3    60.8    58.8 
     1999..............   61.2    60.2    58.2    60.8    60.8    61.6    62.2    61.3    63.9    63.0    61.3    60.9 
     2000..............   62.5    63.0    61.8    59.5    58.4    56.8    55.7    56.5    54.2    53.4    53.0    51.7 
     2001..............   49.6    47.7    45.0    43.1    40.5   p39.5   p39.4                                         
     2002..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   57.4    51.5    53.7    53.3    43.8    48.2    38.2    51.5    41.9    41.5    41.2    43.4 
     1999..............   46.0    44.5    43.0    42.3    50.4    39.3    51.5    39.3    45.2    46.3    53.3    46.7 
     2000..............   44.9    56.6    55.5    46.7    41.2    54.8    53.7    38.6    34.6    41.5    43.8    44.1 
     2001..............   37.9    32.4    41.5    31.3    29.4    33.1    39.0    27.6    36.0    29.4    25.7   p28.7 
     2002..............  p40.8                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   59.6    59.6    55.9    50.4    46.7    37.9    41.5    41.5    41.9    38.2    36.8    40.8 
     1999..............   41.2    39.0    38.2    41.5    40.8    45.2    39.0    45.2    40.8    44.9    46.3    46.0 
     2000..............   50.0    54.0    52.9    42.3    43.0    48.5    48.2    33.8    28.7    30.5    39.0    35.7 
     2001..............   28.3    29.4    24.6    26.5    22.4    24.6    21.0    19.9    19.9    21.0   p17.3   p21.7 
     2002..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   63.2    54.4    50.4    40.4    44.5    40.1    37.5    36.4    34.9    40.1    37.1    34.2 
     1999..............   36.0    38.2    37.5    41.2    36.8    39.7    43.0    41.5    46.0    40.4    46.3    51.5 
     2000..............   51.5    44.5    48.5    55.1    43.8    34.9    33.5    34.6    30.1    29.4    25.0    27.9 
     2001..............   26.8    25.4    19.9    20.6    20.2    15.1    13.2    14.0   p11.8   p15.8                 
     2002..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1998..............   54.8    52.2    51.8    46.7    40.4    40.1    38.2    37.5    36.4    34.6    35.7    34.2 
     1999..............   38.6    34.6    32.4    36.0    37.9    39.0    40.1    40.4    44.5    46.0    44.9    44.5 
     2000..............   46.3    45.2    41.2    37.9    33.8    31.3    31.3    31.3    27.6    25.4    24.3    21.0 
     2001..............   19.1    16.5    14.7    16.2    15.1   p12.1   p14.0                                         
     2002..............                                                                                                

  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.