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                      THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MARCH 2005
     
   Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 110,000 in March, and the
unemployment rate declined to 5.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Several industries added jobs
over the month, including construction, mining, health care, and wholesale
trade.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

   Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.7 million, and the unemployment
rate, 5.2 percent, decreased in March.  The jobless rate was down from 5.7 per-
cent a year earlier.  Over the month, the unemployment rates for adult men
(4.6 percent), whites (4.4 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (5.7 percent)
declined.  The unemployment rates for adult women (4.5 percent), teenagers
(16.9 percent), and blacks or African Americans (10.3 percent) were little
changed.  The jobless rate for Asians was 3.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

   In March, persons who had been unemployed for 27 weeks or more accounted
for 21.5 percent of the unemployed, down from 23.8 percent a year earlier.  Job
losers made up 49.1 percent of the unemployed in March, down from 53.5 percent
a year earlier.  (See tables A-8 and A-9.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

   Total employment and the employment-population ratio were about unchanged
in March at 140.5 million and 62.4 percent, respectively.  The civilian labor
force participation rate was 65.8 percent for the third straight month.  (See
table A-1.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

   There were 1.6 million persons who were marginally attached to the labor
force in March, about the same as a year earlier.  (Data are not seasonally
adjusted.)  These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked
for a job sometime in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed,
however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding
the survey.  The number of discouraged workers, at 480,000 in March, was little
changed from a year earlier.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed
no jobs were available for them.  The other 1.1 million marginally attached had
not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsi-
bilities.  (See table A-13.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                         |_________________|__________________________| Feb.-
        Category         |  2004  |  2005  |           2005           | Mar.
                         |________|________|__________________________|change
                         |   IV   |   I    |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 148,136| 148,089| 147,979| 148,132| 148,157|     25
  Employment.............| 140,092| 140,296| 140,241| 140,144| 140,501|    357
  Unemployment...........|   8,044|   7,794|   7,737|   7,988|   7,656|   -332
Not in labor force.......|  76,282|  76,949|  76,858|  76,909|  77,079|    170
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     5.4|     5.3|     5.2|     5.4|     5.2|   -0.2
  Adult men..............|     4.9|     4.7|     4.7|     4.9|     4.6|    -.3
  Adult women............|     4.7|     4.6|     4.6|     4.7|     4.5|    -.2
  Teenagers..............|    17.1|    16.9|    16.3|    17.5|    16.9|    -.6
  White..................|     4.6|     4.5|     4.4|     4.6|     4.4|    -.2
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|    10.8|    10.6|    10.6|    10.9|    10.3|    -.6
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     6.7|     6.1|     6.1|     6.4|     5.7|    -.7
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 132,302|p132,772| 132,573|p132,816|p132,926|   p110
  Goods-producing(1).....|  22,000| p22,047|  22,004| p22,056| p22,080|    p24
    Construction.........|   7,063|  p7,119|   7,090|  p7,121|  p7,147|    p26
    Manufacturing........|  14,338| p14,314|  14,307| p14,322| p14,314|    p-8
  Service-providing(1)...| 110,302|p110,725| 110,569|p110,760|p110,846|    p86
    Retail trade(2)......|  15,072| p15,104|  15,081| p15,120| p15,111|   p-10
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  16,633| p16,751|  16,694| p16,766| p16,793|    p27
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  17,110| p17,193|  17,178| p17,189| p17,212|    p23
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,569| p12,627|  12,611| p12,630| p12,640|    p10
    Government...........|  21,702| p21,734|  21,710| p21,741| p21,750|     p9
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.7|   p33.7|    33.7|   p33.7|   p33.7|   p0.0
  Manufacturing..........|    40.6|   p40.6|    40.7|   p40.6|   p40.5|   p-.1
    Overtime.............|     4.5|    p4.5|     4.5|    p4.6|    p4.4|   p-.2
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|   101.2|  p101.7|   101.5|  p101.7|  p101.8|   p0.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $15.83| p$15.92|  $15.90| p$15.91| p$15.95| p$0.04
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  533.89| p536.51|  535.83| p536.17| p537.52|  p1.35
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______

   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
   3  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
      
   Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 110,000 in March to 132.9
million, seasonally adjusted.  Industries with over-the-month job gains in-
cluded construction, mining, health care, and wholesale trade.  Payroll emp-
loyment has risen by 2.1 million over the year and by 3.1 million since its
most recent trough in May 2003.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Within the goods-producing sector, construction employment rose by 26,000
in March, following a gain of similar magnitude in February.  This industry
has added 489,000 jobs since its most recent low in March 2003.  Residential
building and residential specialty trade contractors together accounted for
70 percent of the 2-year gain.  Employment rose in mining for the fifth con-
secutive month.  This industry has added 22,000 jobs since October 2004,
mainly in support services for oil and gas operations.
   
   Manufacturing employment was little changed (-8,000) in March.  Small job
losses occurred in textile mills (-2,000) and apparel (-5,000), as both in-
dustries continued to experience long-term job declines.  Since last summer,
manufacturing employment has declined slightly.
   
   In the service-providing sector, health care added 16,000 jobs in March,
with hospitals accounting for half of the growth.  Over the year, health care
employment has increased by 243,000.
   
   Wholesale trade employment was up by 15,000 over the month, with gains in
both its durable and nondurable components.  Since its most recent low in
August 2003, the industry has added 112,000 jobs.
   
   Employment in professional and business services continued to trend upward
in March (27,000).  Over the year, monthly job gains in this broad industry
category have averaged 51,000.  Within professional and business services,
temporary help employment was about unchanged in March, following an increase
of 26,000 in February.
   
   Elsewhere among service-providing industries, employment continued to trend
up in food services and in credit intermediation.  Following strong growth in
February, retail trade employment was about unchanged in March.  The industry
has added 89,000 jobs over the year.  In March, job losses continued in air
transportation; this industry has lost 127,000 jobs since its peak in April
2001.
   
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.7 hours in March, seasonally adjusted.
The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.1 hour to 40.5 hours.  Manufacturing
overtime fell by 0.2 hour over the month to 4.4 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 percent in March to 101.8 (2002=100).
The manufacturing index was down by 0.2 percent over the month to 93.8.  (See
table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls rose by 4 cents in March to $15.95, seasonally adjusted.
Average weekly earnings increased by 0.3 percent over the month to $537.52.
Over the year, average hourly earnings and average weekly earnings each grew
by 2.6 percent.  (See table B-3.)


                         ______________________________


   The Employment Situation for April 2005 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, May 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 informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment 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, pro-
fession, 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.
                                  
                                  - 6 -
 
   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  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 in-
dividuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions 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 ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal 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 ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
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   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently 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 di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the en-
tire 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 stand-
ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
430,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
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   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, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March 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 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.5 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
   More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
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   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

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  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 222,550 225,041 225,236 222,550 224,422 224,640 224,837 225,041 225,236
    Civilian labor force............................ 146,525 147,649 147,745 146,737 148,313 148,203 147,979 148,132 148,157
          Participation rate........................    65.8    65.6    65.6    65.9    66.1    66.0    65.8    65.8    65.8
      Employed...................................... 137,691 139,100 139,759 138,408 140,293 140,156 140,241 140,144 140,501
          Employment-population ratio...............    61.9    61.8    62.0    62.2    62.5    62.4    62.4    62.3    62.4
      Unemployed....................................   8,834   8,549   7,986   8,330   8,020   8,047   7,737   7,988   7,656
          Unemployment rate.........................     6.0     5.8     5.4     5.7     5.4     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.2
    Not in labor force..............................  76,025  77,392  77,492  75,812  76,109  76,437  76,858  76,909  77,079
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,667   4,844   4,858   4,817   5,087   5,021   4,982   4,995   5,001
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,281 108,598 108,703 107,281 108,276 108,392 108,489 108,598 108,703
    Civilian labor force............................  78,283  78,950  79,242  78,590  79,602  79,412  79,146  79,373  79,598
          Participation rate........................    73.0    72.7    72.9    73.3    73.5    73.3    73.0    73.1    73.2
      Employed......................................  73,244  73,990  74,612  74,062  75,188  74,938  74,934  74,964  75,375
          Employment-population ratio...............    68.3    68.1    68.6    69.0    69.4    69.1    69.1    69.0    69.3
      Unemployed....................................   5,039   4,959   4,631   4,527   4,414   4,474   4,212   4,410   4,224
          Unemployment rate.........................     6.4     6.3     5.8     5.8     5.5     5.6     5.3     5.6     5.3
    Not in labor force..............................  28,998  29,648  29,460  28,691  28,674  28,981  29,342  29,224  29,104
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  99,065 100,321 100,419  99,065 100,017 100,126 100,219 100,321 100,419
    Civilian labor force............................  74,991  75,640  75,802  75,035  75,866  75,754  75,594  75,816  75,921
          Participation rate........................    75.7    75.4    75.5    75.7    75.9    75.7    75.4    75.6    75.6
      Employed......................................  70,586  71,413  71,893  71,158  72,134  72,020  72,029  72,131  72,429
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.3    71.2    71.6    71.8    72.1    71.9    71.9    71.9    72.1
      Unemployed....................................   4,405   4,228   3,909   3,877   3,733   3,733   3,565   3,685   3,492
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.9     5.6     5.2     5.2     4.9     4.9     4.7     4.9     4.6
    Not in labor force..............................  24,074  24,680  24,616  24,029  24,151  24,372  24,625  24,505  24,498
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 115,269 116,443 116,534 115,269 116,146 116,247 116,348 116,443 116,534
    Civilian labor force............................  68,241  68,699  68,503  68,148  68,711  68,791  68,832  68,759  68,559
          Participation rate........................    59.2    59.0    58.8    59.1    59.2    59.2    59.2    59.0    58.8
      Employed......................................  64,447  65,109  65,147  64,345  65,104  65,218  65,307  65,180  65,127
          Employment-population ratio...............    55.9    55.9    55.9    55.8    56.1    56.1    56.1    56.0    55.9
      Unemployed....................................   3,794   3,590   3,356   3,803   3,606   3,573   3,525   3,579   3,432
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.6     5.2     4.9     5.6     5.2     5.2     5.1     5.2     5.0
    Not in labor force..............................  47,028  47,744  48,031  47,121  47,436  47,456  47,516  47,684  47,975
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,299 108,403 108,486 107,299 108,129 108,221 108,316 108,403 108,486
    Civilian labor force............................  65,036  65,411  65,225  64,723  65,244  65,260  65,318  65,270  65,051
          Participation rate........................    60.6    60.3    60.1    60.3    60.3    60.3    60.3    60.2    60.0
      Employed......................................  61,703  62,292  62,295  61,424  62,145  62,208  62,295  62,202  62,099
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.5    57.5    57.4    57.2    57.5    57.5    57.5    57.4    57.2
      Unemployed....................................   3,333   3,119   2,930   3,299   3,099   3,051   3,023   3,068   2,952
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.1     4.8     4.5     5.1     4.7     4.7     4.6     4.7     4.5
    Not in labor force..............................  42,264  42,992  43,261  42,576  42,885  42,961  42,998  43,133  43,435
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  16,186  16,317  16,332  16,186  16,275  16,293  16,302  16,317  16,332
    Civilian labor force............................   6,498   6,598   6,718   6,979   7,202   7,189   7,066   7,046   7,185
          Participation rate........................    40.1    40.4    41.1    43.1    44.2    44.1    43.3    43.2    44.0
      Employed......................................   5,402   5,395   5,570   5,825   6,014   5,927   5,917   5,811   5,973
          Employment-population ratio...............    33.4    33.1    34.1    36.0    36.9    36.4    36.3    35.6    36.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,096   1,203   1,147   1,154   1,188   1,262   1,150   1,235   1,212
          Unemployment rate.........................    16.9    18.2    17.1    16.5    16.5    17.6    16.3    17.5    16.9
    Not in labor force..............................   9,688   9,719   9,614   9,207   9,074   9,104   9,235   9,271   9,147

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                               
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 182,121 183,767 183,888 182,121 183,340 183,483 183,640 183,767 183,888
    Civilian labor force............................ 120,455 121,293 121,193 120,598 121,606 121,509 121,553 121,621 121,484
        Participation rate..........................    66.1    66.0    65.9    66.2    66.3    66.2    66.2    66.2    66.1
      Employed...................................... 113,921 115,188 115,529 114,500 115,966 115,910 116,158 116,022 116,135
        Employment-population ratio.................    62.6    62.7    62.8    62.9    63.3    63.2    63.3    63.1    63.2
      Unemployed....................................   6,533   6,105   5,664   6,098   5,640   5,600   5,395   5,598   5,349
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.4     5.0     4.7     5.1     4.6     4.6     4.4     4.6     4.4
    Not in labor force..............................  61,666  62,474  62,695  61,522  61,735  61,973  62,088  62,146  62,403
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  62,622  63,192  63,355  62,691  63,225  63,199  63,259  63,390  63,497
        Participation rate..........................    76.1    75.9    76.1    76.1    76.2    76.1    76.1    76.2    76.3
      Employed......................................  59,245  60,116  60,460  59,767  60,565  60,570  60,712  60,776  60,965
        Employment-population ratio.................    72.0    72.3    72.6    72.6    73.0    72.9    73.0    73.0    73.2
      Unemployed....................................   3,377   3,076   2,894   2,924   2,660   2,629   2,547   2,614   2,532
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.4     4.9     4.6     4.7     4.2     4.2     4.0     4.1     4.0
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  52,388  52,543  52,287  52,059  52,443  52,385  52,414  52,311  52,055
        Participation rate..........................    60.1    59.8    59.4    59.7    59.8    59.7    59.7    59.5    59.2
      Employed......................................  50,053  50,448  50,333  49,751  50,318  50,344  50,392  50,246  50,096
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.4    57.4    57.2    57.1    57.4    57.3    57.4    57.2    56.9
      Unemployed....................................   2,335   2,094   1,954   2,307   2,125   2,040   2,022   2,066   1,959
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.5     4.0     3.7     4.4     4.1     3.9     3.9     3.9     3.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   5,445   5,559   5,551   5,849   5,938   5,926   5,879   5,919   5,932
        Participation rate..........................    43.3    44.0    43.9    46.5    47.0    46.9    46.5    46.8    46.9
      Employed......................................   4,623   4,624   4,736   4,982   5,083   4,995   5,054   5,001   5,074
        Employment-population ratio.................    36.7    36.6    37.4    39.6    40.3    39.5    40.0    39.5    40.1
      Unemployed....................................     822     934     815     867     855     931     825     918     858
        Unemployment rate...........................    15.1    16.8    14.7    14.8    14.4    15.7    14.0    15.5    14.5
                                                                                                                            
              BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                     
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,932  26,342  26,377  25,932  26,239  26,273  26,306  26,342  26,377
    Civilian labor force............................  16,531  16,538  16,673  16,603  16,728  16,713  16,721  16,708  16,741
        Participation rate..........................    63.7    62.8    63.2    64.0    63.8    63.6    63.6    63.4    63.5
      Employed......................................  14,793  14,688  14,917  14,917  14,913  14,907  14,946  14,890  15,025
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.0    55.8    56.6    57.5    56.8    56.7    56.8    56.5    57.0
      Unemployed....................................   1,738   1,850   1,756   1,685   1,814   1,806   1,775   1,818   1,716
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.5    11.2    10.5    10.2    10.8    10.8    10.6    10.9    10.3
    Not in labor force..............................   9,402   9,804   9,704   9,330   9,512   9,559   9,585   9,634   9,636
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,357   7,394   7,388   7,366   7,485   7,473   7,380   7,438   7,403
        Participation rate..........................    70.7    69.9    69.7    70.8    71.0    70.8    69.8    70.3    69.8
      Employed......................................   6,620   6,523   6,660   6,689   6,697   6,677   6,612   6,630   6,719
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.7    61.6    62.8    64.3    63.5    63.3    62.6    62.6    63.4
      Unemployed....................................     737     872     728     677     788     796     768     809     684
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.0    11.8     9.9     9.2    10.5    10.7    10.4    10.9     9.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,491   8,476   8,497   8,500   8,438   8,477   8,532   8,527   8,507
        Participation rate..........................    64.7    63.7    63.8    64.8    63.6    63.9    64.2    64.1    63.9
      Employed......................................   7,702   7,700   7,736   7,713   7,675   7,702   7,770   7,751   7,746
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.7    57.9    58.1    58.8    57.9    58.0    58.5    58.3    58.2
      Unemployed....................................     789     776     761     787     763     775     763     776     761
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.3     9.2     9.0     9.3     9.0     9.1     8.9     9.1     8.9
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     683     668     788     737     804     763     808     742     831
        Participation rate..........................    28.3    27.2    32.0    30.6    33.0    31.2    33.0    30.2    33.8
      Employed......................................     471     465     521     515     542     528     564     509     560
        Employment-population ratio.................    19.6    19.0    21.2    21.4    22.2    21.6    23.0    20.7    22.8
      Unemployed....................................     212     202     267     222     263     235     244     233     271
        Unemployment rate...........................    31.0    30.3    33.8    30.1    32.7    30.8    30.2    31.5    32.6
                                                                                                                            
                        ASIAN                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,395   9,659   9,732   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,235   6,378   6,423   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    66.4    66.0    66.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   5,971   6,092   6,175   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.6    63.1    63.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     264     286     248   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.2     4.5     3.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,160   3,281   3,309   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for
  all races.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  27,791  28,729  28,815  27,791  28,520  28,608  28,642  28,729  28,815
    Civilian labor force............................  19,053  19,385  19,531  19,036  19,552  19,544  19,379  19,458  19,541
        Participation rate..........................    68.6    67.5    67.8    68.5    68.6    68.3    67.7    67.7    67.8
      Employed......................................  17,534  18,031  18,331  17,633  18,238  18,252  18,198  18,211  18,425
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.1    62.8    63.6    63.5    63.9    63.8    63.5    63.4    63.9
      Unemployed....................................   1,519   1,354   1,200   1,403   1,313   1,292   1,181   1,248   1,117
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.0     7.0     6.1     7.4     6.7     6.6     6.1     6.4     5.7
    Not in labor force..............................   8,738   9,344   9,284   8,755   8,968   9,064   9,263   9,270   9,273
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  10,857  11,143  11,303   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    84.0    83.2    84.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................  10,125  10,508  10,706   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    78.4    78.5    79.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     732     635     597   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.7     5.7     5.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,261   7,266   7,264   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    59.1    57.3    57.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,689   6,754   6,842   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    54.5    53.2    53.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     572     512     422   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.9     7.1     5.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     935     976     964   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    36.2    36.8    36.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     720     769     783   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    27.8    29.0    29.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     215     207     181   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    23.0    21.2    18.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2005, data
  reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                               Mar.     Feb.     Mar.     Mar.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.  
                                               2004     2005     2005     2004     2004     2004     2005     2005     2005  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   12,397   12,269   12,481   12,356   12,722   12,814   12,575   12,581   12,501
      Participation rate....................     45.1     44.3     45.0     44.9     45.3     45.0     44.7     45.4     45.0
    Employed................................   11,155   11,142   11,377   11,273   11,703   11,746   11,637   11,595   11,528
      Employment-population ratio...........     40.6     40.2     41.0     41.0     41.6     41.3     41.4     41.9     41.5
    Unemployed..............................    1,242    1,126    1,104    1,084    1,019    1,068      938      986      973
      Unemployment rate.....................     10.0      9.2      8.8      8.8      8.0      8.3      7.5      7.8      7.8
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   37,778   38,230   38,339   37,707   37,630   37,695   37,729   38,077   38,173
      Participation rate....................     63.3     63.0     62.9     63.2     63.1     63.1     62.2     62.7     62.6
    Employed................................   35,576   36,101   36,345   35,727   35,788   35,846   35,943   36,223   36,378
      Employment-population ratio...........     59.6     59.5     59.6     59.9     60.0     60.0     59.2     59.7     59.7
    Unemployed..............................    2,202    2,129    1,994    1,980    1,842    1,849    1,786    1,854    1,795
      Unemployment rate.....................      5.8      5.6      5.2      5.3      4.9      4.9      4.7      4.9      4.7
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   34,475   35,071   34,879   34,475   34,549   34,483   34,524   34,842   34,863
      Participation rate....................     73.0     72.8     72.9     73.0     72.4     72.3     73.0     72.4     72.9
    Employed................................   32,794   33,529   33,459   32,861   33,051   32,995   33,117   33,387   33,484
      Employment-population ratio...........     69.5     69.6     70.0     69.6     69.3     69.2     70.0     69.4     70.0
    Unemployed..............................    1,681    1,543    1,421    1,613    1,498    1,487    1,407    1,455    1,380
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.9      4.4      4.1      4.7      4.3      4.3      4.1      4.2      4.0
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   40,535   40,621   40,537   40,309   41,131   41,026   40,907   40,534   40,395
      Participation rate....................     78.2     78.2     77.8     77.8     78.5     78.7     78.4     78.0     77.5
    Employed................................   39,414   39,657   39,589   39,147   40,090   40,009   39,925   39,563   39,411
      Employment-population ratio...........     76.1     76.4     76.0     75.5     76.5     76.7     76.5     76.2     75.7
    Unemployed..............................    1,120      964      948    1,162    1,041    1,018      982      972      985
      Unemployment rate.....................      2.8      2.4      2.3      2.9      2.5      2.5      2.4      2.4      2.4

    1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
    2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                   
                  Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                              2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,025   1,889   2,025   2,180   2,212   2,179   2,120   2,145   2,187
    Wage and salary workers................   1,125   1,023   1,090   1,268   1,204   1,185   1,181   1,208   1,224
    Self-employed workers..................     880     845     914     914     952     963     904     903     948
    Unpaid family workers..................      20      22      21   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 135,666 137,211 137,734 136,192 138,068 137,973 138,112 138,005 138,293
    Wage and salary workers................ 126,595 127,615 128,138 126,835 128,431 128,459 128,501 128,184 128,400
      Government...........................  20,137  20,321  20,483  19,941  20,309  20,270  20,296  20,106  20,249
      Private industries................... 106,458 107,294 107,654 106,868 108,120 108,257 108,219 107,978 108,085
        Private households.................     767     777     762   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 105,691 106,517 106,893 106,072 107,360 107,492 107,414 107,162 107,286
    Self-employed workers..................   8,955   9,468   9,498   9,243   9,505   9,473   9,514   9,709   9,767
    Unpaid family workers..................     116     127      98   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,868   4,487   4,514   4,708   4,533   4,474   4,395   4,269   4,344
      Slack work or business conditions....   3,163   2,820   2,795   2,984   2,761   2,735   2,768   2,629   2,643
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,430   1,315   1,455   1,430   1,420   1,440   1,329   1,296   1,419
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,616  20,145  19,955  19,091  19,499  19,502  19,089  19,555  19,458
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,750   4,380   4,433   4,595   4,404   4,382   4,303   4,153   4,268
      Slack work or business conditions....   3,081   2,761   2,745   2,899   2,685   2,682   2,702   2,572   2,592
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,423   1,306   1,439   1,415   1,396   1,397   1,309   1,268   1,411
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,276  19,865  19,638  18,791  19,141  19,176  18,765  19,254  19,182

    1 Data not available.
    2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week
  for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons
  who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
  illness, and bad weather.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because
  of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 137,691 139,100 139,759 138,408 140,293 140,156 140,241 140,144 140,501
    16 to 19 years..................................   5,402   5,395   5,570   5,825   6,014   5,927   5,917   5,811   5,973
      16 to 17 years................................   1,944   2,098   2,101   2,189   2,240   2,261   2,267   2,286   2,339
      18 to 19 years................................   3,459   3,297   3,469   3,629   3,739   3,691   3,634   3,533   3,651
    20 years and over............................... 132,289 133,704 134,188 132,583 134,279 134,229 134,325 134,333 134,528
      20 to 24 years................................  13,350  13,275  13,419  13,613  13,818  13,851  13,702  13,531  13,684
      25 years and over............................. 118,939 120,429 120,769 118,936 120,455 120,421 120,669 120,758 120,775
        25 to 54 years..............................  96,855  97,598  97,789  96,988  97,885  97,701  98,049  97,986  97,954
          25 to 34 years............................  30,163  30,359  30,228  30,300  30,495  30,504  30,683  30,581  30,400
          35 to 44 years............................  34,460  34,404  34,575  34,470  34,739  34,632  34,589  34,524  34,587
          45 to 54 years............................  32,232  32,835  32,986  32,218  32,651  32,566  32,776  32,881  32,968
        55 years and over...........................  22,084  22,832  22,980  21,948  22,571  22,719  22,620  22,772  22,821
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  73,244  73,990  74,612  74,062  75,188  74,938  74,934  74,964  75,375
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,658   2,578   2,718   2,904   3,055   2,917   2,905   2,833   2,946
      16 to 17 years................................     871     950     997   1,008   1,117   1,049   1,068   1,057   1,130
      18 to 19 years................................   1,787   1,628   1,721   1,887   1,914   1,862   1,825   1,779   1,828
    20 years and over...............................  70,586  71,413  71,893  71,158  72,134  72,020  72,029  72,131  72,429
      20 to 24 years................................   7,027   6,957   7,028   7,200   7,295   7,354   7,181   7,131   7,193
      25 years and over.............................  63,559  64,455  64,865  63,932  64,823  64,704  64,900  65,012  65,201
        25 to 54 years..............................  51,795  52,346  52,572  52,167  52,695  52,563  52,840  52,837  52,933
          25 to 34 years............................  16,522  16,681  16,580  16,719  16,851  16,818  16,902  16,905  16,795
          35 to 44 years............................  18,529  18,565  18,681  18,652  18,799  18,719  18,769  18,723  18,798
          45 to 54 years............................  16,743  17,100  17,310  16,795  17,045  17,026  17,169  17,208  17,340
        55 years and over...........................  11,764  12,109  12,293  11,765  12,128  12,141  12,061  12,175  12,267
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  64,447  65,109  65,147  64,345  65,104  65,218  65,307  65,180  65,127
    16 to 19 years..................................   2,744   2,818   2,852   2,921   2,959   3,010   3,012   2,978   3,028
      16 to 17 years................................   1,073   1,149   1,104   1,181   1,123   1,212   1,199   1,229   1,209
      18 to 19 years................................   1,671   1,669   1,748   1,743   1,826   1,830   1,809   1,754   1,823
    20 years and over...............................  61,703  62,292  62,295  61,424  62,145  62,208  62,295  62,202  62,099
      20 to 24 years................................   6,322   6,318   6,391   6,413   6,523   6,497   6,521   6,400   6,491
      25 years and over.............................  55,380  55,974  55,904  55,004  55,633  55,716  55,769  55,746  55,575
        25 to 54 years..............................  45,061  45,252  45,217  44,822  45,190  45,138  45,209  45,149  45,021
          25 to 34 years............................  13,641  13,678  13,647  13,581  13,644  13,686  13,782  13,676  13,604
          35 to 44 years............................  15,931  15,838  15,894  15,818  15,940  15,912  15,820  15,800  15,789
          45 to 54 years............................  15,488  15,735  15,676  15,423  15,606  15,540  15,608  15,673  15,628
        55 years and over...........................  10,320  10,722  10,687  10,183  10,443  10,578  10,560  10,597  10,554
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  44,793  45,160  45,199  45,000  45,462  45,315  45,171  45,351  45,382
  Married women, spouse present.....................  34,533  34,754  34,431  34,283  34,961  34,878  34,739  34,601  34,307
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,768   8,969   8,909   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 112,756 114,022 114,431 113,957 115,415 115,585 115,858 115,370 115,669
  Part-time workers (3).............................  24,935  25,078  25,328  24,361  24,940  24,728  24,220  24,626  24,727

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the
  independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates (1)            
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,330   7,988   7,656    5.7     5.4     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.2 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,154   1,235   1,212   16.5    16.5    17.6    16.3    17.5    16.9 
      16 to 17 years................................     538     595     564   19.7    21.2    20.6    19.3    20.6    19.4 
      18 to 19 years................................     611     649     642   14.4    13.5    15.4    14.4    15.5    15.0 
    20 years and over...............................   7,176   6,753   6,444    5.1     4.8     4.8     4.7     4.8     4.6 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,440   1,511   1,357    9.6     9.2     8.9     9.5    10.0     9.0 
      25 years and over.............................   5,741   5,278   5,088    4.6     4.3     4.3     4.1     4.2     4.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   4,934   4,423   4,284    4.8     4.4     4.5     4.2     4.3     4.2 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,885   1,673   1,718    5.9     5.6     5.6     5.0     5.2     5.3 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,709   1,531   1,397    4.7     4.0     4.0     4.1     4.2     3.9 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,340   1,218   1,169    4.0     3.8     3.9     3.6     3.6     3.4 
        55 years and over...........................     861     854     831    3.8     3.7     3.5     3.5     3.6     3.5 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   4,527   4,410   4,224    5.8     5.5     5.6     5.3     5.6     5.3 
    16 to 19 years..................................     650     725     732   18.3    18.2    20.3    18.2    20.4    19.9 
      16 to 17 years................................     291     352     336   22.4    23.0    24.3    22.0    25.0    22.9 
      18 to 19 years................................     355     382     388   15.8    14.8    17.8    16.1    17.7    17.5 
    20 years and over...............................   3,877   3,685   3,492    5.2     4.9     4.9     4.7     4.9     4.6 
      20 to 24 years................................     813     907     770   10.1     9.8     9.0    10.2    11.3     9.7 
      25 years and over.............................   3,092   2,810   2,747    4.6     4.3     4.4     4.0     4.1     4.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,620   2,336   2,290    4.8     4.4     4.6     4.1     4.2     4.1 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,034     896     914    5.8     5.4     5.7     4.7     5.0     5.2 
          35 to 44 years............................     906     797     754    4.6     4.1     4.1     3.9     4.1     3.9 
          45 to 54 years............................     679     643     622    3.9     3.9     4.0     3.7     3.6     3.5 
        55 years and over...........................     472     474     458    3.9     3.7     3.5     3.9     3.7     3.6 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,803   3,579   3,432    5.6     5.2     5.2     5.1     5.2     5.0 
    16 to 19 years..................................     504     510     480   14.7    14.6    14.8    14.3    14.6    13.7 
      16 to 17 years................................     246     243     228   17.3    19.3    17.2    16.8    16.5    15.8 
      18 to 19 years................................     256     267     254   12.8    12.1    12.9    12.7    13.2    12.2 
    20 years and over...............................   3,299   3,068   2,952    5.1     4.7     4.7     4.6     4.7     4.5 
      20 to 24 years................................     627     605     587    8.9     8.5     8.9     8.7     8.6     8.3 
      25 years and over.............................   2,649   2,468   2,341    4.6     4.3     4.2     4.1     4.2     4.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,314   2,086   1,994    4.9     4.4     4.4     4.4     4.4     4.2 
          25 to 34 years............................     851     777     804    5.9     5.9     5.5     5.5     5.4     5.6 
          35 to 44 years............................     803     734     643    4.8     3.9     4.0     4.4     4.4     3.9 
          45 to 54 years............................     660     575     547    4.1     3.6     3.8     3.4     3.5     3.4 
        55 years and over (2).......................     372     386     356    3.5     3.6     3.2     3.3     3.5     3.2 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,494   1,402   1,390    3.2     3.1     3.1     3.1     3.0     3.0 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,304   1,140   1,064    3.7     3.4     3.4     3.2     3.2     3.0 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     800     783     772    8.4     7.7     7.1     8.2     8.0     8.0 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   6,961   6,569   6,224    5.8     5.4     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.1 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,379   1,419   1,406    5.4     5.4     5.4     5.3     5.4     5.4 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Not seasonally adjusted.
    3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or
  are on layoff from full-time jobs.
    4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week)
  or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
    NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of
  the various series.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   4,920   4,461   4,067   4,475   4,066   4,108   4,048   3,980   3,784
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,266   1,330   1,181   1,035     941     965     966     965     961
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,654   3,130   2,885   3,440   3,124   3,144   3,082   3,015   2,823
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,784   2,201   2,113   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     870     929     772   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     866     976     872     845     880     898     819     965     855
  Reentrants........................................   2,491   2,488   2,427   2,419   2,388   2,361   2,324   2,405   2,364
  New entrants......................................     556     624     620     629     723     709     624     745     711
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Total unemployed..................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................    55.7    52.2    50.9    53.5    50.5    50.9    51.8    49.2    49.1
     On temporary layoff............................    14.3    15.6    14.8    12.4    11.7    11.9    12.4    11.9    12.5
     Not on temporary layoff........................    41.4    36.6    36.1    41.1    38.8    38.9    39.4    37.2    36.6
   Job leavers......................................     9.8    11.4    10.9    10.1    10.9    11.1    10.5    11.9    11.1
   Reentrants.......................................    28.2    29.1    30.4    28.9    29.6    29.2    29.7    29.7    30.6
   New entrants.....................................     6.3     7.3     7.8     7.5     9.0     8.8     8.0     9.2     9.2
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     3.4     3.0     2.8     3.0     2.7     2.8     2.7     2.7     2.6
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .7      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .7      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.7     1.7     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .4      .4      .4      .5      .5      .4      .5      .5

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                       2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,413   2,629   2,274   2,623   2,611   2,865   2,599   2,755   2,531
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,666   2,789   2,553   2,417   2,361   2,264   2,343   2,317   2,319
  15 weeks and over.................................   3,754   3,132   3,160   3,321   3,012   2,961   2,824   2,888   2,817
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,683   1,445   1,443   1,330   1,294   1,325   1,201   1,255   1,165
     27 weeks and over..............................   2,071   1,687   1,717   1,991   1,718   1,636   1,623   1,633   1,652
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    20.8    19.2    20.4    19.9    19.8    19.3    19.3    19.1    19.5
  Median duration, in weeks.........................    11.8     9.8    10.7    10.2     9.8     9.5     9.4     9.3     9.3
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Total unemployed..................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
    Less than 5 weeks...............................    27.3    30.7    28.5    31.4    32.7    35.4    33.5    34.6    33.0
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    30.2    32.6    32.0    28.9    29.6    28.0    30.2    29.1    30.3
    15 weeks and over...............................    42.5    36.6    39.6    39.7    37.7    36.6    36.4    36.3    36.7
      15 to 26 weeks................................    19.1    16.9    18.1    15.9    16.2    16.4    15.5    15.8    15.2
      27 weeks and over.............................    23.4    19.7    21.5    23.8    21.5    20.2    20.9    20.5    21.5

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                     Unemployment    
                                                                           Employed             Unemployed              rates        
                                                                                                                                     
                             Occupation                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                       Mar.       Mar.       Mar.       Mar.       Mar.       Mar.   
                                                                       2004       2005       2004       2005       2004       2005   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   137,691    139,759      8,834      7,986        6.0        5.4 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    48,810     48,755      1,340      1,142        2.7        2.3 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    20,228     20,240        550        494        2.6        2.4 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    28,582     28,516        791        647        2.7        2.2 
  Service occupations..............................................    22,102     22,577      1,770      1,686        7.4        6.9 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    35,018     35,503      2,215      1,810        5.9        4.9 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    15,711     16,382      1,034        823        6.2        4.8 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,307     19,121      1,181        988        5.8        4.9 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    13,908     14,864      1,469      1,354        9.6        8.3 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................       858        881        187        139       17.9       13.7 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     7,979      8,690      1,003        975       11.2       10.1 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     5,071      5,293        279        239        5.2        4.3 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    17,853     18,059      1,464      1,352        7.6        7.0 
    Production occupations.........................................     9,484      9,464        750        747        7.3        7.3 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,369      8,595        714        605        7.9        6.6 

    1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed
  total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                    Number of                                                       
                                                                    unemployed                             Unemployment             
                                                                     persons                                  rates                 
                       Industry                                   (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                             Mar.                Mar.                Mar.                Mar.       
                                                             2004                2005                2004                2005       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         8,834               7,986                 6.0                 5.4      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         7,334               6,446                 6.4                 5.6      
    Mining..........................................            22                  32                 4.4                 5.2      
    Construction....................................         1,011                 961                11.3                10.3      
    Manufacturing...................................         1,083                 879                 6.3                 5.3      
      Durable goods.................................           676                 507                 6.4                 4.8      
      Nondurable goods..............................           408                 372                 6.1                 6.1      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,386               1,173                 6.8                 5.6      
    Transportation and utilities....................           284                 267                 5.4                 4.8      
    Information.....................................           216                 177                 6.3                 6.0      
    Financial activities............................           343                 261                 3.7                 2.7      
    Professional and business services..............           999                 807                 7.9                 6.5      
    Education and health services...................           584                 614                 3.2                 3.4      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................         1,039                 967                 9.0                 8.3      
    Other services..................................           366                 308                 5.9                 5.0      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................           153                 139                12.7                11.8      
  Government workers................................           530                 468                 2.6                 2.2      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           260                 312                 2.5                 2.9      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                               Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                      
                            Measure                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 Mar.    Feb.    Mar.    Mar.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                                 2004    2005    2005    2004    2004    2004    2005    2005    2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
     the civilian labor force.................................    2.6     2.1     2.1     2.3     2.0     2.0     1.9     1.9     1.9 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
     a percent of the civilian labor force....................    3.4     3.0     2.8     3.0     2.7     2.8     2.7     2.7     2.6 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
     force (official unemployment rate).......................    6.0     5.8     5.4     5.7     5.4     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.2 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
     of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.....    6.4     6.1     5.7     6.0     5.7     5.7     5.6     5.7     5.5 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                            
     other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                           
     civilian labor force plus all marginally attached                                                                                
     workers..................................................    7.1     6.8     6.4     6.7     6.4     6.4     6.4     6.4     6.2 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                         
     plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a                                                                         
     percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                          
     attached workers.........................................   10.4     9.9     9.4     9.9     9.4     9.3     9.3     9.3     9.1 

    NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want
  and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
  attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
  reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further
  information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
  Review.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.      Mar.  
                                                                        2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   76,025    77,492    28,998    29,460    47,028    48,031 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,667     4,858     2,145     2,183     2,522     2,675 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,643     1,588       879       807       764       781 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      514       480       336       307       177       173 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................    1,130     1,108       543       500       587       608 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    7,377     7,621     3,702     3,832     3,675     3,789 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.4       5.5       5.1       5.1       5.7       5.8 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,921     3,941     2,182     2,236     1,739     1,706 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,710     1,765       560       541     1,151     1,224 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      318       250       195       139       123       112 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,399     1,618       751       896       648       722 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibili-
  ties, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not
  determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Mar.     Jan.    Feb.     Mar.      Mar.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.    Feb.     Mar.     from:
                                   2004     2005    2005p    2005p     2004     2004     2004     2005    2005p    2005p  Feb. 2005-
                                                                                                                          Mar. 2005p

          Total nonfarm......... 130,019  130,495  131,328  132,145  130,786  132,294  132,449  132,573  132,816  132,926      110

        Total private........... 108,027  108,875  109,280  109,981  109,204  110,588  110,749  110,863  111,075  111,176      101

    Goods-producing.............  21,341   21,423   21,469   21,647   21,773   21,996   22,022   22,004   22,056   22,080       24

Natural resources and mining....     570      592      597      606      585      599      602      607      613      619        6
   Logging......................    64.3     66.0     65.6     65.1     69.0     66.9     67.9     68.0     67.9     69.2      1.3
 Mining.........................   505.4    526.1    531.1    540.6    515.7    532.5    534.4    538.7    544.7    550.0      5.3
  Oil and gas extraction........   120.4    122.2    122.5    123.2    121.4    124.4    124.1    123.4    123.0    124.2      1.2
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   196.4    204.5    206.1    209.4    202.9    210.7    211.3    212.9    215.0    215.4       .4
   Coal mining..................    68.7     75.3     75.4     75.4     69.4     73.7     73.9     75.4     75.8     75.7      -.1
  Support activities for mining.   188.6    199.4    202.5    208.0    191.4    197.4    199.0    202.4    206.7    210.4      3.7

Construction....................   6,551    6,651    6,661    6,796    6,897    7,060    7,086    7,090    7,121    7,147       26
  Construction of buildings..... 1,547.7  1,621.3  1,620.3  1,637.6  1,608.5  1,668.3  1,678.9  1,682.4  1,690.3  1,697.6      7.3
   Residential building.........   844.4    896.0    892.8    906.9    877.7    918.4    927.4    929.1    933.3    940.0      6.7
   Nonresidential building......   703.3    725.3    727.5    730.7    730.8    749.9    751.5    753.3    757.0    757.6       .6
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   817.7    797.1    796.7    825.5    903.1    906.4    907.8    908.2    907.7    910.5      2.8
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,185.5  4,233.0  4,244.3  4,333.0  4,385.1  4,484.8  4,499.2  4,499.6  4,523.4  4,538.5     15.1
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 1,987.8  2,003.6  2,018.2  2,057.6  2,079.8  2,121.5  2,125.5  2,128.2  2,142.0  2,149.5      7.5
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,197.7  2,229.4  2,226.1  2,275.5  2,305.3  2,363.3  2,373.7  2,371.4  2,381.4  2,389.0      7.6

Manufacturing...................  14,220   14,180   14,211   14,245   14,291   14,337   14,334   14,307   14,322   14,314       -8
   Production workers...........   9,970    9,974    9,998   10,031   10,028   10,104   10,097   10,082   10,087   10,092        5

 Durable goods..................   8,844    8,879    8,912    8,934    8,873    8,954    8,957    8,942    8,964    8,962       -2
   Production workers...........   6,065    6,111    6,139    6,168    6,085    6,166    6,170    6,166    6,179    6,189       10

  Wood products.................   535.2    543.0    544.8    548.4    544.0    553.3    555.2    554.7    555.0    557.2      2.2
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   485.5    484.8    483.1    489.1    497.1    507.9    506.5    504.5    503.2    501.6     -1.6
  Primary metals................   463.6    464.9    465.7    465.9    464.2    465.8    465.2    465.5    466.6    466.2      -.4
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,475.8  1,507.0  1,508.0  1,515.8  1,479.4  1,510.9  1,512.8  1,514.3  1,515.0  1,520.1      5.1
  Machinery..................... 1,133.4  1,145.4  1,146.2  1,151.0  1,132.6  1,147.4  1,146.0  1,145.9  1,147.5  1,150.1      2.6
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,317.4  1,324.5  1,325.5  1,325.0  1,319.5  1,327.1  1,325.8  1,327.0  1,327.6  1,326.9      -.7
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   213.3    211.0    211.0    211.0    213.3    209.3    210.4    210.2    211.3    210.8      -.5
   Communications equipment.....   148.0    155.4    155.1    153.0    148.7    152.7    153.7    155.1    154.4    153.4     -1.0
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   448.7    445.1    445.5    446.4    449.7    451.9    448.0    447.4    447.3    447.9       .6
   Electronic instruments.......   427.4    435.4    435.8    436.4    427.8    435.6    435.7    436.4    436.5    437.0       .5
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   444.9    444.9    442.4    442.4    445.3    447.4    445.8    445.1    443.7    442.9      -.8
  Transportation equipment(1)... 1,765.4  1,749.1  1,777.8  1,781.3  1,764.4  1,767.2  1,771.9  1,760.1  1,781.9  1,779.3     -2.6
   Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,119.1  1,085.1  1,108.3  1,107.7  1,116.0  1,104.1  1,104.0  1,092.9  1,109.2  1,104.3     -4.9
  Furniture and related products   570.5    566.3    566.0    564.9    572.2    572.2    571.7    570.3    568.6    566.2     -2.4
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   652.6    649.3    652.2    650.0    654.5    654.7    656.4    654.3    654.5    651.9     -2.6

 Nondurable goods...............   5,376    5,301    5,299    5,311    5,418    5,383    5,377    5,365    5,358    5,352       -6
   Production workers...........   3,905    3,863    3,859    3,863    3,943    3,938    3,927    3,916    3,908    3,903       -5

  Food manufacturing............ 1,470.3  1,470.1  1,464.8  1,467.5  1,498.8  1,493.6  1,498.8  1,494.3  1,494.2  1,495.4      1.2
  Beverages and tobacco products   189.4    187.3    187.0    184.9    194.4    195.1    193.0    192.2    192.1    190.4     -1.7
  Textile mills.................   241.2    228.2    227.9    227.7    240.7    235.0    233.2    231.5    229.7    227.5     -2.2
  Textile product mills.........   177.3    175.1    175.1    176.8    177.2    178.4    178.0    178.1    177.3    176.4      -.9
  Apparel.......................   293.6    262.2    264.4    262.5    293.1    273.4    271.9    269.3    266.5    262.0     -4.5
  Leather and allied products...    42.8     42.4     42.8     43.1     42.7     43.4     43.1     43.1     43.1     42.9      -.2
  Paper and paper products......   496.4    498.1    497.8    499.8    499.7    498.1    497.9    499.9    501.2    502.9      1.7
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   662.7    654.3    654.1    656.4    665.6    661.3    660.8    659.6    659.4    658.9      -.5
  Petroleum and coal products...   109.8    111.1    112.0    113.2    112.0    113.6    113.8    114.5    115.0    115.1       .1
  Chemicals.....................   889.5    873.0    873.7    876.2    889.2    882.4    880.5    877.1    875.6    876.0       .4
  Plastics and rubber products..   802.5    798.9    799.0    802.4    804.4    808.6    806.2    804.9    803.5    804.5      1.0

    Service-providing........... 108,678  109,072  109,859  110,498  109,013  110,298  110,427  110,569  110,760  110,846       86

     Private service-providing..  86,686   87,452   87,811   88,334   87,431   88,592   88,727   88,859   89,019   89,096       77

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,130   25,472   25,331   25,403   25,441   25,621   25,620   25,652   25,701   25,711       10

 Wholesale trade................ 5,602.2  5,634.2  5,641.0  5,673.9  5,629.0  5,680.0  5,683.6  5,679.9  5,686.5  5,701.1     14.6
  Durable goods................. 2,925.6  2,950.1  2,949.9  2,963.1  2,936.5  2,960.4  2,964.5  2,965.6  2,968.1  2,974.5      6.4
  Nondurable goods.............. 1,988.8  1,979.2  1,982.2  2,000.0  2,002.8  2,012.6  2,009.9  2,005.4  2,006.5  2,013.9      7.4
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   687.8    704.9    708.9    710.8    689.7    707.0    709.2    708.9    711.9    712.7       .8

 Retail trade...................14,770.8 14,984.5 14,839.5 14,861.6 15,021.3 15,081.4 15,077.0 15,081.2 15,120.3 15,110.6     -9.7
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,891.3  1,881.5  1,887.6  1,900.8  1,903.6  1,901.2  1,905.9  1,907.4  1,910.8  1,912.4      1.6
   Automobile dealers........... 1,259.3  1,237.5  1,241.5  1,248.4  1,261.5  1,247.6  1,249.1  1,247.9  1,248.5  1,250.3      1.8
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   554.8    565.4    557.8    558.6    558.3    565.6    563.7    562.1    562.1    562.5       .4
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   511.0    524.0    512.3    512.5    512.0    520.3    516.5    516.1    514.3    514.8       .5
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,192.5  1,187.9  1,203.4  1,229.2  1,219.4  1,240.4  1,243.5  1,248.0  1,263.6  1,256.8     -6.8
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,796.7  2,813.1  2,806.2  2,799.6  2,829.9  2,822.7  2,819.8  2,826.0  2,829.2  2,830.8      1.6
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   936.7    945.2    946.5    940.0    942.1    944.5    946.6    944.8    949.3    945.6     -3.7
  Gasoline stations.............   869.3    863.4    861.2    865.9    879.5    873.7    871.3    872.9    874.1    875.5      1.4
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,310.5  1,380.1  1,339.5  1,343.5  1,347.7  1,377.9  1,381.3  1,375.5  1,381.5  1,381.8       .3
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   626.2    646.4    623.3    621.3    641.3    639.0    635.8    637.7    636.3    635.8      -.5
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,766.0  2,853.5  2,777.6  2,780.2  2,845.1  2,854.9  2,852.9  2,853.5  2,861.3  2,857.4     -3.9
   Department stores............ 1,555.5  1,634.0  1,570.1  1,565.3  1,611.1  1,619.1  1,619.3  1,619.1  1,623.2  1,619.7     -3.5
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   895.8    903.9    908.4    896.0    917.1    917.4    918.2    918.7    918.6    918.0      -.6
  Nonstore retailers............   420.0    420.1    415.7    414.0    425.3    423.8    421.5    418.5    419.2    419.2       .0

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,190.1  4,280.2  4,277.3  4,292.9  4,221.5  4,289.6  4,288.0  4,316.0  4,317.8  4,323.8      6.0
  Air transportation............   513.2    506.1    504.6    502.2    515.9    514.6    512.3    509.4    508.1    504.7     -3.4
  Rail transportation...........   221.8    221.7    221.5    221.8    223.4    224.6    224.0    224.4    223.7    223.6      -.1
  Water transportation..........    53.7     57.5     56.0     56.4     55.6     57.8     58.6     59.8     58.7     58.7       .0
  Truck transportation.......... 1,312.7  1,345.4  1,345.5  1,356.1  1,339.2  1,358.9  1,366.5  1,372.6  1,377.0  1,381.7      4.7
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   400.0    402.4    402.1    403.3    383.5    389.4    391.0    391.7    390.2    387.9     -2.3
  Pipeline transportation.......    38.2     39.3     39.1     39.3     38.5     39.0     38.7     39.3     39.3     39.5       .2
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    21.5     18.3     18.6     20.3     26.6     26.1     26.6     24.2     24.6     26.0      1.4
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   527.1    544.7    548.4    551.1    531.4    544.6    547.0    549.3    551.0    554.6      3.6
  Couriers and messengers.......   553.8    577.4    573.1    576.4    557.3    568.7    556.4    577.5    576.1    578.0      1.9
  Warehousing and storage.......   548.1    567.4    568.4    566.0    550.1    565.9    566.9    567.8    569.1    569.1       .0

 Utilities......................   567.1    572.8    573.4    574.2    569.0    570.2    571.3    574.7    576.2    575.8      -.4

Information.....................   3,126    3,105    3,102    3,118    3,136    3,133    3,127    3,123    3,121    3,128        7
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   909.2    901.3    903.2    904.6    910.4    908.9    905.7    905.0    905.5    906.1       .6
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   374.0    370.6    364.6    375.6    380.4    390.6    384.8    380.3    376.6    383.1      6.5
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   323.8    331.2    329.4    331.2    324.2    329.4    329.7    331.3    331.0    331.6       .6
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    29.2     34.5     34.1     35.6     29.2     33.6     34.0     34.8     34.6     35.6      1.0
  Telecommunications............ 1,052.5  1,028.0  1,029.9  1,028.3  1,054.7  1,030.0  1,031.5  1,030.8  1,030.5  1,029.2     -1.3
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   387.1    388.8    389.9    392.3    386.9    389.5    390.4    389.9    392.3    392.3       .0
  Other information services....    50.3     50.8     50.4     50.3     50.4     50.7     50.7     51.0     50.9     50.5      -.4

Financial activities............   7,966    8,092    8,114    8,124    8,005    8,107    8,128    8,150    8,161    8,163        2
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,929.0  6,012.0  6,025.7  6,027.4  5,936.9  6,001.3  6,014.5  6,030.9  6,035.4  6,035.6       .2
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    22.1     20.5     20.2     20.3     22.1     20.9     20.6     20.5     20.4     20.4       .0
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,807.3  2,873.1  2,885.0  2,891.9  2,814.0  2,859.2  2,871.9  2,882.7  2,891.8  2,897.9      6.1
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,747.4  1,783.5  1,788.1  1,791.6  1,751.6  1,773.3  1,778.8  1,785.6  1,791.5  1,795.4      3.9
    Commercial banking.......... 1,276.9  1,300.3  1,303.4  1,306.0  1,280.6  1,293.1  1,296.8  1,301.6  1,306.1  1,308.7      2.6
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   756.6    779.7    782.0    781.5    758.5    776.9    779.7    782.5    782.7    783.7      1.0
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,256.8  2,252.8  2,253.0  2,248.5  2,256.2  2,260.4  2,258.1  2,259.6  2,255.6  2,248.9     -6.7
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    86.2     85.9     85.5     85.2     86.1     83.9     84.2     85.6     84.9     84.7      -.2
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,036.5  2,079.5  2,088.6  2,096.2  2,068.1  2,105.5  2,113.6  2,119.0  2,125.4  2,127.3      1.9
  Real estate................... 1,382.0  1,412.4  1,421.3  1,424.8  1,400.6  1,434.7  1,437.8  1,439.7  1,443.7  1,444.4       .7
  Rental and leasing services...   628.9    642.5    642.4    646.6    641.4    646.0    650.9    654.1    656.7    657.7      1.0
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    25.6     24.6     24.9     24.8     26.1     24.8     24.9     25.2     25.0     25.2       .2

Professional and business
 services.......................  15,995   16,302   16,446   16,588   16,184   16,611   16,674   16,694   16,766   16,793       27
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,770.6  6,899.1  6,973.6  6,977.4  6,696.7  6,834.4  6,869.9  6,882.1  6,896.5  6,903.8      7.3
   Legal services............... 1,148.9  1,151.7  1,151.7  1,152.6  1,155.9  1,163.1  1,164.4  1,160.8  1,160.9  1,161.7       .8
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   926.5    947.7    995.4    983.0    811.3    816.6    840.8    858.1    856.9    860.4      3.5
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,225.4  1,263.8  1,267.2  1,277.5  1,242.6  1,284.9  1,289.5  1,286.9  1,292.6  1,296.9      4.3
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,129.4  1,167.6  1,171.0  1,172.1  1,129.3  1,174.1  1,174.3  1,171.8  1,173.3  1,174.2       .9
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   760.4    779.3    784.5    784.7    765.7    787.8    789.9    789.3    791.7    791.0      -.7
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,701.5  1,716.2  1,713.7  1,719.6  1,714.5  1,722.5  1,725.6  1,730.7  1,731.0  1,731.9       .9
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 7,522.9  7,686.2  7,758.7  7,890.7  7,772.9  8,054.3  8,078.0  8,081.6  8,138.2  8,157.3     19.1
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,204.8  7,367.7  7,438.7  7,571.3  7,448.8  7,728.2  7,751.4  7,755.2  7,811.0  7,831.3     20.3
   Employment services(1)....... 3,230.5  3,385.1  3,431.0  3,505.5  3,358.1  3,570.5  3,584.5  3,595.9  3,632.1  3,645.4     13.3
    Temporary help services..... 2,207.3  2,313.4  2,348.6  2,391.9  2,308.6  2,484.7  2,479.4  2,479.1  2,505.0  2,501.5     -3.5
   Business support services....   755.1    745.0    755.4    755.1    752.4    754.6    757.0    752.8    754.5    752.4     -2.1
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,556.7  1,549.8  1,553.7  1,598.4  1,663.9  1,707.2  1,706.1  1,701.4  1,710.5  1,712.0      1.5
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   318.1    318.5    320.0    319.4    324.1    326.1    326.6    326.4    327.2    326.0     -1.2

Education and health services...  16,988   17,066   17,294   17,362   16,833   17,108   17,142   17,178   17,189   17,212       23
 Educational services........... 2,904.1  2,757.4  2,953.6  2,976.2  2,745.8  2,797.2  2,805.5  2,825.0  2,813.3  2,817.0      3.7
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,083.9 14,308.7 14,340.5 14,386.1 14,087.1 14,310.7 14,336.1 14,353.2 14,375.3 14,395.4     20.1
 Health care(3).................11,956.6 12,145.7 12,161.6 12,194.8 11,975.3 12,153.6 12,168.4 12,183.6 12,202.9 12,218.5     15.6
   Ambulatory health care
    services(1)................. 4,890.0  5,003.2  5,014.4  5,030.9  4,898.9  5,006.7  5,017.0  5,027.0  5,035.2  5,042.7      7.5
    Offices of physicians....... 2,036.2  2,081.8  2,088.7  2,088.7  2,038.0  2,077.7  2,084.3  2,085.3  2,091.5  2,091.5       .0
    Outpatient care centers.....   442.5    450.0    450.5    453.5    441.7    449.8    450.3    451.5    451.4    453.0      1.6
    Home health care services...   756.6    789.5    786.1    794.2    760.9    789.2    790.7    796.6    796.0    798.9      2.9
   Hospitals.................... 4,267.5  4,324.6  4,330.0  4,341.4  4,272.0  4,319.7  4,323.5  4,329.6  4,337.7  4,345.5      7.8
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities(1)............... 2,799.1  2,817.9  2,817.2  2,822.5  2,804.4  2,827.2  2,827.9  2,827.0  2,830.0  2,830.3       .3
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,569.6  1,565.7  1,563.6  1,567.7  1,572.8  1,576.4  1,574.5  1,571.5  1,571.5  1,571.8       .3
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,127.3  2,163.0  2,178.9  2,191.3  2,111.8  2,157.1  2,167.7  2,169.6  2,172.4  2,176.9      4.5
   Child day care services......   772.3    782.5    791.8    798.3    758.8    775.3    780.4    780.5    782.2    784.7      2.5

Leisure and hospitality.........  12,077   12,027   12,112   12,306   12,412   12,571   12,589   12,611   12,630   12,640       10
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,694.3  1,596.4  1,613.8  1,646.2  1,836.5  1,826.4  1,811.0  1,805.4  1,799.7  1,791.3     -8.4
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   352.8    324.0    335.3    337.5    367.5    362.5    357.9    355.6    355.5    352.8     -2.7
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   109.7    105.1    103.1    107.8    116.0    116.9    114.8    114.5    113.2    114.3      1.1
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,231.8  1,167.3  1,175.4  1,200.9  1,353.0  1,347.0  1,338.3  1,335.3  1,331.0  1,324.2     -6.8
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,382.8 10,431.0 10,497.8 10,660.2 10,575.3 10,744.1 10,778.4 10,805.1 10,830.0 10,848.8     18.8
  Accommodations................ 1,726.8  1,736.3  1,749.8  1,770.8  1,785.3  1,814.7  1,824.6  1,825.9  1,827.8  1,828.8      1.0
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 8,656.0  8,694.7  8,748.0  8,889.4  8,790.0  8,929.4  8,953.8  8,979.2  9,002.2  9,020.0     17.8

Other services..................   5,404    5,388    5,412    5,433    5,420    5,441    5,447    5,451    5,451    5,449       -2
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,232.0  1,218.3  1,226.8  1,233.4  1,231.6  1,227.1  1,229.9  1,229.4  1,232.7  1,232.7       .0
  Personal and laundry services. 1,264.2  1,261.3  1,259.7  1,270.9  1,273.0  1,271.6  1,276.8  1,280.4  1,277.5  1,278.5      1.0
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,907.7  2,908.1  2,925.6  2,928.8  2,915.7  2,942.3  2,940.6  2,941.4  2,940.9  2,937.9     -3.0

Government......................  21,992   21,620   22,048   22,164   21,582   21,706   21,700   21,710   21,741   21,750        9
 Federal........................   2,713    2,700    2,704    2,706    2,730    2,728    2,706    2,717    2,721    2,720       -1
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,927.9  1,921.0  1,926.3  1,928.6  1,940.8  1,946.4  1,939.5  1,937.2  1,940.6  1,940.6       .0
  U.S. Postal Service...........   785.1    779.1    777.3    776.9    788.9    781.4    766.4    780.2    780.0    779.8      -.2
 State government...............   5,116    4,935    5,139    5,183    4,974    5,015    5,020    5,025    5,032    5,038        6
  State government education.... 2,391.5  2,209.4  2,408.7  2,444.3  2,242.4  2,271.3  2,277.9  2,280.4  2,287.6  2,293.0      5.4
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,724.7  2,725.9  2,730.1  2,738.4  2,731.3  2,743.4  2,741.9  2,744.4  2,744.4  2,744.6       .2
 Local government...............  14,163   13,985   14,205   14,275   13,878   13,963   13,974   13,968   13,988   13,992        4
  Local government education.... 8,111.1  7,927.4  8,139.4  8,192.5  7,743.0  7,806.3  7,810.8  7,808.8  7,824.7  7,825.9      1.2
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,051.8  6,057.5  6,065.7  6,082.6  6,135.0  6,156.7  6,163.1  6,159.2  6,163.0  6,165.6      2.6


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Mar.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.    Mar.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.     from:
                                                 2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2004   2004   2005   2005p  2005p  Feb. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Mar. 2005p


        Total private.........................   33.5   33.6   33.5   33.5    33.7   33.7   33.7   33.7   33.7   33.7       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................   40.1   39.5   39.5   39.7    40.2   39.9   40.0   39.8   39.9   39.8       -.1

Natural resources and mining..................   43.9   45.0   44.7   45.4    44.2   45.0   45.4   45.5   45.1   45.6        .5

Construction..................................   38.3   36.8   37.1   37.8    38.6   38.3   38.4   37.6   38.2   38.1       -.1

Manufacturing.................................   40.8   40.6   40.4   40.4    40.9   40.5   40.5   40.7   40.6   40.5       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.5    4.4    4.4    4.3     4.6    4.5    4.5    4.5    4.6    4.4       -.2

 Durable goods................................   41.4   41.0   40.9   40.9    41.4   40.9   41.1   41.1   41.0   40.9       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.7    4.5    4.5    4.4     4.8    4.6    4.6    4.6    4.7    4.5       -.2

  Wood products...............................   40.6   40.2   39.2   39.0    40.9   40.0   40.3   40.6   39.9   39.4       -.5
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.5   40.9   41.1   41.1    42.7   42.1   42.3   41.9   42.0   41.7       -.3
  Primary metals..............................   43.1   43.3   43.1   43.0    43.1   42.9   42.8   43.1   43.1   43.0       -.1
  Fabricated metal products...................   41.0   41.0   40.8   40.7    41.1   40.9   40.9   40.9   40.9   40.8       -.1
  Machinery...................................   41.9   42.2   42.1   42.1    41.7   42.0   42.0   42.0   42.0   42.0        .0
  Computer and electronic products............   40.8   39.7   39.6   39.6    40.7   39.6   39.8   40.0   39.7   39.5       -.2
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.6   40.2   39.7   39.9    40.7   40.1   40.0   40.1   39.9   40.0        .1
  Transportation equipment....................   43.0   42.3   42.5   42.2    42.8   42.2   42.4   42.4   42.4   42.0       -.4
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   43.3   42.3   42.5   42.1    43.1   42.2   42.6   42.3   42.4   41.9       -.5
  Furniture and related products..............   39.5   39.4   39.3   39.7    39.6   39.2   39.5   39.5   39.6   39.7        .1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.8   38.6   38.6   39.0    38.7   38.2   38.3   38.5   38.6   38.8        .2

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.0   39.9   39.7   39.7    40.1   39.8   39.8   40.0   39.9   39.8       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.1    4.2    4.2    4.1     4.3    4.3    4.3    4.4    4.5    4.3       -.2

  Food manufacturing..........................   38.7   38.7   38.7   38.4    39.2   39.1   38.8   39.0   39.3   39.0       -.3
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   38.9   39.9   39.6   40.4    39.5   39.0   39.6   40.5   40.2   40.6        .4
  Textile mills...............................   40.7   40.4   39.6   40.0    40.3   40.0   39.8   40.2   39.7   39.6       -.1
  Textile product mills.......................   38.8   39.4   39.1   39.4    38.8   39.1   39.0   39.5   39.4   39.4        .0
  Apparel.....................................   36.5   35.6   35.7   36.4    36.2   35.7   35.9   35.9   35.9   36.1        .2
  Leather and allied products.................   39.8   37.0   37.3   37.6    39.0   38.2   37.6   37.1   37.1   36.9       -.2
  Paper and paper products....................   41.6   42.7   41.7   41.5    41.8   42.1   42.0   42.5   42.0   41.8       -.2
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.6   38.5   38.4   38.4    38.4   38.3   38.5   38.6   38.6   38.3       -.3
  Petroleum and coal products.................   43.5   44.3   44.4   44.3    43.7   45.5   44.6   44.5   44.5   44.6        .1
  Chemicals...................................   43.0   42.8   42.4   42.3    43.0   42.4   42.6   42.8   42.4   42.3       -.1
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.8   40.0   39.9   40.1    40.8   39.4   39.8   40.0   40.0   40.1        .1

     Private service-providing................   32.1   32.4   32.2   32.2    32.3   32.3   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.2   33.2   33.2   33.2    33.6   33.5   33.6   33.6   33.6   33.5       -.1

 Wholesale trade..............................   37.7   37.8   37.6   37.6    38.0   37.7   37.6   37.7   37.8   37.8        .0

 Retail trade.................................   30.4   30.2   30.3   30.3    30.8   30.6   30.8   30.7   30.8   30.7       -.1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   36.7   37.4   36.7   37.0    37.0   37.5   37.4   37.5   37.2   37.3        .1

 Utilities....................................   40.9   40.8   40.4   40.1    41.1   40.4   40.7   41.0   40.4   40.3       -.1

Information...................................   35.9   36.6   36.2   36.0    36.3   36.2   36.4   36.3   36.3   36.4        .1

Financial activities..........................   35.2   36.4   35.6   35.6    35.5   35.6   35.7   35.9   35.8   35.9        .1

Professional and business services............   34.0   34.0   33.9   34.0    34.1   34.2   34.2   34.1   34.0   34.1        .1

Education and health services.................   32.1   32.9   32.5   32.4    32.3   32.4   32.5   32.6   32.5   32.6        .1

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.4   25.3   25.5   25.4    25.7   25.6   25.7   25.6   25.7   25.7        .0

Other services................................   30.9   30.9   30.8   30.8    31.1   30.9   30.8   30.9   30.9   31.0        .1


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Mar.      Jan.     Feb.      Mar.       Mar.      Jan.     Feb.      Mar.
                                                   2004      2005     2005p     2005p      2004      2005     2005p     2005p

        Total private........................... $15.54    $16.00    $15.95    $15.95    $520.59   $537.60   $534.33   $534.33
         Seasonally adjusted....................  15.54     15.90     15.91     15.95     523.70    535.83    536.17    537.52

    Goods-producing.............................  17.00     17.31     17.34     17.35     681.70    683.75    684.93    688.80

Natural resources and mining....................  18.10     18.53     18.44     18.34     794.59    833.85    824.27    832.64

Construction....................................  19.06     19.12     19.19     19.27     730.00    703.62    711.95    728.41

Manufacturing...................................  16.00     16.42     16.43     16.38     652.80    666.65    663.77    661.75

 Durable goods..................................  16.68     17.15     17.19     17.14     690.55    703.15    703.07    701.03
  Wood products.................................  12.93     13.13     13.01     13.07     524.96    527.83    509.99    509.73
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.00     16.27     16.21     16.32     680.00    665.44    666.23    670.75
  Primary metals................................  18.33     18.84     18.74     18.69     790.02    815.77    807.69    803.67
  Fabricated metal products.....................  15.25     15.55     15.66     15.62     625.25    637.55    638.93    635.73
  Machinery.....................................  16.50     17.03     17.00     16.98     691.35    718.67    715.70    714.86
  Computer and electronic products..............  16.94     18.04     18.01     17.97     691.15    716.19    713.20    711.61
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  14.71     15.07     15.16     15.10     597.23    605.81    601.85    602.49
  Transportation equipment......................  21.29     21.90     21.97     21.82     915.47    926.37    933.73    920.80
  Furniture and related products................  12.97     13.42     13.36     13.33     512.32    528.75    525.05    529.20
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  13.79     14.07     14.05     14.03     535.05    543.10    542.33    547.17

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.90     15.24     15.18     15.12     596.00    608.08    602.65    600.26
  Food manufacturing............................  12.91     13.07     13.08     13.00     499.62    505.81    506.20    499.20
  Beverages and tobacco products................  19.10     18.44     18.48     18.66     742.99    735.76    731.81    753.86
  Textile mills.................................  12.08     12.33     12.25     12.23     491.66    498.13    485.10    489.20
  Textile product mills.........................  11.35     11.31     11.47     11.43     440.38    445.61    448.48    450.34
  Apparel.......................................   9.59     10.15     10.17     10.06     350.04    361.34    363.07    366.18
  Leather and allied products...................  11.62     11.60     11.42     11.48     462.48    429.20    425.97    431.65
  Paper and paper products......................  17.63     18.00     17.85     17.88     733.41    768.60    744.35    742.02
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.63     15.77     15.81     15.76     603.32    607.15    607.10    605.18
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.79     24.75     24.98     24.93    1078.37   1096.43   1109.11   1104.40
  Chemicals.....................................  18.83     19.52     19.33     19.31     809.69    835.46    819.59    816.81
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.45     14.81     14.67     14.53     589.56    592.40    585.33    582.65

     Private service-providing..................  15.16     15.66     15.59     15.59     486.64    507.38    502.00    502.00

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.48     14.88     14.86     14.85     480.74    494.02    493.35    493.02

 Wholesale trade................................  17.46     18.03     17.99     17.94     658.24    681.53    676.42    674.54

 Retail trade...................................  12.02     12.34     12.34     12.32     365.41    372.67    373.90    373.30

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.35     16.59     16.58     16.63     600.05    620.47    608.49    615.31

 Utilities......................................  25.38     26.14     25.94     25.87    1038.04   1066.51   1047.98   1037.39

Information.....................................  21.16     21.83     21.58     21.70     759.64    798.98    781.20    781.20

Financial activities............................  17.38     17.83     17.72     17.79     611.78    649.01    630.83    633.32

Professional and business services..............  17.32     18.06     17.90     17.87     588.88    614.04    606.81    607.58

Education and health services...................  15.99     16.47     16.47     16.49     513.28    541.86    535.28    534.28

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.90      9.11      9.10      9.09     226.06    230.48    232.05    230.89

Other services..................................  13.93     14.23     14.23     14.17     430.44    439.71    438.28    436.44


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.






ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Mar.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.    Feb.     Mar.  change from:
                                                   2004     2004     2004     2005    2005p    2005p  Feb. 2005-
                                                                                                      Mar. 2005p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.54   $15.82   $15.85   $15.90   $15.91   $15.95      0.3
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.23     8.21     8.23     8.24     8.22     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  17.08    17.33    17.36    17.35    17.43    17.43       .0

Natural resources and mining....................  18.01    18.22    18.37    18.43    18.38    18.24      -.8

Construction....................................  19.15    19.31    19.29    19.24    19.31    19.37       .3

Manufacturing...................................  16.01    16.29    16.34    16.37    16.42    16.39      -.2
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  15.16    15.43    15.48    15.51    15.54    15.55       .1

 Durable goods..................................  16.69    16.99    17.06    17.10    17.17    17.15      -.1

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.93    15.16    15.16    15.18    15.20    15.16      -.3

     Private service-providing..................  15.13    15.42    15.45    15.51    15.51    15.56       .3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.46    14.70    14.72    14.82    14.78    14.82       .3

 Wholesale trade................................  17.51    17.80    17.87    17.91    17.96    17.99       .2

 Retail trade...................................  11.98    12.20    12.21    12.32    12.28    12.28       .0

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.38    16.54    16.54    16.58    16.53    16.65       .7

 Utilities......................................  25.38    25.77    26.11    26.23    26.01    25.89      -.5

Information.....................................  21.22    21.58    21.70    21.80    21.56    21.77      1.0

Financial activities............................  17.40    17.65    17.71    17.71    17.74    17.83       .5

Professional and business services..............  17.30    17.66    17.69    17.79    17.80    17.85       .3

Education and health services...................  16.02    16.34    16.37    16.40    16.46    16.52       .4

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.87     9.02     9.01     9.03     9.05     9.06       .1

Other services..................................  13.94    14.12    14.13    14.15    14.18    14.18       .0


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was -0.2 percent from Jan. 2005 to Feb. 2005, 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 workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Mar.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.    Mar.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   change from:
                                                2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2004   2004   2005   2005p  2005p   Feb. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Mar. 2005p

        Total private.........................   97.5   99.1   99.2   99.9    99.3  101.1  101.2  101.5  101.7  101.8       0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   93.8   93.1   93.3   94.7    96.4   97.1   97.5   96.9   97.5   97.4       -.1

Natural resources and mining..................   98.2  105.9  105.5  109.3   101.9  107.6  109.0  110.3  110.2  112.7       2.3

Construction..................................   94.1   92.2   93.1   97.1   101.2  103.2  104.0  101.6  104.2  104.1       -.1

Manufacturing.................................   93.4   92.9   92.7   93.0    94.1   93.9   93.9   94.2   94.0   93.8       -.2

 Durable goods................................   94.3   94.1   94.3   94.8    94.7   94.8   95.3   95.2   95.2   95.1       -.1
  Wood products...............................   97.8   98.5   96.3   96.1   100.2  100.0  101.1  101.7   99.9   98.8      -1.1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   93.5   90.6   90.4   91.6    96.7   98.2   98.3   97.1   96.9   95.9      -1.0
  Primary metals..............................   92.6   93.2   93.0   92.9    92.6   93.0   92.6   93.0   93.2   92.9       -.3
  Fabricated metal products...................   96.1   98.1   97.8   98.3    96.5   98.4   98.4   98.6   98.5   98.8        .3
  Machinery...................................   95.1   97.1   97.2   97.8    94.3   96.6   96.5   96.8   96.9   97.3        .4
  Computer and electronic products............   89.3   90.3   90.6   91.3    89.2   88.9   89.7   91.1   91.0   91.2        .2
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   88.1   88.0   86.3   86.5    88.5   88.1   87.5   87.5   86.9   86.9        .0
  Transportation equipment....................   97.5   94.8   97.0   97.0    96.9   95.6   96.4   95.8   96.8   96.3       -.5
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   98.6   94.0   96.7   95.8    97.9   95.3   96.4   95.0   96.4   95.1      -1.3
  Furniture and related products..............   93.8   92.3   91.6   92.3    94.3   93.1   93.6   93.2   92.9   92.6       -.3
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   91.9   90.3   90.5   90.9    92.0   90.9   90.9   91.0   91.1   90.9       -.2

 Nondurable goods.............................   92.0   90.8   90.2   90.3    93.1   92.3   92.0   92.3   91.8   91.5       -.3
  Food manufacturing..........................   93.7   94.3   93.9   93.2    97.1   97.0   96.7   96.8   97.5   96.9       -.6
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   82.3   88.0   86.4   87.0    87.1   90.5   91.0   91.8   90.8   91.5        .8
  Textile mills...............................   82.2   75.6   73.8   74.4    81.3   77.3   76.2   76.3   74.7   73.7      -1.3
  Textile product mills.......................   91.4   91.8   91.4   93.5    91.3   93.3   92.1   93.7   93.2   93.0       -.2
  Apparel.....................................   78.3   67.2   68.2   68.7    77.7   70.8   70.9   69.9   69.1   68.1      -1.4
  Leather and allied products.................   88.4   81.5   82.2   84.0    86.4   87.7   85.0   83.4   82.7   82.2       -.6
  Paper and paper products....................   88.2   90.8   88.6   88.5    89.4   89.5   89.2   90.7   89.9   89.9        .0
  Printing and related support activities.....   93.6   92.5   91.9   92.0    93.6   93.3   93.5   93.5   93.2   92.3      -1.0
  Petroleum and coal products.................   95.5  101.0  101.8  102.8    98.2  107.8  104.7  104.9  105.9  106.1        .2
  Chemicals...................................   99.4   97.4   96.8   96.1    99.2   98.0   97.8   97.9   96.8   96.1       -.7
  Plastics and rubber products................   94.3   92.2   92.1   93.2    94.5   92.4   92.8   93.1   92.9   93.4        .5

     Private service-providing................   98.5  100.9  100.7  101.4   100.2  102.0  102.5  102.8  102.9  103.0        .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   96.7   98.8   98.1   98.4    99.3  100.2  100.4  100.8  101.0  100.7       -.3

 Wholesale trade..............................   97.0   99.1   98.7   99.3    98.4   99.5   99.4   99.8  100.3  100.5        .2

 Retail trade.................................   96.2   97.4   96.6   96.7    99.4   99.3   99.9   99.7  100.3   99.9       -.4

 Transportation and warehousing...............   98.7  103.9  102.0  103.2   100.5  104.2  103.8  105.2  104.5  104.8        .3

 Utilities....................................   95.1   95.2   94.2   93.6    95.9   93.8   94.7   96.0   94.5   94.1       -.4

Information...................................   96.0  101.6  100.5  100.9    97.0  100.0  101.3  101.2  101.2  102.0        .8

Financial activities..........................   99.7  105.1  103.1  103.0   101.2  103.1  103.6  104.4  104.3  104.5        .2

Professional and business services............   98.2  100.8  101.6  102.9    99.9  103.7  103.9  103.9  104.0  104.7        .7

Education and health services.................  102.4  105.6  105.6  105.7   102.1  104.1  104.7  105.3  105.0  105.4        .4

Leisure and hospitality.......................   98.3   97.5   99.1  100.5   102.4  103.6  104.2  104.1  104.6  104.7        .1

Other services................................   95.4   95.9   96.1   96.5    96.5   96.7   96.6   97.1   97.2   97.6        .4


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.







ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Mar.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.    Mar.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   change from:
                                                2004   2005   2005p  2005p   2004   2004   2004   2005   2005p  2005p   Feb. 2005-
                                                                                                                        Mar. 2005p

        Total private.........................  101.4  106.1  105.9  106.6   103.3  107.0  107.4  107.9  108.2  108.6       0.4

    Goods-producing...........................   97.6   98.7   99.0  100.6   100.9  103.1  103.7  103.0  104.1  104.0       -.1

Natural resources and mining..................  103.4  114.2  113.1  116.6   106.8  114.0  116.5  118.2  117.8  119.5       1.4

Construction..................................   96.9   95.2   96.5  101.0   104.7  107.6  108.3  105.6  108.6  108.9        .3

Manufacturing.................................   97.7   99.8   99.6   99.6    98.6  100.1  100.3  100.8  100.9  100.5       -.4

 Durable goods................................   98.2  100.8  101.2  101.4    98.6  100.5  101.5  101.7  102.0  101.8       -.2

 Nondurable goods.............................   96.9   97.8   96.8   96.5    98.2   98.9   98.6   99.0   98.6   98.0       -.6

     Private service-providing................  102.6  108.6  107.9  108.6   104.1  108.0  108.8  109.5  109.7  110.2        .5

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   99.9  104.9  104.0  104.2   102.4  105.1  105.5  106.5  106.5  106.4       -.1

 Wholesale trade..............................   99.8  105.2  104.6  105.0   101.5  104.4  104.7  105.2  106.1  106.5        .4

 Retail trade.................................   99.1  103.1  102.2  102.1   102.0  103.9  104.5  105.3  105.6  105.1       -.5

 Transportation and warehousing...............  102.4  109.4  107.2  108.9   104.4  109.3  108.9  110.7  109.5  110.7       1.1

 Utilities....................................  100.7  103.9  102.0  101.0   101.6  100.9  103.2  105.1  102.6  101.7       -.9

Information...................................  100.6  109.8  107.3  108.4   101.9  106.8  108.8  109.2  108.0  109.9       1.8

Financial activities..........................  107.1  115.8  112.9  113.2   108.9  112.5  113.5  114.3  114.4  115.2        .7

Professional and business services............  101.2  108.3  108.2  109.4   102.8  108.9  109.4  110.0  110.2  111.2        .9

Education and health services.................  107.6  114.3  114.4  114.6   107.6  111.8  112.6  113.5  113.6  114.5        .8

Leisure and hospitality.......................  102.0  103.6  105.2  106.5   105.9  109.0  109.4  109.6  110.4  110.6        .2

Other services................................   96.8   99.4   99.7   99.6    98.0   99.5   99.5  100.1  100.4  100.8        .4


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.







ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)


       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2001 ..............   49.5     47.7     48.6     32.7     42.4     40.8     36.7     39.0     37.6     33.6     36.9     37.1
     2002 ..............   41.0     35.6     39.7     39.2     40.5     47.7     42.8     43.0     42.1     39.0     41.5     35.1
     2003 ..............   44.4     38.7     35.3     41.4     39.4     39.9     42.1     39.4     50.4     48.9     50.0     50.5
     2004 ..............   50.9     53.4     66.0     67.3     64.6     59.7     55.4     53.8     57.6     58.6     54.7     54.3
     2005 ..............   54.1    p56.7    p54.1


Over 3-month span:
     2001 ..............   53.2     49.8     49.8     42.3     38.1     34.2     37.8     37.6     34.7     35.4     30.8     32.0
     2002 ..............   35.3     37.9     36.5     34.2     34.4     39.4     40.6     44.1     37.8     37.1     35.8     36.7
     2003 ..............   38.3     35.4     33.3     33.5     36.5     41.7     37.8     37.4     43.2     46.4     48.6     50.2
     2004 ..............   52.5     53.8     56.7     69.4     75.4     71.2     63.5     56.8     57.4     59.9     59.7     56.3
     2005 ..............   58.5    p57.9    p59.5


Over 6-month span:
     2001 ..............   53.1     50.9     52.0     45.5     43.0     39.7     38.5     33.6     33.5     34.2     33.6     30.9
     2002 ..............   29.5     29.9     32.0     31.7     30.9     37.4     37.1     38.7     35.3     36.0     37.9     35.1
     2003 ..............   32.7     32.2     31.3     31.3     33.1     37.6     33.6     32.2     40.3     43.7     46.4     49.3
     2004 ..............   47.3     50.4     54.9     62.6     64.4     69.6     67.3     68.9     64.6     62.2     59.7     55.9
     2005 ..............   60.3    p63.3    p61.5


Over 12-month span:
     2001 ..............   59.5     59.5     53.4     49.3     48.6     45.0     43.3     43.9     39.9     37.8     37.1     34.9
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.4     30.2     29.1     32.0     31.3     30.0     29.5     32.9     34.7
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.7     52.0     56.7     57.4     57.6     60.3     62.1     64.6     64.0
     2005 ..............   61.2    p65.6    p64.4

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2001 ..............   22.0     17.3     22.0     17.9     16.1     22.6     13.1     15.5     18.5     17.3     14.9     11.9
     2002 ..............   19.0     19.6     22.0     32.1     26.2     31.0     35.7     23.2     28.6     15.5     18.5     16.7
     2003 ..............   35.1     19.0     19.0     11.9     19.6     20.8     22.6     24.4     32.7     35.1     39.9     42.9
     2004 ..............   39.3     49.4     50.0     65.5     60.1     51.8     60.7     48.8     42.9     42.3     46.4     44.6
     2005 ..............   42.3    p43.5    p44.0


Over 3-month span:
     2001 ..............   32.7     20.8     16.7     14.3     14.3     11.9     11.9      9.5      7.7     12.5     11.3      9.5
     2002 ..............   10.7     11.9     11.3     17.9     14.9     20.2     25.6     23.8     20.2     13.7      8.9      9.5
     2003 ..............   16.1     14.3     12.5      8.9     10.7     10.7     14.3     15.5     18.5     27.4     31.5     35.1
     2004 ..............   42.3     43.5     42.9     58.3     69.0     69.6     62.5     53.6     52.4     44.6     45.2     35.7
     2005 ..............   45.2    p39.3    p45.2


Over 6-month span:
     2001 ..............   22.6     24.4     21.4     19.6     14.3     11.9     13.1     11.3     10.7      7.1      7.7      5.4
     2002 ..............    6.0      8.3      8.3      9.5      7.1     13.1     12.5     11.3     14.3      8.3      8.3      7.7
     2003 ..............   12.5     10.1      7.1      8.3     11.3     10.7      4.8     10.1     13.1     16.7     19.6     26.8
     2004 ..............   27.4     29.8     33.3     47.0     52.4     57.1     60.1     58.9     58.9     50.6     45.2     42.9
     2005 ..............   43.5    p44.0    p39.3


Over 12-month span:
     2001 ..............   29.8     32.1     20.8     19.0     13.1     12.5     10.7     11.9     11.9     10.1      8.3      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      6.5      7.1      3.6      4.8      6.0      4.8      7.1      4.8      8.3
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     19.0     25.6     34.5     43.5     40.5     45.8     48.2     49.4     46.4
     2005 ..............   45.2    p46.4    p48.8


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month 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.