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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JUNE 1999
     
     
   Payroll employment rose in June, and the unemployment rate was
essentially unchanged at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment
increased by 268,000.  Employment increased in construction and
throughout the service-producing sector, but job losses continued in
manufacturing and mining.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

   The number of unemployed persons, 6.0 million, and the unemployment
rate, 4.3 percent, were essentially unchanged in June.  The jobless rate
has been below 4.5 percent since November 1998.  Unemployment rates for
the major demographic groups--adult men (3.6 percent), adult women (3.9
percent), teenagers (13.5 percent), whites (3.8 percent), blacks (7.3
percent), and Hispanics (6.8 percent)--remained the same or were
virtually unchanged in June.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
   The number of unemployed persons who were new entrants to the labor
force--that is, they were looking for their first jobs--declined in June
to 349,000.  (See table A-7.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

   The civilian labor force rose over the month to 139.4 million,
seasonally adjusted, while the civilian labor force participation rate
was essentially unchanged at 67.1 percent.  Both total employment, at
133.4 million, and the employment-population ratio, at 64.3 percent,
were little changed in June.  (See table A-1.)

   About 7.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than
one job in June.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.6 percent of
the total employed, compared to 5.8 percent a year earlier.  (See table
A-10.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
     
   About 1.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in June.  These were people who wanted and
were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12
months but were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched
for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of discouraged
workers--a subset of the marginally attached who were not currently
looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were
available for them--was 220,000 in June, down from 311,000 a year
earlier.  (See table A-10.)
     
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 268,000 in June, to 128.4
million, seasonally adjusted.  In comparison, monthly job gains averaged
189,000 during the first 5 months of this year and 244,000 in 1998.

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| May-
      Category        |                 |                          | June
                      |      1999       |           1999           |change
                      |_________________|__________________________|       
                      |   I    |   II   |  Apr.  |  May   |  June  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 139,144| 139,173| 139,091| 139,019| 139,408|   389
  Employment..........| 133,191| 133,242| 133,069| 133,224| 133,432|   208
  Unemployment........|   5,953|   5,931|   6,022|   5,795|   5,975|   180
Not in labor force....|  67,732|  68,259|  68,145|  68,408|  68,225|  -183
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.3|     4.3|     4.3|     4.2|     4.3|   0.1
  Adult men...........|     3.4|     3.5|     3.4|     3.6|     3.6|    .0
  Adult women.........|     3.8|     3.9|     4.1|     3.6|     3.9|    .3
  Teenagers...........|    14.6|    13.4|    14.1|    12.6|    13.5|    .9
  White...............|     3.7|     3.8|     3.8|     3.7|     3.8|    .1
  Black...............|     8.0|     7.5|     7.7|     7.5|     7.3|   -.2
  Hispanic origin.....|     6.4|     6.8|     6.9|     6.7|     6.8|    .1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 127,640|p128,220| 128,134|p128,129|p128,397|  p268
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,310| p25,223|  25,288| p25,196| p25,184|  p-12
    Construction......|   6,213|  p6,260|   6,277|  p6,238|  p6,264|   p26
    Manufacturing.....|  18,542| p18,431|  18,473| p18,427| p18,392|  p-35
  Service-producing 1/| 102,331|p102,997| 102,846|p102,933|p103,213|  p280
    Retail trade......|  22,605| p22,751|  22,724| p22,740| p22,789|   p49
    Services..........|  38,442| p38,793|  38,697| p38,766| p38,917|  p151
    Government........|  20,044| p20,091|  20,099| p20,078| p20,096|   p18
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.6|   p34.4|    34.4|   p34.4|   p34.5|  p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.6|   p41.7|    41.6|   p41.7|   p41.7|   p.0
    Overtime..........|     4.5|    p4.5|     4.3|    p4.6|    p4.7|   p.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100)2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   147.0|  p147.2|   147.0|  p147.1|  p147.6|  p0.5
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.07| p$13.18|  $13.14| p$13.18| p$13.23|p$0.05
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  451.79| p453.95|  452.02| p453.39| p456.44| p3.05
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
p=preliminary.

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In June, job gains occurred in all major industry groups except mining
and manufacturing, where employment continued to decline.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Employment in the services industry grew by 151,000 in June, well
above the average monthly gain for the previous 12 months (119,000).  In
June, growth was widespread among the component industries.  Business
services added 43,000 jobs.  Within that industry, computer services
continued on a strong growth trend, adding 15,000 jobs, and employment
in help supply services rose by 19,000.  Notable employment increases
also occurred in amusement and recreation services (20,000), engineering
and management services (18,000), motion pictures (11,000), hotels
(9,000), and membership organizations (5,000).  Employment in health
services continued its recent trend of slow growth, adding 8,000 jobs.
   
   Retail trade added 49,000 jobs in June, bringing the total growth
for the first half of 1999 to 264,000.  Eating and drinking places
accounted for the largest part of June's gain, with an increase of
32,000 jobs.  Employment in building materials and garden supplies also
rose in June, following a decline in the previous month.  Job growth
continued in furniture stores and car dealers.  In contrast, employment
declined in food stores for the second consecutive month.  In wholesale
trade, employment growth continued in durable goods distribution.
   
   Employment in transportation and public utilities rose by 29,000 in
June.  Much of this rise was in transportation, particularly in local
and interurban passenger transit and in trucking and warehousing.
   
   Finance added 13,000 jobs in June.  An increase in commercial bank
employment (4,000) followed 3 months of small declines.  Employment also
rose in security brokerages and in holding and other investment offices.
For the first time in over 2 years, however, mortgage banks and
brokerages did not add workers.  Real estate employment increased by
7,000 in June.  The insurance industry added 4,000 jobs, about its
average for the first 5 months of this year.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, construction added 26,000 jobs in
June, following a loss of slightly larger magnitude in May.  June's job
gain was in line with the average monthly increase for the prior 12
months.  Over the month, special trades contracting added 16,000 jobs,
with gains concentrated in plumbing, electrical work, and roofing.
   
   Job losses continued in manufacturing (-35,000) and now total nearly
a half million since employment in this industry last peaked in March
1998.  Declines were widespread in June.  Large job losses continued in
aircraft and parts; employment in this industry has fallen by 26,000 so
far this year.  After 3 months with little change, electrical equipment
lost 4,000 jobs in June.  Job losses continued in apparel, textiles,
food products, fabricated metals, instruments, and paper products.
   
   Mining employment continued to decline in June; however, the loss 
(-3,000) was much less than the average monthly decline (-8,000) for the
first 5 months of this year.  Job losses in oil and gas extraction
moderated in June; this industry has accounted for most of the recent
decline in mining employment.  Over the month, employment declines
continued in coal mining, which has lost 5,000 jobs thus far in 1999, 
6 percent of its employment.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged up 0.1 hour in June to 34.5 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek was unchanged at 41.7
hours; factory overtime was up 0.1 hour to 4.7 hours.  (See table B-2.)

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   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.3 percent to 147.6
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index declined by
0.5 percent to 106.1 in June.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 5 cents in June to $13.23,
seasonally adjusted.  Average weekly earnings rose by 0.7 percent in
June, to $456.44, seasonally adjusted.  Over the year, average hourly
earnings rose by 3.7 percent and average weekly earnings increased by
3.4 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                ________________________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for July 1999 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, August 6, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the Bureau of the Census  for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 1999,
the sample included about 390,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in   "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $17.00 per issue or
$35.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
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Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-606-STAT; TDD phone:
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  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 205,085 207,427 207,632 205,085 206,873 207,036 207,236 207,427 207,632
    Civilian labor force............................ 138,798 138,919 140,666 137,498 139,271 138,816 139,091 139,019 139,408
          Participation rate........................    67.7    67.0    67.7    67.0    67.3    67.0    67.1    67.0    67.1
      Employed...................................... 132,265 133,411 134,395 131,253 133,144 133,033 133,069 133,224 133,432
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.5    64.3    64.7    64.0    64.4    64.3    64.2    64.2    64.3
        Agriculture.................................   3,718   3,489   3,691   3,363   3,328   3,281   3,384   3,295   3,354
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 128,546 129,923 130,704 127,890 129,817 129,752 129,685 129,929 130,078
      Unemployed....................................   6,534   5,507   6,271   6,245   6,127   5,783   6,022   5,795   5,975
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.7     4.0     4.5     4.5     4.4     4.2     4.3     4.2     4.3
    Not in labor force..............................  66,287  68,508  66,966  67,587  67,602  68,220  68,145  68,408  68,225
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,691  99,563  99,668  98,691  99,279  99,362  99,465  99,563  99,668
    Civilian labor force............................  74,945  74,376  75,472  73,866  74,504  74,234  74,234  74,316  74,420
          Participation rate........................    75.9    74.7    75.7    74.8    75.0    74.7    74.6    74.6    74.7
      Employed......................................  71,618  71,470  72,312  70,592  71,276  71,352  71,225  71,198  71,321
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.6    71.8    72.6    71.5    71.8    71.8    71.6    71.5    71.6
      Unemployed....................................   3,326   2,906   3,159   3,274   3,228   2,881   3,010   3,118   3,099
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.4     3.9     4.2     4.4     4.3     3.9     4.1     4.2     4.2
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  90,700  91,368  91,487  90,700  91,189  91,215  91,302  91,368  91,487
    Civilian labor force............................  69,968  70,069  70,486  69,590  70,174  69,951  69,991  69,932  70,127
          Participation rate........................    77.1    76.7    77.0    76.7    77.0    76.7    76.7    76.5    76.7
      Employed......................................  67,531  67,738  68,144  66,994  67,577  67,713  67,608  67,399  67,633
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.5    74.1    74.5    73.9    74.1    74.2    74.0    73.8    73.9
        Agriculture.................................   2,527   2,356   2,432   2,337   2,212   2,222   2,353   2,212   2,248
        Nonagricultural industries..................  65,004  65,382  65,712  64,657  65,365  65,492  65,255  65,186  65,385
      Unemployed....................................   2,437   2,331   2,342   2,596   2,598   2,238   2,383   2,534   2,494
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.5     3.3     3.3     3.7     3.7     3.2     3.4     3.6     3.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,394 107,864 107,964 106,394 107,593 107,674 107,771 107,864 107,964
    Civilian labor force............................  63,854  64,543  65,195  63,632  64,767  64,582  64,857  64,704  64,988
          Participation rate........................    60.0    59.8    60.4    59.8    60.2    60.0    60.2    60.0    60.2
      Employed......................................  60,646  61,941  62,083  60,661  61,869  61,680  61,845  62,026  62,112
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.0    57.4    57.5    57.0    57.5    57.3    57.4    57.5    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,207   2,602   3,112   2,971   2,899   2,902   3,012   2,677   2,876
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     4.0     4.8     4.7     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.1     4.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,735 100,008 100,131  98,735  99,746  99,833  99,923 100,008 100,131
    Civilian labor force............................  59,277  60,609  60,748  59,613  60,622  60,533  60,788  60,729  61,092
          Participation rate........................    60.0    60.6    60.7    60.4    60.8    60.6    60.8    60.7    61.0
      Employed......................................  56,828  58,524  58,351  57,190  58,291  58,183  58,320  58,520  58,719
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.6    58.5    58.3    57.9    58.4    58.3    58.4    58.5    58.6
        Agriculture.................................     799     835     907     763     839     834     801     831     869
        Nonagricultural industries..................  56,030  57,689  57,445  56,427  57,452  57,349  57,519  57,689  57,849
      Unemployed....................................   2,449   2,086   2,397   2,423   2,330   2,350   2,468   2,209   2,373
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     3.4     3.9     4.1     3.8     3.9     4.1     3.6     3.9
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,651  16,051  16,014  15,651  15,939  15,988  16,011  16,051  16,014
    Civilian labor force............................   9,553   8,240   9,432   8,295   8,475   8,331   8,312   8,358   8,189
          Participation rate........................    61.0    51.3    58.9    53.0    53.2    52.1    51.9    52.1    51.1
      Employed......................................   7,905   7,150   7,900   7,069   7,276   7,136   7,141   7,306   7,081
          Employment-population ratio...............    50.5    44.5    49.3    45.2    45.7    44.6    44.6    45.5    44.2
        Agriculture.................................     392     297     353     263     277     224     230     252     237
        Nonagricultural industries..................   7,513   6,852   7,547   6,806   6,999   6,912   6,911   7,054   6,843
      Unemployed....................................   1,648   1,091   1,532   1,226   1,199   1,195   1,171   1,052   1,108
          Unemployment rate.........................    17.2    13.2    16.2    14.8    14.1    14.3    14.1    12.6    13.5

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 171,387 172,859 172,999 171,387 172,491 172,597 172,730 172,859 172,999
    Civilian labor force............................ 116,297 116,198 117,655 115,208 116,610 116,284 116,370 116,254 116,578
        Participation rate..........................    67.9    67.2    68.0    67.2    67.6    67.4    67.4    67.3    67.4
      Employed...................................... 111,576 112,160 113,011 110,638 112,189 112,144 111,917 111,985 112,092
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.1    64.9    65.3    64.6    65.0    65.0    64.8    64.8    64.8
      Unemployed....................................   4,721   4,038   4,644   4,570   4,420   4,140   4,454   4,269   4,486
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.1     3.5     3.9     4.0     3.8     3.6     3.8     3.7     3.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  59,618  59,635  60,025  59,298  59,799  59,698  59,664  59,500  59,711
        Participation rate..........................    77.5    77.1    77.6    77.1    77.5    77.3    77.2    77.0    77.2
      Employed......................................  57,817  57,904  58,246  57,348  57,830  58,010  57,874  57,615  57,784
        Employment-population ratio.................    75.2    74.9    75.3    74.6    75.0    75.1    74.9    74.5    74.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,801   1,732   1,779   1,950   1,969   1,688   1,790   1,884   1,927
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.0     2.9     3.0     3.3     3.3     2.8     3.0     3.2     3.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  48,665  49,549  49,661  48,930  49,721  49,602  49,672  49,669  49,933
        Participation rate..........................    59.3    59.8    59.9    59.6    60.1    59.9    60.0    60.0    60.2
      Employed......................................  46,961  48,067  47,926  47,244  48,109  47,983  47,862  48,067  48,215
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.2    58.0    57.8    57.6    58.2    58.0    57.8    58.0    58.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,704   1,482   1,735   1,686   1,612   1,620   1,811   1,602   1,718
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.5     3.0     3.5     3.4     3.2     3.3     3.6     3.2     3.4
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   8,014   7,014   7,969   6,980   7,090   6,984   7,034   7,085   6,934
        Participation rate..........................    64.4    55.3    62.7    56.1    56.1    55.2    55.5    55.8    54.6
      Employed......................................   6,797   6,189   6,839   6,046   6,250   6,151   6,181   6,302   6,093
        Employment-population ratio.................    54.6    48.8    53.8    48.6    49.5    48.6    48.8    49.7    48.0
      Unemployed....................................   1,217     825   1,129     934     840     833     853     783     840
        Unemployment rate...........................    15.2    11.8    14.2    13.4    11.8    11.9    12.1    11.0    12.1
          Men.......................................    16.0    12.1    13.8    14.4    12.2    12.7    12.6    11.9    11.8
          Women.....................................    14.3    11.4    14.6    12.3    11.4    11.1    11.6    10.1    12.5
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,349  24,798  24,833  24,349  24,697  24,729  24,765  24,798  24,833
    Civilian labor force............................  16,182  16,248  16,462  16,025  16,242  16,212  16,286  16,303  16,300
        Participation rate..........................    66.5    65.5    66.3    65.8    65.8    65.6    65.8    65.7    65.6
      Employed......................................  14,709  15,058  15,156  14,662  14,900  14,904  15,029  15,079  15,103
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.4    60.7    61.0    60.2    60.3    60.3    60.7    60.8    60.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,473   1,190   1,306   1,363   1,342   1,308   1,257   1,224   1,197
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.1     7.3     7.9     8.5     8.3     8.1     7.7     7.5     7.3
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,105   7,209   7,188   7,080   7,160   7,065   7,118   7,206   7,152
        Participation rate..........................    73.1    72.8    72.5    72.9    72.7    71.6    72.0    72.8    72.1
      Employed......................................   6,619   6,754   6,766   6,574   6,682   6,656   6,681   6,727   6,712
        Employment-population ratio.................    68.1    68.2    68.2    67.7    67.8    67.4    67.6    68.0    67.7
      Unemployed....................................     486     455     422     506     477     409     437     479     440
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.8     6.3     5.9     7.1     6.7     5.8     6.1     6.6     6.1
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,841   8,144   8,183   7,870   8,082   8,129   8,241   8,177   8,214
        Participation rate..........................    64.3    65.6    65.8    64.6    65.3    65.6    66.4    65.8    66.0
      Employed......................................   7,220   7,631   7,632   7,255   7,509   7,545   7,681   7,653   7,671
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.2    61.4    61.4    59.5    60.7    60.9    61.9    61.6    61.7
      Unemployed....................................     621     513     550     615     573     584     560     524     544
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.9     6.3     6.7     7.8     7.1     7.2     6.8     6.4     6.6
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,236     895   1,091   1,075   1,000   1,018     927     920     934
        Participation rate..........................    50.5    36.1    44.0    44.0    40.5    41.2    37.5    37.1    37.7
      Employed......................................     871     674     758     833     708     702     667     699     721
        Employment-population ratio.................    35.6    27.2    30.5    34.1    28.6    28.4    26.9    28.2    29.0
      Unemployed....................................     365     222     334     242     293     316     260     222     214
        Unemployment rate...........................    29.6    24.8    30.6    22.5    29.2    31.0    28.1    24.1    22.9
          Men.......................................    30.2    25.1    34.7    22.4    31.6    32.9    33.0    26.2    26.7
          Women.....................................    29.0    24.5    26.7    22.6    27.0    29.1    23.5    22.0    19.6
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  21,036  21,548  21,618  21,036  21,355  21,414  21,483  21,548  21,618
    Civilian labor force............................  14,436  14,498  14,710  14,375  14,591  14,570  14,543  14,535  14,643
        Participation rate..........................    68.6    67.3    68.0    68.3    68.3    68.0    67.7    67.5    67.7
      Employed......................................  13,394  13,613  13,750  13,301  13,610  13,732  13,541  13,558  13,654
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.7    63.2    63.6    63.2    63.7    64.1    63.0    62.9    63.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,042     885     960   1,074     980     838   1,002     977     989
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.2     6.1     6.5     7.5     6.7     5.8     6.9     6.7     6.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January
  1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                               June     May      June     June     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.     May      June  
                                               1998     1999     1999     1998     1999     1999     1999     1999     1999  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   30,064   28,298   28,515   30,064   28,112   28,442   27,991   28,298   28,515
    Civilian labor force....................   12,988   12,052   12,261   12,784   12,164   12,094   11,753   11,743   12,047
        Percent of population...............     43.2     42.6     43.0     42.5     43.3     42.5     42.0     41.5     42.2
      Employed..............................   12,130   11,332   11,496   11,873   11,257   11,356   10,972   10,959   11,238
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.3     40.0     40.3     39.5     40.0     39.9     39.2     38.7     39.4
      Unemployed............................      858      720      765      911      907      739      781      784      810
        Unemployment rate...................      6.6      6.0      6.2      7.1      7.5      6.1      6.6      6.7      6.7
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,446   57,931   57,963   57,446   57,062   57,805   57,945   57,931   57,963
    Civilian labor force....................   37,174   37,548   37,384   37,171   37,261   37,740   37,577   37,416   37,403
        Percent of population...............     64.7     64.8     64.5     64.7     65.3     65.3     64.8     64.6     64.5
      Employed..............................   35,780   36,346   36,033   35,681   35,979   36,448   36,253   36,058   35,961
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.3     62.7     62.2     62.1     63.1     63.1     62.6     62.2     62.0
      Unemployed............................    1,394    1,202    1,351    1,490    1,282    1,292    1,324    1,359    1,442
        Unemployment rate...................      3.8      3.2      3.6      4.0      3.4      3.4      3.5      3.6      3.9
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   41,880   42,742   42,780   41,880   43,911   43,028   43,059   42,742   42,780
    Civilian labor force....................   31,008   31,640   31,669   31,283   32,465   31,892   32,160   31,930   31,937
        Percent of population...............     74.0     74.0     74.0     74.7     73.9     74.1     74.7     74.7     74.7
      Employed..............................   30,151   30,795   30,913   30,371   31,462   30,989   31,202   31,043   31,130
        Employment-population ratio.........     72.0     72.0     72.3     72.5     71.6     72.0     72.5     72.6     72.8
      Unemployed............................      857      845      756      912    1,003      903      958      886      806
        Unemployment rate...................      2.8      2.7      2.4      2.9      3.1      2.8      3.0      2.8      2.5
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   42,464   44,442   44,464   42,464   43,949   43,859   44,289   44,442   44,464
    Civilian labor force....................   33,957   35,650   35,527   34,281   35,040   34,997   35,493   35,771   35,856
        Percent of population...............     80.0     80.2     79.9     80.7     79.7     79.8     80.1     80.5     80.6
      Employed..............................   33,337   35,037   34,777   33,681   34,368   34,345   34,742   35,107   35,128
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.5     78.8     78.2     79.3     78.2     78.3     78.4     79.0     79.0
      Unemployed............................      620      613      750      600      673      652      752      664      727
        Unemployment rate...................      1.8      1.7      2.1      1.8      1.9      1.9      2.1      1.9      2.0

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 132,265 133,411 134,395 131,253 133,144 133,033 133,069 133,224 133,432
    Married men, spouse present.....................  42,582  42,839  43,205  42,648  43,016  43,114  43,190  42,882  43,291
    Married women, spouse present...................  32,412  33,487  33,396  32,820  33,092  33,134  33,285  33,487  33,802
    Women who maintain families.....................   7,938   8,127   8,023   7,909   8,113   8,148   8,050   8,039   7,991
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  38,449  40,477  40,602  38,786  39,531  39,900  40,504  40,500  40,946
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,605  38,868  38,767  38,573  39,254  38,893  38,866  39,103  38,729
    Service occupations.............................  18,123  18,075  18,290  17,856  18,163  18,074  17,868  18,111  18,020
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,799  14,519  14,422  14,466  14,742  14,661  14,518  14,432  14,084
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,344  17,794  18,383  18,152  18,021  18,177  17,656  17,813  18,190
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,944   3,678   3,931   3,513   3,490   3,417   3,539   3,441   3,504
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,145   2,067   2,207   1,857   1,895   1,893   1,908   1,919   1,911
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,524   1,387   1,443   1,445   1,381   1,376   1,439   1,348   1,369
      Unpaid family workers.........................      49      35      41      44      44      39      31      33      37
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 119,370 121,110 121,653 118,733 121,066 121,005 120,785 121,168 121,005
        Government..................................  18,220  18,766  18,862  18,467  18,782  18,699  18,709  18,672  19,110
        Private industries.......................... 101,151 102,344 102,791 100,266 102,283 102,306 102,076 102,496 101,895
          Private households........................     968     899   1,006     962     849     917     941     910   1,001
          Other industries.......................... 100,183 101,445 101,786  99,304 101,434 101,389 101,135 101,586 100,894
      Self-employed workers.........................   9,068   8,748   8,955   8,971   8,658   8,650   8,813   8,687   8,857
      Unpaid family workers.........................     108      65      96      97     114     125      63      60      87
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   4,033   3,281   3,641   3,792   3,426   3,564   3,408   3,422   3,418
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,159   1,835   2,082   2,183   1,984   2,045   1,920   1,946   2,092
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,431   1,122   1,158   1,248   1,141   1,208   1,124   1,137   1,014
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  17,191  19,136  17,266  18,619  18,642  18,545  18,882  18,632  18,666
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,871   3,127   3,462   3,618   3,298   3,374   3,224   3,247   3,232
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,086   1,748   1,940   2,102   1,906   1,955   1,831   1,838   1,944
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,373   1,092   1,141   1,210   1,108   1,159   1,092   1,111   1,010
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  16,595  18,568  16,629  17,992  18,061  17,944  18,320  18,098  18,016

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   6,245   5,795   5,975    4.5     4.4     4.2     4.3     4.2     4.3 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,596   2,534   2,494    3.7     3.7     3.2     3.4     3.6     3.6 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,423   2,209   2,373    4.1     3.8     3.9     4.1     3.6     3.9 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,226   1,052   1,108   14.8    14.1    14.3    14.1    12.6    13.5 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     973   1,033     977    2.2     2.4     2.1     2.3     2.4     2.2 
     Married women, spouse present..................     980     870     926    2.9     2.8     2.7     2.9     2.5     2.7 
     Women who maintain families....................     601     514     561    7.1     6.5     6.7     7.2     6.0     6.6 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,915   4,592   4,628    4.4     4.3     4.0     4.2     4.0     4.0 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,288   1,247   1,317    5.2     4.9     4.9     4.9     5.1     5.4 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     685     827     852    1.7     1.9     1.9     1.9     2.0     2.0 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,554   1,331   1,431    3.9     3.9     3.8     3.9     3.3     3.6 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     657     623     725    4.3     4.4     3.6     3.8     4.1     4.9 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,340   1,233   1,166    6.9     6.0     5.9     6.5     6.5     6.0 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     241     300     284    6.4     7.8     6.9     7.3     8.0     7.5 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,868   4,521   4,699    4.6     4.3     4.2     4.4     4.2     4.4 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,325   1,256   1,322    4.7     4.7     4.3     4.5     4.4     4.7 
         Mining.....................................      26      33      26    4.0     7.7     5.3     9.3     5.9     4.7 
         Construction...............................     546     515     531    7.9     7.5     6.7     7.4     7.2     7.5 
         Manufacturing..............................     753     708     764    3.6     3.7     3.4     3.3     3.4     3.8 
           Durable goods............................     373     410     448    3.0     3.3     2.9     3.1     3.3     3.6 
           Nondurable goods.........................     380     298     317    4.6     4.3     4.1     3.7     3.6     4.0 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,543   3,264   3,377    4.6     4.2     4.2     4.3     4.1     4.3 
         Transportation and public utilities........     258     248     214    3.5     3.2     2.9     2.8     3.3     2.8 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,503   1,435   1,441    5.6     5.2     5.4     5.4     5.3     5.4 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     169     170     189    2.2     2.4     1.9     3.2     2.1     2.3 
         Services...................................   1,613   1,410   1,533    4.6     4.0     4.2     4.1     3.9     4.2 
     Government workers.............................     406     504     470    2.2     2.3     2.1     2.5     2.6     2.4 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     171     230     203    8.4    11.3     9.5     9.7    10.7     9.6 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   3,174   2,494   3,136   2,553   2,601   2,478   2,788   2,467   2,529
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,801   1,469   1,552   2,022   1,944   1,891   1,867   1,816   1,736
   15 weeks and over................................   1,559   1,544   1,583   1,641   1,550   1,434   1,446   1,523   1,668
      15 to 26 weeks................................     808     845     802     833     766     736     773     794     824
      27 weeks and over.............................     751     699     782     808     784     697     673     729     844
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.8    13.6    13.1    14.1    13.8    13.5    13.1    13.4    14.5
   Median duration, in weeks........................     4.9     6.4     4.5     6.7     7.0     6.9     6.1     6.7     6.2
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Total unemployed.................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
     Less than 5 weeks..............................    48.6    45.3    50.0    41.1    42.7    42.7    45.7    42.5    42.6
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    27.6    26.7    24.7    32.5    31.9    32.6    30.6    31.3    29.3
     15 weeks and over..............................    23.9    28.0    25.2    26.4    25.4    24.7    23.7    26.2    28.1
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    12.4    15.3    12.8    13.4    12.6    12.7    12.7    13.7    13.9
       27 weeks and over............................    11.5    12.7    12.5    13.0    12.9    12.0    11.0    12.6    14.2

     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,628   2,362   2,495   2,832   2,738   2,563   2,700   2,663   2,683
    On temporary layoff.............................     713     609     746     851     849     812     838     821     892
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,915   1,753   1,750   1,981   1,889   1,751   1,862   1,842   1,791
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,289   1,295   1,253   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     626     458     497   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     714     699     820     754     751     780     841     789     864
  Reentrants........................................   2,360   2,052   2,293   2,112   2,110   1,988   2,044   2,040   2,057
  New entrants......................................     832     394     663     517     509     431     469     415     349
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Total unemployed..................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................    40.2    42.9    39.8    45.6    44.8    44.5    44.6    45.1    45.1
     On temporary layoff............................    10.9    11.1    11.9    13.7    13.9    14.1    13.9    13.9    15.0
     Not on temporary layoff........................    29.3    31.8    27.9    31.9    30.9    30.4    30.8    31.2    30.1
   Job leavers......................................    10.9    12.7    13.1    12.1    12.3    13.5    13.9    13.4    14.5
   Reentrants.......................................    36.1    37.3    36.6    34.0    34.5    34.5    33.8    34.5    34.6
   New entrants.....................................    12.7     7.2    10.6     8.3     8.3     7.5     7.7     7.0     5.9
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.9     1.7     1.8     2.1     2.0     1.8     1.9     1.9     1.9
   Job leavers......................................      .5      .5      .6      .5      .5      .6      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.7     1.5     1.6     1.5     1.5     1.4     1.5     1.5     1.5
   New entrants.....................................      .6      .3      .5      .4      .4      .3      .3      .3      .3

    1 Not available.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                June   May    June   June   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   May    June 
                                                                1998   1999   1999   1998   1999   1999   1999   1999   1999 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.1    1.1    1.1    1.2    1.1    1.0    1.0    1.1    1.2
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.9    1.7    1.8    2.1    2.0    1.8    1.9    1.9    1.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.7    4.0    4.5    4.5    4.4    4.2    4.3    4.2    4.3
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.9    4.1    4.6   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.5    4.8    5.3   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    8.4    7.1    7.9   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       June    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   6,245   5,795   5,975    4.5     4.4     4.2     4.3     4.2     4.3 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,329   2,092   2,181   10.6    10.2    10.0    10.0     9.4     9.9 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,226   1,052   1,108   14.8    14.1    14.3    14.1    12.6    13.5 
        16 to 17 years..............................     593     531     524   18.0    15.5    16.6    16.9    15.9    16.1 
        18 to 19 years..............................     634     531     586   12.6    13.1    12.8    12.3    10.6    11.8 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,103   1,040   1,073    8.1     7.7     7.4     7.6     7.5     7.7 
    25 years and over...............................   3,901   3,718   3,788    3.4     3.3     3.1     3.2     3.2     3.2 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,455   3,218   3,242    3.5     3.4     3.1     3.3     3.2     3.3 
      55 years and over.............................     432     462     537    2.6     2.9     2.9     2.9     2.6     3.0 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,274   3,118   3,099    4.4     4.3     3.9     4.1     4.2     4.2 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,276   1,180   1,231   11.1    10.1     9.9    10.5    10.2    10.7 
        16 to 19 years..............................     678     584     605   15.9    14.6    15.0    14.8    13.3    14.1 
          16 to 17 years............................     356     313     282   20.5    15.3    16.9    19.2    17.7    16.5 
          18 to 19 years............................     332     277     333   12.9    14.1    13.6    12.2    10.6    12.8 
        20 to 24 years..............................     598     597     626    8.3     7.5     7.0     8.0     8.3     8.7 
      25 years and over.............................   1,991   1,958   1,861    3.2     3.2     2.7     2.9     3.1     3.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,748   1,662   1,601    3.3     3.3     2.8     2.9     3.1     3.0 
        55 years and over...........................     238     261     258    2.5     3.0     2.6     2.6     2.7     2.6 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,971   2,677   2,876    4.7     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.1     4.4 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,053     912     950   10.1    10.2    10.0     9.5     8.6     9.0 
        16 to 19 years..............................     548     468     503   13.6    13.7    13.6    13.4    11.8    12.9 
          16 to 17 years............................     237     217     241   15.1    15.7    16.2    14.5    13.8    15.7 
          18 to 19 years............................     302     255     253   12.3    12.1    11.9    12.5    10.6    10.7 
        20 to 24 years..............................     505     444     447    7.9     8.0     7.8     7.1     6.7     6.7 
      25 years and over.............................   1,910   1,760   1,927    3.6     3.3     3.4     3.6     3.2     3.5 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,707   1,556   1,641    3.7     3.5     3.5     3.7     3.4     3.5 
        55 years and over...........................     194     201     279    2.6     2.7     3.2     3.3     2.6     3.5 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




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  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        June      June      June      June      June      June  
                                                                        1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   66,287    66,966    23,747    24,197    42,540    42,769 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    5,187     5,204     2,225     2,262     2,962     2,942 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,213     1,228       617       594       595       634 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      311       220       168       133       143        87 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      902     1,008       449       461       453       547 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,712     7,492     4,133     4,071     3,579     3,421 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.8       5.6       5.8       5.6       5.9       5.5 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,333     3,992     2,594     2,361     1,739     1,631 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,641     1,463       546       484     1,095       979 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      247       248       176       170        70        78 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,450     1,728       799     1,019       652       709 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                June    Apr.    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                1998    1999   1999p   1999p    1998    1999    1999    1999   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                             
               Total......................... 126,804 127,990 128,822 129,542 125,689 127,730 127,813 128,134 128,129 128,397
                                                                                                                             
            Total private.................... 106,956 107,522 108,333 109,374 105,913 107,676 107,726 108,035 108,051 108,301
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  25,723  25,043  25,241  25,532  25,381  25,329  25,285  25,288  25,196  25,184
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................     600     532     531     535     593     553     550     538     531     528
         Metal mining........................    51.3    48.7    48.8    49.5      50      50      50      49      49      48
         Coal mining.........................    91.6    85.9    85.7    85.1      91      88      87      86      86      85
         Oil and gas extraction..............   344.7   289.1   285.2   288.0     343     306     305     294     288     287
         Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   112.8   108.4   110.9   112.2     109     109     108     109     108     108
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   6,193   6,104   6,304   6,504   5,962   6,238   6,232   6,277   6,238   6,264
         General building contractors........ 1,413.3 1,393.0 1,424.6 1,477.6   1,369   1,426   1,429   1,428   1,427   1,432
         Heavy construction, except building.   894.0   845.8   888.4   919.6     835     869     864     874     854     859
         Special trade contractors........... 3,886.1 3,865.0 3,990.5 4,107.2   3,758   3,943   3,939   3,975   3,957   3,973
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  18,930  18,407  18,406  18,493  18,826  18,538  18,503  18,473  18,427  18,392
           Production workers................  13,049  12,650  12,648  12,697  12,970  12,730  12,714  12,696  12,662  12,619
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  11,280  10,982  10,980  11,027  11,210  11,027  11,014  10,993  10,970  10,957
           Production workers................   7,728   7,518   7,516   7,541   7,668   7,529   7,527   7,519   7,501   7,482
         Lumber and wood products............   820.8   814.1   821.9   832.5     811     827     827     824     824     823
         Furniture and fixtures..............   533.5   536.3   537.1   539.5     531     535     535     536     537     537
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   573.9   568.7   574.8   580.4     562     571     569     570     570     569
         Primary metal industries............   719.0   690.4   687.9   690.9     716     695     693     691     688     687
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   234.6   221.7   221.4   221.7   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
         Fabricated metal products........... 1,510.1 1,486.5 1,486.0 1,492.1   1,503   1,491   1,490   1,489   1,487   1,485
         Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,227.8 2,136.8 2,131.6 2,138.1   2,215   2,146   2,139   2,132   2,126   2,126
           Computer and office equipment.....   381.4   359.3   359.5   362.0     380     362     360     361     360     361
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................ 1,720.5 1,654.6 1,654.5 1,660.2   1,715   1,659   1,659   1,658   1,658   1,654
           Electronic components and                                                                                         
              accessories....................   667.3   633.9   635.5   638.5     664     636     636     635     636     636
         Transportation equipment............ 1,903.0 1,865.1 1,859.1 1,862.4   1,891   1,871   1,873   1,864   1,853   1,851
           Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,003.7   997.8 1,001.6 1,007.3     994     989     992     996     996     998
           Aircraft and parts................   524.6   502.1   495.9   491.3     526     510     511     503     497     492
         Instruments and related products....   875.2   842.1   840.1   842.8     872     847     844     842     841     839
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   396.2   387.6   386.6   388.4     394     385     385     387     386     386
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   7,650   7,425   7,426   7,466   7,616   7,511   7,489   7,480   7,457   7,435
           Production workers................   5,321   5,132   5,132   5,156   5,302   5,201   5,187   5,177   5,161   5,137
         Food and kindred products........... 1,684.7 1,649.0 1,658.3 1,679.6   1,686   1,695   1,693   1,689   1,687   1,681
         Tobacco products....................    37.1    36.4    35.2    35.8      40      40      39      38      38      39
         Textile mill products...............   604.8   566.8   563.9   563.0     601     575     571     567     563     559
         Apparel and other textile products..   775.8   696.1   692.8   690.5     768     707     702     698     690     684
         Paper and allied products...........   680.3   658.6   659.2   662.5     676     664     662     662     661     658
         Printing and publishing............. 1,570.9 1,552.7 1,549.0 1,554.8   1,568   1,559   1,557   1,555   1,551   1,552
         Chemicals and allied products....... 1,050.8 1,034.2 1,036.0 1,041.6   1,044   1,041   1,037   1,038   1,036   1,035
         Petroleum and coal products.........   144.1   137.9   138.6   140.5     141     139     139     139     138     138
         Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,017.1 1,018.5 1,018.5 1,023.2   1,009   1,015   1,014   1,019   1,019   1,015
         Leather and leather products........    84.2    75.1    74.8    74.8      83      76      75      75      74      74
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing....................... 101,081 102,947 103,581 104,010 100,308 102,401 102,528 102,846 102,933 103,213
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   6,623   6,719   6,772   6,821   6,589   6,723   6,732   6,750   6,758   6,787
         Transportation......................   4,286   4,371   4,414   4,446   4,265   4,367   4,378   4,397   4,403   4,424
           Railroad transportation...........   231.9   234.1   235.5   237.3     231     233     235     234     235     236
           Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
              transit........................   465.0   493.6   499.6   487.1     466     475     476     483     481     488
           Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,760.0 1,775.6 1,795.5 1,825.6   1,744   1,789   1,796   1,800   1,800   1,809
           Water transportation..............   184.7   177.5   181.7   187.2     178     181     177     180     180     180
           Transportation by air............. 1,175.7 1,211.4 1,219.0 1,223.3   1,179   1,213   1,218   1,220   1,225   1,227
           Pipelines, except natural gas.....    14.1    13.4    13.7    13.9      14      14      14      14      14      14
           Transportation services...........   454.2   465.6   468.7   471.3     453     462     462     466     468     470
         Communications and public utilities.   2,337   2,348   2,358   2,375   2,324   2,356   2,354   2,353   2,355   2,363
           Communications.................... 1,476.1 1,505.9 1,513.6 1,521.6   1,470   1,507   1,506   1,508   1,512   1,516
           Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
              services.......................   860.6   841.8   844.2   852.9     854     849     848     845     843     847
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   6,869   6,948   6,982   7,025   6,826   6,937   6,947   6,965   6,973   6,982
         Durable goods.......................   4,065   4,111   4,127   4,155   4,039   4,100   4,103   4,113   4,120   4,129
         Nondurable goods....................   2,804   2,837   2,855   2,870   2,787   2,837   2,844   2,852   2,853   2,853
       Retail trade..........................  22,451  22,476  22,772  22,986  22,257  22,648  22,611  22,724  22,740  22,789
         Building materials and garden                                                                                       
            supplies.........................   993.6   992.8 1,024.4 1,035.8     945     979     982     982     979     985
         General merchandise stores.......... 2,663.2 2,702.0 2,704.7 2,722.3   2,725   2,781   2,794   2,799   2,786   2,786
           Department stores................. 2,366.9 2,409.9 2,415.4 2,430.8   2,423   2,475   2,489   2,499   2,489   2,488
         Food stores......................... 3,493.7 3,447.2 3,467.9 3,498.0   3,474   3,492   3,490   3,492   3,486   3,479
         Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
            stations......................... 2,360.3 2,388.9 2,406.2 2,424.3   2,338   2,390   2,392   2,399   2,400   2,402
           New and used car dealers.......... 1,049.9 1,072.5 1,076.8 1,084.2   1,046   1,065   1,069   1,074   1,077   1,080
         Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,134.4 1,135.0 1,144.9 1,161.6   1,145   1,167   1,167   1,163   1,171   1,173
         Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
            stores........................... 1,010.8 1,069.3 1,069.5 1,077.3   1,022   1,064   1,070   1,081   1,082   1,089
         Eating and drinking places.......... 7,971.5 7,852.6 8,030.8 8,146.4   7,740   7,855   7,785   7,863   7,878   7,910
         Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,823.8 2,887.9 2,923.5 2,920.2   2,868   2,920   2,931   2,945   2,958   2,965
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,468   7,583   7,618   7,713   7,400   7,581   7,595   7,611   7,618   7,642
         Finance.............................   3,607   3,688   3,700   3,736   3,589   3,681   3,690   3,697   3,704   3,717
           Depository institutions........... 2,055.4 2,043.4 2,044.8 2,063.7   2,043   2,051   2,051   2,050   2,048   2,051
             Commercial banks................ 1,477.5 1,462.3 1,463.0 1,478.8   1,468   1,470   1,469   1,467   1,466   1,470
             Savings institutions............   260.3   257.2   256.6   258.4     258     258     258     257     257     256
           Nondepository institutions........   656.9   715.3   719.1   723.8     655     708     712     716     719     721
             Mortgage bankers and brokers....   327.0   370.1   374.7   376.3     324     365     368     370     374     373
           Security and commodity brokers....   647.4   665.4   669.1   678.0     644     661     664     668     671     675
           Holding and other investment                                                                                      
              offices........................   247.5   264.2   266.7   270.3     247     261     263     263     266     270
         Insurance...........................   2,351   2,392   2,395   2,409   2,343   2,386   2,392   2,395   2,397   2,401
           Insurance carriers................ 1,602.3 1,629.1 1,631.2 1,642.0   1,597   1,628   1,632   1,631   1,633   1,637
           Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
              service........................   748.5   762.6   763.8   767.1     746     758     760     764     764     764
         Real estate.........................   1,510   1,503   1,523   1,568   1,468   1,514   1,513   1,519   1,517   1,524
                                                                                                                             
       Services2.............................  37,822  38,753  38,948  39,297  37,460  38,458  38,556  38,697  38,766  38,917
         Agricultural services...............   776.2   760.2   808.2   841.2     698     751     747     755     750     757
         Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,878.1 1,744.0 1,805.8 1,898.8   1,777   1,786   1,789   1,791   1,788   1,797
         Personal services................... 1,169.1 1,266.8 1,181.9 1,167.7   1,196   1,201   1,200   1,204   1,190   1,195
         Business services................... 8,617.3 8,923.1 9,014.2 9,130.0   8,573   8,922   8,963   9,010   9,038   9,081
           Services to buildings.............   958.8   977.3   984.4   995.7     948     971     973     978     977     985
           Personnel supply services......... 3,261.8 3,289.2 3,343.0 3,400.4   3,248   3,331   3,343   3,350   3,361   3,384
             Help supply services............ 2,900.3 2,912.5 2,962.7 3,015.2   2,886   2,954   2,967   2,975   2,979   2,998
           Computer and data processing                                                                                      
              services....................... 1,592.5 1,750.8 1,761.0 1,778.7   1,593   1,724   1,734   1,749   1,764   1,779
         Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,150.1 1,177.5 1,184.0 1,187.7   1,142   1,175   1,176   1,178   1,182   1,180
         Miscellaneous repair services.......   385.2   396.0   398.3   400.7     381     392     393     396     398     397
         Motion pictures.....................   566.4   584.9   595.2   607.9     564     582     580     587     595     606
         Amusement and recreation services... 1,827.1 1,648.8 1,766.6 1,950.8   1,587   1,656   1,660   1,668   1,677   1,697
         Health services..................... 9,866.5 9,937.7 9,945.2 9,984.4   9,842   9,919   9,932   9,951   9,952   9,960
           Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
              doctors........................ 1,803.2 1,852.4 1,857.2 1,871.5   1,798   1,844   1,850   1,856   1,860   1,867
           Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
              facilities..................... 1,766.9 1,748.5 1,749.9 1,754.2   1,765   1,755   1,754   1,753   1,754   1,752
           Hospitals......................... 3,932.5 3,959.8 3,959.6 3,975.7   3,925   3,959   3,963   3,966   3,966   3,968
           Home health care services.........   675.9   655.9   654.7   653.5     674     651     653     656     652     652
         Legal services......................   985.2   992.4   993.7 1,016.6     971     992     995     998     999   1,002
         Educational services................ 1,977.3 2,398.1 2,298.9 2,071.3   2,171   2,237   2,243   2,254   2,265   2,274
         Social services..................... 2,636.5 2,771.2 2,785.7 2,772.4   2,638   2,734   2,744   2,755   2,759   2,774
           Child day care services...........   590.2   646.4   651.5   621.0     604     625     627     628     630     635
           Residential care..................   749.2   772.1   774.2   780.6     743     768     769     772     774     774
         Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
           gardens...........................    99.0    92.8    96.8   100.8      92      94      95      94      93      94
         Membership organizations............ 2,397.9 2,380.3 2,393.4 2,437.7   2,360   2,389   2,392   2,392   2,394   2,399
         Engineering and management services. 3,200.4 3,386.1 3,386.3 3,434.0   3,178   3,335   3,354   3,370   3,391   3,409
           Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
              services.......................   918.9   929.8   937.0   955.4     906     930     933     939     939     942
           Management and public relations... 1,034.3 1,132.5 1,144.7 1,162.4   1,025   1,111   1,123   1,133   1,142   1,153
         Services, nec.......................    52.2    55.7    56.3    57.1   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                             
       Government............................  19,848  20,468  20,489  20,168  19,776  20,054  20,087  20,099  20,078  20,096
         Federal.............................   2,695   2,681   2,667   2,682   2,677   2,713   2,710   2,688   2,667   2,664
           Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,839.6 1,810.0 1,798.1 1,812.3   1,813   1,834   1,831   1,809   1,789   1,786
         State...............................   4,458   4,809   4,742   4,538   4,598   4,670   4,680   4,688   4,679   4,680
           Education......................... 1,738.1 2,085.5 2,005.7 1,771.2   1,911   1,941   1,948   1,955   1,944   1,947
           Other State government............ 2,720.0 2,723.5 2,736.0 2,767.0   2,687   2,729   2,732   2,733   2,735   2,733
         Local...............................  12,695  12,978  13,080  12,948  12,501  12,671  12,697  12,723  12,732  12,752
           Education......................... 7,088.1 7,555.8 7,596.3 7,262.7   7,060   7,181   7,200   7,206   7,225   7,236
           Other local government............ 5,607.1 5,421.9 5,483.7 5,685.7   5,441   5,490   5,497   5,517   5,507   5,516

       1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       p = preliminary.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                June    Apr.    May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June 
                                                1998    1999   1999p   1999p    1998    1999    1999    1999   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................   34.7    34.3    34.6    34.6    34.6    34.6    34.5    34.4    34.4    34.5 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   41.2    40.9    41.1    41.2    41.1    41.0    40.8    40.9    41.0    41.1 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   44.0    43.3    44.2    43.9    43.7    43.0    42.9    43.8    44.1    43.7 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   39.2    38.6    39.3    39.8    38.8    39.2    38.5    38.6    38.9    39.4 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   41.8    41.6    41.7    41.7    41.8    41.6    41.5    41.6    41.7    41.7 
           Overtime hours....................    4.6     4.5     4.5     4.7     4.6     4.5     4.5     4.3     4.6     4.7 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   42.4    42.2    42.3    42.3    42.3    42.2    42.0    42.1    42.2    42.2 
           Overtime hours....................    4.8     4.6     4.7     4.8     4.8     4.6     4.6     4.3     4.7     4.8 
                                                                                                                             
         Lumber and wood products............   41.6    41.2    41.4    41.6    41.1    41.1    41.2    41.2    41.2    41.1 
         Furniture and fixtures..............   40.8    40.2    39.7    40.1    40.9    40.3    40.3    40.4    40.3    40.2 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.9    43.2    43.8    44.0    43.4    43.4    42.9    43.1    43.4    43.5 
         Primary metal industries............   44.4    44.1    44.4    44.4    44.4    43.8    43.9    44.0    44.3    44.3 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   45.0    44.6    44.9    45.4    45.0    43.8    43.9    44.5    44.8    45.4 
         Fabricated metal products...........   42.6    42.1    42.1    42.2    42.4    42.1    42.1    41.8    42.1    42.0 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   43.2    42.2    42.2    42.1    43.1    42.1    41.9    41.9    42.1    42.0 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   41.4    41.1    41.3    40.9    41.4    41.2    41.0    41.1    41.6    40.9 
         Transportation equipment............   42.9    44.2    44.0    44.3    42.9    44.0    43.7    44.0    43.6    44.4 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   42.7    45.6    45.3    45.7    42.7    45.0    44.7    45.1    44.5    45.7 
         Instruments and related products....   41.4    41.5    41.4    41.7    41.4    41.3    41.2    41.6    41.6    41.7 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   40.0    39.9    40.1    39.8    40.1    39.7    39.8    39.6    40.2    39.9 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   40.9    40.7    40.8    40.9    40.9    40.8    40.8    40.9    41.0    40.9 
           Overtime hours....................    4.3     4.2     4.2     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.2     4.4     4.5 
                                                                                                                             
         Food and kindred products...........   41.5    41.2    41.6    41.8    41.7    41.7    41.7    41.9    41.8    42.0 
         Tobacco products....................   39.9    38.4    39.8    39.9    38.8    38.5    38.8    38.6    39.9    38.9 
         Textile mill products...............   41.5    40.9    40.8    40.8    41.2    40.6    40.4    41.0    40.9    40.4 
         Apparel and other textile products..   37.8    37.6    37.8    38.0    37.3    37.5    37.4    37.5    37.8    37.6 
         Paper and allied products...........   43.5    43.6    43.3    43.6    43.5    43.5    43.7    43.6    43.5    43.6 
         Printing and publishing.............   38.0    38.1    37.9    37.7    38.3    38.1    37.9    38.1    38.2    38.1 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   43.1    42.7    42.8    42.8    43.2    42.8    42.8    43.0    43.0    42.8 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   43.2    42.7    42.5    42.6    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   42.0    41.8    41.9    41.8    41.9    41.7    41.8    41.5    41.9    41.7 
         Leather and leather products........   38.1    37.9    38.1    38.2    37.6    37.7    37.7    38.1    38.2    37.7 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   33.0    32.6    32.9    32.9    32.9    33.0    32.8    32.8    32.8    32.8 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   39.6    38.6    38.8    38.9    39.5    39.2    39.1    39.0    38.8    38.8 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   38.4    38.3    38.6    38.5    38.3    38.5    38.4    38.4    38.3    38.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................   29.3    28.7    29.1    29.4    29.0    29.2    29.0    29.0    29.1    29.1 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.0    35.9    36.4    35.8    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   32.7    32.4    32.7    32.6    32.6    32.7    32.6    32.5    32.5    32.6 

       1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
     nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
     estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
     payrolls.
       2 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       p = preliminary.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
     industry
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                      Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                 June      Apr.      May       June      June      Apr.      May       June  
                                                 1998      1999     1999p     1999p      1998      1999     1999p     1999p  
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  $12.68    $13.16    $13.19    $13.14    $440.00   $451.39   $456.37   $454.64 
             Seasonally adjusted.............   12.76     13.14     13.18     13.23     441.50    452.02    453.39    456.44 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   14.28     14.64     14.75     14.83     588.34    598.78    606.23    611.00 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   16.68     16.93     16.99     17.01     733.92    733.07    750.96    746.74 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   16.47     16.85     17.02     17.11     645.62    650.41    668.89    680.98 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   13.44     13.80     13.85     13.90     561.79    574.08    577.55    579.63 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   13.93     14.27     14.33     14.37     590.63    602.19    606.16    607.85 
         Lumber and wood products............   11.09     11.37     11.41     11.45     461.34    468.44    472.37    476.32 
         Furniture and fixtures..............   10.82     11.14     11.14     11.18     441.46    447.83    442.26    448.32 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.58     13.75     13.87     13.91     596.16    594.00    607.51    612.04 
         Primary metal industries............   15.54     15.62     15.76     15.85     689.98    688.84    699.74    703.74 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   18.54     18.59     18.84     18.97     834.30    829.11    845.92    861.24 
         Fabricated metal products...........   13.01     13.36     13.45     13.47     554.23    562.46    566.25    568.43 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   14.42     14.85     14.93     14.95     622.94    626.67    630.05    629.40 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   13.06     13.31     13.38     13.35     540.68    547.04    552.59    546.02 
         Transportation equipment............   17.41     17.88     17.96     18.09     746.89    790.30    790.24    801.39 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   17.75     18.31     18.37     18.52     757.93    834.94    832.16    846.36 
         Instruments and related products....   13.75     14.07     14.07     14.02     569.25    583.91    582.50    584.63 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   10.83     11.25     11.25     11.27     433.20    448.88    451.13    448.55 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   12.70     13.09     13.11     13.18     519.43    532.76    534.89    539.06 
         Food and kindred products...........   11.76     12.07     12.11     12.19     488.04    497.28    503.78    509.54 
         Tobacco products....................   20.78     19.99     20.68     20.67     829.12    767.62    823.06    824.73 
         Textile mill products...............   10.36     10.68     10.68     10.78     429.94    436.81    435.74    439.82 
         Apparel and other textile products..    8.50      8.83      8.80      8.90     321.30    332.01    332.64    338.20 
         Paper and allied products...........   15.46     15.83     15.93     16.01     672.51    690.19    689.77    698.04 
         Printing and publishing.............   13.34     13.73     13.73     13.74     506.92    523.11    520.37    518.00 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   17.04     17.27     17.39     17.40     734.42    737.43    744.29    744.72 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   20.74     21.49     21.04     21.11     895.97    917.62    894.20    899.29 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   11.81     12.23     12.26     12.32     496.02    511.21    513.69    514.98 
         Leather and leather products........    9.33      9.59      9.60      9.60     355.47    363.46    365.76    366.72 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   12.14     12.69     12.69     12.60     400.62    413.69    417.50    414.54 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  $15.19    $15.57    $15.55    $15.56    $601.52   $601.00   $603.34   $605.28 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   13.94     14.48     14.52     14.39     535.30    554.58    560.47    554.02 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................    8.68      9.03      9.03      9.03     254.32    259.16    262.77    265.48 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   13.94     14.61     14.72     14.52     501.84    524.50    535.81    519.82 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   12.71     13.32     13.33     13.21     415.62    431.57    435.89    430.65 

       1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
       p = preliminary.




                ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA
                
                
                Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
                payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                         Percent  
                                                   June     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June      change  
                            Industry               1998     1999     1999     1999     1999p    1999p     from:   
                                                                                                        May 1999- 
                                                                                                        June 1999 
                                                                                                                  
                Total private:                                                                                    
                   Current dollars..............   $12.76   $13.06   $13.11   $13.14   $13.18   $13.23      0.4   
                   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.75     7.84     7.86     7.83     7.85     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                                  
                  Goods-producing...............    14.31    14.56    14.61    14.67    14.75    14.86       .7   
                    Mining......................    16.71    16.97    17.00    16.87    17.04    17.04       .0   
                    Construction................    16.54    16.83    16.92    16.97    17.08    17.19       .6   
                    Manufacturing...............    13.48    13.67    13.71    13.79    13.85    13.94       .6   
                      Excluding overtime4.......    12.77    12.97    13.00    13.09    13.13    13.19       .5   
                                                                                                                  
                  Service-producing.............    12.26    12.58    12.63    12.65    12.68    12.72       .3   
                    Transportation and public                                                                     
                       utilities................    15.27    15.51    15.53    15.60    15.65    15.65       .0   
                    Wholesale trade.............    14.05    14.36    14.42    14.44    14.47    14.51       .3   
                    Retail trade................     8.71     8.95     8.98     9.03     9.04     9.07       .3   
                    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
                       estate...................    14.05    14.49    14.51    14.58    14.60    14.64       .3   
                    Services....................    12.85    13.22    13.27    13.28    13.32    13.36       .3   

                  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
                  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
                deflate this series.
                  3 Change was .3 percent from April 1999 to May 1999, the latest month available.
                  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
                    N.A. = not available.
                  p = preliminary.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
     industry
     
     (1982=100)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                               June   Apr.     May     June    June    Feb.    Mar.   Apr.     May     June  
                                               1998   1999    1999p    1999p   1998    1999    1999   1999    1999p    1999p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  146.9  145.6   148.1    149.7   144.8  147.3   146.8   147.0   147.1    147.6 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  117.8  113.1   114.9    116.8   115.5  115.0   114.2   114.2   114.4    114.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   57.3   49.1    50.1     50.3    56.2   51.0    50.5    50.4    50.1     49.4 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................  172.1  164.8   174.3    182.8   162.7  171.9   169.1   169.2   170.0    172.9 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  110.1  106.2   106.3    106.9   109.2  106.8   106.5   106.5   106.6    106.1 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  114.4  110.8   110.8    111.3   113.3  110.8   110.4   110.4   110.5    110.2 
         Lumber and wood products............  148.5  145.3   147.8    150.2   144.7  147.6   147.9   147.5   147.5    146.7 
         Furniture and fixtures..............  136.2  135.1   133.7    135.6   135.6  134.9   135.2   135.6   135.6    135.2 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....  118.9  116.2   119.3    121.0   114.9  117.0   115.4   116.2   117.3    117.3 
         Primary metal industries............   95.0   90.1    90.4     90.7    94.4   90.0    90.0    89.9    90.3     90.0 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   73.4   68.9    69.5     70.1    72.7   68.0    68.2    69.1    69.6     69.7 
         Fabricated metal products...........  120.5  116.9   116.7    117.6   119.1  117.2   117.0   116.2   116.9    116.3 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..  112.0  105.4   104.9    104.7   111.3  105.2   104.4   104.1   104.3    103.8 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................  110.4  105.3   105.6    104.8   110.3  105.2   105.1   105.6   106.5    104.6 
         Transportation equipment............  127.0  126.5   125.8    126.6   125.7  125.9   125.3   125.5   123.6    125.6 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......  160.4  167.5   167.6    169.6   158.1  162.7   162.7   164.8   162.8    167.2 
         Instruments and related products....   77.1   75.6    74.8     75.5    76.8   75.2    74.7    75.8    75.2     75.1 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  104.3  101.2   101.3    100.6   103.8   99.8   100.0   100.3   101.4    100.3 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................  104.1   99.9   100.2    100.8   103.7  101.5   101.2   101.2   101.1    100.4 
         Food and kindred products...........  116.9  113.4   115.3    117.5   117.8  118.8   118.8   118.9   118.5    118.4 
         Tobacco products....................   54.5   51.4    49.9     50.8    59.6   57.2    55.7    55.4    55.3     55.9 
         Textile mill products...............   88.7   81.5    81.0     80.9    87.3   82.0    81.1    81.6    80.9     79.4 
         Apparel and other textile products..   69.2   61.4    61.7     61.4    67.7   62.1    61.5    61.4    61.4     60.1 
         Paper and allied products...........  110.0  105.9   105.4    106.9   109.2  106.7   107.0   106.7   106.3    106.3 
         Printing and publishing.............  124.2  121.8   120.8    120.7   125.2  122.8   121.9   121.9   121.9    121.6 
         Chemicals and allied products.......  104.1  101.3   101.9    102.2   103.8  102.0   101.8   102.4   102.3    101.6 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   78.4   74.2    73.5     74.8    76.6   77.4    76.4    74.5    73.7     73.1 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..  150.2  149.6   149.9    150.3   148.6  148.5   148.8   148.5   150.1    148.5 
         Leather and leather products........   37.4   32.6    32.5     32.6    36.4   33.0    32.4    32.8    32.3     31.9 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................  160.0  160.2   163.0    164.5   157.9  161.8   161.5   161.6   161.8    162.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  132.9  131.3   133.3    134.9   131.7  134.1   133.8   133.6   133.0    133.6 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................  129.5  130.9   132.4    132.5   128.4  131.3   131.3   131.6   131.2    131.7 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................  142.4  139.5   143.3    146.0   139.6  142.9   141.9   142.6   143.1    143.3 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...  136.9  137.8   140.3    140.3   136.0  139.6   139.3   139.1   138.8    139.2 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................  196.2  198.8   201.5    202.8   193.7  198.9   198.8   198.9   199.2    200.5 

       1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
       p = preliminary.




      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
      
      
      Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
      
      (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
             Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                             
                              
                                                         Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                              
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   63.8    58.0    54.6    56.5    47.5    54.8    55.6    59.1    57.9    56.9    55.2    57.7 
           1996..............   49.6    64.9    59.4    55.1    61.9    60.8    57.0    62.5    57.3    63.5    59.7    61.2 
           1997..............   56.2    61.0    61.9    62.8    58.8    56.3    60.7    61.0    59.4    65.4    63.6    62.1 
           1998..............   63.8    57.9    58.8    60.5    55.9    57.9    58.0    55.8    54.6    52.9    59.1    58.6 
           1999..............   54.4    58.3    52.1    58.8   p50.6   p55.8                                                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   63.8    62.9    58.0    53.5    53.9    52.7    59.3    61.0    59.4    58.6    57.3    55.3 
           1996..............   62.6    62.5    63.3    63.1    63.1    64.3    64.3    62.2    64.6    64.2    66.2    63.2 
           1997..............   63.8    63.6    67.7    67.3    62.6    61.7    61.4    66.2    67.3    69.9    70.8    71.2 
           1998..............   66.7    66.2    64.5    63.9    61.4    58.7    60.0    58.4    57.6    57.6    59.0    60.4 
           1999..............   60.7    55.9    59.6   p54.5   p55.2                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   66.7    59.7    58.6    56.5    59.0    60.0    57.7    61.0    60.5    59.3    61.7    63.2 
           1996..............   62.6    65.2    64.5    65.2    64.7    64.6    67.0    65.4    65.9    66.7    66.9    66.7 
           1997..............   67.4    68.3    65.6    67.0    65.6    64.9    66.3    68.4    69.7    71.3    71.3    71.9 
           1998..............   70.6    66.9    65.9    62.4    62.6    61.1    58.0    59.8    60.0    60.8    60.8    58.0 
           1999..............   61.1   p59.0   p55.8                                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1995..............   63.6    62.4    62.6    63.3    61.7    61.9    58.7    62.2    62.2    61.5    63.5    65.4 
           1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    68.7    66.9 
           1997..............   69.0    67.3    68.3    69.7    69.5    70.1    70.1    70.4    70.5    69.7    69.8    71.3 
           1998..............   70.4    68.3    67.1    64.0    62.1    61.7    61.8    63.8    59.8    59.0   p58.8   p58.6 
           1999..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
                              
                                                          Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                              
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   57.2    50.4    47.1    52.9    41.4    45.3    45.0    51.1    48.6    51.1    45.3    48.2 
           1996..............   42.4    55.4    46.8    41.0    55.8    51.4    47.1    56.5    48.9    55.0    50.7    54.0 
           1997..............   50.0    52.9    53.6    56.1    52.2    53.2    51.1    55.4    53.6    62.2    61.2    55.4 
           1998..............   58.6    51.8    50.4    50.4    40.6    46.8    40.3    45.3    42.1    36.3    39.9    45.0 
           1999..............   40.3    42.4    39.6    44.6   p37.1   p45.0                                                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   55.4    51.4    44.2    41.7    43.5    37.4    42.1    43.9    48.2    46.8    44.6    41.4 
           1996..............   46.8    46.0    43.5    46.0    48.2    51.1    51.8    49.6    53.2    52.5    55.0    50.7 
           1997..............   51.8    51.4    57.6    56.8    54.3    51.8    53.6    55.4    59.7    68.3    65.8    64.4 
           1998..............   59.4    57.9    51.8    44.2    41.7    34.9    37.4    37.1    38.1    34.2    35.6    35.3 
           1999..............   37.4    31.7    37.1   p30.2   p35.3                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   55.4    45.7    43.2    38.1    41.7    42.8    41.0    42.1    43.5    43.2    44.2    45.0 
           1996..............   41.4    46.0    45.7    47.1    46.0    48.6    52.9    50.4    51.8    51.4    52.5    51.8 
           1997..............   54.7    54.0    51.4    54.3    52.5    52.2    55.4    61.2    61.5    64.7    66.2    65.1 
           1998..............   59.7    49.3    48.2    36.7    36.7    36.7    28.4    31.3    33.5    35.3    32.7    28.1 
           1999..............   33.1   p29.1   p28.8                                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1995..............   46.0    44.2    46.0    47.8    41.0    41.7    38.5    38.8    36.3    38.5    39.9    44.6 
           1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.3    50.7 
           1997..............   54.7    52.5    54.0    54.0    55.4    56.8    57.2    57.9    58.3    56.5    55.4    57.2 
           1998..............   54.0    49.3    46.0    40.6    35.6    33.8    30.9    32.0    26.6    26.6   p26.3   p26.6 
           1999..............                                                                                                

        1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
      centered within the span. 
        p = preliminary.
        NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
      unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
      employment.