Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-11-0436 

8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, April 1, 2011 

Technical information: 

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

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

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

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION – MARCH 2011 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little 

changed at 8.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in 

professional and business services, health care, leisure and hospitality, and mining. Employment in 

manufacturing continued to trend up. 

Household Survey Data 

The number of unemployed persons (13.5 million) and the unemployment rate (8.8 percent) changed 

little in March. The labor force also was little changed over the month. Since November 2010, the 

jobless rate has declined by 1.0 percentage point. (See table A-1.) 

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (8.6 percent), adult women 

(7.7 percent), teenagers (24.5 percent), whites (7.9 percent), blacks (15.5 percent), and Hispanics (11.3 

percent) showed little change in March. The jobless rate for Asians was 7.1 percent, not seasonally 

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

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The number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, at 8.2 million, was little 

changed in March but has fallen by 1.3 million since November 2010. The number of long-term 

unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was 6.1 million in March; their share of the 

unemployed increased from 43.9 to 45.5 percent over the month. (See tables A-11 and A-12.) 

In March, the civilian labor force participation rate held at 64.2 percent, and the employmentpopulation ratio, at 58.5 percent, changed little. (See table A-1.) 

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

involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in March, at 8.4 million. These individuals were 

working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time 

job. (See table A-8.) 

In March, 2.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, up slightly from a year 

earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted 

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

counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. 

(See table A-16.) 

Among the marginally attached, there were 921,000 discouraged workers in March, little changed from 

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

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

marginally attached to the labor force in March had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the 

survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) 

Establishment Survey Data 

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March. Job gains occurred in several 

service-providing industries and in mining, and manufacturing employment continued to trend up. Since 

a recent low in February 2010, total payroll employment has grown by 1.5 million. (See table B-1.) 

In March, employment in the service-providing sector continued to expand, led by a gain of 78,000 in 

professional and business services. Most of the gain occurred in temporary help services (+29,000) 

and in professional and technical services (+35,000). 

Health care employment continued to increase in March (+37,000). Over the last 12 months, health care 

has added 283,000 jobs, or an average of 24,000 jobs per month. 

Employment in leisure and hospitality rose by 37,000 over the month, with more than two-thirds of the 

increase in food services and drinking places (+27,000). 

Manufacturing employment continued to trend up in March (+17,000). Job gains were concentrated in 

two durable goods industries—fabricated metal products (+8,000) and machinery (+5,000). Employment 

in durable goods manufacturing has risen by 243,000 since its most recent low in December 2009. 

In March, employment in mining increased by 14,000, with much of the gain occurring in support 

activities for mining (+9,000). 
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Employment in local government continued to trend down over the month. Local government has lost 

416,000 jobs since an employment peak in September 2008. 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 34.3 hours in 

March. The manufacturing workweek for all employees edged down by 0.1 hour to 40.5 hours, while 

factory overtime was unchanged at 3.3 hours. The average workweek for production and 

nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour to 33.6 hours. (See tables 

B-2 and B-7.) 

In March, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls were unchanged at 

$22.87. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 1.7 percent. Average hourly 

earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees edged down by 2 cents over the 

month to $19.30. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for January was revised from +63,000 to +68,000, and 

the change for February was revised from +192,000 to +194,000. 

The Employment Situation for April is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 6, 2011, at 8:30 

a.m. (EDT). 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Change from:

Feb. 2011-

Mar. 2011

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population............................................ 237,159 238,704 238,851 239,000 149

Civilian labor force............................................................ 153,895 153,186 153,246 153,406 160

Participation rate........................................................... 64.9 64.2 64.2 64.2 0.0

Employed.................................................................... 138,952 139,323 139,573 139,864 291

Employment-population ratio........................................... 58.6 58.4 58.4 58.5 0.1

Unemployed................................................................. 14,943 13,863 13,673 13,542 -131

Unemployment rate..................................................... 9.7 9.0 8.9 8.8 -0.1

Not in labor force............................................................. 83,264 85,518 85,605 85,594 -11

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over....................................................... 9.7 9.0 8.9 8.8 -0.1

Adult men (20 years and over).............................................. 10.0 8.8 8.7 8.6 -0.1

Adult women (20 years and over).......................................... 8.0 7.9 8.0 7.7 -0.3

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................. 26.0 25.7 23.9 24.5 0.6

White........................................................................... 8.7 8.0 8.0 7.9 -0.1

Black or African American................................................... 16.5 15.7 15.3 15.5 0.2

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)............................................. 7.5 6.9 6.8 7.1 –

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.................................................. 12.5 11.9 11.6 11.3 -0.3

Total, 25 years and over....................................................... 8.3 7.6 7.6 7.4 -0.2

Less than a high school diploma........................................... 14.4 14.2 13.9 13.7 -0.2

High school graduates, no college......................................... 10.8 9.4 9.5 9.5 0.0

Some college or associate degree......................................... 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.4 -0.4

Bachelor’s degree and higher............................................... 4.8 4.2 4.3 4.4 0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs................... 9,368 8,519 8,334 8,209 -125

Job leavers....................................................................... 893 910 898 896 -2

Reentrants........................................................................ 3,523 3,357 3,352 3,262 -90

New entrants..................................................................... 1,185 1,351 1,337 1,360 23

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks.............................................................. 2,654 2,678 2,390 2,449 59

5 to 14 weeks.................................................................... 3,210 3,016 3,094 2,914 -180

15 to 26 weeks.................................................................. 2,449 2,285 2,179 1,957 -222

27 weeks and over.............................................................. 6,517 6,210 5,993 6,122 129

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons............................................... 9,012 8,407 8,340 8,433 93

Slack work or business conditions.......................................... 6,174 5,771 5,630 5,595 -35

Could only find part-time work.............................................. 2,351 2,510 2,415 2,332 -83

Part time for noneconomic reasons........................................... 18,334 17,929 18,220 18,417 197

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force........................................ 2,255 2,800 2,730 2,434 –

Discouraged workers......................................................... 994 993 1,020 921 –

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

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

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

the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 68 194 216

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 94 240 230

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 38 73 31

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 4 15

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 -20 37 -1

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 53 32 17

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 57 27 17

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 19.6 0.0 3.2

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -7 -4 5 0

Private service-providing1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 56 167 199

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 12.9 13.6 14.1

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 30.5 -7.8 17.7

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 -47.2 18.1 -0.1

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -13 -7 -2 -4

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -14 -10 -3 6

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 51 44 78

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.0 -1.1 22.7 28.8

Education and health services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 29 41 45

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 17.9 34.1 44.5

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 -3 48 37

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 14 5

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 -26 -46 -14

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 49.6 49.6 49.6

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.5 48.1 48.1 48.1

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.3

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22.48 $ 22.86 $ 22.87 $ 22.87

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $766.57 $781.81 $784.44 $784.44

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.4 92.6 93.1 93.3

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.9 101.0 101.6 101.8

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.2

HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18.93 $ 19.31 $ 19.32 $ 19.30

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $630.37 $644.95 $647.22 $648.48

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.1 99.4 99.9 100.5

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 -0.2 0.5 0.6

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.0 128.2 129.0 129.6

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.5

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 60.5 68.7 62.4

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.7 73.5 66.0 63.0

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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

industries.

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

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

aggregate weekly payrolls.

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

between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.

p Preliminary
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 

Why are there two monthly measures of employment? 

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

and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller 

margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of 

its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 100,000 is statistically 

significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the 

household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than 

the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural 

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

survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. 

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? 

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

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

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

collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which identify 

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

Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. 

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

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

Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? 

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

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

total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled 

to achieve that goal. 

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? 

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

change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that 

forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the 

net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The 
 

establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not 

immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth 

of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new 

businesses to the survey twice a year. 

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

benefits? 

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

are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People 

on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or 

question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 

Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work? 

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

those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In 

addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and 

other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment 

Situation news release. 

How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates? 

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

Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on average weekly hours than on employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid time during the pay period, including pay for 

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

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

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

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

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

be off work without pay for the entire pay period. About half of all employees in the payroll survey have 

a 2-week, semi-monthly, or monthly pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

effect of extreme weather on estimates of employment from the establishment survey. 

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

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

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

persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours, or had a job but were not at work the entire 

week, due to bad weather. Current and historical data are available on the household survey’s most 

requested statistics page at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln. 
Technical 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 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 U.S. Bureau 

of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of nonagricultural business establishments. The sample includes about 

140,000 businesses and government agencies representing 

approximately 410,000 worksites and is drawn from a sampling frame of roughly 8.9 million unemployment insurance 

tax accounts. The active sample includes approximately 

one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. 

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

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

reference period is generally the calendar week that 

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

survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 

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

calendar week. 

Coverage, definitions, and differences between 

surveys 

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force. 

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked 

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

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

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: they had no employment during the 

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

and they made specific efforts to find employment 

sometime during the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting 

recall need not be looking for work to be counted as 

unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the 

household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for 

or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. 

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or 

unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment 

rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor 

force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force 

as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. 

Additional information about the household survey can be 

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

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

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

government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are 

those who received pay for any part of the reference pay 

period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are 

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

produced for the private sector for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and 

nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 

related employees in manufacturing and mining and 

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

Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment's principal activity in accordance with the 2007 

version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

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

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

the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from 

the surveys. Among these are: 

 The household survey includes agricultural 

workers, 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 are counted separately for each appearance. 
Seasonal adjustment 

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

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, 

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

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

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

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal 

developments, such as declines in employment or increases 

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

spot. For example, in the household survey, the large 

number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely 

to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative 

to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of 

economic activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the 

establishment survey, payroll employment in education 

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

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

underlying employment trends in the industry. Because 

seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of 

the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be 

adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more 

discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a 

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

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, 

such as total payroll employment, employment in most 

major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are 

computed by aggregating independently adjusted 

component series. For example, total unemployment is 

derived by summing the adjusted series for four major agesex components; this differs from the unemployment 

estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the 

total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 

detailed age categories. 

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

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

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

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

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

revisions to historical data are made once a year. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling 

error. When a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may 

differ from the "true" population values they represent. The 

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 nonfarm employment from the 

establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 

100,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment 

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

percent confidence interval on the monthly change would 

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

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

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

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

this interval. Since this range includes values of less than 

zero, we could not say with confidence that nonfarm 

employment had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, 

the reported nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, then 

all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval 

would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least 

a 90-percent chance) that nonfarm employment had, in fact, 

risen that month. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 

percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly 

change in unemployment as measured by the household 

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

the unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.19 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 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, 

such as for quarterly and annual averages. 

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all 

respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information on a timely 

basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in 

the collection or processing of the data. 

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates 

for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete 

returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled 

preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive 

revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample 

reports have been received, that the estimate is considered 

final. 

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 

basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

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

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

gains from business births. This is incorporated into the 

sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting 

sample units going out of business, but imputing to them 

the same employment trend as the other firms in the 

sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net 

birth/death employment. 

The second component is an ARIMA time series 

model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death 

employment not accounted for by the imputation. The 

historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA 

model was derived from the unemployment insurance 

universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual 

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

The sample-based estimates from the establishment 

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

universe counts of payroll employment obtained from 

administrative records of the unemployment insurance 

program. The difference between the March sample-based 

employment estimates and the March universe counts is 

known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough 

proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also 

incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over 

the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total 

nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a 

range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. 

Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Mar.

2010

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237,159 238,851 239,000 237,159 238,715 238,889 238,704 238,851 239,000

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,660 152,635 153,022 153,895 153,950 153,690 153,186 153,246 153,406

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.8 63.9 64.0 64.9 64.5 64.3 64.2 64.2 64.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,983 138,093 138,962 138,952 138,909 139,206 139,323 139,573 139,864

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 57.8 58.1 58.6 58.2 58.3 58.4 58.4 58.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,678 14,542 14,060 14,943 15,041 14,485 13,863 13,673 13,542

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 9.5 9.2 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.0 8.9 8.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,499 86,216 85,977 83,264 84,765 85,199 85,518 85,605 85,594

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,719 6,405 6,250 5,996 6,248 6,471 6,410 6,410 6,509

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,821 115,907 115,988 114,821 115,640 115,731 115,828 115,907 115,988

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,949 81,360 81,491 81,942 81,986 81,845 81,544 81,720 81,674

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.4 70.2 70.3 71.4 70.9 70.7 70.4 70.5 70.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,253 72,796 73,187 73,163 73,337 73,600 73,800 74,122 74,108

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.9 62.8 63.1 63.7 63.4 63.6 63.7 63.9 63.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,696 8,564 8,304 8,778 8,649 8,245 7,744 7,598 7,566

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 10.5 10.2 10.7 10.5 10.1 9.5 9.3 9.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,872 34,548 34,497 32,879 33,653 33,886 34,284 34,187 34,313

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,198 107,292 107,381 106,198 107,114 107,216 107,203 107,292 107,381

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,059 78,672 78,788 78,841 78,980 78,906 78,506 78,795 78,764

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.4 73.3 73.4 74.2 73.7 73.6 73.2 73.4 73.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,238 70,842 71,207 70,977 71,130 71,480 71,589 71,954 71,959

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 66.0 66.3 66.8 66.4 66.7 66.8 67.1 67.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,821 7,829 7,581 7,864 7,849 7,426 6,917 6,841 6,805

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 10.0 9.6 10.0 9.9 9.4 8.8 8.7 8.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,139 28,620 28,593 27,357 28,134 28,310 28,698 28,497 28,617

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,339 122,944 123,012 122,339 123,075 123,158 122,876 122,944 123,012

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,712 71,275 71,532 71,954 71,964 71,845 71,642 71,526 71,732

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 58.0 58.1 58.8 58.5 58.3 58.3 58.2 58.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,730 65,297 65,775 65,789 65,572 65,605 65,523 65,451 65,756

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.7 53.1 53.5 53.8 53.3 53.3 53.3 53.2 53.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,982 5,978 5,756 6,165 6,392 6,240 6,119 6,075 5,976

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 8.4 8.0 8.6 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,627 51,668 51,481 50,385 51,112 51,313 51,234 51,418 51,280

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,974 114,714 114,792 113,974 114,801 114,894 114,637 114,714 114,792

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,967 68,728 68,903 68,976 69,151 69,027 68,839 68,802 68,898

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.5 59.9 60.0 60.5 60.2 60.1 60.0 60.0 60.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,537 63,277 63,681 63,479 63,385 63,428 63,392 63,319 63,566

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.7 55.2 55.5 55.7 55.2 55.2 55.3 55.2 55.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,430 5,451 5,223 5,497 5,766 5,599 5,447 5,483 5,332

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 7.9 7.6 8.0 8.3 8.1 7.9 8.0 7.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,007 45,986 45,888 44,998 45,651 45,867 45,798 45,912 45,894

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,987 16,845 16,827 16,987 16,800 16,780 16,863 16,845 16,827

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,635 5,235 5,331 6,078 5,820 5,757 5,841 5,649 5,744

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 31.1 31.7 35.8 34.6 34.3 34.6 33.5 34.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,207 3,974 4,075 4,497 4,393 4,298 4,341 4,300 4,339

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 23.6 24.2 26.5 26.2 25.6 25.7 25.5 25.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,427 1,262 1,257 1,581 1,426 1,460 1,500 1,350 1,405

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3 24.1 23.6 26.0 24.5 25.4 25.7 23.9 24.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,352 11,610 11,496 10,908 10,980 11,022 11,022 11,196 11,083

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Mar.

2010

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191,648 192,601 192,688 191,648 192,641 192,749 192,516 192,601 192,688

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,950 123,848 124,156 125,103 124,824 124,700 124,192 124,237 124,497

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.2 64.3 64.4 65.3 64.8 64.7 64.5 64.5 64.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,339 113,066 113,877 114,165 113,728 114,079 114,197 114,330 114,706

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.1 58.7 59.1 59.6 59.0 59.2 59.3 59.4 59.5

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,611 10,782 10,279 10,939 11,096 10,620 9,995 9,907 9,791

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 8.7 8.3 8.7 8.9 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,698 68,752 68,532 66,545 67,817 68,049 68,325 68,364 68,191

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,277 64,866 64,890 65,062 65,088 65,041 64,673 64,919 64,864

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.8 73.8 73.8 74.6 74.1 74.0 73.6 73.9 73.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,701 58,939 59,254 59,279 59,137 59,484 59,586 59,860 59,850

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.3 67.1 67.4 68.0 67.3 67.7 67.8 68.1 68.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,576 5,926 5,635 5,784 5,951 5,557 5,086 5,059 5,014

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 9.1 8.7 8.9 9.1 8.5 7.9 7.8 7.7

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,033 54,685 54,900 55,067 54,953 54,914 54,686 54,677 54,950

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.2 59.6 59.8 60.2 59.7 59.7 59.6 59.5 59.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,079 50,772 51,169 51,092 50,817 50,920 50,878 50,816 51,184

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.9 55.3 55.7 55.9 55.2 55.3 55.4 55.3 55.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,954 3,913 3,730 3,975 4,136 3,994 3,808 3,860 3,766

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 7.2 6.8 7.2 7.5 7.3 7.0 7.1 6.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,640 4,297 4,367 4,974 4,783 4,746 4,833 4,641 4,683

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 33.4 34.0 38.4 37.3 37.1 37.5 36.1 36.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,559 3,354 3,454 3,794 3,775 3,676 3,732 3,654 3,672

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.5 26.1 26.9 29.3 29.5 28.7 29.0 28.4 28.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,081 943 913 1,180 1,008 1,070 1,100 987 1,011

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.3 21.9 20.9 23.7 21.1 22.5 22.8 21.3 21.6

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,591 28,976 29,005 28,591 28,865 28,896 28,947 28,976 29,005

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,795 17,680 17,705 17,901 18,020 17,958 17,857 17,865 17,836

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 61.0 61.0 62.6 62.4 62.1 61.7 61.7 61.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,837 14,922 14,965 14,939 15,142 15,119 15,048 15,124 15,067

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.9 51.5 51.6 52.3 52.5 52.3 52.0 52.2 51.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,957 2,758 2,740 2,962 2,878 2,839 2,809 2,741 2,769

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.6 15.6 15.5 16.5 16.0 15.8 15.7 15.3 15.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,796 11,296 11,300 10,690 10,845 10,939 11,090 11,112 11,169

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,124 8,014 8,093 8,157 8,099 8,106 8,054 8,053 8,119

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.3 67.9 68.5 70.6 69.1 69.1 68.3 68.2 68.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,479 6,608 6,635 6,605 6,753 6,764 6,723 6,745 6,758

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 56.0 56.1 57.2 57.6 57.6 57.1 57.2 57.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,645 1,406 1,458 1,552 1,346 1,341 1,331 1,309 1,361

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.2 17.5 18.0 19.0 16.6 16.5 16.5 16.2 16.8

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,004 9,095 8,990 9,029 9,228 9,204 9,146 9,185 9,050

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.7 62.5 61.7 62.9 63.6 63.3 62.9 63.1 62.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,954 7,956 7,953 7,913 8,017 7,993 7,966 7,993 7,923

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.4 54.6 54.6 55.1 55.2 55.0 54.8 54.9 54.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,050 1,140 1,037 1,116 1,211 1,211 1,179 1,192 1,127

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 12.5 11.5 12.4 13.1 13.2 12.9 13.0 12.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 571 623 715 693 648 658 627 668

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 21.8 23.8 26.7 26.3 24.6 25.1 23.9 25.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 358 378 421 372 361 359 386 387

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1 13.7 14.5 15.7 14.1 13.7 13.7 14.7 14.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 212 245 294 321 287 299 241 281

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.3 37.2 39.3 41.1 46.3 44.2 45.4 38.4 42.1

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,089 11,345 11,301 – – – – – –

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Mar.

2010

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,174 7,351 7,410 – – – – – –

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 64.8 65.6 – – – – – –

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,633 6,850 6,881 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.8 60.4 60.9 – – – – – –

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 502 529 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 6.8 7.1 – – – – – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,915 3,994 3,892 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

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

annually with the release of January data.
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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 adjusted1

Mar.

2010

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population.................. 33,414 34,079 34,155 33,414 34,102 34,188 34,001 34,079 34,155

Civilian labor force................................. 22,656 22,373 22,585 22,697 22,915 22,868 22,823 22,519 22,676

Participation rate................................. 67.8 65.7 66.1 67.9 67.2 66.9 67.1 66.1 66.4

Employed......................................... 19,650 19,580 19,896 19,854 19,899 19,906 20,099 19,912 20,105

Employment-population ratio................ 58.8 57.5 58.3 59.4 58.4 58.2 59.1 58.4 58.9

Unemployed...................................... 3,006 2,793 2,690 2,843 3,016 2,962 2,724 2,606 2,571

Unemployment rate........................... 13.3 12.5 11.9 12.5 13.2 13.0 11.9 11.6 11.3

Not in labor force................................... 10,758 11,706 11,570 10,716 11,188 11,320 11,178 11,561 11,479

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 12,857 12,844 12,889 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 82.7 81.5 81.6 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 11,211 11,282 11,452 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 72.1 71.6 72.5 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,647 1,562 1,437 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 12.8 12.2 11.1 – – – – – –

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................. 8,763 8,645 8,788 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 59.9 57.9 58.7 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 7,716 7,685 7,825 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 52.7 51.5 52.3 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 1,047 960 963 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 12.0 11.1 11.0 – – – – – –

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................. 1,035 884 909 – – – – – –

Participation rate................................. 32.0 26.1 26.8 – – – – – –

Employed......................................... 724 613 619 – – – – – –

Employment-population ratio................ 22.4 18.1 18.3 – – – – – –

Unemployed...................................... 311 271 290 – – – – – –

Unemployment rate........................... 30.1 30.6 31.9 – – – – – –

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

- Data not available.

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

of January data.
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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.

2010

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................... 11,803 11,045 11,565 11,842 11,803 11,758 11,383 11,317 11,652

Participation rate.................................... 46.2 44.4 45.7 46.3 46.6 46.0 45.1 45.5 46.1

Employed............................................ 9,889 9,293 9,809 10,133 9,955 9,963 9,770 9,749 10,059

Employment-population ratio................... 38.7 37.4 38.8 39.7 39.3 39.0 38.7 39.2 39.8

Unemployed......................................... 1,914 1,752 1,756 1,709 1,848 1,795 1,613 1,568 1,593

Unemployment rate.............................. 16.2 15.9 15.2 14.4 15.7 15.3 14.2 13.9 13.7

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................... 39,202 37,806 37,541 38,670 37,824 38,203 37,513 37,525 37,171

Participation rate.................................... 62.6 60.7 60.6 61.7 61.1 60.9 60.3 60.3 60.0

Employed............................................ 34,527 33,750 33,604 34,487 34,035 34,465 33,972 33,965 33,654

Employment-population ratio................... 55.1 54.2 54.3 55.0 55.0 54.9 54.6 54.6 54.4

Unemployed......................................... 4,674 4,056 3,937 4,183 3,789 3,738 3,541 3,560 3,517

Unemployment rate.............................. 11.9 10.7 10.5 10.8 10.0 9.8 9.4 9.5 9.5

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................... 36,579 36,928 36,519 36,647 37,037 36,809 36,841 36,784 36,653

Participation rate.................................... 70.8 69.7 69.5 70.9 69.8 70.2 70.2 69.5 69.7

Employed............................................ 33,410 33,916 33,708 33,640 33,832 33,821 33,878 33,919 33,938

Employment-population ratio................... 64.7 64.0 64.1 65.1 63.8 64.5 64.6 64.1 64.6

Unemployed......................................... 3,170 3,012 2,811 3,007 3,205 2,988 2,963 2,865 2,715

Unemployment rate.............................. 8.7 8.2 7.7 8.2 8.7 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.4

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................... 45,742 46,520 46,979 45,747 46,322 46,312 46,263 46,591 46,919

Participation rate.................................... 77.1 76.8 77.0 77.1 76.6 76.9 76.4 76.9 76.9

Employed............................................ 43,570 44,495 44,943 43,540 43,952 44,095 44,322 44,588 44,843

Employment-population ratio................... 73.4 73.4 73.6 73.4 72.7 73.2 73.2 73.6 73.5

Unemployed......................................... 2,172 2,025 2,036 2,208 2,370 2,217 1,941 2,003 2,076

Unemployment rate.............................. 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.8 5.1 4.8 4.2 4.3 4.4

1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

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

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service,

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,124 21,729 20,342 19,932 1,782 1,797

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,819 11,273 10,727 10,136 1,092 1,137

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.4 51.9 52.7 50.9 61.3 63.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,656 10,259 9,663 9,234 993 1,025

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.2 47.2 47.5 46.3 55.7 57.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,163 1,014 1,064 902 99 112

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 9.0 9.9 8.9 9.1 9.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,305 10,456 9,615 9,796 690 660

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,103 2,449 1,743 1,980 360 469

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,713 1,948 1,451 1,632 262 316

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.4 79.6 83.3 82.4 72.7 67.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,461 1,736 1,236 1,443 225 293

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.5 70.9 70.9 72.9 62.4 62.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 213 215 189 37 24

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7 10.9 14.8 11.6 14.2 7.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 500 292 348 98 152

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,996 2,953 2,545 2,521 451 432

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,608 2,480 2,272 2,154 336 326

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.0 84.0 89.3 85.4 74.4 75.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,360 2,274 2,037 1,973 323 301

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.8 77.0 80.1 78.3 71.6 69.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 207 235 181 13 26

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 8.3 10.3 8.4 3.8 7.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 472 273 367 115 105

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

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,113 10,558 10,743 10,236 370 322

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,014 3,602 3,904 3,473 110 129

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.1 34.1 36.3 33.9 29.9 40.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,705 3,292 3,599 3,177 106 115

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 31.2 33.5 31.0 28.7 35.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 310 305 296 4 14

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 8.6 7.8 8.5 3.8 10.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,098 6,956 6,839 6,763 259 193

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,912 5,770 5,311 5,196 601 574

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,484 3,243 3,100 2,877 384 365

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.9 56.2 58.4 55.4 63.9 63.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,130 2,958 2,791 2,641 339 316

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.9 51.3 52.5 50.8 56.4 55.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 285 309 236 45 49

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 8.8 10.0 8.2 11.7 13.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,428 2,527 2,211 2,318 217 209

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206,214 208,483 89,984 91,497 116,230 116,986

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,085 140,108 70,338 70,506 69,747 69,602

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.9 67.2 78.2 77.1 60.0 59.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,083 127,531 61,987 63,349 64,096 64,182

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.1 61.2 68.9 69.2 55.1 54.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,002 12,577 8,351 7,157 5,651 5,420

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 9.0 11.9 10.2 8.1 7.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,129 68,375 19,646 20,990 46,483 47,384

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

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

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

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

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

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

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population....................................................... 26,945 27,631 210,214 211,369

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 6,054 5,794 147,607 147,228

Participation rate...................................................................... 22.5 21.0 70.2 69.7

Employed.............................................................................. 5,215 4,891 132,767 134,071

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 19.4 17.7 63.2 63.4

Unemployed........................................................................... 839 903 14,839 13,157

Unemployment rate................................................................ 13.9 15.6 10.1 8.9

Not in labor force........................................................................ 20,891 21,836 62,608 64,141

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,835 2,671 75,455 74,933

Participation rate...................................................................... 38.7 35.2 83.1 82.3

Employed.............................................................................. 2,363 2,196 66,499 67,376

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 32.2 29.0 73.2 74.0

Unemployed........................................................................... 472 474 8,956 7,557

Unemployment rate................................................................ 16.6 17.8 11.9 10.1

Not in labor force........................................................................ 4,495 4,907 15,359 16,158

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 2,413 2,238 66,307 66,171

Participation rate...................................................................... 31.8 29.3 71.4 71.0

Employed.............................................................................. 2,115 1,876 60,814 60,952

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 27.8 24.5 65.4 65.4

Unemployed........................................................................... 298 362 5,493 5,219

Unemployment rate................................................................ 12.4 16.2 8.3 7.9

Not in labor force........................................................................ 5,183 5,406 26,614 27,065

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force...................................................................... 806 886 5,845 6,124

Participation rate...................................................................... 6.7 7.1 22.1 22.6

Employed.............................................................................. 737 819 5,455 5,743

Employment-population ratio..................................................... 6.1 6.6 20.6 21.2

Unemployed........................................................................... 69 67 390 380

Unemployment rate................................................................ 8.5 7.6 6.7 6.2

Not in labor force........................................................................ 11,213 11,524 20,635 20,917

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

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

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 34,991 35,996 17,428 17,886 17,564 18,110

Civilian labor force................................................... 23,855 24,034 14,093 14,259 9,762 9,775

Participation rate................................................... 68.2 66.8 80.9 79.7 55.6 54.0

Employed........................................................... 21,239 21,728 12,501 12,886 8,739 8,842

Employment-population ratio.................................. 60.7 60.4 71.7 72.0 49.8 48.8

Unemployed........................................................ 2,616 2,306 1,592 1,373 1,024 933

Unemployment rate............................................. 11.0 9.6 11.3 9.6 10.5 9.5

Not in labor force..................................................... 11,136 11,961 3,334 3,626 7,802 8,335

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population.................................... 202,168 203,004 97,393 98,102 104,775 104,902

Civilian labor force................................................... 129,805 128,988 67,856 67,231 61,949 61,756

Participation rate................................................... 64.2 63.5 69.7 68.5 59.1 58.9

Employed........................................................... 116,743 117,234 59,752 60,301 56,991 56,933

Employment-population ratio.................................. 57.7 57.7 61.4 61.5 54.4 54.3

Unemployed........................................................ 13,062 11,754 8,104 6,931 4,958 4,823

Unemployment rate............................................. 10.1 9.1 11.9 10.3 8.0 7.8

Not in labor force..................................................... 72,363 74,016 29,537 30,870 42,825 43,146

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

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

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2010

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................... 2,103 2,097 2,145 2,212 2,185 2,176 2,256 2,255 2,251

Wage and salary workers1....................... 1,242 1,233 1,303 1,370 1,385 1,384 1,390 1,340 1,423

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 835 849 824 851 771 775 861 889 835

Unpaid family workers............................. 26 15 17 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries............................ 135,880 135,996 136,818 136,842 136,752 137,001 137,088 137,443 137,738

Wage and salary workers1

....................... 127,009 127,336 128,060 127,745 127,728 128,043 128,151 128,664 128,800

Government...................................... 21,472 20,985 21,082 21,250 20,600 20,759 20,740 20,933 20,858

Private industries................................ 105,537 106,351 106,978 106,515 107,146 107,303 107,409 107,681 107,946

Private households............................ 733 688 695 – – – – – –

Other industries............................... 104,804 105,663 106,283 105,770 106,516 106,665 106,774 106,965 107,251

Self-employed workers, unincorporated......... 8,797 8,573 8,652 8,937 8,832 8,783 8,864 8,688 8,773

Unpaid family workers............................. 74 87 105 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3................... 9,343 8,749 8,737 9,012 8,960 8,931 8,407 8,340 8,433

Slack work or business conditions............... 6,443 6,051 5,812 6,174 6,025 6,011 5,771 5,630 5,595

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,611 2,402 2,529 2,351 2,557 2,568 2,510 2,415 2,332

Part time for noneconomic reasons4.............. 18,739 18,669 18,912 18,334 18,326 18,184 17,929 18,220 18,417

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

................... 9,210 8,633 8,537 8,903 8,822 8,789 8,242 8,248 8,265

Slack work or business conditions............... 6,343 5,974 5,708 6,093 5,941 5,911 5,661 5,558 5,504

Could only find part-time work.................... 2,606 2,388 2,503 2,378 2,555 2,542 2,513 2,383 2,305

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 18,430 18,321 18,565 18,001 17,929 17,829 17,552 17,835 17,984

1 Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

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

entire week.

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

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

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

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2010

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,983 138,093 138,962 138,952 138,909 139,206 139,323 139,573 139,864

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,207 3,974 4,075 4,497 4,393 4,298 4,341 4,300 4,339

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,243 1,155 1,172 1,393 1,440 1,434 1,406 1,311 1,326

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,964 2,819 2,903 3,093 2,961 2,869 2,939 3,000 2,990

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,775 134,119 134,887 134,455 134,515 134,908 134,982 135,274 135,525

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,380 12,664 12,823 12,608 12,774 12,713 12,941 12,954 13,021

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,396 121,455 122,064 121,804 121,744 122,196 122,026 122,245 122,479

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,620 93,017 93,442 94,096 93,723 93,962 93,758 93,764 93,949

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,860 30,110 30,303 30,115 30,214 30,345 30,438 30,412 30,538

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,623 30,156 30,453 30,790 30,527 30,447 30,373 30,409 30,605

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,137 32,751 32,686 33,191 32,982 33,170 32,946 32,943 32,806

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,776 28,437 28,622 27,708 28,021 28,234 28,268 28,481 28,530

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,253 72,796 73,187 73,163 73,337 73,600 73,800 74,122 74,108

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,014 1,953 1,980 2,187 2,206 2,121 2,211 2,168 2,149

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 562 604 688 688 695 717 668 688

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,412 1,391 1,376 1,492 1,524 1,420 1,471 1,495 1,454

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,238 70,842 71,207 70,977 71,130 71,480 71,589 71,954 71,959

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,248 6,513 6,579 6,409 6,502 6,568 6,784 6,715 6,731

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,990 64,329 64,628 64,586 64,617 64,904 64,789 65,179 65,207

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,510 49,491 49,659 50,079 49,970 50,117 50,005 50,247 50,241

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,999 16,347 16,401 16,291 16,331 16,428 16,542 16,627 16,677

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,475 16,240 16,319 16,635 16,543 16,522 16,394 16,477 16,481

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,036 16,904 16,939 17,153 17,096 17,168 17,070 17,143 17,083

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,481 14,839 14,969 14,507 14,648 14,787 14,784 14,932 14,966

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,730 65,297 65,775 65,789 65,572 65,605 65,523 65,451 65,756

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,193 2,021 2,095 2,310 2,187 2,177 2,130 2,132 2,190

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 593 568 705 752 739 689 644 638

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,552 1,428 1,527 1,602 1,437 1,449 1,468 1,506 1,537

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,537 63,277 63,681 63,479 63,385 63,428 63,392 63,319 63,566

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,132 6,151 6,244 6,198 6,272 6,145 6,157 6,239 6,290

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,405 57,125 57,436 57,218 57,127 57,292 57,237 57,065 57,272

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,110 43,527 43,783 44,017 43,753 43,845 43,752 43,517 43,708

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,861 13,764 13,902 13,824 13,883 13,917 13,897 13,785 13,862

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,148 13,916 14,135 14,155 13,983 13,925 13,979 13,931 14,124

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,101 15,847 15,746 16,038 15,887 16,003 15,877 15,800 15,723

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,295 13,598 13,653 13,201 13,374 13,447 13,485 13,549 13,564

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,954 42,658 42,636 43,152 43,130 43,081 42,915 42,957 42,880

Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,900 34,579 34,292 34,810 34,543 34,612 34,571 34,496 34,236

Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,688 8,499 8,744 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,877 110,731 111,186 111,454 111,187 111,744 112,356 112,660 112,775

Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,106 27,361 27,776 27,402 27,594 27,394 26,901 26,878 27,087

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,063 6,882 6,809 7,002 6,734 6,950 6,840 6,764 6,746

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,446 5,221 5,169 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,632 9,421 9,476 9,788 9,603 9,559 9,724 9,577 9,608

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

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

- Data not available.

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

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

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Mar.

2010

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over............................. 14,943 13,673 13,542 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.0 8.9 8.8

16 to 19 years...................................... 1,581 1,350 1,405 26.0 24.5 25.4 25.7 23.9 24.5

16 to 17 years.................................... 591 531 542 29.8 24.9 27.1 27.8 28.8 29.0

18 to 19 years.................................... 990 820 869 24.2 24.2 24.5 24.6 21.5 22.5

20 years and over.................................. 13,362 12,323 12,137 9.0 9.2 8.8 8.4 8.3 8.2

20 to 24 years.................................... 2,351 2,352 2,297 15.7 15.9 15.3 15.2 15.4 15.0

25 years and over............................... 11,013 10,013 9,858 8.3 8.4 8.1 7.6 7.6 7.4

25 to 54 years................................. 9,000 8,049 7,933 8.7 8.7 8.5 7.9 7.9 7.8

25 to 34 years.............................. 3,344 3,146 3,068 10.0 10.4 10.1 9.3 9.4 9.1

35 to 44 years.............................. 2,852 2,436 2,361 8.5 7.7 7.8 7.4 7.4 7.2

45 to 54 years.............................. 2,804 2,467 2,504 7.8 8.1 7.5 7.1 7.0 7.1

55 years and over............................. 2,043 1,962 1,969 6.9 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.5

Men, 16 years and over.............................. 8,778 7,598 7,566 10.7 10.5 10.1 9.5 9.3 9.3

16 to 19 years...................................... 914 757 761 29.5 26.6 27.8 27.2 25.9 26.2

16 to 17 years.................................... 310 267 275 31.1 28.5 29.0 29.1 28.5 28.5

18 to 19 years.................................... 605 493 492 28.8 25.5 27.4 26.6 24.8 25.3

20 years and over.................................. 7,864 6,841 6,805 10.0 9.9 9.4 8.8 8.7 8.6

20 to 24 years.................................... 1,429 1,315 1,319 18.2 18.1 16.9 15.9 16.4 16.4

25 years and over............................... 6,401 5,565 5,486 9.0 9.0 8.6 8.0 7.9 7.8

25 to 54 years................................. 5,237 4,428 4,396 9.5 9.3 8.9 8.3 8.1 8.0

25 to 34 years.............................. 2,038 1,743 1,703 11.1 10.9 10.6 9.8 9.5 9.3

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,581 1,327 1,287 8.7 7.9 7.9 7.6 7.5 7.2

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,617 1,358 1,406 8.6 9.2 8.3 7.5 7.3 7.6

55 years and over............................. 1,164 1,137 1,090 7.4 8.0 7.2 7.1 7.1 6.8

Women, 16 years and over.......................... 6,165 6,075 5,976 8.6 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.3

16 to 19 years...................................... 668 593 644 22.4 22.3 22.8 24.0 21.8 22.7

16 to 17 years.................................... 281 264 267 28.5 21.2 25.2 26.4 29.1 29.5

18 to 19 years.................................... 386 327 377 19.4 22.8 21.5 22.5 17.8 19.7

20 years and over.................................. 5,497 5,483 5,332 8.0 8.3 8.1 7.9 8.0 7.7

20 to 24 years.................................... 922 1,036 978 13.0 13.5 13.5 14.4 14.2 13.5

25 years and over............................... 4,613 4,448 4,372 7.5 7.7 7.5 7.1 7.2 7.1

25 to 54 years................................. 3,763 3,621 3,537 7.9 8.1 7.9 7.5 7.7 7.5

25 to 34 years.............................. 1,305 1,403 1,365 8.6 9.8 9.5 8.7 9.2 9.0

35 to 44 years.............................. 1,271 1,109 1,073 8.2 7.5 7.6 7.1 7.4 7.1

45 to 54 years.............................. 1,187 1,109 1,098 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.5

55 years and over1

........................... 841 825 846 6.0 6.2 5.8 6.3 5.7 5.8

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present....................... 3,128 2,641 2,688 6.8 6.9 6.6 5.8 5.8 5.9

Married women, spouse present.................... 2,226 1,964 2,076 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.7

Women who maintain families1

.................... 1,102 1,273 1,224 11.3 13.0 12.0 12.7 13.0 12.3

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers2.................................... 13,067 11,798 11,746 10.5 10.7 10.2 9.7 9.5 9.4

Part-time workers3................................... 1,960 1,873 1,835 6.7 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.5 6.3

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

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

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

jobs.

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

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

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2010

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 10,311 9,212 8,841 9,368 9,471 8,923 8,519 8,334 8,209

On temporary layoff................................ 2,015 1,718 1,489 1,570 1,430 1,402 1,249 1,270 1,197

Not on temporary layoff............................ 8,296 7,495 7,352 7,798 8,042 7,521 7,270 7,064 7,013

Permanent job losers............................ 6,837 6,005 5,877 6,438 6,425 5,995 5,879 5,671 5,625

Persons who completed temporary jobs...... 1,459 1,489 1,475 1,360 1,617 1,526 1,391 1,393 1,388

Job leavers............................................. 856 888 857 893 864 914 910 898 896

Reentrants............................................. 3,521 3,338 3,233 3,523 3,427 3,408 3,357 3,352 3,262

New entrants.......................................... 991 1,103 1,129 1,185 1,269 1,311 1,351 1,337 1,360

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 65.8 63.4 62.9 62.6 63.0 61.3 60.3 59.9 59.8

On temporary layoff................................ 12.9 11.8 10.6 10.5 9.5 9.6 8.8 9.1 8.7

Not on temporary layoff............................ 52.9 51.5 52.3 52.1 53.5 51.7 51.4 50.7 51.1

Job leavers............................................. 5.5 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.8 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.5

Reentrants............................................. 22.5 23.0 23.0 23.5 22.8 23.4 23.7 24.1 23.8

New entrants.......................................... 6.3 7.6 8.0 7.9 8.4 9.0 9.6 9.6 9.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs...................................... 6.7 6.0 5.8 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.4

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

Reentrants............................................. 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1

New entrants.......................................... 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9

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

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2010

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 2,402 2,263 2,161 2,654 2,824 2,725 2,678 2,390 2,449

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 3,599 3,801 3,230 3,210 3,336 3,184 3,016 3,094 2,914

15 weeks and over.................................... 9,676 8,478 8,669 8,966 8,843 8,647 8,495 8,172 8,078

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 2,966 2,420 2,407 2,449 2,515 2,205 2,285 2,179 1,957

27 weeks and over................................. 6,711 6,058 6,263 6,517 6,328 6,441 6,210 5,993 6,122

Average (mean) duration, in weeks1

.............. 32.1 36.7 39.8 31.7 33.9 34.2 36.9 37.1 39.0

Median duration, in weeks........................... 21.6 20.6 22.7 20.3 21.7 22.4 21.8 21.2 21.7

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................... 15.3 15.6 15.4 17.9 18.8 18.7 18.9 17.5 18.2

5 to 14 weeks......................................... 23.0 26.1 23.0 21.6 22.2 21.9 21.3 22.7 21.7

15 weeks and over.................................... 61.7 58.3 61.7 60.5 58.9 59.4 59.9 59.8 60.1

15 to 26 weeks..................................... 18.9 16.6 17.1 16.5 16.8 15.2 16.1 16.0 14.6

27 weeks and over................................. 42.8 41.7 44.5 43.9 42.2 44.3 43.8 43.9 45.5

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

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Total, 16 years and over1

............................................. 137,983 138,962 15,678 14,060 10.2 9.2

Management, professional, and related occupations............ 52,163 53,243 2,600 2,381 4.7 4.3

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations...................................................... 21,267 21,598 1,212 1,082 5.4 4.8

Professional and related occupations........................... 30,896 31,646 1,387 1,299 4.3 3.9

Service occupations.................................................. 24,229 24,223 2,770 2,744 10.3 10.2

Sales and office occupations....................................... 33,527 33,000 3,352 3,082 9.1 8.5

Sales and related occupations................................... 15,366 14,983 1,655 1,441 9.7 8.8

Office and administrative support occupations................. 18,161 18,018 1,697 1,642 8.5 8.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations......................................................... 12,758 12,575 3,028 2,464 19.2 16.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 852 876 238 225 21.8 20.4

Construction and extraction occupations....................... 6,968 6,898 2,275 1,754 24.6 20.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations............. 4,938 4,801 515 486 9.4 9.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations......................................................... 15,305 15,921 2,888 2,218 15.9 12.2

Production occupations........................................... 7,544 7,997 1,449 1,059 16.1 11.7

Transportation and material moving occupations.............. 7,761 7,924 1,440 1,159 15.6 12.8

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

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2011 data, occupations reflect the

introduction of the 2010 Census occupational classification system into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is

derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2011 are not strictly comparable with

earlier years.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Total, 16 years and over1................................................................ 15,678 14,060 10.2 9.2

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers................................... 12,901 11,288 10.9 9.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction..................................... 73 46 10.1 5.9

Construction........................................................................... 2,251 1,695 24.9 20.0

Manufacturing......................................................................... 1,898 1,475 12.6 9.7

Durable goods...................................................................... 1,289 957 13.6 10.0

Nondurable goods................................................................. 608 518 10.7 9.3

Wholesale and retail trade.......................................................... 2,097 1,796 10.1 8.8

Transportation and utilities.......................................................... 569 562 9.7 9.6

Information............................................................................ 322 236 10.4 7.6

Financial activities.................................................................... 717 649 7.7 7.1

Professional and business services................................................ 1,785 1,488 12.4 10.0

Education and health services...................................................... 1,101 1,152 5.2 5.3

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 1,571 1,695 12.5 13.2

Other services........................................................................ 517 495 8.4 8.1

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......................... 266 216 18.0 14.5

Government workers.................................................................... 881 888 3.9 4.0

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............. 639 540 6.2 5.3

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

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

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2010

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011

Mar.

2011

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as

a percent of the civilian labor force.............. 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.3

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force........................................... 6.7 6.0 5.8 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.4

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate).................................................. 10.2 9.5 9.2 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.0 8.9 8.8

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus

discouraged workers............................... 10.8 10.1 9.7 10.3 10.5 10.2 9.6 9.5 9.4

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,

plus all other persons marginally attached to

the labor force, as a percent of the civilian

labor force plus all persons marginally attached

to the labor force................................... 11.5 11.1 10.6 11.0 11.2 10.9 10.7 10.5 10.3

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic reasons,

as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all

persons marginally attached to the labor

force.................................................. 17.5 16.7 16.2 16.8 17.0 16.7 16.1 15.9 15.7

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

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

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

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

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

Mar.

2010

Mar.

2011

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force............................................. 83,499 85,977 32,872 34,497 50,627 51,481

Persons who currently want a job.................................. 5,719 6,250 2,795 2,987 2,924 3,263

Marginally attached to the labor force1........................ 2,255 2,434 1,263 1,280 992 1,154

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 994 921 624 569 370 351

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. . .. 1,261 1,513 639 711 622 802

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4............................................. 7,063 6,809 3,536 3,292 3,527 3,517

Percent of total employed........................................... 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.5 5.4 5.3

Primary job full time, secondary job part time.................... 3,821 3,659 2,110 1,994 1,712 1,664

Primary and secondary jobs both part time....................... 1,823 1,816 613 555 1,210 1,261

Primary and secondary jobs both full time........................ 258 240 174 180 84 60

Hours vary on primary or secondary job.......................... 1,126 1,048 618 537 508 511

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Change

from:

Feb.2011 -

Mar.2011p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,584 128,183 128,982 129,907 129,438 130,328 130,522 130,738 216

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,671 106,079 106,527 107,360 106,916 108,102 108,342 108,572 230

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,248 17,304 17,332 17,502 17,701 17,835 17,908 17,939 31

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 723 726 744 680 739 743 758 15

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.7 46.8 47.4 47.3 50.4 48.1 48.7 49.8 1.1

Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620.6 676.6 678.1 696.9 629.8 691.0 694.3 707.9 13.6

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.6 162.4 163.4 166.4 156.8 163.4 164.9 167.7 2.8

Mining, except oil and gas1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.6 195.3 195.5 200.4 200.7 205.1 205.8 207.2 1.4

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.2 83.2 82.6 84.4 79.1 83.2 83.0 84.3 1.3

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271.4 318.9 319.2 330.1 272.3 322.5 323.6 333.0 9.4

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,213 5,067 5,074 5,183 5,550 5,478 5,515 5,514 -1

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,186.3 1,157.9 1,146.4 1,167.1 1,245.0 1,219.7 1,221.4 1,224.6 3.2

Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553.1 528.3 527.5 535.9 585.1 562.4 565.9 566.5 0.6

Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633.2 629.6 618.9 631.2 659.9 657.3 655.5 658.1 2.6

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . . 735.0 720.2 725.6 759.3 814.8 830.5 837.5 839.9 2.4

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,291.5 3,189.0 3,201.6 3,256.9 3,490.2 3,427.8 3,455.9 3,449.2 -6.7

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . 1,388.0 1,338.5 1,339.7 1,354.9 1,487.5 1,445.9 1,454.6 1,446.6 -8.0

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . . 1,903.5 1,850.5 1,861.9 1,902.0 2,002.7 1,981.9 2,001.3 2,002.6 1.3

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,367 11,514 11,532 11,575 11,471 11,618 11,650 11,667 17

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,960 7,132 7,151 7,185 7,010 7,183 7,210 7,227 17

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.6 332.4 332.8 333.5 343.2 340.9 343.0 343.4 0.4

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.2 351.5 352.2 358.4 371.7 369.6 371.3 371.8 0.5

Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.4 368.6 371.6 373.9 354.0 369.4 373.3 374.4 1.1

Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,253.4 1,318.1 1,317.8 1,329.5 1,262.0 1,323.2 1,329.5 1,337.7 8.2

Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977.9 1,016.7 1,023.2 1,028.0 981.4 1,018.3 1,025.4 1,030.3 4.9

Computer and electronic products1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,092.8 1,114.0 1,114.8 1,116.7 1,095.0 1,115.2 1,116.6 1,116.9 0.3

Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . . 159.2 167.3 169.5 170.5 159.3 167.6 169.9 170.2 0.3

Communication equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.2 119.5 117.4 117.7 116.6 119.2 117.2 118.2 1.0

Semiconductors and electronic

components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.6 377.4 378.2 379.1 366.3 377.5 378.7 378.9 0.2

Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.1 405.2 404.5 404.4 406.9 406.3 405.6 404.9 -0.7

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . 353.3 368.3 367.6 364.3 355.5 368.2 368.0 366.1 -1.9

Transportation equipment1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318.7 1,343.8 1,350.5 1,359.8 1,320.5 1,351.8 1,355.2 1,361.3 6.1

Motor vehicles and parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665.8 686.8 692.2 698.2 664.4 693.8 693.8 697.0 3.2

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.9 346.8 346.4 347.7 359.3 352.2 351.2 350.9 -0.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.7 571.5 574.5 572.7 567.2 574.2 576.0 574.6 -1.4

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,407 4,382 4,381 4,390 4,461 4,435 4,440 4,440 0

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,418.0 1,424.9 1,417.6 1,417.0 1,448.3 1,446.9 1,449.3 1,446.5 -2.8

Beverages and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . 178.2 172.6 173.6 173.0 183.8 177.6 179.8 178.4 -1.4

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.9 118.7 119.9 120.5 119.2 119.9 120.7 120.8 0.1

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.8 114.7 114.9 115.6 118.9 115.6 116.3 116.2 -0.1

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.5 154.5 155.9 154.9 159.0 157.9 156.0 155.3 -0.7

Leather and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.4 27.8 28.8 29.4 27.6 28.2 29.1 29.4 0.3

Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.6 396.3 394.5 395.0 395.7 396.5 396.4 397.4 1.0

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . 487.4 471.9 470.8 473.3 489.5 476.4 474.7 475.5 0.8

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.8 105.2 107.0 109.7 113.3 111.6 112.7 113.5 0.8

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784.8 771.2 773.3 774.6 786.6 773.9 775.3 776.1 0.8

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613.8 624.6 624.3 627.4 618.9 630.2 629.9 631.2 1.3

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,423 88,775 89,195 89,858 89,215 90,267 90,434 90,633 199

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,278 24,538 24,379 24,522 24,559 24,740 24,765 24,797 32

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,410.4 5,440.5 5,452.1 5,487.3 5,444.6 5,492.4 5,506.0 5,520.1 14.1

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,694.3 2,725.2 2,734.2 2,748.6 2,708.9 2,744.6 2,754.8 2,763.8 9.0

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,917.6 1,912.4 1,913.7 1,930.6 1,934.0 1,939.6 1,941.3 1,944.8 3.5

Electronic markets and agents and brokers.. . 798.5 802.9 804.2 808.1 801.7 808.2 809.9 811.5 1.6

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,203.6 14,372.6 14,195.0 14,289.3 14,408.4 14,477.7 14,469.9 14,487.6 17.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers1

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,599.4 1,621.0 1,630.4 1,641.5 1,614.8 1,650.8 1,654.8 1,656.7 1.9

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 997.0 1,011.0 1,016.8 1,020.4 1,002.0 1,023.3 1,025.2 1,024.9 -0.3

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . 432.4 440.1 428.3 426.3 438.7 435.4 434.1 433.0 -1.1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Change

from:

Feb.2011 -

Mar.2011p

Retail trade - Continued

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 491.5 504.0 493.7 491.6 492.5 500.0 496.1 494.0 -2.1

Building material and garden supply stores.. . 1,131.5 1,061.1 1,065.9 1,111.3 1,149.0 1,117.3 1,113.7 1,121.5 7.8

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,778.7 2,801.0 2,787.6 2,786.0 2,806.9 2,816.1 2,815.5 2,813.9 -1.6

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . 973.9 972.2 965.3 961.2 979.9 971.9 970.0 967.9 -2.1

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804.0 803.6 799.4 805.3 814.4 814.9 812.0 814.9 2.9

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . 1,318.2 1,414.0 1,363.1 1,365.5 1,364.0 1,412.1 1,413.6 1,415.7 2.1

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music

stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584.6 611.9 588.9 582.5 602.1 597.6 598.5 599.2 0.7

General merchandise stores1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,935.0 2,982.8 2,917.8 2,969.3 2,964.6 2,987.2 2,989.1 2,996.1 7.0

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,453.2 1,513.9 1,464.0 1,478.0 1,484.8 1,498.9 1,501.9 1,506.3 4.4

Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.5 743.8 748.9 746.4 765.0 758.7 759.0 762.9 3.9

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.9 417.1 405.7 402.4 416.5 415.7 413.5 411.8 -1.7

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,111.2 4,177.5 4,183.3 4,196.3 4,151.5 4,221.2 4,239.3 4,239.2 -0.1

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.7 466.6 468.5 471.2 462.5 469.3 470.7 471.3 0.6

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.8 217.2 218.9 219.2 211.7 219.1 220.0 220.0 0.0

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.3 63.0 62.8 63.0 62.6 65.1 65.9 65.3 -0.6

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,207.9 1,228.0 1,230.9 1,240.1 1,234.5 1,255.2 1,265.6 1,267.2 1.6

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.5 454.0 454.3 455.0 424.0 443.9 444.6 443.9 -0.7

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 42.6 42.5 42.8 42.7 42.4 42.6 43.0 0.4

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . . 20.7 19.4 20.4 21.5 27.2 27.1 27.4 27.8 0.4

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . . 532.3 541.3 548.1 547.3 536.9 546.1 550.0 551.2 1.2

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.9 522.8 515.1 514.4 521.3 524.9 524.2 524.1 -0.1

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624.7 622.6 621.8 621.8 628.1 628.1 628.3 625.4 -2.9

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553.0 547.2 548.4 548.9 554.3 548.9 550.1 549.9 -0.2

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,715 2,663 2,679 2,678 2,718 2,687 2,685 2,681 -4

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . 761.5 753.7 754.3 755.5 762.5 756.2 756.8 756.9 0.1

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.4 352.0 366.0 368.5 367.0 371.1 370.3 370.5 0.2

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.5 295.3 295.8 294.8 294.3 295.8 296.8 295.5 -1.3

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913.4 876.9 875.9 869.8 912.7 876.8 873.1 869.3 -3.8

Data processing, hosting and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.6 238.0 238.3 239.8 243.0 239.8 239.6 239.1 -0.5

Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.6 146.7 148.4 149.6 138.5 147.0 148.5 150.0 1.5

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,606 7,560 7,561 7,573 7,643 7,607 7,604 7,610 6

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,695.1 5,666.0 5,662.0 5,660.3 5,698.0 5,677.0 5,667.8 5,663.4 -4.4

Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . . 20.6 21.0 20.8 21.1 20.6 21.1 21.0 21.1 0.1

Credit intermediation and related

activities1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,543.5 2,542.5 2,538.9 2,534.5 2,543.6 2,543.9 2,538.5 2,535.3 -3.2

Depository credit intermediation1

. . . . . . . . . . 1,726.6 1,743.9 1,741.7 1,741.3 1,730.3 1,743.1 1,743.0 1,743.8 0.8

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,303.7 1,316.4 1,314.7 1,314.4 1,305.0 1,315.8 1,315.2 1,316.0 0.8

Securities, commodity contracts,

investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795.6 802.5 804.7 806.5 795.5 804.7 806.0 806.6 0.6

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . 2,249.0 2,213.0 2,210.4 2,211.7 2,251.6 2,220.1 2,215.1 2,213.4 -1.7

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. . . 86.4 87.0 87.2 86.5 86.7 87.2 87.2 87.0 -0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,910.6 1,893.9 1,898.7 1,913.0 1,944.6 1,929.5 1,936.6 1,946.1 9.5

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,378.9 1,368.6 1,374.8 1,377.9 1,398.8 1,390.8 1,395.6 1,397.6 2.0

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.3 499.8 498.5 509.5 520.1 513.0 515.4 522.8 7.4

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . . 25.4 25.5 25.4 25.6 25.7 25.7 25.6 25.7 0.1

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,343 16,601 16,736 16,879 16,546 16,953 16,997 17,075 78

Professional and technical services1

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,467.9 7,513.7 7,576.4 7,600.3 7,403.3 7,486.6 7,494.2 7,528.9 34.7

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,109.1 1,107.2 1,106.2 1,108.4 1,113.4 1,115.1 1,113.1 1,112.6 -0.5

Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . . 1,005.2 977.6 1,019.4 1,018.0 891.1 883.3 878.0 898.2 20.2

Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . . 1,260.8 1,262.3 1,263.1 1,271.1 1,279.2 1,280.5 1,284.2 1,289.4 5.2

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,416.7 1,467.3 1,472.2 1,473.9 1,424.9 1,472.1 1,475.8 1,482.2 6.4

Management and technical consulting

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981.7 1,000.1 1,009.9 1,010.0 989.2 1,011.8 1,017.6 1,017.3 -0.3

Management of companies and enterprises. . . . 1,849.9 1,862.0 1,862.5 1,867.0 1,855.3 1,871.4 1,871.5 1,872.5 1.0

Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,024.7 7,225.5 7,297.2 7,411.2 7,287.3 7,594.6 7,631.4 7,673.4 42.0

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Change

from:

Feb.2011 -

Mar.2011p

Administrative and waste services - Continued

Administrative and support services1

. . . . . . . . 6,681.2 6,872.2 6,945.2 7,059.4 6,936.3 7,234.7 7,270.4 7,313.3 42.9

Employment services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,517.3 2,693.0 2,756.4 2,817.0 2,639.4 2,867.1 2,899.2 2,935.1 35.9

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,908.1 2,066.0 2,111.0 2,161.8 2,006.2 2,206.1 2,228.8 2,257.6 28.8

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809.4 804.6 810.7 813.3 804.6 805.4 808.3 809.2 0.9

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . . 1,591.3 1,605.5 1,600.2 1,636.5 1,715.5 1,770.5 1,765.2 1,764.1 -1.1

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.5 353.3 352.0 351.8 351.0 359.9 361.0 360.1 -0.9

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,599 19,670 19,925 20,019 19,455 19,789 19,830 19,875 45

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,284.8 3,113.6 3,336.5 3,352.7 3,131.1 3,190.0 3,196.9 3,198.3 1.4

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,314.4 16,556.0 16,588.3 16,666.1 16,323.8 16,598.5 16,632.6 16,677.1 44.5

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,694.6 13,894.5 13,921.5 13,977.6 13,722.2 13,935.8 13,968.4 14,005.0 36.6

Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . 5,924.2 6,031.2 6,060.8 6,085.1 5,935.1 6,056.1 6,079.3 6,096.9 17.6

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,305.7 2,328.8 2,334.0 2,343.0 2,309.6 2,333.4 2,338.9 2,346.5 7.6

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594.4 610.0 613.7 614.4 594.6 611.8 614.3 615.0 0.7

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,065.9 1,098.1 1,107.5 1,113.5 1,067.9 1,105.0 1,113.6 1,115.6 2.0

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,665.7 4,705.4 4,705.8 4,719.7 4,674.4 4,712.0 4,717.4 4,727.6 10.2

Nursing and residential care facilities1

. . . . 3,104.7 3,157.9 3,154.9 3,172.8 3,112.7 3,167.7 3,171.7 3,180.5 8.8

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,649.4 1,675.3 1,668.5 1,678.6 1,654.2 1,679.4 1,678.1 1,682.8 4.7

Social assistance1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,619.8 2,661.5 2,666.8 2,688.5 2,601.6 2,662.7 2,664.2 2,672.1 7.9

Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868.3 868.6 870.6 879.2 849.9 860.2 858.6 860.7 2.1

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,578 12,399 12,531 12,774 12,963 13,071 13,119 13,156 37

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,740.3 1,652.8 1,690.8 1,738.9 1,896.0 1,886.5 1,895.8 1,898.3 2.5

Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . . 369.9 360.0 379.8 386.3 393.6 406.8 413.5 413.5 0.0

Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks. . . 119.3 115.4 117.4 121.3 128.3 128.0 129.3 129.6 0.3

Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . . 1,251.1 1,177.4 1,193.6 1,231.3 1,374.1 1,351.7 1,353.0 1,355.2 2.2

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,837.9 10,746.0 10,840.3 11,034.9 11,066.6 11,184.3 11,223.2 11,257.7 34.5

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,678.5 1,678.0 1,689.5 1,715.2 1,743.5 1,769.0 1,772.1 1,780.1 8.0

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . 9,159.4 9,068.0 9,150.8 9,319.7 9,323.1 9,415.3 9,451.1 9,477.6 26.5

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,304 5,344 5,384 5,413 5,331 5,420 5,434 5,439 5

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,127.8 1,129.8 1,140.1 1,150.2 1,130.7 1,148.5 1,150.7 1,152.3 1.6

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,259.1 1,248.3 1,261.1 1,273.0 1,266.1 1,268.0 1,276.2 1,279.3 3.1

Membership associations and organizations. . . . 2,916.8 2,965.9 2,983.1 2,989.4 2,933.8 3,003.3 3,007.1 3,007.5 0.4

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,913 22,104 22,455 22,547 22,522 22,226 22,180 22,166 -14

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,905.0 2,828.0 2,827.0 2,832.0 2,926.0 2,850.0 2,851.0 2,852.0 1.0

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,244.2 2,189.4 2,196.1 2,205.4 2,261.4 2,210.8 2,216.0 2,221.2 5.2

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661.2 638.7 630.4 626.4 664.9 639.1 634.6 630.7 -3.9

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,280.0 5,049.0 5,232.0 5,253.0 5,142.0 5,136.0 5,119.0 5,119.0 0.0

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,506.7 2,322.0 2,515.9 2,533.1 2,361.8 2,396.0 2,390.1 2,391.5 1.4

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 2,773.5 2,727.1 2,716.1 2,720.2 2,780.6 2,739.6 2,728.7 2,727.6 -1.1

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,728.0 14,227.0 14,396.0 14,462.0 14,454.0 14,240.0 14,210.0 14,195.0 -15.0

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,432.1 8,047.1 8,214.7 8,271.9 8,058.3 7,939.3 7,916.1 7,906.9 -9.2

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . . 6,296.2 6,179.9 6,181.3 6,190.2 6,395.8 6,300.8 6,294.0 6,288.0 -6.0

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.

3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

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Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.3

Goods-producing..................................................................... 39.3 39.6 39.9 39.8

Mining and logging................................................................ 43.3 44.1 44.0 44.3

Construction........................................................................ 37.3 37.3 38.0 37.8

Manufacturing...................................................................... 40.0 40.4 40.6 40.5

Durable goods................................................................... 40.3 40.7 40.9 40.9

Nondurable goods............................................................... 39.6 39.9 40.0 40.0

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 34.2 34.4 34.5 34.5

Wholesale trade................................................................. 37.9 38.4 38.5 38.6

Retail trade....................................................................... 31.4 31.3 31.4 31.4

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 38.1 38.7 38.8 39.0

Utilities............................................................................ 40.6 41.8 41.3 41.9

Information.......................................................................... 36.5 36.5 36.6 36.7

Financial activities................................................................. 36.9 37.0 37.0 37.0

Professional and business services............................................. 35.3 35.7 35.7 35.7

Education and health services................................................... 32.8 32.7 32.7 32.7

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 25.8 25.8 25.8 25.9

Other services...................................................................... 31.6 31.6 31.6 31.7

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.3

Durable goods........................................................................ 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.3

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4

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Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Total private................................................. $22.48 $22.86 $22.87 $22.87 $ 766.57 $ 781.81 $ 784.44 $ 784.44

Goods-producing........................................ 23.92 24.40 24.27 24.28 940.06 966.24 968.37 966.34

Mining and logging................................... 27.04 27.99 27.97 28.02 1,170.83 1,234.36 1,230.68 1,241.29

Construction........................................... 25.17 25.42 25.40 25.41 938.84 948.17 965.20 960.50

Manufacturing......................................... 23.16 23.70 23.51 23.51 926.40 957.48 954.51 952.16

Durable goods...................................... 24.65 25.23 25.00 24.99 993.40 1,026.86 1,022.50 1,022.09

Nondurable goods................................. 20.78 21.17 21.04 21.06 822.89 844.68 841.60 842.40

Private service-providing............................... 22.14 22.50 22.54 22.54 730.62 744.75 748.33 748.33

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 19.58 19.83 19.86 19.86 669.64 682.15 685.17 685.17

Wholesale trade.................................... 26.08 26.20 26.18 26.10 988.43 1,006.08 1,007.93 1,007.46

Retail trade.......................................... 15.54 15.65 15.68 15.65 487.96 489.85 492.35 491.41

Transportation and warehousing................. 20.86 21.30 21.42 21.51 794.77 824.31 831.10 838.89

Utilities............................................... 32.28 33.19 33.10 33.33 1,310.57 1,387.34 1,367.03 1,396.53

Information............................................. 30.25 31.13 31.30 31.17 1,104.13 1,136.25 1,145.58 1,143.94

Financial activities.................................... 27.10 27.55 27.57 27.55 999.99 1,019.35 1,020.09 1,019.35

Professional and business services................ 27.15 27.38 27.49 27.56 958.40 977.47 981.39 983.89

Education and health services...................... 22.73 23.34 23.40 23.40 745.54 763.22 765.18 765.18

Leisure and hospitality............................... 13.09 13.18 13.15 13.14 337.72 340.04 339.27 340.33

Other services......................................... 20.11 20.41 20.40 20.30 635.48 644.96 644.64 643.51

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Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Percent

change

from:

Feb.

2011 -

Mar.

2011p

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Percent

change

from:

Feb.

2011 -

Mar.

2011p

Total private....................................... 91.4 92.6 93.1 93.3 0.2 97.9 101.0 101.6 101.8 0.2

Goods-producing............................... 79.3 80.5 81.4 81.3 -0.1 85.7 88.7 89.3 89.3 0.0

Mining and logging.......................... 92.5 102.4 102.7 105.5 2.7 100.4 115.1 115.4 118.7 2.9

Construction.................................. 71.3 70.4 72.2 71.8 -0.6 78.0 77.8 79.7 79.3 -0.5

Manufacturing................................ 82.5 84.4 85.1 85.0 -0.1 88.9 93.1 93.0 92.9 -0.1

Durable goods............................ 79.5 82.3 83.0 83.2 0.2 87.1 92.2 92.2 92.4 0.2

Nondurable goods........................ 88.2 88.3 88.6 88.6 0.0 93.0 94.9 94.6 94.7 0.1

Private service-providing...................... 94.6 96.0 96.4 96.6 0.2 101.4 104.6 105.3 105.5 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 91.3 92.5 92.9 93.0 0.1 96.2 98.7 99.3 99.4 0.1

Wholesale trade........................... 90.0 92.0 92.5 93.0 0.5 98.0 100.6 101.1 101.3 0.2

Retail trade................................ 91.9 92.0 92.3 92.4 0.1 94.4 95.2 95.7 95.6 -0.1

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 90.5 93.5 94.1 94.6 0.5 95.8 101.1 102.3 103.3 1.0

Utilities..................................... 97.3 99.2 98.3 99.7 1.4 103.8 108.8 107.5 109.8 2.1

Information................................... 90.6 89.6 89.7 89.9 0.2 97.6 99.3 100.0 99.7 -0.3

Financial activities........................... 92.9 92.7 92.7 92.8 0.1 98.3 99.7 99.8 99.8 0.0

Professional and business services....... 91.9 95.2 95.4 95.9 0.5 101.0 105.6 106.3 107.0 0.7

Education and health services............. 103.9 105.3 105.5 105.8 0.3 110.6 115.2 115.7 116.0 0.3

Leisure and hospitality...................... 95.4 96.2 96.6 97.2 0.6 100.8 102.3 102.5 103.1 0.6

Other services............................... 93.3 94.9 95.1 95.5 0.4 106.5 109.9 110.1 110.1 0.0

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

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

2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Total nonfarm............................................... 64,649 64,662 64,728 64,814 49.9 49.6 49.6 49.6

Total private.............................................. 51,810 52,037 52,112 52,199 48.5 48.1 48.1 48.1

Goods-producing...................................... 4,105 4,067 4,068 4,071 23.2 22.8 22.7 22.7

Mining and logging................................. 96 101 102 103 14.1 13.7 13.7 13.6

Construction........................................ 736 712 713 711 13.3 13.0 12.9 12.9

Manufacturing....................................... 3,273 3,254 3,253 3,257 28.5 28.0 27.9 27.9

Durable goods................................... 1,727 1,724 1,725 1,728 24.6 24.0 23.9 23.9

Nondurable goods............................... 1,546 1,530 1,528 1,529 34.7 34.5 34.4 34.4

Private service-providing............................. 47,705 47,970 48,044 48,128 53.5 53.1 53.1 53.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities............... 10,039 9,991 9,997 10,007 40.9 40.4 40.4 40.4

Wholesale trade................................. 1,647.5 1,650.1 1,655.1 1,656.0 30.3 30.0 30.1 30.0

Retail trade....................................... 7,251.7 7,205.2 7,205.4 7,216.1 50.3 49.8 49.8 49.8

Transportation and warehousing.............. 998.8 1,001.0 1,001.8 1,000.5 24.1 23.7 23.6 23.6

Utilities............................................ 140.5 134.3 134.3 134.6 25.3 24.5 24.4 24.5

Information.......................................... 1,114 1,094 1,092 1,093 41.0 40.7 40.7 40.8

Financial activities.................................. 4,513 4,451 4,439 4,447 59.0 58.5 58.4 58.4

Professional and business services............. 7,401 7,512 7,554 7,575 44.7 44.3 44.4 44.4

Education and health services................... 15,019 15,223 15,244 15,265 77.2 76.9 76.9 76.8

Leisure and hospitality............................. 6,794 6,832 6,850 6,877 52.4 52.3 52.2 52.3

Other services...................................... 2,825 2,867 2,868 2,864 53.0 52.9 52.8 52.7

Government.............................................. 12,839 12,625 12,616 12,615 57.0 56.8 56.9 56.9

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Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Total private................................................................................ 88,134 89,058 89,274 89,492

Goods-producing........................................................................ 12,744 12,845 12,897 12,942

Mining and logging................................................................... 502 555 557 569

Construction........................................................................... 4,201 4,157 4,183 4,189

Manufacturing......................................................................... 8,041 8,133 8,157 8,184

Durable goods...................................................................... 4,789 4,906 4,929 4,955

Nondurable goods................................................................. 3,252 3,227 3,228 3,229

Private service-providing............................................................... 75,390 76,213 76,377 76,550

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................................................. 20,835 20,926 20,946 20,963

Wholesale trade.................................................................... 4,384.5 4,395.8 4,407.2 4,419.5

Retail trade......................................................................... 12,395.3 12,458.2 12,458.0 12,464.2

Transportation and warehousing................................................. 3,608.2 3,635.1 3,643.1 3,641.2

Utilities............................................................................... 446.6 436.8 437.9 437.8

Information............................................................................ 2,162 2,158 2,159 2,149

Financial activities.................................................................... 5,910 5,835 5,831 5,831

Professional and business services................................................ 13,552 13,917 13,971 14,049

Education and health services...................................................... 17,050 17,343 17,374 17,412

Leisure and hospitality............................................................... 11,429 11,491 11,543 11,587

Other services........................................................................ 4,452 4,543 4,553 4,559

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private.............................................................................. 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6

Goods-producing..................................................................... 40.0 40.2 40.7 40.7

Mining and logging................................................................ 44.2 46.2 45.8 46.2

Construction........................................................................ 37.7 37.6 38.6 38.5

Manufacturing...................................................................... 41.0 41.1 41.4 41.5

Durable goods................................................................... 41.2 41.5 41.7 41.9

Nondurable goods............................................................... 40.7 40.5 40.8 40.8

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

Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................... 33.1 33.5 33.6 33.8

Wholesale trade................................................................. 37.8 38.3 38.4 38.5

Retail trade....................................................................... 30.1 30.4 30.3 30.5

Transportation and warehousing.............................................. 36.7 37.4 37.9 38.1

Utilities............................................................................ 41.5 42.4 42.2 42.6

Information.......................................................................... 36.5 36.3 36.4 36.3

Financial activities................................................................. 36.1 36.3 36.3 36.2

Professional and business services............................................. 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.1

Education and health services................................................... 32.1 32.1 32.2 32.1

Leisure and hospitality............................................................ 25.0 24.7 24.8 24.9

Other services...................................................................... 30.7 30.7 30.7 30.8

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing............................................................................ 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.3

Durable goods........................................................................ 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.4

Nondurable goods.................................................................... 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.1

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Total private................................................. $18.93 $19.31 $19.32 $19.30 $ 630.37 $ 644.95 $ 647.22 $ 648.48

Goods-producing........................................ 20.16 20.55 20.58 20.59 806.40 826.11 837.61 838.01

Mining and logging................................... 23.85 24.14 24.24 24.38 1,054.17 1,115.27 1,110.19 1,126.36

Construction........................................... 23.12 23.48 23.49 23.48 871.62 882.85 906.71 903.98

Manufacturing......................................... 18.49 18.91 18.91 18.92 758.09 777.20 782.87 785.18

Durable goods...................................... 19.68 20.14 20.12 20.09 810.82 835.81 839.00 841.77

Nondurable goods................................. 16.72 16.99 17.02 17.07 680.50 688.10 694.42 696.46

Private service-providing............................... 18.67 19.05 19.05 19.02 601.17 615.32 615.32 616.25

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 16.72 17.04 17.03 17.02 553.43 570.84 572.21 575.28

Wholesale trade.................................... 21.36 21.90 21.86 21.86 807.41 838.77 839.42 841.61

Retail trade.......................................... 13.17 13.37 13.37 13.35 396.42 406.45 405.11 407.18

Transportation and warehousing................. 19.12 19.47 19.38 19.30 701.70 728.18 734.50 735.33

Utilities............................................... 29.65 30.23 30.15 30.59 1,230.48 1,281.75 1,272.33 1,303.13

Information............................................. 25.64 26.23 26.32 26.14 935.86 952.15 958.05 948.88

Financial activities.................................... 21.40 21.74 21.63 21.64 772.54 789.16 785.17 783.37

Professional and business services................ 22.62 23.02 23.02 23.06 791.70 808.00 810.30 809.41

Education and health services...................... 19.91 20.48 20.50 20.45 639.11 657.41 660.10 656.45

Leisure and hospitality............................... 11.32 11.32 11.35 11.36 283.00 279.60 281.48 282.86

Other services......................................... 16.98 17.22 17.21 17.14 521.29 528.65 528.35 527.91

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

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Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Percent

change

from:

Feb.

2011 -

Mar.

2011p

Mar.

2010

Jan.

2011

Feb.

2011p

Mar.

2011p

Percent

change

from:

Feb.

2011 -

Mar.

2011p

Total private....................................... 98.1 99.4 99.9 100.5 0.6 124.0 128.2 129.0 129.6 0.5

Goods-producing............................... 77.9 78.9 80.2 80.5 0.4 96.2 99.3 101.1 101.5 0.4

Mining and logging.......................... 117.9 136.3 135.6 139.7 3.0 163.5 191.3 191.1 198.1 3.7

Construction.................................. 79.3 78.3 80.8 80.8 0.0 99.0 99.2 102.5 102.4 -0.1

Manufacturing................................ 75.7 76.7 77.5 77.9 0.5 91.5 94.9 95.8 96.4 0.6

Durable goods............................ 74.1 76.5 77.2 78.0 1.0 91.1 96.2 97.0 97.8 0.8

Nondurable goods........................ 78.0 77.0 77.6 77.6 0.0 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.6 0.3

Private service-providing...................... 103.8 105.3 105.5 106.1 0.6 132.9 137.5 137.8 138.3 0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities......... 96.1 97.7 98.1 98.8 0.7 114.7 118.8 119.2 119.9 0.6

Wholesale trade........................... 97.6 99.1 99.7 100.2 0.5 122.8 127.9 128.3 129.0 0.5

Retail trade................................ 94.4 95.9 95.5 96.2 0.7 106.6 109.9 109.5 110.1 0.5

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . .. 99.7 102.3 103.9 104.4 0.5 120.9 126.4 127.8 127.9 0.1

Utilities..................................... 94.8 94.7 94.5 95.4 1.0 117.3 119.5 118.9 121.8 2.4

Information................................... 90.1 89.4 89.7 89.1 -0.7 114.3 116.1 116.9 115.2 -1.5

Financial activities........................... 102.1 101.4 101.3 101.0 -0.3 135.1 136.2 135.5 135.2 -0.2

Professional and business services....... 106.3 109.5 110.2 110.5 0.3 143.1 150.0 151.0 151.6 0.4

Education and health services............. 118.1 120.1 120.7 120.6 -0.1 154.5 161.7 162.6 162.1 -0.3

Leisure and hospitality...................... 104.7 104.0 104.9 105.8 0.9 134.6 133.7 135.2 136.4 0.9

Other services............................... 95.9 97.8 98.1 98.5 0.4 118.6 122.8 123.0 123.0 0.0

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees

in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual

average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

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

2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly

hours, and employment.

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