Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-12-2366 

8:30 a.m. (EST) Friday, December 7, 2012 

Technical information: 

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

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

Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov 

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — NOVEMBER 2012 

(NOTE: Data published in this release for women employees in the retail trade; trade, 

transportation, and utilities; private service-providing; total private; and total nonfarm industries 

are erroneous. Errors are found in Summary table B and table B-5. Additional information is 

available at www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_retail_correction.htm.) 

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged 

down to 7.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in retail 

trade, professional and business services, and health care. 

Hurricane Sandy 

Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the Northeast coast on October 29th, causing severe damage 

in some states. Nevertheless, our survey response rates in the affected states were within 

normal ranges. Our analysis suggests that Hurricane Sandy did not substantively impact the 

national employment and unemployment estimates for November. BLS will release the 

regional and state estimates on December 21st. For additional information on how severe 

weather affects employment and unemployment data, see Question 8 in the Frequently Asked 

Questions section of this release. 

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Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month 

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

November 2010 – November 2012
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Household Survey Data 

The unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent in November. The number of unemployed 

persons, at 12.0 million, changed little. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.2 percent), adult women 

(7.0 percent), teenagers (23.5 percent), whites (6.8 percent), and Hispanics (10.0 percent) showed little 

or no change in November. The unemployment rate for blacks (13.2 percent) declined over the month. 

The jobless rate for Asians was 6.4 percent (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. 

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

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 4.8 

million in November. These individuals accounted for 40.1 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-12.) 

The civilian labor force participation rate declined by 0.2 percentage point to 63.6 percent in 

November, offsetting an increase of the same amount in October. Total employment was about 

unchanged in November, following a combined increase of 1.3 million over the prior 2 months. The 

employment-population ratio, at 58.7 percent, changed little in November. (See table A-1.) 

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as 

involuntary part-time workers), at 8.2 million in November, was little changed over the month. These 

individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable 

to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) 

In November, 2.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged 

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

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

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

the survey. (See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 979,000 discouraged workers in November, little changed 

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

currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.5 

million persons marginally attached to the labor force in November had not searched for work in the 4 

weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See 

table A-16.) 

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 146,000 in November. Since the beginning of this 

year, employment growth has averaged 151,000 per month, about the same as the average monthly job 

gain of 153,000 in 2011. In November, employment rose in retail trade, professional and business 

services, and health care. (See table B-1.) 

Retail trade employment rose by 53,000 in November and has increased by 140,000 over the past 3 

months. Over the month, job gains occurred in clothing and clothing accessory stores (+33,000), in 

general merchandise stores (+10,000), and in electronics and appliance stores (+9,000). Employment in 

miscellaneous store retailers decreased by 13,000. 
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In November, employment in professional and business services rose by 43,000. Employment 

continued to increase in computer systems design and related services. 

Health care employment continued to increase in November (+20,000), with gains in hospitals (+8,000) 

and in nursing care facilities (+5,000). Health care has added an average of 26,000 jobs per month this 

year. 

Employment in wholesale trade edged up over the month (+13,000). Since reaching an employment 

trough in May 2010, the industry has added 228,000 jobs. 

Information employment also edged up in November (+12,000), with the increase concentrated in 

motion picture and sound recording (+15,000). On net, information employment has changed little over 

the past 12 months. 

In November, leisure and hospitality employment continued to trend up (+23,000). Over the past 12 

months, the industry has added 305,000 jobs. 

Employment in construction declined by 20,000 in November, with much of the loss occurring in 

construction of buildings (-11,000). Since early 2010, employment in construction has shown no clear 

trend. 

Manufacturing employment changed little over the month. Within the industry, job losses in food 

manufacturing (-12,000) and chemicals (-9,000) more than offset gains in motor vehicles and parts 

(+10,000) and wood products (+3,000). On net, manufacturing employment has changed little since this 

past spring. 

Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, transportation and 

warehousing, financial activities, and government, showed little change in November. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls remained at 34.4 hours in 

November. The manufacturing workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 40.6 hours, and factory overtime was 

unchanged at 3.2 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on 

private nonfarm payrolls edged up 0.1 hour to 33.7 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

In November, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 4 cents 

to $23.63. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have risen by 1.7 percent. In November, 

average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees edged up by 3 

cents to $19.84. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for September was revised from +148,000 to 

+132,000, and the change for October was revised from +171,000 to +138,000. 

The Employment Situation for December is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 4, 2013, 

at 8:30 a.m. (EST). 

 
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Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data

In accordance with usual practice, The Employment Situation release for December 2012, 

scheduled for January 4, 2013, will incorporate annual revisions in seasonally adjusted 

unemployment and other labor force series from the household survey. Seasonally adjusted 

data for the most recent 5 years are subject to revision. 

Household Survey Reference Period 

In the household survey, the reference period for November 2012 was the calendar week that 

included the 5th of the month. Typically, the reference period for the household survey is the 

calendar week that includes the 12th of the month. In accordance with our usual practice for 

November, the reference and survey periods were a week earlier this year so that household 

survey interviews would not be conducted during the Thanksgiving holiday. 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Change from:

Oct. 2012-

Nov. 2012

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population............................................ 240,441 243,772 243,983 244,174 191

Civilian labor force............................................................ 153,937 155,063 155,641 155,291 -350

Participation rate........................................................... 64.0 63.6 63.8 63.6 -0.2

Employed.................................................................... 140,614 142,974 143,384 143,262 -122

Employment-population ratio........................................... 58.5 58.7 58.8 58.7 -0.1

Unemployed................................................................. 13,323 12,088 12,258 12,029 -229

Unemployment rate..................................................... 8.7 7.8 7.9 7.7 -0.2

Not in labor force............................................................. 86,503 88,710 88,341 88,883 542

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over....................................................... 8.7 7.8 7.9 7.7 -0.2

Adult men (20 years and over).............................................. 8.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 -0.1

Adult women (20 years and over).......................................... 7.8 7.0 7.2 7.0 -0.2

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................. 23.7 23.7 23.7 23.5 -0.2

White........................................................................... 7.6 7.0 7.0 6.8 -0.2

Black or African American................................................... 15.5 13.4 14.3 13.2 -1.1

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................. 6.5 4.8 4.9 6.4 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.................................................. 11.4 9.9 10.0 10.0 0.0

Total, 25 years and over....................................................... 7.3 6.6 6.6 6.5 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma........................................... 13.3 11.3 12.2 12.2 0.0

High school graduates, no college......................................... 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.1 -0.3

Some college or associate degree......................................... 7.6 6.5 6.9 6.5 -0.4

Bachelor’s degree and higher............................................... 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.8 0.0

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs................... 7,599 6,535 6,575 6,413 -162

Job leavers....................................................................... 1,005 957 1,010 922 -88

Reentrants........................................................................ 3,355 3,306 3,300 3,295 -5

New entrants..................................................................... 1,276 1,247 1,301 1,327 26

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks.............................................................. 2,510 2,542 2,632 2,577 -55

5 to 14 weeks.................................................................... 2,896 2,826 2,851 2,747 -104

15 to 26 weeks.................................................................. 2,087 1,860 1,836 1,819 -17

27 weeks and over.............................................................. 5,680 4,844 5,002 4,786 -216

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons............................................... 8,469 8,613 8,344 8,176 -168

Slack work or business conditions.......................................... 5,578 5,523 5,219 5,105 -114

Could only find part-time work.............................................. 2,496 2,572 2,614 2,658 44

Part time for noneconomic reasons........................................... 18,363 18,736 18,923 18,588 -335

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force........................................ 2,591 2,517 2,433 2,505 –

Discouraged workers......................................................... 1,096 802 813 979 –

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

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

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

the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 132 138 146

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 122 189 147

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 -17 18 -22

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 -7 5

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -1 15 -20

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -16 10 -7

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 -14 7 11

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 -1.4 -2.5 9.7

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -11 -2 3 -18

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 139 171 169

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 -0.5 8.0 13.1

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 36.6 50.9 52.6

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 3.7 9.2 3.5

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 -8 -5 12

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 14 5 1

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 8 55 43

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.7 -10.0 13.9 18.0

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 45 24 18

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 37.3 38.2 22.0

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 28 20 23

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11 5 3

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -21 10 -51 -1

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.4 49.3 49.3 49.3

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 47.8 47.8 47.8

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.5 82.6 82.6 82.6

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 34.5 34.4 34.4

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23.23 $ 23.60 $ 23.59 $ 23.63

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $799.11 $814.20 $811.50 $812.87

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.8 96.4 96.3 96.5

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.0 108.5 108.4 108.7

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.7 -0.1 0.3

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.7

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19.59 $ 19.80 $ 19.81 $ 19.84

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $660.18 $667.26 $665.62 $668.61

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.2 103.8 103.7 104.1

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.4 -0.1 0.4

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.7 137.3 137.2 138.0

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 0.7 -0.1 0.6

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (266 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.6 57.0 63.0 59.0

Manufacturing (81 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.1 43.2 56.8 47.5

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

industries.

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

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

aggregate weekly payrolls.

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

between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.

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NOTE: Data in this table have been corrected. For more information see http://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm.
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

1. Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

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

employment, and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series 

has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household 

survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 

100,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically 

significant change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a 

more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes self-employed workers 

whose businesses are unincorporated, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private 

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

provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. For more information on the differences 

between the two surveys, please visit www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ces_cps_trends.pdf. 

2. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

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

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

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

not collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which 

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

foreign born. Data on the foreign and native born are published each month in table A-7 of The 

Employment Situation news release. 

3. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax 

records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more 

information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm. 

4. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

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

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

reliability of the statewide total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all states, size classes, and 

industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 

 
5. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? 

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

employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an 

econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based 

on the actual past values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census 

of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this 

purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There 

is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and 

availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. 

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

insurance benefits? 

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

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

unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There 

is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 

7. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who want a job but are not currently 

looking for work? 

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

including those who are not currently looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged 

workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include 

discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each 

month in table A-15 of The Employment Situation news release. For more information about these 

alternative measures, please visit www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm#altmeasures. 

8. How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates? 

In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. 

Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on average weekly hours than on 

employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid time during the pay period, including pay 

for holidays, sick leave, or other time off. The impact of severe weather on hours estimates typically, 

but not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some employees may be 

off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, while some workers, such 

as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. 

In order for severe weather conditions to reduce the estimate of payroll employment, employees have 

to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. Slightly more than 20 percent of all employees 

in the payroll survey sample have a weekly pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of 

the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll employment figures. It is not possible to 

quantify the effect of extreme weather on estimates of over-the-month change in employment. 

In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that includes the 12th of 

the month. Persons who miss the entire week's work for weather-related events are counted as 

employed whether or not they are paid for the time off. The household survey collects data on the 

number of persons who had a job but were not at work due to bad weather. It also provides a measure 

of the number of persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours. Current and historical 

data are available on the household survey's most requested statistics page at http://data.bls.gov/cgibin/surveymost?ln.
Technical Note 

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household 

survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey 

(CES; establishment survey). The household survey 

provides information on the labor force, employment, and 

unemployment that appears in the "A" tables, marked 

HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 

60,000 eligible households conducted by the U.S. Census 

Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm 

payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of 

nonagricultural business establishments. Each month the 

CES program surveys about 141,000 businesses and 

government agencies, representing approximately 486,000 

individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry 

data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on 

nonfarm payrolls. The active sample includes 

approximately one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. 

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

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

reference period is generally the calendar week that 

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

survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 

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

calendar week. 

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys 

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force. 

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked 

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

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

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: they had no employment during the 

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

and they made specific efforts to find employment 

sometime during the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting 

recall need not be looking for work to be counted as 

unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the 

household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for 

or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. 

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed 

or unemployed are not in the labor force. The 

unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent 

of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the 

labor force as a percent of the population, and 

the employment-population ratio is the employed as a 

percent of the population. Additional information 

about the household survey can be found at 

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

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

government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are 

those who received pay for any part of the reference pay 

period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are 

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

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

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

industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an 

establishment’s principal activity in accordance with the 

2012 version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

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

Differences in employment estimates. The numerous 

conceptual and methodological differences between the 

household and establishment surveys result in important 

distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the 

surveys. Among these are: 

 The household survey includes agricultural 

workers, self-employed workers whose businesses 

are unicorporated, unpaid family workers, and 

private household workers among the employed. 

These groups are excluded from the establishment 

survey. 

 The household survey includes people on unpaid 

leave among the employed. The establishment 

survey does not. 

 The household survey is limited to workers 16 

years of age and older. The establishment survey is 

not limited by age. 

 The household survey has no duplication of 

individuals, because individuals are counted only 

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

establishment survey, employees working at more 

than one job and thus appearing on more than one 

payroll are counted separately for each appearance. 
Seasonal adjustment 

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

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

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

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

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

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in employment or increases in the 

participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For 

example, in the household survey, the large number of 

youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure 

any other changes that have taken place relative to May, 

making it difficult to determine if the level of economic 

activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

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

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

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more 

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

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, 

such as total payroll employment, employment in most 

major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are 

computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived 

by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex 

components; this differs from the unemployment estimate 

that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by 

combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age 

categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

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

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

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

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

revisions to historical data are made once a year. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error 

When a sample, rather than the entire population, is 

surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may 

differ from the true population values they represent. The 

component of this difference that occurs because samples 

differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. 

There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, 

that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more 

than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value 

because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally 

conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. 

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly 

change in total nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

100,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment 

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

percent confidence interval on the monthly change would 

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

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

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

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

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

we could not say with confidence that nonfarm employment 

had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, the reported 

nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, then all of the 

values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be 

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

percent chance) that nonfarm employment had, in fact, risen 

that month. At an unemployment rate of around 6.0 percent, 

the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change 

in unemployment as measured by the household survey is 

about +/- 300,000, and for the monthly change in the 

unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.2 percentage point. 

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the 

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

small number of observations. The precision of estimates 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all 

respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely 

basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in 

the collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates 

for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete 

returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled 

preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive 

revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample 

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered 

final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

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

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

gains from business births. This is incorporated into the 

sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting 

sample units going out of business, but imputing to them 

the same employment trend as the other firms in the 

sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net 

birth/death employment. 

The second component is an ARIMA time series 

model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death 

employment not accounted for by the imputation. The 

historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA 

model was derived from the unemployment insurance 

universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual 

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment 

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

universe counts of payroll employment obtained from 

administrative records of the unemployment insurance 

program. The difference between the March sample-based 

employment estimates and the March universe counts is 

known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough 

proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also 

incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over 

the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total 

nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a 

range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2011

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240,441 243,983 244,174 240,441 243,354 243,566 243,772 243,983 244,174

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,683 155,779 154,953 153,937 155,013 154,645 155,063 155,641 155,291

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 63.8 63.5 64.0 63.7 63.5 63.6 63.8 63.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,070 144,039 143,549 140,614 142,220 142,101 142,974 143,384 143,262

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.7 59.0 58.8 58.5 58.4 58.3 58.7 58.8 58.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,613 11,741 11,404 13,323 12,794 12,544 12,088 12,258 12,029

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 7.5 7.4 8.7 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.9 7.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,757 88,204 89,221 86,503 88,340 88,921 88,710 88,341 88,883

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,183 6,142 6,495 6,595 6,554 6,957 6,727 6,587 6,817

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,755 117,710 117,810 116,755 117,381 117,492 117,600 117,710 117,810

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,080 82,715 82,310 82,341 82,395 82,008 82,384 82,696 82,495

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.3 70.3 69.9 70.5 70.2 69.8 70.1 70.3 70.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,157 76,498 76,142 74,975 75,466 75,161 75,752 76,055 75,968

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.4 65.0 64.6 64.2 64.3 64.0 64.4 64.6 64.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,923 6,217 6,167 7,366 6,929 6,847 6,632 6,642 6,527

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4 7.5 7.5 8.9 8.4 8.3 8.0 8.0 7.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,674 34,995 35,501 34,414 34,987 35,484 35,216 35,014 35,315

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,203 109,096 109,206 108,203 108,727 108,851 108,973 109,096 109,206

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,378 79,873 79,554 79,440 79,353 79,103 79,426 79,708 79,539

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 73.2 72.8 73.4 73.0 72.7 72.9 73.1 72.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,183 74,416 74,121 72,846 73,227 73,086 73,597 73,868 73,796

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 68.2 67.9 67.3 67.3 67.1 67.5 67.7 67.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,195 5,457 5,433 6,594 6,125 6,016 5,829 5,840 5,743

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 6.8 6.8 8.3 7.7 7.6 7.3 7.3 7.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,825 29,222 29,652 28,763 29,374 29,748 29,547 29,388 29,667

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,686 126,273 126,364 123,686 125,972 126,073 126,172 126,273 126,364

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,603 73,064 72,644 71,596 72,619 72,637 72,678 72,945 72,796

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 57.9 57.5 57.9 57.6 57.6 57.6 57.8 57.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,913 67,540 67,407 65,639 66,754 66,940 67,222 67,329 67,293

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3 53.5 53.3 53.1 53.0 53.1 53.3 53.3 53.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,690 5,523 5,237 5,957 5,865 5,697 5,456 5,616 5,502

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 7.6 7.2 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,083 53,209 53,720 52,090 53,354 53,437 53,493 53,328 53,568

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,526 117,980 118,079 115,526 117,648 117,760 117,869 117,980 118,079

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,850 70,277 69,873 68,711 69,691 69,781 69,834 70,075 69,897

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

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,710 65,316 65,175 63,352 64,446 64,670 64,952 65,043 64,987

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 55.4 55.2 54.8 54.8 54.9 55.1 55.1 55.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,140 4,961 4,698 5,359 5,244 5,111 4,882 5,032 4,911

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 7.1 6.7 7.8 7.5 7.3 7.0 7.2 7.0

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,675 47,703 48,206 46,815 47,957 47,979 48,034 47,906 48,181

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,711 16,907 16,890 16,711 16,979 16,955 16,931 16,907 16,890

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,454 5,629 5,526 5,786 5,970 5,761 5,802 5,859 5,855

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.6 33.3 32.7 34.6 35.2 34.0 34.3 34.7 34.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,177 4,306 4,252 4,416 4,546 4,344 4,425 4,473 4,479

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 25.5 25.2 26.4 26.8 25.6 26.1 26.5 26.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,277 1,322 1,273 1,370 1,424 1,417 1,378 1,386 1,376

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.4 23.5 23.0 23.7 23.8 24.6 23.7 23.7 23.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,257 11,278 11,364 10,925 11,009 11,194 11,129 11,048 11,035

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2011

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,598 193,633 193,748 193,598 193,245 193,376 193,503 193,633 193,748

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,565 124,085 123,503 124,652 123,589 123,265 123,662 123,838 123,501

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.3 64.1 63.7 64.4 64.0 63.7 63.9 64.0 63.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,584 115,885 115,571 115,130 114,409 114,340 114,992 115,209 115,084

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.7 59.8 59.7 59.5 59.2 59.1 59.4 59.5 59.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,981 8,200 7,932 9,522 9,180 8,925 8,670 8,629 8,417

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 6.6 6.4 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,033 69,548 70,244 68,945 69,656 70,111 69,841 69,795 70,247

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,407 64,923 64,607 65,366 64,467 64,246 64,544 64,759 64,474

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.9 73.7 73.3 73.9 73.4 73.1 73.4 73.6 73.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,938 60,980 60,713 60,605 60,027 59,890 60,274 60,499 60,351

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.9 69.3 68.9 68.5 68.4 68.1 68.5 68.7 68.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,469 3,943 3,894 4,761 4,440 4,356 4,270 4,261 4,123

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 6.1 6.0 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.6 6.4

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,659 54,685 54,471 54,520 54,385 54,411 54,531 54,431 54,358

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.2 58.8 58.5 59.1 58.6 58.6 58.7 58.5 58.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,091 51,352 51,292 50,774 50,662 50,892 51,105 51,022 51,008

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 55.2 55.1 55.0 54.6 54.8 55.0 54.9 54.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,568 3,333 3,180 3,746 3,723 3,519 3,426 3,409 3,350

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 6.1 5.8 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,499 4,477 4,425 4,766 4,737 4,609 4,588 4,648 4,669

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.2 35.5 35.1 37.3 37.4 36.5 36.4 36.9 37.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,555 3,553 3,567 3,751 3,720 3,558 3,613 3,689 3,725

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.8 28.2 28.3 29.4 29.4 28.2 28.6 29.3 29.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944 924 858 1,015 1,017 1,051 975 959 944

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.0 20.6 19.4 21.3 21.5 22.8 21.2 20.6 20.2

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,259 30,027 30,061 29,259 29,918 29,954 29,991 30,027 30,061

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,900 18,767 18,407 17,934 18,383 18,379 18,345 18,732 18,426

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 62.5 61.2 61.3 61.4 61.4 61.2 62.4 61.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,236 16,172 16,065 15,151 15,798 15,797 15,881 16,049 15,994

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.1 53.9 53.4 51.8 52.8 52.7 53.0 53.4 53.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,664 2,595 2,342 2,783 2,585 2,583 2,464 2,684 2,432

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.9 13.8 12.7 15.5 14.1 14.1 13.4 14.3 13.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,359 11,261 11,654 11,325 11,534 11,575 11,645 11,295 11,635

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,185 8,318 8,275 8,195 8,270 8,228 8,202 8,301 8,244

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.4 67.8 67.4 68.5 67.8 67.3 67.0 67.7 67.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,917 7,222 7,259 6,851 7,042 7,049 7,035 7,128 7,172

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.8 58.9 59.1 57.3 57.7 57.7 57.5 58.1 58.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,268 1,096 1,016 1,344 1,227 1,180 1,167 1,173 1,072

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.5 13.2 12.3 16.4 14.8 14.3 14.2 14.1 13.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,106 9,710 9,464 9,095 9,344 9,455 9,382 9,675 9,472

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.9 64.1 62.4 61.8 62.0 62.6 62.0 63.9 62.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,948 8,503 8,404 7,911 8,268 8,316 8,364 8,471 8,391

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.0 56.1 55.4 53.7 54.8 55.1 55.3 55.9 55.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,158 1,206 1,060 1,184 1,076 1,139 1,018 1,204 1,080

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 12.4 11.2 13.0 11.5 12.0 10.9 12.4 11.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 739 668 643 770 696 761 756 711

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.7 28.2 25.6 25.0 29.2 26.4 29.0 28.9 27.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 446 402 388 488 432 482 450 431

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 17.1 15.4 15.1 18.5 16.4 18.4 17.2 16.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 293 266 255 282 264 279 307 280

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.1 39.6 39.8 39.6 36.6 37.9 36.7 40.5 39.4

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,589 12,939 12,934 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2011

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,419 8,149 8,344 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.0 63.0 64.5 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,939 7,753 7,814 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 59.9 60.4 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 396 530 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 4.9 6.4 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,170 4,790 4,590 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

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

annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Nov.

2011

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population.................. 34,808 37,058 37,147 34,808 36,792 36,881 36,969 37,058 37,147

Civilian labor force................................. 23,255 24,602 24,479 23,222 24,497 24,352 24,477 24,587 24,544

Participation rate................................. 66.8 66.4 65.9 66.7 66.6 66.0 66.2 66.3 66.1

Employed......................................... 20,684 22,221 22,086 20,574 21,966 21,865 22,050 22,118 22,097

Employment-population ratio................ 59.4 60.0 59.5 59.1 59.7 59.3 59.6 59.7 59.5

Unemployed...................................... 2,571 2,381 2,394 2,648 2,531 2,487 2,427 2,469 2,447

Unemployment rate........................... 11.1 9.7 9.8 11.4 10.3 10.2 9.9 10.0 10.0

Not in labor force................................... 11,553 12,456 12,667 11,586 12,294 12,529 12,492 12,471 12,603

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 13,169 13,643 13,463 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 81.7 81.6 80.3 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 11,884 12,506 12,414 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 73.7 74.8 74.1 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,285 1,137 1,050 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 9.8 8.3 7.8 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 9,085 9,897 9,965 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 59.6 59.3 59.6 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 8,118 8,959 8,938 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 53.2 53.7 53.4 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 967 938 1,027 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 10.6 9.5 10.3 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................. 1,000 1,062 1,051 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 29.2 29.0 28.7 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 682 755 734 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 19.9 20.7 20.1 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 319 306 317 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 31.8 28.9 30.1 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

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

of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2011

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................... 11,673 11,128 11,072 11,713 11,472 11,179 11,199 11,263 11,106

Participation rate.................................... 46.8 45.3 45.2 47.0 46.3 45.4 45.1 45.9 45.3

Employed............................................ 10,190 9,865 9,762 10,161 10,012 9,833 9,932 9,886 9,747

Employment-population ratio................... 40.9 40.2 39.8 40.8 40.4 39.9 40.0 40.2 39.7

Unemployed......................................... 1,483 1,263 1,310 1,552 1,460 1,346 1,267 1,377 1,359

Unemployment rate.............................. 12.7 11.3 11.8 13.3 12.7 12.0 11.3 12.2 12.2

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................... 37,089 36,614 36,692 37,089 37,047 36,703 36,627 36,778 36,672

Participation rate.................................... 60.3 59.8 59.5 60.3 59.7 59.9 59.5 60.1 59.4

Employed............................................ 33,970 33,783 33,863 33,807 33,838 33,486 33,455 33,702 33,695

Employment-population ratio................... 55.2 55.2 54.9 54.9 54.5 54.6 54.4 55.0 54.6

Unemployed......................................... 3,119 2,831 2,830 3,282 3,209 3,217 3,172 3,076 2,978

Unemployment rate.............................. 8.4 7.7 7.7 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.1

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................... 37,086 37,905 37,356 36,816 37,398 37,375 37,622 37,775 37,282

Participation rate.................................... 69.0 69.2 68.6 68.5 68.3 68.3 68.8 69.0 68.4

Employed............................................ 34,347 35,307 35,009 34,009 34,729 34,895 35,191 35,176 34,853

Employment-population ratio................... 63.9 64.5 64.3 63.3 63.4 63.8 64.3 64.3 64.0

Unemployed......................................... 2,739 2,598 2,348 2,807 2,669 2,480 2,431 2,599 2,429

Unemployment rate.............................. 7.4 6.9 6.3 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.5 6.9 6.5

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................... 47,147 49,006 48,853 47,117 47,697 48,404 48,469 48,676 48,844

Participation rate.................................... 76.0 75.8 75.5 75.9 75.8 75.5 75.9 75.3 75.5

Employed............................................ 45,161 47,242 47,039 45,058 45,732 46,400 46,503 46,849 46,968

Employment-population ratio................... 72.8 73.1 72.7 72.6 72.7 72.4 72.8 72.5 72.6

Unemployed......................................... 1,985 1,764 1,815 2,059 1,965 2,004 1,966 1,827 1,876

Unemployment rate.............................. 4.2 3.6 3.7 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.8

1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

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

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

Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service,

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,463 21,042 19,657 19,223 1,806 1,819

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,181 10,921 10,055 9,764 1,126 1,157

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.1 51.9 51.2 50.8 62.3 63.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,350 10,199 9,303 9,151 1,047 1,049

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.2 48.5 47.3 47.6 58.0 57.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832 721 753 613 79 108

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 6.6 7.5 6.3 7.0 9.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,282 10,121 9,602 9,459 680 662

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,400 2,575 2,053 2,144 347 431

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,994 2,121 1,741 1,813 253 307

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.1 82.4 84.8 84.6 72.9 71.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,773 1,909 1,567 1,642 206 268

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.9 74.1 76.3 76.6 59.3 62.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 211 174 172 47 40

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 10.0 10.0 9.5 18.7 12.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 454 312 331 94 124

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,922 3,027 2,444 2,545 479 482

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,446 2,519 2,104 2,165 341 354

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.7 83.2 86.1 85.1 71.3 73.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,320 2,383 1,987 2,063 333 320

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.4 78.7 81.3 81.1 69.6 66.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 135 118 102 8 34

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 5.4 5.6 4.7 2.4 9.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 509 339 380 137 128

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,224 9,706 9,905 9,395 319 311

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,326 2,979 3,226 2,878 101 101

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.5 30.7 32.6 30.6 31.5 32.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,099 2,803 2,998 2,711 101 92

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 28.9 30.3 28.9 31.5 29.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 176 227 167 0 9

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 5.9 7.0 5.8 0.0 9.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,898 6,728 6,679 6,517 219 211

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,917 5,733 5,256 5,139 661 594

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,416 3,303 2,985 2,908 431 395

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.7 57.6 56.8 56.6 65.2 66.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,158 3,104 2,751 2,735 408 369

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.4 54.1 52.3 53.2 61.7 62.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 199 234 173 23 26

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 6.0 7.8 6.0 5.4 6.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,501 2,431 2,271 2,231 230 199

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,130 214,099 92,624 93,938 117,506 120,161

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,734 142,232 71,217 71,672 69,517 70,560

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.0 66.4 76.9 76.3 59.2 58.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,352 132,060 65,260 66,399 64,092 65,662

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.6 61.7 70.5 70.7 54.5 54.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,382 10,172 5,957 5,273 5,425 4,899

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 7.2 8.4 7.4 7.8 6.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,396 71,867 21,407 22,266 47,989 49,601

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

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

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

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

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

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

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population....................................................... 27,331 28,888 213,110 215,286

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 5,676 5,990 148,007 148,963

Participation rate...................................................................... 20.8 20.7 69.5 69.2

Employed.............................................................................. 4,938 5,230 136,132 138,320

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 18.1 18.1 63.9 64.2

Unemployed........................................................................... 738 761 11,875 10,644

Unemployment rate................................................................ 13.0 12.7 8.0 7.1

Not in labor force........................................................................ 21,655 22,898 65,103 66,323

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,617 2,751 75,366 75,035

Participation rate...................................................................... 34.5 35.0 82.4 82.3

Employed.............................................................................. 2,223 2,353 69,099 69,526

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 29.3 30.0 75.6 76.2

Unemployed........................................................................... 394 398 6,267 5,509

Unemployment rate................................................................ 15.1 14.5 8.3 7.3

Not in labor force........................................................................ 4,973 5,100 16,084 16,174

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,173 2,187 66,205 67,037

Participation rate...................................................................... 29.6 28.2 70.5 70.7

Employed.............................................................................. 1,893 1,920 61,025 62,263

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 25.8 24.7 65.0 65.7

Unemployed........................................................................... 279 268 5,180 4,774

Unemployment rate................................................................ 12.9 12.2 7.8 7.1

Not in labor force........................................................................ 5,161 5,571 27,654 27,763

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 886 1,052 6,436 6,891

Participation rate...................................................................... 7.1 7.9 23.2 23.5

Employed.............................................................................. 821 957 6,009 6,530

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 6.6 7.2 21.6 22.3

Unemployed........................................................................... 64 95 427 360

Unemployment rate................................................................ 7.3 9.0 6.6 5.2

Not in labor force........................................................................ 11,521 12,228 21,365 22,386

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

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

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 36,705 38,105 18,196 18,485 18,509 19,620

Civilian labor force................................................... 24,696 25,217 14,468 14,384 10,228 10,832

Participation rate................................................... 67.3 66.2 79.5 77.8 55.3 55.2

Employed........................................................... 22,631 23,272 13,328 13,410 9,303 9,862

Employment-population ratio.................................. 61.7 61.1 73.2 72.5 50.3 50.3

Unemployed........................................................ 2,065 1,945 1,140 974 925 971

Unemployment rate............................................. 8.4 7.7 7.9 6.8 9.0 9.0

Not in labor force..................................................... 12,009 12,888 3,728 4,101 8,282 8,788

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 203,735 206,069 98,559 99,325 105,176 106,744

Civilian labor force................................................... 128,987 129,737 67,612 67,925 61,375 61,811

Participation rate................................................... 63.3 63.0 68.6 68.4 58.4 57.9

Employed........................................................... 118,439 120,277 61,829 62,732 56,610 57,545

Employment-population ratio.................................. 58.1 58.4 62.7 63.2 53.8 53.9

Unemployed........................................................ 10,548 9,459 5,783 5,193 4,765 4,266

Unemployment rate............................................. 8.2 7.3 8.6 7.6 7.8 6.9

Not in labor force..................................................... 74,748 76,333 30,947 31,400 43,801 44,933

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

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

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2011

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................... 2,176 2,222 2,045 2,262 2,235 2,151 2,209 2,214 2,131

Wage and salary workers1

....................... 1,319 1,446 1,274 1,359 1,401 1,391 1,413 1,415 1,325

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 824 758 761 849 791 739 763 755 781

Unpaid family workers............................. 33 18 11 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries............................ 138,894 141,817 141,504 138,304 139,929 139,920 140,769 141,286 141,156

Wage and salary workers1

....................... 130,261 132,967 132,458 129,604 131,043 131,101 131,734 132,383 132,052

Government...................................... 20,525 20,745 20,702 20,434 20,015 20,432 20,619 20,524 20,559

Private industries................................ 109,736 112,222 111,757 109,159 110,974 110,726 111,024 111,771 111,468

Private households............................ 674 707 754 – – – – – –

Other industries............................... 109,062 111,514 111,002 108,485 110,251 109,965 110,218 111,057 110,699

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 8,576 8,775 8,977 8,628 8,824 8,720 8,838 8,795 8,958

Unpaid family workers............................. 57 76 69 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3

................... 8,271 7,870 7,994 8,469 8,246 8,031 8,613 8,344 8,176

Slack work or business conditions............... 5,499 4,976 5,032 5,578 5,342 5,217 5,523 5,219 5,105

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,492 2,634 2,706 2,496 2,576 2,507 2,572 2,614 2,658

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 19,355 19,460 19,392 18,363 18,866 18,996 18,736 18,923 18,588

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

................... 8,161 7,768 7,898 8,358 8,111 7,901 8,482 8,225 8,067

Slack work or business conditions............... 5,422 4,910 4,975 5,502 5,282 5,140 5,455 5,161 5,044

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,473 2,613 2,685 2,518 2,559 2,508 2,597 2,634 2,661

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 18,950 19,058 19,043 17,941 18,543 18,656 18,405 18,559 18,291

1 Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

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

entire week.

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

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

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

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2011

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,070 144,039 143,549 140,614 142,220 142,101 142,974 143,384 143,262

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,177 4,306 4,252 4,416 4,546 4,344 4,425 4,473 4,479

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,368 1,459 1,290 1,413 1,540 1,392 1,433 1,463 1,348

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,809 2,848 2,963 2,995 3,012 2,983 2,989 3,052 3,145

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,893 139,732 139,297 136,198 137,674 137,756 138,550 138,910 138,782

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,225 13,535 13,624 13,200 13,364 13,114 13,482 13,534 13,596

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,668 126,197 125,672 122,973 124,203 124,600 125,017 125,363 125,181

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,322 95,089 94,523 93,708 93,957 94,001 94,378 94,422 94,063

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,992 31,161 31,183 30,743 30,527 30,508 30,768 30,893 30,942

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,423 30,892 30,652 30,222 30,474 30,580 30,663 30,708 30,498

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,907 33,036 32,688 32,743 32,956 32,912 32,947 32,821 32,622

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,346 31,108 31,149 29,264 30,247 30,599 30,639 30,942 31,119

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,157 76,498 76,142 74,975 75,466 75,161 75,752 76,055 75,968

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,974 2,082 2,021 2,129 2,238 2,074 2,155 2,187 2,172

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 684 593 654 666 605 646 719 653

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,380 1,398 1,428 1,465 1,577 1,511 1,510 1,474 1,506

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,183 74,416 74,121 72,846 73,227 73,086 73,597 73,868 73,796

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,967 7,081 7,147 6,980 6,921 6,760 6,963 7,082 7,126

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,216 67,335 66,975 65,853 66,285 66,368 66,625 66,822 66,698

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,701 50,817 50,429 50,368 50,256 50,147 50,360 50,383 50,171

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,080 16,937 16,903 16,895 16,555 16,487 16,579 16,702 16,718

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,497 16,661 16,488 16,370 16,488 16,512 16,560 16,559 16,384

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,124 17,219 17,037 17,102 17,214 17,148 17,221 17,122 17,068

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,515 16,518 16,546 15,485 16,029 16,221 16,265 16,439 16,527

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,913 67,540 67,407 65,639 66,754 66,940 67,222 67,329 67,293

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,203 2,224 2,232 2,287 2,308 2,270 2,270 2,286 2,307

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 775 697 759 873 788 787 744 694

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,429 1,450 1,535 1,530 1,434 1,472 1,479 1,578 1,639

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,710 65,316 65,175 63,352 64,446 64,670 64,952 65,043 64,987

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,258 6,454 6,478 6,220 6,444 6,354 6,519 6,452 6,470

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,452 58,862 58,698 57,119 57,918 58,232 58,391 58,541 58,484

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,622 44,272 44,094 43,340 43,700 43,854 44,017 44,039 43,892

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,912 14,224 14,280 13,848 13,972 14,021 14,189 14,191 14,224

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,926 14,231 14,164 13,852 13,986 14,068 14,102 14,149 14,114

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,783 15,816 15,651 15,641 15,743 15,764 15,726 15,699 15,554

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,830 14,590 14,603 13,779 14,218 14,378 14,374 14,503 14,592

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,159 44,484 44,293 43,933 43,715 43,879 43,984 44,114 44,036

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,705 34,716 34,839 34,442 34,381 34,814 34,841 34,558 34,553

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,723 9,442 9,226 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,138 116,045 115,515 113,212 114,345 114,388 115,226 115,459 115,657

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,932 27,993 28,034 27,378 27,925 27,757 27,731 27,875 27,538

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,083 6,976 7,235 7,004 6,845 6,921 6,866 6,908 7,106

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.0

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,060 5,383 5,160 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,400 9,532 9,738 9,478 9,616 9,458 9,602 9,550 9,740

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Nov.

2011

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over............................. 13,323 12,258 12,029 8.7 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.9 7.7

16 to 19 years...................................... 1,370 1,386 1,376 23.7 23.8 24.6 23.7 23.7 23.5

16 to 17 years.................................... 428 490 538 23.3 26.6 29.3 25.3 25.1 28.5

18 to 19 years.................................... 917 894 802 23.4 22.2 22.7 22.8 22.7 20.3

20 years and over.................................. 11,953 10,872 10,653 8.1 7.6 7.5 7.2 7.3 7.1

20 to 24 years.................................... 2,190 2,055 1,971 14.2 13.5 13.9 12.4 13.2 12.7

25 years and over............................... 9,740 8,877 8,672 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.6 6.5

25 to 54 years................................. 7,719 6,975 6,747 7.6 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.9 6.7

25 to 34 years.............................. 3,108 2,799 2,648 9.2 8.2 8.3 8.1 8.3 7.9

35 to 44 years.............................. 2,268 2,055 2,019 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.2

45 to 54 years.............................. 2,343 2,121 2,080 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.1 6.0

55 years and over............................. 1,991 1,920 1,906 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8

Men, 16 years and over.............................. 7,366 6,642 6,527 8.9 8.4 8.3 8.0 8.0 7.9

16 to 19 years...................................... 772 802 784 26.6 26.4 28.6 27.2 26.8 26.5

16 to 17 years.................................... 239 284 305 26.7 30.0 36.5 30.1 28.3 31.8

18 to 19 years.................................... 533 529 471 26.7 24.5 25.5 25.6 26.4 23.8

20 years and over.................................. 6,594 5,840 5,743 8.3 7.7 7.6 7.3 7.3 7.2

20 to 24 years.................................... 1,292 1,147 1,044 15.6 15.2 15.2 13.7 13.9 12.8

25 years and over............................... 5,300 4,765 4,704 7.4 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.6

25 to 54 years................................. 4,187 3,701 3,607 7.7 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,705 1,499 1,429 9.2 7.8 8.3 8.0 8.2 7.9

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,237 1,056 1,065 7.0 6.6 6.4 6.1 6.0 6.1

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,245 1,146 1,113 6.8 6.4 6.5 6.1 6.3 6.1

55 years and over............................. 1,113 1,064 1,097 6.7 6.5 6.1 6.4 6.1 6.2

Women, 16 years and over.......................... 5,957 5,616 5,502 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.6

16 to 19 years...................................... 598 584 592 20.7 21.2 20.5 20.2 20.3 20.4

16 to 17 years.................................... 190 206 232 20.0 23.9 22.5 20.9 21.7 25.1

18 to 19 years.................................... 384 364 331 20.1 19.6 19.7 19.7 18.8 16.8

20 years and over.................................. 5,359 5,032 4,911 7.8 7.5 7.3 7.0 7.2 7.0

20 to 24 years.................................... 898 909 926 12.6 11.7 12.5 11.0 12.3 12.5

25 years and over............................... 4,440 4,112 3,968 7.2 7.1 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.4

25 to 54 years................................. 3,532 3,274 3,140 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.9 6.7

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,403 1,299 1,219 9.2 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.4 7.9

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,031 999 954 6.9 7.2 6.9 6.4 6.6 6.3

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,098 975 967 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.0 5.8 5.9

55 years and over1

........................... 847 842 773 5.8 6.6 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.0

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present....................... 2,461 2,150 2,195 5.3 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.7

Married women, spouse present.................... 1,937 1,857 1,826 5.3 5.7 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.0

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,230 1,231 1,103 12.4 11.7 12.3 11.3 11.5 10.7

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2.................................... 11,520 10,432 10,139 9.2 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.3 8.1

Part-time workers3................................... 1,754 1,841 1,812 6.0 6.5 6.0 5.8 6.2 6.2

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

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

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

jobs.

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

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

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2011

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 7,201 6,125 6,069 7,599 7,123 7,003 6,535 6,575 6,413

On temporary layoff................................ 955 741 877 1,181 1,417 1,246 1,169 1,080 1,077

Not on temporary layoff............................ 6,246 5,383 5,193 6,418 5,705 5,757 5,366 5,495 5,337

Permanent job losers............................ 4,878 4,212 4,003 5,033 4,387 4,484 4,311 4,302 4,146

Persons who completed temporary jobs...... 1,367 1,171 1,190 1,385 1,319 1,273 1,055 1,193 1,191

Job leavers............................................. 1,000 1,065 913 1,005 878 942 957 1,010 922

Reentrants............................................. 3,248 3,295 3,199 3,355 3,380 3,318 3,306 3,300 3,295

New entrants.......................................... 1,164 1,255 1,223 1,276 1,311 1,277 1,247 1,301 1,327

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 57.1 52.2 53.2 57.4 56.1 55.8 54.3 54.0 53.6

On temporary layoff................................ 7.6 6.3 7.7 8.9 11.2 9.9 9.7 8.9 9.0

Not on temporary layoff............................ 49.5 45.9 45.5 48.5 45.0 45.9 44.5 45.1 44.6

Job leavers............................................. 7.9 9.1 8.0 7.6 6.9 7.5 7.9 8.3 7.7

Reentrants............................................. 25.8 28.1 28.1 25.3 26.6 26.5 27.4 27.1 27.6

New entrants.......................................... 9.2 10.7 10.7 9.6 10.3 10.2 10.4 10.7 11.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 4.7 3.9 3.9 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.1

Job leavers............................................. 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Reentrants............................................. 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1

New entrants.......................................... 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9

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

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2011

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 2,297 2,413 2,340 2,510 2,711 2,844 2,542 2,632 2,577

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 2,766 2,647 2,634 2,896 3,092 2,868 2,826 2,851 2,747

15 weeks and over.................................... 7,551 6,680 6,431 7,766 6,945 6,878 6,703 6,839 6,605

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 1,933 1,766 1,724 2,087 1,760 1,845 1,860 1,836 1,819

27 weeks and over................................. 5,618 4,915 4,707 5,680 5,185 5,033 4,844 5,002 4,786

Average (mean) duration, in weeks1

.............. 41.1 40.9 40.1 40.9 38.8 39.2 39.8 40.2 40.0

Median duration, in weeks........................... 21.8 20.3 19.5 21.5 16.7 18.0 18.5 19.6 19.0

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 18.2 20.6 20.5 19.1 21.3 22.6 21.1 21.4 21.6

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 21.9 22.5 23.1 22.0 24.3 22.8 23.4 23.1 23.0

15 weeks and over.................................... 59.9 56.9 56.4 59.0 54.5 54.6 55.5 55.5 55.4

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 15.3 15.0 15.1 15.8 13.8 14.7 15.4 14.9 15.2

27 weeks and over................................. 44.5 41.9 41.3 43.1 40.7 40.0 40.1 40.6 40.1

1 Beginning in January 2011, this series reflects a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see

www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Total, 16 years and over1............................................. 141,070 143,549 12,613 11,404 8.2 7.4

Management, professional, and related occupations............ 52,787 54,951 2,336 2,077 4.2 3.6

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations...................................................... 21,776 22,643 1,060 905 4.6 3.8

Professional and related occupations........................... 31,011 32,308 1,277 1,171 4.0 3.5

Service occupations.................................................. 24,783 25,137 2,610 2,352 9.5 8.6

Sales and office occupations....................................... 33,294 33,370 2,965 2,584 8.2 7.2

Sales and related occupations................................... 15,607 15,632 1,323 1,236 7.8 7.3

Office and administrative support occupations................. 17,687 17,738 1,641 1,348 8.5 7.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations......................................................... 13,422 12,986 1,662 1,516 11.0 10.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 1,011 906 189 166 15.8 15.5

Construction and extraction occupations....................... 7,440 7,178 1,151 1,066 13.4 12.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations............. 4,970 4,902 321 284 6.1 5.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations......................................................... 16,785 17,106 1,823 1,625 9.8 8.7

Production occupations........................................... 8,310 8,567 872 736 9.5 7.9

Transportation and material moving occupations.............. 8,475 8,539 951 889 10.1 9.4

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

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

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

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 12,613 11,404 8.2 7.4

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers................................... 9,740 8,600 8.2 7.1

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction..................................... 76 53 8.3 5.6

Construction........................................................................... 1,100 988 13.1 12.2

Manufacturing......................................................................... 1,176 982 7.7 6.4

Durable goods...................................................................... 749 640 7.9 6.6

Nondurable goods................................................................. 427 341 7.3 6.1

Wholesale and retail trade.......................................................... 1,726 1,454 8.4 7.1

Transportation and utilities.......................................................... 423 398 7.2 6.6

Information............................................................................ 225 187 7.4 6.8

Financial activities.................................................................... 557 432 6.1 4.7

Professional and business services................................................ 1,340 1,197 9.0 7.9

Education and health services...................................................... 1,132 1,176 5.2 5.2

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 1,451 1,354 11.1 10.3

Other services........................................................................ 535 381 8.4 5.7

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......................... 222 193 14.9 13.6

Government workers.................................................................... 964 825 4.5 3.8

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............. 523 563 5.2 5.4

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

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

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2011

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

July

2012

Aug.

2012

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012

Nov.

2012

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as

a percent of the civilian labor force.............. 4.9 4.3 4.2 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.3

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force........................................... 4.7 3.9 3.9 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.1

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate).................................................. 8.2 7.5 7.4 8.7 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.9 7.7

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

discouraged workers............................... 8.9 8.0 7.9 9.3 8.8 8.6 8.3 8.4 8.3

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,

plus all other persons marginally attached to

the labor force, as a percent of the civilian

labor force plus all persons marginally attached

to the labor force................................... 9.7 9.0 8.8 10.2 9.7 9.6 9.3 9.3 9.2

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic reasons,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all

persons marginally attached to the labor

force.................................................. 15.0 13.9 13.9 15.6 15.0 14.7 14.7 14.6 14.4

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

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

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

Nov.

2011

Nov.

2012

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force............................................. 86,757 89,221 34,674 35,501 52,083 53,720

Persons who currently want a job.................................. 6,183 6,495 2,915 3,028 3,268 3,467

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,591 2,505 1,355 1,267 1,236 1,238

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 1,096 979 679 556 416 422

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. . .. 1,495 1,526 676 711 819 816

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4

............................................. 7,083 7,235 3,505 3,572 3,578 3,663

Percent of total employed........................................... 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 5.4 5.4

Primary job full time, secondary job part time.................... 3,712 3,752 2,105 2,014 1,607 1,738

Primary and secondary jobs both part time....................... 1,854 2,037 573 715 1,281 1,322

Primary and secondary jobs both full time........................ 219 218 137 128 82 90

Hours vary on primary or secondary job.......................... 1,262 1,172 671 678 591 494

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Change

from:

Oct.2012 -

Nov.2012p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,172 133,866 134,702 135,069 131,963 133,568 133,706 133,852 146

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,692 112,021 112,378 112,631 109,959 111,554 111,743 111,890 147

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,271 18,649 18,616 18,443 18,114 18,305 18,323 18,301 -22

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 848 839 835 814 835 828 833 5

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 52.6 52.0 51.2 48.7 49.9 49.8 50.0 0.2

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769.9 795.3 786.9 784.0 764.9 785.3 778.6 782.8 4.2

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.2 196.0 195.5 195.9 183.2 195.6 195.8 196.3 0.5

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.6 222.0 219.0 216.3 219.1 215.9 214.4 215.0 0.6

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.1 81.2 79.3 79.9 86.9 81.1 79.8 80.5 0.7

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.1 377.3 372.4 371.8 362.6 373.8 368.4 371.5 3.1

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,644 5,770 5,770 5,641 5,520 5,519 5,534 5,514 -20

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,247.5 1,256.5 1,262.8 1,239.2 1,226.9 1,218.0 1,222.1 1,211.0 -11.1

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.6 582.2 578.0 572.2 568.5 561.6 559.6 552.8 -6.8

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669.9 674.3 684.8 667.0 658.4 656.4 662.5 658.2 -4.3

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . 867.1 912.5 910.4 871.8 834.2 842.9 843.9 840.1 -3.8

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,529.8 3,600.8 3,597.0 3,530.1 3,458.5 3,457.8 3,467.8 3,463.2 -4.6

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . 1,479.2 1,526.8 1,527.3 1,499.0 1,453.4 1,465.4 1,470.9 1,474.1 3.2

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . . 2,050.6 2,074.0 2,069.7 2,031.1 2,005.1 1,992.4 1,996.9 1,989.1 -7.8

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,807 12,031 12,007 11,967 11,780 11,951 11,961 11,954 -7

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,344 7,493 7,490 7,490 7,331 7,472 7,479 7,490 11

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331.7 333.0 333.4 335.0 331.4 328.7 332.2 335.5 3.3

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368.9 366.8 367.6 365.5 364.2 358.9 360.6 361.8 1.2

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.1 406.5 406.9 404.7 399.6 405.0 405.9 404.2 -1.7

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,361.0 1,411.3 1,410.8 1,409.5 1,359.4 1,407.0 1,408.1 1,412.6 4.5

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,075.9 1,100.9 1,101.0 1,099.6 1,076.0 1,103.6 1,102.1 1,101.6 -0.5

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,108.7 1,097.9 1,099.6 1,095.4 1,107.1 1,099.1 1,100.1 1,096.4 -3.7

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . . 161.8 164.2 164.0 164.4 161.1 164.8 164.5 164.2 -0.3

Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.2 108.1 107.0 106.7 113.1 107.8 107.0 106.7 -0.3

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.4 384.3 385.2 381.6 387.0 384.4 384.8 382.5 -2.3

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401.3 397.1 398.2 397.9 401.1 397.7 399.0 399.1 0.1

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . 367.7 372.3 372.1 372.1 367.3 372.0 372.7 374.0 1.3

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,408.3 1,472.0 1,469.0 1,479.5 1,405.1 1,468.8 1,469.7 1,478.2 8.5

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732.8 780.6 775.9 786.7 730.2 778.4 775.9 785.6 9.7

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347.9 351.9 349.1 346.3 349.8 348.8 348.3 348.0 -0.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.7 580.8 580.5 582.0 571.0 579.6 579.2 577.9 -1.3

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,463 4,538 4,517 4,477 4,449 4,479 4,482 4,464 -18

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,454.9 1,506.7 1,492.6 1,467.0 1,446.0 1,468.7 1,467.8 1,455.5 -12.3

Beverages and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . 192.4 207.8 205.6 202.1 191.7 200.0 201.1 202.3 1.2

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.1 119.9 117.7 118.6 119.2 119.3 118.2 118.7 0.5

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.7 113.3 114.1 113.6 115.2 113.1 113.6 113.4 -0.2

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.9 147.9 147.2 147.1 151.2 146.5 146.6 146.4 -0.2

Leather and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4 29.4 29.0 29.3 30.3 29.1 28.8 28.9 0.1

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.1 390.4 387.9 386.4 391.4 388.9 387.8 386.4 -1.4

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . 462.6 451.8 453.1 454.5 460.7 450.4 451.8 452.4 0.6

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.4 116.6 119.1 118.0 113.5 114.6 115.7 116.6 0.9

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791.4 801.2 800.3 789.0 791.0 799.1 800.8 791.7 -9.1

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.7 653.4 650.6 651.4 638.6 648.8 649.8 651.4 1.6

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,421 93,372 93,762 94,188 91,845 93,249 93,420 93,589 169

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,591 25,346 25,529 26,029 25,154 25,411 25,478 25,547 69

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,573.9 5,642.3 5,667.9 5,677.8 5,554.1 5,645.6 5,653.6 5,666.7 13.1

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,767.2 2,799.2 2,802.6 2,804.7 2,761.9 2,798.5 2,797.4 2,802.1 4.7

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,960.3 1,978.6 1,996.0 2,002.5 1,948.9 1,981.2 1,988.6 1,994.4 5.8

Electronic markets and agents and brokers.. . 846.4 864.5 869.3 870.6 843.3 865.9 867.6 870.2 2.6

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,083.5 14,705.5 14,850.7 15,316.2 14,724.7 14,804.9 14,855.8 14,908.4 52.6

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,704.1 1,736.7 1,737.9 1,733.9 1,705.6 1,724.9 1,730.9 1,734.2 3.3

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,068.3 1,096.2 1,098.4 1,095.3 1,069.0 1,090.8 1,094.1 1,094.4 0.3

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . 463.1 447.0 461.2 471.0 446.8 452.0 453.3 452.6 -0.7

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Change

from:

Oct.2012 -

Nov.2012p

Retail trade - Continued

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.6 488.6 496.5 530.9 515.8 497.9 497.7 506.8 9.1

Building material and garden supply stores.. . 1,118.2 1,139.2 1,132.1 1,129.7 1,142.8 1,153.7 1,155.0 1,158.6 3.6

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,861.6 2,881.9 2,893.5 2,924.3 2,839.1 2,886.5 2,891.0 2,897.7 6.7

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 996.7 999.6 1,015.5 1,026.5 987.0 1,005.5 1,016.7 1,017.1 0.4

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832.6 836.9 833.6 836.4 833.3 831.3 832.2 834.4 2.2

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . 1,469.6 1,375.0 1,415.4 1,581.5 1,375.2 1,404.7 1,419.2 1,452.5 33.3

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.4 569.2 567.7 603.6 565.1 565.2 567.8 566.5 -1.3

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,261.0 3,002.0 3,048.5 3,231.4 3,118.3 3,060.6 3,068.6 3,078.2 9.6

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,671.1 1,466.5 1,490.4 1,620.4 1,570.1 1,510.7 1,512.1 1,514.0 1.9

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774.7 795.2 801.8 781.6 760.6 786.4 788.2 775.0 -13.2

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.9 434.2 447.0 465.4 435.1 436.2 435.2 434.8 -0.4

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,375.9 4,433.2 4,445.4 4,470.9 4,316.7 4,394.3 4,403.5 4,407.0 3.5

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.7 455.3 452.1 447.4 455.8 453.5 452.0 448.1 -3.9

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.0 230.5 232.2 232.5 231.2 230.8 231.7 231.3 -0.4

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 68.3 68.1 67.4 63.1 67.2 67.7 68.4 0.7

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,324.0 1,371.7 1,373.9 1,368.7 1,311.1 1,351.2 1,355.9 1,358.4 2.5

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.0 455.1 463.0 463.1 431.4 442.6 444.1 445.0 0.9

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 44.3 44.1 44.4 43.2 44.3 44.2 44.4 0.2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . . 25.9 36.5 31.4 27.6 29.7 31.1 30.5 30.7 0.2

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . . 576.8 583.4 591.1 585.6 574.5 584.5 587.3 583.0 -4.3

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547.4 521.0 515.1 549.1 528.3 524.9 522.8 525.4 2.6

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660.6 667.1 674.4 685.1 648.4 664.2 667.3 672.3 5.0

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557.4 564.7 564.6 563.7 558.2 565.7 565.2 565.2 0.0

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,656 2,615 2,615 2,649 2,644 2,626 2,621 2,633 12

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . 748.7 739.1 738.9 736.3 745.8 738.4 736.6 733.6 -3.0

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364.0 361.9 357.1 386.1 359.5 369.3 365.0 379.6 14.6

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.4 280.1 279.2 281.2 279.0 279.1 278.4 278.9 0.5

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852.0 824.7 828.0 833.3 850.3 828.5 829.0 829.3 0.3

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.6 239.4 239.9 240.5 244.1 240.2 240.2 239.6 -0.6

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.1 170.0 171.6 171.7 165.1 170.6 171.4 172.1 0.7

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,690 7,763 7,770 7,764 7,691 7,759 7,764 7,765 1

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,757.4 5,787.9 5,803.1 5,816.5 5,750.7 5,798.7 5,804.1 5,809.2 5.1

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 19.2 19.4 19.5 19.2 19.2 19.3 19.3 0.0

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,566.5 2,598.8 2,603.0 2,611.0 2,563.4 2,603.6 2,605.6 2,607.2 1.6

Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . . 1,741.6 1,744.4 1,746.2 1,747.2 1,742.0 1,749.6 1,749.8 1,750.4 0.6

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,316.0 1,314.4 1,315.6 1,314.9 1,316.9 1,318.5 1,318.2 1,318.4 0.2

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.3 800.2 806.2 808.4 805.1 802.2 804.8 804.8 0.0

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . 2,281.4 2,285.8 2,290.2 2,294.1 2,278.9 2,289.5 2,290.3 2,294.3 4.0

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. . . 84.0 83.9 84.3 83.5 84.1 84.2 84.1 83.6 -0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,933.0 1,974.9 1,966.7 1,947.6 1,940.6 1,960.0 1,960.3 1,955.3 -5.0

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,405.2 1,428.7 1,422.8 1,412.0 1,408.9 1,420.1 1,418.1 1,414.5 -3.6

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.5 523.0 520.8 512.4 507.4 516.7 519.2 517.9 -1.3

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . . 24.3 23.2 23.1 23.2 24.3 23.2 23.0 22.9 -0.1

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,676 18,033 18,171 18,181 17,521 17,956 18,011 18,054 43

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,777.6 7,901.1 7,966.5 7,989.8 7,787.1 7,982.2 8,001.6 8,016.9 15.3

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,117.9 1,114.7 1,122.9 1,123.7 1,116.7 1,121.3 1,122.3 1,122.5 0.2

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . . 890.0 873.3 880.4 897.6 943.6 952.7 955.1 956.4 1.3

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . 1,307.3 1,336.0 1,336.6 1,335.2 1,301.9 1,328.2 1,329.3 1,331.7 2.4

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,563.4 1,613.7 1,630.9 1,635.9 1,553.1 1,617.2 1,623.9 1,631.0 7.1

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105.3 1,148.5 1,162.5 1,160.5 1,092.7 1,147.4 1,151.8 1,151.8 0.0

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . 1,929.1 1,955.3 1,957.0 1,965.4 1,928.3 1,955.0 1,958.0 1,963.1 5.1

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,969.5 8,176.3 8,247.9 8,225.5 7,806.0 8,018.4 8,051.0 8,074.3 23.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Change

from:

Oct.2012 -

Nov.2012p

Administrative and waste services - Continued

Administrative and support services1. . . . . . . . 7,601.7 7,801.9 7,873.8 7,853.9 7,439.1 7,647.3 7,679.6 7,701.9 22.3

Employment services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,137.6 3,270.8 3,327.7 3,323.1 3,014.1 3,187.3 3,205.7 3,209.5 3.8

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,491.2 2,597.3 2,647.2 2,657.0 2,377.6 2,528.5 2,542.4 2,560.4 18.0

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.6 821.2 840.0 855.6 814.4 827.9 832.0 836.7 4.7

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . 1,798.5 1,849.4 1,841.4 1,809.3 1,784.1 1,784.0 1,793.2 1,800.0 6.8

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.8 374.4 374.1 371.6 366.9 371.1 371.4 372.4 1.0

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,290 20,328 20,607 20,684 20,046 20,410 20,434 20,452 18

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,460.5 3,280.8 3,470.6 3,500.9 3,275.3 3,342.6 3,328.8 3,325.1 -3.7

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,829.1 17,046.7 17,135.9 17,182.8 16,770.8 17,067.0 17,105.2 17,127.2 22.0

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,195.0 14,413.9 14,474.6 14,504.5 14,162.2 14,421.2 14,455.3 14,475.3 20.0

Ambulatory health care services1

. . . . . . . . . 6,243.7 6,385.5 6,433.4 6,435.6 6,222.8 6,387.0 6,413.9 6,418.6 4.7

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,395.5 2,434.5 2,458.0 2,462.1 2,386.6 2,438.0 2,450.6 2,452.3 1.7

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637.5 668.3 674.6 672.1 635.8 670.8 673.1 673.2 0.1

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,159.8 1,209.3 1,219.3 1,218.7 1,154.3 1,206.2 1,214.4 1,214.7 0.3

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,770.8 4,829.6 4,838.7 4,852.2 4,765.2 4,832.6 4,839.1 4,847.4 8.3

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,180.5 3,198.8 3,202.5 3,216.7 3,174.2 3,201.6 3,202.3 3,209.3 7.0

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,666.0 1,660.2 1,659.0 1,669.0 1,661.0 1,660.2 1,659.3 1,663.8 4.5

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,634.1 2,632.8 2,661.3 2,678.3 2,608.6 2,645.8 2,649.9 2,651.9 2.0

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857.0 843.2 855.5 852.1 839.5 840.8 841.9 835.7 -6.2

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,179 13,903 13,677 13,492 13,436 13,698 13,718 13,741 23

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,761.6 1,988.1 1,888.7 1,804.4 1,910.7 1,927.9 1,931.1 1,945.2 14.1

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . . 382.7 423.5 410.3 396.5 397.9 406.9 406.3 406.9 0.6

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.0 136.7 134.9 131.9 134.3 135.0 135.4 136.7 1.3

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . . 1,249.9 1,427.9 1,343.5 1,276.0 1,378.5 1,386.0 1,389.4 1,401.6 12.2

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,417.4 11,914.7 11,787.9 11,687.7 11,525.4 11,769.9 11,786.4 11,795.4 9.0

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,745.7 1,851.8 1,799.1 1,754.5 1,799.9 1,806.7 1,808.6 1,809.0 0.4

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . 9,671.7 10,062.9 9,988.8 9,933.2 9,725.5 9,963.2 9,977.8 9,986.4 8.6

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,339 5,384 5,393 5,389 5,353 5,389 5,394 5,397 3

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,162.0 1,167.9 1,169.2 1,163.0 1,166.0 1,162.8 1,166.0 1,164.2 -1.8

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,284.5 1,302.9 1,305.0 1,307.4 1,288.6 1,302.6 1,307.4 1,309.0 1.6

Membership associations and organizations. . . . 2,892.9 2,912.9 2,918.9 2,919.0 2,898.7 2,923.4 2,920.5 2,923.7 3.2

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,480 21,845 22,324 22,438 22,004 22,014 21,963 21,962 -1

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,830.0 2,813.0 2,805.0 2,788.0 2,839.0 2,810.0 2,804.0 2,799.0 -5.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,211.0 2,211.0 2,193.1 2,187.4 2,218.3 2,203.3 2,197.0 2,196.8 -0.2

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618.5 601.8 611.7 600.1 620.3 606.5 606.5 602.5 -4.0

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,233.0 5,104.0 5,225.0 5,253.0 5,056.0 5,088.0 5,073.0 5,079.0 6.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,570.9 2,462.3 2,594.7 2,621.0 2,383.0 2,445.1 2,432.7 2,437.1 4.4

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 2,662.1 2,641.4 2,629.8 2,632.4 2,673.2 2,643.3 2,640.6 2,642.1 1.5

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,417.0 13,928.0 14,294.0 14,397.0 14,109.0 14,116.0 14,086.0 14,084.0 -2.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,210.7 7,679.4 8,074.3 8,174.8 7,858.1 7,865.8 7,829.6 7,826.5 -3.1

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 6,206.0 6,248.8 6,219.5 6,222.3 6,251.2 6,250.4 6,256.3 6,257.7 1.4

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.

3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 34.4 34.5 34.4 34.4

Goods-producing..................................................................... 39.9 40.2 40.1 40.2

Mining and logging................................................................ 44.3 43.6 43.5 43.4

Construction........................................................................ 38.1 38.8 38.7 38.8

Manufacturing...................................................................... 40.4 40.6 40.5 40.6

Durable goods................................................................... 40.8 40.9 40.8 40.9

Nondurable goods............................................................... 39.9 40.1 40.0 40.1

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.3 33.3 33.2 33.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 34.6 34.5 34.4 34.6

Wholesale trade................................................................. 38.8 38.7 38.6 38.7

Retail trade....................................................................... 31.7 31.5 31.4 31.6

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 38.4 38.2 38.3 38.4

Utilities............................................................................ 41.7 41.9 41.6 42.2

Information.......................................................................... 36.8 36.5 36.3 36.5

Financial activities................................................................. 37.4 37.4 37.2 37.3

Professional and business services............................................. 35.8 36.0 35.8 36.0

Education and health services................................................... 32.8 32.9 32.9 32.8

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 26.1 26.1 26.0 26.0

Other services...................................................................... 31.7 31.5 31.5 31.5

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2

Durable goods........................................................................ 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.2

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Total private................................................. $23.23 $23.60 $23.59 $23.63 $ 799.11 $ 814.20 $ 811.50 $ 812.87

Goods-producing........................................ 24.48 24.82 24.77 24.84 976.75 997.76 993.28 998.57

Mining and logging................................... 28.24 29.00 28.78 28.87 1,251.03 1,264.40 1,251.93 1,252.96

Construction........................................... 25.43 25.87 25.86 25.96 968.88 1,003.76 1,000.78 1,007.25

Manufacturing......................................... 23.78 24.05 23.99 24.04 960.71 976.43 971.60 976.02

Durable goods...................................... 25.26 25.46 25.38 25.42 1,030.61 1,041.31 1,035.50 1,039.68

Nondurable goods................................. 21.28 21.65 21.63 21.68 849.07 868.17 865.20 869.37

Private service-providing............................... 22.93 23.30 23.31 23.35 763.57 775.89 773.89 777.56

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 20.20 20.56 20.58 20.60 698.92 709.32 707.95 712.76

Wholesale trade.................................... 26.53 26.92 27.01 27.03 1,029.36 1,041.80 1,042.59 1,046.06

Retail trade.......................................... 16.01 16.38 16.40 16.40 507.52 515.97 514.96 518.24

Transportation and warehousing................. 21.89 21.93 21.91 21.91 840.58 837.73 839.15 841.34

Utilities............................................... 33.74 34.62 34.21 35.29 1,406.96 1,450.58 1,423.14 1,489.24

Information............................................. 31.53 31.75 31.68 31.74 1,160.30 1,158.88 1,149.98 1,158.51

Financial activities.................................... 28.27 29.39 29.45 29.51 1,057.30 1,099.19 1,095.54 1,100.72

Professional and business services................ 27.95 28.16 28.12 28.16 1,000.61 1,013.76 1,006.70 1,013.76

Education and health services...................... 23.89 24.27 24.32 24.38 783.59 798.48 800.13 799.66

Leisure and hospitality............................... 13.31 13.40 13.38 13.38 347.39 349.74 347.88 347.88

Other services......................................... 20.61 20.84 20.86 20.85 653.34 656.46 657.09 656.78

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2012 -

Nov.

2012p

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2012 -

Nov.

2012p

Total private....................................... 94.8 96.4 96.3 96.5 0.2 105.0 108.5 108.4 108.7 0.3

Goods-producing............................... 82.3 83.8 83.7 83.8 0.1 91.1 94.0 93.7 94.1 0.4

Mining and logging.......................... 113.3 114.4 113.2 113.6 0.4 128.5 133.2 130.8 131.7 0.7

Construction.................................. 72.5 73.8 73.8 73.7 -0.1 80.1 83.0 83.0 83.2 0.2

Manufacturing................................ 85.6 87.3 87.1 87.3 0.2 94.7 97.6 97.2 97.6 0.4

Durable goods............................ 84.2 86.0 85.9 86.2 0.3 94.5 97.3 96.8 97.4 0.6

Nondurable goods........................ 88.6 89.6 89.5 89.3 -0.2 95.7 98.5 98.2 98.3 0.1

Private service-providing...................... 98.2 99.7 99.6 100.1 0.5 109.1 112.6 112.5 113.2 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 94.7 95.3 95.3 96.1 0.8 102.9 105.5 105.6 106.6 0.9

Wholesale trade........................... 94.0 95.3 95.2 95.7 0.5 104.1 107.1 107.3 107.9 0.6

Retail trade................................ 94.8 94.7 94.8 95.7 0.9 100.4 102.6 102.7 103.8 1.1

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 94.9 96.1 96.5 96.9 0.4 105.4 106.9 107.3 107.7 0.4

Utilities..................................... 100.7 102.6 101.7 103.2 1.5 112.3 117.3 115.0 120.3 4.6

Information................................... 88.9 87.5 86.9 87.8 1.0 99.8 99.0 98.0 99.2 1.2

Financial activities........................... 94.8 95.6 95.2 95.4 0.2 104.6 109.7 109.4 109.9 0.5

Professional and business services....... 98.7 101.7 101.4 102.2 0.8 111.7 116.0 115.5 116.6 1.0

Education and health services............. 107.0 109.3 109.4 109.2 -0.2 119.8 124.3 124.7 124.7 0.0

Leisure and hospitality...................... 100.1 102.0 101.8 101.9 0.1 107.4 110.3 109.9 110.0 0.1

Other services............................... 94.0 94.1 94.1 94.2 0.1 110.0 111.2 111.4 111.5 0.1

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

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

2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Total nonfarm............................................... 65,199 65,883 65,961 66,052 49.4 49.3 49.3 49.3

Total private.............................................. 52,619 53,349 53,441 53,530 47.9 47.8 47.8 47.8

Goods-producing...................................... 4,045 4,093 4,094 4,097 22.3 22.4 22.3 22.4

Mining and logging................................. 108 113 113 114 13.3 13.5 13.6 13.7

Construction........................................ 707 717 716 717 12.8 13.0 12.9 13.0

Manufacturing....................................... 3,230 3,263 3,265 3,266 27.4 27.3 27.3 27.3

Durable goods................................... 1,709 1,727 1,729 1,728 23.3 23.1 23.1 23.1

Nondurable goods............................... 1,521 1,536 1,536 1,538 34.2 34.3 34.3 34.5

Private service-providing............................. 48,574 49,256 49,347 49,433 52.9 52.8 52.8 52.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities............... 10,031 10,089 10,134 10,161 39.9 39.7 39.8 39.8

Wholesale trade................................. 1,674.3 1,694.2 1,698.9 1,698.6 30.1 30.0 30.0 30.0

Retail trade....................................... 7,213.5 7,233.9 7,271.6 7,297.6 49.0 48.9 48.9 48.9

Transportation and warehousing.............. 1,007.4 1,020.4 1,022.2 1,022.2 23.3 23.2 23.2 23.2

Utilities............................................ 136.0 140.6 141.2 142.1 24.4 24.9 25.0 25.1

Information.......................................... 1,071 1,053 1,054 1,055 40.5 40.1 40.2 40.1

Financial activities.................................. 4,473 4,504 4,504 4,510 58.2 58.0 58.0 58.1

Professional and business services............. 7,784 7,960 7,964 7,979 44.4 44.3 44.2 44.2

Education and health services................... 15,383 15,666 15,686 15,707 76.7 76.8 76.8 76.8

Leisure and hospitality............................. 7,013 7,140 7,156 7,174 52.2 52.1 52.2 52.2

Other services...................................... 2,819 2,844 2,849 2,847 52.7 52.8 52.8 52.8

Government.............................................. 12,580 12,534 12,520 12,522 57.2 56.9 57.0 57.0

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NOTE: Data in this table have been corrected. For more information see http://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Total private................................................................................ 90,745 92,179 92,343 92,442

Goods-producing........................................................................ 13,047 13,159 13,177 13,144

Mining and logging................................................................... 614 628 624 624

Construction........................................................................... 4,165 4,130 4,144 4,132

Manufacturing......................................................................... 8,268 8,401 8,409 8,388

Durable goods...................................................................... 5,035 5,145 5,149 5,152

Nondurable goods................................................................. 3,233 3,256 3,260 3,236

Private service-providing............................................................... 77,698 79,020 79,166 79,298

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................................................. 21,343 21,565 21,625 21,674

Wholesale trade.................................................................... 4,459.0 4,548.6 4,555.9 4,567.5

Retail trade......................................................................... 12,714.8 12,758.0 12,798.0 12,829.1

Transportation and warehousing................................................. 3,724.4 3,806.2 3,819.4 3,825.7

Utilities............................................................................... 444.7 451.7 451.7 451.8

Information............................................................................ 2,124 2,127 2,124 2,134

Financial activities.................................................................... 5,896 5,974 5,977 5,976

Professional and business services................................................ 14,421 14,877 14,922 14,954

Education and health services...................................................... 17,569 17,886 17,900 17,923

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 11,857 12,090 12,112 12,129

Other services........................................................................ 4,488 4,501 4,506 4,508

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.7

Goods-producing..................................................................... 40.9 41.1 41.0 41.1

Mining and logging................................................................ 47.0 46.0 45.7 45.4

Construction........................................................................ 38.9 39.3 39.4 39.4

Manufacturing...................................................................... 41.5 41.5 41.5 41.6

Durable goods................................................................... 41.9 41.8 41.8 42.0

Nondurable goods............................................................... 40.8 41.1 41.0 41.1

Private service-providing............................................................ 32.5 32.4 32.4 32.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 33.8 33.7 33.6 33.9

Wholesale trade................................................................. 38.6 38.7 38.5 38.7

Retail trade....................................................................... 30.6 30.4 30.3 30.6

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 37.8 37.9 38.0 38.1

Utilities............................................................................ 41.7 41.1 40.7 41.5

Information.......................................................................... 36.2 35.8 35.6 36.0

Financial activities................................................................. 36.5 36.8 36.8 36.8

Professional and business services............................................. 35.2 35.3 35.1 35.2

Education and health services................................................... 32.4 32.3 32.3 32.3

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 24.8 24.9 24.9 24.8

Other services...................................................................... 30.7 30.5 30.5 30.5

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1

Durable goods........................................................................ 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.2

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Total private................................................. $19.59 $19.80 $19.81 $19.84 $ 660.18 $ 667.26 $ 665.62 $ 668.61

Goods-producing........................................ 20.73 20.95 21.00 21.03 847.86 861.05 861.00 864.33

Mining and logging................................... 24.87 25.78 25.96 26.04 1,168.89 1,185.88 1,186.37 1,182.22

Construction........................................... 23.68 24.00 24.05 24.10 921.15 943.20 947.57 949.54

Manufacturing......................................... 18.98 19.13 19.17 19.20 787.67 793.90 795.56 798.72

Durable goods...................................... 20.15 20.22 20.22 20.24 844.29 845.20 845.20 850.08

Nondurable goods................................. 17.11 17.37 17.48 17.50 698.09 713.91 716.68 719.25

Private service-providing............................... 19.35 19.56 19.56 19.58 628.88 633.74 633.74 636.35

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 17.27 17.45 17.45 17.48 583.73 588.07 586.32 592.57

Wholesale trade.................................... 22.00 22.23 22.21 22.26 849.20 860.30 855.09 861.46

Retail trade.......................................... 13.70 13.83 13.85 13.85 419.22 420.43 419.66 423.81

Transportation and warehousing................. 19.55 19.49 19.47 19.47 738.99 738.67 739.86 741.81

Utilities............................................... 31.15 31.96 31.85 32.83 1,298.96 1,313.56 1,296.30 1,362.45

Information............................................. 26.76 27.16 27.02 26.97 968.71 972.33 961.91 970.92

Financial activities.................................... 22.20 22.91 23.03 23.19 810.30 843.09 847.50 853.39

Professional and business services................ 23.21 23.37 23.32 23.32 816.99 824.96 818.53 820.86

Education and health services...................... 20.98 21.11 21.11 21.13 679.75 681.85 681.85 682.50

Leisure and hospitality............................... 11.48 11.63 11.64 11.63 284.70 289.59 289.84 288.42

Other services......................................... 17.39 17.51 17.53 17.53 533.87 534.06 534.67 534.67

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2012 -

Nov.

2012p

Nov.

2011

Sept.

2012

Oct.

2012p

Nov.

2012p

Percent

change

from:

Oct.

2012 -

Nov.

2012p

Total private....................................... 102.2 103.8 103.7 104.1 0.4 133.7 137.3 137.2 138.0 0.6

Goods-producing............................... 81.5 82.6 82.6 82.6 0.0 103.5 106.0 106.2 106.3 0.1

Mining and logging.......................... 153.4 153.5 151.5 150.5 -0.7 221.8 230.2 228.8 228.0 -0.3

Construction.................................. 81.1 81.3 81.8 81.5 -0.4 103.7 105.3 106.2 106.1 -0.1

Manufacturing................................ 78.8 80.0 80.1 80.1 0.0 97.8 100.1 100.4 100.6 0.2

Durable goods............................ 79.3 80.8 80.9 81.3 0.5 99.7 102.0 102.1 102.8 0.7

Nondurable goods........................ 77.7 78.8 78.8 78.4 -0.5 94.0 96.8 97.3 96.9 -0.4

Private service-providing...................... 108.0 109.5 109.7 110.2 0.5 143.2 146.8 147.1 147.9 0.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 100.6 101.3 101.3 102.4 1.1 123.9 126.1 126.1 127.7 1.3

Wholesale trade........................... 101.4 103.7 103.3 104.1 0.8 131.4 135.8 135.1 136.5 1.0

Retail trade................................ 98.5 98.2 98.2 99.4 1.2 115.6 116.4 116.5 118.0 1.3

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 106.0 108.6 109.3 109.7 0.4 131.4 134.3 134.9 135.5 0.4

Utilities..................................... 94.8 94.9 94.0 95.9 2.0 123.3 126.7 125.0 131.4 5.1

Information................................... 87.8 86.9 86.3 87.7 1.6 116.3 116.9 115.4 117.1 1.5

Financial activities........................... 103.0 105.2 105.3 105.2 -0.1 141.4 149.0 149.9 150.9 0.7

Professional and business services....... 113.8 117.7 117.4 118.0 0.5 157.1 163.7 162.9 163.7 0.5

Education and health services............. 122.8 124.6 124.7 124.9 0.2 169.4 172.9 173.1 173.5 0.2

Leisure and hospitality...................... 107.7 110.3 110.5 110.2 -0.3 140.4 145.6 146.0 145.5 -0.3

Other services............................... 96.6 96.3 96.4 96.4 0.0 122.4 122.8 123.1 123.2 0.1

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

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

2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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