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Percent Millions

Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 

April 2002 – March 2005

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,

April 2002 – March 2005

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MARCH 2005

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 110,000 in March, and the unemployment rate declined

to 5.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Several

industries added jobs over the month, including construction, mining, health care, and wholesale trade.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.7 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.2 percent, decreased

in March. The jobless rate was down from 5.7 percent a year earlier. Over the month, the unemployment

rates for adult men (4.6 percent), whites (4.4 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (5.7 percent) declined. The

unemployment rates for adult women (4.5 percent), teenagers (16.9 percent), and blacks or African Americans (10.3 percent) were little changed. The jobless rate for Asians was 3.9 percent, not seasonally

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

In March, persons who had been unemployed for 27 weeks or more accounted for 21.5 percent of the

unemployed, down from 23.8 percent a year earlier. Job losers made up 49.1 percent of the unemployed in

March, down from 53.5 percent a year earlier. (See tables A-8 and A-9.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

Total employment and the employment-population ratio were about unchanged in March at 140.5 million

and 62.4 percent, respectively. The civilian labor force participation rate was 65.8 percent for the third

straight month. (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 Feb.-

Category 2004 2005 Mar.

IV I Jan. Feb. Mar. change 

Labor force status

Civilian labor force................................................. 148,136 148,089 147,979 148,132 148,157 25

Employment................................................................... 140,092 140,296 140,241 140,144 140,501 357

Unemployment................................................................... 8,044 7,794 7,737 7,988 7,656 -332

Not in labor force................................................................... 76,282 76,949 76,858 76,909 77,079 170

All workers............................................................... 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.2 -0.2

Adult men........................................................... 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.6 -.3

Adult women........................................................ 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.5 -.2

Teenagers........................................................ 17.1 16.9 16.3 17.5 16.9 -.6

White .................................................................. 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.4 -.2

Black or African American.................................... 10.8 10.6 10.6 10.9 10.3 -.6

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 6.7 6.1 6.1 6.4 5.7 -.7

ESTABLISHMENT DATA 

Nonfarm employment........................................................ 132,302 p132,772 132,573 p132,816 p132,926 p110

Goods-producing 1........................................................ 22,000 p22,047 22,004 p22,056 p22,080 p24

Construction............................................................. 7,063 p7,119 7,090 p7,121 p7,147 p26

Manufacturing........................................................ 14,338 p14,314 14,307 p14,322 p14,314 p-8

Service-providing 1 ............................................................... 110,302 p110,725 110,569 p110,760 p110,846 p86

Retail trade 2 ........................................................ 15,072 p15,104 15,081 p15,120 p15,111 p-10

Professional and business services......... 16,633 p16,751 16,694 p16,766 p16,793 p27

Education and health services.............................. 17,110 p17,193 17,178 p17,189 p17,212 p23

Leisure and hospitality........................................................ 12,569 p12,627 12,611 p12,630 p12,640 p10

Government........................................................ 21,702 p21,734 21,710 p21,741 p21,750 p9

Total private.............................................................. 33.7 p33.7 33.7 p33.7 p33.7 p0.0

Manufacturing............................................................ 40.6 p40.6 40.7 p40.6 p40.5 p-.1

Overtime........................................................ 4.5 p4.5 4.5 p4.6 p4.4 p-.2

 

Total private.......................................................... 101.2 p101.7 101.5 p101.7 p101.8 p0.1

Average hourly earnings, total private............... $15.83 p$15.92 $15.90 p$15.91 p$15.95 p$0.04

Average weekly earnings, total private............ 533.89 p536.51 535.83 p536.17 p537.52 p1.35

 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data.

 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.

2005

Earnings 3

Hours of work 3

HOUSEHOLD DATA

 p=preliminary.

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3

Unemployment rates 

 Employment
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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

There were 1.6 million persons who were marginally attached to the labor force in March, about the

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

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

however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number

of discouraged workers, at 480,000 in March, was little changed from a year earlier. Discouraged workers,

a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed

no jobs were available for them. The other 1.1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for

reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 110,000 in March to 132.9 million, seasonally adjusted.

Industries with over-the-month job gains included construction, mining, health care, and wholesale trade.

Payroll employment has risen by 2.1 million over the year and by 3.1 million since its most recent trough in

May 2003. (See table B-1.)

Within the goods-producing sector, construction employment rose by 26,000 in March, following a gain

of similar magnitude in February. This industry has added 489,000 jobs since its most recent low in March

2003. Residential building and residential specialty trade contractors together accounted for 70 percent of

the 2-year gain. Employment rose in mining for the fifth consecutive month. This industry has added 22,000

jobs since October 2004, mainly in support services for oil and gas operations.

Manufacturing employment was little changed (-8,000) in March. Small job losses occurred in textile

mills (-2,000) and apparel (-5,000), as both industries continued to experience long-term job declines.

Since last summer, manufacturing employment has declined slightly.

In the service-providing sector, health care added 16,000 jobs in March, with hospitals accounting for

half of the growth. Over the year, health care employment has increased by 243,000.

Wholesale trade employment was up by 15,000 over the month, with gains in both its durable and

nondurable components. Since its most recent low in August 2003, the industry has added 112,000 jobs.

Employment in professional and business services continued to trend upward in March (27,000). Over

the year, monthly job gains in this broad industry category have averaged 51,000. Within professional and

business services, temporary help employment was about unchanged in March, following an increase of

26,000 in February.

Elsewhere among service-providing industries, employment continued to trend up in food services and in

credit intermediation. Following strong growth in February, retail trade employment was about unchanged in

March. The industry has added 89,000 jobs over the year. In March, job losses continued in air transportion; this industry has lost 127,000 jobs since its peak in April 2001.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.7 hours in March, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.1 hour

to 40.5 hours. Manufacturing overtime fell by 0.2 hour over the month to 4.4 hours. (See table B-2.)
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The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm

payrolls increased by 0.1 percent in March to 101.8 (2002=100). The manufacturing index was down by

0.2 percent over the month to 93.8. (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

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

4 cents in March to $15.95, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings increased by 0.3 percent over

the month to $537.52. Over the year, average hourly earnings and average weekly earnings each grew by

2.6 percent. (See table B-3.)

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The Employment Situation for April 2005 is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 6,

at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
Explanatory Note

This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the

Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current

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

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

Statistics (BLS).

The establishment survey provides the information on the

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

appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This

information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation

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

and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual

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

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

unemployment insurance tax accounts.

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

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

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

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

calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences

between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire

civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of

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

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

not in the labor force.

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

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

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

employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of

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

reasons.

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

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

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

employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the

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

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

the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed

persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not

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

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

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn

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

as well as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on

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

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

sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector.

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in

accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry

Classification System.

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

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

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

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

• The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the

employed. The establishment survey does not.

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

The establishment survey is not limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because

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

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

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

Seasonal adjustment

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

levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations

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

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

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

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern

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

adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make

nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or

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

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

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

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

students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics

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

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

economic activity.

Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both

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

unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted

component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by

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

this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained

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

or more detailed age categories.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent

seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are

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

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

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

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

particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the

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

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

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

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

percent level of confidence.

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

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

minus 430,000. 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 -330,000 to 530,000

(100,000 +/- 430,000). These figures do not mean that the sample

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the

monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, and for the

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

point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments

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

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

precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated

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

adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly

estimates.

The household and establishment surveys are also affected by

nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,

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

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a

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

collection or processing of the data.

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

recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these

estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two

successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample

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

Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment

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

generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation

of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components

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

deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated

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

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

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

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

death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical

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

the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are

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

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

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

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

total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from

less than 0.05 percent to 0.5 percent.

Additional statistics and other information

More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and

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

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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error

for the household and establishment survey data published in this

release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these

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

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

actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables

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

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Mar.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 222,550 225,041 225,236 222,550 224,422 224,640 224,837 225,041 225,236

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 146,525 147,649 147,745 146,737 148,313 148,203 147,979 148,132 148,157

 Participation rate ............................................................... 65.8 65.6 65.6 65.9 66.1 66.0 65.8 65.8 65.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 137,691 139,100 139,759 138,408 140,293 140,156 140,241 140,144 140,501

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 61.9 61.8 62.0 62.2 62.5 62.4 62.4 62.3 62.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 8,834 8,549 7,986 8,330 8,020 8,047 7,737 7,988 7,656

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.0 5.8 5.4 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.2

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 76,025 77,392 77,492 75,812 76,109 76,437 76,858 76,909 77,079

 Persons who currently want a job ......................................... 4,667 4,844 4,858 4,817 5,087 5,021 4,982 4,995 5,001

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,281 108,598 108,703 107,281 108,276 108,392 108,489 108,598 108,703

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 78,283 78,950 79,242 78,590 79,602 79,412 79,146 79,373 79,598

 Participation rate ............................................................... 73.0 72.7 72.9 73.3 73.5 73.3 73.0 73.1 73.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 73,244 73,990 74,612 74,062 75,188 74,938 74,934 74,964 75,375

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 68.3 68.1 68.6 69.0 69.4 69.1 69.1 69.0 69.3

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 5,039 4,959 4,631 4,527 4,414 4,474 4,212 4,410 4,224

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 6.4 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 28,998 29,648 29,460 28,691 28,674 28,981 29,342 29,224 29,104

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 99,065 100,321 100,419 99,065 100,017 100,126 100,219 100,321 100,419

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 74,991 75,640 75,802 75,035 75,866 75,754 75,594 75,816 75,921

 Participation rate ............................................................... 75.7 75.4 75.5 75.7 75.9 75.7 75.4 75.6 75.6

 Employed .............................................................................. 70,586 71,413 71,893 71,158 72,134 72,020 72,029 72,131 72,429

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 71.3 71.2 71.6 71.8 72.1 71.9 71.9 71.9 72.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 4,405 4,228 3,909 3,877 3,733 3,733 3,565 3,685 3,492

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.9 5.6 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.6

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 24,074 24,680 24,616 24,029 24,151 24,372 24,625 24,505 24,498

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 115,269 116,443 116,534 115,269 116,146 116,247 116,348 116,443 116,534

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 68,241 68,699 68,503 68,148 68,711 68,791 68,832 68,759 68,559

 Participation rate ............................................................... 59.2 59.0 58.8 59.1 59.2 59.2 59.2 59.0 58.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 64,447 65,109 65,147 64,345 65,104 65,218 65,307 65,180 65,127

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

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,794 3,590 3,356 3,803 3,606 3,573 3,525 3,579 3,432

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

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 47,028 47,744 48,031 47,121 47,436 47,456 47,516 47,684 47,975

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 107,299 108,403 108,486 107,299 108,129 108,221 108,316 108,403 108,486

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 65,036 65,411 65,225 64,723 65,244 65,260 65,318 65,270 65,051

 Participation rate ............................................................... 60.6 60.3 60.1 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.2 60.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 61,703 62,292 62,295 61,424 62,145 62,208 62,295 62,202 62,099

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 57.5 57.5 57.4 57.2 57.5 57.5 57.5 57.4 57.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,333 3,119 2,930 3,299 3,099 3,051 3,023 3,068 2,952

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 5.1 4.8 4.5 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.5

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 42,264 42,992 43,261 42,576 42,885 42,961 42,998 43,133 43,435

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 16,186 16,317 16,332 16,186 16,275 16,293 16,302 16,317 16,332

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,498 6,598 6,718 6,979 7,202 7,189 7,066 7,046 7,185

 Participation rate ............................................................... 40.1 40.4 41.1 43.1 44.2 44.1 43.3 43.2 44.0

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,402 5,395 5,570 5,825 6,014 5,927 5,917 5,811 5,973

 Employment-population ratio ............................................ 33.4 33.1 34.1 36.0 36.9 36.4 36.3 35.6 36.6

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,096 1,203 1,147 1,154 1,188 1,262 1,150 1,235 1,212

 Unemployment rate .......................................................... 16.9 18.2 17.1 16.5 16.5 17.6 16.3 17.5 16.9

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,688 9,719 9,614 9,207 9,074 9,104 9,235 9,271 9,147

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Mar.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 182,121 183,767 183,888 182,121 183,340 183,483 183,640 183,767 183,888

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 120,455 121,293 121,193 120,598 121,606 121,509 121,553 121,621 121,484

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

 Employed .............................................................................. 113,921 115,188 115,529 114,500 115,966 115,910 116,158 116,022 116,135

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 62.6 62.7 62.8 62.9 63.3 63.2 63.3 63.1 63.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 6,533 6,105 5,664 6,098 5,640 5,600 5,395 5,598 5,349

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.4 5.0 4.7 5.1 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.4

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 61,666 62,474 62,695 61,522 61,735 61,973 62,088 62,146 62,403

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 62,622 63,192 63,355 62,691 63,225 63,199 63,259 63,390 63,497

 Participation rate ................................................................. 76.1 75.9 76.1 76.1 76.2 76.1 76.1 76.2 76.3

 Employed .............................................................................. 59,245 60,116 60,460 59,767 60,565 60,570 60,712 60,776 60,965

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 72.0 72.3 72.6 72.6 73.0 72.9 73.0 73.0 73.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 3,377 3,076 2,894 2,924 2,660 2,629 2,547 2,614 2,532

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 5.4 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 52,388 52,543 52,287 52,059 52,443 52,385 52,414 52,311 52,055

 Participation rate ................................................................. 60.1 59.8 59.4 59.7 59.8 59.7 59.7 59.5 59.2

 Employed .............................................................................. 50,053 50,448 50,333 49,751 50,318 50,344 50,392 50,246 50,096

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.4 57.4 57.2 57.1 57.4 57.3 57.4 57.2 56.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 2,335 2,094 1,954 2,307 2,125 2,040 2,022 2,066 1,959

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.5 4.0 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 5,445 5,559 5,551 5,849 5,938 5,926 5,879 5,919 5,932

 Participation rate ................................................................. 43.3 44.0 43.9 46.5 47.0 46.9 46.5 46.8 46.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 4,623 4,624 4,736 4,982 5,083 4,995 5,054 5,001 5,074

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 36.7 36.6 37.4 39.6 40.3 39.5 40.0 39.5 40.1

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 822 934 815 867 855 931 825 918 858

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 15.1 16.8 14.7 14.8 14.4 15.7 14.0 15.5 14.5

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 25,932 26,342 26,377 25,932 26,239 26,273 26,306 26,342 26,377

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 16,531 16,538 16,673 16,603 16,728 16,713 16,721 16,708 16,741

 Participation rate ................................................................. 63.7 62.8 63.2 64.0 63.8 63.6 63.6 63.4 63.5

 Employed .............................................................................. 14,793 14,688 14,917 14,917 14,913 14,907 14,946 14,890 15,025

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 57.0 55.8 56.6 57.5 56.8 56.7 56.8 56.5 57.0

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,738 1,850 1,756 1,685 1,814 1,806 1,775 1,818 1,716

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.5 11.2 10.5 10.2 10.8 10.8 10.6 10.9 10.3

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 9,402 9,804 9,704 9,330 9,512 9,559 9,585 9,634 9,636

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,357 7,394 7,388 7,366 7,485 7,473 7,380 7,438 7,403

 Participation rate ................................................................. 70.7 69.9 69.7 70.8 71.0 70.8 69.8 70.3 69.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,620 6,523 6,660 6,689 6,697 6,677 6,612 6,630 6,719

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.7 61.6 62.8 64.3 63.5 63.3 62.6 62.6 63.4

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 737 872 728 677 788 796 768 809 684

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 10.0 11.8 9.9 9.2 10.5 10.7 10.4 10.9 9.2

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 8,491 8,476 8,497 8,500 8,438 8,477 8,532 8,527 8,507

 Participation rate ................................................................. 64.7 63.7 63.8 64.8 63.6 63.9 64.2 64.1 63.9

 Employed .............................................................................. 7,702 7,700 7,736 7,713 7,675 7,702 7,770 7,751 7,746

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 58.7 57.9 58.1 58.8 57.9 58.0 58.5 58.3 58.2

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 789 776 761 787 763 775 763 776 761

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 9.3 9.2 9.0 9.3 9.0 9.1 8.9 9.1 8.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 683 668 788 737 804 763 808 742 831

 Participation rate ................................................................. 28.3 27.2 32.0 30.6 33.0 31.2 33.0 30.2 33.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 471 465 521 515 542 528 564 509 560

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 19.6 19.0 21.2 21.4 22.2 21.6 23.0 20.7 22.8

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 212 202 267 222 263 235 244 233 271

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 31.0 30.3 33.8 30.1 32.7 30.8 30.2 31.5 32.6

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstutional population ............................................. 9,395 9,659 9,732 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 6,235 6,378 6,423 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 66.4 66.0 66.0 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 5,971 6,092 6,175 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.6 63.1 63.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 264 286 248 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 4.2 4.5 3.9 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 3,160 3,281 3,309 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted 1

Mar.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ........................................... 27,791 28,729 28,815 27,791 28,520 28,608 28,642 28,729 28,815

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 19,053 19,385 19,531 19,036 19,552 19,544 19,379 19,458 19,541

 Participation rate ................................................................. 68.6 67.5 67.8 68.5 68.6 68.3 67.7 67.7 67.8

 Employed .............................................................................. 17,534 18,031 18,331 17,633 18,238 18,252 18,198 18,211 18,425

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 63.1 62.8 63.6 63.5 63.9 63.8 63.5 63.4 63.9

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 1,519 1,354 1,200 1,403 1,313 1,292 1,181 1,248 1,117

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 8.0 7.0 6.1 7.4 6.7 6.6 6.1 6.4 5.7

 Not in labor force .................................................................... 8,738 9,344 9,284 8,755 8,968 9,064 9,263 9,270 9,273

Men, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 10,857 11,143 11,303 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 84.0 83.2 84.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 10,125 10,508 10,706 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 78.4 78.5 79.7 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 732 635 597 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 6.7 5.7 5.3 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Women, 20 years and over

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 7,261 7,266 7,264 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 59.1 57.3 57.1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 6,689 6,754 6,842 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 54.5 53.2 53.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 572 512 422 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 7.9 7.1 5.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 Civilian labor force .................................................................. 935 976 964 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Participation rate ................................................................. 36.2 36.8 36.2 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employed .............................................................................. 720 769 783 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Employment-population ratio .............................................. 27.8 29.0 29.4 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployed ......................................................................... 215 207 181 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

 Unemployment rate ............................................................ 23.0 21.2 18.8 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

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

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

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

Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 12,397 12,269 12,481 12,356 12,722 12,814 12,575 12,581 12,501

 Participation rate ................................................................... 45.1 44.3 45.0 44.9 45.3 45.0 44.7 45.4 45.0

 Employed ................................................................................ 11,155 11,142 11,377 11,273 11,703 11,746 11,637 11,595 11,528

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 40.6 40.2 41.0 41.0 41.6 41.3 41.4 41.9 41.5

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,242 1,126 1,104 1,084 1,019 1,068 938 986 973

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 10.0 9.2 8.8 8.8 8.0 8.3 7.5 7.8 7.8

High school graduates, no college 1

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 37,778 38,230 38,339 37,707 37,630 37,695 37,729 38,077 38,173

 Participation rate ................................................................... 63.3 63.0 62.9 63.2 63.1 63.1 62.2 62.7 62.6

 Employed ................................................................................ 35,576 36,101 36,345 35,727 35,788 35,846 35,943 36,223 36,378

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 59.6 59.5 59.6 59.9 60.0 60.0 59.2 59.7 59.7

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 2,202 2,129 1,994 1,980 1,842 1,849 1,786 1,854 1,795

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.7

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 34,475 35,071 34,879 34,475 34,549 34,483 34,524 34,842 34,863

 Participation rate ................................................................... 73.0 72.8 72.9 73.0 72.4 72.3 73.0 72.4 72.9

 Employed ................................................................................ 32,794 33,529 33,459 32,861 33,051 32,995 33,117 33,387 33,484

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 69.5 69.6 70.0 69.6 69.3 69.2 70.0 69.4 70.0

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,681 1,543 1,421 1,613 1,498 1,487 1,407 1,455 1,380

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 4.9 4.4 4.1 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.0

Bachelor’s degree and higher 2

Civilian labor force .................................................................... 40,535 40,621 40,537 40,309 41,131 41,026 40,907 40,534 40,395

 Participation rate ................................................................... 78.2 78.2 77.8 77.8 78.5 78.7 78.4 78.0 77.5

 Employed ................................................................................ 39,414 39,657 39,589 39,147 40,090 40,009 39,925 39,563 39,411

 Employment-population ratio ................................................ 76.1 76.4 76.0 75.5 76.5 76.7 76.5 76.2 75.7

 Unemployed ........................................................................... 1,120 964 948 1,162 1,041 1,018 982 972 985

 Unemployment rate .............................................................. 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the

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

(In thousands)

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries ............................................. 2,025 1,889 2,025 2,180 2,212 2,179 2,120 2,145 2,187

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 1,125 1,023 1,090 1,268 1,204 1,185 1,181 1,208 1,224

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 880 845 914 914 952 963 904 903 948

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 20 22 21 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Nonagricultural industries ......................................................... 135,666 137,211 137,734 136,192 138,068 137,973 138,112 138,005 138,293

 Wage and salary workers ....................................................... 126,595 127,615 128,138 126,835 128,431 128,459 128,501 128,184 128,400

 Government .......................................................................... 20,137 20,321 20,483 19,941 20,309 20,270 20,296 20,106 20,249

 Private industries .................................................................. 106,458 107,294 107,654 106,868 108,120 108,257 108,219 107,978 108,085

 Private households ............................................................. 767 777 762 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Other industries .................................................................. 105,691 106,517 106,893 106,072 107,360 107,492 107,414 107,162 107,286

 Self-employed workers ........................................................... 8,955 9,468 9,498 9,243 9,505 9,473 9,514 9,709 9,767

 Unpaid family workers ............................................................ 116 127 98 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME 2

All industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,868 4,487 4,514 4,708 4,533 4,474 4,395 4,269 4,344

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,163 2,820 2,795 2,984 2,761 2,735 2,768 2,629 2,643

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,430 1,315 1,455 1,430 1,420 1,440 1,329 1,296 1,419

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,616 20,145 19,955 19,091 19,499 19,502 19,089 19,555 19,458

Nonagricultural industries:

 Part time for economic reasons .............................................. 4,750 4,380 4,433 4,595 4,404 4,382 4,303 4,153 4,268

 Slack work or business conditions ........................................ 3,081 2,761 2,745 2,899 2,685 2,682 2,702 2,572 2,592

 Could only find part-time work .............................................. 1,423 1,306 1,439 1,415 1,396 1,397 1,309 1,268 1,411

 Part time for noneconomic reasons ........................................ 19,276 19,865 19,638 18,791 19,141 19,176 18,765 19,254 19,182

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

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

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

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

bad weather.

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

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

Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

survey.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

(In thousands)

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 137,691 139,100 139,759 138,408 140,293 140,156 140,241 140,144 140,501

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 5,402 5,395 5,570 5,825 6,014 5,927 5,917 5,811 5,973

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,944 2,098 2,101 2,189 2,240 2,261 2,267 2,286 2,339

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 3,459 3,297 3,469 3,629 3,739 3,691 3,634 3,533 3,651

 20 years and over ................................................................... 132,289 133,704 134,188 132,583 134,279 134,229 134,325 134,333 134,528

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 13,350 13,275 13,419 13,613 13,818 13,851 13,702 13,531 13,684

 25 years and over ................................................................. 118,939 120,429 120,769 118,936 120,455 120,421 120,669 120,758 120,775

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 96,855 97,598 97,789 96,988 97,885 97,701 98,049 97,986 97,954

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 30,163 30,359 30,228 30,300 30,495 30,504 30,683 30,581 30,400

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 34,460 34,404 34,575 34,470 34,739 34,632 34,589 34,524 34,587

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 32,232 32,835 32,986 32,218 32,651 32,566 32,776 32,881 32,968

 55 years and over ............................................................... 22,084 22,832 22,980 21,948 22,571 22,719 22,620 22,772 22,821

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 73,244 73,990 74,612 74,062 75,188 74,938 74,934 74,964 75,375

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,658 2,578 2,718 2,904 3,055 2,917 2,905 2,833 2,946

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 871 950 997 1,008 1,117 1,049 1,068 1,057 1,130

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,787 1,628 1,721 1,887 1,914 1,862 1,825 1,779 1,828

 20 years and over ................................................................... 70,586 71,413 71,893 71,158 72,134 72,020 72,029 72,131 72,429

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 7,027 6,957 7,028 7,200 7,295 7,354 7,181 7,131 7,193

 25 years and over ................................................................. 63,559 64,455 64,865 63,932 64,823 64,704 64,900 65,012 65,201

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 51,795 52,346 52,572 52,167 52,695 52,563 52,840 52,837 52,933

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 16,522 16,681 16,580 16,719 16,851 16,818 16,902 16,905 16,795

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 18,529 18,565 18,681 18,652 18,799 18,719 18,769 18,723 18,798

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 16,743 17,100 17,310 16,795 17,045 17,026 17,169 17,208 17,340

 55 years and over ............................................................... 11,764 12,109 12,293 11,765 12,128 12,141 12,061 12,175 12,267

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 64,447 65,109 65,147 64,345 65,104 65,218 65,307 65,180 65,127

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 2,744 2,818 2,852 2,921 2,959 3,010 3,012 2,978 3,028

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 1,073 1,149 1,104 1,181 1,123 1,212 1,199 1,229 1,209

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 1,671 1,669 1,748 1,743 1,826 1,830 1,809 1,754 1,823

 20 years and over ................................................................... 61,703 62,292 62,295 61,424 62,145 62,208 62,295 62,202 62,099

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 6,322 6,318 6,391 6,413 6,523 6,497 6,521 6,400 6,491

 25 years and over ................................................................. 55,380 55,974 55,904 55,004 55,633 55,716 55,769 55,746 55,575

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 45,061 45,252 45,217 44,822 45,190 45,138 45,209 45,149 45,021

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 13,641 13,678 13,647 13,581 13,644 13,686 13,782 13,676 13,604

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 15,931 15,838 15,894 15,818 15,940 15,912 15,820 15,800 15,789

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 15,488 15,735 15,676 15,423 15,606 15,540 15,608 15,673 15,628

 55 years and over ............................................................... 10,320 10,722 10,687 10,183 10,443 10,578 10,560 10,597 10,554

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 44,793 45,160 45,199 45,000 45,462 45,315 45,171 45,351 45,382

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 34,533 34,754 34,431 34,283 34,961 34,878 34,739 34,601 34,307

Women who maintain families .................................................. 8,768 8,969 8,909 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Full-time workers 2 ................................................................... 112,756 114,022 114,431 113,957 115,415 115,585 115,858 115,370 115,669

Part-time workers 3 ................................................................... 24,935 25,078 25,328 24,361 24,940 24,728 24,220 24,626 24,727

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

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

week.

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

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

Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household

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

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates 1

Mar.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Total, 16 years and over ........................................................... 8,330 7,988 7,656 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.2

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 1,154 1,235 1,212 16.5 16.5 17.6 16.3 17.5 16.9

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 538 595 564 19.7 21.2 20.6 19.3 20.6 19.4

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 611 649 642 14.4 13.5 15.4 14.4 15.5 15.0

 20 years and over ................................................................... 7,176 6,753 6,444 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.6

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 1,440 1,511 1,357 9.6 9.2 8.9 9.5 10.0 9.0

 25 years and over ................................................................. 5,741 5,278 5,088 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.0

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 4,934 4,423 4,284 4.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.2

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,885 1,673 1,718 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.0 5.2 5.3

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 1,709 1,531 1,397 4.7 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 3.9

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 1,340 1,218 1,169 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.4

 55 years and over ............................................................... 861 854 831 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5

Men, 16 years and over ............................................................ 4,527 4,410 4,224 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.3

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 650 725 732 18.3 18.2 20.3 18.2 20.4 19.9

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 291 352 336 22.4 23.0 24.3 22.0 25.0 22.9

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 355 382 388 15.8 14.8 17.8 16.1 17.7 17.5

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,877 3,685 3,492 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.6

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 813 907 770 10.1 9.8 9.0 10.2 11.3 9.7

 25 years and over ................................................................. 3,092 2,810 2,747 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.0

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,620 2,336 2,290 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.2 4.1

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 1,034 896 914 5.8 5.4 5.7 4.7 5.0 5.2

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 906 797 754 4.6 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.1 3.9

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 679 643 622 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.5

 55 years and over ............................................................... 472 474 458 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.9 3.7 3.6

Women, 16 years and over ...................................................... 3,803 3,579 3,432 5.6 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.0

 16 to 19 years ......................................................................... 504 510 480 14.7 14.6 14.8 14.3 14.6 13.7

 16 to 17 years ....................................................................... 246 243 228 17.3 19.3 17.2 16.8 16.5 15.8

 18 to 19 years ....................................................................... 256 267 254 12.8 12.1 12.9 12.7 13.2 12.2

 20 years and over ................................................................... 3,299 3,068 2,952 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.5

 20 to 24 years ....................................................................... 627 605 587 8.9 8.5 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.3

 25 years and over ................................................................. 2,649 2,468 2,341 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.0

 25 to 54 years ..................................................................... 2,314 2,086 1,994 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2

 25 to 34 years ................................................................... 851 777 804 5.9 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.6

 35 to 44 years ................................................................... 803 734 643 4.8 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.4 3.9

 45 to 54 years ................................................................... 660 575 547 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.4

 55 years and over 2 ............................................................ 372 386 356 3.5 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.2

Married men, spouse present ................................................... 1,494 1,402 1,390 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0

Married women, spouse present .............................................. 1,304 1,140 1,064 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.0

Women who maintain families 2 ............................................... 800 783 772 8.4 7.7 7.1 8.2 8.0 8.0

Full-time workers 3 ................................................................... 6,961 6,569 6,224 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.1

Part-time workers 4 ................................................................... 1,379 1,419 1,406 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.4

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

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

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

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

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2005, data

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

Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 4,920 4,461 4,067 4,475 4,066 4,108 4,048 3,980 3,784

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 1,266 1,330 1,181 1,035 941 965 966 965 961

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 3,654 3,130 2,885 3,440 3,124 3,144 3,082 3,015 2,823

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,784 2,201 2,113 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 870 929 772 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

Job leavers ............................................................................... 866 976 872 845 880 898 819 965 855

Reentrants ................................................................................ 2,491 2,488 2,427 2,419 2,388 2,361 2,324 2,405 2,364

New entrants ............................................................................ 556 624 620 629 723 709 624 745 711

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 ......... 55.7 52.2 50.9 53.5 50.5 50.9 51.8 49.2 49.1

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 14.3 15.6 14.8 12.4 11.7 11.9 12.4 11.9 12.5

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 41.4 36.6 36.1 41.1 38.8 38.9 39.4 37.2 36.6

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 9.8 11.4 10.9 10.1 10.9 11.1 10.5 11.9 11.1

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 28.2 29.1 30.4 28.9 29.6 29.2 29.7 29.7 30.6

 New entrants ........................................................................... 6.3 7.3 7.8 7.5 9.0 8.8 8.0 9.2 9.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 3.4 3.0 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6

 Job leavers .............................................................................. .6 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .7 .6

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

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

1 Data not available.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

(Numbers in thousands)

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks .................................................................... 2,413 2,629 2,274 2,623 2,611 2,865 2,599 2,755 2,531

5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................... 2,666 2,789 2,553 2,417 2,361 2,264 2,343 2,317 2,319

15 weeks and over ................................................................... 3,754 3,132 3,160 3,321 3,012 2,961 2,824 2,888 2,817

 15 to 26 weeks ...................................................................... 1,683 1,445 1,443 1,330 1,294 1,325 1,201 1,255 1,165

 27 weeks and over ................................................................ 2,071 1,687 1,717 1,991 1,718 1,636 1,623 1,633 1,652

Average (mean) duration, in weeks .......................................... 20.8 19.2 20.4 19.9 19.8 19.3 19.3 19.1 19.5

Median duration, in weeks ........................................................ 11.8 9.8 10.7 10.2 9.8 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

 Less than 5 weeks .................................................................. 27.3 30.7 28.5 31.4 32.7 35.4 33.5 34.6 33.0

 5 to 14 weeks ......................................................................... 30.2 32.6 32.0 28.9 29.6 28.0 30.2 29.1 30.3

 15 weeks and over ................................................................. 42.5 36.6 39.6 39.7 37.7 36.6 36.4 36.3 36.7

 15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................... 19.1 16.9 18.1 15.9 16.2 16.4 15.5 15.8 15.2

 27 weeks and over ............................................................... 23.4 19.7 21.5 23.8 21.5 20.2 20.9 20.5 21.5

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Mar.

2004

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Mar.

2005

 Total, 16 years and over 1 .......................................................................... 137,691 139,759 8,834 7,986 6.0 5.4

Management, professional, and related occupations ............................... 48,810 48,755 1,340 1,142 2.7 2.3

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ............ 20,228 20,240 550 494 2.6 2.4

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................ 28,582 28,516 791 647 2.7 2.2

Service occupations .......................................................................................... 22,102 22,577 1,770 1,686 7.4 6.9

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................... 35,018 35,503 2,215 1,810 5.9 4.9

 Sales and related occupations ..................................................................... 15,711 16,382 1,034 823 6.2 4.8

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................ 19,307 19,121 1,181 988 5.8 4.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ........... 13,908 14,864 1,469 1,354 9.6 8.3

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................................... 858 881 187 139 17.9 13.7

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 7,979 8,690 1,003 975 11.2 10.1

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................. 5,071 5,293 279 239 5.2 4.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ................ 17,853 18,059 1,464 1,352 7.6 7.0

 Production occupations .................................................................................. 9,484 9,464 750 747 7.3 7.3

 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 8,369 8,595 714 605 7.9 6.6

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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

Industry

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Mar.

2004

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Mar.

2005

 Total, 16 years and over 1 ....................................................................... 8,834 7,986 6.0 5.4

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ...................................... 7,334 6,446 6.4 5.6

 Mining ................................................................................................................. 22 32 4.4 5.2

 Construction ...................................................................................................... 1,011 961 11.3 10.3

 Manufacturing ................................................................................................... 1,083 879 6.3 5.3

 Durable goods ................................................................................................ 676 507 6.4 4.8

 Nondurable goods ......................................................................................... 408 372 6.1 6.1

 Wholesale and retail trade ............................................................................ 1,386 1,173 6.8 5.6

 Transportation and utilities ............................................................................ 284 267 5.4 4.8

 Information ........................................................................................................ 216 177 6.3 6.0

 Financial activities ........................................................................................... 343 261 3.7 2.7

 Professional and business services ............................................................ 999 807 7.9 6.5

 Education and health services ..................................................................... 584 614 3.2 3.4

 Leisure and hospitality ................................................................................... 1,039 967 9.0 8.3

 Other services .................................................................................................. 366 308 5.9 5.0

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers ........................ 153 139 12.7 11.8

Government workers ......................................................................................... 530 468 2.6 2.2

Self employed and unpaid family workers ................................................... 260 312 2.5 2.9

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

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(Percent)

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force .............. 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9

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

force ...................................................................................................................................... 3.4 3.0 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6

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

rate) ...................................................................................................................................... 6.0 5.8 5.4 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.2

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

discouraged workers ............................................................................................................ 6.4 6.1 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.5

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

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

 attached workers ................................................................................................................. 7.1 6.8 6.4 6.7 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.2

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

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

 all marginally attached workers ........................................................................................... 10.4 9.9 9.4 9.9 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Labor Review. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Category

Total Men Women

Mar.

2004

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Mar.

2005

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force ............................................................................ 76,025 77,492 28,998 29,460 47,028 48,031

 Persons who currently want a job ............................................................... 4,667 4,858 2,145 2,183 2,522 2,675

Searched for work and available to work now 1 ..................................... 1,643 1,588 879 807 764 781

 Reason not currently looking:

 Discouragement over job prospects 2 ......................................... 514 480 336 307 177 173

 Reasons other than discouragement 3 ........................................ 1,130 1,108 543 500 587 608

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders 4 ............................................................................ 7,377 7,621 3,702 3,832 3,675 3,789

 Percent of total employed ......................................................................... 5.4 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.7 5.8

 Primary job full time, secondary job part time ........................................... 3,921 3,941 2,182 2,236 1,739 1,706

 Primary and secondary jobs both part time .............................................. 1,710 1,765 560 541 1,151 1,224

 Primary and secondary jobs both full time ................................................ 318 250 195 139 123 112

 Hours vary on primary or secondary job ................................................... 1,399 1,618 751 896 648 722

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 school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well

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

secondary job(s), not shown separately.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the

household survey.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Change

from:

Feb. 2005-

Mar. 2005p

Total nonfarm ............................. 130,019 130,495 131,328 132,145 130,786 132,294 132,449 132,573 132,816 132,926 110

Total private ........................................ 108,027 108,875 109,280 109,981 109,204 110,588 110,749 110,863 111,075 111,176 101

Goods-producing ............................................ 21,341 21,423 21,469 21,647 21,773 21,996 22,022 22,004 22,056 22,080 24

Natural resources and mining .................................. 570 592 597 606 585 599 602 607 613 619 6

Logging ........................................................... 64.3 66.0 65.6 65.1 69.0 66.9 67.9 68.0 67.9 69.2 1.3

Mining .................................................................... 505.4 526.1 531.1 540.6 515.7 532.5 534.4 538.7 544.7 550.0 5.3

Oil and gas extraction ........................................ 120.4 122.2 122.5 123.2 121.4 124.4 124.1 123.4 123.0 124.2 1.2

Mining, except oil and gas1................................. 196.4 204.5 206.1 209.4 202.9 210.7 211.3 212.9 215.0 215.4 .4

Coal mining ...................................................... 68.7 75.3 75.4 75.4 69.4 73.7 73.9 75.4 75.8 75.7 -.1

Support activities for mining .............................. 188.6 199.4 202.5 208.0 191.4 197.4 199.0 202.4 206.7 210.4 3.7

Construction ............................................................. 6,551 6,651 6,661 6,796 6,897 7,060 7,086 7,090 7,121 7,147 26

Construction of buildings ................................... 1,547.7 1,621.3 1,620.3 1,637.6 1,608.5 1,668.3 1,678.9 1,682.4 1,690.3 1,697.6 7.3

Residential building ......................................... 844.4 896.0 892.8 906.9 877.7 918.4 927.4 929.1 933.3 940.0 6.7

Nonresidential building .................................... 703.3 725.3 727.5 730.7 730.8 749.9 751.5 753.3 757.0 757.6 .6

Heavy and civil engineering construction ........ 817.7 797.1 796.7 825.5 903.1 906.4 907.8 908.2 907.7 910.5 2.8

Specialty trade contractors ............................... 4,185.5 4,233.0 4,244.3 4,333.0 4,385.1 4,484.8 4,499.2 4,499.6 4,523.4 4,538.5 15.1

Residential specialty trade contractors ........... 1,987.8 2,003.6 2,018.2 2,057.6 2,079.8 2,121.5 2,125.5 2,128.2 2,142.0 2,149.5 7.5

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors ..... 2,197.7 2,229.4 2,226.1 2,275.5 2,305.3 2,363.3 2,373.7 2,371.4 2,381.4 2,389.0 7.6

Manufacturing ........................................................... 14,220 14,180 14,211 14,245 14,291 14,337 14,334 14,307 14,322 14,314 -8

Production workers ....................................... 9,970 9,974 9,998 10,031 10,028 10,104 10,097 10,082 10,087 10,092 5

Durable goods ....................................................... 8,844 8,879 8,912 8,934 8,873 8,954 8,957 8,942 8,964 8,962 -2

Production workers ....................................... 6,065 6,111 6,139 6,168 6,085 6,166 6,170 6,166 6,179 6,189 10

Wood products ................................................... 535.2 543.0 544.8 548.4 544.0 553.3 555.2 554.7 555.0 557.2 2.2

Nonmetallic mineral products ............................ 485.5 484.8 483.1 489.1 497.1 507.9 506.5 504.5 503.2 501.6 -1.6

Primary metals .................................................... 463.6 464.9 465.7 465.9 464.2 465.8 465.2 465.5 466.6 466.2 -.4

Fabricated metal products ................................. 1,475.8 1,507.0 1,508.0 1,515.8 1,479.4 1,510.9 1,512.8 1,514.3 1,515.0 1,520.1 5.1

Machinery ........................................................... 1,133.4 1,145.4 1,146.2 1,151.0 1,132.6 1,147.4 1,146.0 1,145.9 1,147.5 1,150.1 2.6

1 Computer and electronic products .................... 1,317.4 1,324.5 1,325.5 1,325.0 1,319.5 1,327.1 1,325.8 1,327.0 1,327.6 1,326.9 -.7

Computer and peripheral equipment ............. 213.3 211.0 211.0 211.0 213.3 209.3 210.4 210.2 211.3 210.8 -.5

Communications equipment ........................... 148.0 155.4 155.1 153.0 148.7 152.7 153.7 155.1 154.4 153.4 -1.0

Semiconductors and electronic components . 448.7 445.1 445.5 446.4 449.7 451.9 448.0 447.4 447.3 447.9 .6

Electronic instruments ..................................... 427.4 435.4 435.8 436.4 427.8 435.6 435.7 436.4 436.5 437.0 .5

Electrical equipment and appliances ................ 444.9 444.9 442.4 442.4 445.3 447.4 445.8 445.1 443.7 442.9 -.8

1 Transportation equipment .................................. 1,765.4 1,749.1 1,777.8 1,781.3 1,764.4 1,767.2 1,771.9 1,760.1 1,781.9 1,779.3 -2.6

Motor vehicles and parts 2................................. 1,119.1 1,085.1 1,108.3 1,107.7 1,116.0 1,104.1 1,104.0 1,092.9 1,109.2 1,104.3 -4.9

Furniture and related products .......................... 570.5 566.3 566.0 564.9 572.2 572.2 571.7 570.3 568.6 566.2 -2.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................ 652.6 649.3 652.2 650.0 654.5 654.7 656.4 654.3 654.5 651.9 -2.6

Nondurable goods ................................................. 5,376 5,301 5,299 5,311 5,418 5,383 5,377 5,365 5,358 5,352 -6

Production workers ....................................... 3,905 3,863 3,859 3,863 3,943 3,938 3,927 3,916 3,908 3,903 -5

Food manufacturing ........................................... 1,470.3 1,470.1 1,464.8 1,467.5 1,498.8 1,493.6 1,498.8 1,494.3 1,494.2 1,495.4 1.2

Beverages and tobacco products ...................... 189.4 187.3 187.0 184.9 194.4 195.1 193.0 192.2 192.1 190.4 -1.7

Textile mills ......................................................... 241.2 228.2 227.9 227.7 240.7 235.0 233.2 231.5 229.7 227.5 -2.2

Textile product mills ........................................... 177.3 175.1 175.1 176.8 177.2 178.4 178.0 178.1 177.3 176.4 -.9

Apparel ................................................................ 293.6 262.2 264.4 262.5 293.1 273.4 271.9 269.3 266.5 262.0 -4.5

Leather and allied products ............................... 42.8 42.4 42.8 43.1 42.7 43.4 43.1 43.1 43.1 42.9 -.2

Paper and paper products ................................. 496.4 498.1 497.8 499.8 499.7 498.1 497.9 499.9 501.2 502.9 1.7

Printing and related support activities ............... 662.7 654.3 654.1 656.4 665.6 661.3 660.8 659.6 659.4 658.9 -.5

Petroleum and coal products ............................. 109.8 111.1 112.0 113.2 112.0 113.6 113.8 114.5 115.0 115.1 .1

Chemicals ........................................................... 889.5 873.0 873.7 876.2 889.2 882.4 880.5 877.1 875.6 876.0 .4

Plastics and rubber products ............................. 802.5 798.9 799.0 802.4 804.4 808.6 806.2 804.9 803.5 804.5 1.0

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Change

from:

Feb. 2005-

Mar. 2005p

Service-providing .............................................. 108,678 109,072 109,859 110,498 109,013 110,298 110,427 110,569 110,760 110,846 86

Private service-providing ............................... 86,686 87,452 87,811 88,334 87,431 88,592 88,727 88,859 89,019 89,096 77

Trade, transportation, and utilities ........................... 25,130 25,472 25,331 25,403 25,441 25,621 25,620 25,652 25,701 25,711 10

Wholesale trade .................................................... 5,602.2 5,634.2 5,641.0 5,673.9 5,629.0 5,680.0 5,683.6 5,679.9 5,686.5 5,701.1 14.6

Durable goods .................................................... 2,925.6 2,950.1 2,949.9 2,963.1 2,936.5 2,960.4 2,964.5 2,965.6 2,968.1 2,974.5 6.4

Nondurable goods .............................................. 1,988.8 1,979.2 1,982.2 2,000.0 2,002.8 2,012.6 2,009.9 2,005.4 2,006.5 2,013.9 7.4

Electronic markets and agents and brokers ..... 687.8 704.9 708.9 710.8 689.7 707.0 709.2 708.9 711.9 712.7 .8

Retail trade ............................................................ 14,770.8 14,984.5 14,839.5 14,861.6 15,021.3 15,081.4 15,077.0 15,081.2 15,120.3 15,110.6 -9.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1........................ 1,891.3 1,881.5 1,887.6 1,900.8 1,903.6 1,901.2 1,905.9 1,907.4 1,910.8 1,912.4 1.6

Automobile dealers ......................................... 1,259.3 1,237.5 1,241.5 1,248.4 1,261.5 1,247.6 1,249.1 1,247.9 1,248.5 1,250.3 1.8

Furniture and home furnishings stores ............. 554.8 565.4 557.8 558.6 558.3 565.6 563.7 562.1 562.1 562.5 .4

Electronics and appliance stores ....................... 511.0 524.0 512.3 512.5 512.0 520.3 516.5 516.1 514.3 514.8 .5

Building material and garden supply stores ...... 1,192.5 1,187.9 1,203.4 1,229.2 1,219.4 1,240.4 1,243.5 1,248.0 1,263.6 1,256.8 -6.8

Food and beverage stores ................................. 2,796.7 2,813.1 2,806.2 2,799.6 2,829.9 2,822.7 2,819.8 2,826.0 2,829.2 2,830.8 1.6

Health and personal care stores ....................... 936.7 945.2 946.5 940.0 942.1 944.5 946.6 944.8 949.3 945.6 -3.7

Gasoline stations ................................................ 869.3 863.4 861.2 865.9 879.5 873.7 871.3 872.9 874.1 875.5 1.4

Clothing and clothing accessories stores ......... 1,310.5 1,380.1 1,339.5 1,343.5 1,347.7 1,377.9 1,381.3 1,375.5 1,381.5 1,381.8 .3

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

 stores................................................................ 626.2 646.4 623.3 621.3 641.3 639.0 635.8 637.7 636.3 635.8 -.5

1 General merchandise stores ............................. 2,766.0 2,853.5 2,777.6 2,780.2 2,845.1 2,854.9 2,852.9 2,853.5 2,861.3 2,857.4 -3.9

Department stores .......................................... 1,555.5 1,634.0 1,570.1 1,565.3 1,611.1 1,619.1 1,619.3 1,619.1 1,623.2 1,619.7 -3.5

Miscellaneous store retailers ............................. 895.8 903.9 908.4 896.0 917.1 917.4 918.2 918.7 918.6 918.0 -.6

Nonstore retailers ............................................... 420.0 420.1 415.7 414.0 425.3 423.8 421.5 418.5 419.2 419.2 .0

Transportation and warehousing .......................... 4,190.1 4,280.2 4,277.3 4,292.9 4,221.5 4,289.6 4,288.0 4,316.0 4,317.8 4,323.8 6.0

Air transportation ................................................ 513.2 506.1 504.6 502.2 515.9 514.6 512.3 509.4 508.1 504.7 -3.4

Rail transportation .............................................. 221.8 221.7 221.5 221.8 223.4 224.6 224.0 224.4 223.7 223.6 -.1

Water transportation ........................................... 53.7 57.5 56.0 56.4 55.6 57.8 58.6 59.8 58.7 58.7 .0

Truck transportation ........................................... 1,312.7 1,345.4 1,345.5 1,356.1 1,339.2 1,358.9 1,366.5 1,372.6 1,377.0 1,381.7 4.7

Transit and ground passenger transportation ... 400.0 402.4 402.1 403.3 383.5 389.4 391.0 391.7 390.2 387.9 -2.3

Pipeline transportation ....................................... 38.2 39.3 39.1 39.3 38.5 39.0 38.7 39.3 39.3 39.5 .2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation .............. 21.5 18.3 18.6 20.3 26.6 26.1 26.6 24.2 24.6 26.0 1.4

Support activities for transportation ................... 527.1 544.7 548.4 551.1 531.4 544.6 547.0 549.3 551.0 554.6 3.6

Couriers and messengers .................................. 553.8 577.4 573.1 576.4 557.3 568.7 556.4 577.5 576.1 578.0 1.9

Warehousing and storage .................................. 548.1 567.4 568.4 566.0 550.1 565.9 566.9 567.8 569.1 569.1 .0

Utilities ................................................................... 567.1 572.8 573.4 574.2 569.0 570.2 571.3 574.7 576.2 575.8 -.4

Information ................................................................ 3,126 3,105 3,102 3,118 3,136 3,133 3,127 3,123 3,121 3,128 7

Publishing industries, except Internet ............... 909.2 901.3 903.2 904.6 910.4 908.9 905.7 905.0 905.5 906.1 .6

Motion picture and sound recording industries . 374.0 370.6 364.6 375.6 380.4 390.6 384.8 380.3 376.6 383.1 6.5

Broadcasting, except Internet ............................ 323.8 331.2 329.4 331.2 324.2 329.4 329.7 331.3 331.0 331.6 .6

Internet publishing and broadcasting ................ 29.2 34.5 34.1 35.6 29.2 33.6 34.0 34.8 34.6 35.6 1.0

Telecommunications .......................................... 1,052.5 1,028.0 1,029.9 1,028.3 1,054.7 1,030.0 1,031.5 1,030.8 1,030.5 1,029.2 -1.3

ISPs, search portals, and data processing ....... 387.1 388.8 389.9 392.3 386.9 389.5 390.4 389.9 392.3 392.3 .0

Other information services ................................. 50.3 50.8 50.4 50.3 50.4 50.7 50.7 51.0 50.9 50.5 -.4

Financial activities .................................................... 7,966 8,092 8,114 8,124 8,005 8,107 8,128 8,150 8,161 8,163 2

Finance and insurance .......................................... 5,929.0 6,012.0 6,025.7 6,027.4 5,936.9 6,001.3 6,014.5 6,030.9 6,035.4 6,035.6 .2

Monetary authorities - central bank ................... 22.1 20.5 20.2 20.3 22.1 20.9 20.6 20.5 20.4 20.4 .0

1 Credit intermediation and related activities ....... 2,807.3 2,873.1 2,885.0 2,891.9 2,814.0 2,859.2 2,871.9 2,882.7 2,891.8 2,897.9 6.1

1 Depository credit intermediation ..................... 1,747.4 1,783.5 1,788.1 1,791.6 1,751.6 1,773.3 1,778.8 1,785.6 1,791.5 1,795.4 3.9

Commercial banking .................................... 1,276.9 1,300.3 1,303.4 1,306.0 1,280.6 1,293.1 1,296.8 1,301.6 1,306.1 1,308.7 2.6

Securities, commodity contracts, investments .. 756.6 779.7 782.0 781.5 758.5 776.9 779.7 782.5 782.7 783.7 1.0

Insurance carriers and related activities ........... 2,256.8 2,252.8 2,253.0 2,248.5 2,256.2 2,260.4 2,258.1 2,259.6 2,255.6 2,248.9 -6.7

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ........ 86.2 85.9 85.5 85.2 86.1 83.9 84.2 85.6 84.9 84.7 -.2

Real estate and rental and leasing ....................... 2,036.5 2,079.5 2,088.6 2,096.2 2,068.1 2,105.5 2,113.6 2,119.0 2,125.4 2,127.3 1.9

Real estate .......................................................... 1,382.0 1,412.4 1,421.3 1,424.8 1,400.6 1,434.7 1,437.8 1,439.7 1,443.7 1,444.4 .7

Rental and leasing services ............................... 628.9 642.5 642.4 646.6 641.4 646.0 650.9 654.1 656.7 657.7 1.0

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets ......... 25.6 24.6 24.9 24.8 26.1 24.8 24.9 25.2 25.0 25.2 .2

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Change

from:

Feb. 2005-

Mar. 2005p

Professional and business services ........................ 15,995 16,302 16,446 16,588 16,184 16,611 16,674 16,694 16,766 16,793 27

1 Professional and technical services ..................... 6,770.6 6,899.1 6,973.6 6,977.4 6,696.7 6,834.4 6,869.9 6,882.1 6,896.5 6,903.8 7.3

Legal services .................................................. 1,148.9 1,151.7 1,151.7 1,152.6 1,155.9 1,163.1 1,164.4 1,160.8 1,160.9 1,161.7 .8

Accounting and bookkeeping services ........... 926.5 947.7 995.4 983.0 811.3 816.6 840.8 858.1 856.9 860.4 3.5

Architectural and engineering services .......... 1,225.4 1,263.8 1,267.2 1,277.5 1,242.6 1,284.9 1,289.5 1,286.9 1,292.6 1,296.9 4.3

Computer systems design and related

 services.......................................................... 1,129.4 1,167.6 1,171.0 1,172.1 1,129.3 1,174.1 1,174.3 1,171.8 1,173.3 1,174.2 .9

Management and technical consulting

 services.......................................................... 760.4 779.3 784.5 784.7 765.7 787.8 789.9 789.3 791.7 791.0 -.7

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 1,701.5 1,716.2 1,713.7 1,719.6 1,714.5 1,722.5 1,725.6 1,730.7 1,731.0 1,731.9 .9

Administrative and waste services ....................... 7,522.9 7,686.2 7,758.7 7,890.7 7,772.9 8,054.3 8,078.0 8,081.6 8,138.2 8,157.3 19.1

1 Administrative and support services ................. 7,204.8 7,367.7 7,438.7 7,571.3 7,448.8 7,728.2 7,751.4 7,755.2 7,811.0 7,831.3 20.3

1 Employment services ...................................... 3,230.5 3,385.1 3,431.0 3,505.5 3,358.1 3,570.5 3,584.5 3,595.9 3,632.1 3,645.4 13.3

Temporary help services ............................. 2,207.3 2,313.4 2,348.6 2,391.9 2,308.6 2,484.7 2,479.4 2,479.1 2,505.0 2,501.5 -3.5

Business support services .............................. 755.1 745.0 755.4 755.1 752.4 754.6 757.0 752.8 754.5 752.4 -2.1

Services to buildings and dwellings ............... 1,556.7 1,549.8 1,553.7 1,598.4 1,663.9 1,707.2 1,706.1 1,701.4 1,710.5 1,712.0 1.5

Waste management and remediation services 318.1 318.5 320.0 319.4 324.1 326.1 326.6 326.4 327.2 326.0 -1.2

Education and health services ................................ 16,988 17,066 17,294 17,362 16,833 17,108 17,142 17,178 17,189 17,212 23

Educational services ............................................. 2,904.1 2,757.4 2,953.6 2,976.2 2,745.8 2,797.2 2,805.5 2,825.0 2,813.3 2,817.0 3.7

Health care and social assistance ........................14,083.9 14,308.7 14,340.5 14,386.1 14,087.1 14,310.7 14,336.1 14,353.2 14,375.3 14,395.4 20.1

3 Health care ............................................................ 11,956.6 12,145.7 12,161.6 12,194.8 11,975.3 12,153.6 12,168.4 12,183.6 12,202.9 12,218.5 15.6

1 Ambulatory health care services ....................... 4,890.0 5,003.2 5,014.4 5,030.9 4,898.9 5,006.7 5,017.0 5,027.0 5,035.2 5,042.7 7.5

Offices of physicians ....................................... 2,036.2 2,081.8 2,088.7 2,088.7 2,038.0 2,077.7 2,084.3 2,085.3 2,091.5 2,091.5 .0

Outpatient care centers ................................... 442.5 450.0 450.5 453.5 441.7 449.8 450.3 451.5 451.4 453.0 1.6

Home health care services ............................. 756.6 789.5 786.1 794.2 760.9 789.2 790.7 796.6 796.0 798.9 2.9

Hospitals ............................................................. 4,267.5 4,324.6 4,330.0 4,341.4 4,272.0 4,319.7 4,323.5 4,329.6 4,337.7 4,345.5 7.8

1 Nursing and residential care facilities ............... 2,799.1 2,817.9 2,817.2 2,822.5 2,804.4 2,827.2 2,827.9 2,827.0 2,830.0 2,830.3 .3

Nursing care facilities ...................................... 1,569.6 1,565.7 1,563.6 1,567.7 1,572.8 1,576.4 1,574.5 1,571.5 1,571.5 1,571.8 .3

1 Social assistance ................................................ 2,127.3 2,163.0 2,178.9 2,191.3 2,111.8 2,157.1 2,167.7 2,169.6 2,172.4 2,176.9 4.5

Child day care services ................................... 772.3 782.5 791.8 798.3 758.8 775.3 780.4 780.5 782.2 784.7 2.5

Leisure and hospitality ............................................. 12,077 12,027 12,112 12,306 12,412 12,571 12,589 12,611 12,630 12,640 10

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...................... 1,694.3 1,596.4 1,613.8 1,646.2 1,836.5 1,826.4 1,811.0 1,805.4 1,799.7 1,791.3 -8.4

Performing arts and spectator sports ................ 352.8 324.0 335.3 337.5 367.5 362.5 357.9 355.6 355.5 352.8 -2.7

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks ...... 109.7 105.1 103.1 107.8 116.0 116.9 114.8 114.5 113.2 114.3 1.1

Amusements, gambling, and recreation ........... 1,231.8 1,167.3 1,175.4 1,200.9 1,353.0 1,347.0 1,338.3 1,335.3 1,331.0 1,324.2 -6.8

Accommodations and food services .................... 10,382.8 10,431.0 10,497.8 10,660.2 10,575.3 10,744.1 10,778.4 10,805.1 10,830.0 10,848.8 18.8

Accommodations ................................................ 1,726.8 1,736.3 1,749.8 1,770.8 1,785.3 1,814.7 1,824.6 1,825.9 1,827.8 1,828.8 1.0

Food services and drinking places .................... 8,656.0 8,694.7 8,748.0 8,889.4 8,790.0 8,929.4 8,953.8 8,979.2 9,002.2 9,020.0 17.8

Other services .......................................................... 5,404 5,388 5,412 5,433 5,420 5,441 5,447 5,451 5,451 5,449 -2

Repair and maintenance .................................... 1,232.0 1,218.3 1,226.8 1,233.4 1,231.6 1,227.1 1,229.9 1,229.4 1,232.7 1,232.7 .0

Personal and laundry services .......................... 1,264.2 1,261.3 1,259.7 1,270.9 1,273.0 1,271.6 1,276.8 1,280.4 1,277.5 1,278.5 1.0

Membership associations and organizations .... 2,907.7 2,908.1 2,925.6 2,928.8 2,915.7 2,942.3 2,940.6 2,941.4 2,940.9 2,937.9 -3.0

Government .............................................................. 21,992 21,620 22,048 22,164 21,582 21,706 21,700 21,710 21,741 21,750 9

Federal ................................................................... 2,713 2,700 2,704 2,706 2,730 2,728 2,706 2,717 2,721 2,720 -1

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service ................. 1,927.9 1,921.0 1,926.3 1,928.6 1,940.8 1,946.4 1,939.5 1,937.2 1,940.6 1,940.6 .0

U.S. Postal Service ............................................ 785.1 779.1 777.3 776.9 788.9 781.4 766.4 780.2 780.0 779.8 -.2

State government .................................................. 5,116 4,935 5,139 5,183 4,974 5,015 5,020 5,025 5,032 5,038 6

State government education .............................. 2,391.5 2,209.4 2,408.7 2,444.3 2,242.4 2,271.3 2,277.9 2,280.4 2,287.6 2,293.0 5.4

State government, excluding education ............ 2,724.7 2,725.9 2,730.1 2,738.4 2,731.3 2,743.4 2,741.9 2,744.4 2,744.4 2,744.6 .2

Local government .................................................. 14,163 13,985 14,205 14,275 13,878 13,963 13,974 13,968 13,988 13,992 4

Local government education ............................. 8,111.1 7,927.4 8,139.4 8,192.5 7,743.0 7,806.3 7,810.8 7,808.8 7,824.7 7,825.9 1.2

Local government, excluding education ........... 6,051.8 6,057.5 6,065.7 6,082.6 6,135.0 6,156.7 6,163.1 6,159.2 6,163.0 6,165.6 2.6

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately. 3Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and 

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, nursing and residential care facilities.

and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Change

from:

Feb. 2005-

Mar. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 33.5 33.6 33.5 33.5 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 0.0

Goods-producing .......................................... 40.1 39.5 39.5 39.7 40.2 39.9 40.0 39.8 39.9 39.8 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 43.9 45.0 44.7 45.4 44.2 45.0 45.4 45.5 45.1 45.6 .5

Construction ............................................................ 38.3 36.8 37.1 37.8 38.6 38.3 38.4 37.6 38.2 38.1 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 40.8 40.6 40.4 40.4 40.9 40.5 40.5 40.7 40.6 40.5 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.4 -.2

Durable goods ..................................................... 41.4 41.0 40.9 40.9 41.4 40.9 41.1 41.1 41.0 40.9 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.5 -.2

Wood products .................................................. 40.6 40.2 39.2 39.0 40.9 40.0 40.3 40.6 39.9 39.4 -.5

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 42.5 40.9 41.1 41.1 42.7 42.1 42.3 41.9 42.0 41.7 -.3

Primary metals .................................................. 43.1 43.3 43.1 43.0 43.1 42.9 42.8 43.1 43.1 43.0 -.1

Fabricated metal products .............................. 41.0 41.0 40.8 40.7 41.1 40.9 40.9 40.9 40.9 40.8 -.1

Machinery .......................................................... 41.9 42.2 42.1 42.1 41.7 42.0 42.0 42.0 42.0 42.0 .0

Computer and electronic products ................ 40.8 39.7 39.6 39.6 40.7 39.6 39.8 40.0 39.7 39.5 -.2

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 40.6 40.2 39.7 39.9 40.7 40.1 40.0 40.1 39.9 40.0 .1

Transportation equipment ............................... 43.0 42.3 42.5 42.2 42.8 42.2 42.4 42.4 42.4 42.0 -.4

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 43.3 42.3 42.5 42.1 43.1 42.2 42.6 42.3 42.4 41.9 -.5

Furniture and related products ....................... 39.5 39.4 39.3 39.7 39.6 39.2 39.5 39.5 39.6 39.7 .1

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 38.8 38.6 38.6 39.0 38.7 38.2 38.3 38.5 38.6 38.8 .2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 40.0 39.9 39.7 39.7 40.1 39.8 39.8 40.0 39.9 39.8 -.1

Overtime hours ............................................ 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.3 -.2

Food manufacturing ......................................... 38.7 38.7 38.7 38.4 39.2 39.1 38.8 39.0 39.3 39.0 -.3

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 38.9 39.9 39.6 40.4 39.5 39.0 39.6 40.5 40.2 40.6 .4

Textile mills ........................................................ 40.7 40.4 39.6 40.0 40.3 40.0 39.8 40.2 39.7 39.6 -.1

Textile product mills ......................................... 38.8 39.4 39.1 39.4 38.8 39.1 39.0 39.5 39.4 39.4 .0

Apparel ............................................................... 36.5 35.6 35.7 36.4 36.2 35.7 35.9 35.9 35.9 36.1 .2

Leather and allied products ............................ 39.8 37.0 37.3 37.6 39.0 38.2 37.6 37.1 37.1 36.9 -.2

Paper and paper products .............................. 41.6 42.7 41.7 41.5 41.8 42.1 42.0 42.5 42.0 41.8 -.2

Printing and related support activities ........... 38.6 38.5 38.4 38.4 38.4 38.3 38.5 38.6 38.6 38.3 -.3

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 43.5 44.3 44.4 44.3 43.7 45.5 44.6 44.5 44.5 44.6 .1

Chemicals .......................................................... 43.0 42.8 42.4 42.3 43.0 42.4 42.6 42.8 42.4 42.3 -.1

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 40.8 40.0 39.9 40.1 40.8 39.4 39.8 40.0 40.0 40.1 .1

Private service-providing ............................. 32.1 32.4 32.2 32.2 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 33.2 33.2 33.2 33.2 33.6 33.5 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.5 -.1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 37.7 37.8 37.6 37.6 38.0 37.7 37.6 37.7 37.8 37.8 .0

Retail trade ........................................................... 30.4 30.2 30.3 30.3 30.8 30.6 30.8 30.7 30.8 30.7 -.1

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 36.7 37.4 36.7 37.0 37.0 37.5 37.4 37.5 37.2 37.3 .1

Utilities ................................................................... 40.9 40.8 40.4 40.1 41.1 40.4 40.7 41.0 40.4 40.3 -.1

Information ............................................................... 35.9 36.6 36.2 36.0 36.3 36.2 36.4 36.3 36.3 36.4 .1

Financial activities .................................................. 35.2 36.4 35.6 35.6 35.5 35.6 35.7 35.9 35.8 35.9 .1

Professional and business services .................... 34.0 34.0 33.9 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.2 34.1 34.0 34.1 .1

Education and health services ............................. 32.1 32.9 32.5 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.6 32.5 32.6 .1

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 25.4 25.3 25.5 25.4 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.7 .0

Other services ......................................................... 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.8 31.1 30.9 30.8 30.9 30.9 31.0 .1

1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and 2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor 

manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory vehicle parts.

workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for p = preliminary.

approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

selected industry detail

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Total private ....................................... $15.54 $16.00 $15.95 $15.95 $520.59 $537.60 $534.33 $534.33

Seasonally adjusted ..................... 15.54 15.90 15.91 15.95 523.70 535.83 536.17 537.52

Goods-producing .......................................... 17.00 17.31 17.34 17.35 681.70 683.75 684.93 688.80

Natural resources and mining .............................. 18.10 18.53 18.44 18.34 794.59 833.85 824.27 832.64

Construction ............................................................ 19.06 19.12 19.19 19.27 730.00 703.62 711.95 728.41

Manufacturing ......................................................... 16.00 16.42 16.43 16.38 652.80 666.65 663.77 661.75

Durable goods ..................................................... 16.68 17.15 17.19 17.14 690.55 703.15 703.07 701.03

Wood products .................................................. 12.93 13.13 13.01 13.07 524.96 527.83 509.99 509.73

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 16.00 16.27 16.21 16.32 680.00 665.44 666.23 670.75

Primary metals .................................................. 18.33 18.84 18.74 18.69 790.02 815.77 807.69 803.67

Fabricated metal products .............................. 15.25 15.55 15.66 15.62 625.25 637.55 638.93 635.73

Machinery .......................................................... 16.50 17.03 17.00 16.98 691.35 718.67 715.70 714.86

Computer and electronic products ................ 16.94 18.04 18.01 17.97 691.15 716.19 713.20 711.61

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 14.71 15.07 15.16 15.10 597.23 605.81 601.85 602.49

Transportation equipment ............................... 21.29 21.90 21.97 21.82 915.47 926.37 933.73 920.80

Furniture and related products ....................... 12.97 13.42 13.36 13.33 512.32 528.75 525.05 529.20

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 13.79 14.07 14.05 14.03 535.05 543.10 542.33 547.17

Nondurable goods ............................................... 14.90 15.24 15.18 15.12 596.00 608.08 602.65 600.26

Food manufacturing ......................................... 12.91 13.07 13.08 13.00 499.62 505.81 506.20 499.20

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 19.10 18.44 18.48 18.66 742.99 735.76 731.81 753.86

Textile mills ........................................................ 12.08 12.33 12.25 12.23 491.66 498.13 485.10 489.20

Textile product mills ......................................... 11.35 11.31 11.47 11.43 440.38 445.61 448.48 450.34

Apparel ............................................................... 9.59 10.15 10.17 10.06 350.04 361.34 363.07 366.18

Leather and allied products ............................ 11.62 11.60 11.42 11.48 462.48 429.20 425.97 431.65

Paper and paper products .............................. 17.63 18.00 17.85 17.88 733.41 768.60 744.35 742.02

Printing and related support activities ........... 15.63 15.77 15.81 15.76 603.32 607.15 607.10 605.18

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 24.79 24.75 24.98 24.93 1,078.37 1,096.43 1,109.11 1,104.40

Chemicals .......................................................... 18.83 19.52 19.33 19.31 809.69 835.46 819.59 816.81

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 14.45 14.81 14.67 14.53 589.56 592.40 585.33 582.65

Private service-providing ............................. 15.16 15.66 15.59 15.59 486.64 507.38 502.00 502.00

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 14.48 14.88 14.86 14.85 480.74 494.02 493.35 493.02

Wholesale trade ................................................... 17.46 18.03 17.99 17.94 658.24 681.53 676.42 674.54

Retail trade ........................................................... 12.02 12.34 12.34 12.32 365.41 372.67 373.90 373.30

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 16.35 16.59 16.58 16.63 600.05 620.47 608.49 615.31

Utilities ................................................................... 25.38 26.14 25.94 25.87 1,038.04 1,066.51 1,047.98 1,037.39

Information ............................................................... 21.16 21.83 21.58 21.70 759.64 798.98 781.20 781.20

Financial activities .................................................. 17.38 17.83 17.72 17.79 611.78 649.01 630.83 633.32

Professional and business services .................... 17.32 18.06 17.90 17.87 588.88 614.04 606.81 607.58

Education and health services ............................. 15.99 16.47 16.47 16.49 513.28 541.86 535.28 534.28

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 8.90 9.11 9.10 9.09 226.06 230.48 232.05 230.89

Other services ......................................................... 13.93 14.23 14.23 14.17 430.44 439.71 438.28 436.44

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary.
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Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Total private:

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Feb. 2005-

Mar. 2005p

Current dollars .............................................. $15.54 $15.82 $15.85 $15.90 $15.91 $15.95 0.3

2 Constant (1982) dollars .............................. 8.23 8.21 8.23 8.24 8.22 N.A. 3( )

Goods-producing .......................................................... 17.08 17.33 17.36 17.35 17.43 17.43 .0

Natural resources and mining .............................................. 18.01 18.22 18.37 18.43 18.38 18.24 -.8

Construction ............................................................................ 19.15 19.31 19.29 19.24 19.31 19.37 .3

Manufacturing ......................................................................... 16.01 16.29 16.34 16.37 16.42 16.39 -.2

4 Excluding overtime .................................................... 15.16 15.43 15.48 15.51 15.54 15.55 .1

Durable goods ..................................................................... 16.69 16.99 17.06 17.10 17.17 17.15 -.1

Nondurable goods ............................................................... 14.93 15.16 15.16 15.18 15.20 15.16 -.3

Private service-providing ............................................. 15.13 15.42 15.45 15.51 15.51 15.56 .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................... 14.46 14.70 14.72 14.82 14.78 14.82 .3

Wholesale trade ................................................................... 17.51 17.80 17.87 17.91 17.96 17.99 .2

Retail trade ........................................................................... 11.98 12.20 12.21 12.32 12.28 12.28 .0

Transportation and warehousing ...................................... 16.38 16.54 16.54 16.58 16.53 16.65 .7

Utilities ................................................................................... 25.38 25.77 26.11 26.23 26.01 25.89 -.5

Information ............................................................................... 21.22 21.58 21.70 21.80 21.56 21.77 1.0

Financial activities .................................................................. 17.40 17.65 17.71 17.71 17.74 17.83 .5

Professional and business services .................................... 17.30 17.66 17.69 17.79 17.80 17.85 .3

Education and health services ............................................. 16.02 16.34 16.37 16.40 16.46 16.52 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................................... 8.87 9.02 9.01 9.03 9.05 9.06 .1

Other services ......................................................................... 13.94 14.12 14.13 14.15 14.18 14.18 .0

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the 

2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and rate of time and one-half.

Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. N.A. = not available.

3 Change was -0.2 percent from Jan. 2005 to Feb. 2005, the p = preliminary.

latest month available.
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Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Feb. 2005-

Mar. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 97.5 99.1 99.2 99.9 99.3 101.1 101.2 101.5 101.7 101.8 0.1

Goods-producing .......................................... 93.8 93.1 93.3 94.7 96.4 97.1 97.5 96.9 97.5 97.4 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 98.2 105.9 105.5 109.3 101.9 107.6 109.0 110.3 110.2 112.7 2.3

Construction ............................................................ 94.1 92.2 93.1 97.1 101.2 103.2 104.0 101.6 104.2 104.1 -.1

Manufacturing ......................................................... 93.4 92.9 92.7 93.0 94.1 93.9 93.9 94.2 94.0 93.8 -.2

Durable goods ..................................................... 94.3 94.1 94.3 94.8 94.7 94.8 95.3 95.2 95.2 95.1 -.1

Wood products .................................................. 97.8 98.5 96.3 96.1 100.2 100.0 101.1 101.7 99.9 98.8 -1.1

Nonmetallic mineral products ......................... 93.5 90.6 90.4 91.6 96.7 98.2 98.3 97.1 96.9 95.9 -1.0

Primary metals .................................................. 92.6 93.2 93.0 92.9 92.6 93.0 92.6 93.0 93.2 92.9 -.3

Fabricated metal products .............................. 96.1 98.1 97.8 98.3 96.5 98.4 98.4 98.6 98.5 98.8 .3

Machinery .......................................................... 95.1 97.1 97.2 97.8 94.3 96.6 96.5 96.8 96.9 97.3 .4

Computer and electronic products ................ 89.3 90.3 90.6 91.3 89.2 88.9 89.7 91.1 91.0 91.2 .2

Electrical equipment and appliances ............ 88.1 88.0 86.3 86.5 88.5 88.1 87.5 87.5 86.9 86.9 .0

Transportation equipment ............................... 97.5 94.8 97.0 97.0 96.9 95.6 96.4 95.8 96.8 96.3 -.5

Motor vehicles and parts 2.............................. 98.6 94.0 96.7 95.8 97.9 95.3 96.4 95.0 96.4 95.1 -1.3

Furniture and related products ....................... 93.8 92.3 91.6 92.3 94.3 93.1 93.6 93.2 92.9 92.6 -.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................... 91.9 90.3 90.5 90.9 92.0 90.9 90.9 91.0 91.1 90.9 -.2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 92.0 90.8 90.2 90.3 93.1 92.3 92.0 92.3 91.8 91.5 -.3

Food manufacturing ......................................... 93.7 94.3 93.9 93.2 97.1 97.0 96.7 96.8 97.5 96.9 -.6

Beverages and tobacco products .................. 82.3 88.0 86.4 87.0 87.1 90.5 91.0 91.8 90.8 91.5 .8

Textile mills ........................................................ 82.2 75.6 73.8 74.4 81.3 77.3 76.2 76.3 74.7 73.7 -1.3

Textile product mills ......................................... 91.4 91.8 91.4 93.5 91.3 93.3 92.1 93.7 93.2 93.0 -.2

Apparel ............................................................... 78.3 67.2 68.2 68.7 77.7 70.8 70.9 69.9 69.1 68.1 -1.4

Leather and allied products ............................ 88.4 81.5 82.2 84.0 86.4 87.7 85.0 83.4 82.7 82.2 -.6

Paper and paper products .............................. 88.2 90.8 88.6 88.5 89.4 89.5 89.2 90.7 89.9 89.9 .0

Printing and related support activities ........... 93.6 92.5 91.9 92.0 93.6 93.3 93.5 93.5 93.2 92.3 -1.0

Petroleum and coal products .......................... 95.5 101.0 101.8 102.8 98.2 107.8 104.7 104.9 105.9 106.1 .2

Chemicals .......................................................... 99.4 97.4 96.8 96.1 99.2 98.0 97.8 97.9 96.8 96.1 -.7

Plastics and rubber products .......................... 94.3 92.2 92.1 93.2 94.5 92.4 92.8 93.1 92.9 93.4 .5

Private service-providing ............................. 98.5 100.9 100.7 101.4 100.2 102.0 102.5 102.8 102.9 103.0 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 96.7 98.8 98.1 98.4 99.3 100.2 100.4 100.8 101.0 100.7 -.3

Wholesale trade ................................................... 97.0 99.1 98.7 99.3 98.4 99.5 99.4 99.8 100.3 100.5 .2

Retail trade ........................................................... 96.2 97.4 96.6 96.7 99.4 99.3 99.9 99.7 100.3 99.9 -.4

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 98.7 103.9 102.0 103.2 100.5 104.2 103.8 105.2 104.5 104.8 .3

Utilities ................................................................... 95.1 95.2 94.2 93.6 95.9 93.8 94.7 96.0 94.5 94.1 -.4

Information ............................................................... 96.0 101.6 100.5 100.9 97.0 100.0 101.3 101.2 101.2 102.0 .8

Financial activities .................................................. 99.7 105.1 103.1 103.0 101.2 103.1 103.6 104.4 104.3 104.5 .2

Professional and business services .................... 98.2 100.8 101.6 102.9 99.9 103.7 103.9 103.9 104.0 104.7 .7

Education and health services ............................. 102.4 105.6 105.6 105.7 102.1 104.1 104.7 105.3 105.0 105.4 .4

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 98.3 97.5 99.1 100.5 102.4 103.6 104.2 104.1 104.6 104.7 .1

Other services ......................................................... 95.4 95.9 96.1 96.5 96.5 96.7 96.6 97.1 97.2 97.6 .4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the

2

Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates

and motor vehicle parts. are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or

p = preliminary. nonsupervisory worker employment.

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by 
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Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers1on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and

selected industry detail

(2002=100)

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Mar.

2004

Nov.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005p

Mar.

2005p

Percent

change from:

Feb. 2005-

Mar. 2005p

Total private ....................................... 101.4 106.1 105.9 106.6 103.3 107.0 107.4 107.9 108.2 108.6 0.4

Goods-producing .......................................... 97.6 98.7 99.0 100.6 100.9 103.1 103.7 103.0 104.1 104.0 -.1

Natural resources and mining .............................. 103.4 114.2 113.1 116.6 106.8 114.0 116.5 118.2 117.8 119.5 1.4

Construction ............................................................ 96.9 95.2 96.5 101.0 104.7 107.6 108.3 105.6 108.6 108.9 .3

Manufacturing ......................................................... 97.7 99.8 99.6 99.6 98.6 100.1 100.3 100.8 100.9 100.5 -.4

Durable goods ..................................................... 98.2 100.8 101.2 101.4 98.6 100.5 101.5 101.7 102.0 101.8 -.2

Nondurable goods ............................................... 96.9 97.8 96.8 96.5 98.2 98.9 98.6 99.0 98.6 98.0 -.6

Private service-providing ............................. 102.6 108.6 107.9 108.6 104.1 108.0 108.8 109.5 109.7 110.2 .5

Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................... 99.9 104.9 104.0 104.2 102.4 105.1 105.5 106.5 106.5 106.4 -.1

Wholesale trade ................................................... 99.8 105.2 104.6 105.0 101.5 104.4 104.7 105.2 106.1 106.5 .4

Retail trade ........................................................... 99.1 103.1 102.2 102.1 102.0 103.9 104.5 105.3 105.6 105.1 -.5

Transportation and warehousing ...................... 102.4 109.4 107.2 108.9 104.4 109.3 108.9 110.7 109.5 110.7 1.1

Utilities ................................................................... 100.7 103.9 102.0 101.0 101.6 100.9 103.2 105.1 102.6 101.7 -.9

Information ............................................................... 100.6 109.8 107.3 108.4 101.9 106.8 108.8 109.2 108.0 109.9 1.8

Financial activities .................................................. 107.1 115.8 112.9 113.2 108.9 112.5 113.5 114.3 114.4 115.2 .7

Professional and business services .................... 101.2 108.3 108.2 109.4 102.8 108.9 109.4 110.0 110.2 111.2 .9

Education and health services ............................. 107.6 114.3 114.4 114.6 107.6 111.8 112.6 113.5 113.6 114.5 .8

Leisure and hospitality ........................................... 102.0 103.6 105.2 106.5 105.9 109.0 109.4 109.6 110.4 110.6 .2

Other services ......................................................... 96.8 99.4 99.7 99.6 98.0 99.5 99.5 100.1 100.4 100.8 .4

1 See footnote 1, table B-2. the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are

p = preliminary. the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and

NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated production or nonsupervisory worker employment. 

by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by 
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Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)

Time Span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries 1

Over 1-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 49.5 47.7 48.6 32.7 42.4 40.8 36.7 39.0 37.6 33.6 36.9 37.1

2002 ........................................................ 41.0 35.6 39.7 39.2 40.5 47.7 42.8 43.0 42.1 39.0 41.5 35.1

2003 ........................................................ 44.4 38.7 35.3 41.4 39.4 39.9 42.1 39.4 50.4 48.9 50.0 50.5

2004 ........................................................ 50.9 53.4 66.0 67.3 64.6 59.7 55.4 53.8 57.6 58.6 54.7 54.3

2005 ........................................................ 54.1 p 56.7 p 54.1

Over 3-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 53.2 49.8 49.8 42.3 38.1 34.2 37.8 37.6 34.7 35.4 30.8 32.0

2002 ........................................................ 35.3 37.9 36.5 34.2 34.4 39.4 40.6 44.1 37.8 37.1 35.8 36.7

2003 ........................................................ 38.3 35.4 33.3 33.5 36.5 41.7 37.8 37.4 43.2 46.4 48.6 50.2

2004 ........................................................ 52.5 53.8 56.7 69.4 75.4 71.2 63.5 56.8 57.4 59.9 59.7 56.3

2005 ........................................................ 58.5 p 57.9 p 59.5

Over 6-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 53.1 50.9 52.0 45.5 43.0 39.7 38.5 33.6 33.5 34.2 33.6 30.9

2002 ........................................................ 29.5 29.9 32.0 31.7 30.9 37.4 37.1 38.7 35.3 36.0 37.9 35.1

2003 ........................................................ 32.7 32.2 31.3 31.3 33.1 37.6 33.6 32.2 40.3 43.7 46.4 49.3

2004 ........................................................ 47.3 50.4 54.9 62.6 64.4 69.6 67.3 68.9 64.6 62.2 59.7 55.9

2005 ........................................................ 60.3 p 63.3 p 61.5

Over 12-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9

2002 ........................................................ 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7

2003 ........................................................ 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2

2004 ........................................................ 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.7 52.0 56.7 57.4 57.6 60.3 62.1 64.6 64.0

2005 ........................................................ 61.2 p 65.6 p 64.4

Over 1-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 22.0 17.3 22.0 17.9 16.1 22.6 13.1 15.5 18.5 17.3 14.9 11.9

2002 ........................................................ 19.0 19.6 22.0 32.1 26.2 31.0 35.7 23.2 28.6 15.5 18.5 16.7

2003 ........................................................ 35.1 19.0 19.0 11.9 19.6 20.8 22.6 24.4 32.7 35.1 39.9 42.9

2004 ........................................................ 39.3 49.4 50.0 65.5 60.1 51.8 60.7 48.8 42.9 42.3 46.4 44.6

2005 ........................................................ 42.3 p 43.5 p 44.0

Over 3-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 32.7 20.8 16.7 14.3 14.3 11.9 11.9 9.5 7.7 12.5 11.3 9.5

2002 ........................................................ 10.7 11.9 11.3 17.9 14.9 20.2 25.6 23.8 20.2 13.7 8.9 9.5

2003 ........................................................ 16.1 14.3 12.5 8.9 10.7 10.7 14.3 15.5 18.5 27.4 31.5 35.1

2004 ........................................................ 42.3 43.5 42.9 58.3 69.0 69.6 62.5 53.6 52.4 44.6 45.2 35.7

2005 ........................................................ 45.2 p 39.3 p 45.2

Over 6-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 22.6 24.4 21.4 19.6 14.3 11.9 13.1 11.3 10.7 7.1 7.7 5.4

2002 ........................................................ 6.0 8.3 8.3 9.5 7.1 13.1 12.5 11.3 14.3 8.3 8.3 7.7

2003 ........................................................ 12.5 10.1 7.1 8.3 11.3 10.7 4.8 10.1 13.1 16.7 19.6 26.8

2004 ........................................................ 27.4 29.8 33.3 47.0 52.4 57.1 60.1 58.9 58.9 50.6 45.2 42.9

2005 ........................................................ 43.5 p 44.0 p 39.3

Over 12-month span:

2001 ........................................................ 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0

2002 ........................................................ 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3

2003 ........................................................ 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7

2004 ........................................................ 13.1 14.3 13.1 19.0 25.6 34.5 43.5 40.5 45.8 48.2 49.4 46.4

2005 ........................................................ 45.2 p 46.4 p 48.8

Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries 1

1Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where

spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing 

p= preliminary. and decreasing employment. 

NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment