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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: SEPTEMBER 2002

Both nonfarm payroll employment and the unemployment rate were essentially unchanged in September,

the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job losses in manufacturing

and transportation offset gains in finance and health services.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

The number of unemployed persons (8.1 million) and the unemployment rate (5.6 percent) were

essentially unchanged in September. The jobless rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.2

percent), adult women (4.9 percent), teenagers (15.7 percent), whites (5.1 percent), blacks (9.6 percent),

and Hispanics (7.4 percent)—showed no statistically significant change in September. (See tables A-1

and A-2.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment, as measured by the household survey, rose by 711,000 to 135.2 million in

September, after seasonal adjustment. Nearly half of this increase was among teens, who experience

large seasonal swings in employment between August and September. The total employment-population

ratio was up by 0.2 percentage point to 63.0 percent. This ratio was 0.6 percentage point lower than in

September 2001 and 1.8 percentage points lower than its peak in April 2000. (See table A-1.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Quarterly averages Monthly data Aug.-

Category Sept.

II III July Aug. Sept. change 

HOUSEHOLD DATA Labor force status

Civilian labor force............................. 142,605 142,761 142,390 142,616 143,277 661

Employment................................... 134,149 134,568 134,045 134,474 135,185 711

Unemployment.............................. 8,456 8,193 8,345 8,142 8,092 -50

Not in labor force................................ 71,059 71,465 71,633 71,609 71,152 -457

All workers......................................... 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.6 -0.1

Adult men...................................... 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 .0

Adult women................................. 5.2 5.0 5.2 4.9 4.9 .0

Teenagers...................................... 17.1 16.9 17.7 17.2 15.7 -1.5

White.............................................. 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.1 .0

Black.............................................. 10.7 9.7 9.9 9.6 9.6 .0

Hispanic origin............................... 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.4 -.1

ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Nonfarm employment......................... 130,706 p130,847 130,790 p130,897 p130,854 p-43

Goods-producing1.......................... 23,879 p23,783 23,812 p23,787 p23,749 p-38

Construction............................ 6,544 p6,541 6,519 p6,553 p6,552 p-1

Manufacturing......................... 16,776 p16,688 16,742 p16,679 p16,644 p-35

Service-producing1...................... 106,827 p107,064 106,978 p107,110 p107,105 p-5

Retail trade............................... 23,327 p23,304 23,339 p23,295 p23,279 p-16

Services.................................... 41,090 p41,316 41,215 p41,352 p41,380 p28

Government.............................. 21,201 p21,265 21,228 p21,281 p21,285 p4

Hours of work2

Total private........................................ 34.2 p34.1 34.0 p34.1 p34.3 p0.2

Manufacturing................................ 41.0 p40.8 40.7 p40.9 p40.9 p.0

Overtime................................... 4.2 p4.1 4.0 p4.2 p4.1 p-.1

Total private........................................ 148.3 p148.0 147.5 p148.0 p148.6 p0.6

Earnings2

Average hourly earnings,

total private................................... $14.71 p$14.82 $14.78 p$14.82 p$14.87 p$0.05

Average weekly earnings,

total private................................... 503.58 p505.97 502.52 p505.36 p510.04 p4.68

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

p=preliminary.

2002

Unemployment rates

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100)2

Employment

2002
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The civilian labor force increased by 661,000 over the month to 143.3 million, seasonally adjusted, and

the labor force participation rate rose by 0.2 percentage point to 66.8 percent. (See table A-1.)

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

multiple jobholders represented 5.4 percent of the total employed. (See table A-10.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in

September, compared with 1.3 million a year earlier. These individuals reported that they wanted and were

available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as

unemployed, however, because they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.

The number of discouraged workers was 387,000 in September, up from 280,000 a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically

because they believed no jobs were available for them. (See table A-10.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-43,000) in September at 130.9 million.

In the prior 4 months, employment had increased by 217,000, including a gain of 107,000 (as revised) in

August. (See table B-1.)

Manufacturing employment decreased by 35,000 in September. Job losses have accelerated over the

last 2 months, following a moderation in declines between March and July. This trend is especially evident in

electronic equipment and industrial machinery, which lost 11,000 and 9,000 jobs in September, respectively.

Aircraft and parts and furniture and fixtures lost 6,000 jobs each in September. Aircraft manufacturers have

reduced payrolls by 65,000 workers over the year, primarily due to reduced demand for passenger jets.

Transportation employment fell by 26,000 in September. Despite a 12,000 job loss over the month, air

transportation has had no net employment change so far this year. This follows losses that totaled 132,000 in

the last 4 months of 2001. Employment in the trucking industry had held steady for the first 7 months of this

year, but since July has fallen by 22,000. Employment in communications continued to decline in September;

since April 2001, the industry has lost 145,000 jobs.

Employment in the services industry was little changed in September (+28,000), following a gain of

137,000 in August. Health services added 21,000 jobs in September; employment in the industry has risen

by 282,000 over the past 12 months. Employment in engineering and management services increased by

18,000 in September. Amusement and recreation services lost 26,000 jobs, as seasonal layoffs were larger

than usual.

Finance employment grew by 9,000 over the month, with most of the gain occurring among mortgage

bankers (+6,000). Over the past year, mortgage banking has added 44,000 jobs. Federal government

employment (excluding postal workers) was up in September, mainly due to the hiring of additional airport

security workers.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased

by 0.2 hour in September to 34.3 hours, seasonally adjusted. This follows a rise of 0.1 hour in August.

These gains offset July’s 0.3 hour loss. The manufacturing workweek was unchanged at 40.9 hours.

Manufacturing overtime edged down by 0.1 hour to 4.1 hours. (See table B-2.)
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The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm

payrolls rose by 0.4 percent in September to 148.6 (1982=100). The manufacturing index was down

by 0.3 percent over the month to 92.1. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

by 5 cents in September to $14.87, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings rose by 0.9 percent over

the month to $510.04. Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 3.0 percent, and average weekly

earnings increased by 3.7 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for October 2002 is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 1, at

8:30 A.M. (EST).

In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey has completed preliminary

tabulations of the universe counts for the first quarter of this year. The tabulations indicate

that the estimate of overall payroll employment will require a downward revision of

approximately 284,000, or two-tenths of one percent, for the March 2002 reference month.

The historical average for benchmark revisions over the last ten years has been plus or minus

three-tenths of one percent.
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Upcoming Changes to Household and National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series

Household Data Series

Effective with the release of November 2002 data, the Current Population Survey (CPS)

sample size will be decreased from about 60,000 to about 55,000 eligible households as a

cost savings measure. The sample cut will occur in 31 states and the District of Columbia

and will reduce by about half the number of households added to the CPS sample in the fall

of 2000. This decrease in the sample will have a negligible effect on the reliability of national

labor force estimates.

Effective with the release of January 2003 data, several changes to the CPS will affect

estimates contained in the Employment Situation news release:

• Population controls that reflect the results of Census 2000 will be used in the monthly

CPS estimation process. In addition, CPS data series from January 2000 through

December 2002 will be revised to reflect the introduction of the Census 2000-based

population controls.

• The questions on race and Hispanic origin in the CPS will be modified to comply with the

new standards for federal statistical agencies. A major change under those standards is

that respondents may select more than one race when answering the survey. Respondents

will continue to be asked a separate question to determine if they are Hispanic. The

Employment Situation news release will present data for persons who report they are

white and no other race, black or African American and no other race, and Asian and no

other race. Data will continue to be presented for Hispanics separately.

• The CPS will adopt the Census industry and occupation classification systems derived

from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System and the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification system. These new classification systems represent complete

breaks in the time series for occupation and industry data. As a result, seasonally

adjusted occupation and industry estimates from the household survey will not be

presented until sufficient time series become available for seasonal adjustment.

• The CPS program will begin using the X-12 ARIMA software for seasonal adjustment of

time series data. Because of the other revisions being introduced with the January data,

the annual revision of 5 years of seasonally adjusted data that typically occurs with the

release of data for December will be delayed until the release of data for January.

Questions about upcoming changes to the CPS data series can be directed to the Division

of Labor Force Statistics at 202-691-6378.

National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series

NAICS conversion. The nonfarm payroll series, produced from the Current

Employment Statistics (CES) program, will be converted from the 1987 Standard Industrial

Classification (SIC) basis to the 2002 North American Industry Classification System

(NAICS) basis with the June 6, 2003, release of May 2003 estimates. The NAICS

conversion involves major definitional changes to many of the currently published SIC-based
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series. After the conversion to NAICS, SIC-based series will no longer be produced or

published. Historical time series will be reconstructed as part of the NAICS conversion

process. All published series will have a NAICS-based history extending back to at least

January 1990. For total nonfarm and other high-level aggregates, NAICS history will begin

in January 1939, the current starting date for these series. For more detailed series, the

starting date will vary depending on the scope of the definitional changes between SIC and

NAICS. The NAICS-based reconstruction effort will cover all CES published data types:

all employees, women workers, production workers, average weekly hours, average hourly

earnings, and derivative series (for example, indexes of aggregate weekly hours).

Completion of the CES sample redesign. June 6, 2003, also will mark the completion

of the CES sample redesign phase-in. The redesign converts the CES from a quota-based

sample to a probability-based sample. In June 2003, the services industries will be converted

to the new sample design; all other private sector industries have already been converted.

The final stage of sample redesign phase-in may result in level shifts for average weekly hours,

average hourly earnings, production worker, and women worker series. New levels for these

series are being recomputed from the NAICS-based probability sample.

Concurrent seasonal adjustment. Also beginning in June 2003, the CES program

will convert to concurrent seasonal adjustment, which uses all available monthly estimates,

including those for the current month, in developing seasonal factors. Currently, the CES

program projects seasonal factors twice a year. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal

adjustment, BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CES national estimates.

Change to federal government series. Beginning in June 2003, the CES series for

federal government employment will be revised slightly in scope and definition due to a

change in source data and estimation methods. The current national series is an end-of-month

federal employee count produced by the Office of Personnel Management, and it excludes

some workers, mostly employees who work in Department of Defense-owned establishments

such as military base commissaries. The CES national series will include these workers.

Also, federal government employment will be estimated from a sample of federal establishments, will be benchmarked annually to counts from unemployment insurance tax records, and

will reflect employee counts as of the pay period including the 12th of the month, consistent

with other CES industry series. The historical time series for federal government employment

will be revised to reflect these changes.

Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is available through the BLS

public database on the Internet, via the CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by

calling 202-691-6555.
Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household

survey provides the information on the labor force, employment, and

unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD

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

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

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

with State agencies. In June 2001, the sample included about 350,000

establishments employing about 39 million people.

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

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

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

In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,

profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week;

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

to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with

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

need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The

unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way

depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance

benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

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

nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the

reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are

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

businesses and relate only to production workers in the goodsproducing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-producing

sector.

Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual

and methodological differences between the household and

establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment

estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are:

• The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,

unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.

These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for

each appearance.

Other differences between the two surveys are described in

“Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll

Surveys,” which may be obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment

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

the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp

fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather,

reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the

opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation

can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as

95 percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment.

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular

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

by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments

make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic

activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force,

easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the

labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have

taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the

level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because

the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the

statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable

change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the

adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze

changes in economic activity.

In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally

adjusted series are independently adjusted. However, the adjusted

series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment,

employment in most major industry divisions, total employment, and
unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by

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

more detailed age categories.

The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are

recalculated twice a year. For the household survey, the factors are

calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

period. For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal

adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced

along with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by

no more than 1.6 standard errors from the “true” population value

because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at

the 90-percent level of confidence.

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

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

292,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by

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

interval on the monthly change would range from -192,000 to 392,000

(100,000 +/- 292,000). These figures do not mean that the sample

results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-

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

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

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

however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of

the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater

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

an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. The 90-percent confidence

interval for the monthly change in unemployment is +/- 273,000, and

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

percentage point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

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

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

after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly

all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered

final.

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth (and other sources of error), a process known

as bias adjustment is included in the survey’s estimating procedures,

whereby a specified number of jobs is added to the monthly samplebased change. The size of the monthly bias adjustment is based largely

on past relationships between the sample-based estimates

of employment and the total counts of employment described below.

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment

insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based

employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a

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

The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of

industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total

nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from zero to

0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $26.00 per

issue or $50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a

check or money order payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or

by charging to Mastercard or Visa.

Employment and Earnings also provides measures of

sampling error for the household survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

Measures of the reliability of the data drawn from the

establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-H of that

publication.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory

impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200;

TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Sept.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June 

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 212,357 214,225 214,429 212,357 213,658 213,842 214,023 214,225 214,429

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 141,576 143,176 142,745 142,068 142,769 142,476 142,390 142,616 143,277

 Participation rate ............................................................... 66.7 66.8 66.6 66.9 66.8 66.6 66.5 66.6 66.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 134,868 135,028 135,063 135,004 134,417 134,053 134,045 134,474 135,185

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 63.5 63.0 63.0 63.6 62.9 62.7 62.6 62.8 63.0

 Agriculture .......................................................................... 3,371 3,479 3,501 3,181 3,097 3,110 3,282 3,188 3,298

 Nonagricultural industries ................................................... 131,497 131,549 131,562 131,823 131,320 130,942 130,763 131,286 131,887

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 6,708 8,148 7,683 7,064 8,351 8,424 8,345 8,142 8,092

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.7 5.7 5.4 5.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 70,781 71,049 71,684 70,289 70,889 71,366 71,633 71,609 71,152

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,348 4,751 4,449 4,568 4,779 4,689 4,895 4,503 4,674

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 102,110 103,046 103,148 102,110 102,765 102,856 102,945 103,046 103,148

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 75,689 76,669 76,201 75,951 76,415 76,189 76,041 76,088 76,480

 Participation rate ............................................................... 74.1 74.4 73.9 74.4 74.4 74.1 73.9 73.8 74.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 72,284 72,456 72,154 72,177 71,894 71,524 71,509 71,552 72,004

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 70.8 70.3 70.0 70.7 70.0 69.5 69.5 69.4 69.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,405 4,213 4,047 3,774 4,521 4,665 4,532 4,536 4,476

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.5 5.5 5.3 5.0 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 93,917 94,756 94,906 93,917 94,479 94,622 94,694 94,756 94,906

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 71,750 72,418 72,416 71,805 72,428 72,288 72,172 72,203 72,473

 Participation rate ............................................................... 76.4 76.4 76.3 76.5 76.7 76.4 76.2 76.2 76.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 68,952 68,958 69,026 68,696 68,647 68,390 68,405 68,447 68,711

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 73.4 72.8 72.7 73.1 72.7 72.3 72.2 72.2 72.4

 Agriculture .......................................................................... 2,301 2,400 2,408 2,138 2,125 2,138 2,256 2,221 2,226

 Nonagricultural industries ................................................... 66,651 66,557 66,618 66,558 66,522 66,251 66,149 66,226 66,485

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,799 3,460 3,390 3,109 3,781 3,899 3,767 3,757 3,762

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 3.9 4.8 4.7 4.3 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 110,247 111,179 111,281 110,247 110,893 110,985 111,078 111,179 111,281

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 65,887 66,507 66,545 66,117 66,354 66,287 66,349 66,527 66,797

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.8 59.8 59.8 60.0 59.8 59.7 59.7 59.8 60.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 62,584 62,572 62,909 62,827 62,524 62,528 62,536 62,922 63,181

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 56.8 56.3 56.5 57.0 56.4 56.3 56.3 56.6 56.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,303 3,934 3,636 3,290 3,830 3,759 3,813 3,605 3,616

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.0 5.9 5.5 5.0 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 102,277 103,256 103,335 102,277 102,936 103,038 103,127 103,256 103,335

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,230 62,448 62,919 62,222 62,597 62,481 62,590 62,783 62,929

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.8 60.5 60.9 60.8 60.8 60.6 60.7 60.8 60.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,446 59,037 59,791 59,463 59,337 59,316 59,364 59,710 59,835

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 58.1 57.2 57.9 58.1 57.6 57.6 57.6 57.8 57.9

 Agriculture .......................................................................... 842 806 859 823 760 749 814 772 845

 Nonagricultural industries ................................................... 58,604 58,231 58,932 58,640 58,577 58,567 58,550 58,938 58,991

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,784 3,411 3,128 2,759 3,260 3,165 3,226 3,073 3,094

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 4.5 5.5 5.0 4.4 5.2 5.1 5.2 4.9 4.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population .......................................... 16,163 16,212 16,189 16,163 16,243 16,182 16,202 16,212 16,189

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,595 8,310 7,411 8,041 7,744 7,707 7,629 7,630 7,874

 Participation rate ............................................................... 47.0 51.3 45.8 49.7 47.7 47.6 47.1 47.1 48.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,469 7,033 6,246 6,845 6,434 6,347 6,276 6,318 6,639

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 40.0 43.4 38.6 42.3 39.6 39.2 38.7 39.0 41.0

 Agriculture .......................................................................... 228 272 234 220 213 223 213 196 227

 Nonagricultural industries ................................................... 6,242 6,761 6,012 6,625 6,221 6,124 6,064 6,122 6,411

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,126 1,277 1,165 1,196 1,310 1,360 1,352 1,312 1,236

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 14.8 15.4 15.7 14.9 16.9 17.6 17.7 17.2 15.7

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, age, and

Hispanic origin

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Sept.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June 

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 176,220 177,486 177,628 176,220 177,087 177,217 177,345 177,486 177,628

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 117,853 119,117 118,576 118,274 118,742 118,530 118,678 118,919 119,021

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.9 67.1 66.8 67.1 67.1 66.9 66.9 67.0 67.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 113,013 113,159 112,906 113,147 112,563 112,382 112,446 112,844 113,010

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 64.1 63.8 63.6 64.2 63.6 63.4 63.4 63.6 63.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,840 5,958 5,670 5,127 6,179 6,148 6,233 6,075 6,011

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.1 5.0 4.8 4.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.1

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 60,672 61,200 61,129 60,751 61,095 61,007 61,068 61,240 61,212

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.8 76.8 76.6 76.9 76.9 76.7 76.7 76.9 76.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 58,610 58,623 58,564 58,428 58,170 58,112 58,164 58,332 58,331

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 74.2 73.6 73.4 73.9 73.2 73.1 73.1 73.2 73.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,063 2,577 2,564 2,323 2,926 2,895 2,904 2,908 2,881

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.4 4.2 4.2 3.8 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 50,713 50,913 51,223 50,680 51,163 51,060 51,125 51,297 51,212

 Participation rate ................................................................. 60.1 59.9 60.2 60.1 60.4 60.2 60.2 60.4 60.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 48,773 48,438 48,994 48,747 48,871 48,812 48,856 49,076 48,994

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.8 57.0 57.6 57.8 57.7 57.5 57.6 57.8 57.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,941 2,475 2,229 1,933 2,292 2,248 2,268 2,221 2,218

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.8 4.9 4.4 3.8 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,468 7,004 6,225 6,843 6,483 6,464 6,485 6,382 6,597

 Participation rate ................................................................. 50.4 54.5 48.4 53.4 50.5 50.3 50.5 49.7 51.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,630 6,098 5,348 5,972 5,522 5,458 5,425 5,437 5,685

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 43.9 47.5 41.6 46.6 43.0 42.5 42.2 42.3 44.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 837 906 876 871 961 1,006 1,060 945 911

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 12.9 12.9 14.1 12.7 14.8 15.6 16.4 14.8 13.8

 Men ................................................................................... 13.3 15.0 15.0 13.6 15.4 17.7 19.1 17.5 15.3

 Women ............................................................................. 12.5 10.8 13.1 11.7 14.2 13.4 13.6 12.1 12.3

BLACK

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,644 26,000 26,039 25,644 25,898 25,930 25,961 26,000 26,039

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,719 16,829 16,922 16,827 16,887 16,822 16,618 16,753 17,053

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.2 64.7 65.0 65.6 65.2 64.9 64.0 64.4 65.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 15,269 15,149 15,347 15,339 15,168 15,027 14,976 15,142 15,420

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 59.5 58.3 58.9 59.8 58.6 58.0 57.7 58.2 59.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,450 1,680 1,575 1,488 1,718 1,794 1,642 1,611 1,633

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.7 10.0 9.3 8.8 10.2 10.7 9.9 9.6 9.6

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,436 7,489 7,572 7,486 7,573 7,543 7,472 7,492 7,652

 Participation rate ................................................................. 72.3 71.7 72.4 72.8 72.8 72.4 71.6 71.7 73.1

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,897 6,841 6,923 6,905 6,925 6,760 6,800 6,834 6,944

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 67.1 65.5 66.2 67.1 66.6 64.9 65.2 65.4 66.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 538 648 649 581 648 783 673 658 708

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.2 8.7 8.6 7.8 8.6 10.4 9.0 8.8 9.3

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,433 8,384 8,477 8,431 8,401 8,363 8,348 8,414 8,465

 Participation rate ................................................................. 65.5 64.2 64.8 65.5 64.6 64.3 64.1 64.5 64.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,764 7,642 7,792 7,783 7,606 7,628 7,602 7,719 7,799

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 60.3 58.5 59.6 60.5 58.5 58.6 58.3 59.1 59.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 669 742 685 648 794 735 746 695 665

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.9 8.8 8.1 7.7 9.5 8.8 8.9 8.3 7.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 851 956 873 910 913 916 798 847 936

 Participation rate ................................................................. 34.2 38.2 34.9 36.6 36.6 36.6 31.9 33.9 37.4

 Employed .............................................................................. 608 666 633 651 637 639 575 589 677

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 24.4 26.6 25.3 26.2 25.5 25.6 23.0 23.5 27.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 243 290 240 259 276 276 223 258 259

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 28.5 30.4 27.5 28.5 30.2 30.2 28.0 30.5 27.7

 Men ................................................................................... 29.8 32.0 33.7 30.8 36.8 30.0 20.5 30.5 34.7

 Women ............................................................................. 27.1 28.7 21.4 26.1 22.3 30.4 34.8 30.4 20.8

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, age, and

Hispanic origin

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Sept.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June 

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

HISPANIC ORIGIN

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 23,288 23,999 24,065 23,288 23,797 23,867 23,935 23,999 24,065

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 15,815 16,245 16,290 15,811 16,085 16,146 16,304 16,240 16,294

 Participation rate ................................................................. 67.9 67.7 67.7 67.9 67.6 67.6 68.1 67.7 67.7

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,817 15,029 15,141 14,785 14,963 14,959 15,066 15,014 15,095

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.6 62.6 62.9 63.5 62.9 62.7 62.9 62.6 62.7

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 998 1,215 1,149 1,026 1,122 1,187 1,238 1,225 1,198

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.3 7.5 7.1 6.5 7.0 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.4

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

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

 NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals

because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in

both the white and black population groups.

Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Sept.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June 

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 27,478 26,900 26,847 27,478 28,073 28,105 27,112 26,900 26,847

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 12,126 11,817 11,946 11,981 12,356 12,254 11,770 11,752 11,808

 Percent of population .......................................................... 44.1 43.9 44.5 43.6 44.0 43.6 43.4 43.7 44.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 11,271 10,912 11,090 11,056 11,306 11,288 10,743 10,762 10,883

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 41.0 40.6 41.3 40.2 40.3 40.2 39.6 40.0 40.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 855 905 856 925 1,051 966 1,028 991 925

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.1 7.7 7.2 7.7 8.5 7.9 8.7 8.4 7.8

High school graduates, no college2

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 57,400 57,778 58,097 57,400 57,063 57,070 57,012 57,778 58,097

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 36,712 36,916 37,333 36,923 36,648 36,737 37,149 37,203 37,533

 Percent of population .......................................................... 64.0 63.9 64.3 64.3 64.2 64.4 65.2 64.4 64.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 35,232 35,076 35,632 35,319 34,605 34,676 35,250 35,323 35,668

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 61.4 60.7 61.3 61.5 60.6 60.8 61.8 61.1 61.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,479 1,840 1,701 1,604 2,042 2,061 1,898 1,880 1,865

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.0 5.0 4.6 4.3 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.1 5.0

Less than a bachelor's degree3

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 45,424 45,494 45,386 45,424 44,541 44,897 45,695 45,494 45,386

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 33,585 33,264 33,407 33,759 32,786 32,962 33,162 33,184 33,599

 Percent of population .......................................................... 73.9 73.1 73.6 74.3 73.6 73.4 72.6 72.9 74.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 32,467 31,773 31,917 32,570 31,184 31,413 31,693 31,742 32,013

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 71.5 69.8 70.3 71.7 70.0 70.0 69.4 69.8 70.5

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,117 1,490 1,491 1,189 1,602 1,550 1,469 1,443 1,586

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 3.3 4.5 4.5 3.5 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.7

College graduates

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 46,870 48,583 48,557 46,870 48,583 48,435 48,755 48,583 48,557

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 36,998 37,779 38,061 36,918 38,359 38,084 37,850 37,996 37,997

 Percent of population .......................................................... 78.9 77.8 78.4 78.8 79.0 78.6 77.6 78.2 78.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 36,072 36,568 36,933 36,008 37,239 36,971 36,750 36,974 36,896

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 77.0 75.3 76.1 76.8 76.6 76.3 75.4 76.1 76.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 926 1,211 1,128 910 1,121 1,113 1,100 1,021 1,101

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 2.5 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.9

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

numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent. 3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
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Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June 

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

CHARACTERISTIC

Total employed, 16 years and over .......................................... 134,868 135,028 135,063 135,004 134,417 134,053 134,045 134,474 135,185

 Married men, spouse present ................................................. 43,436 43,458 43,528 43,099 43,548 43,140 43,273 43,371 43,225

 Married women, spouse present ............................................ 33,597 33,183 33,963 33,604 33,371 33,362 33,361 33,723 33,997

 Women who maintain families ................................................ 8,381 8,494 8,474 8,274 8,397 8,465 8,521 8,419 8,357

OCCUPATION

 Managerial and professional specialty ................................... 41,899 41,813 42,444 41,813 41,901 41,675 41,978 42,152 42,385

 Technical, sales, and administrative support .......................... 38,645 38,698 38,391 38,891 38,346 38,740 38,458 38,892 38,623

 Service occupations ............................................................... 18,210 18,921 18,657 18,402 18,909 18,889 18,752 18,771 18,884

 Precision production, craft, and repair .................................... 14,866 14,541 14,532 14,857 14,365 14,375 14,073 14,242 14,503

 Operators, fabricators, and laborers ....................................... 17,730 17,340 17,436 17,654 17,468 17,152 17,327 17,142 17,345

 Farming, forestry, and fishing ................................................. 3,517 3,714 3,603 3,281 3,265 3,285 3,501 3,340 3,361

CLASS OF WORKER

 Agriculture:

 Wage and salary workers ..................................................... 2,003 2,110 2,183 1,882 1,911 1,909 2,031 1,927 2,054

 Self-employed workers ......................................................... 1,342 1,337 1,292 1,278 1,156 1,158 1,227 1,231 1,221

 Unpaid family workers .......................................................... 26 31 26 24 40 29 27 24 25

 Nonagricultural industries:

 Wage and salary workers ..................................................... 122,744 123,080 122,927 123,186 123,071 122,627 122,196 122,885 123,327

 Government ........................................................................ 19,222 19,008 19,403 19,290 19,811 19,630 19,709 19,596 19,442

 Private industries ................................................................ 103,522 104,072 103,524 103,896 103,260 102,997 102,486 103,289 103,885

 Private households ........................................................... 768 872 902 804 775 810 855 887 934

 Other industries ................................................................ 102,754 103,200 102,622 103,092 102,485 102,187 101,631 102,402 102,951

 Self-employed workers ......................................................... 8,657 8,385 8,549 8,556 8,305 8,208 8,268 8,368 8,439

 Unpaid family workers .......................................................... 95 84 86 101 105 95 99 87 91

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME

 All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons ............................................ 3,765 4,190 3,854 4,148 3,996 3,899 4,177 4,325 4,217

 Slack work or business conditions ...................................... 2,561 2,658 2,483 2,796 2,626 2,588 2,723 2,880 2,687

 Could only find part-time work ............................................ 1,005 1,107 1,139 1,064 1,064 1,031 1,096 1,159 1,202

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ...................................... 18,994 16,500 19,041 18,798 18,887 19,170 19,138 19,120 18,833

 Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons ............................................ 3,648 3,991 3,726 4,015 3,818 3,758 3,949 4,060 4,068

 Slack work or business conditions ...................................... 2,480 2,522 2,398 2,704 2,515 2,472 2,609 2,715 2,596

 Could only find part-time work ............................................ 988 1,080 1,113 1,045 1,033 1,022 1,074 1,131 1,174

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ...................................... 18,406 16,004 18,483 18,232 18,350 18,739 18,572 18,609 18,300

 NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs

during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial

dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time

but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,

illness, and bad weather.
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Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Category

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates1

Sept.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June 

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

CHARACTERISTIC

 Total, 16 years and over .......................................................... 7,064 8,142 8,092 5.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6

 Men, 20 years and over ......................................................... 3,109 3,757 3,762 4.3 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2

 Women, 20 years and over ................................................... 2,759 3,073 3,094 4.4 5.2 5.1 5.2 4.9 4.9

 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years .................................................... 1,196 1,312 1,236 14.9 16.9 17.6 17.7 17.2 15.7

 Married men, spouse present ................................................ 1,229 1,529 1,602 2.8 3.6 4.1 3.5 3.4 3.6

 Married women, spouse present ........................................... 1,156 1,223 1,258 3.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.6

 Women who maintain families ............................................... 629 665 646 7.1 8.1 8.2 8.4 7.3 7.2

 Full-time workers ................................................................... 5,928 6,754 6,775 5.0 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.7

 Part-time workers .................................................................. 1,129 1,430 1,326 4.6 5.6 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.3

OCCUPATION2

 Managerial and professional specialty .................................. 1,035 1,343 1,373 2.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1

 Technical, sales, and administrative support ......................... 1,807 2,125 2,141 4.4 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.3

 Precision production, craft, and repair ................................... 766 936 885 4.9 5.9 5.9 6.4 6.2 5.8

 Operators, fabricators, and laborers ...................................... 1,471 1,542 1,609 7.7 8.9 9.3 8.6 8.3 8.5

 Farming, forestry, and fishing ................................................ 254 344 299 7.2 6.3 6.1 8.8 9.3 8.2

INDUSTRY

 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers .................. 5,749 6,584 6,598 5.2 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.0

 Goods-producing industries ................................................. 1,753 1,942 2,024 6.2 7.4 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.4

 Mining ................................................................................ 28 31 44 5.0 4.4 7.9 3.8 6.0 8.0

 Construction ...................................................................... 649 760 769 7.8 8.9 9.1 10.3 9.5 9.3

 Manufacturing .................................................................... 1,076 1,150 1,211 5.6 6.7 6.8 6.3 6.3 6.5

 Durable goods ................................................................. 679 726 782 5.8 6.3 7.3 6.8 6.5 6.9

 Nondurable goods ........................................................... 397 424 429 5.4 7.5 6.1 5.6 5.9 5.9

 Service-producing industries ............................................... 3,996 4,643 4,575 4.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.5

 Transportation and public utilities ...................................... 310 372 386 3.9 5.7 5.9 5.3 4.8 5.0

 Wholesale and retail trade ................................................. 1,648 1,927 1,944 5.9 7.0 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.9

 Finance, insurance, and real estate .................................. 229 266 266 2.8 4.0 4.1 3.7 3.1 3.1

 Services ............................................................................. 1,809 2,078 1,978 4.8 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.4 5.1

 Government workers ............................................................. 428 477 546 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.7

 Agricultural wage and salary workers .................................... 155 210 198 7.6 9.1 8.3 9.7 9.8 8.8

1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available

because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June 

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

 Less than 5 weeks ................................................................... 2,792 2,872 2,713 2,807 2,876 2,729 2,896 2,880 2,708

 5 to 14 weeks .......................................................................... 2,127 2,658 2,272 2,366 2,531 2,784 2,464 2,431 2,511

 15 weeks and over .................................................................. 1,790 2,618 2,697 1,907 2,952 3,103 2,883 2,783 2,900

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 1,002 1,071 1,177 1,084 1,316 1,434 1,349 1,309 1,315

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 787 1,548 1,520 823 1,636 1,669 1,533 1,474 1,585

 Average (mean) duration, in weeks ......................................... 13.1 16.3 17.4 13.3 17.1 17.3 16.4 16.2 17.8

 Median duration, in weeks ....................................................... 7.2 8.9 9.4 7.3 9.8 11.7 8.6 8.4 9.5

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks ................................................................. 41.6 35.2 35.3 39.6 34.4 31.7 35.1 35.6 33.4

 5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................ 31.7 32.6 29.6 33.4 30.3 32.3 29.9 30.0 30.9

 15 weeks and over ................................................................ 26.7 32.1 35.1 26.9 35.3 36.0 35.0 34.4 35.7

 15 to 26 weeks .................................................................... 14.9 13.1 15.3 15.3 15.7 16.6 16.4 16.2 16.2

 27 weeks and over .............................................................. 11.7 19.0 19.8 11.6 19.6 19.4 18.6 18.2 19.5
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Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June 

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 3,243 4,341 4,046 3,595 4,598 4,579 4,580 4,560 4,535

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 786 1,075 704 1,114 1,091 1,061 1,224 1,151 999

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 2,457 3,267 3,341 2,481 3,506 3,518 3,356 3,410 3,536

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 1,795 2,464 2,557 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 663 803 784 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 893 924 847 819 902 836 818 824 781

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,137 2,231 2,297 2,102 2,433 2,360 2,375 2,270 2,263

New entrants ............................................................................ 434 651 493 466 499 584 571 619 526

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 48.4 53.3 52.7 51.5 54.5 54.8 54.9 55.1 56.0

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 11.7 13.2 9.2 16.0 12.9 12.7 14.7 13.9 12.3

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 36.6 40.1 43.5 35.5 41.6 42.1 40.2 41.2 43.6

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 13.3 11.3 11.0 11.7 10.7 10.0 9.8 10.0 9.6

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 31.9 27.4 29.9 30.1 28.9 28.2 28.5 27.4 27.9

 New entrants ........................................................................... 6.5 8.0 6.4 6.7 5.9 7.0 6.8 7.5 6.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 2.3 3.0 2.8 2.5 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2

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

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6

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

1 Not available.

Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June 

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian 

labor force ............................................................................................................... 1.3 1.8 1.9 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0

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

civilian labor force ................................................................................................... 2.3 3.0 2.8 2.5 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2

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

(official unemployment rate) ............................................................................... 4.7 5.7 5.4 5.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6

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

 labor force plus discouraged workers .................................................................... 4.9 5.9 5.6 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................... 5.6 6.6 6.4 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

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

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

 all marginally attached workers ............................................................................. 8.3 9.5 9.0 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

1 Not available.

 NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range

published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. Marginally attached workers are persons

who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are

available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers,

a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently

looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and

are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further

information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the

October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

Age and sex

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates1

Sept.

2001

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June 

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002

Sept.

2002

Total, 16 years and over ....................................... 7,064 8,142 8,092 5.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6

 16 to 24 years ..................................................... 2,472 2,741 2,673 10.8 11.6 12.2 12.3 12.2 11.8

 16 to 19 years ................................................... 1,196 1,312 1,236 14.9 16.9 17.6 17.7 17.2 15.7

 16 to 17 years ................................................. 508 561 575 16.6 20.7 20.8 20.9 19.7 19.3

 18 to 19 years ................................................. 691 769 663 13.9 14.8 15.6 16.1 16.0 13.6

 20 to 24 years ................................................... 1,276 1,429 1,437 8.6 8.9 9.3 9.5 9.6 9.7

 25 years and over ............................................... 4,587 5,441 5,421 3.8 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.5

 25 to 54 years ................................................... 3,955 4,642 4,630 3.9 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.6

 55 years and over ............................................. 613 815 772 3.2 4.2 4.2 3.7 4.0 3.7

 Men, 16 years and over ...................................... 3,774 4,536 4,476 5.0 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9

 16 to 24 years ................................................... 1,378 1,585 1,561 11.5 12.5 12.9 13.0 13.7 13.2

 16 to 19 years ................................................. 665 780 714 16.0 18.6 19.6 19.8 20.1 17.8

 16 to 17 years ............................................... 294 342 316 18.7 23.7 23.2 23.9 24.5 21.5

 18 to 19 years ............................................... 372 443 401 14.5 15.6 17.4 17.4 17.8 15.9

 20 to 24 years ................................................. 713 805 847 9.1 9.4 9.5 9.6 10.5 10.8

 25 years and over ............................................. 2,398 2,943 2,923 3.7 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.5

 25 to 54 years ................................................. 2,068 2,513 2,494 3.8 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.7

 55 years and over ........................................... 337 461 435 3.3 4.5 4.6 4.0 4.1 3.9

 Women, 16 years and over ................................ 3,290 3,605 3,616 5.0 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4

 16 to 24 years ................................................... 1,094 1,156 1,112 10.1 10.7 11.4 11.6 10.6 10.3

 16 to 19 years ................................................. 531 532 522 13.6 15.2 15.6 15.6 14.2 13.5

 16 to 17 years ............................................... 214 219 259 14.3 17.4 18.3 17.9 15.1 17.2

 18 to 19 years ............................................... 319 326 262 13.3 14.1 13.7 14.8 14.1 11.1

 20 to 24 years ................................................. 563 624 590 8.1 8.3 9.1 9.4 8.7 8.5

 25 years and over ............................................. 2,189 2,498 2,497 4.0 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5

 25 to 54 years ................................................. 1,887 2,129 2,137 4.0 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6

 55 years and over ........................................... 276 354 337 3.2 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.5

1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.

Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Sept.

2001

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

Sept.

2002

Sept.

2001

Sept.

2002

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force .................................................................. 70,781 71,684 26,421 26,948 44,361 44,736

Persons who currently want a job ................................................... 4,348 4,449 1,949 1,984 2,400 2,466

 Searched for work and available to work now1 .......................... 1,325 1,492 659 741 666 751

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects2 ................................ 280 387 164 240 116 147

 Reasons other than discouragement3 ............................... 1,045 1,105 495 501 550 605

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4 ................................................................... 7,246 7,232 3,825 3,736 3,421 3,496

 Percent of total employed ............................................................... 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.5 5.6

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ................................. 3,897 3,839 2,244 2,182 1,653 1,657

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .................................... 1,576 1,578 516 501 1,060 1,077

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ...................................... 265 303 165 222 100 81

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ......................................... 1,484 1,494 888 824 596 670

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

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

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

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

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2001

July

2002

Aug.

2002p Sept.2002p Sept.2001

May

2002

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002p Sept.2002p

Total .................................................. 132,135 130,589 130,673 131,151 131,819 130,702 130,736 130,790 130,897 130,854

Total private ............................................ 111,285 110,494 110,563 110,059 110,776 109,496 109,525 109,562 109,616 109,569

Goods-producing .................................................. 24,988 24,159 24,207 24,055 24,675 23,870 23,861 23,812 23,787 23,749

Mining ............................................................... 578 559 565 561 571 558 555 551 555 553

Metal mining ................................................. 35.0 32.8 32.5 32.7 35 32 32 33 32 32

Coal mining ................................................... 81.8 78.9 78.5 78.7 82 80 80 79 79 79

Oil and gas extraction ................................... 346.5 332.7 337.9 334.2 343 334 333 329 333 331

Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels ............... 114.7 114.5 115.7 115.2 111 112 110 110 111 111

Construction ..................................................... 6,916 6,851 6,863 6,785 6,674 6,541 6,549 6,519 6,553 6,552

General building contractors ......................... 1,497.7 1,508.7 1,525.0 1,505.4 1,462 1,454 1,454 1,445 1,464 1,469

Heavy construction, except building ............. 996.3 971.3 970.9 964.7 924 908 910 899 898 895

Special trade contractors .............................. 4,422.3 4,371.3 4,367.2 4,314.9 4,288 4,179 4,185 4,175 4,191 4,188

Manufacturing ................................................... 17,494 16,749 16,779 16,709 17,430 16,771 16,757 16,742 16,679 16,644

Production workers ................................... 11,786 11,224 11,277 11,242 11,719 11,245 11,236 11,247 11,198 11,175

Durable goods ................................................ 10,457 9,911 9,910 9,849 10,445 9,963 9,944 9,922 9,876 9,834

Production workers ................................... 6,985 6,580 6,599 6,560 6,971 6,619 6,603 6,609 6,578 6,544

Lumber and wood products .......................... 795.2 778.1 783.4 775.5 784 770 767 766 767 764

Furniture and fixtures .................................... 506.1 492.8 494.9 488.4 507 494 495 495 495 489

Stone, clay, and glass products .................... 573.8 564.2 565.8 563.7 566 549 552 554 556 556

Primary metal industries ............................... 644.5 586.0 590.0 589.6 643 597 593 589 589 588

Blast furnaces and basic steel products ... 206.6 187.1 188.8 188.8 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

Fabricated metal products ............................ 1,467.0 1,418.0 1,418.5 1,415.3 1,465 1,428 1,425 1,428 1,416 1,413

Industrial machinery and equipment ............. 1,950.3 1,823.0 1,806.8 1,794.7 1,957 1,834 1,829 1,826 1,810 1,801

Computer and office equipment ............... 331.1 303.1 296.9 293.8 331 308 304 301 296 294

Electronic and other electrical equipment ..... 1,561.9 1,421.2 1,404.5 1,393.7 1,565 1,437 1,428 1,426 1,407 1,396

Electronic components and accessories .. 621.3 559.9 552.0 547.2 628 567 566 563 555 554

Transportation equipment ............................. 1,751.3 1,649.3 1,671.9 1,658.4 1,750 1,675 1,679 1,661 1,668 1,657

Motor vehicles and equipment .................. 938.5 891.0 916.5 911.4 937 914 920 905 914 910

Aircraft and parts ...................................... 463.8 408.7 404.3 399.1 463 416 411 409 404 398

Instruments and related products ................. 830.6 807.6 801.7 795.5 832 807 805 803 798 796

Miscellaneous manufacturing ....................... 376.4 371.0 372.7 373.8 376 372 371 374 370 374

Nondurable goods .......................................... 7,037 6,838 6,869 6,860 6,985 6,808 6,813 6,820 6,803 6,810

Production workers ................................... 4,801 4,644 4,678 4,682 4,748 4,626 4,633 4,638 4,620 4,631

Food and kindred products ........................... 1,735.0 1,709.7 1,736.7 1,738.8 1,690 1,687 1,691 1,687 1,683 1,694

Tobacco products ......................................... 35.1 32.8 37.1 38.1 34 34 34 35 38 37

Textile mill products ...................................... 467.5 428.0 430.6 428.4 464 434 432 429 427 425

Apparel and other textile products ................ 553.5 520.6 522.2 517.3 551 520 522 525 523 515

Paper and allied products ............................. 629.5 613.6 613.7 615.7 628 612 612 612 613 614

Printing and publishing ................................. 1,468.1 1,407.2 1,402.0 1,400.4 1,471 1,407 1,405 1,406 1,401 1,403

Chemicals and allied products ...................... 1,015.4 1,011.4 1,009.9 1,006.9 1,019 1,006 1,008 1,008 1,007 1,011

Petroleum and coal products ........................ 128.6 128.6 128.3 127.9 126 125 125 126 126 126

Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 947.1 931.3 932.6 929.7 945 928 929 936 930 928

Leather and leather products ........................ 56.7 54.6 55.8 56.4 57 55 55 56 55 57

Service-producing ................................................. 107,147 106,430 106,466 107,096 107,144 106,832 106,875 106,978 107,110 107,105

Transportation and public utilities ..................... 7,097 6,764 6,754 6,782 7,044 6,793 6,790 6,780 6,763 6,731

Transportation .............................................. 4,534 4,301 4,299 4,339 4,487 4,328 4,334 4,328 4,320 4,294

Railroad transportation ............................. 232.6 227.9 227.0 228.0 232 228 229 227 226 228

Local and interurban passenger transit .... 486.5 415.6 406.1 476.4 477 475 472 471 464 467

Trucking and warehousing ....................... 1,871.3 1,847.9 1,858.9 1,841.7 1,841 1,827 1,829 1,834 1,829 1,812

Water transportation ................................. 198.9 205.4 204.3 196.4 192 193 193 192 190 190

Transportation by air ................................. 1,266.7 1,164.2 1,163.6 1,161.6 1,268 1,165 1,172 1,167 1,175 1,163

Pipelines, except natural gas .................... 15.2 14.9 14.8 14.9 15 15 15 15 15 15

Transportation services ............................ 463.0 424.8 423.9 420.2 462 425 424 422 421 419

Communications and public utilities ............. 2,563 2,463 2,455 2,443 2,557 2,465 2,456 2,452 2,443 2,437

Communications ....................................... 1,711.6 1,613.5 1,606.6 1,596.7 1,706 1,626 1,615 1,608 1,598 1,591

Electric, gas, and sanitary services .......... 851.0 849.1 848.3 846.0 851 839 841 844 845 846

Wholesale trade ................................................ 6,752 6,713 6,699 6,672 6,747 6,681 6,681 6,679 6,672 6,667

Durable goods .............................................. 3,995 3,932 3,922 3,897 3,998 3,916 3,915 3,914 3,905 3,900

Nondurable goods ........................................ 2,757 2,781 2,777 2,775 2,749 2,765 2,766 2,765 2,767 2,767

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industryÐContinued

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2001

July

2002

Aug.

2002p Sept.2002p Sept.2001

May

2002

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002p Sept.2002p

Retail trade ....................................................... 23,545 23,463 23,460 23,317 23,509 23,327 23,308 23,339 23,295 23,279

Building materials and garden supplies ........ 1,053.1 1,105.3 1,086.6 1,066.0 1,051 1,068 1,066 1,067 1,065 1,063

General merchandise stores ........................ 2,865.0 2,821.9 2,808.6 2,811.5 2,902 2,897 2,884 2,885 2,851 2,848

Department stores .................................... 2,535.3 2,486.1 2,473.8 2,476.4 2,567 2,560 2,542 2,544 2,513 2,506

Food stores ................................................... 3,428.6 3,400.3 3,398.2 3,386.1 3,438 3,397 3,394 3,388 3,392 3,395

Automotive dealers and service stations ...... 2,445.1 2,462.0 2,465.3 2,449.6 2,434 2,434 2,432 2,437 2,444 2,438

New and used car dealers ........................ 1,127.4 1,133.2 1,136.2 1,133.6 1,123 1,133 1,128 1,127 1,130 1,129

Apparel and accessory stores ...................... 1,174.3 1,175.1 1,184.2 1,155.8 1,188 1,169 1,173 1,178 1,177 1,169

Furniture and home furnishings stores ......... 1,125.3 1,137.4 1,137.6 1,136.0 1,141 1,146 1,148 1,153 1,153 1,152

Eating and drinking places ........................... 8,349.4 8,318.6 8,321.9 8,241.4 8,234 8,130 8,121 8,144 8,125 8,127

Miscellaneous retail establishments ............. 3,104.2 3,041.9 3,058.0 3,070.8 3,121 3,086 3,090 3,087 3,088 3,087

Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 7,737 7,813 7,815 7,759 7,739 7,732 7,733 7,737 7,747 7,763

Finance ......................................................... 3,805 3,841 3,843 3,822 3,813 3,813 3,819 3,819 3,823 3,832

Depository institutions .............................. 2,055.9 2,086.9 2,088.8 2,070.5 2,061 2,073 2,071 2,073 2,076 2,076

Commercial banks ................................ 1,432.7 1,456.3 1,458.3 1,444.0 1,437 1,446 1,444 1,445 1,449 1,449

Savings institutions ............................... 256.4 263.8 264.0 262.3 258 264 264 263 263 264

Nondepository institutions ........................ 729.5 769.1 774.8 777.2 733 756 762 767 774 781

Mortgage bankers and brokers ............. 336.1 374.7 376.4 379.4 337 359 366 372 375 381

Security and commodity brokers .............. 759.7 724.5 720.1 715.1 758 723 723 718 714 714

Holding and other investment offices ....... 259.5 260.3 258.8 259.4 261 261 263 261 259 261

Insurance ...................................................... 2,372 2,374 2,372 2,365 2,375 2,369 2,366 2,365 2,367 2,368

Insurance carriers ..................................... 1,594.5 1,584.6 1,579.4 1,570.8 1,598 1,583 1,579 1,576 1,574 1,575

Insurance agents, brokers, and service .... 777.6 789.5 792.4 794.0 777 786 787 789 793 793

Real estate ................................................... 1,560 1,598 1,600 1,572 1,551 1,550 1,548 1,553 1,557 1,563

Services2 .......................................................... 41,166 41,582 41,628 41,474 41,062 41,093 41,152 41,215 41,352 41,380

Agricultural services ..................................... 898.1 948.2 934.6 916.3 857 856 857 862 862 874

Hotels and other lodging places ................... 1,910.0 1,954.9 1,942.9 1,834.9 1,852 1,789 1,801 1,795 1,788 1,779

Personal services ......................................... 1,238.5 1,233.1 1,240.8 1,249.8 1,274 1,279 1,285 1,282 1,286 1,286

Business services ......................................... 9,614.5 9,368.2 9,470.2 9,489.0 9,522 9,330 9,332 9,325 9,397 9,394

Services to buildings ................................. 1,024.1 1,041.5 1,046.5 1,050.1 1,020 1,023 1,023 1,034 1,039 1,046

Personnel supply services ........................ 3,483.0 3,226.7 3,320.5 3,342.0 3,383 3,198 3,205 3,196 3,256 3,235

Help supply services ............................. 3,123.2 2,908.8 2,999.5 3,020.0 3,029 2,888 2,902 2,875 2,926 2,928

Computer and data processing services .. 2,222.1 2,193.9 2,193.3 2,183.0 2,233 2,190 2,191 2,193 2,193 2,194

Auto repair, services, and parking ................ 1,261.7 1,274.4 1,271.1 1,269.5 1,261 1,262 1,265 1,266 1,265 1,269

Miscellaneous repair services ...................... 376.2 381.6 380.0 379.3 375 375 378 379 377 378

Motion pictures ............................................. 570.4 598.3 608.1 582.5 580 578 581 584 592 593

Amusement and recreation services ............ 1,772.5 1,949.3 1,937.7 1,706.4 1,700 1,621 1,631 1,649 1,664 1,638

Health services ............................................. 10,442.2 10,714.5 10,736.5 10,724.0 10,452 10,626 10,660 10,687 10,713 10,734

Offices and clinics of medical doctors ...... 2,013.8 2,071.2 2,082.4 2,077.2 2,016 2,050 2,061 2,067 2,075 2,080

Nursing and personal care facilities .......... 1,857.9 1,892.1 1,899.1 1,897.0 1,858 1,883 1,887 1,888 1,893 1,897

Hospitals ................................................... 4,125.2 4,245.9 4,248.5 4,246.0 4,129 4,207 4,221 4,233 4,243 4,249

Home health care services ....................... 639.6 644.9 646.5 650.5 639 644 643 646 647 650

Legal services ............................................... 1,039.1 1,082.5 1,073.3 1,065.0 1,046 1,066 1,065 1,065 1,066 1,071

Educational services ..................................... 2,408.1 2,222.2 2,203.5 2,488.8 2,452 2,518 2,511 2,529 2,535 2,533

Social services .............................................. 3,081.2 3,131.7 3,154.1 3,179.8 3,097 3,164 3,165 3,181 3,203 3,203

Child day care services ............................ 720.9 663.2 679.5 723.8 722 722 726 726 734 725

Residential care ........................................ 876.0 912.8 913.3 906.8 878 901 904 904 907 909

Museums and botanical and zoological

gardens ..................................................... 112.0 119.1 116.5 109.4 111 108 109 109 108 108

Membership organizations ........................... 2,456.2 2,543.6 2,508.1 2,456.0 2,479 2,480 2,484 2,476 2,472 2,478

Engineering and management services ....... 3,591.8 3,668.1 3,659.0 3,632.5 3,610 3,649 3,636 3,634 3,633 3,651

Engineering and architectural services ..... 1,060.4 1,051.6 1,048.4 1,032.3 1,057 1,042 1,034 1,032 1,031 1,029

Management and public relations ............. 1,171.9 1,222.4 1,217.3 1,214.5 1,175 1,209 1,204 1,214 1,210 1,218

Services, nec ................................................ 49.5 48.6 47.7 46.6 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

Government ...................................................... 20,850 20,095 20,110 21,092 21,043 21,206 21,211 21,228 21,281 21,285

Federal ......................................................... 2,620 2,629 2,625 2,626 2,622 2,600 2,601 2,607 2,616 2,627

Federal, except Postal Service ................. 1,776.4 1,816.1 1,813.2 1,817.9 1,774 1,777 1,783 1,790 1,799 1,815

State ............................................................. 4,913 4,683 4,696 4,930 4,938 4,945 4,935 4,950 4,944 4,956

Education .................................................. 2,101.6 1,849.0 1,861.9 2,124.9 2,140 2,141 2,135 2,155 2,143 2,163

Other State government ........................... 2,811.2 2,834.1 2,833.6 2,805.4 2,798 2,804 2,800 2,795 2,801 2,793

Local ............................................................. 13,317 12,783 12,789 13,536 13,483 13,661 13,675 13,671 13,721 13,702

Education .................................................. 7,522.8 6,582.2 6,672.2 7,654.8 7,679 7,770 7,755 7,788 7,832 7,810

Other local government ............................ 5,793.7 6,201.0 6,116.8 5,880.8 5,804 5,891 5,920 5,883 5,889 5,892

1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the

seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and

irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

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

Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2001

July

2002

Aug.

2002p

Sept.

2002p

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002p

Sept.

2002p

Total private ............................................ 34.4 34.2 34.4 34.5 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.0 34.1 34.3

Goods-producing .................................................. 40.8 40.0 40.7 40.8 40.3 40.3 40.5 40.0 40.3 40.3

Mining ............................................................... 44.0 43.0 43.4 43.1 43.6 43.0 43.3 42.7 43.3 42.6

Construction ..................................................... 39.9 39.2 39.5 39.6 39.2 38.7 39.0 38.2 38.6 39.0

Manufacturing ................................................... 41.1 40.3 41.1 41.3 40.6 40.9 41.1 40.7 40.9 40.9

Overtime hours ......................................... 4.3 4.0 4.5 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.1

Durable goods ................................................ 41.3 40.5 41.4 41.6 40.9 41.3 41.5 41.0 41.2 41.3

Overtime hours ......................................... 4.1 3.8 4.4 4.5 3.8 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.2

Lumber and wood products .......................... 41.6 41.1 41.3 41.7 41.2 40.8 41.0 41.2 41.0 41.3

Furniture and fixtures .................................... 39.7 39.8 40.6 40.7 39.1 40.4 40.2 40.1 40.3 40.1

Stone, clay, and glass products .................... 45.1 43.7 44.1 44.5 43.9 43.4 43.7 43.2 43.3 43.3

Primary metal industries ............................... 44.3 43.7 44.3 44.4 43.7 44.1 44.6 44.1 44.3 43.7

Blast furnaces and basic steel products ... 45.9 45.8 45.8 46.3 45.3 45.6 46.1 45.5 45.8 45.7

Fabricated metal products ............................ 41.5 41.0 41.8 41.8 41.2 41.9 42.0 41.7 41.7 41.5

Industrial machinery and equipment ............. 40.4 40.0 40.6 40.7 40.3 40.7 40.9 40.3 40.8 40.6

Electronic and other electrical equipment ..... 39.4 38.0 38.8 39.3 39.1 39.4 39.4 38.7 38.7 39.0

Transportation equipment ............................. 41.9 40.3 42.6 43.3 41.5 42.3 42.5 41.7 42.1 43.0

Motor vehicles and equipment .................. 42.9 41.0 44.4 45.2 42.4 44.2 44.1 42.9 43.7 44.6

Instruments and related products ................. 41.2 40.0 40.7 40.7 41.1 40.4 40.9 40.4 40.8 40.7

Miscellaneous manufacturing ....................... 37.8 38.1 38.7 38.6 37.7 38.8 39.6 38.4 38.5 38.5

Nondurable goods .......................................... 40.7 40.0 40.6 40.8 40.2 40.4 40.6 40.2 40.5 40.2

Overtime hours ......................................... 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1

Food and kindred products ........................... 42.1 41.0 41.8 41.8 41.0 41.2 41.6 41.0 41.3 40.7

Tobacco products ......................................... 40.4 42.1 40.3 40.7 39.7 41.6 41.1 42.1 40.3 40.0

Textile mill products ...................................... 40.2 40.9 42.1 41.7 39.8 41.4 41.5 41.6 41.8 41.3

Apparel and other textile products ................ 36.7 36.6 36.7 36.9 36.9 37.0 37.0 36.8 36.7 37.1

Paper and allied products ............................. 42.2 41.1 41.6 42.2 41.7 41.9 41.6 41.2 41.7 41.6

Printing and publishing ................................. 38.5 37.1 37.8 37.8 38.0 37.5 37.7 37.3 37.7 37.3

Chemicals and allied products ...................... 42.3 41.9 42.5 43.1 42.1 42.3 42.5 42.1 42.6 42.9

Petroleum and coal products ........................ 42.9 41.8 41.1 42.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)

Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 41.2 40.3 41.1 41.3 40.8 41.2 41.5 41.0 41.2 40.9

Leather and leather products ........................ 36.8 36.0 36.0 35.5 36.4 36.7 36.8 36.7 35.7 35.2

Service-producing ................................................. 32.9 32.9 33.0 33.1 32.7 32.8 32.8 32.6 32.7 32.9

Transportation and public utilities ..................... 38.2 38.4 38.7 39.0 37.9 38.4 38.3 38.3 38.4 38.7

Wholesale trade ................................................ 38.6 38.3 38.4 38.8 38.3 38.3 38.6 38.4 38.4 38.5

Retail trade ....................................................... 28.9 29.6 29.5 29.2 28.8 29.1 29.1 28.8 28.9 29.1

Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 36.7 35.8 36.1 36.8 36.0 36.1 36.0 36.0 36.2 36.2

Services ............................................................ 32.8 32.6 32.8 32.9 32.7 32.6 32.7 32.5 32.6 32.8

1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;

construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in

transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,

insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for

approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm

payrolls. 2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the

seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and

irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Sept.

2001

July

2002

Aug.

2002p

Sept.

2002p

Sept.

2001

July

2002

Aug.

2002p

Sept.

2002p

Total private ............................................ $14.50 $14.65 $14.70 $14.93 $498.80 $501.03 $505.68 $515.09

Seasonally adjusted ............................. 14.43 14.78 14.82 14.87 492.06 502.52 505.36 510.04

Goods-producing .................................................. 16.13 16.45 16.48 16.58 658.10 658.00 670.74 676.46

Mining ............................................................... 17.61 17.76 17.72 17.79 774.84 763.68 769.05 766.75

Construction ..................................................... 18.51 18.90 18.96 19.06 738.55 740.88 748.92 754.78

Manufacturing ................................................... 15.01 15.26 15.31 15.42 616.91 614.98 629.24 636.85

Durable goods ................................................ 15.49 15.66 15.79 15.91 639.74 634.23 653.71 661.86

Lumber and wood products .......................... 12.44 12.58 12.57 12.60 517.50 517.04 519.14 525.42

Furniture and fixtures .................................... 12.39 12.55 12.72 12.75 491.88 499.49 516.43 518.93

Stone, clay, and glass products .................... 15.21 15.62 15.52 15.71 685.97 682.59 684.43 699.10

Primary metal industries ............................... 17.23 17.60 17.46 17.65 763.29 769.12 773.48 783.66

Blast furnaces and basic steel products ... 20.90 21.07 20.90 21.03 959.31 965.01 957.22 973.69

Fabricated metal products ............................ 14.42 14.61 14.72 14.82 598.43 599.01 615.30 619.48

Industrial machinery and equipment ............. 16.01 16.47 16.55 16.59 646.80 658.80 671.93 675.21

Electronic and other electrical equipment ..... 14.82 15.05 15.04 15.13 583.91 571.90 583.55 594.61

Transportation equipment ............................. 19.36 19.37 19.80 20.04 811.18 780.61 843.48 867.73

Motor vehicles and equipment .................. 19.73 19.76 20.54 20.77 846.42 810.16 911.98 938.80

Instruments and related products ................. 15.00 15.24 15.28 15.40 618.00 609.60 621.90 626.78

Miscellaneous manufacturing ....................... 12.38 12.30 12.36 12.44 467.96 468.63 478.33 480.18

Nondurable goods .......................................... 14.30 14.69 14.61 14.72 582.01 587.60 593.17 600.58

Food and kindred products ........................... 12.97 13.34 13.25 13.33 546.04 546.94 553.85 557.19

Tobacco products ......................................... 20.71 23.34 20.98 20.50 836.68 982.61 845.49 834.35

Textile mill products ...................................... 11.40 11.74 11.75 11.75 458.28 480.17 494.68 489.98

Apparel and other textile products ................ 9.54 9.91 9.95 10.00 350.12 362.71 365.17 369.00

Paper and allied products ............................. 17.11 17.73 17.56 17.75 722.04 728.70 730.50 749.05

Printing and publishing ................................. 15.01 15.15 15.18 15.36 577.89 562.07 573.80 580.61

Chemicals and allied products ...................... 18.85 19.32 19.31 19.52 797.36 809.51 820.68 841.31

Petroleum and coal products ........................ 22.24 22.22 22.08 22.28 954.10 928.80 907.49 942.44

Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 13.50 13.76 13.71 13.70 556.20 554.53 563.48 565.81

Leather and leather products ........................ 10.24 10.37 10.27 10.03 376.83 373.32 369.72 356.07

Service-producing ................................................. 14.01 14.15 14.19 14.46 460.93 465.54 468.27 478.63

Transportation and public utilities ..................... 16.91 17.33 17.30 17.48 645.96 665.47 669.51 681.72

Wholesale trade ................................................ 16.08 16.10 16.18 16.40 620.69 616.63 621.31 636.32

Retail trade ....................................................... 9.86 9.98 10.01 10.15 284.95 295.41 295.30 296.38

Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 15.96 16.25 16.31 16.55 585.73 581.75 588.79 609.04

Services ............................................................ 14.85 15.02 15.04 15.37 487.08 489.65 493.31 505.67

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry, seasonally adjusted

Industry Sept.

2001

May

2002

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002p

Sept.

2002p

Percent

change

from:

Aug. 2002-

Sept. 2002

Total private:

Current dollars ................................ $14.43 $14.70 $14.75 $14.78 $14.82 $14.87 0.3

Constant (1982) dollars2 ................ 8.01 8.12 8.14 8.14 8.14 N.A. (3)

Goods-producing .............................. 16.02 16.35 16.39 16.38 16.43 16.47 .2

Mining ........................................... 17.62 17.87 17.70 17.78 17.88 17.81 -.4

Construction ................................. 18.39 18.77 18.81 18.87 18.89 18.94 .3

Manufacturing ............................... 14.95 15.27 15.31 15.28 15.33 15.36 .2

Excluding overtime4 ................. 14.28 14.53 14.56 14.57 14.59 14.64 .3

Service-producing ............................. 13.97 14.24 14.29 14.33 14.37 14.42 .3

Transportation and public utilities 16.87 17.31 17.37 17.33 17.34 17.44 .6

Wholesale trade ............................ 15.99 16.12 16.15 16.14 16.27 16.31 .2

Retail trade ................................... 9.81 9.99 10.06 10.05 10.09 10.10 .1

Finance, insurance, and real

estate ...................................... 15.93 16.17 16.27 16.38 16.43 16.52 .5

Services ........................................ 14.83 15.16 15.19 15.26 15.29 15.35 .4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners

and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this

series. 

3 Change was .0 percent from July 2002 to August

2002, the latest month available. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at

the rate of time and one-half.

 N.A. = not available.

p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

(1982=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Sept.

2001

July

2002

Aug.

2002p

Sept.

2002p

Sept.

2001

May

2002

June

2002

July

2002

Aug.

2002p

Sept.

2002p

Total private ............................................ 151.5 150.0 151.0 150.5 149.6 148.1 148.6 147.5 148.0 148.6

Goods-producing .................................................. 112.1 105.9 108.0 107.8 108.8 105.0 105.7 104.1 104.7 104.7

Mining ............................................................... 56.9 53.8 55.3 54.5 55.5 53.7 53.7 52.5 53.9 53.0

Construction ..................................................... 194.8 189.1 190.7 188.4 183.6 176.4 178.4 173.8 176.3 178.0

Manufacturing ................................................... 97.6 91.2 93.4 93.6 96.0 92.8 93.2 92.3 92.4 92.1

Durable goods ................................................ 100.6 92.9 95.2 95.3 99.5 95.4 95.6 94.5 94.6 94.3

Lumber and wood products .......................... 141.0 136.7 138.5 139.0 137.5 134.4 134.0 134.8 134.2 135.2

Furniture and fixtures .................................... 124.2 121.0 124.4 122.8 122.6 122.9 122.9 123.2 123.8 121.3

Stone, clay, and glass products .................... 122.7 116.1 117.8 118.7 117.3 112.6 113.3 112.3 113.6 113.3

Primary metal industries ............................... 83.8 74.1 76.0 76.1 82.5 76.4 76.6 75.4 75.9 74.7

Blast furnaces and basic steel products ... 65.8 59.0 59.7 60.3 64.7 58.9 59.2 58.4 59.6 59.1

Fabricated metal products ............................ 112.4 106.8 109.3 109.1 111.1 110.1 110.2 109.9 108.6 107.9

Industrial machinery and equipment ............. 87.9 81.0 81.5 81.3 88.3 82.8 83.1 81.9 82.3 81.6

Electronic and other electrical equipment ..... 90.9 78.1 78.6 79.1 90.5 82.2 81.7 80.4 78.9 78.7

Transportation equipment ............................. 110.2 98.7 106.5 107.0 108.9 105.6 106.4 103.7 105.3 106.1

Motor vehicles and equipment .................. 144.7 130.2 146.4 147.2 142.8 144.0 144.7 139.6 144.3 145.1

Instruments and related products ................. 71.6 67.1 67.5 67.1 71.7 67.9 68.2 67.9 67.5 67.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing ....................... 89.8 88.5 91.3 91.4 89.1 90.6 92.1 90.4 89.9 91.0

Nondurable goods .......................................... 93.5 88.8 90.9 91.3 91.2 89.4 89.9 89.1 89.4 89.1

Food and kindred products ........................... 122.1 116.8 121.6 121.8 115.0 115.6 117.1 114.9 115.7 114.6

Tobacco products ......................................... 53.0 49.6 55.8 58.2 49.2 51.5 52.9 54.2 57.9 55.5

Textile mill products ...................................... 65.4 60.2 62.4 61.5 64.2 61.6 61.6 61.4 61.3 60.2

Apparel and other textile products ................ 45.9 42.8 43.0 43.5 45.9 43.4 43.5 43.5 43.2 43.6

Paper and allied products ............................. 98.5 93.5 94.5 96.3 96.8 95.0 94.5 93.4 94.5 94.5

Printing and publishing ................................. 114.7 105.2 106.8 106.9 113.2 106.2 106.8 105.7 106.2 105.4

Chemicals and allied products ...................... 95.7 94.0 95.4 96.3 95.6 95.1 95.7 94.8 95.6 96.2

Petroleum and coal products ........................ 74.0 74.2 72.1 74.2 71.6 70.9 70.7 71.6 70.5 72.0

Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 136.7 131.7 134.6 134.9 135.1 133.8 135.2 135.0 134.4 133.2

Leather and leather products ........................ 23.8 22.4 22.6 24.6 24.0 23.1 22.6 23.7 21.9 24.9

Service-producing ................................................. 169.2 169.7 170.3 169.7 167.8 167.5 167.8 167.0 167.5 168.4

Transportation and public utilities ..................... 140.1 133.7 134.5 136.0 137.7 134.4 133.9 133.7 133.5 133.8

Wholesale trade ................................................ 127.3 126.5 126.8 127.4 126.1 125.7 126.7 125.9 125.9 126.2

Retail trade ....................................................... 147.0 150.8 150.0 147.7 146.4 147.1 147.1 145.7 146.0 146.9

Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 142.0 141.0 142.1 143.5 139.7 140.6 140.0 139.9 141.0 141.6

Services ............................................................ 213.7 214.7 216.3 215.3 212.4 211.8 212.7 211.8 212.8 214.1

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 347 industries1

Over 1-month span:

1998 .......................... 62.4 57.5 59.1 60.2 57.5 56.8 54.6 59.1 57.2 53.0 57.9 56.8

1999 .......................... 55.3 58.6 53.6 58.4 55.5 57.8 57.1 54.8 57.1 57.2 60.4 58.1

2000 .......................... 55.9 57.5 57.9 51.2 50.1 55.8 57.8 51.4 52.4 52.4 53.2 52.7

2001 .......................... 49.4 45.7 50.3 42.4 47.3 43.2 44.5 42.5 42.4 40.5 39.3 44.1

2002 .......................... 47.3 41.4 49.7 47.8 50.9 49.4 48.6 p46.7 p47.7 

Over 3-month span:

1998 .......................... 65.3 66.3 65.3 65.9 62.7 58.2 58.9 59.1 59.8 57.9 57.1 58.8

1999 .......................... 59.2 57.6 59.5 55.2 60.2 57.2 59.4 59.2 59.7 58.9 61.2 60.7

2000 .......................... 60.4 61.4 58.4 53.2 52.4 55.5 56.6 56.2 51.2 51.0 53.2 51.6

2001 .......................... 45.5 46.1 40.8 43.4 37.8 43.2 39.3 38.0 35.3 33.7 36.3 38.9

2002 .......................... 40.1 43.2 42.5 46.5 48.0 50.1 p46.0 p45.0 

Over 6-month span:

1998 .......................... 70.2 67.4 64.7 61.5 64.1 62.1 59.1 58.8 57.5 60.2 59.2 58.4

1999 .......................... 60.2 58.9 58.5 59.7 57.2 60.8 61.2 62.5 62.7 61.8 61.2 62.8

2000 .......................... 61.1 59.4 58.1 57.9 54.2 52.4 52.9 54.2 52.4 48.7 45.7 46.5

2001 .......................... 44.7 42.7 39.5 40.1 40.8 35.6 37.0 32.4 34.3 33.1 34.1 35.6

2002 .......................... 37.0 41.6 43.4 44.4 p46.3 p46.7 

Over 12-month span:

1998 .......................... 69.9 67.9 67.6 65.6 64.1 62.7 61.7 62.2 60.8 59.4 60.8 58.9

1999 .......................... 61.2 60.1 58.2 61.0 60.7 61.5 62.2 61.1 63.8 62.2 59.7 60.5

2000 .......................... 61.4 59.9 58.8 56.2 55.3 53.6 53.0 51.0 47.7 45.2 44.5 42.9

2001 .......................... 41.5 41.5 38.9 37.5 37.3 36.2 34.1 33.6 34.4 33.9 33.3 34.0

2002 .......................... 35.2 p36.5 p37.3 

Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1

Over 1-month span:

1998 .......................... 57.0 52.6 52.2 52.9 44.9 47.4 38.2 52.9 44.9 38.6 42.3 41.5

1999 .......................... 47.4 41.2 42.6 46.0 46.3 43.4 50.0 42.6 46.0 45.6 51.5 49.3

2000 .......................... 44.9 52.2 49.3 46.0 49.3 50.7 57.4 36.8 39.0 42.3 47.1 40.8

2001 .......................... 34.9 26.8 38.2 29.0 28.3 30.5 34.9 25.7 31.6 31.3 25.0 30.9

2002 .......................... 35.3 37.9 40.4 47.4 47.1 40.4 48.9 p38.6 p40.4 

Over 3-month span:

1998 .......................... 59.2 57.0 54.8 51.8 48.2 38.2 41.9 43.0 43.0 38.2 32.7 40.4

1999 .......................... 39.3 39.3 39.7 40.1 41.2 43.8 44.1 46.3 42.3 44.1 47.8 45.2

2000 .......................... 48.2 48.9 48.9 44.5 46.7 52.2 46.0 38.6 29.0 34.2 39.0 36.0

2001 .......................... 21.3 21.3 18.4 23.5 19.9 23.2 17.3 19.1 16.2 18.0 18.4 18.0

2002 .......................... 24.6 30.1 37.1 38.6 40.1 41.2 p36.0 p33.8 

Over 6-month span:

1998 .......................... 60.7 54.4 49.3 40.1 45.2 42.6 39.0 38.2 34.6 41.2 35.7 33.1

1999 .......................... 36.4 36.0 37.5 40.4 37.5 42.3 43.0 44.5 48.2 43.0 44.5 47.4

2000 .......................... 47.8 45.2 44.5 50.0 41.9 37.9 36.0 35.3 32.4 26.1 21.3 21.7

2001 .......................... 20.2 16.9 14.0 16.2 16.5 13.2 14.7 11.8 14.0 13.2 17.6 16.5

2002 .......................... 19.9 26.8 29.8 38.2 p36.0 p35.3 

Over 12-month span:

1998 .......................... 54.8 52.2 51.8 46.7 40.4 40.1 38.2 37.5 36.4 34.6 35.7 34.2

1999 .......................... 38.6 34.6 32.4 36.0 37.9 39.0 40.1 40.4 44.5 44.5 43.4 44.5

2000 .......................... 49.3 44.1 39.3 36.8 35.3 34.2 33.8 28.7 22.1 19.1 17.6 14.0

2001 .......................... 13.6 13.6 13.6 15.4 12.1 11.0 11.0 11.0 12.9 12.9 14.0 13.6

2002 .......................... 18.0 p18.0 p18.8 

1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans

and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within

the span. 

p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment

increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment,

where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with

increasing and decreasing employment.